"If you don't die, you won't die!"

This sentence, which was very popular in later generations, must not have been heard of by Gao Wei, the emperor of Northern Qi, but another sentence "Heaven is still evil, and self-inflicted evil cannot live!" "Gao Wei should know 100% of the time!

It's just that some things are known to be one thing, and whether they are one thing or not is something else to say!

At the same time as the Xia army attacked Goguryeo before, two major events occurred in Northern Qi! Or Gao Wei did two big things!

He happily killed his old father-in-law, Hu Lawyers' Association, and his cousin, Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, the two pillars of Northern Qi!

First of all, it is said that Hu Lawyers' Association, Gao Wei's old father-in-law was born in a Xianbei noble family, and the previous generation of Hu Lvjin was also one of the veterans established by the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the daughter of the Hu Lawyers Association was Gao Wei's queen, which should be a good condition for embarking on the road of relatives and ministers.

If you want to be a relative, you must ensure that a grandson can become the successor, but as the queen, the queen of the Hu Lawyers Association did not give birth to any children for Gao Wei.

Of course, such speculations are only possible!

Hu Lawyers Association has always been upright and short-tempered, and he may not have such thoughts, but whether you have such thoughts or not depends not on you, but on your leadership, or the fate of Hu Lawyers Association depends on what Gao Wei thinks of him.

When Wang Ze attacked Goguryeo, in the winter of the fifteenth year of the Xia calendar, Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, in order to test the strength of the Northern Qi Dynasty, sent the general Yuwen Xian to besiege the Yiyang City of the Northern Qi Dynasty (now the west of Yiyang, Henan), blocking the grain transportation channel of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

Hu Lawyers' Association led 30,000 horsemen to relieve the siege of Yiyang, and the two sides launched a protracted battle for Yiyang.

The Northern Qi army marched to the middle, encountered the interception of the Northern Zhou army, Hu Lv Xie put on armor and carried out, took the lead into the enemy formation, the soldiers rushed to kill the enemy, killed more than 2,000 Zhou troops one after another, and the Northern Zhou army was defeated and fled.

The Zhou army did not give up, when Hu Lawyers Association led the army back to the dynasty, Yu Wenxian led 50,000 troops to catch up with the Northern Qi army in Anye, and Hu Lawyers Association waved his division to defeat the Zhou army, and captured many Northern Zhou generals.

Yu Wenxian was so angry that he used 30,000 cavalry to guard the main road, wanting to cut off the way back of the Qi army, but he lost his troops and lost his generals, but let Hu Lawyers' Association use this merit to add Prime Minister Zuo and assassinate the history of the state. 

Soon, the Hu Lawyers Association led 50,000 soldiers and horses to Jinzhou Road, built the two cities of Huagu and Longmen in Fenbei, and forced into the territory of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which put great pressure on Yuwenyong.

Subsequently, the Hu Lawyers Association pressed forward step by step, and built 13 towns in Fenbei, including Pinglong (now west of Jishan County, Shanxi), Weibi, and Tongrong, and built a solid defense line on the north bank of the Fen River, forcing the Northern Zhou to abandon Yiyang and return to the army to relieve the urgency of Fenbei.

In order to thwart the Hu Lawyers Association, the Zhou general Wei Xiaokuan led more than 10,000 horsemen to attack Pinglong, and the two sides opened a battlefield in Fenbei. 

Just when the identity of the Hu Lawyers Association was becoming more and more noble, and the victories were more and more, the Northern Qi Emperor Gao Wei empathized with others because Empress Hu Lu failed to give birth to a son, and Queen Hu Lu was gradually left out in the cold.

In this way, the accumulated exploits of the Hu Lawyers Association made Gao Wei suspicious of him.

Just when Goguryeo could not withstand the offensive of the Xia army to sue for peace, the Northern Zhou Dynasty gradually became stronger because of Yuwen Yong's reforms, and had surpassed the Northern Qi in terms of national strength, and the Zhou army also began to achieve military strength, so the Northern Zhou general Yu Wenchun was in charge and led heavy troops to capture the nine cities of Yiyang.

After hearing the news, the Hu Lawyers Association hurriedly rushed to the Yiyang battlefield to start a fierce battle with the Zhou army again, the soldiers of the Zhou army heard that the Hu Lawyers Association personally supervised the battle, did not dare to fight, and actually retreated, and the Northern Qi army successfully thwarted the attack of the Zhou army, and captured a thousand horses to return to the division in victory.

