Chapter 68 The Desolate Young Lord Who Comes From Behind

Qiming Emperor Xiao Luan reigned for 5 years. In 498 AD, he died of illness at the age of 47. Prince Xiao Baojuan came to the throne at the age of 16. This is the most famous Marquis of Donghun in Chinese history. When Qiming Emperor Xiao Luan died, he ordered Xu Xiaosi to be Minister of the Order, Shen Wenji to be Zuo Servant, Jiang You to be Right Servant, Liu Xuan to be Wei Wei, Chen Xianda Taiwei to preside over military affairs, Shi'an King Xiao Yaoguang and the above-mentioned ministers to participate in the military affairs. Internal and external affairs.All the six assistant ministers will die soon.

Xiao Luan had just died, and Xiao Baojuan, who succeeded him as the new emperor, was always unhappy when he saw the huge coffin placed in the Taiji Hall. The dark wooden box affected his mood of having fun, so he asked his subordinates to rush to the mausoleum to bury it.In ancient times, there were strict rules of etiquette, and there was a fixed number of days for the coffin to stop. Xu Xiaosi argued for a long time, and Xiao Luan's coffin was placed for another month.During this period, whenever the ministers worshiped or the envoys of the vassal states were about to die, Xiao Baojuan, as a "filial son", should "cry" by the side. Every time he said that he had a "sore throat", he just stood aside and pretended.Taizhong doctor Yang Chan was bald, and when he cried and worshiped, his official hat fell off, revealing his bald head, Xiao Baojuan burst out laughing, and said to the left and right: "This big vulture is also here to mourn!" The ministers on the side were full of surprise , I have never seen such a "filial son", and it is on such a solemn and solemn occasion.

Xiao Baojuan was very naughty when he was the prince in the East Palace. He hated reading and writing, and had fun every day. His favorite thing was to dig holes and catch mice with a few young eunuchs in the middle of the night. Xiao Luan had no way to teach his son. When he was dying, he did not advise him how to be a good emperor and guard the country. Instead, he reminded him to take the abolished King Yu Lin as a precept, "Do not do things behind others", which means to treat the princes and ministers under him. If you want to be punished and killed, you can't be killed by others first.Xiao Baojuan has a stuttering problem, the kind that dog meatballs can't sit at the table, he doesn't like to discuss serious matters with courtiers and scholars, he always hangs out with a bunch of eunuchs and evil boys.

The six auxiliary ministers, including Shi'an Wang Xiao Yaoguang and Shang Shuling Xu Xiaosi, did their best to serve the court after the death of Emperor Qi Ming, and each of them took turns to be on duty inwardly.Xiao Yan (later Emperor Wu of Liang), who was the governor of Yongzhou at the time, said to his staff: "One country and three princes are unbearable. What's more, the six nobles are in the same dynasty. Take advantage of the chaos.At the same time, Xiao Yan wrote to his elder brother Xiao Yi, who was the governor of Yizhou: "Today, the six nobles stand shoulder to shoulder, and people draw their own edicts, fighting for power... The Lord has never had a reputation since the East Palace... Suspicious for a long time, must Great massacre! King Shi'an wanted to be Zhao Wanglun, and he had already seen his signs, but his nature was narrow-minded, and it was only a disaster. Xiao Tanzhi was jealous of bullying others, Xu Xiaosi listened to people piercing his nose, Jiang Youwuduan, Liu Xuan was weak, Once disaster strikes, China and the rest of the world will collapse..." I advised Xiao Yi to take advantage of the dangerous place, and at the right time, he would be obsolete and enlightened.Xiao Yi was a loyal minister, and he didn't listen to Xiao Yan's analysis and advice at all.

