Chapter III: The Mystery of the Zhanghe Fish Corpse

Zhanghe, a magical river. It originates in the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains in the southeast of Shanxi Province, passes through Hebei and other places, and becomes the actual boundary river of Henan Province and Hebei Province, which runs through almost the entire territory of the Northern Qi Empire and finally flows into the sea.

Emperor Wencheng of the Northern Wei Dynasty's "Wencheng Emperor's Southern Tour Monument" records that Tuoba Jun once held a grand ceremony on the "shore of Hengshui" in Xindu (now Jizhou City). Hengshui here is another name for a section of the Zhanghe River that passes through the territory of Hengshui City today. Because after the Zhanghe River enters from the southwest of Hengshui County, it does not flow into the sea in the east, but flows to the north, and then enters the sea, so Hengshui County (newly placed in the Kaihuang period of the Sui Dynasty) is named after the "Zhangshui Crossflow". Heng is the wrong sound of "horizontal", this mistake is thousands of years, and it has also given birth to famous brands such as "Hengshui Laobaigan" and "Hengshui Middle School".

Zhanghe water conservancy has a long history, as early as the Warring States Period, Ximen Leopard Zhiye built the 12th Canal (Ximen Aqueduct) in Linzhang County, Hebei Province. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, large-scale water conservancy projects such as the Zhangze Reservoir and the Hongqi Canal were built.

Ancient Yecheng, that is, near today's Linzhang County, Hebei, also knows from the name that the Zhanghe River also flows through Yecheng. The Zhanghe River is rich in aquatic resources, and if there is milk, it is the mother, and this river has also become the mother river of the residents along the river in the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and many people have relied on weaving nets to fish for generations.

One day in 559 A.D., fishermen near the Yecheng section of the Zhanghe River got up early and went fishing as usual, hoping to get a good price at the morning market. Unexpectedly, this ordinary scene of a smoky life scene led to a terrifying and mysterious case.

At the morning market, after the fishermen found the buyer, they skillfully cut open the fish belly and cleaned up the fish guts for the guests, only to find that there were items similar to human fingernails and hair in the fish belly. After careful identification, it is indeed from the human body, because the nails and hair are not easy to digest, so they can stay in the stomach of the fish. If one or two are enough, most of the fish in the whole market are like this.

This matter quickly spread explosively in Yecheng, causing great panic in the imperial capital, is this a perverted murder case? People rushed to report to the official. Unexpectedly, the truth obtained after solving the case is more creepy than the grassroots people imagined.

A total of 721 people died in the belly of the fish, these people are not grassroots people, they all come from a big family, the family name Yuan, the surname of the Northern Wei Dynasty royal surname Tuoba changed to the surname.

This earth-shattering murder case stems from a person's negligence and open-mouthedness.

Pengcheng Wang Yuanshao, the word Shixuan, the great-grandson of Emperor Tuoba Hong of the Northern Wei Dynasty, is diligent and studious, and is a corporal of Lixian. What's more, this person is suave and handsome, and he was taken by Gao Huan at a glance and married his eldest daughter, the former queen of Emperor Xiaowu Yuanxiu, Gao. Although it is a second-married woman who takes over the plate, after all, it is the daughter of the Gao family, and Yuan Shao is very willing, and in this way, Yuan Shao became Gao Yang's brother-in-law.

However, Yuan Shao knows very well in his heart that their Yuan family is no longer what it used to be, and now it is the world of the old Gao family, if you are a little careless, don't look at yourself as someone else's son-in-law, in the face of cruel political struggle, what is a son-in-law? Er Zhurong is still the son-in-law of Emperor Xiaozhuang. Therefore, Yuan Shao is a low-key person and acts in a low-key manner everywhere.

When building the mansion, Yuan Shao restrained luxury. Claiming to like forests and gardens to show that he has no ambitions. One day, Gao Yang asked her to shave her beard and apply grease and powder to play the role of a woman. Doesn't this show that our Yuan clan is weak, like a woman? Yuan Shao also did the same, in troubled times, if he can survive, he can still keep his glory and wealth, not to mention being a woman, even being a hellokitty, Yuan Shao is also willing.

