History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
To say that the most special family in Chinese history, it is estimated that the imperial home can be ranked first. Isn't there a saying that goes like this— "The most ruthless imperial family!" "Chinese has attached great importance to family affection since ancient times, and children born in the imperial family are often powerless in the face of family affection, and sometimes they can be described as tragic.
This article will tell you about one of the most disregarding emperors in Chinese history. Of course, there are many emperors who do not take family affection seriously, but compared to the one I want to talk about today, there are still some small witches. Why? Because he was so fierce that he was dead.
This emperor was the fifth emperor of Southern Qi, The Qi Ming Emperor Xiao Luan. Just by pronouncing this name, Xiaobian feels a little chilly back, I don't know if I am too sensitive!
The Qi Ming Emperor Xiao Luan was the nephew of The Qi Gao Emperor Xiao Daocheng, whose father died early and was raised by his uncle Xiao Daocheng from an early age, who also regarded him as his own. Probably Xiao Daocheng attaches great importance to the feelings between his brothers, and feels that his brother's son is obliged to take care of him. This is rare in the genealogy of Chinese emperors.
The history books say that Xiao Daocheng admired his nephew very much, probably because Xiao Luan really had something superior. However, Xiao Luan was sensitive by nature and grew up in a foster family, which more or less distorted his world view. Otherwise, it is impossible to explain why he was so ruthless, killing all the descendants of his uncle's family who regarded him as his own and carefully cultivated him.
After Xiao Daocheng's death, he passed the throne to his son Xiao Zhao, the Emperor of Qiwu, who had not yet revealed his fox tail. During Emperor Wu's reign, Xiao Luan devoted himself to assisting the government and gained more and more power, and before his death, Emperor Qiwu regarded Xiao Luan as a chancellor, hoping that he could assist the successor emperor in governing the government. Who knew that as soon as Xiao Zhao died, Xiao Luan raised his bloodthirsty butcher knife.
Of course, it is also a fact that Xiao Zhao's son is not contentious, such as Xiao Luan's first son of Gao and Wu, Xiao Zhaoye, the King of Yulin. He was a complete emperor who did a lot of absurd things during his reign, and Xiao Luan deposed him. Next, Xiao Luan set up a puppet, that is, Xiao Zhaoye's younger brother Xiao Zhaowen, needless to say, Xiao Zhaowen was also killed as a puppet.
Although Xiao Luan, who had usurped the throne, sat firmly on the throne, he was still a little flustered when he saw that xiao Daocheng and Xiao Zhao's children were all around him. According to historical records, every first and fifteenth day of the first month, the royal descendants of the Xiao family would enter the palace to meet Xiao Luan, who was already the Qi Ming Emperor. And Xiao Luan, not only did not get the comfort of affection from the family gathering, but it also aroused his heart to kill. He often sighed and said to himself, "Neither I nor Situ (Xiao Luan's younger brother) have long sons, and the sons of Gao and Wu grow up day by day." ”
When Xiao Luan said this, he probably didn't think about how his uncle Xiao Daocheng had raised him! Why is Xiaobian so sure of his psychological activities? According to Qing statistics, Xiao Luan killed a total of twenty-nine descendants, grandchildren and great-grandchildren of Xiao Daocheng and Xiao Zhao's father and son.
"Emperor Gao (Xiao Daocheng) was nineteen men, except for Emperor Wu and Yuzhang Wenwen Wang Ling, Linchuan Xianwenying, Changsha Wei Wang Huang, Wuling Zhaowang Hua, An Chenggong Wang Huan, and Shixing Wang Jian had died before, and the rest of the deceased were all four. In addition, Wang Zheng of Poyang, Wang Shuo of Guiyang, Wang Feng of Jiangxia, Wang Rui of Nanping, Wang Hao of Yidu, Wang Luan of Jinxi, Wang Xuan of Hedong, and Wang Jun of Hengyang who succeeded Daodu were all killed by Xiao Luan. He also killed Hyun's son and the two of them. ”
"Emperor Wu (Xiao Zhao) had twenty-three men, except for Prince Wenhui and Prince Liang of Jingling, who had already died, and the other four who died, and prince of Badong, xiangbei himself, was killed. In addition, Prince Qing of Luling, Prince Jing of Anlu, Prince Mao of Jin'an, Prince Long of Suijun, Prince Zhen of Jian'an, Prince Ming of Xiyang, Prince Han of Nanhai, Prince Lun of Baling, Prince Zhen of Shaoling, Prince Yue of Linhe, Prince Wen of Shu County, Prince Jun of Hengyang, Prince Lin of Nankang, Prince Jian of Xiangdong, Prince Xia of Nanjun, and Prince Min of Yongyang who succeeded Daodu as Sun Zhi, a total of sixteen people. The four male sons of Prince Wenhui, namely the former deposed emperor Yulin Wang Zhaoye, the second and later deposed emperor Hailing Wang Zhaowen, the second and later deposed emperor Zhaoxiu, and the Guiyang wang Zhaocang, were all killed by Xiao Luan. Emperor Tongji's sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons III were killed by Luan. And the sons of Gong, Shuo, etc., the sons of Ziqing, etc., are seen in the history of the only Hyun's second son in the child's embrace. In fact, there must be more than that number of kills, but should be omitted from their childishness. ”
As an emperor, killing people may be inevitable. But it is rare for someone like Xiao Luan to be so cruel to a relative who is not a threat. As Zhao Yi of the Qing Dynasty said in the Twenty-two Historical Notes: "Gai Tianliang was difficult to lose, and the emperor was also moved by his heart and was uneasy, but then he died." However, Emperor Qi Ming's cruelty and cruelty were incomprehensible, and the true beasts were not inferior. ”
As a historian, Zhao Yi's evaluation of Xiao Luan is very pertinent, saying that he is "not as good as a beast". And those who were killed by him said before they died that this was a cycle of heavenly reason—"The house of the unkind will have a remnant." Emperor Xigao destroyed the Liu clan. Today's events, of course, are reasonable. ”
If the words spoken by the descendants of Gao and Wu are proverbs, then when used on Xiao Luan, the executioner, it can really be said to be "Heavenly Reason". Xiao Luan had eleven sons, "Of the eleven sons, Emperor Wu of Liang killed six of them, Dong Faint killed one, Wei killed one, Yu died prematurely, and died without illness." However, all the sons of the luan died badly, and after the luan was extinct. ”