Gao Zhan

Gao Zhan

Qi Wu Cheng Di Gao Zhan

From 537 to January 13, 569, he was born in Bo Hai county (now Jing County, Hebei Province). The fourth emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty (561-565). The ninth son of emperor Shenwu Gao Huan, Gao Cheng, Emperor Wenxiang, Gao Yang, Emperor Wenxuan, and Gao Yan, Emperor Xiaozhao, were his mother and brother, and his mother was Lou Zhaojun, Empress of Wuming.

Gao Zhan's elegant appearance and elegant demeanor are very popular with Gao Huan. During the reign of Yuanxiang in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he was granted the title of Duke of Changguang county. After the founding of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Yang entered the rank of marquis Chang Guang Wang. Later, he supported emperor Xiaozhao to seize power in a coup and moved to Taifu and youprime minister. In the second year of Huangjian (561), he ascended the throne and changed to Taining. During his reign, he spoiled his younger brother, raped his younger sister-in-law, wantonly killed the imperial clan and ministers, which led to the increasingly chaotic government, social unrest and the decline of the country. In the fourth year of Heqing Dynasty (565), the astronomical phenomena warned that it was said that it was located in Gaowei, the crown prince, and called itself the supreme emperor.

In the fourth year of Tiantong (568), he died of excessive drinking and sex. He was only 32 years old. He was posthumously named emperor Wucheng and was buried in Yongping mausoleum.

Life of the characters

Early experience

In 537, Gao Zhan was born to Lou Zhaojun, Gao Huanzheng's wife. Gao Zhan's appearance was beautiful and wonderful when he was a child, and he was deeply loved by his father Gao Huan. At that time, when Gao Huan was in Huaihuang Town, he engaged his son Gao Zhan to Yu jiulu, the daughter of Rouran Prince an Luochen, and was named "Princess Linhe". Gao Zhan was eight years old at that time. He was dignified in his clothes and had a quiet and far-reaching look. Both Han and Hu people marveled at him. In the Yuanxiang period of the Eastern Wei Dynasty (538-539), Gao Zhan was granted the title of Duke of Changguang county. In June of the first year of Tianbao in the Northern Qi Dynasty (550), Gao Yang called himself Emperor and established the Northern Qi Dynasty. Gao Zhanjin was the king of Changguang, who was granted the order of renshangshu. Soon after that, he was promoted to the rank of Taiwei. In the first year of Qianming Dynasty (560), Gao Yin, the deposed emperor, and Yang Min secretly alienated from Gao Zhan, the king of Changguang, and Gao Yan, the king of Changshan. Yang Min planned to kill Gao Yan, the king of Changshan, and Gao Zhan, the king of Changguang, so he appointed Gao Zhan as the chief Sima and the governor of Bingzhou. Gao Zhan and Gao Yanmi, the king of Changshan, murder Yang Min and others, abolish the emperor Gao Yin and kill Yang min. Gao Yan was the emperor. He was promoted to Taifu, Lu Shang Shu Shi and governor of the capital. In 560, Gao Zhanjin was appointed prime minister. Gao Yan lives in Jinyang. Gao Zhan guards Yecheng as a close relative, and entrusts Gao Zhan with political affairs. In November of the same year, Gao Yan appointed his son Gao Bainian as the crown prince. When he launched the coup to depose Gao Yin, Gao Yan promised to take Gao Zhan as the crown prince's younger brother after the coup, so Gao Zhan was not satisfied with the result.

