Xiao Daocheng

Xiao Daocheng

Xiao Daocheng (427-482, April 11) was Emperor Gao of Qi, with the name of Shaobo and the name of Xiaodou general. He was born in Lanling County, nanlanling county (now Wujin District, Changzhou City, Jiangsu Province) and the founding emperor of Qi in the Southern Dynasty (May 29, 479-april 11, 482).

At the beginning, Xiao Si, the governor of Yongzhou in Song Dynasty, said that the soldiers in the left army joined the army. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the officials came to the Sanqi Changshi and the prince Zuowei. In the imperial edict, the right guard general led the guard, and Yuan can, the minister's order, Chu Yuan, the general of the guard, and Liu Zhe, the leader of the Chinese army, took the lead. In 474, the second year of Yuanhui (474), the emperor of Guiyang, Liu Xiufan, rebelled and invited tunxinting (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province) to be his leader. He made great contributions to the peace, moved to China to lead the army, and became a duke. With can, yuan, Liu binggeng day into the value of the decision, known as the "four expensive.". In the fifth year, after killing the emperor, he abolished the emperor, established the Emperor Shun, entered the general army of Hushi, and opened the palace with three divisions. Shen Youzhi, the governor of Jingzhou, was against Jiangling (now Jingzhou City, Hubei Province), Liu Bing was against Shitou (now Qingliangshan, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province), and Liu Kai and Zhihe buboxing were against the court. The king of Qi won the throne.

In April of the third year of Shengming (479), Emperor Shun was forced to abdicate, and his year was Jianyuan. Erudition, literary talent, Gongcao, Li, chess second class. The body does not control the fine things, each says: make me face the world for ten years, should make gold and earth with the same price. He wrote 30 pieces of Shilin. His posthumous title was Emperor Gao and his temple name was Taizu.

Source: Xiao Daocheng painted in Qing Dynasty

Life of the characters

Bouyesu

Xiao Daocheng is the 24th grandson of Xiao He, the Prime Minister of the Western Han Dynasty. Xiao He lived in Peixian county (now Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province), and his grandson Xiao Biao lived in zhongduli Township, Lanling County, Donghai County after he was removed from office. In the first year of Yuankang in the Western Jin Dynasty (291), Donghai County was divided into Lanling county. In the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xiao Zheng was ordered by Huaiyin to cross the Yangtze River and live in the east city of Wujin County, Jinling county. At that time, the northerners living in the south of the Yangtze River used the local names of the north to set names in the south, so the Xiao Daocheng family became the Lanling people of nanlanling. Because they founded the Nanqi Dynasty, they were the ancestor of the qiliangfang branch of the Xiao family in Lanling.

Xiao Daocheng was born in 427, the fourth year of Yuanjia reign of Emperor Wen of Song Dynasty. Xiao Chengzhi, the father of Xiao Daocheng, was a famous general in the Liu Song period. Xiao Daocheng is handsome and special. It is said that its catfish neck is like a dragon, its sound is like a bell, and its body is covered with scales.

When Xiao Daocheng was 13 years old, Lei Tzong, a famous scholar, was studying at Jilongshan school in Jiankang (now Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province). He studied the book of rites, Zuo's spring and Autumn Annals and other Confucian classics.

military life

In 440, Liu Yikang, the king of Pengcheng, was deposed to guard Yuzhang (now Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province). Xiao Chengzhi led the troops and garrisoned them. Xiao Dao gave up his studies and went south with the army.

In 442, the barbarians in Jingling (now Tianmen City, Hubei Province) wanted to commit a crime. Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty sent Xiao Daocheng to lead the army to attack the barbarians in northern Mianyang. In 444, Xiao Daocheng attacked the Northern Wei Dynasty and went to qiuchuanshan.

In the 23rd year of Yuanjia (446), Xiao Daocheng accompanied Yongzhou governor Xiao Sihua to guard Xiangyang and Mianyang north. He conquered fan, Deng and other mountain barbarians, and served as a soldier in the left army.

In the 27th year of Yuanjia (450), the Northern Wei Dynasty besieged the commander Chen Xian of Runan (now Zhumadian City, Henan Province). The imperial court sent General Zang Zhi of ningshuo and Liu kangzu of Anman Sima to rescue. Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty asked Xiao Daocheng to announce the imperial edict and authorized him to save the troops. Tuobatao, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, defeated Xiao Daocheng in Guanshan and besieged the song army. The situation was critical, and finally he returned to the capital smoothly.

