Xiao Zhaoye (萧昭業) (473 – September 7, 494), courtesy name Yuanshang (元尚), was a native of Jiankang County, Danyang County (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province). The third emperor of the Southern Dynasty Qi, the grandson of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu, the eldest son of Xiao Changmao the Prince of Wenhui, his mother was Empress Wen'an Wang Baoming.
During his reign, he squandered recklessly, rewarded hundreds of thousands of dollars, and stored hundreds of millions of dollars in the treasury. The size of the government depended on xiao Luan, the general of the Zhen Army. Later, suspecting that Xiao Luan had different intentions, he attempted to release Xiao Luan to Xizhou and not to consult him again. Xiao Luan led troops into the palace to kill Xiao Zhaoye, and under the pretext of the empress dowager's order, he posthumously deposed Xiao Zhaoye as the King of Yulin.
So today Xiaobian will talk about the faint life of Xiao Zhaoye, the deposed emperor of Southern Qi, let's take a look at it!
A brief biography of Xiao Zhaoye, the deposed emperor of Southern Qi
Early life
Xiao Zhaoye was the grandson of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu. In the fourth year of Jianyuan (482), his grandfather Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu succeeded to the throne, and Xiao Zhaoye, who was ten years old at the time, was made the King of Nan Commandery and had 2,000 households.
On the seventh day of november in the fifth year of Yongming (487), When Xiao Zhaoye was fifteen years old, he held a crowning ceremony at the Chongzheng Hall of the Eastern Palace. At the small meeting on the same day, Emperor Qiwu gave different amounts of silk to officials below the prince, and equipped Xiao Zhaoye with two teachers.
In the seventh year of Yongming (489), the relevant departments played the invitation to ration Xiao Zhaoye to twenty members of the sword honor guard, advocated a band, and selected outstanding talents for Xiao Zhaoye as friends and classmates, and the courtesy exceeded that of other kings.
In the eleventh year of Yongming (493), Emperor Wu of Qi equipped Xiao Zhaoye with a soap wheel three-looking car and issued an edict to select excellent officials for Xiao Zhaoye. On the 25th day of the first month of the same year, Xiao Zhaoye's father, Xiao Changmao the Prince of Wenhui, died. On April 14, Emperor Qiwu made Xiao Zhaoye the emperor's grandson and lived in the Eastern Palace.
Succeeded to the throne as emperor
On July 30, the eleventh year of Yongming (493), Emperor Qiwu died, and Emperor Xiao Zhaoye, the emperor's grandson, succeeded to the throne and granted a general amnesty. On the fourth day of the first month of August, the Xiazhao carried out the edict of Emperor Wu of Qi, appointing Xiao Ye, the general of the escort army and the king of Wuling, as the general of Wei, the general Chen Xianda of Zhengnan as the current official position of Kaifu Yi tongsan division, Shangshu Zuo and Xiao Luan the Marquis of Xichang as Shangshu Ling, and his grandson Zhan Shi Shen Wenji as the general of the guard army.
On the fifth day of the first month of August, He appointed Situ and Xiao Ziliang, the King of Jinling, as Taifu. On September 13, Xiao Zhaoye posthumously honored his father, Prince Wenhui of Xiao Changmao, as Sejong and Emperor Wen. On October 25, his mother, Princess Wang Baoming, was made empress dowager and his wife He Jingying was made empress. On the fourth day of the first month of November, his younger brother Xiao Zhaowen the Duke of Linru was made the King of Xin'an, Xiao Zhaoxiu, the Duke of Qujiang, was made the King of Linhai, and Xiao Zhaocang was made the King of Yongjia.
Faint
When Xiao Zhaoye was a young man, he was handsome and fond of books, and when Emperor Wu of Qi was alive, he instructed that Xiao Zhaoye's handwritten books should not be casually circulated and treasured. Xiao Zhaoye's demeanor and speech are also very appreciated. At that time, Emperor Wu of Qi wanted to interrogate the prince once every five days, and often called Xiao Zhaoye to the tent alone, and asked him to ask him a nickname, "Dharma Body", which he loved very much.
