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The death of his father hit Xiao Yan very hard.
In 490 AD, in the eighth year of Yongming in the Southern Qi Dynasty, Xiao Zixiang, the fourth son of Emperor Xiao Zhen of Qiwu, was dissatisfied because he was not crowned king, and his words and deeds were collected and summarized by people with a heart and reported to Emperor Wu of Qi.
Emperor Wu was furious and immediately sent Changshi Liu Yin and others to Jingzhou to verify, but Xiao Zixiang was angry and killed all the people who verified. Emperor Wu sent the second group of people to arrest Xiao Zixiang, and he was killed again, and the third group of ** who was sent was led by Xiao Yan's father Xiao Shunzhi.
Xiao Shunzhi came to Jingzhou City with soldiers and horses, Xiao Zixiang realized the seriousness of the problem, remorse, tears, and wrote his 20 years of grievances and dissatisfaction to Emperor Qiwu, asking Xiao Shunzhi to transfer it to his father.
What Xiao Zixiang didn't expect was that while Xiao Shunzhi took over the fold, he also cut off his head.
It turned out that before Xiao Shunzhi came to Jingzhou, he received two orders, one was an order from Emperor Qi Wu, if Xiao Zixiang had a sense of repentance, he would be spared;One is the order of the crown prince Xiao Changmao, when he sees Xiao Zixiang, he must kill him.
Xiao Shunzhi is the crown prince**, and he carried out the prince's order without reservation.
After Xiao Zixiang's death, Emperor Qi Wu was very sad, and often washed his face with tears, although he saw Xiao Zixiang's *** but did not add guilt to Xiao Shunzhi, Xiao Shunzhi felt guilty, so he fell ill and died soon after.
Although his father was not killed by Emperor Qi Wu, he was inextricably linked with Emperor Qi Wu, and a seed of hatred took root in the hearts of Xiao Yan's brothers.
The Southern Qi regime, like other regimes, was forever plagued with struggles for the throne. Among them, Xiao Ziliang (the second son of Emperor Wu of Qi) and Xiao Zhaoye had the most fierce battle.
In feudal dynasties, whoever the emperor liked had the potential to become the legitimate heir to the throne. In addition to the eldest son Xiao Changmao, Emperor Qi Wu valued the second son Xiao Ziliang the most.
Xiao Ziliang is gentle and elegant and heroic, and won the favor of Emperor Qi Wu, after Emperor Wu fell seriously ill, Xiao Ziliang was given "a battle into the palace, decoction to serve", the release of political signals is self-evident.
Xiao Ziliang's weak and kind personality gradually gathered many literati and artists around him, including many literary masters at that time, who were known as the "Eight Friends of Jingling".
Xiao Ziliang was named the King of Jingling, and these eight people often gathered with Xiao Ziliang in the Jingling Palace, and Xiao Yan was one of them. Wang Rong said that Xiao Yan will "rule the world in the future, and he will be in his people".
Xiao Zhaoye is the eldest son of the crown prince Xiao Changmao, he wants to be the emperor crazy, he always looks forward to the early death of his father and grandfather, and even uses crooked ways to curse in order for himself to ascend to the coveted throne as soon as possible.
Sure enough, his father Xiao Changmao died soon, and his grandfather Xiao Zhen was also dying.
Xiao Zhaoye's film and television image.
In 493 AD, the eleventh year of Yongming in Southern Qi, Emperor Xiao Zhen of Qi Wu was really going to die.
But who knows, the crown prince Xiao Changmao actually died one step ahead of him, although it has nothing to do with Xiao Zhaoye's crooked ways, but the blow to Emperor Qi Wu is very huge, he has been lying on the sickbed for three months, waiting for the coming of death.
Ziliang, am I going to die?"Emperor Qiwu's hand in the air didn't catch anything.
No, Father, you will get better, for a long time!Although Xiao Ziliang himself didn't believe it, although Xiao Ziliang burst into tears, he had to say so.
Shang'er?"Emperor Qi Wu summoned Xiao Zhaoye's name. After Xiao Changmao died, Xiao Zhaoye was named the emperor's eldest grandson.
Ziliang, do you think I should hand over the throne to Shang'er?"If Emperor Qi Wu is weak, it is like a cold steel knife piercing Xiao Ziliang's heart deeply, and he stirred it a few times.
The eldest son died, and the second son was supposed to inherit the throne, but one incident changed Emperor Qiwu's decision.
Emperor Qi Wu missed his eldest son Xiao Changmao, and went to the prince's mansion to mourn after his death, but found that the prince's mansion was as luxurious as the palace, which shows the prince's ambition during his lifetime, however, Xiao Ziliang, who was close to the prince, never revealed any information to Emperor Qiwu, and he had a feeling of being deceived.
