Xiao Zhaoye

Xiao Zhaoye

Xiao Zhaoye (473-494, September 7) was born in Lanling County, East China Sea (now Lanling County, Shandong Province). The third emperor of the Southern Qi Dynasty, the grandson of Xiao you, Emperor Wu of the Qi Dynasty, was the eldest son of Wen Hui's Prince Xiao Changmao, whose mother was Wang Baoming, Queen of Wen'an.

Handsome appearance, like Lishu, was granted the South prince. Yongming eleven years (493), canonized Huang TAISUN. When Emperor Qi Wu Xiao you was seriously ill, Wang Rong of zhongshulang supported Xiao Ziliang, king of jingling, to take the place of his grandson Xiao Zhaoye, and was defeated by Xiao Luan, the Marquis of Xichang. Yongming 11 years (493 years), officially ascended the throne, the year of Longchang, by jingling King Xiao Ziliang and Xiao Luan assistant. After he ascended the throne, he revealed his true appearance, lavished rewards, extravagant, without the attitude of king of a country. Xiao Ziliang, the Taifu, gave death to Wang Rong, an important minister, and entrusted the government to Hou xiaoluan in Xichang. To act recklessly is to lose the heart of the people.

In the first year of Longchang (494), Xiao Luan was killed by the minister. He was 21 years old. He was in office for one year and his burial place was unknown.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Xiao Zhaoye is the grandson of Xiao you. In 482, his grandfather, Emperor Qiwu, succeeded to the throne. At the age of 10, Xiao Zhaoye was granted the title of king of Nanjun and had two thousand families.

On the seventh day of November in the fifth year of Yongming (487), when Xiao Zhaoye was 15 years old, he held a ceremony of becoming a man in Chongzheng Hall of the east palace. At the meeting, Emperor Qi Wu gave different amounts of silk to officials below the prince, and provided Xiao Zhaoye with two teachers.

In the seventh year of Yongming Dynasty (489), the relevant departments invited 20 members of the sword guard of honor of Xiao Zhaoye's class, advocated a band, and selected outstanding talents as friends and classmates for Xiao Zhaoye. They were more courteous than other kings.

In the 11th year of Yongming Dynasty (493), Emperor Wu of Qi equipped Xiao Zhaoye with soap wheel Sanwang chariot, and issued an imperial edict to select excellent officials for Xiao Zhaoye. On January 25 of the same year, Xiao Zhaoye's father, Prince Wenhui Xiao Changmao, died. On April 14, Emperor Qiwu appointed Xiao Zhaoye as his grandson and lived in the east palace.

Inherit the throne

On July 30, the 11th year of Yongming (493), Emperor Qi Wu died. His great grandson Xiao Zhaoye inherited the throne and implemented amnesty. On the fourth day of August, he issued an imperial edict to implement the edict of emperor Qi Wu, appointing the general of the guard army and Xiao Ye, king of Wuling, as the general of the guard army. Chen Xianda, the general of the southern expedition, took his current official position as Kaifu, Yitong, Sansi, the minister Zuo pushe and Hou xiaoluan of Xichang as the minister orders, and sun Zhanshi, Shen Wenji as the general of the guard army. On the 5th of August, situ and Xiao Ziliang, king of jingling, were appointed as Taifu. On September 13, Xiao Zhaoye worshipped his father, Prince Wenhui, Xiao Changmao, whose Temple title was Shizong and his posthumous title was Emperor Wen. On October 25, his mother, Princess Baoming, became empress dowager and his wife, he Jingying, became Queen. On the fourth day of November, his younger brother Xiao Zhaowen, the Duke of Linru, was appointed king of Xin'an, Xiao zhaoxiu, the Duke of Qujiang, king of Linhai, and Xiao zhaocan, king of Yongjia.

break the pale

When Xiao Zhaoye was young, he was handsome and fond of official script. When Qi Wudi was alive, he once instructed that Xiao Zhaoye's handwritten script should not be spread and collected. Xiao Zhaoye's speech is also highly appreciated. At that time, Emperor Qi Wu would interrogate the princes once on the fifth day. He often called Xiao Zhaoye into the account alone and asked him to nickname him "Dharma". His father, Xiao Changmao, died. Every time he was crying, Xiao Zhaoye cried as if he couldn't stand it. But when he came back to the inner court, he was very happy. During the mourning period of emperor Qi Wu, Xiao Zhaoye returned to the harem after crying. He once asked Hu prostitutes to form a band and play in the pavilion on both sides.

When Xiao Zhaoye was the king of Nanjun, his father Xiao Changmao restricted his living expenses. Xiao Zhaoye once said to Yu family, the king's concubine of Yuzhang: "grandma, Buddha says that there is a king's family. Now it seems to me that being an emperor is really suffering. Being controlled by the commander, I limit my every move. Even the rich son in the butcher's restaurant on the street is a hundred times more comfortable than me. "

In order to reward hundreds of thousands of empresses, Xiao did not care. As soon as I saw the money, I said, "before I wanted to get you, I couldn't get a cent. If I could use you?" In less than a year, he squandered the hundreds of millions of money he had saved. Open the clothes storehouse and watch it with empress Chongji. Give it to several eunuchs and servants, and let them take out flowers at will. Many treasures are smashed for fun. Xiao Zhaoye was usually naked, wearing red crepe pants and women's underwear. Good cockfighting, secretly spend thousands of money to buy chicken. The licorice stick of emperor Qi Wu was cut into several sections by his palace people. He destroyed the Zhaowan Hall of emperor Qi Wu and begged the eunuch Xu Longju to make a fast confession for him. Xu Longju was especially lucky to be a member of the imperial court. He lived in the six palaces day and night. Xiao Zhaoye has an adultery with Xiao Changmao's concubine Huo. Xu Longju urges him to keep Huo in the palace for a long time, threatening to take her as a nun and replace her with someone else. Xu Longju climbed up by treachery and flattery. He often said to people, "in ancient times, there were eunuchs who were the three princes." He Jingying, Empress of Xiao Zhaoye, is also promiscuous. Her door is wide open all night. There is no difference between inside and outside.