His father Xiao Changmao died, and every time Xiao Zhaoye cried, he cried a lot, as if he couldn't stand it, but when he turned his face back to the inner court, he was extremely happy. During the funeral of Emperor Qiwu, Xiao Zhaoye returned to the harem after crying, and once let Hu prostitutes form a band and play with the two sides of the pavilion.
When Xiao Zhaoye was the king of Nan County, his father Xiao Changmao restricted his living habits, and Xiao Zhaoye once said to Princess Yu of Yuzhang: "Grandma, the Buddha said that there is a Fudesheng emperor's family. I now seem to be really guilty of being an emperor, subject to the left and right commanders, restricting every move, and even the rich children of the butchers and restaurants on the streets are a hundred times more comfortable than I am. ”
After Xiao Zhaoye succeeded to the throne, he was extremely willing to reward, and he didn't care about millions or hundreds of thousands of dollars at once. As soon as he saw the money, he said, "Before, I couldn't get anything from you, so see if I can use you?" In less than a year, emperor Qiwu had squandered hundreds of millions of dollars he had saved. Open the storehouse of clothes and watch it with the queen's pet, give the eunuch slaves a few people, let them take out the flowers as they like, and smash many treasures to smash and play, for a laugh.
Xiao Zhaoye was usually naked, wearing red crepe pants and women's flower underwear. Good cockfighting, secretly spending thousands of dollars to buy chickens. Emperor Qiwu's licorice staff was cut into many pieces by his palace people. Destroyed Emperor Qiwu's Zhaowan Hall and begged the eunuch Xu Longju to make a fasting confession for him. Xu Longju was blessed to serve as a rear cabinet member, day and night in the sixth palace room. Xiao Zhaoye committed adultery with Xiao Changmao aiji Huo,and Xu Longju instigated him to keep Huo shi in the palace for a long time, threatening to make her a nun and replace her with someone else. Xu Longju climbed up by treachery and evil deeds, and often said to people: "In ancient times, there were also eunuchs who did the three dukes. Empress Xiao Zhaoye He Jingying was also promiscuous, and her door was open all night, mixed inside and outside, and there was no difference.
At that time, the Zhongshushe people Qimu Zhenzhi and Zhu Longzhi, the Zhige generals Cao Daogang and Zhou Fengshu were all wings of Xiao Zhaoye, and Xiao Zhaoye's cousins, the great general Zu and Shang Shuling, repeatedly advised Xiao Luan, and Xiao Zhaoye did not listen, so Xiao Luan successively killed Xu Longju and Qimu Zhenzhi, and Xiao Zhaoye did not dare to disobey.
Later, when a nun entered the palace, the legend was strange, and Xiao Zhaoye suspected that Xiao Luan had the intention of usurping the throne. Zhongshu made He Yin particularly close because he was Empress He Jingying's cousin, and asked him to serve in the imperial court, and Xiao Zhaoye followed Empress He Jingying to call him The Third Father, and conspired with He Yin to kill Xiao Luan. He Yin was afraid and did not dare to do it, and hesitated to dissuade him, and Xiao Zhaoye gave up. So he planned to arrange Xiao Luan to go to Xizhou, so that he could not control the affairs of the DPRK. Xiao Luan was worried that something was wrong, so he decided to depose Xiao Zhaoye's throne.
The coup was killed
On July 20, 494, xiao Luan sent Xiao Chen, Xiao Tanzhi, and others to kill Cao Daogang, Zhu Longzhi, and others in the office building, and then led his troops from Shangshu Province into Yunlongmen, followed by Wang Yan, Xu Xiaosi, Xiao Tanzhi, Chen Xianda, Wang Guangzhi, and Shen Wenji.