In anger, Xiao Zhaoye was appointed as the eldest grandson of the emperor and became the legitimate heir to the throne.
Emperor Qi Wu died, and an inevitable political storm was coming, but Xiao Yan, who was at home, was not involved.
Although Xiao Yan has a good family background, he is still depressed in his career, as the "Eight Friends of Jingling", he was only a small member of the army at that time with the advice of Wang Xiao Zilong's mansion.
When Emperor Wu of Qi died, Xiao Yan was in a game with his uncle Zhang Hongce. Xiao Yan's four brothers, Xiao Chang, Xiao Rong, Xiao Wei, and Xiao Chen, picked up the curtain cage and walked into the house.
Third brother, have you heard?The emperor is dead, the people are happy, and the death knell of the Qi Dynasty has sounded!”
Zhang Hongce hurriedly covered Xiao Wei's mouth, "The wall has ears!."”
Xiao Yan studied the chess game by himself, and didn't pay attention to the words of the eighth child.
Third brother, why don't you speak, King Jingling was given armor to enter the palace, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that the world of Southern Qi is none other than King Jingling. The third brother is not subject to the battle of the military master, I don't know what it means?”
King Jingling may not ascend the throne, and the imperial grandson is obviously the legitimate heir. Suddenly, the four brothers were divided into two factions.
Zhang Hongce looked at Xiao Wei and Xiao Rong, who were red-faced, "The Qi Dynasty has indeed reached the last moment, and the princes of all walks of life are also accumulating strength and waiting for the opportunity. Jingzhou Xiao Zilong 100,000 soldiers;Shouyang Cui Huijing tun 50,000 soldiers;Wang Jing in the capital was the most powerful. Don't you hear that a hundred-legged insect dies and does not stiffen?With our strength, which side can we compete with?”
Xiao Yan threw away the chess pieces in his hand, raised his eyes to look at Zhang Hongce and the four brothers, and said slowly: "It's far from the time to make a choice, maybe there will be a dark horse to kill, four words, wait and see what happens!."”
Qing people paint a portrait of Emperor Wu of Liang.
At the same time that the two forces of Xiao Ziliang and Xiao Zhaoye were fighting in full swing, a new dark horse force took control of the Qi royal court.
When Xiao Luan, Marquis of Xichang (Emperor Qiwu's brother), appeared in front of everyone, he stunned everyone.
Xiao Luan took armor and the edict of the first emperor, and quickly controlled the situation, and the king of Jingling, led by Xiao Ziliang and Wang Rong, did not fight the emperor's grandson Xiao Zhaoye in the end.
Emperor Qiwu's edict is very clear:
1. Establish the emperor's grandson Xiao Zhaoye as the emperor;
2. Feng Xiaoluan was appointed as an auxiliary minister of Shangshu Ling;
3, Xiao Ziliang assisted his nephew Xiao Zhaoye.
Xiao Ziliang's dream of being the emperor was shattered, Wang Rong's plan did not put Xiao Ziliang on the throne after all, and Xiao Yan bet on the right treasure.
Twenty-one-year-old Xiao Zhaoye finally sat on the throne of the emperor as he wished, and with supreme rights, he began to do whatever he wanted, doing everything and doing all kinds of ridiculous things.
And this is exactly what Xiao Luan wants to see.
Xiao Yan and Xiao Luan met again in the old place (Xiao Shunzhi's mausoleum), and this was the fourth time they had met. After some politeness, we got to the point.
Xiao Yan pointed out that Xiao Zhaoye's series of actions to deaf and mislead the country were the best reason for Xiao Luan to replace him, and Emperor Qi Wu also revealed a similar meaning.
Xiao Luan pretended not to want to be charged with usurping the throne, and wanted to abolish Xiao Zhaoye and set up Xiao Zilong as the emperor. Xiao Yan strongly objected, thinking that Xiao Zilong had no real talent and learning, and was just a straw bale prince.
In addition, it is also necessary to clean up some old ministers, such as Da Sima Wang Jingze, Wang Yan, Xiao Chen, Xiao Tanzhi, etc., so that Xiao Luan can justifiably ascend to the throne.
Xiao Luan was excited about Xiao Yan's plan, and excitedly held Xiao Yan's hand, and he was about to talk to Xiao Yan about brothers.
Before leaving, Xiao Luan kowtowed three times in front of Xiao Shunzhi's grave to show his gratitude.
Xiao Luan's film and television image.
