Historically, the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties were a period of great national integration in China, which was of great significance. But this stage is incomparably dark, during which dynasties change, the emperors appear frequently, and the people's lives are miserable. At that time, the Northern Qi Dynasty was even more of a beast dynasty, and tyrants emerged in an endless stream. The Northern Qi Dynasty existed for 28 years and experienced six emperors, but the behavior of these emperors is not exaggerated to describe the behavior of animals and beasts.
The first is Gao Huan and Gao Cheng, the founders of absurdity and lust. In 534, The Northern Wei chancellor Gao Huan raised an army to kill Emperor Xiaowu Yuanxiu and supported Emperor Xiaojing as a puppet to establish eastern Wei. Gao Huan was good at collecting noble women, and as long as the noble women he favored, whether they were princesses, princesses, or the wives of important courtiers, they would be robbed. Not long after, Gao Huan died of lust and passed the throne to the eldest son Gao Cheng. And Gao Cheng inherited Gao Huan's lust and tyranny, and even more than that, successively occupied his stepmother and sister-in-law, resulting in his being murdered by the cooks around him before he became emperor, and was eventually succeeded by his brother Gao Yang.
The second is to kill emperor Gao Yang. As the first monarch, Gao Yang usurped Eastern Wei and established Northern Qi. At the beginning of his ambition and diligence in government affairs, under his administration, Northern Qi quickly surpassed the Western Wei and Chen Dynasties in just a few years, which shows that its political ability is not ordinary. Unfortunately, within a few years, Gao Yang drank and indulged in lust, killed innocents indiscriminately, and did no evil. In order to build a luxurious palace, the imperial court was allowed to plunder the people's fat and people's ointment. Because of Wei Jianqi, fearing that the former imperial clan would rebel, he actually ordered that all the former dynasty clans be killed, even the babies. Another time, when he was drunk, he killed his beloved concubine with his own hands. Afterwards, he actually dismembered the body without incident, took out the hip bone to make a lute, and played it for the ministers, which was simply creepy.
The third is the short-lived emperor Gao Yin. Gao Yin was Gao Yang's eldest son, and unlike Gao Yang's absurdity, he was a gentle and courteous corporal. After ascending the throne, Gao Yin also cared about the well-being of the people and devoted himself to rectifying the rule of officials, but unfortunately he did not have the opportunity to become a generation of Ming Emperors. Because not long after Gao Yin ascended the throne, his uncle Gao Yan launched a coup d'état and usurped the throne.
The fourth is the Ming Jun's high performance that can be called a clear stream. Gao Yan can be said to be a clear stream among the emperors of Northern Qi, because he was neither tyrannical nor faint, during which he carried out drastic reforms, rectified the bureaucracy, reduced taxes, restored order to the originally chaotic imperial court, and tried his best to change the corrupt atmosphere left by Gao Yang. He also decreed that those who had reached the age of sixty in the palace would be free. However, Cheng is also kind and defeated, and the late Gao Yan slowly loses his consciousness in the double contradiction between his simple humanity and guilt for killing his nephew and seizing the throne, and eventually accidentally falls off his horse and dies.
Fifth, the absurd and cruel emperor Gao Zhan. Gao Yan was jealous that his younger brother Gao Zhan would kill his nephew to usurp the throne like himself, so he specially passed the throne to Gao Zhan, and begged him not to hurt his son Gao Bainian. It is a pity that Gao Yan ultimately underestimated Gao Zhan's fierce heart, and Gao Bainian was finally beaten to death by Gao Zhan. In addition, he often beat the other sons of the clan to death in order to vent his anger. During his reign, Gao Zhan indulged in beauty, did not think about state affairs, and forced his imperial sister-in-law, Gao Yang's empress, to give birth to a daughter with her, which was simply inhumane.
The sixth is the last emperor Gao Wei. Gao Wei was originally a clumsy disciple who did not learn any skills, and it was entirely heavenly to become an emperor. Gao Wei, who became emperor, not only gave chickens and horses positions, but also played role-playing in the construction of poor villages in the inner courtyard of the palace, and even pushed the servants into a basin filled with scorpions to watch their miserable situation to satisfy their own pleasure. It is said that Gao Wei had a favorite concubine named Feng Xiaopi, who was born into a sinking fish and a goose. Every time he attended the imperial meeting, he would take Feng Xiaopi and let Feng Xiaopi lie on the table for the courtiers to watch, of course, this was a fee, and each viewing would reach a thousand gold. This is the allusion to the "jade body horizontal Chen".
From the examples of these generations, it can be seen that the high-yield tyrants of the Northern Qi family have the same degree of perversion, and the name of the Beast Dynasty is really not in vain. However, this may have something to do with the fact that they are the Xianbei people, after all, the Xianbei people do not care about the ethical principles, father and son are the same wife, brothers are married. Some experts pointed out that the Gao family may have some kind of hereditary psychosis, and the indulgence of the supreme ruling power has magnified the perverted psychology, making the wild blood that originally flowed in the heart completely boil.