Brothers Jiang You and Jiang Si are the nephews of Emperor Qi Ming's biological mother, Empress Jing. two cousins.After Xiao Baojuan succeeded to the throne, although the auxiliary ministers dissuaded him from his lewd pleasures, they were only persuading him out of etiquette. Only these two cousins ​​who were on duty in the inner palace every day did not give him any face. , If you say no, you will not. Xiao Baojuan's beloved Ru Fazhen and Mei Chong'er are often scolded by the Erjiang brothers, hold a grudge, and speak ill of the Erjiang brothers in front of the little emperor from time to time.The Jiang brothers saw that the little emperor was getting more and more unseemly, so they discussed with several auxiliary ministers to abolish Xiao Baojuan.Several people have different opinions. Some want to establish Jiangxia King Xiao Baoxuan, some want to establish Jian'an King Xiao Baoyin, and some want to establish Shi'an King Xiao Yaoguang.Out of the consideration of "National Lai Changjun", most of them wanted to establish the adult Shi'an King Xiao Yaoguang, but Liu Xuan felt that he was at least Xiao Baojuan's biological uncle. When Xiao Yaoguang became the emperor, he lost the respect of Yuan uncle.Xiao Yaoguang was furious when he heard the news, and sent someone to assassinate Liu Xuan.

Realizing that his life was in danger, Liu Xuan first reported to the little emperor about Jiang You and Jiang Si's plot to abolish Li.Xiao Baojuan immediately sent people to arrest the two cousins ​​and tortured them to death in the hall.Although Liu Xuan was the first to file a complaint, when he heard that Brother Erjiang had been killed, he was shocked and turned pale. He threw himself outside the door and asked his servants in fright: "Has my arrester arrived?" , sadly said: "It's not that I mourn the news of Brother Erjiang's death, but I mourn myself!"

After killing the brothers Jiang You and Jiang Si, Xiao Baojuan fearless, day and night he and his servants cheered and cheered in the hall, and raced horses for a show.When he was happy, he said to his attendants: "Jiang You often doesn't let me ride a horse in the palace. If this kid is still alive today, how can I be so happy?" He then asked: "Who is alive among Jiang You's relatives? The others replied: "Jiang You's younger brother Jiang Xiang is still in prison." Xiao Baojuan swiped his pen on the horse and wrote the edict, bestowing death on the only surviving cousin.

Xiao Yaoguang, king of Shi'an, was terrified when he learned that Brother Jiang You had been killed.Xiao Baojuan issued an edict to call him back to Jiankang to discuss matters, which further convinced him that the little emperor wanted to kill him, so he rebelled in the name of crusade against Liu Xuan. Xiao Yaoguang is the nephew of Emperor Qi Ming.When Emperor Ming was alive, all the kings who killed Emperor Gao and Emperor Qi Wu were executed under the advice of Xiao Yaoguang's staff, and he did many bad things that lacked great virtue.He led his troops to capture the eastern city of Jiankang overnight. Due to surprise, the start went smoothly, but due to his cowardly nature, he did not take advantage of the victory to enter the Forbidden Palace and lost the best chance.

As soon as it was dawn, the Taiwan Army (Capital Imperial Guard) assembled. Xiao Yaoguang, who had the upper hand, retreated within a day, and finally ran under the bed to hide, but was found and beheaded by the soldiers.It took only four days to add everything up from the incident to the killing. Strange to say, this Xiao Yaoguang was very decent when he was young, and Emperor Qi Ming made Xiao Baojuan, who was still a child at that time, often live and eat with Xiao Yaoguang, and they had a deep relationship. Xiao Baojuan often nicknamed Xiao Yaoguang "Brother An".After Xiao Yaoguang was killed, Xiao Baojuan boarded the old palace Tushan where he used to play with Xiao Yaoguang, looked at the East Mansion where Xiao Yaoguang was killed, and called "Brother An" sadly, and wept sadly. The impression in his heart was very deep.This kind of "normal person" behavior of Xiao Baojuan is the only one in history books ("Southern History Volume 31 Qi Clan").