Succeeding to the throne

In the second year of emperor Jian's reign (561), Emperor Xiaozhao Gao Yan was seriously ill. Gao Zhan had a secret discussion with his nephew Gao Yuanhai and Gao Guiyan, and was ready to send troops to usurp the throne. The wizard divined that it was not good for him to take up the army to usurp the throne, but Gao zhancai did not do anything to usurp the throne. When Gao Yan was dying, he decided to pass it on to his younger brother Gao Zhan in order not to let his son Gao Bai Nian fall into Gao Yin's fate. In November of the same year, Gao Yan died. Gao Zhan accepted the imperial edict to succeed Datong. Gao Zhan went to Jinyang palace and held a funeral for emperor Xiaozhao in Chongde hall. The Empress Dowager Lou ordered the eunuch to announce the imperial edict. Left Prime Minister hulujin led hundreds of officials to persuade them to enter. Gao zhancai agreed to become the emperor after many times. In the winter and November of the first year of Daning (561), Gao Zhan, the king of Changguang, was located in Nangong. He announced an amnesty and changed the second year of the emperor's founding to Daning. After Gao Zhan ascended the throne, he took situ and pingqin King Gao Guiyan as Taifu, Shangshu youpushe and Zhaojun King Gao Rui as Shangshu order, Taiwei weican as Taibao, Shangshu order Duan Shao as chief Sima, Fengzhou governor Lou Rui as Sikong, Taifu and Pingyang Wang Gaoyan as taizai, Taibao and Pengcheng Wang Gaoji as Taishi and Lushang Shushi, Jizhou governor and Boling Wang Gaoji as Taiwei, and Gaoji as Taiwei Zhongshujian and renchengwang Gaoqian are the left servant of Shangshu, and the right servant is Bingzhou governor Hu Luguang. Gao Bainian, the prince who granted emperor Xiaozhao Gaoyan, is the king of Leling. After that, he ordered the ambassador to travel around the world, ask about administrative affairs, understand the sufferings of the people, and promote virtuous people.

In power

In the first month of the first year of Heqing (562), Hu's wife was made queen, and Gao Wei's son was crown prince. In the first month of the second year of Heqing (563), Gao Zhan personally came to the court to test the scholar. The prince Shaofu Weishou was also the minister's right servant, and the empress Lou Zhaojun of Wuming was sacrificed to the northern suburbs. In March, the imperial edict was issued to Sikong Luguang to build a garrison in the Fifth Battalion, the governor of Fuguan. In April, Emperor Wucheng Gao Zhan sent a special envoy to relieve the insect drought in the five prefectures of Bing, Fen, Jin, Dongyong and Nanfen. In December, Yang Zhong, the general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, led more than 200000 Turks, such as asnamkhan, to divide Hengzhou into three areas and attack the Northern Qi. At that time, there was heavy rain and snow for months, and the snow was thousands of miles north and south, and the ground was several feet. Soon, Emperor Wu Cheng went to Jinyang. When the army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty approached Bingzhou, Emperor Wucheng sent General daxiwu to Dongyong and Jinzhou, corresponding to the Turks. In the first month of the third year of Heqing (564), the army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty went to the lower part of the city to fight in the west of the city. The Northern Zhou Dynasty and the Turkic army were defeated, and there were many dead people and animals, hundreds of miles away. Emperor Wu Cheng ordered Duan Shao, the king of the plain, to return to the army when he was outside the Great Wall. In March, he killed the grand master and the king of Pengcheng. In May, Emperor Wu Cheng Gao Zhan went to Jinyang and took shangshuling and Gaorui, the king of Zhaojun, as the record of shangshushi. In the past, situ lourui was the Taiwei. In June, he killed King Leling for a hundred years. In September, the Turks attacked Youzhou, entered the Great Wall, plundered it and went back. In September, the Turks attacked Youzhou again. The army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty went out in three ways. The general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty Wei chijun attacked Luoyang, Yang Zhen entered the pass, and Quan Jingxuan approached xuanhu. In November, Wei chijun and others besieged Luoyang. Lou Rui, the Taiwei, defeated the army of the Northern Zhou Dynasty and captured Yang Huang. In December, Yushou governor Wang Shiliang surrendered to general Quan Jingxuan of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. When Emperor Wu Cheng Gao Zhan heard about it, he went south from Jinyang to attack. Duan Shao, the grand master, broke through Wei Chijin and broke the siege of Luoyang. Soon after, Emperor Wu Cheng Gao Zhan went to Luoyang to exempt Luozhou from the rent of Zhou army for one year, and pardoned the prisoners in the city.

