After the fall of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the north and south continued to divide and oppose, and everyone who wanted to be emperor came to share a piece of the chaotic world. After the fall of the Southern Dynasty in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the four short-lived dynasties of Song Qi, Liang, and Chen left a mark in history with the same beginning and the same ending.
In 420, Liu Yu deposed Emperor Gong of Jin and established himself as emperor, changing the name of the country to "Song", known in history as "Liu Song" (to distinguish himself from the Zhao Song Dynasty), and Liu Yu was known as Emperor Wu of Song. Liu Yu was born poor and knew that the people were not easy, so after taking the throne, Liu Yu abolished the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, so that the people could rest and recuperate well, at the same time he also weakened the power of the warrior clan and the local powerful, strengthened the imperial power, through a series of reforms, Liu Song's economic and social situation has been significantly improved, but unfortunately, the heavens are jealous of talents, Liu Yu reigned for two years, leaving his own ambitions difficult to reward. Logically, as long as his successors can follow his steps, Liu Song should slowly become stronger, but Liu Yu is a master, and his son is a waste. Emperor Shao of Song was a cruel and unkind man, and he did things on the line, completely following the path arranged for him by his father, but fortunately, Xu Xianzhi, the assistant government, deposed him and let him go to see Emperor Xian. Subsequently, Liu Yilong, the Assassin of Jingzhou, succeeded to the throne, and was known as Emperor Wen of Song. This was a good politician, who basically followed Liu Yu's political line, reformed internal affairs, straightened out the rule of officials, and persuaded nongsang to teach him, and a situation of political clarity and social stability emerged, which is known in history as "the rule of YuanJia."
Liu Song
At the same time, the Northern Wei in the north had just established a state, it was not yet stable, there was a threat of Rouran and Bactria in the north and west, and internal instability, in the twenty-second year of YuanJia, the Lushui Hu people gaiwu revolted, more than 100,000 people in the north responded, and wrote to Emperor Wen of Song, hoping that he could send troops to complete the great cause of reunification, but Emperor Wen of Song was not a good military expert, and missed this opportunity to unify the world. After the Northern Wei Dynasty rebelled against Gai Wu and others, Emperor Wen of Song chose to send troops to the Northern Expedition (good fellow, a gentleman loves money and has a way, take advantage of your illness and do not want your life, Emperor Wen of Song has a strange brain circuit). In the course of the war, Emperor Wen of Song's operations also made people confused, the main force of the Song army, Wang Xuanmo, was defeated, but Liu Yuanjing on the western front was successful, but Emperor Wen of Song ordered a complete retreat, gave Northern Wei the opportunity, attacked the Yangtze River, burned and plundered, and caused unprecedented disasters to the people, and the Jianghuai region where Liu Song was located also suffered an unprecedented blow, and the rule of Yuanjia no longer existed. Liu Song flourished and declined, and there were also internal problems, Emperor Wen of Song was a clear lord, but he was jealous of people, and his brother Liu Yikangquan fell to the opposition, was suspected by Emperor Wen of Song, and was deposed and ended up in a different place. From then on, endless strife began within the imperial family, and Emperor Wen of Song was eventually killed by his son Liu Shao. However, Liu Shaozhong, who had seized the throne by his father, rebelled and left, and Liu Jun, the king of Wuling, took advantage of the fire and robbery and successfully seized the throne, and was known as Emperor Xiaowu of Song. However, Liu Jun seized the throne by seizing power, afraid that others would also rebel (is this not a ten-year fear of well rope after being bitten by a snake?). So Hu first solved his uncle Liu Yixuan, and then killed his four brothers like a pervert, especially perverted was that when he killed Liu Shi, he actually killed all the men over five feet in Guangling City (outrageous, it was also wrong to look tall), the women were rewarded as booty to their generals (you deserve to perish), liu Song, who founded the country for fifty-nine years, had a total of eight emperors, three of whom were deposed, and all of them were full of killing blood during the change of dynasty. In the end, only Liu Chang, the ninth son of Emperor Wen of Song, and his family could only run to the State of Wei to survive when Liu Song fell.
Just when the Liu Song imperial family you hammer me, I beat you, Relying on the military palace to start Xiao Daocheng took this opportunity to seize power (Liu Yu said that this operation is familiar to me), and in 479 AD Xiao Daocheng replaced Liu Song and established "Southern Qi". Southern Qi has no ambition to unify the Northern Expedition since its establishment, it is like a frog who has never seen the scenery of Inoue, only concerned with exploiting the people, the royal struggle and the founding of the country have been continuous, so Southern Qi has existed for twenty-three years and has been given the result by Xiao Yan.
