Chapter 144 Chapter 143 Ming Emperor Xiao Luan

Xiao Luan was the nephew of Xiao Daocheng, Emperor Gao of Qi. His father, Xiao Daosheng, was Xiao Daocheng's second elder brother and died in Song Dynasty.Xiao Daocheng remembered that he lost his father since he was young, so he loved him very much, raised him and treated him like his own son.Xiao Luan grew up with his cousins. He is humble and polite in everything, obedient, orderly and likable. After the establishment of the Southern Qi Dynasty, Xiao Luan was granted the title of Marquis of Xichang, and successively served as a servant and governor of Yingzhou.At that time, princes, ministers and ministers all rode in ox carts when going to court or traveling, and guards of honor tried their best to show their prestige, but Xiao Luan was different. When he rode under the curtain chariot, his attendants were all like plain scholars. Those who did not know the truth would not be able to guess that he was the Marquis of Xichang .Xiao Luan was so frugal and didn't admire glory, which left a very good impression on Xiao Yu.In Xiao Yu's later years, he massacred those princes and ministers who might usurp the throne, but he had no suspicion of Xiao Luan at all. When he was dying, he left an edict asking him to assist the young master together with King Jingling Xiao Ziliang, serve as servants, ministers, and participate in courts and dynasties. thing.

Just as Xiao Yu died, Zhongshu Lang Wang Rong wanted to forcibly embrace Xiao Ziliang as emperor, Xiao Zhaoye and his subordinates were helpless and extremely anxious, it was Xiao Luan who forcibly broke into the palace and helped Xiao Zhaoye ascend to the throne.Through this incident, Xiao Luan increased his prestige, and people inside and outside the court gradually turned to him.The little emperor Xiao Zhaoye therefore regarded him as a minister of the arm and arm, and all government affairs were entrusted to him, no matter how big or small.Xiao Ziliang became ill due to suspicion and worry, and he didn't care about the government, but only pretended to be a false name, and the real power was completely in Xiao Luan's hands.Later, Xiao Luan quietly killed Xiao Zhaoye's confidantes Yang Min, Xu Longju, Zhou Fengshu, Du Wenqian, etc., and most of them were executed by Xiao Zhaoye's order, which made Xiao Zhaoye distressed and helpless.As Xiao Luan became more and more powerful, the conflict between him and Xiao Zhaoye became more and more intense. After Jingling King Xiao Ziliang passed away, the conflict between the two became more obvious.

Xiao Luan knew that the opportunity must not be missed.After some planning, he quickly took a series of actions.First of all, Xiao Chen, the Wei Wei, called the kings to sign the signature, and asked them to closely monitor the kings, and not allow the kings to communicate with outsiders, so as not to hear any rumors.The next step is to win the support of the former courtiers. Just as Xiao Luan was making intensive preparations, Zhengnan Ziyi and Xiao Tanzhi secretly reported to him that Xiao Zhaoye had heard the rumors and had doubts. Zhige General Cao Daogang was secretly preparing to kill Xiao Luan and others.After hearing this, Xiao Luan was startled and anxious, hoping that Wei Weiqing Xiao Chen, who was in charge of the palace security, would take action immediately to abolish the emperor.But Xiao Chen stood still there, hoping to use his power to start another incident after Xiao Jichang, the internal historian of Shixing, and Xiao Yingji, the prefect of Nanyang, moved to Beijing.Xiao Luan was deeply afraid that the night would be full of dreams and things would change, so she quickly went to Xiao Tanzhi and asked him to persuade Xiao Chen.Xiao Tanzhi hurried to meet Xiao Chen, and immediately said unceremoniously: "The abolition of the emperor is a big deal in ancient and modern times. I heard recently that Cao Daogang, Zhu Longzhi and others have begun to suspect. If Wei Wei does not act tomorrow, It's too late! Little brother, I have a hundred-year-old mother, how can I just sit and listen to disasters and failures, I should make other plans!" Xiao Chen was shocked when he heard this, and promised to raise troops to abolish the emperor immediately.

