Agitation for four hundred years: To stabilize the situation, Xiao Luan crossed the river and demolished the bridge, and Xiao Chen Wang Yan was killed and blamed himself

This article is the 452nd in a long series of articles, Four Hundred Years of Turmoil

When Xiao Luan deposed Xiao Zhaoye, he promised to make Xiao Chen the assassin of Yangzhou after the event was accomplished. However, after the incident, he reneged on his word, and only took Xiao Chen as the leading general and the assassin of Southern Xuzhou.

Xiao Chen was very dissatisfied, and complained: "The rice is cooked, but it is pushed to others to eat." Believing that he had worked hard and made great achievements, he began to interfere in the politics of the dynasty, and when he wanted to choose whom, he ordered Shangshu to speak for him.

Xiao Luan was very upset when he found out, but because he wanted to resist Northern Wei at that time, his brother Xiao Shi and his younger brother Xiao Lu were leading the army to fight, and they had been hiding it. When the situation was stable, Xiao Luan began to settle accounts after the autumn.

On June 25, the second year of Jianwu (495 AD), Xiao Luan toured the Hualin Garden and feasted with Xiao Chen, Shang Shuling Wang Yan and several others, and drank very happily.

After the feast, Xiao Luan deliberately left Xiao Chen. When they arrived at Hualin Pavilion, the guards who had been arranged for a long time suddenly arrested Xiao Chen and escorted him to the official office.

Subsequently, Xiao Luan sent his close associate Mo Zhiming to count Xiao Chen's crimes: "At the time of Longchang, without you, there would be no today. Now, all three of your brothers have been knighted, two of you have served as assassins, and the court has repaid you to the extreme. However, you are not satisfied, and you always hold a grudge, saying that the rice is cooked, and even the pot is given to others to eat. Now, give you death! ”

Therefore, Xiao Chen was killed, and Xiao Chen was also killed. After that, Xiao Luan sent Xiao Yan, the Yellow Gate Lang, to Sizhou to arrest Xiao Yan and kill him.

Xiao Chen loved magic, and Shen Wenyou often said to him, "Your life is no less than that of Emperor Gao." After Xiao Chen's death, Shen Wenyou was also cursed to death because of his loud words. On the day Xiao Chen was killed, Xiao Luan killed Xiao Ziming, the king of Xiyang, Xiao Zihan, the king of the South China Sea, and Xiao Zizhen, the king of Shaoling, all of whom were xiao Zhao's sons.

On June 28, Xiao Luan took Xiao Chen's place with the Right Guard general Xiao Tanzhi as the leading general.

Maybe it's the status is different, the ideas and patterns are different. After stabilizing the situation, Xiao Luan began to pay attention to personal cultivation, especially in life, and strongly advocated frugality and simplicity.

Once, Taiguan offered Xiao Luan a food called steaming, and he said to Taiguan, "If you can't finish eating it at once, you can divide it into four pieces and eat it the rest of the night." ”

Another time, Xiao Luan used the soap pod to bathe, pointed to the used soap pod water and said to the near waiter: "This can be used again." "It's disgusting.

On the first day of the first lunar month in the third year of Jianwu (496 AD), taiguan used a silver wine bell to give Xiao Luan a birthday according to his custom, and when he warmed the wine, Xiao Luan thought it was too luxurious and wanted to destroy it, Wang Yan and others rushed to praise him for his noble character, and Xiao Yingxin, the wei wei, could not help but say bluntly: "The most solemn festival in the imperial court is the first day of the first lunar month, this silver wine bell is an old thing, not a luxury." Xiao Luan was very upset when he heard it.

Later, Xiao Luan set up a banquet in the palace, and there were many silver utensils on the table, and Xiao Yingxin said to Xiao Luan: "Your Majesty destroyed the wine bell the next time, I am afraid that what should be destroyed is what is in front of you." Xiao Luan was embarrassed.

Xiao Yingxin, xiao Daocheng's nephew, was a man of honor and good literature, and started as a secretary Lang, and successively held important positions such as An Lu Neishi, Zhongshu Lang, Xin'an Taishou, and Wei Wei. Fortunately, he was not a descendant of Xiao Daocheng, and he had always had a close relationship with Xiao Luan, otherwise he would inevitably die.

In addition to practicing frugality in life, Xiao Luan was also very dedicated in his work, and his requirements were very cumbersome, and even the daily affairs of the counties and counties below, as well as the sixth and ninth provinces of the DPRK, must all be reported to him and obtained his orders to handle them.

At that time, the selection and appointment of Wen wugong ministers and former ministers were not under the management of the officials, but were promoted by mutual promotion by means of kinship, so that Xiao Luan was caught in heavy affairs.

