Chapter 81 Domineering and domineering but not dead

——Gao Cheng, the eldest son of Gao Huan With a smile, the country will perish, Why don't thorns hurt. Xiao Lianyu's body is lying in front of the night, It has been reported to Zhou Shi to enter Jinyang. Qiaoxiao knows how many enemies are invincible, Qingcheng is most in military uniform. Jinyang has fallen into rest and looks back, Please ask the king to hunt around. "Two Poems of the Northern Qi Dynasty" by Li Shangyin When it comes to the Southern and Northern Dynasties, since most historians always regard the Southern Dynasties as "Zhengshuo", which is "originally clear and clear", and inherit them from generation to generation, they have always read the Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen in the Southern Dynasties in detail. Reading the history of the Northern Wei, Eastern Wei, Western Wei, Northern Qi, and Northern Zhou in the Northern Dynasties, I found that there are many amazing and fascinating stories in it. The most impressive ones are the generations of Northern Qi emperors, who were vicious and absurd.This big family is crazy, probably due to the inheritance of mental illness factors, and in the end, Gao Wei, the last emperor, "prospered and flourished", which was shocking.

The emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, surnamed Gao, was of Xianbei Han origin.The founding emperor Gao Huan (like Cao Cao, Gao Huan did not proclaim himself emperor during his lifetime, but created the foundation of the emperor, and posthumously titled "Shenwu Emperor" for his son Gao Yang after his death). His family was poor in his youth, and he only got it from the bride price gift from the woman's family after marrying a daughter-in-law. Only a horse is qualified to be a small captain in the border town army.Gao Huan has followed many rebellious and tyrannical figures in his life - Du Luozhou, Ge Rong, Er Zhurong.The Erzhu family destroyed the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Gao Huan betrayed the Erzhu family and established Emperor Xiaowu.Soon the monarchs and ministers attacked each other, and the Wei Emperor fled westward for the Western Wei Dynasty.Gao Huan established Emperor Xiaojing and established the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

After Gao Huan's death, his eldest son Gao Cheng took over as prime minister.Thus began a series of "brother end brother and brother" rule of the four brothers of the Gao family.In terms of character, except for Gao Huan's sixth son Gao Yanyou Yingte, the Gao family's children can be said to be bad one by one. Gao Cheng, named Zihui, was the eldest son of Gao Huan.This young man's appearance can be said to be "handsome" in terms of today's aesthetic concept.Tall and tall, with a handsome face and a pair of peach blossom eyes, which is the dominant inheritance of the Baibu Xianbei (his mother Lou is from the Xianbei), his complexion is as white as jade, and he is personable.At the age of twelve, Gao Huan married Princess Feng Yichang, the younger sister of Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, for him, "with a handsome look, just like an adult."

Although Gao Huan was in control of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the nobles and dignitaries in the court became more and more rampant, bullying men and women, taking bribes, and the old man was good at being a bad face, so it was not easy to deal with these "old buddies" ruthlessly. 544) He appointed Gao Cheng as a general, led the supervisor of Zhongshu, and took the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials.At that time, although Gao Cheng was only twenty-four years old, he acted vigorously and resolutely.When Gao Huan's old friend Sun Teng saw that his eldest nephew Gao Cheng refused to pay his respects, his face immediately sank, and he immediately scolded the left and right, took this uncle Sun out of the door, and beat him head-on with a big knife.Sima Ziru accepts bribes from many people, so Gao Cheng ordered his subordinates to put Uncle Sima in jail, and even staged a fake decapitation. His hair turned white all night in fright, and he really knew how Wu Zixu passed Zhaoguan. thing.In this regard, Gao Huan also had to behave cheaply, and said to his old comrades: "My son is a long-term son, and the public should avoid him."It means that my son is grown up, and he is a high official in the court. If you want to give him face, you must give him face, otherwise my old face will not work.

