From ancient times to the present, people have avoided making the same mistakes. Through these "lessons from the past", learn some ways to cope. Especially those matters of life and death, we must put an end to any mistakes that could lead to tragedy. Since the Wei and Jin dynasties, the word "power subject" has become a lingering nightmare for many monarchs. In the distance, there were Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao, and the near ones were Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai, and the fate of Liu Xie, the Emperor of Han Xian, and Yuan Xiu, the Emperor Xiaowu of Northern Wei, was at the mercy of others, which was avoided by every emperor in the future, of course, Gao Wei, the lord of Northern Qi, was no exception.
As the fifth emperor of Northern Qi, Gao Wei's grandfather was Gao Huan, a former Northern Wei official. Compared with Gao Huan, Gao Wei was not a monarch of great talent, to put it bluntly, he was still relatively faint. During his reign, he appointed Mutiba and other traitors, corrupting chaogang, and the death of the famous general Huo Luguang was related to Mutiba. Although Gao Wei fainted, he was not a stupid person. The process of his grandfather Gao Huan's meritorious service was the behavior of a standard courtier, and the courtier was exactly what Gao Wei was afraid of in his heart. At this time, Huo Luguang, who was superior in skill and high in weight, naturally became gao Wei's target.
During the Northern Wei Dynasty, Huo Luguang was appreciated by Gao Huan because of his outstanding martial arts. Since then, Hu Luguang has entered Gao Huan's camp and followed Gao Cheng as a close governor. Later, under the operation of Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai, the Northern Wei Dynasty split and became two states, Eastern Wei and Western Wei, with Hu Luguang as a general in Eastern Wei. Because Gao Huan and Yuwen Tai both wanted to annex each other, many wars broke out between them, and Hu Luguang made many achievements in participating in the war against The Western Wei. After Gao Huan's death, Huo Luguang almost became one of the most capable generals of Eastern Wei and even Northern Qi in the future. At that time, people called him Northern Qi Sanjie along with Duan Shao and Gao Changgong. Because of Huo Luguang's superb combat art, the Western Wei and later Northern Zhou armies were discouraged.
Because of Huo Luguang's repeated military achievements, after many awards, the official position was already in the position of chancellor, and he had a high prestige in the Northern Qi army. It can be said that Huo Luguang's every move at this time must be paid attention to by the Northern Qi court. In addition to Huo Luguang, his younger brother Huo Luxian was also a general who could fight well, serving as the Assassin of Youzhou in the north, with heavy troops in his hands. To put it bluntly, Huo Luguang already had all the conditions for becoming a powerful vassal, and as long as he and his brother rebelled, the Northern Qi Dynasty would be in danger. Of course, Huo Luguang was a good general who was loyal to the country and did not have any selfish intentions, but in the eyes of Gao Wei, the faint Northern Qi Empress, he was a powerful courtier who had to be wary at all times.
In fact, Huo Luguang himself also realized that his high position of power was easy to be suspected, so he tried his best to keep a low profile and did not want to interfere in the government. However, the tree is very popular, and the current situation of being cold in the heights is extremely vulnerable to the attack of some treacherous villains. Huo Luguang was later killed, and the rumors of Zu Jun, Mu Ti Po and other villains played a huge role in promoting it. In any case, the death of Huo Luguang was a tragedy for the Northern Qi court. Next, it details the successes and failures of the famous general Huo Luguang along the way, as well as the actions of Gao Wei, the lord of northern Qi.
When Huo Luguang was young, he was already proficient in riding and shooting. Once, he followed his father Hulu Jinxi on a campaign and acted very heroically, capturing an important enemy officer alive. This incident made Gao Huan look at him with astonishment, knowing that Huo Luguang was only seventeen years old at this time. Later, when he followed Gao Cheng, the experience of shooting an eagle also made Gao Cheng full of admiration. It is also this excellent performance of archery that has won him a good name: the Governor of the Falling Eagle. Soon Huo Luguang was knighted and awarded the title of General of the Left Guard, thus beginning his life of fame.