In the 29th year of Yuanjia (452), Xiao Daocheng led the partial army to attack Qiu Chi and conquer LAN gaoshu and Wu Xingshu (now Lueyang County, Shaanxi Province). When he was 80 li away from Chang'an, Liu Xiuzhi, the governor of Liangzhou, sent Sima Zhu to help him conquer Tan Di City. When the enemy's rescuers arrived, Xiao Daocheng considered that there were not many troops and he was very tired. When he heard that emperor song Wendi had died, he burned the city and withdrew his troops to Nanzheng (now Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province). Xifeng is the fifth Baron of Jinxing county.

In 454, Xiao Daocheng was granted the title of King Jiang Xia's great Sima to join the army. He was promoted to yuanwailang, Zhige Zhongshu Sheren, Xiyang King Fu to join the army and Jiankang order. Liu ziluan, the king of Xin'an, selected Liao Zuo, so he became a doctor of the north and joined the army. Later, he served as his mother. After the funeral, he was appointed as a general of Wulie. After he returned to jiankangling, he still served as a soldier of the middle.

In the first year of Jinghe (465), he served as a general of the rear army. In the same year, Liu Yu, emperor of song and Ming Dynasties, ascended to the throne, and Xiao Daocheng was promoted to the right army general. Among the 274 counties, Danyang county was the only one that supported the imperial court. The Kuaiji prefect, Liu Zifang, the king of Xunyang, and the eastern counties all rebelled. In the face of the crisis, Xiao Daocheng was ordered by the general of Jiafu to fight in the East, and went to Jinling to fight with the rebel vanguards Cheng Han and sun Tanfu. One day, he broke the enemy's twelve bases and pacified the rebellion.

Xue an Du, the governor of Xuzhou, surrendered to the Northern Dynasty and sent his son Xue suo'er to attack Huaiyin and invade Qingzhou and Jizhou. Cheng Tianzuo, the prefect of Shanyang, rebelled against the city. The governor of Xuzhou ordered sun to surrender to the rebels again. The emperor of song and Ming sent Xiao Daocheng, who was fighting in the south, to the north. Xiao Daocheng defeated Xue suoer in Huaiyin and chased the enemy to Zhongli near Xuzhou. He won the Hui Dynasty. The imperial court appointed Xiao Dao to be a general of valiant cavalry and granted him the title of Marquis of Xiyang County and 600 families of food towns.

Xiao Daocheng was also appointed as the commander of the Royal Guard of baling, and then guarded Kuaiji (now Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province). At this time, Liu Zixun, the governor of Jiangzhou and king of Jin'an, rebelled again, and went straight from Poyang to Sanwu. The situation was very tense. Xiao Daocheng led 3000 people to intercept the enemy, so he used brown leather to weave harness, cut bamboo to charge arrows, and carried torches at night. When the enemy saw the continuous torch, they fled without fighting. Xiao Daocheng was promoted to the rank of King Zheng of Guiyang, the northern Sima, and the prefect of the South East China Sea.

Zhang Yongbing defeated Pengcheng (today's Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province), and Huainan was isolated and weak. The emperor of the song and Ming Dynasties appointed Xiao Dao as the fake champion general, the governor, the commander and the vanguard to guard Huaiyin (today's Huai'an City, Jiangsu Province).

In 467, the Northern Expedition troops such as Shen Youzhi and Wu Xi were defeated in suikou. Xiao Daocheng was ordered to liberate Huaibei and was promoted to be governor of Nanyan and xuerzhou. He was appointed governor of nanyanzhou and guarded Guangling.

In 469, he was appointed governor of Yanzhou, Qingzhou and Jizhou. In 470, he served as the Minister of Huangmen and the captain of Lingyue cavalry. He will be awarded the champion general and remain in his post.

When the song and Ming emperors died, the imperial edict appointed Xiao Dao to become a right guard general, leading the guards and adding 500 guards. He was in charge of the affairs with yuan can, the commander of Shangshu, Chu Yuan, the general of the guard, and Liu Zhe, the general of the leader. Don't lead the Northeast election. Not long after that, he took the post of Wei Wei, added Shi Zhong and led the stone garrison.

