Northern Qi was a divided regime of the Northern Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties of China, and was founded by Gao Yang, the second son of Gao Huan, a powerful minister of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, to establish the capital Yecheng. Because the royal family name is Gao, it is also called Gao Qi. The founding of the country was founded in 550 AD, and in 577 AD it was attacked by Northern Zhou, enjoying twenty-eight years of the country, in a short period of twenty-eight miles, Northern Qi experienced six emperors and political turmoil.
Northern Qi originated from the Northern Wei Dynasty, which had been unified for a long time, and was founded by the Xianbei people, and after the reform of Emperor Xiaowen of Northern Wei, it integrated Han culture. In the late Northern Wei Dynasty, the state was turbulent, splitting into two states, Eastern Wei and Western Wei, and confronting the Southern Dynasty. Eastern Wei was the predecessor of Northern Qi, and Western Wei was the predecessor of Northern Zhou.
Gao Yang, the second son of Gao Huan, a powerful minister of Eastern Wei, established Northern Qi, and at that time, the first emperor of Northern Qi, at the beginning of the establishment of Northern Qi, he was still a king with achievements, and under the control of the law, although the noble relatives were not tolerant, the politics were clear, and the people did their best. The military and the government are determined, and every time they are in battle, they are like a stone, and they have made meritorious contributions.
At this time, Northern Qi's agriculture, salt and iron industry, and porcelain manufacturing were all quite developed, and they were the richest of the three countries with Chen and Western Wei. But after only a few years, he began to become corrupt, ignoring the government and politics all day long, and indulging in wine.
In the later period of Gao Yang's reign, the oppression of the people was even heavier. The corruption of the government and the decline of the country's power have weakened the army day by day. The Northern Qi generation reacted to the Sinicization policy since Emperor Xiaowen of Wei, and Xianbei had the advantage, which was very close to Gao Yang. However, although he was dim-witted, he was still able to appoint Han chinese, such as Yang Yan as Zaifu, "to maintain Kuang's salvation, it really depends on Yan". Therefore, there is a saying that "the Lord is faint on the top, and the government is clear on the bottom".
After Gao Yang's death, he passed the throne to his son Gao Yin and ordered his younger brother Gao Yan to assist him, but the powerful Gao Yan deposed Gao Yin as the King of Jinan, usurped the throne as emperor, and killed Gao Yin the following year at the age of seventeen. Although he came up from the throne, during his reign, Gao Yan worked hard to govern, was politically clear,and gently levied taxes, but unfortunately he fell seriously ill and died in just two years of reign.
In order to prevent his son Gao Bainian from repeating the same mistakes, Gao Yan passed the throne to his younger brother Gao Zhan before his death, and advised his younger brother Gao Zhan not to learn to kill his nephew himself. However, Gao Zhan's sexy and delicate absurdity still chose to kill his nephew Gao Bainian.
Gao Zhan was faint and incompetent, indulged in beauty, did not think about state affairs, and during his reign, Northern Qi began to be in danger. After being emperor for four years, in order to enjoy it better, Gao Zhan chose to pass on the position of crown prince Gao Wei, making himself emperor of Taishang, and eventually died of excessive alcohol addiction, when Chinese New Year's Eve two years old.
After Gao Wei succeeded to the throne, he did not waste the inheritance of the Gao family, addicted to wine and could not extricate himself, when Northern Qi passed to him, it was already in danger of wind and rain, but Gao Wei still called himself "the son of heaven without worries", continued to alienate the government, indulged in wine, and continued the style of his father's generation, so that the demise of Northern Qi accelerated the process.
The absurd life of the Northern Qi Emperor was inexhaustible, the change of throne was like a joke, from Gao Yang to Gao Wei was only two generations, and the bad character could be described as the same. Fathers and sons are wives, brothers are wives, stubborn people, and what they have done is even more appalling.
Northern Qi has not been governed for several years since its establishment, and for twenty-eight years, it was a carnival of the Gao clan, but it was the suffering of the people of Northern Qi. And every Emperor of Qi has countless former servants and successors of adulterers, and the number of adulterers in Northern Qi is also a major feature, and even the emergence of women's dictatorship.
Gao Wei's nursing mother Lu Lingxuan controlled the government, was brutalized, and the power fell to the opposition, but she was deeply trusted by Gao Wei, while Lu Lingxuan did not have the ability to govern the government at all, but just played a good palace fight, pushing the stormy Northern Qi into a deeper abyss.
He Shikaiquan fell to the opposition, nepotism, absurdity and shamelessness, and once advised Emperor Wucheng to say: "Since ancient times, emperors have all been reduced to ashes, Yao Shun, And Huan, what are the differences?" Your Majesty, you should take advantage of your youth and strength to have fun, and live happily for ten thousand years a day, and the affairs of state can be handled by the ministers, and there is no need for you to take care of them yourself. ”
This move aroused great indignation among some of the princes and ministers, who were worried about the political situation of the country and extremely distressed about what Heshikai had done, and tried to get rid of Heshikai. The Lang evil king Gao Yu had already made preparations, listed a large number of crimes, impeached and ShiKai, and asked the lord Gao Wei to approve the arrest. Gao Wei, who had always ignored the government and politics, did not even look at it, so he waved a large pen and approved the recruitment, and Shi Kai was captured and beheaded.
Northern Qi was able to support for twenty-eight years in the case of several absurd emperors, and it was inseparable from the famous Northern Qi general Huo Luguang, who was born as a general, brave and good at war, and won many victories in more than 20 confrontations with Northern Zhou.
The loyal general liang is in the eyes of the traitorous minister, and there is another false accusation and rebellion in history, the so-called trick is not afraid of the old, it is afraid that you will not be affected, the traitor succeeded, and the famous general who defended Northern Qi for more than twenty years was booby-trapped in the palace, at the age of 58. Later, Gao Wei exterminated his entire clan on the charge of treason and raided his home.
Huo Luguang's death deeply deplored Northern Qi's courtiers, vaguely foresaw that Northern Qi's qi number had come to an end, Gao Wei self-destructed the Great Wall, Northern Qi had no good generals, and in 575 AD Northern Zhou began to attack Northern Qi, and Northern Qi was defeated and retreated.
In 576, when Northern Zhou attacked the capital city of Yecheng, Gao Weichan, who was only eight years old, was captured after fleeing south in a hurry under the northern Zhou offensive.
The era of Northern Qi finally came to an end, and there was no dynasty in history that could be as absurd as the Northern Qi Dynasty, and it was not at all unjust to be called the "Beast Dynasty" by later generations.