After killing Xiao Yaoguang, Xiao Baojuan felt that it was too easy to kill the minister.Under the courage of his close servant Ru Fazhen and others, he killed Liu Xuan, Xiao Tanzhi, Cao Hu and other ministers who had participated in suppressing Xiao Yaoguang's rebellion in less than a month.When killing Liu Xuan, Xiao Baojuan still hesitated: "Liu Xuan is my uncle, how could he rebel?" A guard said: "Emperor Ming is the same as Emperor Wu (meaning that Emperor Qi Ming, father of Xiao Baojuan, and Emperor Qi Wu are cousins) , Enyu is like this, after Emperor Wu is destroyed, how can uncle be trusted?" So Liu Xuan was exterminated.

Among the six ministers, Xu Xiaosi and Shen Wenji were born as literati and did not hold soldiers, so they lived a little longer.Some people also advised Xu Xiaosi to abolish Hun Liming, he always felt that it was inappropriate to go to war, he should close the gate of the city when the little emperor was out of the city to play, and then call the ministers to discuss the abolition. "Scholars rebelled, three years failed", and he has not seen any action for a long time.Minister Shen Wenji used the excuse that he was sick and asked for leave to stay at home and did not interfere with government affairs, hoping to use this to end well.His nephew, Shen Zhaolue, said to him: "Uncle, you are sixty years old, and you are an official to a servant. It is impossible to avoid disaster!" In the winter and October of 499, Xiao Baojuan ordered Xu Xiaosi, Shen Wenji, and Shen Zhaolue to enter the palace to discuss matters. As soon as they entered the palace gate, Ru Fazhen served poisoned wine.Shen Zhaolue was furious, and scolded Xu Xiaosi: "Destroy the obscurity and establish the light, the ancient and modern orders; the prime minister has no talent, so today!" As he spoke, he threw a bowl containing poisoned wine at Xu Xiaosi: "If you die, you will be a villain!" Faceless!" The three of them were killed.Maybe Xu Xiaosi had a lot of entertainment and had a good capacity for alcohol, so others would die after drinking a bowl of such poisonous wine, but he was poisoned to death after drinking nearly a bucket. At this time, among the six Gu Ming ministers, only Taiwei Chen Xianda was left. Chen Xianda, a native of Pengcheng, was born in a poor family. He was named Marquis of Fengcheng for his military exploits during the Liu and Song Dynasties of the Southern Dynasties.Emperor Qi Gao came to the throne, worshiped the general of the guard army and the governor of Yizhou.Emperor Wu of Qi came to the throne, promoted to General Zhenxi, and put an end to the rebellion of Shanyi and Dadu Village Liaoren in Yizhou.After Emperor Qi Ming came to the throne, he was granted the title of Taiwei. According to historical records, Chen Xianda is modest and resourceful, and he thought he was born in a poor family and was a high official, and every time he was promoted, he felt ashamed and fearful.He often told his more than a dozen sons: "I didn't intend to do this, you don't bully others with wealth and honor!" It’s like horse racing today. At that time, expensive cattle were very expensive.) Chen Xianda was very unhappy that his son exposed his wealth so much. His son Chen Xiushang went out to be an official and bid farewell to him. Chen Xianda saw his son pretending to be holding a stag in his hand The tail (one of the symbols of the Wei and Jin Dynasties), stepped forward to snatch it off and burned it face to face, saying: "Every extravagant is rarely invincible, and the tail fly is the king's and Xie's family property. You don't need to catch it and do it yourself. " Emperor Qi Ming was cruel and easy to kill, and Chen Xianda was even more disturbed. He usually used a rotten car, and his followers all chose thin and frail people.Once he was serving a banquet in the court, and after drinking, he begged Emperor Qi Ming for a pillow.Since he was a veteran of the three dynasties, Emperor Qi Ming immediately ordered someone to bring a pillow for the old general.Chen Xianda caressed the pillow and said: "I am old enough to be rich and honored, but if I die without this pillow, I will beg your Majesty for it." In a word, the bloodthirsty Emperor Qi Ming couldn't bear it, and said quickly: "The public is drunk." After Xiao Baojuan ascended the throne, Chen Xianda went out to oversee the army to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty, and