In power

In May 474, Liu Xiufan, the king of Guiyang, rebelled against the imperial court, and Xiao Daocheng led the troops to fight against the rebellion and won the victory. Due to his meritorious service in fighting against the rebellion, Xiao Daocheng became a Duke of Jin Dynasty, moved to China to lead the general, mastered the imperial guards and supervised the military affairs of the five prefectures, forming a situation in which he was in charge of the imperial government alone. At that time, he and Yuan can, Chu Yuan, Liu Bing were known as "four noble.". Since then, in order to fight for power, the royal family members of Liu and Song Dynasty fought against each other, and the real power of the imperial court gradually gathered in Xiao Daocheng.

In 476, Xiao Daocheng was promoted to minister Zuo pushe (Prime Minister). In July of the same year, Liu Jingsu, the governor of Southern Xuzhou and king of Jianping, who had a long history of rebellious ambition, pretended to be the eldest grandson of Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty and had the merit of being a diligent king, and wanted to win the throne. Xiao Daocheng fought decisively and fought fiercely downstairs. After Liu Jingsu was defeated, he was beheaded.

Establishment of a dictatorship

In June of 477, the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Xiao Daocheng took a nap naked at home. Later Liu Yu, the abandoned emperor, burst in and shot him in the navel with a bone arrow. After the shock, Xiao Daocheng knew that he could no longer help such a fool. He ordered Wang Jingze, the commander of Yueqi school, to bribe the emperor's attendants Yang Yufu, Yang Wannian and other 25 people to kill Liu Yu.

On July 7, Liu Yu went out in tiny clothes and went back to Renshou palace to sleep after getting drunk at night. Before going to bed, he ordered his servant Yang Yufu to say, "during the Tanabata Festival, when you see Zhinu and Niulang meeting, you will report to me. If you can't see it, you will be killed." Yang Yufu knew that disaster was coming, so he decided to kill him first. After Liu Yu fell asleep, Yang Yufu cut off Liu Yu's head with a knife. When Xiao Daocheng knew it, he immediately rode a red dragon horse into the palace and took Liu Zhun, king of an'cheng, as emperor. He was known as Emperor Shun of Song Dynasty in history and was promoted to Ming Dynasty in Yuan Dynasty. Xiao Daocheng ascended to the rank of Shizhong, Sikong and Lushang, and served as a general of Hushi, who was in charge of the military and national power. Later, Taifu was added.

Yuan can and Liu Bing, dissatisfied with Xiao Daocheng's dictatorship, conspired to wipe him out, and prepared to take action on December 23. Xiao Daocheng killed yuan can and Liu Bing, and cleared up the two political enemies on the way to the throne. Then he killed Shen Youzhi, the governor of Jingzhou, who was loyal to the Song Dynasty, and Huang Hui, the general of Zhenbei.

On the second day of March in the third year of Shengming Dynasty (479), Emperor Shun of Song Dynasty appointed Xiao Dao to be the prime minister. He was given the title of "Duke Qi" and granted the title of "Lord Qi" to ten counties. He was still a general of Hushi, a herdsman of Yangzhou and a governor of Southern Xuzhou. In April of the same year, Emperor Shun of Song Dynasty issued an imperial edict, and Zen was located in Xiao Daocheng. Xiao Daocheng ascended the throne in the southern suburb of Jiankang and called himself Emperor. His name was Qi. He was Emperor Gaodi of Qi. He changed Yuan Dynasty to Jianyuan Dynasty and was called Nanqi in history.

Death due to illness

In February 482, Xiao Daocheng was seriously ill. On March 8 of the same year, Xiao Daocheng died in the Linguang hall. He was 56 years old and served for four years. On the sixth day of April, Xiao Daocheng was the Minister of state, and his posthumous title was Emperor Gao and his temple title was Taizu. On April 22, he was buried in the Tai'an mausoleum in Wujin County.

Main achievements

Politics

Xiao Daocheng was concerned about the sufferings of the common people since he was a child. After he ascended the throne, he got rid of many tyrannies since emperor Xiaowu of the Song Dynasty and issued an imperial edict to "build Confucianism, select Confucian officials" and recruit talents. Eliminate the private part of the trilogy

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