Xiao Zhaoye was soon set aside by Xiao Luan, and the favored ministers and believers around him were either rebelled by Xiao Luan or killed, and Xiao Zhaoye had become a real loner.
Soon, Xiao Zhaoye and Xiao Zhaowen were killed by Xiao Luan successively.
Xiao Luan's dream of being an emperor is getting closer and closer.
At this time, Cui Huijing, the assassin of Yuzhou, united with the Northern Wei Dynasty to break through the Shouyang line, and had a heart of disobedience. Shouyang was an important northern town in Southern Qi, and Xiao Luan made Xiao Yan the general of Ningshuo, leading 5,000 elite soldiers to fight against Cui Huijing's army of 50,000.
Many people thought that Xiao Yan would definitely lose, but Xiao Yan took Cui Huijing's old mother to Shouyang together, and helped them reunite with their mother and son, so that Cui Huijing missed Xiao Yan's kindness, and because his wife was still in the hands of Xiao Luan, the Marquis of Xichang, he was captured.
Xiao Yan not only did not kill Cui Huijing, but also persuaded him to resolve the contradiction between Cui Huijing and the imperial court, making him bow down and submit a letter to Xiao Luan to show his loyalty.
Through this incident, Xiao Yan established his important political position in Xiao Luan's court.
In 494 AD, Xiao Luan was proclaimed emperor. His constant ** Xiao Daocheng's descendants and grandchildren, but anyone who poses the slightest threat to his throne, he will be killed.
Xiao Yan's fear of this emperor whom he had single-handedly raised intensified.
In 495 AD, in the second year of the establishment of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Hongqin led an army of 300,000 to attack the Southern Qi Dynasty, and ordered Liu Chang and Wang Xiao to be the vanguard, and the troops were sent to Sizhou.
Xiao Yan was ordered to go on the expedition again, this time as a deputy general, to assist the main general Wang Guangzhi to participate in the military aircraft.
In this battle, Xiao Yan accurately analyzed the comparison of military forces between the Northern Wei and Southern Qi dynasties, and found a breakthrough, designed a perfect battle plan, and showed unparalleled military talent.
Xiao Yan believes that the Northern Wei Dynasty besieged the city for several months, but it could not be attacked for a long time, because the Northern Wei army did not understand the reality in Sizhou City and did not dare to rush into the army. It can make people touch the Xianshou Mountain in the north of the city at night, and when the war starts in Tianming, they can flank the Northern Wei army on three sides, and they can break the Wei army.
Xiao Yan knew that if he wanted to enter the center of power, he must rely on this battle to obtain military merits.
Sure enough, as Xiao Yan expected, the Wei army was defeated, and most of the men and horses were killed and wounded. Tuoba Hong also began to withdraw his troops. The northern threat of Southern Qi has since been temporarily lifted.
The military victory did not stop Xiao Luan's ** behavior, and Xiao Luan's glorious image is gradually putting on the coat of a tyrant.
Xiao Yan knew that if he wanted to make a difference, he had to keep his head down, hide his edge, and wait for the opportunity. Xiao Yan took advantage of the rare rest time to visit Master Huichao.
Hui Chao's words made Xiao Yan excited in his heart. He said that the general walks like an emperor, and the world must belong to the general, and soon, there will be major events in the capital.
When Xiao Yan asked what would happen, the old monk actually started to speak.
The image of Emperor Liang Wudi's film and television works.
A piece of news caused a huge fluctuation in Xiao Yan's heart, Emperor Xiao Luan of Qi Ming was infected with a chronic illness and was looking for medicine everywhere for treatment.
Whether it is true or rumored, Nanqi's regime has shown a huge crisis, but this is a rare opportunity for Xiao Yan.
In 497 AD, in the fourth year of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Hong led his troops to the south again, and threatened to fight across the Yangtze River and drink horses by the river.
This time, the combat effectiveness of the Northern Wei army was off the charts, and they directly captured Nanyang and Xinye, and the army approached Yongzhou (now Xiangfan, Hubei). At this critical moment, Xiao Yan received an order to get rid of Yongzhou Assassin Shi Cao Hu, although Xiao Yan was unwilling to be Xiao Luan's executioner, but he very much needed Yongzhou, a treasure land of feng shui, Yongzhou has been a battleground for soldiers since ancient times.
Xiao Yan led 6,000 elite soldiers to join Cui Huijing in Dengcheng to fight against the Northern Wei army.
Xiao Yan suggested to Cui Huijing that the 80,000 troops of the Northern Wei Dynasty were stationed in 5 cities, and the Southern Qi army would definitely be able to break through each of them, and there was no reason to be invincible, but Cui Huijing did not think so, and had no intention of sending troops.