killed countless people. Emperor Xiaowen of Wei personally led an army of more than 100,000 troops to reinforce him. Although Chen Xianda was repelled in the end, the famous Emperor Xiaowen died of illness shortly after returning. .Even such an old general who has served the three lords of the Qi Kingdom with great achievements throughout the world felt that disaster was coming after hearing the news of the death of Xu Xiaosi and others. In November 499, he raised thousands of troops in Xunyang, intending to cover up Jianye, and met and fought with the imperial army in Caishi.Due to his experience in many battles, Chen Xianda underestimated the enemy, and immediately went north to attack the city, and the four gates of the Forbidden Palace were closed tightly for a while. Chen Xianda led only a few hundred infantry, and fought against the Taiwan army in front of Xizhou. The old man in his seventies swung his spear like flying. After the spear was broken, he took the tip of the spear and killed more than ten people.Soon, the reinforcements gathered, and Chen Xianda was defeated and killed in Wupang Village at the age of seventy-three.All the sons were executed, and the whole family was copied and beheaded. After killing Chen Xianda, Xiao Baojuan became even more arrogant and dissolute, feeling that his throne was secure.In one month, he spent more than 20 days going out to play.Every time he travels, he doesn't want the people to see his true face. As soon as the drums of the guard of honor sound, the people immediately run away and beheaded as soon as they are discovered. Once, when Xiao Baojuan wandered to Shengong City, there was a woman who was in labor before she could run away, so he cut open the woman's belly with the left and right sides, and made a bet on whether the baby was male or female before using the knife; Before the monk got sick and escaped, he lay in the grass and tried to escape. He ordered the guards around to shoot arrows, and the old monk was covered in arrows like a hedgehog. When Xiao Baojuan travels, he wears a thin gold hat, wears brocade clothes and trousers, and holds a seven-treasure spear in his hand. He has hundreds of entourages, roaring and flying, not avoiding rain and snow.I felt thirsty while galloping, so I got off the horse and took a scoop of water from my waist, scooped some dirty water from the puddle and drank it, and then got on the horse and galloped again after quenching my thirst. He also likes to play the game of "carrying a building". He made a white tiger building seven feet five feet high, and played with it back and forth with his left and right arms. If he was not satisfied, he moved the white tiger building weighing several tens of catties to his teeth and broke several pieces. Teeth, still worry about it. Xiao Baojuan loved to play since he was a child, and his body is extremely strong. He can bend his bow up to three dendrobiums and five buckets.He likes to shoot pheasants for fun, and there are 296 pheasant shooting fields around the city wall. He runs around and rarely rests, which is simply the extreme of "hyperactivity". Pei Shuye, the governor of Yuzhou, was very alarmed by the numerous executions of the ministers, and surrendered to the Northern Wei Dynasty with the city of Shouyang.Xiao Baojuan heard the news and sent Cui Huijing, the general of the guard, to crusade. Cui Huijing was also a veteran of the three dynasties. After leaving the city, she was overjoyed and said: "This neck can finally be saved from being chopped off by these juniors!" Xiao Baojuan’s third younger brother, Jiangxia King Xiao Baoxuan, was in Jingkou at the time, and when he heard that Cui Huijing was leading troops northward, he sent a secret letter to persuade him to rebel, “The imperial court appoints a group of young men and cruelly kills loyal and good people...you will die if you have meritorious service, and you will die if you have no meritorious service. It’s better to take the soldiers of Wu and Chu together, and rise up together to make great achievements.” Cui Huijing was overjoyed by Jiangxia King Xiao Baoxuan's letter, turned around and returned, captured Dongfu, Shitou, Baixia, and Xinting cities, and surrounded Jiankang. Xiao Baoxuan, Prince of Jiangxia, is Xiao Baojuan's younger brother, who married Xu Xiaosi's daughter as his concubine.After Xu Xiaosi was killed, his