Author: Li Dakui
"Four hundred and eighty temples in the southern dynasty, how many buildings in the smoke and rain."
Looking back at the ever-changing Southern Dynasty, the four dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen have changed like marquees, and there are many striking similarities. In particular, the short-lived Southern Qi Dynasty, from the founding of the Qi Gao Emperor Xiao Daocheng to the abdication of Qi and Emperor Xiao Baorong, a total of only 23 years, is even more lamentable.
So, what kind of dynasty was the short-lived Southern Dynasty Qi? Why did the proverb "how to come, how to go"?
<h1>First, the origin of the Southern Dynasty Qi</h1>
Xiao Daocheng, who was born in the fourth year of the Southern Dynasty Song Yuanjia, had a background of an official eunuch family. He himself was a general during the reign of Emperor Wen of Song, and his father, Xiao Chengzhi, was the 23rd grandson of Xiao He, the famous chancellor of the Western Han Dynasty.
Xiao Daocheng, who has military talent, has served in the military since he was 16 years old. In the "Yijia Rebellion", he was credited with suppressing the rebellion and was promoted to the history of Yanzhou. After the Deposed Emperor of the Southern Dynasty and the Song Dynasty ascended the throne, the 45-year-old Xiao Daocheng entered the imperial auxiliary government, and made great achievements in quelling the rebellion of the kings, and the leading general of the official Worship, Jia Shangshu Zuo.
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However, the later emperor's rage and dimness, so that the heavens were angry and resentful, gave Xiao Daocheng an opportunity to ascend to the throne. When Xiao Daocheng was 50 years old, he joined forces with Yang Yufu and others to launch the "Yuanhui Coup", killed the deposed emperor, and established Liu Zhun as the Prince of Ancheng as the Song Shun Emperor, thus taking charge of the government himself and taking the position of Grand General of the Hussars.
After Xiao Daocheng's dictatorship, in order to further eliminate dissidents, he quickly killed the generals Yuan Cang, Shen Youzhi, Liu Bing, and other generals who opposed him, thus taking over his military power, and then placed his cronies in the court to hold important positions, declared himself the king of Qi, and added special ceremonies such as "sword walking in the temple, entering the dynasty without tendency, and worshiping without name".
In May 479, Xiao Daocheng, the King of Qi, arranged for the leader of the forbidden army, Wang Jingwei, to force Emperor Shun of Song to give up the throne, and Emperor Shun of Song, who had been emperor for two years, was forced to surrender the jade seal of chuanguo. Xiao Daocheng also instructed his close associate Chu Yuan to lead a hundred officials of wen and military affairs to "support" him in the court to replace Emperor Shun of Song. In this way, Xiao Daocheng ascended the throne as emperor in the midst of a period of imperial congratulations, established the Southern Dynasty Qi, and was known as Emperor Qi gao in history.
This is the origin of the Southern Dynasty Qi.
<h1>Second, "the wind is also XiaoXiao, the rain is also Xiaoxiao" of the Southern Dynasty Qi</h1>
After Xiao Daocheng became the founding emperor of the Southern Dynasty Qi, he governed the country quite well, and he practiced what he preached, summed up the lessons of the fall of the Southern Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, advocated frugality and not extravagance; he also passed the "Nationality Inspection Law" to clean up the household registration, eliminate tyranny, reduce the burden of the common people, and focus on political stability.
Unfortunately, Xiao Daocheng only served as emperor for 3 years before he died of illness. His eldest son, Xiao Zhao (萧赜), succeeded him as Emperor Wu of Qi, at the age of 42.
In general, Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu was able to govern the country in accordance with the will of his father, Xiao Daocheng, the Emperor of Qigao, to provide political leniency, to love his brothers in the same room, to have no cannibalism, and the common people were able to recuperate and promote the social and economic development of Southern Qi, which is the famous "rule of Yongming" in history.
However, the glory of the "reign of eternal light" was only a flash in the pan, and Xiao Zhao's luck was not very good later.
