Xiao Yan, who gained great power by killing the Southern Qi tyrant Xiao Baojuan the Marquis of Eastern Qi, finally performed the story of Wang Mang, Cao Pi, and Sima Yan, and through the Zen procedure, obtained the legitimate throne from Qi and Emperor Xiao Baorong, and founded the Southern Liang Dynasty, known as Emperor Wu of Liang.
Xiao Yan and the Southern Qi Clan Lanling Xiao clan belonged to the same clan, but they were the Pang Sect and their power was not obvious.
The reason why Xiao Yan was able to quickly grasp the situation was due to the weakness of the Southern Qi Sect and the lack of successors.
As a result, Xiao Yan smoothly entered the center of the imperial court as an uncle of the imperial family, and because of his outstanding talent, he quickly rose in the imperial court and became one of the powerful ministers of Southern Qi, laying a solid foundation for the future Qi Jianliang.
Since the two dynasties of Qi liang were of the same royal family, we can conclude that the reason why Xiao Yan was able to successfully build Liang on behalf of Qi was that the phenomenon of "strong branches and weak stems" occurred within the Xiao clan of Lanling.
Then why did the "backbone" of the Lanling Xiao clan, the Southern Qi Sect, fall into the embarrassing situation of being weak and unintended?
The initiator of all this was Xiao Luan, the Qi Ming Emperor.
Based on this logical deduction, the statement that Xiao Yan was able to successfully represent Qi Jianliang was the Qi Ming Emperor Xiao Luan was established.
So why did Emperor Xiao Luan of Qi Ming do this?
Because Xiao Luan was not a descendant of the Southern Qi Sect, but a collateral disciple.
Moreover, due to the large population of the southern Qi sect's concubines, Xiao Luan's uncle Xiao Daocheng had 19 sons under the knees of Emperor QiGao, and Xiao Luan's cousin Xiao Zhao, the Emperor of Qiwu, had 23 sons, and Xiao Luan's own line of sons was sparsely populated, which was a huge disparity in strength compared to the concubines.
The power blinded Xiao Luan's eyes, and Xiao Luan wanted the Southern Qi emperor to pass on the throne only in his own lineage in the future, so he made a cruel decision, that is, to mutilate the sons of the concubines.
He aimed the butcher's knife at his cousins and nephews who shared his own blood.
The seventh son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, Xiao Luan's seventh cousin, Xiao Zhen (萧噱), the Prince of Poyang Commandery, died at the age of 26;
The eighth son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, Xiao Luan's eighth cousin, Xiao Shuo the Prince of Guiyang County, died at the age of 25;
The eleventh son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, Xiao Luan's eleventh cousin, Xiao Jun, the Prince of Hengyang County, died at the age of 22;
The twelfth son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, Xiao Luan's twelfth cousin, Xiao Feng the Prince of Jiangxia County, died at the age of 21;
The fifteenth son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, Xiao Luan's fifteenth cousin, Xiao Rui the Prince of Nanping County, died at the age of 19;
The sixteenth son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, Xiao Luan's sixteenth cousin, Xiao Hao, the King of Yidu County, died at the age of 19;
The eighteenth son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, Xiao Luan's eighteenth cousin, Xiao Luan the Prince of Jinxi, died at the age of 18;
The nineteenth son of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qi, xiao Luan's nineteenth cousin, Xiao Xuan, the king of Hedong County, died at the age of 16;
The third son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the third nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Ziqing the Prince of Luling County, was 26 years old at the time of his death;
The eighth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu, Xiao Luan's eighth nephew, Xiao Zilong, the King of Sui county, died at the age of 20;
The ninth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the ninth nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Zizhen the Prince of Jian'an County, was 18 years old at the time of his death;
The thirteenth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and xiao Luan's thirteenth nephew, Xiao Zilun, the King of Baling County, died at the age of 16.
Whenever Xiao Luan killed a king of the clan, he always sent troops to surround his residence at night, climbed over the wall and broke the door, shouted in, and confiscated all his family property by the way.
Xiao Zimao, the seventh son of Emperor Xiao of Qiwu and xiao Luan's seventh nephew, Xiao Zimao the Prince of Jin'an Commandery, heard that his uncle and brother had been killed by Xiao Luan, so he rebelled in Jiangzhou (江州, in modern Jiujiang, which was a first-class administrative division during the Southern Dynasty, with jurisdiction over most of present-day Jiangxi and the seat of government in present-day Jiujiang).
But unfortunately, Xiao Zimao was betrayed by his subordinate Yu Linzhi, and Xiao Zimao was defeated and killed, dying at the age of 20.
The tenth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the tenth nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Ziming the Prince of Xiping Commandery, was 17 years old at the time of his death;
The eleventh son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the eleventh nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Zihan the Prince of Nanhai County, was 17 years old at the time of his death;
The fourteenth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the fourteenth nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Zizhen the Prince of Zhaoling County, died at the age of 15.
The sixteenth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu, the sixteenth nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Ziyue, the Prince of Linhe County, was 14 years old at the time of his death;
The seventeenth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the seventeenth nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Ziwen the Prince of Xiyang County, was 14 years old at the time of his death;
The eighteenth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the eighteenth nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Zijun the Prince of Hengyang County, was 14 years old at the time of his death;
The nineteenth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the nineteenth nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Zilin, the King of Jiankang County, died at the age of 14;
The twentieth son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the twentieth nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Zimin the Prince of Yongyang County, died at the age of 14;
The twenty-first son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu, Xiao Luan's twenty-first nephew, Xiao Zijian, the Prince of Xiangdong County, was 13 years old at the time of his death;
The twenty-third son of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu and the twenty-third nephew of Xiao Luan, Xiao Zixia the Prince of Nanjun, was 7 years old at the time of his death.
According to statistics, of the 19 sons of Emperor Xiao Daocheng of Qigao, 6 died prematurely, and the remaining 13 were killed by Xiao Luan; of the 23 sons of Emperor Xiao Zhao of Qiwu, 4 died prematurely, 3 died of illness, and the remaining 16 died at the hands of Xiao Luan.
If a relative like Xiao Luan appears in your family, what is the use of you being able to "spread the branches" and have more sons?