After Gao Huan's death, Gao Cheng stepped up the pace of deposing the Eastern Wei Emperor. Because Gao Cheng was assassinated, the task of ending the Eastern Wei Dynasty fell to Gao Yang. Because of the support of gao yang's subordinates such as Hu Luguang, the Eastern Wei emperor Yuan Shanjian could only be captured. After Gao Yang established Northern Qi, in the face of threats from Western Wei and northern tribes, Hu Luguang participated in a series of conquests and served as a pioneer many times. For the sake of stability in the northern frontier, Emperor Wenxuan Decided to go on a crusade against Kumoxi, and of course Hu Luguang also joined the army in the war. Huo Luguang's fierce charge defeated Kumoshi's army and captured many livestock. Afterwards, he received a commendation from Gao Yang and was awarded the post of Assassin of Jinju.
After Northern Zhou replaced Western Wei, Northern Zhou remained Northern Qi's sworn enemy, and the wars between the two sides were endless. Huo Luguang stood on the front line against Northern Zhou, constantly engaging northern Zhou generals and winning victories again and again. In view of the repeated intrusion of local forces in Northern Zhou on the border, Hu Luguang led 5,000 infantry to counterattack, defeating Northern Zhou's Yi tong Wang Jingjun and others, and capturing many soldiers and livestock. At the same time, Huo Luguang's name began to frighten the Northern Zhou army.
The most famous thing for Huo Luguang was the Battle of Yaoshan, where he first led his troops to force back the attack of the Northern Zhou general Da Xicheng, allowing him to retreat without a fight. Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou then sent Sima Wei (陳肓肓) the Grand Sima Wei (陳肓肑), Yuwen Xian (文宮), the Duke of Qi, and Ke Lingxiong the Duke of Yongguo to lead an army of 100,000 to attack the important northern Qi town of Luoyang. Huo Luguang led an army of 50,000 men to Luoyang, where a major battle broke out with the Northern Zhou army around mount Yao. In this battle, the Northern Zhou army suffered a crushing defeat, but Ke Lingxiong was killed, and the rest of the people were defeated and returned. Because of his outstanding performance in this battle, Huo Luguang was promoted to lieutenant by Gao Zhan.
Later, Huo Luguang defeated the attacks of the Northern Zhou army many times, and it can be said that without his bravery and good fighting, Northern Qi would be in danger. Compared with The Northern Zhou Emperor Yuwen Yong, the northern Qi monarchs behaved badly and often ignored the government. During the decades of confrontation between Northern Qi and Northern Zhou, it was maintained by famous generals like Hu Luguang. In order to defeat Northern Qi, Yuwen Yong sent Wei Xiaokuan, the most famous general of Northern Zhou. At that time, Wei Xiaokuan led a large army to attack Pinglong, and Hu Luguang actively faced the battle, defeating the Northern Zhou army at the north of Fenshui and capturing and killing more than a thousand people. At this time, the Emperor of Northern Qi was the later lord Gao Wei, and under his rule, northern Qi's national strength had declined. In order to avoid being wiped out by the Northern Zhou, Gao Wei had to rely heavily on famous generals such as Huo Luguang.
From Gao Huan to Gao Yang to the later lord Gao Wei, Huo Luguang's heroic and good fighting ensured the stability of Northern Qi. In the face of the threat of Northern Zhou, as long as Huo Luguang was present, Northern Qi had the confidence to repel the attack of Northern Zhou. It is no exaggeration to say that Huo Luguang had become a pillar of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and his prestige alone could make Yuwen Yong, the Emperor of Northern Zhou, feel afraid.