When the day came, Xiao Luan first sent Xiao Chen to lead the troops into the palace, and then led troops from Shangshu Province to Yunlongmen. Wang Yan, Xu Xiaosi, Xiao Tanzhi, Chen Xianda, Wang Guangzhi, and Shen Wenji all followed.Xiao Luan was dressed in a military uniform, majestic and majestic, with wide-open eyes and a serious expression, but he was nervous and frightened inside, so much so that he dropped his shoes three times after entering the Yunlong Gate.Xiao Zhaoye did not resist, and was captured without a fight, and Xiao Luan successfully completed the event of abolishing the emperor.

After Xiao Luan killed Xiao Zhaoye, he was in a hurry to find someone to draft the Empress Dowager's edict, Xu Xiaosi approached and took out the edict he had prepared from his sleeve, Xiao Luan took it and looked, and couldn't help being elated.The next day, the Queen Mother issued an order to the whole country: chasing Xiao Zhaoye as Yulin King, abolishing Empress He as Princess, and welcoming Xin'an King Xiao Zhaowen as Emperor. All the ministers of the DPRK and China were called into the palace to listen to the announcement about the replacement of the abolished emperor.Although most of the people were shocked, seeing that the deal was done and feared by Xiao Luan's prestige, they had no choice but to obey orders.

Xiao Luan welcomed the 15-year-old Xiao Zhaowen as the empress, and completely controlled the government. Xiao Zhaowen was just a cover for him to issue orders.As soon as the new emperor succeeded to the throne, he issued an edict to designate Xiao Luan as the Duke of Xuancheng County, and appointed him as General Hushi, Record Minister, and Governor of Yangzhou.So people call it "Recorder". In order to establish his own power, Xiao Luan appointed the disabled Shi'an King Xiao Yaoguang as the prefect of Nanjun, and promoted Zhongshu Lang Xiao Yaoxin as the governor of Yanzhou.Both of them are the sons of Xiao Luan's elder brother Xiao Feng.His own children were still young, so he relied heavily on these nephews.

Those who are most disgusted with his action of abolishing the emperor and establishing a new one are probably the descendants of Emperor Gao and Emperor Wu.Situ and Poyang King Xiao Qiang were Xiao Zhaoye's uncles. When Xiao Zhaoye was deposed, he didn't even know any news.After Xiao Zhaowen was established, Xiao Luan had power inside and outside, and both the government and the public knew that he had the ambition of not being a minister.Xiao Qiang was very worried about this, so he took a car to visit Xiao Luan to find out his aspirations.As soon as he entered, Xiao Luan didn't have time to put on his shoes, so he hurriedly ran to the back of the car to greet him, and then respectfully led Xiao Qiang inside.The two sat down, talking about state affairs and family affairs, Xiao Luan burst into tears, heartbroken.Seeing that he was so sincere, Xiao Qiang dispelled his doubts about him.But Xiao Luan has already had the idea of ​​eradicating Xiao Qiang.

Many people in the imperial court favored Xiao Qiang and hoped that he would rebel against Luan.But Xiao Qiang was afraid that the matter would not be done, so he hesitated.One day, Xiao Luan suddenly received a secret report signed by the Poyang Palace: Xiao Qiang and his follower Xiao Zilong conspired to revolt.Xiao Zilong is the eighth son of Emperor Wu Xiao Yu. He is only 21 years old.Xiao Luan was both shocked and delighted by the secret report.He has always been very worried about Xiao Qiang and Xiao Zilong, knowing that the two kings are extremely influential in the royal family and the government and the public.In the past, it was difficult to find an excuse to kill them, but now God has given a good opportunity to do it.That night, the two kings were killed and their family property was sealed.