In the third year (485) of the in-depth implementation of the Nationality Inspection Law in the Southern Dynasty, its shortcomings became increasingly apparent, and the poor were often falsely accused of fraudulent household registrations, and the rich took the opportunity to inject forged father and grandfather titles into the household registration (yellow nationality) and changed them into a warrior family exempted from military service.
The "White Nationality Rebellion" led by Tang Yuzhi quickly dragged southern Qi into war, and although Emperor Wu of Qi later quelled the rebellion, the struggle of the Shu landlords against the procuratorate did not stop. In 490 AD, the Nationality Inspection Law had to be discontinued.
The problem of "nationality" brought about fluctuations in the fortunes of the Southern Dynasty Qi State, and another change of deliberate attack directly shook the national capital of the Southern Dynasty Qi.
Originally very talented Crown Prince Xiao Changmao, he was loyal and filial, and he was also deeply supported by the ministers. Who knew that in 493 AD, when the wind was flourishing, he suddenly died of illness at the age of 36.
The question of the southern Dynasty Qi's heir immediately left Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu at a loss.
After pondering for a long time, Emperor Qiwu still followed the ancient admonition that "liturgy is not to be virtuous, and lizi is to be noble and not to be long", and established Xiao Zhaoye, the eldest grandson of the emperor who was filial and pleasing to his liking, as the crown prince, and also let Xiao Ziliang, the second son of The Emperor who was talented in government and familiar with military affairs, carefully assist him.
Who knows, the filial piety of Aisun Xiao Zhaoye is just "good acting", the purpose is to aspire to move to the Eastern Palace as soon as possible, so as to inherit the throne.
In July 493, Emperor Xiao zhao of Qiwu was critically ill, and seeing that Wang Rong, who had joined the army of Fa Cao, wanted to establish Xiao Ziliang as emperor, he was worried about changes, so he appointed Xiao Luan, the Marquis of Xichang, a servant of Shangshu Zuo, to take full responsibility for the imperial government. At the end of the month, Xiao Zhao died. With the support of Xiao Luan, the 20-year-old Xiao Zhaoye successfully ascended the throne, and the history is known as the deposed emperor of the Southern Dynasty Qi.
This former deposed emperor was indeed a waste of no virtue, and as soon as he became emperor, he acted wildly. When Grandpa Qiwu Emperor was still mourning, he gathered musicians to play music and dance, without any sadness, which surprised the courtiers.
After that, the former deposed emperor also ordered Wang Rong to be killed, squandered in the harem, absurdly entertained, and paid no attention to the government.
Seeing that the time was ripe, Xiao Luan, the commander of the Janissaries, immediately broke into the palace and successfully killed Xiao Zhaoye, who was drinking.
This ridiculous former deposed emperor, who had been emperor for less than a year, died.
Xiao Luan, who was sinister by nature, also made Xiao Zhaoye's younger brother Xiao Zhaowen the Prince of Xin'an the Young Emperor of Southern Qi. Of course, this young emperor was even more of a puppet, and all the affairs of the dynasty were decided by Xiao Luan.
However, Emperor Shao only served as emperor for 74 days, and Xiao Luan deposed Emperor Shao as the King of Hailing, changed his name to Yuan Jianwu, established himself as Emperor Qiming, and posthumously named his father Xiao Daosheng emperor Jing.
Emperor Xiao Luan of Qiming, who had seized the throne with Emperor Pangzong, knew that his throne was not so orthodox, so he took cruel killing measures:
After sending people to assassinate the 14-year-old Young Emperor, he successively killed Xiao Zhen the Prince of Poyang and Xiao Ziqing the Prince of Luling, as well as the descendants of the Southern Qi royal family.
At the same time, Xiao Luan, who was uneasy, believed in Taoism and the art of victory, but was still afraid of being killed, so he concealed his illness and lived in simplicity for many years, showing people with "external frugality and internal luxury".