Zhong Rong, the king of Nankang, advised for this reason: "Gu Zhimingjun assigned things according to the talents of his subordinates, and according to their abilities, he was given official positions, and the three dukes sat down and discussed the Tao, the Nine Qings specifically executed, and the Heavenly Son ruled from the arch." ”

After Zhong Rong's letter was presented, Xiao Luan was displeased in his heart and asked The Taizhong Doctor Gu Xuan, "Who is Zhong Rong?" You even want to interfere in the affairs of yuan, do you recognize him? ”

Gu Xuan replied, "Although Zhong Rong has a humble status and no fame, what he said has something to adopt. All those heavy and trivial affairs were handled by the corresponding functional departments, and now His Majesty had taken care of them all and handled them personally, making His Majesty very tired, but the courtiers were very idle and secretly thought it was inappropriate. Xiao Luan was speechless and had to change the topic to another topic.

Xiao Chen was killed because he was proud of his merits, and another supporter, Wang Yan, did not learn the lesson of blood, and finally killed himself.

During Xiao Zhao's reign, Wang Yan was deeply favored by him and regarded as a confidant. However, when Xiao Luan plotted to depose Xiao Zhaoye, Wang Yan immediately agreed and became Xiao Luan's accomplice.

Although Xiao Luan had to rely on and reuse Wang Yan because of the incident, he actually hated him very much in his heart.

After Xiao Zhaoye was deposed, Xiao Luan once feasted with Wang Yan in the Eastern Mansion, and when talking about current affairs, Wang Yan clapped his palms and said, "Your Majesty often says that subjects are timid, but what do you think of your subjects today?" ”

After Xiao Luan ascended the throne, Wang Yan thought that he had the merit of his life, and often ridiculed Xiao Yan's life. After serving as Shang Shu Ling, Wang Yan became the head of the hundred officials, acting arbitrarily and arbitrarily, appointing his own cronies for important positions inside and outside the imperial court, and often quarreling with Xiao Luan.

By chance, when Xiao Luan was sorting out and inspecting Xiao Zhao's edicts and other materials, he received more than three hundred of Xiao Zhao's handwritten edicts written to Wang Yan, all of which were talking about major state affairs, and Wang Yan advised Xiao Yan not to let himself be in charge of interpreting the qi song, so he became more and more jealous and snubbed Wang Yan, and Wang Yan still did not know it.

Xiao Yaoguang, the king of Shi'an, persuaded Xiao Luan to kill Wang Yan, and Xiao Luan pretended: "Wang Yan has meritorious service in Yu Yuan, and moreover, he is not guilty, so he cannot be killed." Xiao Yaoguang said, "Wang Yan can't be loyal to Emperor Wu, so how can he be loyal to His Majesty?" Xiao Luan was silent after listening, and his face was gloomy.

Therefore, Xiao Luan sent his confidant Chen Shifan and others to the streets and alleys to collect rumors about Wang Yan. If you don't check it, you don't know, it's all a problem.

Wang Yan was rash and shallow and unprepared, he wanted to open up a government office for himself, and several times called the alchemist to check the feng shui, saying that he would be rich and wealthy. When talking to guests, I always like to separate the miscellaneous people and talk to the guests alone, as if discussing some secret.

After receiving this information, Xiao Luan suspected that Wang Yan was plotting rebellion and began to kill.

Feng Chao asked Xian Yu Wencang to spy on Xiao Luan's thoughts, and he told Wang Yan that he had a different plan. Chen Shifan also took the opportunity to say: "Wang Yan conspired to take advantage of Jianwu's four-year southern suburban sacrifice to start an incident with Emperor Wu's former commander in Daozhong. Just when the tiger broke into the altar in the southern suburbs, Xiao Luan became more and more afraid.

The day before the suburban festival, Xiao Luan ordered not to go to the southern suburbs to sacrifice, and sent someone to tell Wang Yan and Xu Xiaosi. Xu Xiaosi did not say a word, but Wang Yan disagreed, and also stated the reason: "The matter of the suburban shrine is very important, and Your Majesty must personally go there." In this way, Xiao Luan believed more and more what Chen Shifan said.

On the 28th day of the first month of the fourth year of Jianwu (497 CE), Xiao Luan summoned Wang Yan to Hualin Province and killed him, along with Sima Xiaoyi (Xiao Jingxian's son) and Liu Mingda, the leader of the Taiwan team, as well as Wang Yan's younger brother Wang Xu and sons Wang Deyuan and Wang Dehe.

After killing Wang Yan, Xiao Luan issued an edict declaring: "Wang Yan, Xiao Yi, and Liu Mingda, because of xiao Xuan, the king of Hedong, had low knowledge and weak ability, plotted to take him as the main one, and let him keep his vacant position while manipulating state affairs himself." ”

Xiao Xuan is the youngest son of Xiao Daocheng, who has lived to the present because of his young age and mediocrity and incompetence. Every time he saw Xiao Luan, he stooped down and bowed his head, like a servant who did not dare to look directly. Now, innocently involved in Wang Yan's conspiracy, Xiao Luan dismissed him from office, put him under house arrest, and sat waiting for the slaughter.

Whether it was Xiao Chen or Wang Yan, their deaths were both pitiful and reasonable, helping the master to do so many unseemly things, and not picking up his tail to be a man could only be a dead end.