The seventh son of Emperor Wu Xiaoyu, the governor of Jiangzhou and the king of Jin'an, Xiao Zimao, heard the news of the death of his uncle Xiao Qiang and his younger brother Xiao Zilong. He gritted his teeth angrily and decided to raise his troops to attack the capital. At this time, Xiao Zimao's mother, the Ruan family, was still in Jiankang, the capital. He was afraid that his mother would be harmed after the incident, so he secretly sent someone to Beijing to welcome his mother to Jiangzhou.After Ruan read the letter, she hurriedly told her half-brother Yu Yaozhi about the matter, and Yu Yaozhi immediately reported the matter to Xiao Luan.Xiao Luan did not hesitate when he heard the news, and immediately pretended to be Huang Yue, and sent the Central Guard Wang Xuanmiao to attack Xiao Zimao, and sent Pei Shuye and Yu Yaozhi to attack Xunyang, the residence of Jiangzhou Prefecture.When Xiao Zimao heard the news, he led the prefecture's troops to defend the city.Yu Yaozhi's elder brother Yu Linzhi served as a soldier in Xiao Zimao's mansion and joined the army. He pretended to be concerned and persuaded Xiao Zimao to bribe Pei Shuye with a lot of money to make him withdraw to avoid disaster.Xiao Zimao sent him there.When Yu Linzhi saw Pei Shuye, she reported the situation in the city and advised him to send troops immediately.According to his plan, Pei Shuye sent 400 people to follow Yu Linzhi into the state city. Seeing this, the officials of Tingzhou ran away one after another.Yu Lin's relatives led 200 people into the room with their swords drawn, and ordered Xiao Zimao to be killed.

After Xiao Zimao's death, Xiao Luan began to kill the kings.He first sent General Wang Guangzhi of Pingxi to lead a team to attack Xiao Zijing, the governor of Nanyanzhou and the king of Anlu, and killed the unsuspecting fifth son of Xiao Yu, Xiao Zijing, who was only 23 years old.Then, Xu Xuanqing was sent to Jiangling to wait for an opportunity to kill Xiao Zhaoxiu, the third son of Prince Wenhui, the governor of Jingzhou, and the king of Linhai.Xiao Zhaoxiu was only 12 years old, and was temporarily spared from murder because of the protection of He Changyu, the chief minister of Xizhong Lang, and was later renamed King of Baling.At the same time, Pei Shuye was sent to claim that he was ordered to kill Gaodi Xiao Daocheng's fifteenth son Xiangzhou governor and Nanping Wang Xiaorui. The 19-year-old Xiao Rui was cowardly and incompetent, bowed his head and killed him.