daughter also died.Xiao Baojuan gave Xiao Baoxuan the two concubine servants he had used. As a result, Baoxuan hated and ashamed, and thought of replacing them. After all the troops surrounded the capital, they all advised Cui Huijing to fire rockets and burn down the Beiye Tower, so that they could enter the city directly after the city collapsed.Cui Huijing felt that victory was in sight, and it would be too wasteful to build a new emperor after entering the city, so there was no need for this plan.He himself is good at Buddhism and has the mild habits of people in the Southern Dynasties.On the eve of the war, he lived in Falun Temple and talked with the guests, and the generals were resentful and disappointed. Xiao Yan's older brother, Xiao Yi, was stationed in Xiaoxian at the time. He was a loyal minister, so he naturally wanted to support the current emperor.After hearing the news, he immediately led his troops to help, crossed the river from quarrying, entered the battle in the early morning, and led his troops to defeat Cui Huijing's army. Because several generals surrendered before the battle, Cui Huijing's remaining soldiers ran away completely. He fled to Xiepu alone, and met Tai Shu Rongzhi, a former guard soldier. Please reward.It took only twelve days for Cui Huijing to be killed. Xiao Baoxuan, king of Jiangxia, was also captured.Xiao Baojuan recruited the third younger brother into the back hall, surrounded him with barriers, and ordered dozens of eunuchs to beat drums and sing around to make noise, and told him, "When you and Cui Huijing surrounded me a few days ago, I was this This kind of feeling." After a few days, the more he thought about it, the more angry he was, and he sent someone to kill the third brother. At that time, the soldiers collected many letters from people from the government and the public who took refuge in Xiao Baoxuan, and wanted to use this as evidence to pursue the murder.Xiao Baojuan ordered all the letters to be burned, and said: "If the king of Jiangxia does this, no one else is to blame!" Xiao Baojuan must have been greatly stimulated by the rebellion of his brothers, and he also "tolerant" for a while. Although everyone betrayed their relatives, Xiao Baojuan was still wild.At that time, there were thirty-one guards with surnames and ten eunuchs, all of whom were listed in "Southern History: Volume 77 Enxing Biography", among which Ru Fazhen and Mei Chong'er were the most famous. Xiao Baojuan's most favored concubine was surnamed Yu and was born in Lehu.Hearing that Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty had a concubine Pan, who was able to reign for thirty years, Xiao Baojuan changed the name of the woman surnamed Yu to Concubine Pan.Xiao Baojuan usually referred to Concubine Pan's father Yu Baoqing and Ru Fazhen as Zhang, and Hu Mei Chong'er as brother. These people often held swords around the little emperor to respond to the imperial edict, and people at that time called it "the imperial edict of the sword". Xiao Baojuan, in his military uniform, rode a horse to Zhudaochi's house for a banquet, and attended all weddings and funerals.Once at Yu Baoqing's house, the little emperor went to the well to fetch water and cook for the cook. A group of people were laughing and scolding each other. His most favored little eunuch, named Wang Yanzi, was only thirteen or fourteen years old. He also participated in the government, controlled the ministers, and even rode into the palace to scold the emperor.At that time, this group of people was secretly nicknamed "ghosts" by the people.There was a Zhao ghost who knew how to read and understand the meaning of literature, and was able to read "Xijing Fu". He read to Xiao Baojuan the description in which it praised the prosperity of the palaces of the Han Dynasty, and the little emperor was overjoyed. , extremely beautiful.The craftsmen continued to build day and night, but they were still forced to rush to work. In the harem, the treasures of the world gather together, which is frightening to the eye.Xiao Baojuan also sent people to make pure gold lotus flowers and spread them on the ground, so that Concubine Pan could dance on them, and sighed, "Lotus flowers grow every step of the way." The extravagant desperately needs money, Xiao Baojuan continues to increase tax collection, and the people are troubled. Because Xiao Baojuan