Different dynasties in history will have their own unique signs and characteristics.
For example, during the Tang Dynasty, the aesthetic atmosphere of fat as beauty, romantic and aesthetic Tang poetry; for example, the open social and commercial environment during the Song Dynasty, or the bold or elegant Song words. However, there are also some dynasties, and the impression they leave on future generations is dark and negative.
Northern Qi during the Southern and Northern Dynasties of the Wei and Jin Dynasties was known as the "Beast Dynasty in Chinese History".
The rulers pursued brutal policies and committed many perverted behaviors, which made the common people complain
。 Due to the many perverted and absurd events that broke out during the Northern Qi period, some historians even doubted: Was the emperor of Northern Qi suffering from mental illness?
1. Gao Yang established Northern Qi
The world will be divided for a long time, and it will be divided for a long time. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms competed for hegemony. Eventually, Sima Yan destroyed Cao Wei and Eastern Wu, established the Western Jin Dynasty, and implemented a brief unification.
Soon, however, with the outbreak of events such as the Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the Wuhu Chaohua, the regimes of the Western And Eastern Jin Dynasties alternated, and the world was divided again.
With the division of the southern and northern regimes and the rise of various forces, different regimes have emerged in the north and the south.
In the middle of the sixth century AD, the Gao family, which developed during the Eastern Wei Dynasty, developed rapidly.
In 550, after Gao Yang abolished the puppet emperor of Eastern Wei, he established himself as emperor, and set the name of the country "Qi" and the capital at Yecheng in Hebei.
Because the sphere of influence of "Qi" is located in the north, later generations will refer to this regime as "Northern Qi".
There were six rulers who sat on the throne of the Northern Qi regime. However, this Northern Qi court only existed briefly for twenty-eight years
。 The reason for this is not only the factors of the siege and disintegration of external strong enemies, but also the brutality and decay of internal rulers.
The founding emperors of history must have their outstanding and excellent sides, and most of them are monarchs who have made great achievements. However, Gao Yang, the founding emperor of Northern Qi, was an emperor who was absurd and faint to the extreme.
Before ascending the throne and becoming emperor, Gao Yang could still be regarded as an accomplished and capable courtier, and he also had the grand desire to quell the rebellion and establish a unified regime
。
Second, chaotic government
After becoming emperor, looking at the people who knelt on the ground, bowed down and worshipped, enjoying countless and inexhaustible money and wealth, Gao Yang completely forgot his heroic feats.
Immersed in extravagant pleasures all day long, heroes who were once diligent and swore to do great things became absurd and tyrannical and brutal monarchs.
A monarch can only make the country strong and prosperous if he appoints talents and appoints talented people. On the contrary, the country will inevitably lead to a situation of peril.
After Gao Yang ascended to the throne, he appointed and dismissed officials entirely according to his own preferences, regardless of whether the selected person had the corresponding ability.
Before the advent of the imperial examination system, the imperial court selected officials through the examination of the character and origin of talents.
During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system became the main method of selecting officials at the imperial court. Under the influence of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, most of the people who entered the imperial court as officials were children of the scholar clan with good origins.
Disciples of the scholar clan can receive a good education and master certain skills and talents; to a certain extent, they can promote the development of the country and society. However, Gao Yang's behavior was completely contrary to the mainstream of the society at that time.
Gao Yang appointed some of his slaves as officials according to his own preferences, which eventually led to a chaotic situation in the government
In addition, because he was from the Xianbei ethnic group, Gao Yang was very repulsive to the Han nationality. After Gao Yang introduced many policies to oppress the Han people, the ethnic contradictions in Northern Qi were constantly intensified.
As the monarch of a country, Gao Yang acted recklessly and did not have the ability to govern the country at all
。 In terms of personal words and deeds, Gao Yang is even more "self-indulgent".
3. The tyrannical emperor
After Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty carried out Sinicization reforms, the Xianbei ethnic minorities learned and absorbed many progressive Han Confucian cultures.
The behavior of individuals, as well as the atmosphere of society, have been greatly improved.
However, after Gao Yang became the emperor of Northern Qi, he completely abandoned the "etiquette, righteousness, and shame" he had learned and completely released himself.
Wandering the streets naked, wearing women's clothes and flaunting the market in the downtown, etc., are all out of line that Gao Yang has done.
Many young and beautiful unmarried women in the folk were summoned to the palace by Gao Yang to serve as his concubines.
In addition, Gao Yang also disregarded ethics and morality, and summoned married women from the clan or the chancellor's house into the palace for himself and his cronies to have fun and indulge.
In the harem, there was a concubine who was named "Xue Concubine", and because of her country-loving appearance and graceful posture, she soon gained the favor of Gao Yang.
When Xue Concubine was most favored, she was able to accompany Gao Yang all day, with deep affection, like glue like lacquer.
Some people even think that Gao Yang is really in love with Xue Concubine.
In the end, Xue Concubine used bloody facts to prove how absurd this view was. Before entering the harem, Concubine Xue had an ambiguous relationship with Gao Yang's uncle Gao Yue.
One day, Gao Yang, who was drunk, suddenly remembered this matter. Gao Yang, who was still laughing happily with Xue Concubine a moment ago, picked up the dagger on his side without warning and stabbed at Xue Concubine.
After Xue Concubine was completely breathed, Gao Yang put his arms around Xue Concubine's body and continued to drink with people. After that, Gao Yang did something that made everyone creepy. while
In the face of the courtier, Gao Yang cruelly dismembered Xue Concubine's body. A spoiled concubine, but in the end fell to the tragic end of the dead and complete corpse, it is really sad.
As the saying goes, many unrighteous deeds will kill themselves. The indulgent life of drinking and indulging for a long time hollowed out Gao Yang's body. In the end, after an excessive drinking, Gao Yang, who was only thirty-four years old, died violently. After Gao Yang's death, Northern Qi experienced five emperors. However, the behavior of these emperors was almost "in line" with Gao Yang. They completely inherited Gao Yang's brutality.
4. Summary
In the end, the Northern Qi regime, which had existed for only twenty-eight years in Chinese history, became a famous "beast dynasty" in Chinese history because of the cruel and perverted behavior of several generations of rulers.
Later historians, when studying the emperors of Northern Qi, even put forward a conjecture: "Is there a gene of mental illness inherited from the Gao clan of Northern Qi?" ”
The rise and fall of a dynasty is caused by a variety of factors, including both internal and external factors, which one dominates, which needs to be specifically analyzed.
However, it can be said with great certainty that internal factors were the main factors that promoted the demise of the Northern Qi regime. How can a tyrannical monarch make the country strong?