Chapter 49 Eighth, the second court

Shen Youzhi was defeated in the second year of Emperor Song Shun's Ming Dynasty (AD 478). In the spring of the next year, Xiao Daocheng, who had cleared out his dissidents, stepped forward step by step to the position of emperor: he arranged his descendants or assistants to take over the military power in the local area. , in the imperial court, he appointed cronies to hold important positions; in March, Xiao Daocheng was granted the title of Xiangguo, Duke of Qi, and Jia Jiuxi; The highest courtesy: walking on the sword to the palace, entering the court without tending, and worshiping without being famous).What Cao Cao, Sima Zhao, and Liu Yu had obtained in the past, Xiao Daocheng also has to obtain now.The fastest, the least credit.Cao Cao unified the north, Sima Zhao wiped out the Shu Han, and Liu Yu quelled the rebellion, conquering Nanyan and Houqin. What Xiao Daocheng did was nothing more than quelling a few civil strife that did nothing.But people are like this, the more incompetent and unable to do anything, the more greedy and shameless they tend to be.Xiao Daocheng's ambition is not to be big in the world, but to be high in power and position, so the next step is of course the Zen Dynasty. (If the upper beam is not regular, the lower beam is crooked. The founding emperors of the four dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen, the most unqualified is the Qi Taizu. The Qi dynasty lasted the shortest time among the four dynasties, and it was almost doomed from the beginning.)

The process of the Zen Dynasty is a two-act play of sorrow and joy, first of all, the abdication of Emperor Song.According to etiquette, Emperor Song Shun needed to meet with all the officials in front of the main hall, and then hand over the seal ribbon.The little emperor was too scared to come forward, so he fled and hid under the Buddha statue in the Buddhist hall in the palace.Wang Jing led the banned soldiers to welcome Emperor Shun out.Emperor Shun had already cried into little tears, and asked Wang Jingze sobbingly: "Are you going to kill me?" Wang Jing was afraid that the show would fail, so he comforted him and said, "It's just moving to another palace. The same is true for the ancestors who took over the Sima family's world."

Although Emperor Shun was a little puppet emperor, he was not foolish. He knew that retribution would come to him, and cried out, "May I never be reborn in the emperor's house in the future!" It is the cry of the weak, the indictment of despair.It's a pity that wailing and accusation are too pale and powerless in the face of power and interests. Emperor Shun handed over the seal and ribbon, and all the officials in the palace burst into tears. One scene is quite meaningful.Doctor You Guanglu Wang Kun is the cousin of Wang Hua, an important official under Emperor Wendi Liu Yilong of the Song Dynasty. He was a doctor in the court at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He was already in his eighties at this time, and no one was older than him.He once witnessed the scene where Emperor Gong of Jin surrendered Liu Yu, Yesterday Once More, with mixed feelings. He cried and sighed: "Everyone thinks that longevity should be happy, but the old minister thinks that longevity is really sad. So that such a scene, To experience it again and again.”

Emperor Song Shun was taken away, and the "tragedy" was over for "comedy". Chu Yuan held the seal ribbon in his hand, and led all the civil and military officials to the palace of King Qi, and persuaded Xiao Daocheng to ascend the throne.Xiao Daocheng had to pretend to decline three times.An official named Chen Wenjian who studied history said to Xiao Daocheng: "Six is ​​the number of riches and honors: the Later Han Dynasty, from Emperor Guangwu to Emperor Xian, surrendered to the Wei Dynasty in 196 years, and the Wei Dynasty passed forty years. Six years passed to the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty passed to the Song Dynasty after 156 years, and now the Song Dynasty has lasted for 60 years, with six beginnings and six endings, I hope that King Qi will follow the will of heaven and ascend to the throne soon!"

After listening to the words, Xiao Daocheng put down his "airframes" and changed to God's service, that is, the throne, changed the name of the country to Qi, changed Yuan Jianyuan, and became the first emperor of the Southern Qi Dynasty, that is, Qi Taizu Gaodi or Qi Gaodi.Similar to how Liu Yu dealt with Emperor Gong of Jin, he made Emperor Song Shun the King of Ruyin, and within a month he secretly ordered his subordinates to kill him.The descendants of Liu Yu were soon exterminated by Xiao Daocheng on charges of treason. The only exception to the Liu clan was Liu Chengzhi, the son of Liu Zunkao, the younger brother of Liu Yu’s clan. Because of his close relationship with Chu Yuan, he survived. It is also far away from the Liu Song royal family.Sixty years of the Liu and Song Dynasties have changed, and it has turned into a dream in Nankeyi.

We finished talking about the second dynasty change in the Southern Dynasties in one breath - Liu Song was replaced by the Southern Qi Dynasty, now we need to turn our attention to the north, and then continue the topic left in Chapter 3, and continue to talk about the achievements of the Northern Wei Wenming Empress Dowager Feng. Half of the reason Wei Xianwen Emperor Tuo Bahong became the Supreme Emperor came from the pressure of Empress Dowager Feng.Although he retreated behind the scenes, he did not give up trying to compete with Queen Mother Feng for the commanding heights of power. In fact, this was not the wish of Tuo Bahong alone. The interest group he represented was opposed to Queen Mother Feng to a certain extent. "The arrow is on the string, and it has to be fired." Even though the two forces seem to be at peace on the surface, they are fighting happily in private.Tuo Bahong inspected various states and counties many times. On the one hand, he promoted officials he admired and punished corrupt officials. In 473 A.D., when he inspected Huaizhou (now Biyang, Henan), he appointed Xue Huzi, a Xianbei native, as the town general, and Xue Huzi was originally deposed by the Empress Dowager Feng.In addition, little Tuobahong had to visit Chongguang Palace where his father lived every month. Empress Dowager Feng, who had always valued this little grandson very much, felt inexplicably disappointed, seeing it in her eyes and angry in her heart.