Xiao Zhaoye was in the Shouchang Hall at the time, and when he heard that there was a change outside, he sent someone to close the cabinets of the inner hall and let the eunuch climb to the Xingguang Tower to inspect the situation, and came back to report: "I saw a man wearing a military uniform, followed by hundreds of people, fully armed, under the West Tower. After a while, Xiao Chen led the soldiers into the palace first, intercepted Shouchang Pavilion, xiao Zhaoye ran to Aiji Xu's room, drew his sword and committed suicide, wrapped his neck with a veil, and took a small car out of the Yande Hall.
As soon as Xiao Chen entered the palace, the guards in the palace were all holding bows and shields and preparing to resist the battle, and Xiao Chen said to them, "What we are looking for is not you, so don't move!" Su Wei believed him, and when they saw Xiao Zhaoye come out, they still wanted to fight, but Xiao Zhaoye didn't say a word. Xiao Zhaoye was killed when he left Xilang and was only twenty-two years old. The trolley pulled the corpse out of Xu Longju's mansion and buried it according to the Royal Rites. The rest of the party was also killed.
On July 21, Xiao Luan issued an edict in the name of Empress Dowager Wang Baoming, posthumously demoting Xiao Zhaoye as the King of Yuling, and proposing to make Xiao Zhaowen the Prince of Xin'an emperor. On July 25, Xiao Zhaowen succeeded to the throne.
Revealed: Southern Qi's deposed emperor Xiao Zhaoye is known as the Emperor of Wudao, an actor written by Shi Guan, so is he really so unbearable?
In 493, Xiao Changmao, the crown prince of Emperor Xiao of Qiwu, died, and Xiao Zhao himself was already 53 years old, and the position of successor could not be vacant for a long time, but who should take over?
If we adhere to the principle of succession between father and son, we should naturally appoint the second son, Xiao Ziliang, as the crown prince. However, Xiao Ziliang's power was too great, and if Xiao Ziliang was made crown prince, under the premise of the prince's lack of restraint, the contradiction between the elderly emperor and the powerful prince would immediately become prominent.
In this context, Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu did not choose Xiao Ziliang as crown prince, but instead made Xiao Zhaoye, the eldest son of the late crown prince Xiao Changmao, his grandson.
The benefits of this are obvious: the old power structure can be preserved intact. It's just that the interest group centered on the prince has replaced a leading figure (the former prince has changed to a grandson). It also makes legal sense to let the eldest grandson inherit the throne.
Taisun Xiao Zhaoye was a very intelligent person with a good reputation, good looks, and elegant manners. These advantages of Xiao Zhaoye should have been universally recognized at that time, so the history books did not smear Xiao Zhaoye in this regard. The king of Yulin is wise, beautiful, coping, and mournful; the ancestors are loved.
If the surface cannot be smeared, it is discredited on the inside. When the history books talk about Xiao Zhaoye, they all say that he is hypocritical and uses a gorgeous appearance to cover up the vile and evil thoughts in his heart. And the mannerisms are deceitful, the yin is contemptuous, and the left and right groups of small people share food and clothing, and lie down together.
In other words, Shi Guan believes that Xiao Zhaoye is an actor. This is a typical "belly slander", and this vilification should be for reasons of political propaganda.
In addition, there is a more sinister way of vilifying: it is said that in order to become emperor as soon as possible, Xiao Zhaoye once let a witch do the same, cursing his own father (Crown Prince Xiao Changmao) and grandfather (Qiwu Emperor Xiao Zhao) to die early. After he was made a grandson, the frequency of the curse became even higher. When he received the news of his grandfather's death, he immediately wrote a big happy word for his wife, and wrote thirty-six small happy words next to this happy word. Xiao Zhao's hearse reached the halfway point, and Xiao Zhaoye used the excuse that he was unwell and returned to the palace to have fun.