After the rain passed, the Southern Qi army encountered the Northern Wei cavalry on the march, Cui Huijing hurriedly ordered the army to retreat to Yingzi Mountain, unexpectedly, the Northern Wei cavalry under the mountain gathered more and more, Xiao Yan suggested that Cui Huijing should take advantage of the Northern Wei reinforcements to arrive should be killed in time to kill a bloody road, and was very passive when surrounded.
Cui Huijing believed that the Wei people were not Xi to night fighting, and it was not too late to wait until it was dark to break through.
Xiao Yan and Cui Huijing had different opinions, so they could only act separately, obviously Cui Huijing did not understand the weather forecast, that night, the bright moon was in the sky, like day, the Southern Qi army was killed, and Cui Huijing fled back to the capital in embarrassment.
Knowing that Cui Huijing was defeated, Xiao Yan led the army to break through from the other side, losing more than half of the men and horses, so he could only retreat to Xiangyang.
Deng Cheng was defeated, and Emperor Xiao Luan of Qi Ming did not blame Xiao Yan, but worshiped Xiao Yan as the assassin of Yongzhou.
Since then, Xiao Yan has become a local hero, far away from the rights and wrongs of the capital, holding heavy troops in the border city, and obtaining all the favorable conditions for doing great things.
There is a more favorable condition, Xiao Luan is terminally ill.
In 498 AD, five years after the establishment of the Southern Qi Dynasty, the life of Emperor Xiao Luan of Qi Ming finally came to an end.
Xiao Baojuan, a sixteen-year-old boy, came from the brothel to his father's sickbed, and listened to the last teaching, the core idea was one sentence: kill people ruthlessly.
This is also the emperor's experience summarized by Xiao Luan in his life, all of which were selflessly taught to his own son.
However, Xiao Luan's son Xiao Baojuan, like Xiao Zhaoye, Xiao Zhen's grandson, did not learn and did not know, was extravagant, ate, drank and had fun, ignored the government and politics, and was mediocre and tyrannical.
In Yongzhou City, Xiao Yan and Zhang Hongce have a very clear analysis and understanding of the current court situation. Xiao Baojuan is frivolous and mediocre, and he will definitely not be controlled by the auxiliary minister.
The six auxiliary ministers are all incompetent, and Xiao Yao has no ambitionsXu Xiaosi is old and mediocre;Jiang You is indecisive;Jiang Xi did not have a far-sighted plan;Liu Xuan is simple-minded;Xiao Tanzhi is short-sighted. Moreover, the six of them each have ghosts, and they are constantly fighting openly and secretly.
Xiao Yan and Zhang Hongce plan to unite with their eldest brother Xiao Yi in order to have absolute strength to fight against Xiao Qi's regime.
Xiao Yan immediately wrote a letter to Xiao Yi and asked Zhang Hongce to personally send it to Yingzhou (at this time, Xiao Yi was the assassin of Yingzhou) and said it.
Xiao Yanxin said: Today, the six nobles are side by side, calligraphy and painting, fighting for power, and they will kill each other. My brother is fortunate to be in the foreign domain, and it is advisable to do so. And now the suspicion has not been revealed, when the brothers are summoned to come west, after this time, I am afraid that there is no way out. In addition, Yingzhou controls Jingxiang, Yongzhou soldiers and horses are strong, and the world is loyal to the dynasty, and the world chaos can be self-helping, according to the times, to ensure everything, if not early, regret will not be possible.
However, Xiao Yi never made a clear statement and hesitated. Zhang Hongce persuaded him again, and Xiao Yi was furious.
Xiao Yan naturally understands that the eldest brother Xiao Yi has been nurtured by his father since he was a child, and the concept of loyalty to the country is deep-rooted.
In this case, he can only act alone, he took stock of his family, in the past few years, he has been quite solid, and there are a number of outstanding generals under his hands.
Xiao Yan ordered people to secretly build weapons, build ships, and prepare to do something big with vigor.
Xiao Baojuan's murderous knife is still very fast, he has killed six auxiliary ministers, and he has killed all those who should not be killed, and Xiao Baojuan's death list is still very long.
Chen Xianda is one of them, he didn't want to die, he had to rebel, and he hit Xiao Baojuan's door in half a month. Xiao Baojuan hurriedly ordered Xiao Yi, the assassin of Yingzhou, to lead troops to rescue the capital, but Chen Xianda was defeated by Xiao Yi.