At that time, Qi Mu Zhenzhi and Zhu Longzhi, the scholars of Zhongshu, and Cao Daogang and Zhou fengshu, the generals of Zhige, were the wings of Xiao Zhaoye. Xiao Zhaoye's great general and Shangshu ordered Xiao Luan to persuade him repeatedly, but Xiao Zhaoye did not listen. Xiao Luan killed Xu Longju and Qi Mu Zhenzhi one after another, and Xiao Zhaoye did not dare to disobey him. Later, a nun's wife entered the palace, and it was said that there was a strange language, so Xiao Zhaoye suspected that Xiao Luan intended to usurp the throne. Zhongshu makes he Yin especially close because he is the cousin of Queen he Jingying. He makes him work in the imperial court. Xiao Zhaoye follows queen he Jingying to call him his third father, and plots with He Yin to kill Xiao Luan. He Yin was afraid to do it. He hesitated to dissuade him, so Xiao Zhaoye gave up. So I plan to arrange Xiao Luan to Xizhou, so that he can't manage the affairs of the court. Xiao Luan worried that something might go wrong, so he decided to abolish Xiao Zhaoye's throne.

Killed in coup

On July 20, the first year of Longchang (494), Xiao Luan sent Xiao Chen and Xiao Tanzhi to kill Cao Daogang, Zhu Longzhi and others in the office building. Then he led his troops to yunlongmen from Shangshu province. Wang Yan, Xu Xiaosi, Xiao Tanzhi, Chen Xianda, Wang Guangzhi and Shen Wenji all followed. Xiao Zhaoye was in shouchang hall at that time. When he heard that there was a change outside, he sent someone to close the rooms and pavilions of the inner hall, and let the eunuch climb to Xingguang upstairs to see the situation. When he came back, he reported: "I saw a man in military uniform, followed by hundreds of people, fully armed, under the West Tower." After a while, Xiao Chen led the soldiers to the Palace first and stopped shouchang Pavilion. Xiao Zhaoye ran to her concubine Xu's room, drew his sword and killed himself. He tied his neck with silk and took a car out of Yande hall. As soon as Xiao Chen entered the palace, all the guards in the palace were ready to refuse the battle with bows and shields. Xiao Chen said to them, "what we are looking for is not you. Don't move!" Su Wei believes him. When they see Xiao Zhaoye coming out, they still want to fight. Xiao Zhaoye says nothing. Xiao Zhaoye was killed when he left Xilong. He was only 22 years old. The car pulled the body out of Xu Longju's house and buried it according to Wang Li's funeral. The rest of the party was also killed. On July 21, Xiao Luan issued an imperial edict in the name of Empress Dowager Wang Baoming, denouncing Xiao Zhaoye as the king of Yuling, and proposed that Xiao Zhaowen, the king of Xin'an, be made emperor. On July 25, Xiao Zhaowen succeeded to the throne.

Historical evaluation

Xiao Zixian's the book of the Southern Qi Dynasty: 1. It's hard to find out what you're looking for. Li Di to long, unknown flaws, ancestral heart, unchanged Zhou road. Even though the harm is not far away, it is a good omen for the country. In the spring and Autumn Annals, he wrote about the faults of Liang Bo, saying that he would die by himself. " There is one of the ten evils, and there is no country without loss. "The burden of the forest, abandon the ceremony and the law of death."

In Li Yanshou's southern history, it is said that "the Yulin area is located in Changdi, but the defiance and defiance are not obvious. The heart of the Emperor Wu is not the same as that of Zhou Dynasty, so he has to protect the weapon and hold it upright. Even though the harm is not far away, it is enough to pour the country. Guo Pu's name of Yongchang has two days of image, and the name of Longchang is the same

Anecdotes and allusions

When Xiao Daocheng, the great grandfather of Xiao Zhaoye, was Prime Minister in the Southern Song Dynasty, he guarded Dongfu. At that time, Xiao Zhaoye was five years old and played in front of his bed. Qi Gaodi was asking his attendants to pull out his white hair. He asked Xiao Zhaoye, "child, who do you think I am?" Xiao Zhaoye replied, "taiweng." With a smile, Qi Gaodi said to the left and right: "is there anyone who wants to pull out his white hair as someone else's great grandfather?" Then throw away the mirror and tweezers. Later, a guest came to the house to ask, pointing to Xiao Zhaoye, Emperor Qi Gaodi said to the guest, "if I have him, it will be enough for four generations."

Relative members

Historical records

Book of Southern Qi Volume 4 Benji No.4

The fifth volume of Southern History

Film and television image

2015 TV drama "turning an emperor back to modern times": Zhang Hanfeng as Xiao Zhaoye