Chapter 132: Chen Baxian
In Chinese history, the name of the dynasty coincided with the surname of the emperor, and only the Chen family of the Southern Dynasty coincided. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Chen Ba first abolished Emperor Jing of Liang, established himself as the emperor, and established the Chen Dynasty for Emperor Wu of Chen.
Emperor Chen Wu was a native of Wuxing, at a time when southern China had experienced years of war, when both the overseas Chinese and Wu clans were devastated by the Hou Jing Rebellion, the economy was severely damaged, and many local forces were also divided. The state established on this basis was destined to be short-lived, and Emperor Chen Wu was unable to pacify all the forces and adopted the method of pacification.
The so-called troubled times create heroes, in such troubled times, the achievements are often heroes from the bottom, and his name is Chen Baxian. Chen Baxian is a native of Jiangdong, his hometown is in Changxing, Huzhou, Zhejiang, close to Taihu Lake, the so-called backing on the mountains and relying on the water to eat the water, Chen Baxian has relied on fishing for a living since he was a child, at that time Xiao Yan had successfully usurped the throne and established the Liang Dynasty.
Chen Baxian likes to read military books since he was a child, and when he fishes, he prefers to play a few tricks and practice martial arts, as if all his habits are in accordance with the path of becoming a generation of famous generals, which is a bit rebellious for the atmosphere of the entire Southern Dynasty at that time.
Chen Baxian has been fishing in Taihu Lake since he was a child, and those who have been to see Taihu Lake fishing should know that this is a strength job, so Chen Baxian's body should have been good, at that time, he fought all the year round, and it was normal to learn some martial arts from others.
Chen Baxian, who had read the book and martial arts, his first position was the village director, similar to the village head, and later came to health, becoming the administrator of the oil depot, and when he was healthy, he met the imperial prince Xiao Ying, Xiao Yan's nephew.
After a few years of seniority, when Chen Baxian was thirty-seven years old, he followed Xiao Ying to Guangzhou, and since then Chen Baxian's official position has been rapidly promoted. What really made Chen Baxian's art of war useful was the Li Ben Rebellion that occurred a year later.
Li Ben was a native of Lingnan, an aristocratic background, and an ethnic leader in northern Vietnam. This belongs to the realm of three no matter what, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, they are all jungles, and life is not rich, Xiao Shi as a royal prince, he will definitely not be able to live a poor life, so he increased taxes, and as a result, these ethnic minorities rioted, and the leader of them was this Li Ben.
There are not many people in the Xiao family who can fight, these guys who have been worry-free since they were children generally have a characteristic, that is, they are afraid of the soft and the hard, and when they saw that Li Ben was so powerful, they had no resistance, so they went to Guangzhou and went to find Xiao Ying.
At that time, Li Ben's chaos was still quite big, and he destroyed several waves of the Liang Dynasty's army, and Li Ben established the Wanchun Kingdom. Chen Baxian as Jiaozhou Sima and Wuping Taishou, with the troops into North Vietnam, the battle fought for three years, in these three years, Li Ben died, Chen Baxian also recovered Jiaozhou, Aizhou, Dezhou, Lizhou and Mingzhou and other seven states, after the war on meritorious deeds, the imperial court pushed the boat down the river, the military command of these seven states, to Chen Baxian.
With the soldiers of these seven states, Chen Baxian is not a Lingnan that can be satisfied, he needs a bigger stage. After the outbreak of the Hou Jing Rebellion, Chen Baxian led the troops, and set off from Shixing, passed through the Great Yuling, and arrived in Nankang, and at this time, he met his lifelong comrade-in-arms, Wang Seng Bian.
The political atmosphere of the Southern Dynasties, the orthodox training are all literati, good at wind and snow, and the famous generals who resist the invasion of the north, most of them are from the commanders of the exiles or the generals of the Northern Dynasties, and in the late period of Xiao Yan, Hou Jing was under the Jiankang soldiers in the city, and also ridiculed the Southern Dynasty for having no one: "There are no vegetables in the city, but there are no generals." ”
Chen Baxian belonged to the outliers, and Wang Seng Bian fled from the Northern Dynasty, his father was called Wang Shennian, who had been the Taishou of Yingchuan in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and after fleeing to the Southern Dynasty, Wang Seng Bian had been following Xiao Yi, the king of Xiangdong.
