Gao Huan and Yuwentai were both outstanding generals who were good at fighting. However, the difference between Gao Huan and Yuwentai was that Gao Huan was not good at managing politics. This was not only a flaw of Gao Huan, but also a flaw of all the Northern Yi.
The tribal alliance is relatively simple. Whoever is stronger is the boss. There are no measures to improve production for the tribal people. They rule the tribe purely by their personal charm. If you like it, you will live under my rule.
, I don’t like it anymore, the sky is so big, you can go wherever you want.
However, the politics of the Central Plains are not that simple. This is one of the reasons why these nomadic peoples cannot integrate with the Han people after entering the Central Plains. Their cultures are different.
In terms of politics, Gao Huan relied on Gao Cheng. Gao Cheng was honest in his administration, punished corruption and bribery, rectified the administration of officials, formulated laws and other means, cut off the path of bending the law for personal gain, and smoothed everything out. As a result, he was kicked by a cook.
If Gao Cheng can successfully ascend the throne and become the first emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, I wonder what will happen to the Northern Qi Dynasty. Well, maybe not. There are countless emperors in Chinese history who were bright rulers in the first half of their lives and weak emperors in the second half of their lives.
Gao Cheng's half-brother Gao Yang took over his brother's work, and then forced Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty Yuan Shan to see the Zen throne, so he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, changed the country's name to Qi, and was known as Northern Qi in history.
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After Gao Yang ascended the throne, he honored Gao Huan as Emperor Xianwu, with the temple name Taizu. Later, he was revered as Emperor Shenwu, with the temple name Gaozu; he posthumously honored Gao Cheng as Emperor Wenxiang, with the temple name Shizong.
This happened in 550. By 557, the year when the Northern Zhou Dynasty was founded, the Northern Qi Dynasty had already been founded for seven years.
Speaking of which, the Eastern Wei Dynasty was obviously stronger than the Western Wei Dynasty, so why was it overtaken by the Western Wei Dynasty?
What does the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people mean?
Let’s talk about the location first:
The location of the Eastern Wei Dynasty is that the Western Wei Dynasty is to the west and cannot expand; the Khitan, Turks, and Rouran are all mixed up in the north and cannot expand. Besides, the north is cold and freezing, and the climate is harsh. The Xianbei people are from the north, so I'm afraid they don't want to
When he returned, although Gao Huan was a Han nationality, he was a Xianbei Han nationality.
Going south, they collided with Nanliang head-on. Although Nanliang was turned upside down by Hou Jing, Hou Jing had no foresight and occupied the current Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas. He thought he was defeated. Although Nanliang's main force was
They were dispersed, but not eliminated. Therefore, it was difficult for the Eastern Wei Dynasty to occupy more territory in Nanliang!
The territory of the Western Wei Dynasty was in what is now Shaanxi and the northern area west of Shaanxi, far away from the main battlefield of Nanliang in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. It could be a side ball and go around the territory of Nanliang.
Now let’s talk about people and people.
It is difficult for the Eastern Wei Dynasty to directly occupy the territory of Nanliang, so let's get a puppet emperor to go back. Xiao Yuanming, who fled to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, can be brought back to be a puppet. However, at this time, the leaders in Nanliang are Wang Sengbian and Chen Baxian. Chen Baxian is not willing to do it himself
After hard work, the world was finally surrendered to the Eastern Wei Dynasty, which attacked Jiankang, forced Xiao Yuanming to abdicate, and promoted Xiao Fangzhi to the throne.
During the Eastern Wei Dynasty, people in Nanliang were at odds with each other.
In order to defeat Xiao Yi, Xiao Jin extended an olive branch to the Western Wei Dynasty. Well, does Xiao Jin's behavior count as luring a wolf into the house? Or is it naive? Because at that time, some generals advised him to win over the people, hold a Hongmen Banquet, and kill Yu Jin and others.