In the battle for Yiyang, Hu Lawyers' Association won many battles and greatly boosted the army's might, but when he returned to the dynasty victoriously, he suddenly received an order from Gao Wei, not only did not give any reward to the army, but asked him to disband the army on the spot.

In terms of fighting, Hu Lawyers' Association is a master, but this person is really politically dull, after receiving Gao Wei's order, he was puzzled, he thought that Gao Wei was confused by some Han officials in the court, and in addition, these soldiers led by him have been fighting with him in recent years, and now they have returned with a big victory, not only are they not rewarded, but they have to be repatriated to their hometowns, which is really unfair.

So he asked Gao Wei to announce the consolation of the soldiers, and at the same time led the team to continue to march towards the capital, and when the army reached Ziyang (five miles northwest of Yecheng), the court still did not have any reply.

When Gao Wei learned that the Hu Lawyers Association not only did not disband the soldiers, but led a large army to approach the capital, he was afraid and angry in his heart, and his suspicion of the Hu Lawyers Association was even worse. But the Hu Lawyers Association was extremely meritorious, and there was a large army in his hands, Gao Wei did not dare to provoke him rashly, so he had to send someone to summon the Hu Lawyers Association into the palace to appease him, but he already had a heart to kill him in his heart. 

During Gao Wei's reign, the internal and external troubles of the Northern Qi Dynasty became more serious, especially the contradictions and conflicts between the Xianbei nobles and Han officials within Gongyan became increasingly acute.

Zu Ting, a Han man who was proficient in cultural governance, and Hu Lawyers' Association, who was good at martial arts, were the pillars of the Northern Qi Dynasty, but the two of them excluded each other and fought openly and secretly, making the rule of the Northern Qi even more turbulent.

Wei Xiaokuan, the general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, had been repeatedly defeated by the Hu Lawyers Association, and then learned what happened after the Hu Lawyers Association returned to Yecheng, and he suddenly had a plan, he knew that he was not an opponent on the battlefield, so he took advantage of the internal contradictions of the Northern Qi Dynasty to implement a counter-strategy.

He sent spies to spread rumors everywhere in Yecheng, saying: "Hundred liters fly to the sky, and the bright moon shines on Chang'an." The mountains do not collapse by themselves, and the mistletoe trees do not support themselves. ”

For a time, the children in Yecheng were reciting this song everywhere in the streets and alleys. 678

At this time, because the contradiction between Xianbei Xungui and Han officials has been so acute that it is irreconcilable, Zu Ting, who represents Han officials, immediately took action and said in front of Gao Wei after hearing these nursery rhymes: "A hundred liters is a Hu, the bright moon is the word of the Hu Lawyers Association, the Hu Lawyers Association has accumulated the world's generals, and the bright moon shook Kansai." Today's ballad is intimidating. ”

Gao Wei is small-minded, but he has no opinions, and he wants to kill but hesitates.

Seeing this, Zu Ting played again and again, and admonished Gao Weijin: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten the story of the Hu Lawyers Association personally taking out a large sum of money to appease the soldiers in the past? Now that the murder has been carried out and it is not carried out immediately, it will be dangerous if the matter is leaked. ”

Immediately, in order to defeat the smooth success of the Hu Lawyers Association, Zu Ting planned to let people secretly accuse the Hu Lawyers Association of misdeeds, falsely accusing him of seeking the return of the Zhou army, and disbanding the soldiers by imperial order.

Gao Wei didn't distinguish between the true and the false, so in the name of giving horses, he tricked the Hu Lawyers Association into the palace and secretly ambushed dozens of warriors. When the Hu Lawyers entered the Cool Breeze Hall, the warriors rushed up to him and grabbed him, and one of them put a bowstring around his neck from behind.

At this time, Hu Luqi didn't know that Gao Wei was going to kill himself, and he struggled unconvinced: "I don't live up to the country, why do you arrest me!"

Before the words fell, he was strangled to death by these samurai.

A generation of famous generals suffered this catastrophe. The Hu Lv Association was exterminated on charges of rebellion, and Queen Hu was also deposed as a concubine and expelled from the palace.

After the death of Hu Lawyers, Gao Wei sent people to raid his family property, but only fifteen bows, 100 arrows and seven shell knives were found from Hu Lawyers' home. No one would have thought that in such a corrupt situation in the officialdom of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Hu Lawyers' Association, as the official of the state and the prime minister of the left, would be so clean and clean, and even Zu Ting was very ashamed when he heard about it afterwards. 

