Based on the above three factors, Nanliang has entered a pattern of decline.
In June of the same year (548), Xiao Yan sent an envoy to establish good relations with the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
Hou Jing wanted to rebel, and Wang Wei also encouraged him to rebel. However, rebellion is not as easy as talking, as Xiao Yan said:
"Hou Jing is now alone and in danger. He came to Nanliang to escape for his life. Just like a baby needs to be fed by others, how can he counterattack with this power?"
Therefore, rebellion is not as easy as lip service.
But God gave Hou Jing a good emperor.
According to historical records, Xiao Yan was born in 464, and by 548, he was already eighty-four years old. In ancient times, when people's lifespan was generally not as long as in modern times, eighty-five years old was already considered a longevity star.
I don’t know if Xiao Yan is really old and confused and indulges Hou Jing repeatedly. Even if Poyang King Xiao Fan, Yang Yaren, Yuan Zhen and others repeatedly report to Xiao Yan that Hou Jing has treason, Xiao Yan and Zhu
Others ignored him, and Xiao Yan even reprimanded Xiao Fan for this matter, saying he was too meddlesome.
After Xiao Fan was reprimanded by Xiao Yan, Xiao Fan later wrote letters about Hou Jing, but Zhu Yi withheld them and never showed them to Xiao Yan again.
Hou Jing took advantage of Xiao Yan's stupidity and the flattery of Zhu Yi and others, and his power quickly grew.
Before continuing, I would like to introduce another person who indirectly helped Hou Jing, Xiao Yan’s favorite—Zhu Yi.
Zhu Yi, a native of Wujun Qiantang (now Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province), was erudite and proficient in various skills. He had made certain achievements in poetry, classics, history and go. Because he was good at catering to the wishes of Emperor Wu of Liang, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan
In his later years, he was indifferent to government affairs, which gave Zhu Yi room to develop. He was greedy for money, accepted bribes, deceived superiors and deceived subordinates, and lived an extremely extravagant life.
In short, Zhu Yi is a very good flatterer. He directed rainbow farts at Xiao Yan one after another without repeating the same thing. Xiao Yan was so happy that he said this, which also made Zhu Yiju powerful in his thirties.
For many years, it was a "prosperous age" where "everyone in the court looked sideways, even the crown prince could not quell him".
In August 548, Hou Jing rebelled. In just a few months, Hou Jing grew from a person who looked up to others to a force that could rebel. From this, it can be seen that Xiao Yan was really mediocre to the extreme.
The reason Hou Jingqi rebelled was that Zhu Yi was greedy for money, accepted bribes, and deceived people. He wanted to kill Zhu Yi and others. He raised an army in Shouchun with 8,000 troops. It was called "Hou Jing's Rebellion" in history, and because it happened in Taiqing, Nanliang
During this period, it was also known as the "Tai Qing Difficulty".
Hou Jingdu rebelled, but Xiao Yan still didn't take Hou Jing seriously and still said with a smile:
"What can this do? I beat him with half a riding stick."
Why are you still able to laugh and talk about things even when they are against each other?
Because Hou Jing gave Xiao Yan a favor before, he was domineering and rude, but the court had indulged him for a long time and did not realize that this was a precursor to rebellion. Therefore, Xiao Yan did not take it seriously. Even if he rebelled, he could still talk about it.
Laugh at it.
Why do you feel a little shuddered when you see this? He was rude and did not take Xiao Yan into his eyes, but the court did not take it seriously. This shows that this kind of situation did not happen once or twice. So, to what extent did Xiao Yan indulge Hou Jing!
When he was in the north, Hou Jing was guarded by Gao Huan and Yu Wentai, so Hou Jing could not make any mistakes. Since Xiao Yan accepted the wolf but did not restrain it, Xiong really didn't know what expression to use to face it.
It is said that Xiao Yan was also a major contributor to the situation of "Hou Jing's Rebellion". No, no, it should be said that Xiao Yan was the biggest contributor. Without his indulgence and his appeasement, how could Hou Jing have the confidence to thrive.