Wang Shengbi is an orthodox professional soldier with two main characteristics: he can fight and be loyal. Xiao Yi is relatively powerful among the princes and kings, after the Hou Jing Rebellion, the princes and kings are fighting, and his biggest competitor is his own brother, Xiao Yan's sixth son, Xiao Lun, the governor of the capital in the north.
Wang Seng argued that he dared to fight, but it was only out of the military sense of a famous general, and the argument was often a combat policy, Xiao Yi hoped to send troops immediately and quickly destroy Xiao Lun, Wang Seng argued that he disagreed, the lion and the rabbit also needed to use all their strength, not to mention that this was a war that cost human lives.
Wang Sengbi wanted to concentrate his forces, and suggested waiting, Xiao Yi was unhappy, not only cut Wang Sengbi, but also locked him up, and changed the general to continue fighting, Xiao Yi and Xiao Lun, in fact, were only half a catty and eight taels, and no one could help anyone, until Wang Sengbi was released again, and Xiao Lun was destroyed in one go. After that, Wang Shengbi switched to Hou Jing and defeated Hou Jing's main force in Yueyang, Hunan, and Wuhan, Hubei.
Chen Baxian and Wang Sengbi's first meeting, was already under Jiankang City, after a brother and brother, launched a general attack on Jiankang, Hou Jing is a famous general, but he can't stop the two of them from attacking in turn, after capturing the strategic stronghold around Jiankang Stone City, Hou Jing took his henchmen and fled from the waterway.
When people are going well, there are brothers everywhere, and when they are down, there are very few people who are willing to follow you to endure hardships and flee, and a generation of heroes Hou Jing was assassinated by his henchmen. After the rebellion was quelled, Xiao Yi became the new emperor of the Southern Dynasty and built the capital of Jiangling, but new troubles came again.
Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty was the strongest, and Yuwentai of the Western Wei Dynasty had a good relationship with the Southern Dynasties, the Turks, and Rouran in order to compete with Gao Huan, and the Hou Jing Rebellion, Xiao Yi started a long-term transaction with Yuwentai in order to be the boss, and the Western Wei sent troops, and in return, Xiao Yi gave up a part of the land.
When the goal is achieved, the cooperation will end, but Xiao Yi's political or military wisdom is still quite big compared with Yuwen Tai. Yuwentai with 50,000 soldiers and horses, captured Xiao Yi's old nest Jiangling, Xiao Yi, who had just been the emperor for two years, became a prisoner, and Chen Baxian and Wang Seng debated in Jiangdong, and set up a new emperor, he is Xiao Yi's son Xiao Fangzhi.
After the Western Wei Dynasty occupied a large amount of land, he left satisfied, and the Eastern Wei Dynasty still watched it with his eyes, at that time it was already called Northern Qi, and the emperor had become Gao Yang, and people also had a trump card in their hands, that is, Xiao Yuanming, who was captured by Murong Shaozong during the Hou Jing Rebellion.
The requirements of Northern Qi are very simple, Xiao Fangzhi is only a teenager when he is the emperor, he is a little child, Northern Qi is very kind, such a young child, no matter what happens, Jiangdong can't be without an owner for a day. In this way, there is also a down-and-out royal family Xiao Yuanming in Northern Qi, he is old enough to be the most suitable emperor, so regardless of whether others agree or not, he forced Jiangdong to a ready-made emperor.
At this time, Chen Baxian was very excited, and resolutely disagreed, why? His son Chen Chang was in the hands of Yuwentai, and when Xiao Yi was the emperor, I am afraid that these generals would rebel and bring their children to Jiangling, and Yuwentai was on fire, and these children all became prisoners of the Western Wei Dynasty.
Chen Baxian had six sons, the first five died of illness before they grew up, Chen Chang was his only heir, and by Chen Baxian's side, the focus was on cultivating his nephew Chen Qian, according to Chen Baxian's vision, Chen Chang as the heir, sitting in the rear, and Chen Qian, as a general, opened up territory.