The prince was sick and mourned, and his sorrow was ruined, and those who saw it whimpered; and the private room was cut back, that is, laughter and drinking. He often ordered the witch Yang Clan to pray and quickly seek the throne of heaven. and the Crown Prince, said to be the power of the Yang clan, doubly respected. Not only is he a grandson, but his ancestors have diseases, and they also make the Yang clan pray. When Princess He was still in Xizhou, the ancestral illness was slightly critical, and the grandson and Concubine He wrote a big happy word in the center of the paper, and made thirty-six small happy characters around it.
After the beginning of the great retreat, he called out the tricks of the ancestors and prepared to play the music of the crowd.
Of course, this record is unreliable, but only a few months after Xiao Zhaoye became a grandson, Xiao Zhao, the Emperor of Qiwu, died. I don't think it's a conspiracy, in that era when medical care was not developed, the death at the age of 53, although not a long life, was not an accident. What's more, the grandson Xiao Zhaoye was far from having the strength to murder Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu.
Who was the father of Xiao Zhaoye, the deposed emperor of Southern Qi?
Xiao Changmao (458 – February 26, 493), courtesy name Yunqiao, was a native of Lanling, Donghai (present-day Linyi, Shandong). Emperor (posthumously) during the Southern Dynasty Qi Dynasty, grandson of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, eldest son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu, father of Xiao Zhaoye the Prince of Yulin and Xiao Zhaowen the Prince of Hailing, and his mother was Empress Dowager Pei Huizhao of Wumu.
During the Liu Song Dynasty, he started as the secretary of lang and moved to the chief bookkeeper of the Jinxi King Fujun. After the Shen Youzhi incident subsided, he returned to the capital Jiankang. In the third year of Shengming (479), he served as the general of Zuo Zhonglang, the lieutenant of Ning Man, and the assassin of Yongzhou. After the establishment of Southern Qi, he was given the title of King of Nan Commandery (南郡王), the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and southern dynasties since the emperor Sun Fengwang, the general of the Jin Dynasty, the general of the Qianzhong and Chinese armies, and the town guarded Shicheng.
Emperor Wu of Qi ascended the throne, granted the history of Southern Xuzhou, and was made crown prince. Advocating honor, treating scribes with courtesy, and trying unjust imprisonment have won the hearts of the people. Yongming died in the tenth year (492), when Chinese New Year's Eve was six years old, and was posthumously honored as Prince Wenhui. After his son Xiao Zhaoye ascended the throne, he posthumously created emperor, known in history as Emperor Wen of Qi, and the temple name Shizong, and was buried in Chong'an Mausoleum.
Who was the mother of Xiao Zhaoye, the deposed emperor of Southern Qi?
Wang Baoming (455-512), female, was a native of Linyi, Langya (present-day Linyi, Shandong). Empress of the Southern Dynasty Qi Dynasty, granddaughter of Wuxing Taishou Wang Shao, daughter of Dazai Sacrificial Wine Wang Ye. The wife of Xiao Changmao, the Prince of Wenhui of Southern Qi, and the mother of Xiao Zhaoye, the deposed emperor of Southern Qi.
In the second year of Liu Song Xiaojian (乙未, 455 AD), Wang Baoming was born in the Linyi Wang clan of Langya. His grandfather Wang Shaozhi (王韶之官) was Wuxing Taishou (吴興太守); his father Wang Yezhi (王晔之) served as a dazai sacrificial liquor. After Wang Baoming married Xiao Changmao, he was quite respectful to his in-laws and was deeply loved by his in-laws. In the first year of the Southern Song Dynasty (癸丑, 473 AD), Wang Baoming gave birth to Xiao Changmao's eldest son Xiao Zhaoye.
In the summer of the second year of the southern Song Dynasty (Jia Yin, 474 AD), Emperor Ming of Song's brother Liu Xiufan the Prince of Guiyang rebelled in Xunyang, and Xiao Daocheng was still a right guard general of the Southern Song Dynasty, so he led an army to suppress it. Soon, the news came that Xiao Daocheng had died in Xinting (新亭, in present-day south Nanjing, Jiangsu), which caused the Xiao family to fall into grief. Unexpectedly, another group of small bandits came to plunder, which made the Xiao family panic and anxiety. At that time, Wang Baoming stepped forward and asked Xiao Changmao and his younger brother Xiao Ziliang, the King of Jinling, to send his mother-in-law Pei Huizhao and the brother-in-law Xiao Zhao's younger brother Xiao Ling's wife Yu Shi to his brother Wang Fu's home, and waited until the chaos had subsided before welcoming them back.