One day in 559, Gao Yang Xuanyuan Shao entered the palace to drink, and during the banquet, he suddenly asked: Liu Xiu, Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, why did he rejuvenate the Han Dynasty?

Yuan Shao, who had been cautious for half his life, was hot-headed at this time: because he killed the Liu family, he did not kill him.

Wow, that's just a reminder to me. Gao Yang stroked his palms and laughed, it seems that killing the clan relatives of the former dynasty after seizing power is the first priority. Gao Yang Daigo was initiated, and a massacre against the Yuan clan began.

Of the 721 people, adults were cut down with knives, children were thrown into the air, and then pierced with spears, and all the bodies were thrown into the Zhanghe River.

The Zhanghe fish corpse mystery case was solved, and the price of fish in Yecheng plummeted for a while, and like the villas in the suburbs, no one wanted it for nothing.

Yuan Shao was also imprisoned in a dungeon near Yecheng, cut off food, gnawed on his sleeves and died. Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao, what kind of name are you giving is not good, give a name the same as Yuan Shao, don't you know that Gao Huan is the reincarnation of Cao Cao?

It is not surprising that the royal family of the previous dynasty was slaughtered out of specific political needs, however, Gao Yang, a young and promising monarch who did not talk much, suddenly became a bloodthirsty beast, and the victims under the butcher's knife were far more than these 721 Yuan clan relatives. The specific list of the remaining victims is as follows:

(1) Court maids, eunuchs, and prisoners

Gao Yang put a pot and a saw on the Jinluan Palace, and whenever he was drunk, he had to saw people and cook people in order to be happy.

But the problem is that he is drunk almost every day, and there are not a few days when he is sober. In the early days, palace maids, eunuchs and even ministers lost countless lives.

Due to Gao Yang's special needs, the Northern Qi government had no choice but to send a large number of death row prisoners to the palace for him to kill.

There were also a number of death row prisoners, and when there was not enough supply, the suspects in custody and interrogation were sent to the palace, which was called "for the imperial prisoners". As long as these unconvicted criminals are not killed by Gao Yang for three months, they are generally acquitted, and they are more fortunate than the suspects under the current plea system and plea bargaining system.

(2) "Smelting Ancestor" Gao Longzhi

Gao Longzhi, Gao Huan's veteran and important minister when he started his family, and Gao Huan is still a little related. In 552, Gao Longzhi supervised the construction of an iron-smelting furnace one foot deep and one and a half steps wide in Xiangzhou (now Shuiye Town, Anyang, Henan), and began to divert water and blast iron to make weapons, which was respected by later generations as "the ancestor of smelting". In August 2009, the government of Shuiye Town, Anyang County, Henan Province specially built Longzhi Square and gave it a statue to commemorate it.

Gao Longzhi, such an important minister, was not only killed by Gao Yang, but also killed by Gao Yang. More than 20 of his sons were all beheaded by Gao Yang.

(3) The meritorious cousin who lay down the gun in the peach incident

Gao Yue, a famous general of the Northern Qi clan, Gao Huan's brother, and Gao Yang's cousin. He is honest and upright, tall and has a deep temperament. When Gao Yue defected to Gao Huan, he was only twenty years old, and the first battle he fought with his cousin was the Great War—the Battle of Hanling, which destroyed the Erzhu family.

In the battle of Hanling, Gao Huan sat in the Chinese army, and the commanders of the left and right wings were Gao Aocao and Gao Yue.

The army of the Erzhu family was several times larger than Gao Huan, forming a numerical suppression. During the decisive battle, Er Zhu Zhao led the army to take the base camp of Gao Huan in the middle, Gao Huan saw that he could not resist, Gao Yue led five hundred cavalry to rush left and right, and rescued Gao Huan. Immediately, Gao Aocao led a thousand elite soldiers to cut off the Erzhu family's army, and the two jointly defeated Erzhu Zhao.