It's a pity that the reality is always very cruel, after Chen Baxian died, it was Chen Qian who became the lord of the country, and after his son Chen Chang was released by the Western Wei Dynasty, on the way to Jiankang, he was drowned in a boat, and the murderer was Chen Qian after the fact, but as far as the emperor is concerned, Chen Qian did quite well, and he was a rare Ming monarch in the Southern Dynasty.
After Chen Baxian's many protests were ineffective, Chen Baxian took the wing, killed Wang Sengbian, abolished Xiao Yuanming, and Xiao Fangzhi became the emperor again, but unfortunately this time he was only a real puppet emperor. Chen Baxian, who became the person in charge behind the scenes, really embarked on a legendary road.
Wang Seng's subordinates, Zhenzhou Assassin Shi Du Niche and Yixing Taishou Wei Zai, Wujun Taishou Wang Seng Zhi rebelled, Chen Baxian personally sent troops to suppress; Qujiang Marquis Xiao Bo raised troops in Guangzhou to fight against Chen Baxian, a month later, Xiao Bo surrendered, was beheaded by his subordinates, and sent to Jiankang; the general Wang Lin, with the support of the Northern Qi Dynasty, supported Yongjia Wang Xiaozhuang as the emperor and fought against Chen Baxian, and was later defeated by Chen Chang's general Wu Mingche and killed.
Xiao Fangzhi finally took the throne and passed the throne to Chen Baxian, the founding name was Chen, but it was Xiao Fangzhi who was liberated, after all, the days of being a puppet were very painful, but he was also killed before Xiao Fangzhi was free for a few days.
At the age of fifty-six, Chen Baxian died of illness, and the emperor's throne passed to his nephew Chen Qian. Chen Baxian, Chen Qian and Chen Qian's younger brother Chen Xuan, it was not easy for the emperor to be the emperor, the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou were worried about the land of Chen every day, so the work was more competent, and in the Chen Xuan era, even started the Northern Expedition that had not been done for many years.
After the death of Emperor Wu, his nephew Chen Qian succeeded to the throne, that is, Emperor Wen Chen, at this time, Wang Lin, who was in charge of the two lakes, rebelled, and united the armies of the Northern Qi and Northern Zhou Dynasty to conquer Jiankang in the east. Emperor Wen Chen first defeated Wang Lin's Northern Qi coalition army, and then blockaded Baqiu to prevent the Northern Zhou from advancing eastward along the river, so that the country's situation was decided. During his reign, he made great efforts to revive the economy of Jiangnan and make the Southern Dynasty Chen strong.
After the death of Emperor Wen, he was succeeded by the crown prince Bozong, that is, Emperor Chen. Soon, his uncle An Cheng Wang Chen Xuan abolished the emperor and established himself as Emperor Chen Xuan. At that time, the Northern Zhou Dynasty intended to destroy the Northern Qi, so he invited the Chen Dynasty to jointly attack the Northern Qi, and Emperor Chen Xuan intended to recover Huainan so he agreed, and sent Wu Mingche to the Northern Expedition, and recovered Huainan two years later.
Not only did it restore the homeland of Huainan, but also some prefectures and counties of Huaibei, consolidating Chen's rule to a certain extent, but after all, due to the decline of national strength. At that time, the Northern Qi Dynasty was in decline, and Emperor Chen Xuan could have taken the opportunity to attack it, but he just wanted to defend it. Later, the Northern Zhou took the opportunity to defeat the Northern Qi and then marched south, the Chen army was defeated, and the Southern Dynasty Chen was in danger. However, Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty died suddenly, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty was in civil strife, and the Northern Zhou had no intention of marching south.
After Yang Jian established the Sui Dynasty, Emperor Chen Xuan died and was succeeded by the crown prince Chen Shubao, who became the queen of Chen. He was absurd and extravagant, the national government was in chaos, the government was extremely corrupt, the officials were seriously exploited at that time, and the people were miserable. During the harvest season in the south, the Sui army burned the fields in the south, and the power of the Southern Dynasty Chen declined.
Emperor Wen of Sui appointed Yang Guang as the main general and launched the southern expedition, and Chen Shubao relied on the Yangtze River to sing and dance as usual. In the following year, the Sui army invaded Jiankang, Chen Shubao and his concubines Zhang Lihua and Kong Guiren were captured after taking refuge in the well, and Chen of the Southern Dynasty perished.