Emperor of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Emperor Xiao Yan of Southern Liang

'Four hundred and eighty rooms in the Southern Dynasty, how many buildings in the smoke and rain' There is an emperor in history who has entered the temple several times to do absurd things as a monk, and he is Xiao Yan, the Emperor of Southern Liang.

Xiao Yan Song Xiaowu Emperor Daming eight years, Xiao Yan was very smart when he was a child, had a high attainment in literature, and had a great reputation. He was also of the same ethnic group as the Southern Qi royal family, and before the Sui Dynasty implemented the imperial examination, Chinese officials were recommended and hereditary. Because of his family background, Xiao Yan had just become an official under the Wei general Wang Jian, and soon became the crown prince and the yellow door attendant.

In the eleventh year of Yongming, Emperor Xiao zhao of Qiwu died of illness. The emperor's grandson Xiao Zhaoye succeeded to the throne, but Xiao Zhaoye was not the material for the emperor, and was soon abolished by Xiao Luan, Xiao Yan suggested to Xiao Luan at this time to establish Xiao Zhaowen, Xiao Luan listened to his opinion, established Xiao Zhaowen as a puppet, and from then on, he had great power, and soon deposed Xiao Zhaowen and established himself as emperor. Xiao Luan was the Ming Emperor of Southern Qi.

In the second year of Emperor Ming's reign, Northern Wei was destroyed by Xiao Yan at Xianshou Mountain, and Xiao Yan was promoted to Zhongshuzi because of his merits. In the autumn of the fourth year of Jianwu, the Northern Wei army once again attacked Southern Qi, and this time Southern Qi was defeated. Xiao Yan was forced to retreat to Fancheng, and Emperor Ming asked him to rectify the defense of Yongzhou and make Yongzhou an assassin. Here, Xiao Yan vigorously developed production, straightened out the administration of officials, and trained soldiers, and from then on he had a base area of his own, became a prince of one side, and had the capital to oppose the central authorities.

Xiao Luan died of illness after five years on the throne, and was succeeded by his son Xiao Baojuan. Xiao Baojuan ruled the country without skill, tyrannically and ruthlessly, and wantonly slaughtered the heroes. The people at the imperial court were panicked, and at this time Xiao Yan developed a self-preservation mentality. He had the foresight to cut down bamboo and sink wood, ready for war. After Xiao Baojuan killed Xiao Yan's brother Xiao Yi, the minister of military merit. Xiao Yan vigorously recruited troops, and soon recruited thousands of soldiers, thousands of horses, and three thousand warships, and Xiao Baorong, the king of Nankang, was proclaimed emperor at Jiangling. Soon it hit Jiankang and eliminated Dong Di Hou. Emperor Qi he made him The Grand Sima and all the power of Southern Qi was in the hands of Xiao Yan, and Xiao Baorong was just a puppet. In the second year of Zhongxing, Xiao Yan forced Xiao Baorong to give the throne to himself, so that Xiao Yan became Emperor Wu of Liang.

At the beginning of Xiao Yan's succession, he was still a good emperor who was diligent and loved the people. He recommended Confucianism on a large scale, and the national atmosphere gradually improved, he saw that Buddhism was prevalent at that time, and vigorously developed Buddhism for the needs of rule, and built two large temples for his parents at the beginning of the succession. But soon after, his nature was exposed, he was mean to the heroes, and he was really laissez-faire to the royal family. The most fatal thing is that as an emperor, he often became a monk, the ministers spent a lot of money to redeem him, he built a temple, and the people hated him a lot. As a result, the country's labor force population is insufficient, the military plains are also reduced, and the state's tax revenue cannot survive.

In the third year of the Qing Dynasty, the general Hou Jing rebelled, conquered Jiankang, and imprisoned Emperor Liangwu in the Jingju Hall of the Taicheng Imperial Palace, and xiao Yan died of starvation two months later, ending his once glorious life in a miserable wind and rain.