Shi Gaohuan set up a tyrannical mansion in Jinyang, led the national military and government, and stayed in the capital Yecheng. is Gao Yue and Sun Teng. Gao Yue and Sun Teng, together with Gao Longzhi and Sima Ziru, are collectively known as the "Four Nobles" of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

After Gao Huan's death, the general Hou Jing became the biggest threat to Gao Cheng's succession. When Gao Cheng dealt with Hou Jing, the first thing he thought of was his cousin Gao Yue.

Xiao Yan, Emperor Wu of Liang of the Southern Dynasty, who learned of the civil strife in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, sent his nephew Xiao Yuanming to dig Surabaya in Hanshan and flood Pengcheng. In response to Hou Jing's rebellion in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the two armies formed a horn trend.

Gao Yue led the army to the south, defeated Xiao Yuanming in a battle and captured him alive, and after removing the threat of Southern Liang, he immediately returned to Wuyang, and the general Liu Feng attacked Hou Jing, and the killed Hou Jing fled to Southern Liang alone.

After returning to the dynasty, Gao Yue was appointed by Gao Cheng as the governor of Henan and the governor of the capital, and led Murong Shaozong, Liu Feng and other generals to conquer Wang Sizheng, a famous general of the Western Wei Dynasty stationed in Changshe.

Wang Sizheng, a famous general under Yuwentai in the Western Wei Dynasty, suffered his losses in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Wang Sizheng saw that Gao Yue was menacing, and closed the city and insisted on not fighting. Gao Yue attacked the city several times, but he lost his troops and lost his generals, but he still did not break through.

After Gao Yue inspected the terrain of Changshe, he decided to dig up the water and attack the city with water. After a large amount of river water poured into the city, Murong Shaozong and Liu Feng took advantage of the situation to approach the city wall in a building boat, intending to order the archers to shoot down on the city.

Unexpectedly, people are not as good as the sky, and the river suddenly had a strong wind, and the boat was blown directly to the city. Wang Sizheng hurriedly ordered the soldiers defending the city to hook the building boat with a long hook, and fired arrows in unison. The incident happened suddenly, and the famous general Murong Shaozong threw himself into the water and died in a hurry. Liu Feng had a good water temperament, swam to Tushan in embarrassment, and was also killed by an arrow. This is the biggest defeat of Gao Yue's military career, but the flaws are not hidden.

Later, Gao Cheng saw that he could not attack for a long time, so he personally led an army of 110,000 to help, and Wang Sizheng was outnumbered and captured. However, not long after Gao Cheng returned to the army, he was assassinated by several cooks. After Gao Yang took the throne, he let Gao Yue shoot as the left servant of Shangshu and stay in Yedu. In the second year, after Gao Yang built the Northern Qi Dynasty as emperor, he crowned Gao Yue as the king of Qinghe County.

Gao Yue's military achievements are impressive, but he is by no means a simple-minded person with developed limbs, he knows the virtue of his cousin, and understands what the results of his high merit will be for the master, so Gao Yue shows people as a womanizer to the outside world, and the singers and dancers at home, bells and drums and instrumental music, crowning the kings.

In history, there are no more masters who deliberately defile themselves and protect themselves than Wang Jian and Xiao He. Before the former set out for the Chu State, he asked Qin Shi Huang for land, money, and status; When Liu Bang led the army to quell Yingbu's rebellion, the latter connived at the clansmen in the rear to grab houses and enclose land. This kind of self-defilement will make the emperor feel that this person is just a layman with no lofty ambitions, and he does not pose a threat to the imperial power, so as to avoid the end of the rabbit and the dog.

There are also people in history who try to protect themselves by defiling themselves. Fu Youde, the founding father of the Ming Dynasty, saw that Zhu Yuanzhang began to play hooligans and kill the old buddies who made a revolution together, and wanted to learn from Wang Jian and Xiao He to defile themselves to show his intention of "asking for land and asking for help, and having no great ambitions", but was reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang, who hated corrupt officials the most, and had to admit his mistake on the spot to avoid it, and finally ended up with a rabbit and a dead dog.