Although the Southern Qi were still able to suppress the rebellion, they had already existed in name only. Xiao Yan and Zhang Hongce once again analyzed the current situation, Southern Qi was worried about external and internal troubles, and now there is only an empty shelf left.
However, Xiao Yan's troops were still insufficient, and he wanted to unite with his eldest brother Xiao Yi again, but was ruthlessly refused. Monarchs and ministers, fathers and sons, have always been eternal in Xiao Yi's heart.
Cui Huijing rebelled, Xiao Yi was ordered to quell the rebellion, and Xiao Yi killed Cui Huijing. Xiao Yi made meritorious contributions to quelling the rebellion, and was named a scholar and a military commander by Xiao Baojuan. It was such a great credit that Xiao Baojuan was worried that the merit would cover the master, and poisoned Xiao Yi. At the last moment of his death, Xiao Yi did not forget to be loyal to the monarch and serve the country.
In 500 AD, after learning the news that his eldest brother Xiao Yi and his brother were killed by Xiao Baojuan, Xiao Yan made up his mind to overthrow ** and officially declared an uprising.
When the news of Xiao Yan's rebellion reached the capital, Xiao Baojuan ordered Liu Shanyang to raise troops to quell the rebellion, and united with Xiao Yingxuan in Jingzhou to eliminate Xiao Yan's rebel army.
At this moment of crisis, Xiao Yan wanted to unite with Xiao Yingxuan in Jingzhou and send Wang Tianhu to Jingzhou as a lobbyist.
Wang Tianhu used tricks to make Liu Shanyang mistakenly think that Xiao Yingxuan and Xiao Yan had reached a secret consensus, so he did not move and did not dare to enter the army.
Xiao Yingxuan's brothers actually had a rebellious heart, so they decided to trap Liu Shanyang, and Wang Tianhu volunteered to sacrifice his head to help Xiao Yingxuan win Liu Shanyang's trust.
Liu Shanyang was really fooled, fell into an ambush, and was killed by Xiao Yingxuan. The joint uprising of Yongzhou and Jingzhou was huge, and it was supported by the people everywhere.
Not long after Yongzhou and Jingzhou jointly raised troops, Xiao Yingxuan of Jingzhou supported Xiao Baorong as emperor and established a small imperial court in the west, but there was no progress in raising troops to the south.
The small imperial court in the west had no choice but to appoint Xiao Yan as the "General of the Eastern Expedition", with the highest military command in Yongzhou and Jingzhou. Xiao Yan, who had obtained the supreme command, began to wave his army south.
On the way, they encountered some resistance, but they were all defused by Xiao Yan and his subordinates one by one, and the capital was in front of them.
In 501 AD, in the third year of Yong'an in the Southern Qi Dynasty, Xiao Yanyi's army violently began to attack the Vermilion Bird Hang in the capital, which was a water passage outside the Xuanyang Gate of Taicheng, where the palace was located.
Although the defenders claimed to be 100,000, they were all rabble, and the fighting spirit was insufficient, and soon the 100,000 defenders were defeated.
Xiao Yan's righteous army successfully captured the outer city, Xiao Baojuan could only order all the soldiers to defend Taicheng, and Xiao Yan's hundreds of thousands of righteous troops surrounded Taicheng. The defenders of Southern Qi saw that the general trend had gone and surrendered to Xiao Yan one after another.
The Nanqi regime has come to the end of history.
In 501 AD, at the end of the third year of Yong'an of Southern Qi, Xiao Baojuan was killed, Xiao Yan captured the palace, and the Empress Dowager Xuande issued an edict to entitle Xiao Yan as the Great Sima, Lu Shangshu, Hussar General, Yangzhou Assassin History, and Jin Jue Jian'an County Duke.
In 502 AD, in the second year of Zhongxing in the Southern Qi Dynasty, Xiao Yan took the Empress Dowager Xuande into the capital, exercised imperial power, and said that he would resign from all positions. Of course, this is an indispensable performance before becoming emperor.
In February of the same year, the Empress Dowager Xuande named Xiao Yan as the king of Liang.
In March of the same year, Emperor Qi He was killed.
After the death of Emperor Qi He, the Empress Dowager Xuande issued an edict to cede Xiao Qi's power to Xiao Liang, and sent the edict and jade seal to the Great Sima Mansion.
Xiao Yan also solemnly said that he didn't want to be the emperor, he just wanted to save the people of the world and overthrow the emperor, and the emperor could let others do it. The next thing was the death of the ministers, and Xiao Yan reluctantly made it difficult for him and had to sit on the throne of the emperor.
Portrait of Emperor Wu of Liang.
Xiao Yan was 39 years old when he became emperor and reigned for 47 years.