Xiao Luan also appointed Kong Xiuzhi, the prefect of Wu Xing, to go to Yingzhou to harm Xiao Daocheng's eighteenth son, the governor of Yingzhou, and Xiao Yu, king of Jinxi.Kong Xiuzhi resigned from his new post, but because of Xiao Luan's disapproval, he died on a hunger strike.Xiao Luan had no choice but to order Pei Shuye to go to Yingzhou and kill 16-year-old Xiao Yu.The governor of Nanyu Prefecture and the king of Yidu, Xiaokeng, were also killed by Pei Shuye. Xiao Shuo, General of the Chinese Army and King of Guiyang, is the eighth son of Xiao Daocheng, as famous as Xiao Qiang, King of Poyang.Xiao Qiang is good at articles, and Xiao Shuo is good at fame and reasoning, so people in the world call the two brothers "Pogui".After Xiao Qiang was killed, Xiao Shuo felt uneasy, so he went to Xiao Luan to test him out.After returning home, Xiao Shuo looked sad, and said to the left and right: "Mr. Lu treats me courteously and courteously, and he can't stop, but he looks ashamed. From this, he will kill me." Sure enough, at three o'clock that night, Xiao Luan sent troops to surround him. His house, kill him. Among Xiao Daocheng's disciples, Xiao Luan was most afraid of Jiang Xia King Xiao Feng.Xiao Feng is the twelfth son of Xiao Daocheng, talented, brave and powerful.Once, Xiao Luan talked with him and said that Xiao Yaoguang was talented and could be entrusted with a great job.Xiao Feng secretly stabbed him and said: "Yao Guang is to His Highness, just like His Highness is to Emperor Gao, Wei Zongmiao, and An Sheji, we can really rely on him for a long time." Xiao Luan's expression changed suddenly after hearing this.Xiao Luan punished and killed the kings, and Xiao Feng wrote a letter to reprimand him angrily, so Xiao Luan was very afraid of him and did not dare to fight openly like killing other kings, so he made another living and appointed him as a shrine official to wait for opportunities.One night, when Xiao Feng was on duty at the Taimiao, a group of soldiers rushed in and caught him by surprise.Xiao Feng went out to board the chariot, and the soldiers were just about to board the chariot after him, he swung his fists left and right, knocked several people down to the ground, and was killed because he was outnumbered. Ke Lingsun was ordered to kill Xiao Zizhen, king of Jian'an, under the Dian Zhao. The 19-year-old Xiao Zizhen was Xiao Zizhen's ninth son. He was so frightened that he fled under the bed, but Ke Lingsun stretched out his hand to pull him out.Xiao Zizhen knelt down and cried, begging to be abolished as a slave in order to survive, but Ke Lingsun refused to listen to that and killed him. Xiao Luan also sent Ru Faliang, a member of Zhongshushe, to kill Xiao Zilun, the prefect of Nanlanling and the king of Baling.Xiao Zilun is the thirteenth son of Xiao Yu. Although he is only 16 years old, he is brave and decisive, and he is an extraordinary man. There are guards in the city.Fearing that he would die if he refused to bow his head, Xiao Luan asked Ji Yu Dian to sign Hua Bomao.Hua Bomao and Ru Faliang rushed to Nanlanling, and when they arrived at the county, Ru Faliang issued a death edict to Xiao Zilun, and Hua Bomao personally held the poisoned wine and forced him to drink it. When Xiao Luan killed all the kings, he ordered Dian to sign his hands, and none of the kings dared to resist except Xiao Feng.The Dian Ju made great efforts for Xiao Luan, from which Xiao Luan was well aware of the disadvantages of the Dian Dian. In order to protect his descendants from the harm, he issued an edict: "Since there are urgent matters in the states, they should be reported in secret, and there is no need to repeat them. Send the Dian Sign to the capital." From then on, the power of the Dian Sign gradually weakened. After everything was ready, Xiao Luan issued an order in the name of the Empress Dowager to abolish the puppet emperor Xiao Zhaowen, and ascended the throne of the emperor himself in a grand manner.Changed Yuan Jianwu. In order to make his title of emperor more legitimate, Xiao Luan declared himself the third son of Gaodi Xiao Daocheng, and honored his deceased father Xiao Daosheng as Emperor Jing, and his mother as Empress Yi.His older brother Xiao Feng died in the Song Dynasty. At this time, he was posthumously named King Shi'an Jing, and changed "Fengzhuang Gate" to "Wangxian Gate", and titled the phoenix bird painted on the Taiji East Hall as "Divine Bird".Change Luanniao to "Shenque". After Xiao Luan ascended the throne, all political affairs, big or small, had to be personally interrogated and handled, and the outline was too detailed.Therefore, the regular duties of counties and counties, the Sixth Office, and the Ninth Mansion also all ask for instructions and reports, depending on the imperial edict, and the appointment and replacement of civil and military officials are not managed by the Ministry of Officials, and he alone has the final say.Xiao Luan must do everything by himself, firstly because he was quite talented as an official when he was young, and secondly