Chapter 142 Chapter 141 Yu Lin Wang Xiao Zhaoye

Xiao Zhaoye is the eldest son of Prince Wenhui, nicknamed "Desheng", and was raised by Princess Yuan of Jingling since he was a child.After Xiao Yu came to the throne, his father Xiao Changmao was established as the prince, and he became the king of Nanjun.When Xiao Zhaoye was young, he had delicate features, elegant demeanor and articulate speech, so he was loved by his grandfather Xiao Yu.At that time, princes and princes entered the palace every five days for interrogation, but Xiao Yu often called Xiao Zhaoye into the palace alone, and asked him about his diet, daily life and reading with concern.Xiao Zhaoye loves official script, and Xiao Yu cherishes all the characters he writes, and he is not allowed to spread them outside the palace.After the death of Prince Wenhui, Xiao Yu was annoyed because Xiao Ziliang, king of Jingling, did not report the prince's extravagance and arrogance. He began to blame Ziliang, and intended to make Xiao Zhaoye the heir to the throne.

In the eleventh year of Yongming (AD 493), Xiao Yu passed away and Xiao Zhaoye succeeded to the throne.Xiao Zhaoye came to the throne during his grandfather's funeral. In front of the spirit of his grandfather who loved him in every possible way, he wept bitterly, knelt on the ground for a long time and refused to get up, which caused all the viewers to cry, secretly praising him for being filial and sensible.But as soon as he entered, he was a completely different person, talking and laughing, and making the band play for fun. Those who had been with him for a long time were not surprised by this, because he behaved just like he did for his father, Prince Wen Hui. When mourning.

Xiao Yu's body was about to be moved out of the Tai Chi Hall, and Xiao Zhaoye personally arranged for the command.Because Xiao Ziliang, the king of Jingling, was strongly supported by Wang Rong when Xiao Yu was about to die, Xiao Zhaoye was deeply concerned about this, and specially sent 200 people in full armor to guard the west steps of Taiji Hall to monitor Xiao Ziliang who was in Zhongshu Province. In order to reward those meritorious persons who worked hard for his accession to the throne and cultivate his own influence, he issued an imperial edict falsely called a legacy edict, with Xiao Ye, Prince of Wuling, as the general of the guard, Xiao Luan, Marquis of Xichang, as the minister, and grandson Zhan Shi Shen Wenji as the guard.He also asked his confidants Zhou Fengshu and Cao Daogang to come to the palace as guards.

More than ten days after ascending the throne, Xiao Zhaoye ordered the arrest of Zhongshu Lang Wang Rong who wanted to support Jingling King Xiao Ziliang.After Wang Rong was arrested and imprisoned, Xiao Zhaoye ordered Zhong Cheng Kong Zhigui to play Wang Rong's treacherous and cunning, recruiting unsuccessful people, and slandering the court, demanding that he be punished.When Xiao Ziliang heard that Wang Rong was arrested, he felt very heavy and disturbed.Wang Rong offended him to support him, and now even he is under the suspicion of Xiao Zhaoye, and he is in a difficult situation. He can't help Wang Rong's affairs, and he dare not even ask him.When he was restless, Wang Rong sent someone to see him, begging Xiao Ziliang to save Wang Rong's life, but Xiao Ziliang just sighed and dared not agree.Soon, Xiao Zhaoye bestowed Wang Rong, who was in prison, to death.

One day, Xiao Zhaoye came to the treasury where Xiao Yu saved money, and saw hundreds of millions of money in it.During Xiao Yu's reign, he saved 500 million yuan in the treasury for military use, and more than 300 million yuan in the treasury for court expenses.Seeing that he was already rich in billions, Xiao Zhaoye spent as much as he could, playing with cockfighting, and once spent thousands of dollars to buy a good cockfighting cock.He also frequently rewards lucky ministers and small groups, with hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in one shot.In less than a year, the money that Emperor Wu Xiao had saved was running out.

