Xiao Luan, the Emperor of QiMing, was the fifth emperor of the State of Qi in the Southern Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. He was the nephew of Xiao Daocheng, the founding emperor of Southern Qi. Xiao Daocheng regarded it as his own and vigorously cultivated it. Is this scene very similar to the old prince Xiao Tingsheng in the TV series "LangyaBang Wind Rises in the Long Forest"? However, the historical Xiao Luan is a dark version of Xiao Tingsheng. He later usurped his nephew's Jiangshan, and also killed more than thirty of his uncle Xiao Daocheng, the Emperor of Qigao, and his cousin Xiao Zhao, the emperor of Qiwu, and before each killing, he was embarrassed and wept bitterly, and the false scene was disgusting. It was such an emperor, but his nickname was "Ming". I have to sigh, in the chaotic world, the world is getting worse and worse.
Emperor QiMing Xiao Luan
As mentioned above, Xiao Luan is Xiao Daocheng's nephew. Xiao Daocheng usurped the throne of Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty, and after the ascension to the throne, he made Xiao Luan the Marquis of Xichang and served as a servant. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the brothers and sons of the general emperor were made kings of the counties, and the sons of the brothers could only be made dukes or marquises without great merit. Xiao Luan was such a non-accomplished clan, and he was able to serve in such a high position, all thanks to the promotion of his uncle Xiao Daocheng. After Xiao Daocheng's death, emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu succeeded to the throne and began to reuse Xiao Luan, not only leaning on the humerus in the government, but also letting him lead the army, and before Emperor Qiwu died, Xiao Luan's military position had been promoted to the rank of general of the Right Guard.
Emperor Wu of Qiwu Xiao Zhao
After Emperor Wu of Qi's death, he posthumously appointed Xiao Luan as a servant (in charge of decision-making) and Shang Shuling (in charge of execution), assisting the emperor's grandson Xiao Zhaoye to ascend the throne. Although at the same time, there was also another close relative, Xiao Ziliang, the second son of Emperor Qiwu, who was the king of Jinling, but his status was special, and he once wanted to launch a coup d'état when Emperor Qiwu was seriously ill, so he was not trusted, so the size of the government affairs was decided by Xiao Luan.
Xiao Zhaoye was just a twenty-year-old young man, greedy and profligate, giving Xiao Luan an excuse to depose the emperor. Xiao Luan secretly lured Xiao Chen and Xiao Tanzhi, who were also the confidants of the young emperor who controlled the forbidden army and were also alienated from the clan room, to fall to him (in the Southern Qi near branch of the clan room, the sons of Emperor Qiwu were all "zi" in the middle of the generation, the grandsons were all "Zhao", and the others were all alienated from the clan). Then the eighth son of Emperor Wu, who was very prestigious in the clan room, was transferred to the capital with Wang Xiao Zilong and strictly guarded. After everything was ready, Xiao Luan suddenly led his army directly into emperor Xiao Zhaoye's Shouchang Hall. At this time, Xiao Zhaoye did not know that xiao Chen, the commander of the forbidden army, had rebelled, and he also issued an edict to let him lead the troops to escort him. After Xiao Chen entered the palace, the forbidden army learned of Xiao Chen's rebellion and took up arms one after another to prepare for the defense of the little emperor, but Xiao Chen's prestige in the forbidden army was too high on weekdays, and he shouted loudly: "I will not look for you, you should not move!" "The Forbidden Army was suppressed. After Xiao Zhaoye was caught, the guards of the Forbidden Army wanted to resist again, but the little emperor Xiao Zhaoye, who had become a bird of fright, did not say a word and killed him. After killing the emperor, Xiao Luan made Xiao Zhaowen, the grandson of Emperor Wu of Qi, emperor, and Xiao Luan was appointed as the Grand General of the Hussars, Lu Shang Shushi (which has been the symbol of power since the Han Dynasty), and the Duke of Yicheng County. Soon after, he was enfeoffed as a great general, completely like the story of Huo Guangfuzheng of the Western Han Dynasty.
Little Emperor Xiao Zhaoye
Xiao Luan's ambitions have been revealed, but his position is not stable, although he has military power and great power internally, but during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, a major feature of the Southern Dynasty is the outer domain of Zongwang Town. Xiao Zhen, the king of Poyang, was the sixteenth son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qigao, who held heavy troops and led the army for many years. However, he was a righteous man, and the deposed little emperor Xiao Zhaoye once wanted to unite with Xiao Zhaoye, the king of Poyang, to get rid of Xiao Luan first, but the kind Xiao Zhen said that Xiao Luan was now the longest person in the clan and His Majesty should rely on him, resulting in the little emperor Xiao Zhaoye not daring to do anything. After Xiao Zhaoye was deposed, Xiao Zhen was shocked. At that time, officials loyal to the imperial court all hoped that Xiao Zhen, the king of Poyang, and the eighth son of Emperor Wu would join Wang Xiao Zilong in eliminating Xiao Luan. However, every time Xiao Luan, the king of Poyang, went to the palace to see Xiao Luan, Xiao Luan always wept bitterly and swore allegiance to the imperial court, and he deposed the emperor as a last resort, so he paralyzed Xiao Luan. Xiao Zhen missed the best time under repeated hesitation, and said goodbye to his mother before the incident, and as a result, from daytime to night, he was denounced by the people around him, and Xiao Luan sent two thousand forbidden troops to kill Xiao Zhen and Xiao Zilong.