In the first year of the reign of Emperor Gao of Qi (己未, 479 CE), Xiao Daocheng established Southern Qi, and Wang Baoming was made the Princess of Nan Commandery. In the fifth year of The reign of Emperor Gao of Qi (癸海, 483 CE), Emperor Xiao Daobang of Qi Gao, Xiao Zhao succeeded to the throne for Emperor Wu of Qi, Xiao Changmao was made crown prince, and Wang Baoming was made crown princess. Although Wang Baoming is intelligent and virtuous, and is loved by her in-laws, she just can't get the favor of her husband Xiao Changmao. Other women in the womb often received gorgeous clothes and expensive jewelry purchased by Xiao Changmao, but they never had Wang Baoming's share. Everyone else's fashion is beautiful and pearlescent, but Wang Baoming has an old bed drapery, and all the jewelry has only a dozen rings.
In the first month of the eleventh year of the reign of Emperor Yongming of Qiwu (癸酉, 493 AD), Xiao Changmao died of illness before he could take the throne. Wang Baoming's eldest son, Xiao Zhaoye, was made the Emperor's grandson, and Wang Baoming was renamed the Imperial Princess Consort. In July of the same year, Wang Baoming's father-in-law Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu died, and Xiao Zhaoye succeeded to the throne as Emperor Of Southern Qi, and Xiao Changmao was posthumously honored as Emperor Wen. Wang Baoming was revered as the empress dowager and lived in Xuande Palace.
In the first year of Longchang, after Xiao Luan deposed the emperor, he moved to Xuande Palace. In the third year of Yongyuan (501), after Qi and Emperor Xiao Baorong ascended the throne, they returned to the palace to take the throne. After the establishment of the Southern Dynasty Liang, he lived outside the palace. Emperor Wu of Liang died in the eleventh year (512) at the age of fifty-eight, posthumously honored Empress Wen'an and buried herself in Chong'an Mausoleum.
Who were the younger brothers of Xiao Zhaoye, the deposed emperor of Southern Qi?
1. Xiao Zhaowen (萧昭文), courtesy name Ji Shang, grandson of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu, second son of Xiao Changmao (萧長懋), prince of Wenhui, half-brother of Xiao Zhaoye (萧昭業) the Prince of Yulin, and xu of the maternal palace. The fourth emperor of the Southern Dynasty Qi during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Xiao Zhaowen, the King of Hailing, was the grandson of Emperor Wu of Qi. Xiao Zhaowen's father was the crown prince of Emperor Qiwu, and his father died early, and after Emperor Qiwu's death, Xiao Zhaowen's brother Xiao Zhaoye succeeded to the throne. However, the powerful minister Xiao Luan used his own power to depose Xiao Zhaoye's throne. Xiao Luan made Xiao Zhaowen emperor.
Although Xiao Zhaowen, the king of Hailing, became emperor, he was constrained by Xiao Luan at every turn. Xiao Luan sent people to pay attention to Xiao Zhaowen's living and eating. Once, Xiao Zhaowen wanted to eat steamed fish dishes, but Taishi Guan said that he had to get Xiao Luan's permission. It can be seen from this matter that Xiao Luan's power is very large.
Xiao Luan was not satisfied with his current power, and he wanted to depose Xiao Zhaowen, the king of Hailing. He put pressure on the empress dowager at the time, causing the empress dowager to issue an edict abolishing Xiao Zhaowen's throne. The reason was that Xiao Zhao's style was weak and sick, and he could not handle government affairs. After Xiao Zhaowen's throne was abolished, he was demoted to the title of Hailing King.