often went out to play, fires often broke out in the palace (it is not ruled out that eunuchs and guards stole things and set them on fire for fear of being discovered), the biggest fire burned down more than 3,000 rooms from Hualin to Mige .The old ones won't go, and the new ones won't come, so Xiao Yujuan took the opportunity to create a new palace.Among them, the three palaces of Immortal, Yongshou and Yushou were specially built for Concubine Pan, which are resplendent and colorful.The ancient craftsmanship is not like the current decoration. A large sheet of painted wood grain paper can achieve the effect of a giant wooden slab at low cost. At that time, everything was made of real materials, which cost a lot.Among them, the Feixian tent in the Yushou Palace is woven with brocade and colorful embroidery on all sides, and the windows are filled with pictures of immortals flying and floating. All the calligraphy, spirit beasts, divine birds, wind and clouds, and flower torches in the hall are made of pure gold and silver.The little emperor also ordered people to chisel off all the jade ornaments in the ancient cultural relics inside and outside the palace and the treasures in the Buddhist temple, and re-cut them to decorate the palace of Concubine Pan. Due to his violent temperament, after Xiao Baojuan's edict was issued, he wished that the palace would be completed in one day. In a hurry, the supervising officials would demolish the caissons, immortals, riding animals and other things in various Buddhist temple halls, paint them new and install them directly go up. The little emperor also liked the scenery of the garden. He converted the Yuewu Hall into Fangle Garden, planted trees in the hot summer, and died in the morning and died in the evening. After death, no tree survived in the end. The tree is moved out.In order to keep the gardens evergreen, they ransacked in and out of the city, took trees whenever they saw them, broke down doors and destroyed courtyards, and emptied trees from residents' homes.Quite a few big trees hugged by a few people were excavated manually to the palace, and the leaves fell off after a few glances, and they were only for enjoyment.All the fine grass in the courtyard is paved with green grass, which is covered with scraped turf. It will die in the sun for a day, and it needs to be replaced every day to keep it evergreen and fresh. What's even more ridiculous is that Xiao Baojuan ordered that all the rocks in the garden be painted with colors. From a distance, they are so colorful that they look like a fairy tale world.They also built purple pavilions and other terrace pavilions, with pictures of erotic palaces painted on the walls for viewing pleasure. One of the ministers of the State of Qi named Zhang Xinshou said to people in private: "With the richness of Qin, a house was raised and destroyed. Now it is not as good as a county in Qin. If dozens of houses are suddenly raised, it is in danger." Because Pan Fei's father was a small merchant, Pan Fei loved the lively scene of market transactions since she was a child.Xiao Baojuan specially set up a store for her in the back garden of the palace, imitating the appearance of the market in the city, storing all daily necessities, and pretending to be vendors together with the palace eunuchs standing in the store and shouting loudly.Concubine Pan acted as the city magistrate (market administrator), and Xiao Baojuan acted as the city official recorder (administrator assistant), and from time to time "swapped" several "traders" who "fighted and quarreled" to Pan Concubine to wait for punishment.Xiao Baojuan was at fault, and Concubine Pan opened her eyes angrily and screamed loudly, Xiao Baojuan was very afraid of guilt, so he had to secretly order his servants not to torture Concubine Pan with a big thorn stick when she was angry. When walking around the market, Concubine Pan sat in a sedan chair, and Xiao Baojuan followed her on horseback in her military uniform.A large canal was dug in the garden to imitate the river, and a pier was set up beside the canal. Concubine Pan worked as the proprietress in the small wine shop to brew wine, and the emperor stood behind the meat table as a butcher and cut the meat. Mao Xizhen, a native of the Song Dynasty, had a poem "Linjiang Immortal" and sighed: The emperor of Southern Qi doted on Chanjuan, and Luo Qi in the