All in all, in the sixth year of Yanxing (AD 476), the empress dowager Feng, who had been dissatisfied for a long time, finally couldn't bear it anymore. He was poisoned and killed him.Then, in her capacity as empress dowager, she announced that she would change to Yuan Chengming, and she would attend the court for the second time. (In Chinese history, as long as there are strong women like Queen Mother Feng on the side of the queen, the struggle between the queen and the queen has always been a main theme of the power struggle. Interestingly, this kind of confrontation is due to the objective factor of male dominance. Existence often appears to be unequal, or in other words, the success of the latter requires some extraordinary means. If women are very eager to achieve a certain goal, their means are often much more vicious than men. This is the so-called "unscrupulous means" , this is still true today. But I have to say, this is not a problem of women or men themselves, but caused by the social reality of gender imbalance.)

After Empress Dowager Feng gained power, we can probably guess the person she most wants to deal with.That's right, it was Shang Shu Li Shi who was used by Tuo Bahong back then to cause the murder of Empress Dowager Feng's precious lover Li Yi. Li Shi was highly valued and prestiged in Tuo Bahong's court.It was inconvenient for Empress Dowager Feng to move him immediately, so she first transferred him to the governor of Xuzhou to prevent him from getting entangled with party members in the court. The big tree attracts the wind, and of course the Queen Mother Feng is not the only one who hates Li Shi.She quickly found a partner. This person was an eunuch named Zhao Minghei (this name is very strange, and it is a good pair with "Li Bai". His real name was Zhao Hai, and he worked in Liangzhou during the Northern Liang Dynasty. A small official, Tuoba Tao destroyed Beiliang, he became an eunuch, and was able to enter the Northern Wei Dynasty as an official), and he did well in the past. He was one of the few officials who was both favored by Tuoba Hong and loved by Queen Mother Feng. Be a servant and Hanoi Duke.Unfortunately, after Tuo Bahong took the throne, Zhao Hei offended Li Shi because of a trivial matter, and Li Shi tried every means to find fault with him, trying to punish him.It's really not hard to find this one. Zhao Hei has the habit of being greedy for petty gains. He took advantage of his position to "transform" his home into a public property storage, and even leaked the news.Li Xing did not know where to find an informant, and made a clear list of items, and handed them over to Ta Bahong.

What Tuo Bahong hated the most was the corruption of officials, who made people go to Zhao Hei's place to ransack his house, as expected, everything was neatly placed at home.Thinking of his meritorious service in assisting the government, Ta Bahong was kind enough to remove Zhao Hei's servant and let him be a doorman in the palace, which is the job of the gatekeeper in the messenger room now. Of course, it depends on the level of the door. High is the palace gate. This made Zhao Hei so angry that he couldn't eat or sleep for a long time.Fortunately, after a year, Ta Bahong remembered his benefits again, and transferred him to his side again.Now that the Supreme Emperor is dead, Zhao Hei thought it was time for a gentleman to take revenge, so he ran to Empress Dowager Feng to express his loyalty and express his sincerity.The two hit it off immediately, and it was Zhao Hei who came forward and dug out the person who could put Li Shi to death-Fan Wei.

Fan Wei is Li Shi's accomplice, and he cannot escape responsibility for the execution of Li Fu and Li Yi brothers.But Fan Wei knows how to follow the wind. As soon as Queen Mother Feng came to power, he knew that the direction of the wind was about to change. When Zhao Hei came to contact him, he completely fell for the Queen Mother.Fan Wei and Li Shi have been friends for many years (sorry, probably "drinking and meat friends"), and they basically talk about everything.He told Empress Dowager Feng that Li Xing planned to defect when he took office in Xuzhou, and this was said by Li Xing himself, which is absolutely true.

After catching such a witness, why don't you play it big?Empress Dowager Feng immediately sent an order to let Li Chen return to Pingcheng to report on his work; here, she agreed with Fan Wei: "You have to be a good witness for me, in case Li Xin denies it!" Li Shi had only been in office for a year, and he didn't know what was going on, so he went to see Queen Mother Feng.Empress Dowager Feng said: "The crime of your attempt to escape has already been exposed, and you haven't actually committed it?" Li Shi was shocked and said: "How did the queen mother know it? Empty words have no proof, there is absolutely no such thing!" The queen mother called out Fan Wei who was hiding behind the curtain, and confronted Li Xing face to face.Fan Wei memorized a well-rehearsed line, and Li Xing woke up like a dream, knowing that he had set up a trap for others, and said angrily: "Even you came to frame me, what else can I say! It's just that you have been hurt by me!" Hou En, how could you have the heart to do such a thing!" Fan Wei said disapprovingly: "Master Li has also received Li Fu's kindness before, which is much better than what you gave me. You can bear it, why can't I bear it?" Li Shi kept sighing: "I blame me for seeing the wrong person, and it's too late to regret it!" With the help of Zhao Hei and Fan Wei, Empress Dowager Feng convicted Li Shi and executed all of his family.After that, she used similar tricks to frame Tuoba Hong's grandfather Li Hui's family as treasonous, and got rid of this great political enemy.The court of the Northern Wei Dynasty became the Feng family's world.