However, Xiao Jin thought that the Wei people treated him very leniently and could not violate morality. As a result, after the Western Wei Dynasty captured Jiangling, they directly moved away the people of Jiangling and kept the garrison, making Xiao Jin a puppet of the Western Wei Dynasty, so he said
Innocent.
By the way, haven’t the people in the royal family grown up in an environment of overt and covert fighting since childhood? How could they still produce people like Xiao Jin? Perhaps the understanding of the royal family in later generations is too demonized?
Regarding this, let’s leave it alone, it has nothing to do with us, and there is no way to verify whether it is a demon or not.
Because of Xiao Jin's existence, the Western Wei Dynasty had an internal response in Nanliang, and because of Xiao Jin's cute innocence, the Western Wei Dynasty had many people in Nanliang.
Let’s talk about weather.
Ahem, actually there is not much to say about this. I have not found any information recording the weather conditions of that year. It seems that there was no weather issue involved in the battles between the parties. It should have been good weather. At least there was no major event worthy of being recorded in the history books.
situation.
If we talk about the way of heaven, this is such a mysterious thing. Gou Xiong doesn't understand it and can't explain it. Every time he talks about it, he feels like he's talking about superstition. So, let's skip this one. Yeah, let's just skip it.
To sum up, the Western Wei Dynasty bypassed the needle tip of Nanliang and detoured from the side, expanding the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty to present-day Sichuan and Hubei, becoming the strongest among the latter three kingdoms!
Now that we have finished talking about the Western Wei and Northern Qi's pursuit of profit in the south, let's return to the Northern Qi in the Northern Dynasties.
In the early days of Gao Yang's reign, he worked hard to govern, carried out reforms, encouraged agriculture and education, and compiled laws and regulations. At that time, he used Yang Min and other ministers to delete laws and regulations, merged provinces, prefectures, and counties, reduced redundant officials, strictly prohibited corruption, and paid attention to the elimination of officialdom.
The Great Wall of the Northern Qi Dynasty was 4,000 miles long, with 25 border towns. It defeated Rouran, Turks, and Khitans many times, attacked Xiaoliang, and expanded its territory to Huainan.
The Turkic Tabo Khan called Gao Yang the "heroic emperor" and was a British ruler of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
It can be seen that Gao Yang still insists on following the path paved by his father Gao Huan and brother Gao Cheng.
However, in the later period of Gao Yang's rule, he was proud of his achievements, indulged in alcoholism, brutal killings, large-scale construction projects, and excessive rewards. He was able to kill a woman in the market because of her unheard words. It was like a stone tiger.
, Shi Sui reappears!
I really can’t understand it. Isn’t it said that a person’s nature is easy to change? How could a good person in the past become a different person later? If it weren’t for the fact that there is no resurrection of the dead in this world, I really have to doubt these former masters and later masters.
The foolish emperor was penetrated by his soul one day.
Gao Yang ascended the throne in 550. By 557, only seven years had passed. Was he still in the early stage of his rule? No, unfortunately, in 557, Gao Yang had already entered the late stage of his rule. At this time, the Northern Qi Dynasty was in darkness.
Yuwenhu promoted Yuwenjue to the throne and established the Great Zhou Dynasty. Of course, he had to entertain all the parties and celebrate with the whole world. On the other hand, he also told all countries that the Kingdom of Wei has become a thing of the past! We, the Yuwen family, are no longer courtiers.
, but the uncle!
Since Yu Wenhu sent an invitation letter, Kun Yuguo had to send someone there. Finally, he caught an opportunity to go out for a walk, and Xuan actively fought for the opportunity for himself.
Ning Yan also felt that it was more appropriate for Xun to go and decided to go with Xun. However, she couldn't go alone, and there was no one in the mission, so she had to choose another one.
When I was thinking about who should go, I felt a strong gaze somewhere. It was not Ning Fang's. Ning Fang still had things to deal with. Although he wanted to go, he couldn't leave. This gaze belonged to Jiang Wu.