Gao Huan died of illness, but Gao Cheng did not mourn.Situ Hou Jing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty heard the news of Gao Huan's death and rebelled in Henan. Gao Cheng ordered Han Gui to lead a crusade. After the arrangements were made, he returned to Jinyang to pay his father's funeral.Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty granted him a lot of official positions: Envoy Chijie, Prime Minister, Governor of Chinese and foreign armies, Xunshangshushi, Daxingtai and so on. Before Gao Huan was alive, he paid great respect to Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.But Gao Cheng was young and energetic, and he didn't think much of himself as the emperor's brother-in-law at all. He appointed his close friend Cui Jishu as Zhongshu's servant in the court, which was actually his eyes and ears to monitor Emperor Xiaojing.You are the emperor, Emperor Xiaojing and Gao Cheng were hunting in Yedong, and they ran faster on horseback. The governor of the guards shouted from behind: "My lord, don't run too fast, the general is not happy!" After the two hunted and feasted, Gao Cheng, no matter how big or small, poked a cup full of old wine up to Emperor Xiaojing's nose: "Minister Gao Cheng urges Your Majesty to drink up this wine." Emperor Xiaojing was also anxious: "Since ancient times, there has been no country that will never perish, and I live like this. It's not interesting!" Gao Cheng was also angry, feeling that the emperor dared not give him face, and yelled: "Zhen! Zhen! Shit! How dare you pretend to be big in front of me!" After speaking, he stood up and asked Cui Jishu to "beat me up!" Emperor Three Punches".The minister dared to give the emperor old punches, but he didn't do it himself, and let his subordinates "do it for him". This trip and this behavior can never be found in the history of China.

Although he behaved domineeringly, Gao Cheng did have the real ability to do his best. He deployed his troops and beat Hou Jing to flee in a panic.Then, he personally led the troops and captured the famous general Wang Sizheng of the Western Wei Dynasty alive.At the same time, the young man chose the good and the talented, and won the twenty-three states north of the Jianghuai in a short period of time. In May of the seventh year of Wuding, Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty (the third year of Taiqing, Emperor Wu of Liang Dynasty, 549), Gao Cheng was granted the title of Xiangguo and King of Qi.Originally, this was the preliminary preparation for Gao Cheng's usurpation of the throne, and the next step was to "receive Zen".Unexpectedly, by God's will, the young man was killed in September of this year.

The cause of Gao Cheng's death, according to historical records, was at the hands of a cook named Lan Jing.Lan Jing was the son of Lan Qin, a general of the Liang Dynasty. He was captured into the Eastern Wei Dynasty during the war between the two sides, and was assigned to Gaocheng Mansion as a kitchen slave.Lanqin sent people with huge sums of money to redeem his son many times, but Gao Cheng refused.Lan Jing harbored a grudge, and wanted to take the opportunity to assassinate Gao Cheng with the six master chefs who also worked in the kitchen.On the night when the incident happened, Gao Cheng was conspiring with Chen Yuankang, Cui Jishu, Yang Min and others to receive Zen in Dongbai Hall, and Lan Jing came in with a plate of food.Gao Chengxin picked up a piece of meat and put it in his mouth, looked at Lan Jing and said to others: "I dreamed last night that this servant cut me with a knife... I will kill him after a while!" I guess Gao Cheng just said it casually, Lan Jing was quite shocked.The young man went back to the kitchen, put a sharp knife under the plate, and led some accomplices into the room.Gao Cheng was furious: "I didn't call you, how dare you come in by yourself!" Lan Jing drew his knife and shouted: "I'll kill you!" Get under the bed.Chen Yuankang stepped forward to block it, and was immediately stabbed to death.Cui Jishu hid in the toilet and escaped his life.Yang Min ran fast and also lost his life.Several cooks moved to the bed, and Lan Jing stabbed the "beautiful, good-spoken and smiling" prince of the Gao family to death in the local area at the age of twenty-nine.

Gao Cheng didn't die in his own palace. At that time, he lived in Dongbaitang in Beicheng because he doted on a beauty named Yuan Yuyi.This girl is the concubine's younger sister of Wang Yuanbin of Gaoyang in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. She was a prostitute in Sun Teng's family. outside".According to this, this tall guy also died because of sex. However, all the above-mentioned historical records are just laying out stories. Many people in later generations speculate that Gao Cheng was murdered by his younger brother Gao Yang, and then made up stories about Lan Jing and several cooks being assassinated.Whether it is true or not, probably only Gao Yang, Yang Min, and Cui Jishu know, and the other parties involved have been killed, so there is no proof of death.