Xiao Luan, emperor of Qiming in the south and north, was the son of Xiao Daosheng the Prince of Shi'an and the nephew of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qigao.
When Xiao Luan was young, his parents died of illness and was raised by his uncle Xiao Daocheng, who treated this nephew like his own son.
After Xiao Luan grew up, during the Reign of Emperor Shun of the Southern Dynasty, he served as the Commander of Anji County, and later successively served as the Taishou of Huainan and the Taishou of Xuancheng, and was awarded the title of General of the Auxiliary State.
Xiao Daocheng's power gradually became stronger, and he became a powerful vassal of the Southern Song Dynasty, and was given the title of Western Changhou and served as the Assassin of Yingzhou.
Xiao Luan was promoted to shizhong when his uncle established the Southern Qi regime.
After emperor Gao of Qi's death, he was succeeded by his eldest son Xiao Zhao [zé], emperor Wu of Qi, and Xiao Luan worshiped the general Xiao Qi.
Emperor Wu of Qi died, and the crown prince Xiao Changmao died early, and was succeeded by his eldest grandson Xiao Zhaoye, who was assisted by Xiao Luan.
As early as the death of Crown Prince Xiao Changmao, Xiao Luan had ambitions to usurp the throne.
In the eighteenth year of Taihe (494 CE), Xiao Luan deposed Xiao Zhaoye and made his younger brother Xiao Zhaowen emperor, and soon killed Xiao Zhaoye.
In the first year of Longchang (494), Xiao Zhaowen was deposed as the King of Hailing, usurped the throne and established himself, and was known as Emperor Qiming in history.
After Xiao Luan ascended the throne, he severely suppressed the clan forces and frantically slaughtered Xiao Daocheng and Xiao Zhao's descendants.
Xiao Luan often sent soldiers to surround the palace of the king at night, climb over the wall, and after the massacre, looted the property.
During his term of office, Xiao Luan advocated frugality, stopped paying tribute to the imperial court in various places, and abandoned some civil engineering projects such as the New Forest Garden.
One day, Taiguan offered Xiao Luan a kind of food similar to rice dumplings called "wrapped in puffs", and he said with a humble head: "I can't eat it at one time, I can divide it into four portions, and then eat it the rest of the night." ”
Another day, there was a minister present, Xiao Luan took a bath with a shower gel made of soap horns and other plants, "Huangying", and after bathing, he said to the attendant: "The rest can be used next time." ”
The implication is not to pour it out, that would be a pity.
At another meal, the waiter served a silver warm wine vessel "wine gun", and Xiao Luan planned to destroy the "wine gun" in order to show his "ambition to be frugal".
The attendant Wang Yan and others formed a group to pat the horse's ass, "Xian called Shengde".
Wei Wei Xiao Yingxin said to the emperor, "This wine warmer is an old thing, not a luxury. ”
Xiao Luan was very frugal in front of the ministers, how did he behave in private?
One day, Xiao Yingxin attended a palace banquet, and at the banquet, the silverware was full, and the table was filled with mountain treasures and seafood and jade liquid jelly.
Xiao Yingxin was very angry and felt that the emperor was too hypocritical, so he unceremoniously sarcastically said: "Your Majesty also planned to destroy the silver liquor gun a few days ago, should this frugal idea also be transferred to these silverware?" ”
Emperor Qi Ming felt very ashamed when he heard these words, and although he was very angry in his heart, he was not good on the surface.
Emperor Qi Ming followed the example of Emperor Ming of Song in slaughtering the sons of the clan and "from the branches of the Emperor Of The Sect", originally thinking that the world would be peaceful from now on, but it was counterproductive, and the result of the slaughter of the clan was that it destroyed the Great Wall and shook the foundation of rule.
In July of the first year of Yongtai (498), emperor Qi Ming, who had different appearances and three swords, died of illness at the age of forty-seven.
He succeeded to the throne as his second son, Xiao Baojuan.
Xiao Baojuan fainted and was brutal, and just three years later, Xiao Yan, the son of Xiao Shunzhi, a brother of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, launched a coup d'état, seized the throne of Southern Qi, and established the southern Liang regime.
Xiao Baojuan was killed by eunuchs at the age of nineteen, and the Southern Qi state was destroyed.