sixth palace had three thousand.Concubine Pan is delicate and beautiful.Jiaofang Lan Cave, the clouds and wind descended to the gods.Longitudinal obsession and lack of heart, it's a pity that he was romantic back then.Slender waist and graceful steps of golden lotus.It is still passed down to this day that the demon king overthrew the country. After Xiao Yi quelled Cui Huijing's rebellion, he was granted the title of Shang Shuling, and he was also in charge of Wei Wei (commander of the forbidden army). Others persuaded him to act secretly and abolish the establishment, but Xiao Yi was loyal to the Qi family and refused to listen.Ru Fazhen and others were afraid of Xiao Yi's integrity and majesty, and urged Xiao Baojuan to kill him, saying: "Xiao Yi wants to follow the story of Longchang." (That is, Xiao Luan abolished King Yulin.) After someone heard the news, he prepared a boat by the river and persuaded Xiao Yi to flee to his younger brother Xiao Yan. Xiao Yi was bestowed with poison.This gentleman is Yuzhong, when he was taking the medicine, he could not forget to say: "My younger brother Xiao Yan is now in Xiangyang, and I am deeply worried about the imperial court." At that time, Xiao Yi's brothers were hunted everywhere in the state of Qi. Among the nine, only Xiao Rong was captured and killed. The rest either occupied prefectures and counties, or hid in villages.It took less than half a year from the time when the great hero Xiao Yi defeated the rebellious Cui Huijing to when he himself was killed. When Xiao Yan heard that his elder brother was killed, he gathered all the generals to set up an army, and got more than 10,000 soldiers, more than a thousand horses, and three thousand ships, and headed straight to the capital.Because Xiao Baojuan kept slaughtering heroes and generals, everyone was in danger, Xiao Yingzhou and others surrendered to Xiao Yan one after another.Xiao Yan also held Nankang Wang Xiao Baorong as the emperor (the eighth son of Emperor Ming, who was fourteen years old at the time), and defeated Jingling and Jiangling. After the fall of Yingzhou, Xiao Baojuan was not panicked at all, and continued to ride his horse for fun. He said to Ru Fazhen, "I must wait for the enemy to come to the White Gate (the west gate of Jiankang City) before I will fight him to the death!" After Xiao Yan's soldiers had besieged the city, the little emperor recruited soldiers and horses to guard the city, released the prisoners in the prison, and distributed them weapons to serve as city guards. In front of the enemy, there is such a leisurely mind). In October 501 A.D., Xiao Baojuan sent General Wang Zhenguo and others to lead an elite army of 100,000 soldiers to Zhuque Hangnan, and asked the eunuch Wang Baosun to supervise the battle with a white tiger banner.Xiao Yan's soldiers fought to the death, Wang Zhenguo and others were defeated, the soldiers collapsed, and countless drowned in the Qinhuai River, so that Xiao Yan's soldiers could rush across the river by stepping on floating corpses, so Xiao Baojuan's army collapsed. Xiao Yan drove straight in and ordered all the troops to attack the six gates of Jiankang.Xiao Baojuan sent people to burn down the barracks in the city, drove the soldiers and people into the palace city and closed the four gates to guard the city. At that time, there were still more than 70,000 soldiers in the palace city, and Xiao Baojuan liked to fight. When attacking the city outside, he kept practicing fighting and killing with the guards and palace people in front of the Huaguang Hall.In the palace, he was also dressed in a military uniform, with gold and silver as his armor, decorated with feathers and precious stones. He sleeps day and night and wakes up at night, as calm as usual.Hearing the sound of siege drums outside the city, he climbed up to the Jingyang Tower in a big red robe to look out of the city, and was almost shot by a flying nun.The reason why Xiao Baojuan had confidence in his heart was mainly because the previous sieges by Chen Xianda, Cui Huijing and others all ended in failure, so he felt that Xiao Yan would be no exception and would undoubtedly fail.Before Xiao Yan besieged the city, he didn't take it seriously, and ordered Yousi to only prepare firewood and rice for the city for a hundred days, basically without sufficient logistical preparations. Xiao Baojuan, who usually rewarded