because he won the country by defrauding his official power, lest his subordinates follow in the same footsteps.One day, he received a letter from Zhong Rong, the king's servant of Nankang, saying that the ancient Mingjun was the only one who was able to grant government and was able to confer duties.Xiao Luan felt unhappy after reading it, and said to Gu Hao, a senior official of the Taizhong University, "Who is Zhong Rong who wants to cut off my affairs? Do you know him?" There are things that can be adopted. Moreover, each has its own department for the complicated duties. Today, the leader takes care of himself personally, which means that the more the leader works, the easier the subordinates will be. As soon as Xiao Luan was obedient and not speculative, he talked about him from left to right. Xiao Luan, who is famous for being frugal and not luxurious, became more frugal after becoming emperor.He issued an edict to stop the Xinlin Garden set up by Emperor Wu Xiaoyu, and return the land to the people; he abolished the prince Dongtian raised by Prince Wenhui Xiao Changmao, and sold it to the people; It was removed from the main clothing store for collection, but the palace uniforms of Ye Ting remained unchanged.The Taiguan celebrated his birthday on the first day of the year, and there was a silver wine cup on the banquet. Xiao Luan was very upset and asked someone to smash it immediately.However, when he held a banquet in the palace, it was full of silverware, which was extremely gorgeous. An outspoken minister like Xiao Yingzhou, Xiao Luan knew his loyalty, so instead of blaming him, he reused him.Xue Cong, the official secretary and censor, was upright, impeached all officials, and did not shy away from power. Xiao Luan wanted to forgive some ministers who had committed faults, but Xue Cong always refused to give in, and argued hard with reason.Xiao Luan admired him very much, and often said: "When I see Xue Cong, I have to be afraid, let alone other people?"Xiao Luan paid special attention to him, and appointed him as General Zhige, and handed over all the personal guards and guards to him.After the ministers dismissed from court, Xue Cong always accompanied Wei Wei.All political gains and losses, frequent remonstrance, are mostly listened to. Xiao Luan's attitude towards some other ministers was completely different.Xiao Chen helped Xiao Luan abolish Xiao Zhaoye and made a great contribution.At the beginning, after Xiao Luan promised to fulfill his promise, he was appointed as the governor of Yangzhou, but he was appointed as the leading general and governor of South Xuzhou.Xiao Chen was very dissatisfied.Because of his great merit, all his brothers followed suit.Xiao Chen was granted the title of Duke of Hengyang County, his older brother Xiao Dan was granted the post of Marquis of An Fu, and served as Governor of Sizhou; his younger brother Xiao Yi was granted the title of Marquis of Xichang.Xiao Chen relied on his high achievements and often interfered in the government affairs. One day in June of the second year of Jianwu (495 A.D.), Xiao Luan, Xiao Chen, Shang Shuling Wang Yan, and several others hosted a banquet and dispersed happily.When everyone left, Xiao Luan left Xiao Chen to speak again.After a while, Xiao Chen left and came to Hualing Pavilion, suddenly several guards with sticks approached, grabbed Xiao Chen without any explanation, and escorted him back.Xiao Luan didn't want to come forward in person, so he sent Mo Zhiming to tell Xiao Chen: "At the time of Longchang, there is no such thing as Qing. Now Qing has one family and two states, and three brothers. The imperial court has reached the extreme. Qing Henghuai Resentment, what do you say that the cooking is already cooked, and the retort is given to others! I give you my death!" After killing Xiao Chen, Xiao Luan also killed Xiao Chen's younger brother, Xiao Yu, and sent Xiao Yan, a Huangmen Lang, as the governor of Sizhou. Let him kill Xiao Dan. Once, Xiao Luan carefully checked the imperial edicts of Emperor Wu Xiao Yushi, and found that there were more than 300 papers written to Wang Yan, including the eighth year of Yongming (AD 490) Xiao Yu’s edict, and asked Xiao Luan if he could take Wang Yan’s place in the Ministry of Officials. In the Shangshu, Wang Yan replied: "Xiao Luan is more than capable, but he is not familiar with the Bai family, so he may not be able to take this position." Wang Yan is Xiao Yu's confidant, and Xiao Luan wants to abolish Xiao Yu's son Xiao Zhaoye. After he came to the throne, Wang Yan thought that he was appointed to the new dynasty, so he often underestimated Emperor Wu Xiao Yu in front of others, which aroused the resentment of the officials; Employing people made Xiao Luan feel intolerable. For Wang Yan, Xiao Luan wants to use him on the one hand, but also loathes and suspects him on the other hand.He wanted to get rid of Wang Yan, but he was afraid that people would say that he killed heroes indiscriminately, so he hesitated and couldn't make up his mind.His nephew Xiao