Although Xiao Zhaowen, the King of Hailing, did not have the throne, Xiao Luan provided him with sufficient conditions for his life. Xiao Luan followed the example of the Eastern Han Dynasty Jiaodong King, and gave generous gifts to the Hailing King every festival. After Xiao Luan abolished Xiao Zhaowen's throne, he ascended the throne himself as emperor.
Xiao Zhaowen, the king of Hailing, was a direct descendant of Emperor Qiwu, which made Xiao Luan uneasy, although he became emperor, but xiao Zhaowen existed, and his throne always lacked legitimacy. He decided to kill Xiao Zhaowen. At that time, Xiao Zhaowen was not in good health and often needed a doctor to diagnose and treat. Xiao Luan sent many tai doctors to treat Xiao Zhaowen's illness, but secretly asked the tai doctor to delay Xiao Zhaowen's illness, and finally Xiao Zhaowen was killed by Xiao Luan. Although Xiao Zhaowen was the fourth emperor of the Southern Dynasty Qi, he did not personally govern for a day.
2. Xiao Zhaoxiu (483–498), King of Baling, was a native of Nanlanling (present-day Wujin, Jiangsu), grandson of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu, third son of Xiao Changmao the Prince of Wenhui, and his biological mother, Chen Shi( 陳氏).
During the reign of Yongming, he was created the Duke of Qujiang and served as the Taishou of Jiyin. His elder brother Xiao Zhaoye, the King of Yulin, took the throne and was created the King of Linhai. In the first month of the first year of Longchang (494), he served as the Assassin of Jingzhou. In the first year of Yanxing (494), his second brother Xiao Zhaowen the Prince of Hailing ascended the throne, serving as a cavalry general and garrisoning Kyoto, and replacing him with his younger brother Xiao Zhaoyue the Prince of Yongjia.
In the second year of Jianwu (495), Emperor Qi ming renamed Zhaoxiu the Prince of Baling. In the first year of Yongtai (498), the Qi Ming Emperor Xiao Luan became seriously ill and killed Xiao Zhaoxiu and his brother Xiao Zhaoxiu, who was only 16 years old when he died.
3. Xiao Zhaocang (491–498), king of Guiyang, a native of Nanlanling (present-day Wujin, Jiangsu), grandson of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu, fourth son of Xiao Changmao the Prince of Wenhui, and birth mother of the Chu clan.
In the eleventh year of Yongming (493), Xiao Zhaoyue's brother Xiao Zhaoye the Prince of Yulin ascended the throne, was made the Prince of Yongjia, and served as the Assassin of Southern Xuzhou, and after the second brother Xiao Zhaowen the Prince of Hailing ascended the throne, the third brother Xiao Zhaoxiu was transferred to Kyoto, and Zhaoyue took over as the Assassin of Jingzhou. After the Qi Ming Emperor Xiao Luan ascended the throne, he changed his title to the Prince of Guiyang, and appointed Xiao Yaoxin, the Duke of Wenxi County, as the Assassin of Jingzhou, and transferred Zhao yue to Kyoto, where he successively held the posts of Zhongshu Ling and Taichang.
In the first year of Yongtai (498), Xiao Zhaocang and his third brother Xiao Zhaoxiu were both killed by Xiao Luan, who was only 8 years old when he died.
Who were the wives of Emperor Xiao Zhaoye of Southern Qi?
