History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
The most miserable person in the aftermath of the ancient emperor was Chen Baxian, the founding emperor of southern Chen, who was buried thirty years later, and was exhumed by the enemy family, burning bones and ashes. So, who did Chen Baxian offend, so that he suffered such a heavy revenge? The cause of the matter still has to start from Chen Baxian's origins.
When Chen Baxian was a general in Southern Liang, he worked with the famous general Wang Shengquan to quell the rebellion of Hou Jing, and had great merit in rebuilding the royal family. After the war was settled, the two supported Emperor Xiao Yan's son Xiao Yan and the King of Xiangdong as emperor (Emperor Yuan of Liang), and repeatedly invited him to leave Jiangling and also to build kang. However, Xiao Yi did not like the ruins of Jiankang, nostalgic for the prosperity of Jiangling, and refused to move, only to be attacked by the enemy western Wei and killed after the fall of Jiangling in 555.
Chen Baxian was originally a general of Southern Liang, and later usurped the throne as emperor
After Xiao Xuan was killed, Wang Shengquan and Chen Baxian supported Xiao Fangzhi, the ninth son of Xiao Xuan, as emperor, and welcomed him to Jiankang, preparing to officially ascend the throne at a later date. Not long after, under pressure from Northern Qi, Wang was forced to make Xiao Yuanming emperor and demote Xiao Fangzhi to crown prince. Xiao Yuanming was a nephew of Emperor Wu, who led an army to receive Hou Jing to surrender Liang, but was captured by the North, and the reason why Northern Qi let him return to the throne this time was nothing more than to make him a puppet to submit to Northern Qi.
Xiao Yuanming claimed to be the empress dowager, and Because of his meritorious service, Wang Shengquan was appointed as the Grand Sima and the crown prince Taifu and Yangzhou Mu, which could be described as an extremely popular subject. Chen Baxian was very angry at Wang Shengxuan's practice of arbitrarily changing the emperor and bending down to meet the enemy country, and soon had the idea of eradicating Wang Shengxuan and deposing Xiao Yuanming. At first, Wang Shengquan and Chen Baxian had a close relationship, and in order to consolidate the friendly relationship, the two also formed a family of children and daughters, and they could not imagine that they would eventually come to the opposite side.
Wang Shengben and Chen Ba were good friends first, and were eventually attacked and killed by the latter
In September of the fourth year of Chengsheng (555), Chen Baxian led an army of 100,000 people to attack Jingkou, and attacked Jiankang by land and water, killing Wang Shengquan in one fell swoop. Subsequently, Chen Baxian deposed Xiao Yuanming and formally ascended the throne to Xiao Fangzhi, thus completely controlling the military and political power of Southern Liang, and establishing the state as emperor two years later. After Chen Ba first eliminated Wang Shengjie, he thought that his descendants would either die or flee, and would never have the opportunity to take revenge on him. Unexpectedly, thirty-four years later, he still did not escape the "punishment".
Wang Shengdi had at least two sons, Wang Yan and Wang Yan, who had been taken hostage by Emperor Yuan of Liang long before the destruction of Jiangling City. After Jiangling was captured, the eldest son, Wang Yan, fled to Northern Qi, and Wang Yan was captured in Western Wei. When Wang Shengquan was killed, Wang Yan was trapped in Northern Qi, unable to rescue his father, and eventually died of depression.
After the second son, Wang Yan, learned of his father's death, he cried all day and became angry several times, eager to eat meat and bed skin on Chen Ba. After the mourning period, Wang Yan firmly engraved hatred in his heart, eating only vegetables every day, wearing cloth clothes, sleeping on grass mats, always honing his will, and waiting for the opportunity for revenge.
Wang Zhi washed his face with tears all day, determined to avenge his father
There are young men and women, and there is a bureau of civil and military affairs. His father, Marquis Jing of Ping, remained in Jingzhou, and Emperor Yuan was trapped by Zhou Shi and awarded the cause of entering the customs. Hearing that his father was killed by Emperor Wu of Chen, he mourned and died, and he ate Nai su, wept incessantly, and destroyed the barren bones. To serve, often cloth vegetables and food, through the grass and lying down. See Book of Sui, Vol. 72, Liechuan XXXVII
Whether it was the Western Wei, Northern Zhou, or Sui, successive monarchs have rewarded the king for his filial piety, and because of his military talent, he has been continuously awarded prominent officials. Wang Zhi was highly praised by Emperor Wen of Sui for his northern imperial officialdom, Taishou (太守) and Yi Tong (義同三司), the Duke of Snake Hill County, and the strategy of cutting down Chen to Emperor Wen of Sui, who was deeply praised. After the Battle of Fa chen began, Wang Yan took the initiative to invite Miao to participate in the battle, and led his troops to fight bravely, suffering from many wounds and still refusing to go down the line of fire. In 589, Nan Chen died in Sui, and Wang Yan finally waited for the moment of revenge after 34 years of suffering!
Sui annihilation of southern Chen situation map
After Wang Yan entered Jiankang, he found more than a thousand subordinates in his father's past and cried against each other. At this time, some people proposed to excavate Chen Baxian's mausoleum and burn his bones and ashes to avenge Wang Monk's defense and comfort Wang's filial piety. After hearing this, Wang Yi was grateful and bowed his head to these people and demanded that they must find Chen Baxian's mausoleum as soon as possible, otherwise if the news leaked the next day, it would inevitably cause the Sui Dynasty to interfere. After hearing this, the gang thought it was very reasonable, so they searched urgently overnight, and the results really let them find Chen Baxian's mausoleum.
After the king issued the tomb of chen Baxian, he was overjoyed and ordered people to dig up the grave and kill the corpse, and after the great insult, he burned his bones to ashes. Despite this, Wang Yan still felt that he was not angry enough, so he ordered people to scatter Chen Baxian's ashes in the water and drink them at the same time as more than a thousand people, so that he was willing. After Wang Yi took revenge, he took the initiative to apologize to Emperor Wen and ask for punishment for himself, but was forgiven by Emperor Wen. Wang Yan eventually fell ill and died at the age of 52 during the reign of Qi Prefecture Assassin Shi.