Passing away

In March of the fourth year of Heqing (565), a comet appeared. In April, the Taishi official wrote that it was like removing the old and putting in the new, when a new emperor appeared. On April 24, Emperor Wu Cheng sent Duan Shao, the prime minister, to serve as a part-time lieutenant in order to "respond to the celestial phenomena". He passed the emperor's seal to Gaowei, the crown prince, to grant amnesty to the whole world. He changed his name to Tiantong, promoted all officials to higher levels, and released prisoners. The imperial concubine Hulu was also called queen. Emperor Wucheng was honored as emperor Taishang, and all military and state affairs were reported to him. On the 10th of December in the fourth year of Tiantong (January 13, 569), Emperor Wucheng died in qianshoutang of Ye Palace (located in today's yenancheng site in Linzhang, Hebei Province). He was 32 years old at that time, and was posthumously named emperor Wucheng, and the temple was named Shizu. Tiantong five years (569) February 19, buried in Yongping mausoleum.

Political initiatives

Politics

On November 18, the first year of Taining (561), Gao Zhan ordered the ambassadors to tour the world, inspect the local officials' administration, and ask about the people's sufferings, so as to promote them to be virtuous. Among all the officials, Gao Zhan was the most fond of Shizhong and Shikai. Heshikaixian was originally a Hu merchant in the western regions. His original surname was Suhe. Later he stayed in Linzhang and gradually settled in the Central Plains. Before he ascended the throne, Gao Zhan was fond of Shuo (a kind of chess play), and he Shikai was good at Shuo, so he was promoted. He Shikai is clever, adaptable and can play Hu pipa, so he has a close relationship with Gao Zhan. Once said to Gao Zhan: "Your Highness is not only the immortal in the sky, but also the emperor in the sky." Gao Zhan said, "you are not only a human being in the world, but also an immortal in the world." This shows that the relationship between them is very close. When Gao Zhan became emperor, he suffered from asthma and would attack when he drank. However, Gao Zhan drank repeatedly regardless of his illness, and he Shikai often refused to listen to his advice. Once, he had a fit of illness and wanted to drink again. He Shikai burst into tears and couldn't speak. Gao Zhan said, "this is a silent admonition." So I stopped drinking. Their speech and behavior were extremely obscene, day and night, without the etiquette of monarchs and ministers. He even urged Gao Zhan to say that the emperors since ancient times have been reduced to ashes. Yao, Shun, Jie and Zhou have no difference in their final fate. Let Gao Zhan enjoy himself while he is young, indulge himself and leave all state affairs to the minister. He Shikai also had an affair with Hu, the queen of Gaozhan.

military

In February of the first year of Heqing (562), Gao Zhan released Gao Guiyan, the great uncle of the Qin Dynasty, as the governor of Jizhou. When Gao Guiyan arrived in Jizhou, he felt uneasy. In July of the same year, he started a rebellion in Jizhou. Gao Zhan ordered Sima Duanshao and Sikong lourui to attack and capture Gao Guiyan. On July 27, Gao Guiyan, his three sons and more than 20 party members were killed in Yecheng city. On December 19, the second year of Heqing (563), more than 200000 people from Hengzhou, including General Yang Zhong of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, led the Turk ashnamuhan and others, divided their forces to invade the Northern Qi Dynasty, killing and plundering officials and civilians. On December 29, the Zhou army besieged Bingzhou, and sent General daxiwu and tens of thousands of soldiers to Dongyong and Jinzhou, echoing the Turks. On the first day of the first month of the third year of Heqing Dynasty (564), the Zhou army set up an array outside Bingzhou city. The Qi army and the Zhou army fought in the west of the city. The Zhou army and the Turks were defeated. Gao Zhan ordered Wang Duanshao of the plain to lead his troops to catch up with the frontier fortress before returning. In September, the Turks plundered Youzhou, entered the great wall and ran away. On September 21, Turks once again plundered Youzhou. In the Northern Zhou Dynasty, the three armies sent out together and ordered their general Wei chijun to invade Luoyang. Yang Zhen entered Panguan and Quan Jingxuan went to xuanhu. On November 10, Wei Chi Jiong and others besieged Luoyang. On November 20, Lou Rui, the Northern Qi Taiwei, defeated Zhou's army and captured Yang. On the first day of December, Wang Shiliang, the governor of Yuzhou in the Northern Qi Dynasty, surrendered to Quan Jingxuan with the city. On the third day of December, Gao Zhan and his soldiers set out from Jinyang for the south. On the eighth day of December, Duan Shao, the grand master, was defeated by Wei chijun and others

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