As a great general of Northern Qi, Huo Luguang attached great importance to the lives of soldiers. Every time he fought, he minimized the casualties of his soldiers and thus had a high reputation in the army. There is also Huo Luguang who often distributes the rewards he receives to his subordinates, so that the family has no selfish wealth. However, Huo Luguang's excellent style of governing the army was jealous of Gao Wei, the lord of Northern Qi. In Gao Wei's view, the great general in a high position gave such preferential treatment to ordinary soldiers, and it is very likely that he is buying people's hearts and minds to win the support of the army. The reason why the powerful ministers since the Wei and Jin dynasties were able to strongly control the government was because of the support of the army. To put it more closely, Gao Wei's grandfather Gao Huan was in firm control of the army, and as a result, the emperor of Eastern Wei could only act as a puppet.
Originally, Huo Luguang was jealous of Gao Wei, and the next thing he did completely made Gao Wei very dissatisfied. It was when Huo Luguang returned from the conquest of Northern Zhou, and the army was disbanded by edict before it had been rewarded. Huo Luguang felt that most of the soldiers had military merits, and if they did not receive rewards, they were disbanded in this way, which was not conducive to winning the hearts and minds of the army. Therefore, While sending people to ask the imperial court for a reward, Huo Luguang led a large army to continue to advance towards Yecheng. Gao Wei, the lord of northern Qi, believed that Huo Luguang was threatening himself by this move, and that a powerful courtier was putting pressure on the emperor, so he became resentful of him. Although Gao Wei agreed to his request, Huo Luguang's impression in Gao Wei's mind became very bad.
The roof leaked in the overnight rain, and Because of his integrity, Huo Luguang resented the traitors in the imperial court. Once, after the lord Gao Wei wanted to give the land of Jinyang to Mutiba, Huo Luguang directly objected to it above the court, and said: The fields of Jinyang are mainly used to breed military horses, so they are given to Mutiba, is not it to sabotage military affairs. Seeing that the reward of the hand was gone, MuTiba was full of resentment towards Huo Luguang. Coupled with the fact that Huo Luguang had a festival with Zu Jue before, it was now equivalent to him offending two ministers at the same time. Out of consideration for state affairs, Huo Luguang also advised Gao Wei not to get close to Zu Jue and MuTiba and others. This kind of finger-pointing of the emperor's decision-making is clearly a typical "power minister" behavior in the eyes of the faint Gao Wei. As a result, Huo Luguang was not only disgusted by Gao Wei, but also deepened his hatred with Mutiba and others.
At this time, the famous Northern Zhou general Wei Xiaokuan wanted to use the strategy to get rid of Huo Luguang, so he made up a folk song: a hundred liters flew into the sky, and the bright moon shone on Chang'an, in order to imply that Huo Luguang had the intention of usurping the throne. Originally, Huo Luguang was in danger, and MuTiba and others also took the opportunity to make up folk songs to frame him. In this way, Gao Wei felt that Huo Luguang would soon rebel, and remembered that Huo Luguang refused to disband the soldiers before, and continued to lead his troops to Yecheng, and asked the imperial court for a reward. Now the Later Lord Gao Wei felt that Huo Luguang was a dangerous "power minister" and that he must not follow in the footsteps of Yuan Xiu, emperor Xiaowu of the former Northern Wei Dynasty. So at the behest of Gao Wei, Huo Luguang was tricked into entering the palace and then killed. Soon his brother was also executed by Gao Wei because he was implicated. The mainstay of Northern Qi disappeared in this way.
Since Huo Luguang was killed, under the fierce attack of Northern Zhou, Northern Qi was soon destroyed. If Huo Luguang was there, it would be almost impossible for Northern Zhou to defeat Northern Qi. His death, for Northern Qi, was a tragedy. Although it was caused by Huo Luguang's lack of smoothness, the main reason was because Gao Wei fainted and killed Zhongliang indiscriminately. At the same time as Gao Wei fainted, there was also an important factor, that is, since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the emperors of all generations had feared "powerful subjects".
The tragic end of Huo Luguang was Gao Wei's fault, which brought irreparable losses to Northern Qi. Then again, the death of Huo Luguang can also bring some lessons, the water is clear, there is no fish, and if things are slightly smooth, they can not only save themselves, but also serve the country. In this regard, Wei Xiaokuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty is a good example.
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