Another kind of prank that Xiao Zhaoye liked was to take Queen He and Zhu Chongji to the main clothing store, open the door, and let them hit each other with treasures and break them for fun.All kinds of treasures and treasures were reduced to rubble in the laughter of him, the queen, and the concubine.With his permission, the eunuch and the group of Xiaoke went to the main clothing store to pick up favorite things at will.The licorice stick used by Xiao Yu during his lifetime was divided into pieces by the palace people for playing. In the second year of Xiao Zhaoye's accession to the throne, the reign name was changed to Longchang, and the reign name of Emperor Wu was no longer used.

Xiao Luan, the nephew of Qi Taizu Xiao Daocheng, was assisted by the imperial edict and Xiao Ziliang, King of Jingling, Xiao Zhaoye. Because Xiao Ziliang was suspected that he could not protect himself, he lived in simplicity and did not predict state affairs; Fall aside.Xiao Luan often dissuaded him from his misbehavior, but Xiao Zhaoye didn't listen to him, and still went his own way. He hated Xiao Luan in his heart, and always wanted to get rid of him quickly.But he knows that it is absolutely impossible to succeed by himself, and he must find a prestigious person to assist.He chose Shangshu Youpushe and Poyang Wang Xiaoqiang.

Xiao Qiang is the seventh son of Xiao Daocheng. He is very graceful and magnanimous, and he is very popular.After Wuling King Xiao Ye passed away, he was the eldest among the royal family kings, so Xiao Zhaoye trusted him very much.Once, when the kings entered the palace for interrogation, Xiao Zhaoye left Xiao Qiang alone and asked, "I heard how Xiao Luan treated me?" Yu Xiandi. The ministers and others are all young, and the court can only rely on Xiao Luan, I hope Your Majesty will not worry about this." Xiao Zhaoye was silent when he heard this.After retiring from the court, he said to the eunuch Xu Longju: "I want to take Xiao Luan together with Xiao Qiang. He doesn't agree, so I can't do it alone. Let Xiao Luan monopolize power for a while."

Xiao Zhaoye favored Qi Wuzhenzhi and Zhu Longzhi from Zhongshushe, generals Cao Daogang and Zhou Fengshu of Zhige, and eunuch Xu Longju.Xu Longju was in charge of politics, and Xiao Luan asked to kill him.For this, Xiao Zhaoye was very reluctant in his heart, but he couldn't refuse Xiao Luan's request, so he had to reluctantly kill Xu Longju.As a result, his jealousy towards Xiao Luan deepened. At this time, Xiao Chen and Xiao Tanzhi, who were trusted by Xiao Zhaoye, saw that Xiao Luan was monopolizing the power and won the hearts of the government and the public, so they automatically attached to Xiao Luan and persuaded him to abolish the emperor and establish another, so they became Xiao Luan's eyes and ears around Xiao Zhaoye. .All of this, Xiao Zhaoye was completely kept in the dark and didn't notice it.

One day, Xiao Chen and Xiao Tanzhi suggested to Xiao Zhaoye that Zhou Fengshu was brave and good at fighting, so he should go out of the town for foreign aid.After hearing this, Xiao Zhaoye thought it was very reasonable, so he took Zhou Fengshu as the governor of Qingzhou.Zhou Fengshu asked him to be named Marquis of Qianhu, and Xiao Zhaoye agreed.Later, because of Xiao Luan's objection, he was only granted the title of male in Qujiang County, with three hundred households.When Zhou Fengshu knew about it, he became furious in front of everyone and threatened with his sword.Xiao Luan hastily persuaded Zhou Fengshu with good words.

