Chapter 149 Chapter 148 Yuzhang Wang Xiaodong

Hou Jing originally wanted to establish himself as emperor after expanding the Central Plains.Therefore, Xiao Zhengde was first established, and then Xiao Yan, Xiao Gang and his son were appointed as puppet emperors.Later, the situation deteriorated, especially in the second year of Dabao (551 A.D.) after the defeat of Xiabaling and the death of the fierce general Song Zixian and others. Hou Jing began to worry that he would not be able to occupy Jiankang for a long time, so he wanted to usurp the throne as soon as possible to live the emperor's addiction. In August of the second year of Dabao (AD 551), Xie Hao, a scholar of Hou Jingming's Shouguang Palace, drafted the edict of the Zen position, and then forced Xiao Gang to copy it.After all preparations were completed, Hou Jing sent Wei Weiqing Peng Jun and other commanders into the palace, abolished Jianwen Emperor Xiao Gang as King Jin'an, and placed him under house arrest in Yongfu Province.Then he sent people to carry the imperial chariot to usher Yuzhang Wang Xiaodong to the throne.Xiao Dong was terrified and wept as he climbed onto the chariot.

Xiao Dong's father, Yuzhang Wang Xiao Huan, is the eldest son of Prince Zhaoming Xiao Tong.Xiao Dong is the grandson of Xiao Tong and belongs to the so-called "Zhengxu", so Hou Jingcai chose him to replace Xiao Gang's "non-Zhengxu". Hou Jing made Xiao Dong the emperor, but it was just to buffer, so that he could take the next step - usurping the throne.After Xiao Dong ascended the throne, Hou Jing accelerated his actions, first killing the prince Daqi and more than 20 princes and princes in Beijing, and then killing the princes of Emperor Jianwen who were in other places.In September, Emperor Jianwen himself was killed.Xiao Gang and his son were wiped out, Hou Jing thought the conditions were ripe.On November 9th, Xiao Dong was ordered to add nine tins to himself, and the Han Dynasty set up hundreds of officials below the prime minister. Ten days later, Xiao Dong was forced to issue an edict to the Zen throne.Hou Jing proclaimed himself emperor, changed Yuan Taishi, and changed the country name to Han.Xiao Dong was named the King of Huaiyin, and was imprisoned in a secret room together with his younger brothers Xiao Qiao and Xiao Miao.

In March of the second year (AD 552), Wang Sengbian led the Liang army to recover Jiankang, and Hou Jing fled.How to deal with the puppet emperor is a sensitive issue.At first.When Wang Sengbian, under the order of Xiao Yi, King of Eastern Hunan, led his troops from Jiangling to seek Hou Jing from the east, he asked Xiao Yi: "After Pingcheng, how should I treat my heir?" Xiao Yi said: "Six gates (there are six gates in Taicheng) Inside, he is extremely powerful." The monk argued clearly, but he didn't want to bear the notoriety of killing the king, so he replied: "The task of hunting for thieves is borne by the minister, and Chengji (the crown prince of Wei State gave up his people, killed Wei Gaogui Township For the matter of Cao Mao, please give someone else." Xiao Yi then secretly instructed Xuanmeng General Zhu Maichen to do this.When Jiankang recovered, Xiao Gang, the successor, had long since died. Only Xiao Dong and his two younger brothers were still alive. Seeing that no one was guarding them, they helped each other out. The three of them were very glad to see the sun again.Xiao Qiao and Xiao Miao said: "Today we will avoid a sudden death!" Xiao Dong was not so optimistic, he said: "When misfortune comes, blessings depend on it, and blessings come when misfortune rests on it. Misfortunes and blessings are hard to know, and I am still very afraid!" Dong was right to be worried.The next day, the three brothers happened to meet Zhu Maichen who was looking for them on the road.Zhu Maichen pretended to be very enthusiastic and caring, and called the three people to drink on the boat, and before they finished eating, he submerged them all in the water.