In the five-thousand-year history of our ancient country, how many emperors have arisen. For an emperor, in addition to being above ten thousand people, the most powerful decision-maker is still a man who owns three thousand beautiful women in the harem. But in the ancient social system, it was normal for men to have three wives and four concubines.
However, in ancient times, there was such a man, he was particularly obsessed with his wife, and after his wife's death, he was pure and widowed, and cut off the female color. And he is still an emperor, in his 48 years as emperor, he has not touched a woman for 40 years, and he lived until he was 86 years old, but after his death, he became the laughing stock of the ages.
A generation of legendary Liang Gaozuwu Emperor
This incident occurred during the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, when the Central Plains were in turmoil. The emperor mentioned above was named Xiao Yan, who was born into a family of state ministers, and his father was a Erpin official of Southern Qi.
Because of his noble status, Xiao Yan has had many living conditions since he was a child, and most importantly, he has been exposed to the politics of the country since he was a child. His father was an assistant minister appointed by the emperor and had to deal with a lot of twists and turns every day.
When his father was dealing with the folds, Xiao Yan watched quietly from the sidelines. After his father finished reading one copy, Xiao Yan took a look at it and wondered what his father meant by such criticism. The father saw that his son was interested in politics and began to cultivate his son's ability in this regard.
After Xiao Yan grew up, because of his father's status, he also became an official in the imperial court. Although the official position was not large, Liang Yan could reach the common people. Because Xiao Yan was influenced by his father since he was a child, his ability to do things and distinguish between right and wrong was particularly strong.
Soon Xiao Yan won the hearts and minds of the people, and when the emperor found out, he let Xiao Yan manage people's livelihood issues throughout the country. However, what the emperor did not expect was that because Liang Yan's performance was so excellent, it was so good that the merit was high.
When Xiao Yan was thirty years old, some people supported him as emperor, because everyone particularly valued him, and he had the ability and determination to do practical things for the country and the people. And the emperor of the dynasty, although not a tyrant.
However, the emperor had little ability, and there was basically no good management system for the management of the government and the people's livelihood. Therefore, some ministers began to support Xiao Yan as emperor, and at first Xiao Yan felt that this was a great disrespect to the emperor.
However, because a military general admired his personality, he directly launched a mutiny and supported him as emperor. In this way, Xiao Yan became the new emperor under half push and half push, and then founded Southern Liang, and Xiao Yan was known as Emperor Wu of Liang.
Liang Yan was called the incorruptible government of the emperor
Before Xiao Yan became emperor, he was a good courtier for the country and the people. After becoming emperor, he did not forget his roots. The first thing he did after succeeding to the throne was to adjust the tax system for the people.
Xiao Yan adjusted taxes in two aspects, one was agricultural. As long as the people who own the land, the tax on the land is reduced by half, which means that the people can eat a little more food every year.
There was also the taxation of commerce, which was still an era of agriculture at that time. Commerce is not very developed, in order to stimulate the development of commerce, Xiao Yan will be exempted from all taxes within three years, and vigorously develop the business of Nanliang.
It can be said that Xiao Yan is an emperor with ideas and ability. His honesty was exchanged for the people, who supported him even more. In terms of military affairs, Xiao Yan also implemented many new policies.
For example, the soldiers' monthly salary and pension after death were all raised. For the families who are soldiers, they will also take extra care of the system. Under his two-pronged policy, Nanliang presented a beautiful picture of Guotai Min'an.
Just when the country was thriving, something suddenly happened that made Xiao Yan difficult to accept for a while, that is, his wife suddenly fell ill and died. Before Xiao Yan became emperor, when he was an official in any place, he met his wife.
The wife is also a big bridesmaid, good looks, Xiao Yan is obsessed with his wife at first sight. Finally, under the pursuit of Liang Yan, the two were soon married. Soon after, he became emperor himself, and his wife became empress.
But who would have thought that his wife would suddenly fall ill and die. This incident made Xiao Yan particularly sad, because his wife was the woman he loved the most. As Emperor Xiao Yan, there were naturally many beauties in the harem.
When his wife was still alive, Xiao Yan had always been fond of her. After his wife's death, Xiao Yan's love for her was as good as ever. Although his wife was gone, he felt that she was still alive in his heart.
The ministers advised Xiao Yanjie to mourn the change and let him focus on Jiangshan Sheji. In order to let Xiao Yan come out of the shadows, the ministers found him a lot of concubines with good figures and good looks, but Xiao Yan was not interested in this at all.
Moreover, when Xiao Yan was overdoing for his wife once, he suddenly found his own life goal, that is, to believe in Buddhism. From that day on, Xiao Yan often went in and out of the temple, and this behavior began to intensify.
Because of the belief in Buddhism, the country was destroyed
After Listening to the Buddhist Scriptures for a while, Xiao Yan decided to practice Buddhism. In order to better recite the sutra and worship the Buddha, Xiao Yan moved out of the palace and lived in the temple. In order to promote buddhism, Xiao Yan ordered people to build more than 400 temples throughout the country.
For a common person, there is nothing wrong with believing in Buddhism. But he was an emperor and had a lot of political affairs to deal with every day, but Xiao Yan was busy burning incense and worshiping the Buddha all day, and he simply did not have the energy to manage the country.
One day, when Xiao Yan was reciting the scriptures at the temple, a young man named Hou Jing came and talked with Liang Yan. Xiao Yan felt that Hou Jing was a material that could be made, so he let him hold an important position in the imperial court.
However, Xiao Yan neglected the management of officials, and this Hou Jing looked respectful and respectful to himself on the surface, but in fact he had a disobedient heart. Step by step, Hou Jing gained Xiao Yan's trust, and in the end, Xiao Yan actually let Hou Jing manage the affairs of the dynasty instead of himself.
But Hou Jingming repaired the boardwalk, and the darkness was Chen Cang. On the surface, he only promised Xiao Yan, but behind his back, he was pulling gangs and factions. In the end, Hou Jing bought the hearts of many ministers and generals, and Hou Jing, whose wings were hardened, led his troops to revolt and forced all the way to Xiao Yan's temple gate
However, Xiao Yan still had strength in his hands, and the generals loyal to Xiao Yan brought their troops to break the siege. When the two armies fought and killed together, Xiao Yan stopped the general. He told the general that if Hou Jing wanted to be emperor, let him do it.
He did not want the two armies to start a long war, which would cause a lot of killing, and there would certainly be more soldiers and civilians to die. Xiao Yan said that the heavens have the virtue of good life, and such a reason is not good, so Xiao Yan gave up his own country and mountains.
Hou Jing became emperor smoothly, and after ascending the throne, Hou Jing did not get rid of Xiao Yan. Perhaps Hou Jing was impressed by Xiao Yan's personality, and ordered people to just put Xiao Yan under house arrest and died in prison when Xiao Yan was 86 years old. Originally a king of the ages, he finally became the laughing stock of people.