On the day Zhou Fengshu led the people to take office in Qingzhou, Xiao Zhaoye was surprised when he suddenly received a report from Shang Shusheng that Zhou Fengshu had been executed for contemptuous of the court.It turned out that Zhou Fengshu's troops had just set off, Xiao Luan and Xiao Chen called him back to Shangshu Province and beat him to death.Then, he made a report to Xiao Zhaoye.Although Xiao Zhaoye was dissatisfied with this behavior of cutting first and playing later, he was helpless, and he didn't dare to say anything, he could only play it.Then, Xiao Luan killed Qi's mother Zhenzhi and Du Wenqian for the crime of treason, and Xiao Zhaoye's main confidantes were gradually eliminated. In April of the first year of Longchang (AD 494), Taifu and Jingling King Xiao Ziliang died of illness.Xiao Ziliang was kind to Xiao Zhaoye in nurturing him, but because of the support of Wang Rong on the eve of Xiao Yu's death, Xiao Zhaoye held a grudge against him and took strict precautions against him.Although he was assisted by the imperial edict, Xiao Zhaoye gave him a special gift, let him walk on the sword in the palace, and he did not go to the court, and he was not famous in praise, but he did not dare to interfere in the government affairs, worrying all day long, and eventually became sick from worrying. I couldn't get sick and died.Xiao Zhaoye was always worried that Xiao Ziliang had a different intention. After hearing the news of his death, he was very excited and held a grand and solemn funeral for Xiao Ziliang. Once Xiao Ziliang died, Xiao Zhaoye's confidant was only Xiao Luan.Xiao Zhaoye urgently seeks Zhongshuling He Yin to discuss the matter of killing Xiao Luan.He Yin is Empress He's uncle, who was trusted by Xiao Zhaoye and let him enter the palace.When he heard that Xiao Zhaoye wanted to kill Xiao Luan, he was very frightened and racked his brains to find all kinds of reasons to persuade him to stop him.Xiao Zhaoye had no idea, so he had no choice but to give up.In order to weaken Xiao Luan's influence, he also planned to let Xiao Luan go to live in Xizhou, and use the imperial edict to decide all major affairs of the country by himself, without consulting Xiao Luan any more. Seeing the situation so far, Xiao Luan was afraid of having long nights and dreams, so he stepped up his actions.Wei Wei Xiao Chen secretly summoned the kings to sign, asking them not to allow the kings to accept people outside, so as to prevent the kings from hearing the news.Because the two emperors, Xiao Chen and Li, were all important ministers, all the kings and emperors were in awe of him, and when they heard his orders, they all bowed their heads and obeyed.Shangshu Zuo Pushe Wang Yan, Danyang Yin Xu Xiaosi and others also conspired with Xiao Luan, agreeing to abolish Xiao Zhaoye and establish another. On July 22, when Xiao Zhaoye was about to kill Xiao Luan secretly, Xiao Chen led his troops into the palace under Xiao Luan's order. First he met Cao Daogang and Zhu Longzhi from Zhongshushe. was killed.Seeing this, General Xu Sengliang was furious, and urgently called on the guards to "repay him with death". As soon as he finished speaking, he was immediately beheaded.Xiao Luan, Wang Yan, Xu Xiaosi, Xiao Tanzhi, Chen Xianda, Wang Guangzhi, Shen Wenxiu and other important court officials also entered the palace. At this time, Xiao Zhaoye was in the Shouchang Hall where banquets were usually held. Hearing that there was a change outside, his face turned pale with fright, and he hurriedly wrote a handwritten order to call Xiao Chen into the hall to deal with it.Then, people closed the rooms and pavilions of the inner hall.When he was panicking, Xiao Chen had already led his troops into the Shouchang Palace.Only then did Xiao Zhaoye know that it was Xiao Chen, whom he trusted and relied on, who led the army to depose him.He turned his head and fled to the beloved concubine Xu's room, but he couldn't stab himself with his sword, and wrapped his neck with silk.Xiao Chen led his soldiers into the Yande Hall, and all the guards held their bows and shields to resist the battle. Xiao Chen shouted sharply: "It was taken from someone else, you don't need to move!" The guards are usually subordinate to him, so Believe in his words.Xiao Chen entered the palace and took Xiao Zhaoye out.Seeing that the person Xiao Chen had taken was the emperor, Su Wei wanted to resist, but Xiao Zhaoye was silent and didn't say a word. Seeing this, everyone dispersed in disappointment.Xiao Zhaoye was led to the west of Yande Palace by Xiao Chen and others to kill him. He was 22 years old at the time and was buried with royal rites.Xiao Luan deposed him as King Yulin and Empress He as Concubine under the order of the Empress Dowager.