Therefore, if you want to defile yourself to protect yourself, it depends on whether the emperor you are facing is in tune with your thoughts, both of them are masters of thick black, and they may be able to achieve the same frequency resonance in thought. If you encounter someone who is unscrupulous or perverted or hooligan, not only will it be impossible to avoid disaster, but it may even increase the crime. Gao Yue wants to learn from Wang Jian and Xiao He, however, who is Gao Yang? Perverted people. Playing with him? In the end, the painting of the tiger did not succeed, but angered the cat.

Yecheng Casino has a love for the Xue sisters, and Gao Yue fell in love with it at first sight when he sang karaoke, and once let the sister of the sisters come out of the stage. The place of introduction is Gao Yue's house. Unexpectedly, these two sisters were famous and famous, and the pervert Gao Yang knew about it, and directly included the two in the harem.

Gao Yue prostituted Sister Xue before the emperor met Sister Hua, which was not a matter, but being targeted by people with ulterior motives was a fatal thing.

Gao Huan's younger brother, Gao Guiyan, was fostered in Gao Yue's house since he was a child. Fighting rice to raise grace, and raising rice to raise hatred. Adopting someone else's child is a chore, your own child beats and scolds, and you don't hold grudges, and other people's children, if you are a little careless, will hold a grudge.

After Gao Guiyan became emperor in Gao Yang, he served as the leading general, and this time, he finally found an opportunity to secretly report Gao Yang's prostitution of Sister Xue.

After listening to the report, Gao Yang sent Gao Guiyan out on a mission to Gao Yue's house, and soon after, Gao Yue, who had made great achievements in battle, died.

The cause of death, one said that he died of fear, and the other said that Gao Guiyan killed. I'm afraid it's the latter that's more likely. Basis? The behavior of the successor is enough to confirm it.

In 562, Gao Guiyan rebelled and was captured and killed by Duan Shao, the king of the plains, and Emperor Gao Zhan of Northern Qi Wucheng gave Gao Guiyan's family to Gao Yue's descendants as slaves. This is enough to show that Gao Yue's death is definitely directly related to Gao Guiyan's words and deeds that day.

Great kindness is like great hatred, helping people is a science, if you help well, he can work for you, if you can't help it, he will kill you.

Gao Zhan also considered Gao Yue's contribution to the Northern Qi Dynasty, and immediately posthumously presented Gao Yue as the Taishi, Taibao, and the temple court of Sejong Gao Cheng.

When people are dead, what is the use of you posthumously giving him the title of the head of the earth?

The ending of the Xue sisters?

One day, Gao Yang had a night banquet with the minister, and at the climax of the banquet, Gao Yang suddenly took out something from his arms and threw it on the table. When all the ministers saw it, their faces were as pale as earth, and no matter how drunk they were, they all woke up in an instant.

What Gao Yang threw on the table was Sister Xue's bloody head.

Gao Yang dismembered Sister Xue's body again, made a pipa from the leg bones, and sang with tears while playing: It is rare to get a beautiful woman again......

When the Xue family was at the funeral, Gao Yang followed behind the funeral procession, unkempt and crying loudly.

Sister Xue? Relying on Gao Yang's favor, she begged Gao Yang to make her father Situ, Gao Yang was furious after hearing this: Situ is an important official position in the court, who do you say can be whom?

After speaking, he skillfully picked up the daily tool of slaughtering people-saw, and sawed Sister Xue to death.

A woman whose background is indescribable, serving the powerful, if she is cautious, she can still keep her food and clothing worry-free, if she does not put herself in the right position to pursue more, she may chase after black and white. The Quancheng bombing case, which caused a sensation across the country more than ten years ago, also accurately interprets this point.

(4) The niece's mother-in-law

Gao Yang's niece and Gao Cheng's daughter, Princess Le'an, married the son of Cui Xian, the middle secretary. During a small talk, Gao Yang asked the princess how her life was in the Cui family, and Princess Le'an replied: The family is fine, but my mother-in-law doesn't like me very much.