Yaoguang saw his intentions and advised him to kill Wang Yan.Fengchao Yu Wencan spy on Xiao Luan's intentions, do what he likes, and report Wang Yan's different ambitions.Chen Shifan, Xiao Luan's confidant, also informed Wang Yan that he wanted to take advantage of the emperor's sacrifice in the southern suburbs and join forces with Emperor Wu's former commander on the way.On the twenty-eighth day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Jianwu (497 A.D.), Xiao Luan called Wang Yan into Hualin Garden and killed him.Wang Yan's two sons were also killed at the same time.Beizhonglang Sima Xiao Yi was good at arching horses and was jealous of Xiao Luan, so he was framed and conspired with Wang Yan and killed together. In 498 A.D., Xiao Luan was seriously ill. In order to seek auspiciousness, he changed his Yuan to Yongtai in April of that year. Not long after the Yuan Dynasty was changed, Da Sima and Kuaiji Prefect Wang Jing rebelled.Wang Jing was an old general under Emperor Gao and Emperor Wu, he felt uneasy when he saw Xiao Luan punishing his old officials.Xiao Luan was very polite and respectful to him on the outside, but on the inside he was very suspicious and guarded closely.He sent people to visit Wang Jingze many times to see how he was in health, how much he could eat in one meal, and ask him if he could lead troops.Hearing that Wang Jing's body is aging day by day, and living in the interior, the threat is not too great, Xiao Luan felt a little relieved. After Xiao Luan's condition turned serious, he was very worried about Wang Jingze, so he appointed Dr. Guanglu Zhang Huan as the general of Pingdong and the prefect of Wujun, and set up soldiers to guard against Wang Jingze.When the news spread to Kuaiji, Wang Jing had a violent temper and many soldiers. After many battles, he thought he was invincible, so he decided to rebel.It took only two or three days of preparation time to launch an uprising under the banner of supporting the son of the former Yuzhang King Xiao Yi and Nankang Marquis Xiao Zike. When Xiao Luan learned that Wang Jing was against him, he immediately ordered someone to kill several of Wang Jingze's sons, and then dispatched troops to suppress them. Wang Jing was fighting under the banner of supporting Xiao Zike, who happened to be away In the capital, the court didn't know where he was going, so Xiao Luan felt very nervous. He supported his sick body and presided over the important affairs in person.Xiao Yaoguang persuaded him to kill all the descendants of Emperor Gaowu to prevent accidents.As a result, all the princes and princes in Beijing were called into the palace.His son Jin'an Wang Xiao Baoyi and his nephew Jiangling Gong Xiao Baolan lived in Zhongshu Province.The grandchildren of Emperor Gao and Emperor Wu were all arranged in Yongfu Province, and each person was only allowed to bring two followers, and those who exceeded were engaged in military law; young children and their wet nurses were allowed to accompany them.That night, Xiao Luan ordered the imperial physician to cook medicine, and ordered dozens of coffins to be prepared. When the third watch came, all the grandsons of Emperor Gao and Emperor Wu would be executed.After the preparations were completed, Xiao Luan felt that he was too sick to support, so he went to sleep and rested, and ordered Zuo Zuo to wake him up again when the time came. When Emperor Gao and the grandsons of Emperor Wu were terrified, Xiao Zike rushed back to Kyoto all night long to avoid Wang Jingze.After learning about Xiao Zike's situation, Xiao Luan slowly relaxed, and ordered to provide meals to the prince.They were all sent back the next day.In this way, the descendants of Emperor Gao and Emperor Wu were lucky enough to escape a catastrophe. Wang Jing led thousands of people across the Qiantang River. Because he was an old general during Emperor Gao and Wu, the people responded enthusiastically with poles and loads. There were more than 100,000 followers, and the momentum was huge.Walking to the Wujin Mausoleum where Xiao Daocheng and his ancestors were buried, Wang Jing passed by weeping, and everyone was moved.At this time, Xiao Luan's condition was very serious, and all the court officials were shocked when they heard that Wang Jingze's army had rushed towards Jiankang.The Taiwanese army and Wang Jing fought fiercely in Qu'a Changgangdai.Soon, Xiao Luan, who was seriously ill, received good news: the Taiwan army defeated Wang Jingze's army, and Wang Jingze was killed in the battle.Those Jinling people who followed Wang Jing and rebelled were many who should be beheaded according to the law. The prefect of Jinling Wang Zhan said: "The foolish people are easy to move, and there is no law." The crime of the people, averted a bloody massacre. After Wang Jingze's rebellion was put down, Xiao Luan couldn't get sick.In July of the first year of Yongtai (AD 498), Xiao Luan died of illness at the age of 47.The posthumous name is "Emperor Ming", the temple name is "Gaozong", and he was buried in Qu'a Xing'an Mausoleum.