Xiao Yan was Xiao Shunzhi's son, Xiao Shunzhi was Xiao Daocheng's brother, taking advantage of the continuous civil strife in Southern Qi, the imperial family struggle was not stopping, he controlled the government, and later let his subordinates force Qi He emperor to give way, and also created a public opinion advantage for Xiao Yan to call the emperor (the public relations team can), Xiao Yan pretended to resign several times, and finally in April 502 AD, he sacrificed the ancestors to the heavens, succeeded to the throne as emperor, and was called "Liang" in history, Xiao Yan was Emperor Liangwu.
Xiao Yan reigned for 48 years, at first he worked hard to govern, reform the government, and attach importance to the people's livelihood, but in order to maintain the imperial power, he did not let the scholars, political factions threaten his throne, and met their various requirements to the greatest extent, and the consequence of this was that the ruling class of the Liang Dynasty spent all day in the sound of dogs and horses, wine and song, absurd, and extremely corrupt politics. What about Emperor Wu of Liang? He was a bit of a gentleman at first, but eventually he couldn't escape the extravagant life and joined them (I didn't hint at a basketball star doge). Moreover, he himself still believes in Buddhism, which is not a shortcoming in the first place, but the bad thing is that he believes in Buddhism excessively. He himself became a monk several times (although he did not succeed for various reasons in the end), and he himself over-indulged Buddhism, so that Buddhism became a place of wealth, occupied a large amount of land, and buddhist temples were also built in various places, the so-called "four hundred and eighty temples in the southern dynasty, how many buildings in the smoke and rain", indicating the outrageous nature of Buddhism during this time, and the side reflected the depths of the people's waters.
The so-called cycle of cause and effect, retribution is not happy, not the time has not yet arrived, Liang's rule itself has reached a crumbling, as long as a little external force, it will end, and this external force will soon come. This external force is the "Hou Jing Rebellion", who is Hou Jing? Hou Jing was a humble member of the Northern Wei Dynasty, with 100,000 troops, ben surrendered to Western Wei, as a result, people were unhappy that he had soldiers, wanted to weaken his military power, Hou Jing jumped and ran away, ran to the side of Emperor Wu of Liang, so that Xiao Yan had the illusion that he could unify the world, and as a result, the main force of the Liang army was almost destroyed, the commander Xiao Yuanming was captured, and Hou Jing was entrusted with a heavy responsibility and gave the southern Yu Prefecture the history of assassination. Eastern Wei hoped to exchange Xiao Yuanming for Hou Jing, and at the same time, Eastern Wei also had its own careful thoughts, hoping to divide Xiao Yan and Hou Jing, let Hou Jing judge chaos, and reap the benefits of the fisherman. Emperor Wu of Liang was also brainless, he ignored Hou Jing's objections to peace talks with Eastern Wei, and at the same time did not restrict Hou Jing, allowing him to move freely (Gao, really Gao, and another Weicao Emperor), and finally Hou Jing rebelled and besieged the capital, while his descendants were each pregnant with ghost fetuses, sitting and watching, and none of them sent troops to rescue. In the end, Hou Jing attacked the capital city, and the Liang Dynasty regime was seized by Hou Jing, which was the "Hou Jing Rebellion". In 549, Emperor Wu of Liang died, and Liang fell into civil strife again, and who ended this dispute?
Hou Jing
During Hou Jing's rebellion, there was a fierce man who rose up to fight and defeat various separatist forces, and in 552 AD, Yu Jiankang and Hou Jing began a duel, he was Chen Baxian. In this battle, Hou Jing completely resulted in Hou Jing's power, and Chen Baxian's reputation also rose and he took control of the Liang Dynasty. In 557 AD, Chen Baxian deposed Emperor Liang and changed the name of the country to "Chen", officially known as Emperor, and Chen Baxian was called "Emperor Chen Wu".
Emperor Wu of Chen
Although Chen Baxian was proclaimed emperor first, the remnants of the Liang Dynasty were still very strong, the situation in the south was turbulent, and Chen Baxian, who originally wanted to make great achievements, died after only two years on the throne, and his successors included many promising kings such as Emperor Chen Wen and Emperor Xuan, but in the end, because of the weak national strength, they did not complete the great cause of reunification.
In 589, the hot man Emperor Yang Jian of Sui destroyed Chen, ending a three-hundred-year-long chaotic strife. Although the Southern Dynasty was in turmoil, a large number of people and northern scholars crossed south, which promoted the development of the Jiangnan region and the rapid economic development of the south. First of all, the external environment is relatively stable compared to the war in the north (large scale and long time), and the south is relatively stable, while the arrival of the people in the north has brought advanced technology and tools to the development conditions, and there is sufficient labor, and the southern environment is suitable for the development of agriculture and forestry, so the economy of the south has developed rapidly.
The so-called "heroes in a chaotic world", how many heroes Haojie have achieved a lot of deeds in the chaotic world, interpreted a wonderful legend, left an immortal epic, staged a tragic history, and finally created a legend of the Southern Dynasty that can be sung and wept, leaving a strong mark in Chinese history.