Xiao Yan ordered Xiao Fan, the king of Poyang, to be the governor of the south road, Xiao Zhengbiao, the Marquis of Fengshan, to be the governor of the north road, Liu Zhongli to be the governor of the west road, and Pei Zhigao to be the governor of the east road. He also ordered Xiao Lun, king of Shaolin, to command the troops.
Xiao Fan's father, Xiao Hui, was Xiao Yan's half-brother. Xiao Fan was regarded as Xiao Fan's nephew. He was gentle and knowledgeable, and was sometimes praised among the people. He also appeased the soldiers and won their favor. However, Xiao
Fan Que is not a talented general. He cannot appease the soldiers and lead them to fight.
Xiao Zhengbiao's father is Xiao Hong, who was mentioned in the previous volume. He escaped from battle and caused the collapse of hundreds of thousands of troops. History records that he was seven feet nine inches tall, with broad eyebrows and a handsome appearance. However, such a handsome person,
But his character is ignorant, which means that Xiao Zhengbiao is not suitable for commanding the army.
Xiao Lun is the sixth son of Xiao Yan. He is knowledgeable and good at writing articles. He is most proud of rulers. He is purely a civil servant. Why should a purely civil servant be allowed to command the army? I don’t understand it. I don’t understand it again!
There is a saying:
Emperor Wu of Liang had always been very "loving" to his "flesh and blood". For the sake of "flesh and blood", he could let his brothers, nephews and nephews suck the flesh and blood of the people and take advantage of them. As long as they were the "flesh and blood" of Emperor Wu of Liang
, even if he ran away from the battlefield or even surrendered to the enemy, he would not be punished. He was completely "doting" on his brothers, nephews.
Able to dote to the point of disregarding the overall situation, to the point of doting to the point of disregarding the development of the war situation, to the point of doting to the point of not caring about the country or the country, Xiao Yan is probably the most awesome supporter of brothers, nephews and demons in history. Those who have the ability to support demons in modern times are like
When Xiao Yan supports you like this, don't take anything from your wife, husband, father-in-law, mother-in-law, father-in-law, or anyone close to you.
Hou Jing has raised an army, but the opponent often has tens of thousands or tens of thousands of troops. How can he fight against tens of thousands of people with only 8,000 of his own? Hou Jing also has no idea. If he fights bit by bit, how long will it last?
It takes a month to reach Jiankang, how long can it take a person like me?
Before the rebellion, Hou Jing got in touch with Xiao Zhengde, another son of Xiao Hong and the adopted son of Xiao Yan. As the saying goes, flies don't bite seamless eggs. Hou Jing wanted to rebel, but he turned to Xiao Zhengde.
It's because Xiao Zhengde also has a counter-intention.
According to historical records, Xiao Zhengde secretly maintained the life of a dead man and often thought of stirring up trouble.
After Hou Jing learned about Xiao Zhengde's thoughts, he wrote a letter to Xiao Zhengde, saying:
"Now that the emperor is old, and there are treacherous ministers who are causing chaos in the country, according to my observation, these people will be defeated in a short time. The king should have been the crown prince, but he was deposed and humiliated in the middle. The righteous people in the world are secretly indignant about this. How can the king
Can you only care about your personal feelings and ignore the common people in the world? Although Jing is not a martial artist, he will still work hard to be a pawn of the king."
Xiao Zhengde was very happy after reading Hou Jing's letter:
"Hou Jing's thoughts are the same as mine, God help me!"
So the two formed an alliance, with Hou Jing rebelling on the outside and Xiao Zhengde cooperating on the inside.
With this relationship, Wang Wei said to Hou Jing:
"If we cannot directly attack Jiankang, King Linhe will rebel internally, and your Majesty will attack externally, it will not be enough to control the world. When using troops to fight, you should seek quick victory regardless of the clumsiness of the tactics. You must not use troops cautiously and slow down.
Now, the king must move forward, otherwise, King Shaoling will attack."
Why did Wang Wei mention King Shaoling?