hundreds of millions of dollars, suddenly became very stingy at this time, and refused to give money or goods to reward the city guards.Ru Fazhen was in a hurry at this time, and kowtowed to ask him to reward his subordinates with gold and silver. Xiao Baojuan replied: "The thief came only to ask for my life, why do you only ask me for something?" He wanted to use it for the siege of the city, but Xiao Baojuan wanted to keep it as the gate of the palace, but he ordered not to take it.He also urged the imperial government to hurry up and manufacture 300 fine battlements, preparing for Xiao Yan to use them for the guard of honor when he retired to celebrate his achievements, and gave a lot of gold and silver treasures to carve and decorate the guard of honor armor.After hearing the news, the people in the city were all resentful and wanted to flee and surrender. Ru Fazhen and Mei Shi'er persuaded Xiao Baojuan again, saying: "The ministers are not doing their best, so the rebel army keeps attacking the city. They should kill all the generals!" Xiao Baojuan said that he would consider it. When Wang Zhenguo and others who had retreated and defended the city heard the news, they were afraid that they would be killed, so they conspired with the eunuchs and guards in the palace to strike first. In December, on the night of Bingyin, Xiao Baojuan had just finished playing the sheng and singing in the Hall of Hande, before he lay down and fell asleep, a group of people rushed in and shouted to kill.The buddy is in good health, but he feels bad, he turned over and jumped up, and ran out from the north gate to escape to the harem, only to find that the gate was closed.With no weapons in hand, the rebels stepped forward one after another, and the master was quickly stabbed in the knee.Xiao Baojuan fell down, lay on the ground and shouted: "Is the slave going to rebel?" The soldier had a sword in his hand, and he chopped off the emperor's head with a swing of the sword.They wrapped his head in oil-soaked yellow silk and sent someone to Xiao Yan to surrender (the oil-soaked yellow silk was transparent so Xiao Yan could identify it). Xiao Yan went into the city, and forty-one people including Concubine Pan, Ru Fazhen, and Mei Chong'er were beheaded, and Xiao Baojuan was abolished by the Empress Dowager Xuande as Marquis of Donghun. In 502 AD, Xiao Yan abolished Qihe Emperor Xiao Baorong and established the Liang Dynasty. Wang Fuzhi, a great Confucian in the late Ming Dynasty, had a very pertinent opinion when evaluating this period of history.He believed that Xiao Qi's rebellion far surpassed that of Cao Cao, the Sima family, and Liu Yu who had contributed to the country, and that the cruelty of Donghunhou Xiao Baojuan was not comparable to that of King Yulin (Xiao Zhaoye) and King Cangwu (Liu Yu). "Thus, although Xiao Yan usurped, the crime was lighter than Daocheng. Since Liu Song, when an emperor dies and an heir is established, the powerful officials will not follow him and want to abolish him. Waiting for him to lose his virtue, he will violently promote him, thinking that he will seize it. He also listed the six assistant ministers of Donghunhou and the rebel generals before and after, accusing them of "not making decisions on the day of taking care of fate, not admonishing at the beginning of immorality, waiting for their overthrow, and killing them Of".Its conclusion is that "the monarch and ministers are dead, and they don't know how to be sympathetic, and they learn from each other to become a fashion, so far." Speaking of the Southern Dynasties, it is always reminiscent of Wang Xiefengliu, Qing Tan Xuan Yan, Six Dynasties Gold Powder, Southern Dynasties 480 Temples, etc. Elegant and relaxed, but they do not know that era was also a dark age when there were many tyrannical kings and people lived in hardship. The ruler's absurdity and tyranny are almost beyond the imagination of normal people. If you don't study the history books carefully and talk about so many stories, you really think that those things are the romances made up by later generations. Li Shangyin has a poem "Qi Gong Ci", which expresses his sorrow and sorrow, which is specially recorded as follows: Yongshou soldiers come at night without stopping, and Jinlian has no copy of the atrium.Liang Taige is in charge of the third watch, as if the nine bells are ringing in the wind.