Xiao Zhen, King of Poyang
After Southern Qi's Assassin Shi and King Xiao Zimao of Jin 'an (Emperor Wu's seventh son) learned that his uncle Xiao Zhen (萧懋) the Prince of Poyang had been killed and his younger brother Xiao Zilong (萧子隆) with Wang, he attacked Xiao Luan in Jiangzhou. However, due to his own command ability, he was soon defeated and killed. Successive resistance made Xiao Luan realize that Emperor Qi Gao and Emperor Qiwu's descendants would not obey him, so he began to kill Gao Wu's descendants. He successively killed Xiao Zijing (the fifth son of Emperor Wu) of Southern Yanzhou, Xiao Zijing the Prince of Anlu (the fifth son of Emperor Wu), Xiao Zhaoxiu the Prince of Linhai of Jingzhou (grandson of Emperor Gao), Xiao Rui of Xiangzhou and Xiao Rui the Prince of Nanping (the fifteenth son of Emperor Gao), and Xiao Hao (the sixteenth son of Emperor Gao) of Southern Yuzhou and Yidu. After that, Xiao Luan became the King of Xuancheng. Don't underestimate this prince, as Du Shao said earlier, during the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the brothers of the emperor and the emperor could be crowned kings. Xiao Luan's entry into the throne this time means that he has become the son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qigao, rather than a nephew. This paved the way for the legitimacy of Xiao Luan's usurpation of the throne in the future.
At that time, Xiao Luan used his hypocrisy to deceive Xiao Zhen, the king of Poyang, but he also wanted to deceive Xiao Shuo (the eighth son of Emperor Gao) the king of Guiyang. Xiao Shuo loved literature and was on a par with Xiao Zhen, collectively known as "Po and Gui". After Xiao Zhen's death, Xiao Shuo went to see Xiao Luan, and when he returned, he said to his subordinates: "Xiao Luan treated me very well, and sent me out with a look of nostalgia for my adopted son, but there was a look of shame on his face, this is to kill me." As a result, Xiao Shuo was killed by Xiao Luan's troops that night.
Xiao Feng (the twelfth son of Emperor Gao), the king of Jiangxia, was both literate and martial, and his strength was infinite, and Xiao Luan once told him that his nephew Xiao Yaoguang could entrust him with a heavy responsibility. As a result, Xiao Feng sneered to his face: "The relationship between Your Highness and Xiao Yaoguang is the same as that between Your Majesty and Emperor Gao." Defending the Zongmiao Temple and stabilizing the community, he can indeed place high hopes on it. Xiao Luan was horrified that the murder of his uncle's descendants was broken, but he did not dare to send troops to arrest him, so he transferred Xiao Feng to the Taimiao Temple, and took advantage of his lack of preparation to kill Xiao Feng in the Taimiao Temple. After these famous and powerful vassals were killed, Xiao Luan finally established himself as emperor and succeeded to the throne as the third son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qigao, and the Marquis of Xichang finally became emperor.
At this time, Xiao Luan could not stop, he ordered the killing of Xiao Zizhen (the ninth son of Emperor Wu) the King of Jian'an, and after Xiao Zizhen hid under the bed and pulled it out, he did not stop kneeling and asked to be a civilian, but he was killed. Immediately afterward, he poisoned Xiao Zilun (the thirteenth son of Emperor Wu), the king of Baling, who had always had a fierce personality. Before each killing, Xiao Luan would burn incense and pray, weeping bitterly, as if he had really died a loved one, causing everyone in the palace to talk about which king of the clan would suffer the next day when they saw the emperor like this. In the end of xiao luan's reign, Xiao Luan slaughtered more than thirty kings of Emperor Gao of Qi and emperor Wu of Qi. Some princes were killed as children.
Xiao Zilun, King of Baling
As a member of the Yuanzhi royal family, Xiao Luan made his son Xiao Bao the crown prince and his son king. At this time, Xiao Luan finally felt that his position was stable, and only then did he falsely re-enter the descendants of the more than thirty kings he had killed into the imperial family tree, and made their descendants marquises, and put these "true dragon sons and dragon grandsons" in the position of his own Marquis of Xichang.
Xiao Luan, who had fought all his life and fought all his life, died of illness at the age of only 47, but after his death, he was nicknamed "Ming". Why is such a cruel and hypocritical person called "Ming"? In fact, it wasn't that he was so wise, it was that other emperors were too bad. After Xiao Luan ascended the throne, in order to eliminate the adverse effects of his usurpation, he advocated frugality, gently levied taxes, ostensibly handled affairs according to law, was impartial and selfless, and won a good reputation. He dismissed many royal garden projects and returned the fields to the people. The gold ornaments on the carriages, horses, boats and boats where the emperor traveled were scraped down and sent to the treasury. However, Du Shao said before that Xiao Luan was extremely good at disguise and good at making a gesture, in fact, Xiao Luan's life was extremely luxurious, but it was only superficially frugal. Xiao Luan was also militarily in disarray, and during his reign, he was repeatedly defeated by the Northern Dynasty and lost power and land. Such a mediocre emperor can actually get the title of "Ming", and it can only be said that in the chaotic world, there is no hero at all times.