It happened that Cui Xian died of illness at that time, Gao Yang ran to Cui's house and asked Cui's wife Li: Do you miss your deceased husband?

Lee: How can you not want to get married.

Gao Yang pulled out his saber and smiled slightly: Since you miss him, why don't you go with him?

After speaking, he cut off Li's head with a knife and threw it outside the wall.

(5) Folk young girls

One day, a resident of a household living near the imperial palace in the capital of the Northern Qi Dynasty woke up and found a group of unkempt and naked men under the eaves of his house, so he immediately reported it to the local government.

When the local officials led the arresters to arrive, they found one of the men raping the resident's minor daughter, and the little girl was crying and grabbing the ground.

The magistrate was furious, shouted a brute, and was about to give the order to arrest him, but the rapist slowly turned around and raised his head, and the magistrate suddenly lost his soul and knelt down like pounding garlic.

It turned out that the suspect who raped the underage girl was Gao Yang.

(6) Auntie

Li Zuyi, the sister of Gao Yang's favorite queen Li Zu'e, is the wife of Wang Yuanang of Anle in the Eastern Wei Dynasty. Such a stunning woman, how could Gao Yang let it go?

Gao Yang first went to Yuan Ang's house to drink under the pretext of drinking, pretended to be crazy after drinking, spilled the wine on himself, asked the eldest sister to wipe it for him, and took the opportunity to touch it. Then he spit the wine on his crotch and asked it to be cleaned. Li Zuyi endured the humiliation and complied.

The obscenity succeeded, which further stimulated Gao Yang's bestiality, and the next behavior was even more outrageous. Soon, he summoned Yuan Ang into the palace and shot him to death with arrows. At the funeral of the Yuan family, Gao Yang chose the location of Sister Li's rape and rape in front of Yuan Ang's mourning hall. This is obviously a deliberate pursuit of perverted pleasure.

In the end, Gao Yang simply slaughtered all the royal families surnamed Yuan of the Eastern Wei Empire in the previous dynasty, which is the aforementioned 721 tragedy.

Young girls, sisters, and sisters-in-law are all lewd, is there anything more exciting? Yes.

(7) Stepmother

In 559, Gao Yang broke into the palace of Pengcheng after drinking, and wanted to bow to the overlord of Mrs. Yifengyun, but the woman swore to die and was killed.

The victim this time is called Er Zhu Ying'e. Yes, it is to marry Emperor Xiaoming Yuanxu first, then marry Emperor Xiaozhuang Yuanziyou, and marry Gao Huan's Er Zhu Ying'e and Er Zhurong's daughter.

This poor woman, the son born to Yuan Ziyou, was killed by her cousin Zhu Zhao in less than two months. After marrying Gao Huan, she gave birth to two sons, Gao Xun and Gao Ning. After Gao Yang ascended the throne and established the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Xun was named the king of Pengcheng, and Er Zhu Ying'e became the concubine of Pengcheng.

This poor woman has not even been able to leave a date of birth in history. Her first husband, Emperor Xiaoming Yuanxu, was 18 years old when he was poisoned by his biological mother Empress Dowager Hu in 528, Ruoer Zhu Ying'e was fifteen or six years old at this time, and she was already a middle-aged and elderly woman of forty-six or seven years old when she was raped by Gao Yang, and Gao Yang was only 33 years old at the time.

Perverted.

(8) Clan siblings

Gao Yang was also unequivocal about his brothers, he put his two younger brothers Gao Jun and Gao Jian in the iron cage of the cellar, and he sang loudly in front of them, ordering the two to follow him and have a small chorus, singing about the new regime and the beautiful new life.

Gao Jun and Gao Chuan were like chaff sifting all over their bodies, and their voices inevitably trembled when they sang together. Gao Yang listened and somehow shed tears. The two princes thought that the trilling singing made Gao Yang move their family affection, and they felt that there was hope for their lives.

Gao Yang suddenly raised his spear and stabbed the two of them.

