Emperor Taishang is a special existence in the political ecology of ancient China. Some of these Emperor Taishang were posthumously honored, such as Qin Zhuangxiang, the father of Qin Shi Huang; some had honorific titles before their deaths, such as Liu Taigong, the father of Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gaozu; some who lost power and abdicated, such as Li Yuan of Tang Gaozu and Li Longji of Tang Xuanzong; and some of whom let the abdicators hold power, such as Zhao Shuo of Song Gaozong and The Qianlong Emperor of the Qing Dynasty.
However, the emperor we want to introduce today is not a posthumous posthumous title and a posthumous posthumous title, nor is he a abdication of power and abdication. It was only because the emperor's profession needed to deal with busy government affairs and delayed his own sexual enjoyment, and he abdicated as the emperor at a young age. That is our protagonist today - Northern Qi Wucheng Emperor Gao Zhan.
Gao Zhan was the ninth son of Gao Huan, a chancellor of Eastern Wei, and the fourth emperor of the Northern Qi regime. The Northern Qi Dynasty, founded by Gao Huan's second son Gao Yang, existed only briefly for twenty-seven years, while the Northern Qi Dynasty was known as the Beast Dynasty because of its high production of perverted emperors. Emperor Gao Zhan of Wucheng was an inevitable beast emperor in northern Qi, a beast emperor.
I remember that a few years ago, there was a very popular ancient court power plot drama "The Legend of Lu Zhen" in which Gao Zhan, the emperor of Northern Qi Wucheng, and lu Zhen, the female minister, were described as a couple of Mary Sues, which was actually a kind of blasphemy against history.
Whether it is the interpretation of historical novels or other forms of historical film and television works, at least it is necessary to do big things, and small things are not informal. We cannot portray Qin Juniper as a patriotic general who is loyal to the country, still less can we portray Yue Fei as a traitor who betrayed the country. Otherwise, it will cause outrage and make people laugh out of their teeth!
The real Gao Zhan in history is not the loyal and almost perfect Prince Charming described in the film and television drama. Instead, he was an almost neurotic beast emperor. In the real history, the wucheng emperor Gao Zhan's five-year reign was full of animal and animal behaviors!
One. Break your promise and kill your nephew
Before Gao Zhan's brother Emperor Xiaozhao's death, Gao Yan, in order to avoid his own son Gao Bainian being killed by Gao Zhan, he directly passed the throne to his younger brother Gao Zhan.
The reason why Gao Yan was so worried was because he himself ascended to the throne by killing his nephew Gao Yin, and when his brother Gao Yang died, Gao Yan also promised to assist his nephew Gao Yin wholeheartedly.
Sooner or later, it will be paid back! After Gao Yan's death, Gao Zhan, who had justly ascended to the throne of God, still did not spare his nephew Gao Bainian. What Gao Yan did not expect was that his younger brother Gao Zhan was more beastly than himself, although he had already handed over power to Gao Zhan.
Two. Hegemony over the imperial concubine, cruelty and inhumanity
Another thing that Gao Zhan did was to take over his sister-in-law Li Zu'e.
Li Zu'e was the empress dowager of Emperor Wenxuan Gao Yang, and as early as Gao Yang's lifetime, Gao Zhan coveted his beautiful sister-in-law. After Gao Zhan succeeded to the throne, he blackmailed Li Zu'e's son Gao Shaode into forcing Li Zu'e to submit.
In desperation, Li Zu'e could only be forced to do something with Gao Zhan and become pregnant to give birth to a daughter for Gao Zhan. The sister-in-law gave birth to a daughter for the little uncle, which was really offensive, so the ashamed and embarrassed Li Zu'e strangled the baby girl who had just been born with an embarrassing identity.
Knowing that his daughter had been killed, Gao Zhan, in a fit of rage, summoned his nephew Gao Shaode into the palace, and in front of Li Zu'e, slapped Gao Shaode on the back with a knife ring until he beat Gao Shaode to death. Li Zu'e, who lost her son, was devastated and cried.
Still not relieved, Gao Zhan'e's palace daughter ripped open Li Zu'e's clothes and kept whipping her with a whip, and Li Zu'e, who was beaten into meat paste, passed out. Fortunately, she was rescued by the palace maid and survived, and Li Zu'e, who saw through the red dust, became a nun and accompanied by the green lantern for life.
Three. Spoiled and conniving
Gao Zhan's favorite of the courtiers was Heshi Kai. He Shikai, who was born in Hu Shang, was good at speculating on the holy will and could play the Hu pipa, so he had a close relationship with Gao Zhan. The two men's speech and demeanor were extremely obscene, and they indulged in eroticism day and night, without a hint of courtesy from a monarch.
He Shikai even advised Gao Zhan that since ancient times, whether it was a holy king like Yao Shunyu or a tyrant like Xia Jie and Shang Yi, they had all been reduced to ashes, and there was no difference in their final fate. The meaning of love is to let Gao Zhan take advantage of his youth and have fun in time, and entrust the affairs of the country to the ministers.
So the Wucheng Emperor Gao Zhan now accepted Heshikai's suggestion and entrusted the major affairs of the state to Heshikai. He Shikai not only helped Emperor Wucheng Gao Zhan to grasp power, but also helped Gao Zhan to serve his wife. While Gao Zhan indulged in eroticism, he had an affair with The Empress Hu of Shikai Gao Zhan. Although Gao Zhan also heard about it, he turned a blind eye to it, and everyone played their own game.
<h1>In 565, Emperor Gao Zhan, who had only been emperor for five years, simply passed the throne to his nine-year-old son Gao Wei in order to be able to concentrate on sexual pleasures, and made himself emperor of Taishang, and Gao Zhan, who was only twenty-nine years old at this time. After three years, the overindulged Gao Zhan finally completed his life of animal perversion. </h1>