When Xiao Lun, the king of Shaoling, was serving as the Yin of Danyang, he was very powerful. Prince Xiao Gang selected elite soldiers to defend the palace. It was well known that the two brothers had a knot in their hearts and could not get along well with each other.
So, what is the official position of Danyang Yin? How could it make Xiao Gang, the prince, so nervous.
Danyang Yin is the name of a local official, who was the governor of the capital in the Eastern Jin and Southern Dynasties. All dynasties in the Southern Dynasties after the Eastern Jin Dynasty had their capitals in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu), and Jiankang was under the jurisdiction of the original Danyang County.
In order to improve the status of Kyoto and show the dignity of the emperor, referring to the Jingzhao of the Han Dynasty and the story of Henan Yin, in the first year of Taixing (318 years) of Emperor Yuan of Jin Dynasty, the prefect of Danyang (chief of Danyang County) was changed to Danyang Yin. In other words, Danyang Yin is equivalent to Danyang Yin.
Governor of Kyoto.
Xiao Lun served as Danyang Yin, but his power was low. He was like a tiger lying next to the prince Xiao Gang's bed. How could Xiao Gang not be nervous, and how could he face Xiao Lun with good words.
When Wang Wei mentioned Xiao Lun, he was probably shocked by Xiao Lun's prestige as Danyang Yinshi. Even the prince Xiao Gang was on guard day and night, let alone people like them.
Hou Jing heard this and decided to adopt Wang Wei's method.
In September, Hou Jing set out from Shouchun and said with great fanfare:
"I'm going on a safari! You guys, have you heard? I'm out for a safari!"
We headed towards Hefei in a hurry.
But, in fact, they bypassed the main force of Nanliang and attacked Qiaozhou (Nanqiaozhou, today's Chu County, Anhui).
Dong Shao, who serves as defense assistant, takes a first look:
"Hey, why are you, a great god, here?! My temple is so small that I can't accommodate you!"
Hou Jing laughed:
"I'm just here because you're a little kid and easy to bully! If you don't get pinched by others, what are you waiting for?!"
Dong Shao took a look first and said, wow, I still have to make offerings to this great god.
So, he opened the door and surrendered.
Xiao Yan sent Wang Zhi, who was the prince's family commander, to lead 3,000 troops to patrol the river and prevent it.
Hou Jing continued to attack Liyang (a county under the jurisdiction of Ma'anshan City, Anhui Province, located in the east of Anhui Province, on the north bank of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River).
The prefect Zhuang Tie looked around and sighed:
"Although the god Hou Jing is not very powerful, the local gods of Liang are weak. This temple of mine cannot withstand Hou Jing's efforts."
He also surrendered to Hou Jing.
Xiao Yan was shocked when he heard that Zhuang Tie had also surrendered:
"I'll go! Hou Jing is so awesome?!"
Recruit Yang Kan to ask for advice.
Yang Kanyan:
"Coming from Liyang, the quarry (southwest of today's Ma'anshan City, Anhui) must be defended. I sincerely request your majesty to give me two men and horses to seize the quarry urgently, and then order Shaoling King to attack Shouchun, so that Hou Jing can't advance.
They moved forward and retreated, but lost their nest, and the ragtag group naturally disintegrated."
However, Xiao Yan’s dear Zhu Yi said:
"Hou Jing has no intention of crossing the river."
I really don’t know where Zhu Yi came to this conclusion, or in other words, his words catered to Xiao Yan again. No matter what the reason, Yang Kan’s suggestion was not adopted.
Xiao Yan also called Chen Xin, Chen Qingzhi's son, to ask for advice.
Chen Xin also said:
"The quarrying operation urgently needs a stronghold, but Wang Zhi's navy is weak, so I'm afraid Hou Jing will have to cross the river."
Therefore, Xiao Yan listened to Chen Xin's words and appointed Chen Xin as General Yunqi to patrol the river on behalf of the king.
At this time, Commander Xiao Zhengde was in charge of all the troops in the capital and stationed in Danyang County. He first dispatched dozens of large ships, saying they were loading Og grass, but in fact they were preparing to help Hou Jing cross the river.