1. He Jingying, year of birth and death unknown, a native of Lujiang County (present-day Huoshan, Anhui), daughter of the Fujun general He Jie, empress of Xiao Zhaoye, deposed emperor of the Southern Dynasty. In the third year of Yongming (485), she married Xiao Zhaoye, who was then the king of Nanjun, and became the princess of Nanjun. In the eleventh year of Yongming (493), Xiao Zhaoye was made the emperor's grandson, and He Jingying became the imperial concubine. In the same year, Xiao Zhaoye took the throne and He Jingying became empress. He Jingying was sexually promiscuous and often had sex with some of the good-looking and beautiful people among some of the rogues around Xiao Zhaoye. Later, it developed into an affair with the witch's son Yang Min, Yang Min's handsome appearance, He Jingying especially loved him, and often slept with him, like a husband and wife. In the first year of Longchang (494), Xiao Luan launched a coup d'état to kill Xiao Zhaoye and posthumously degrade Xiao Zhaoye as the King of Yuling. He Jingying was deposed as Princess Yuling. Since then, He Jingying's whereabouts have been unknown.
2. Xu Shi, originally surnamed Ni, also has books saying that her name is Huo Biyu, who was originally the concubine of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu (Xiao Zhaoye's grandfather), and some people say that she was the lucky concubine of Xiao Zhaoye's father, Xiao Changmao. Later, he was incorporated into the harem by Xiao Zhaoye. Xiao Zhaoye was very handsome and worked in Lishu, so he was deeply loved by his grandfather and father. Smart and agile, he was praised for his thoughtful reception of guests and for stopping talking.
In the eleventh year of emperor Yongming of Qiwu (癸酉, 493 AD), Emperor Xiao zhao of Qiwu and crown prince Xiao Changmao died one after another. As a result, Xiao Zhaoye, as the grandson of the emperor, succeeded to the throne and was known as the deposed emperor. At the same time, xiao Changmao's half-brother Xiao Ziliang the Prince of Jinling and Xiao Luan, the Marquis of Xichang, assisted him. After taking the throne, Xiao Zhaoye's true nature was revealed, and he included his father's concubine Huo Shi into the palace, and in order to avoid people's eyes and ears, he changed her to Xu surname. He was extravagant, without the posture of a monarch of a country, and the government was handled by Xiao Luan. Such unorganized behavior caused Shangshu to make Xiao Luan (nephew of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi) want to depose him. In the spring and February of the first year of the reign of Emperor Jianwu of Qiming (甲戌, 494 CE), Xiao Luan led his guards to break into the Yunlong Gate, and Xiao Zhaoye was facing his beloved Xu Shi naked, and fled in horror at the sight of the influx of soldiers. Later, Xiao Zhaoye, who wanted to draw his sword and commit suicide, was held tightly by Xu Shi and could not move, and was strangled to death by the guards who rushed in, at the age of twenty-one. Xu was also killed by soldiers.
Expanded Information: Introduction to the Southern Qi of the Southern and Northern Dynasties
Southern Qi (479–502) was the second dynasty of the Southern Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
The founding emperor Xiao Daocheng served as a general in the Right Army during the reign of Emperor Ming of Song. After the death of Emperor Ming of Song, he and Shangshu Ling Yuan Yue jointly took charge of the imperial government.
In 474, Xiao Daocheng quelled the rebellion of Liu Xiufan, the prince of Guiyang in Jiangzhou, and became a duke, a leading general in Qianzhong, who took control of the Janissaries and oversaw the military of the five prefectures. At this time, the Southern Song Dynasty was fiercely fighting, and Xiao Daocheng gradually took power.
In 477, Xiao Daocheng deposed Emperor Liu Yu and installed his younger brother Liu Zhun to succeed him. Xiao Daocheng was crowned King of Qi. After this, Xiao Daocheng eliminated Yuan Yue, Shen Youzhi, and others who were loyal to Song.
In 479, Xiao Daocheng forced the Song Shun Emperor Liu Zhunchan to take the throne, establish himself as emperor, establish Southern Qi, and set the capital Jiankang (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu Province). The name of the country is derived from the saying of Wei Wei. There is a folk song cloud: "The golden knife and sharp blade are cut together", which means that "Qi" will replace "Song".
In 502, Emperor Qi and Emperor He were forced to take the throne from the general Xiao Yan. Southern Qi collapsed, and Southern Qi was the shortest-lived of the four dynasties of the Southern Dynasty, with only twenty-four years.