However, no matter how ashamed Zu Ting was, the Hu Lawyers Association had died after all, and his death made the Northern Qi lose the "solidity of the Li Fence", and the most important of the two pillars that could have supported the Northern Qi to persist collapsed.

Even Emperor Wu of Zhou, Yuwen Yong, was overjoyed when he heard the news of the death of the Hu Lawyers Association, and granted amnesty to the world. A few years later, after the Northern Zhou Dynasty destroyed Qi and entered Ye, Yuwen Yong also said with emotion: "Hulu Xiejun is here, how can I attack Yecheng!" and posthumously presented Hu Lawyers Association as Shangzhu Guo and Zongguo Gong to show his admiration.

It doesn't matter if Hu Lv Association dies, there is still a great general with great military ability in Northern Qi, that is, Gao Changgong, the king of Lanling, although the building will be difficult to support, but with the military ability of the king of Lanling, it can still make the rule of Northern Qi continue for some more time.

However, it is in response to the old saying that you can't live if you do your own evil, and King Lanling can't escape the bad luck of being killed by Gao Wei!

There are many stories about the king of Lanling in later generations, and they will not be listed one by one, it can be said that this beautiful man also lived up to the admiration of the rotten girls in later generations, and this is the most virtuous one in the Northern Qi royal family, and there has never been the most common disorderly sex, alcoholism and tyranny, murder and other things in the Northern Qi royal family.

Gao Zhan once gave him twenty beauties, but King Lanling was not decisive after all, so he only accepted one.

Gao Changgong is brave and good at fighting, and it is said that because his face is too soft and not enough to threaten the enemy, he must wear a hideous mask every time he fights. The most famous one was the rescue of Luoyang, he led five hundred knights, rushed through the siege of the Zhou army, and broke into the city of Luoyang.

King Lanling takes off his helmet (note that this is a helmet that covers a large part of his face, not a mask.) The allusion to the "Mask of King Lanling" was only made up by a later choreographer in order to enhance the drama of the story. Showing his face, the morale of the army in the city was greatly boosted, and hundreds of crossbowmen were sent to respond.

Soon the Zhou army was forced to withdraw, and in order to celebrate the victory, the soldiers of the Northern Qi Dynasty compiled the "Lanling King's Entry Song", wearing masks and dancing and singing, which is also the origin of the Lanling King's Breaking Formation.

Shi Zai: "Chang Gong looks soft and strong, and his voice and appearance are beautiful. In order to be diligent and meticulous, every time you get sweet, although you have a melon and a few fruits, you will share them with the soldiers. ”

However, Gao Changgong is not without any shortcomings, he also has a big problem: greed for money.

At his doorstep, there are often all kinds of people who pay bribes in and out, causing the common people to gossip.

The subordinate lieutenant asked him, "Since the king is so high, why is he so greedy?" Chang Gong couldn't answer. Xiang Yuan said: "Are you deliberately smearing yourself with some dirt because you are afraid of high merit and being tabooed by the Lord?" ”

Hey, what's the reason? This dude's speaking skills are top-notch!

Gao Changgong saw that there were steps coming down, so he spoke: "That's right." Xiang Yuan persuaded him: "If the court is suspicious of the prince, this just leaves him a braid to catch." If you want to ask for blessings, you will invite trouble. ”

Gao Changgong burst into tears when he heard this, knelt down and asked him to give him a way to settle down, and said to him: "Wang Wei's name is too heavy, it's best to recuperate at home, don't interfere in political affairs." ”

King Lanling did not completely listen to Xiangyuan's advice, but only occasionally pretended to be sick, and if he completely retreated, he was unwilling. A man in his prime, who wants to retire like this? What's more, Gao Changgong is not a hermit's personality.

Gao Changgong, his cousin Gao Wei, is also very jealous, after all, his father and son almost killed all those uncles and cousins, and he was even more worried that others would treat him like this. ”

Sui Zhi Gao Changgong still didn't take it to heart, but didn't want to say quickly: "The family matter is cordial, but I don't realize it." ”

When Gao Wei heard the word "family affairs", he was alert. When he turned around, he asked someone to bring him a cup of poison. The emperor killed people, and he didn't even have a reason, this is the sorrow of troubled times.

Gao Changgong's age at the time of his death is not recorded, and it is estimated that he was only in his early thirties, leaving a grief-stricken widow, Concubine Zheng, guarding the lonely lamp of Buddhism and spending the rest of her life.