Even so, The Qi Ming Emperor Xiao Luan was only emperor for 4 years, and in 498 AD, the Qi Ming Emperor died of illness.
After the death of Emperor Xiao Luan of Qiming, his second son Xiao Baojuan took the throne, and the history is known as the deposed emperor of the Southern Dynasty Qi.
This drunken and violent post-deposed emperor was an incompetent and absurd emperor, who did not love to read when he was young, played greedily, loved to catch mice, demolished houses, and was willing to use his teeth to top large wooden buildings. After becoming emperor, he was even more extravagant and corrupt. Not only did he slaughter the ministers, but he also liked to set up a market in the palace, do games such as butchers and traders, make eunuchs slaughter pigs and sheep, concubines sell wine and sell meat, and become their own deputies to spoil concubines...
Xiao Baojuan only served as emperor for 2 years, and in 500 AD, he committed public anger by poisoning Xiao Yi, a heavy minister who had made meritorious contributions to suppressing the rebellion, Xiao Yi's younger brother Xiao Yi's brother Xiao Yan of Yongzhou saw that the time was ripe, so on the grounds that the deposed emperor was not worthy of being called emperor, Xiao Baorong, the king of Nankang, was proclaimed Emperor Qihe in Jiangling, and after taking over the military and political power, he gathered people and horses to attack the QiHou Emperor, Xiao Baojuan's troops were able to strike a blow, and at the end of that year Xiao Baojuan was captured, deposed as the Marquis of Dongxiao, and then executed.
Xiao Yan then declared himself the King of Liang and took sole control of the imperial government. In March 502, Xiao Yan received Qi and Emperor Xiao Baorong to return to Jiankang, and on the way, threatened to abdicate.
Where is Xiao Baorong's room for bargaining? In April of that year, it was announced that Zen had officially given the throne to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan officially ascended the throne as emperor in Jiankang City, changing the name of the country to Liang, and the history was called Emperor Wu of Liang.
The short-lived Southern Dynasty Qi ended in a sigh of "the wind is also XiaoXiao, and the rain is also Xiaoxiao".
<h1>Third, the short-lived Southern Dynasty Qi really printed the proverb "How to come, how to go."</h1>
Looking at the Southern Dynasty Qi era, which lasted for only 23 years and survived for only 23 years:
In addition to the founding emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi Gao ruling for 3 years and focusing on leading by example, and the Qiwu Emperor Xiao Zhao ruling for 11 years and his "rule of Yongming" has a commendable place, the remaining emperors, Xiao Luan ruled for 4 years, Xiao Zhaoye ruled for 1 year, Xiao Zhaowen only had 74 days, Xiao Baojuan ruled for 2 years, Xiao Baorong ruled for nearly 1 year, and what they did in power was either violent, cruel, strange, or helpless, leaving only three words for future generations: absurdity, no way, and puppets.
More ironic is:
At first, Xiao Daocheng, the king of Qi, as a general of the Southern Dynasty Song Dynasty, forced Emperor Shun of Song to abdicate and create the world of Southern Qi; after his fourth grandson Qi and Emperor Xiao Baorong were "forced" to abdicate, Xiao Yan, the general of Southern Qi, ascended the throne in the same way and created the world of Southern Dynasty Liang.
Emperor Qi and Emperor Shun abdicated in the same way as Emperor Shun of Song at that time, and they were all whimpering and handing over the jade seal of chuanguo to the new emperor....
History is so strikingly similar that the short-lived Southern Dynasty Qi fulfilled the proverb "how to come, how to go".
Perhaps, this is the destiny in the underworld.
Historical facts tell us that only by "doing the right thing" can we "walk in the right direction"; good is rewarded with good, evil is rewarded with evil, cause and effect are followed, and many unrighteous deeds will kill themselves.
【About the author】Li Dakui, male, Han ethnicity, post-70s, Bachelor of Laws, Guizhou Meitan people, literature lovers.
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