The guards also speared in unison, and the two princes struggled with their hands on the iron spears, and the cries were so loud that they were useless, and they were soon stabbed into two red hornet's nests.

Gao Huan, Gao Huan's seventh son, his mother Han is Gao Huan's first love and dream lover. Because of Gao Huan's low status at the beginning, Han's mother beat the mandarin duck and married him to someone else. After Gao Huan developed, and Han's husband happened to die, the two reunited after breaking the mirror and gave birth to Gao Lian.

When he led the army to escort Xiao Yuanming, the king of Liang, back to Jiangnan, he defeated the army of the Liang Dynasty and beheaded the Liang general Pei Zhiheng. When Gao Cheng was assassinated, Gao Lian also actively rescued his brother, and he was considered to be successful among Gao Huan's sons. Why was such an outstanding young representative of the clan killed?

Because of his ranking, the seventh.

In the early years, some warlocks predicted that the people who destroyed the Gao clan would be black. When Gao Huan was in power, he was very unkind to people in black, Gao Yang did the same, and after succeeding to the throne, he was also very taboo about black things. One day, Gao Yang suddenly asked his ministers: What is the blackest thing?

Jinchen thought for a moment: lacquer.

Gao Yang is a spirit: lacquer? Seven also. As a result, Lao Qi Gao Lian died in a daze. Not only was he poked with a spear, but he was also set on fire and burned to char by Gao Yang.

It's really dark now.

And that's not all. Gao Yang also married Gao Lian's wife Li to Ma Zi Wenluo, who killed Gao Lian. Kill your brother, and don't forget to indirectly send another green hat, who else is darker than you?

But the close minister had one-tenth of Dongfang Shuo's humor, and replied: the bottom of the pot, the ashes of the chimney, the clothes of the old way, and the big pile of coal. Perhaps, Gao Lian will not die.

Human life is predestined.

(9) Mother-in-law

Gao Yang is such a bastard, and the Queen Mother Lou Zhaojun, as his mother, doesn't care? Tube.

After Gao Yang broke into the palace of Empress Wenxiang, the wife of his deceased brother Gao Cheng, and forced him to rape the imperial sister-in-law, Lou Zhaojun called Gao Yang into the palace and scolded him with a rod while scolding him.

Gao Yang, who was beaten in a hurry, got up and shouted: You old woman who doesn't know what to do, sooner or later I will marry you to Hu Ren.

Lou Zhaojun was almost shocked.

Gao Yang also realized that it was too much, and quickly admitted his mistake to his mother. Lou Zhaojun was still angry, and he didn't look at him. Gao Yang made a mistake again and directly overturned the old lady's couch.

Empress Dowager Lou, who was thrown into a mess, couldn't bear it, and was afraid of being beaten again, so she closed the door and never saw this bastard son again.

The behavior of animals is always beyond the imagination of normal people. In order to force his mother to meet, Gao Yang piled firewood and grass outside the palace of Empress Dowager Lou, and then sat on it himself.

This is to play self-immolation.

No matter how the beast is his own son, Lou Zhaojun can only choose to forgive, but forced Gao Yang to quit drinking. Gao Yang did quit for a few days, but only for a few days, and then he still drank all day long.

(10) Mother-in-law

treats his biological mother like this, how can his mother-in-law escape?

Gao Yang drunkenly broke into the house of Empress Li's mother, who was his mother-in-law, and was very unhappy when he saw that she looked pampered, so he immediately took a bow and arrow from his entourage and shot an arrow in the face of his mother-in-law.

Facing his mother-in-law, who was bleeding and confused, Gao Yang gave an explanation: I have beaten my mother-in-law, but I haven't beaten you yet, which is not fair.

The old lady could only cover her face and nod her head again and again, just begging this bastard son-in-law to leave quickly.

Walk? "I'm going to beat you up to be fair"!

Then, Gao Yang gave his mother-in-law another hundred horse whips. The old lady was open and screamed.

What is the reason why Gao Yang, a young and promising monarch in the early days, has transformed into a super perverted emperor?

This starts with Gao Yang's childhood.

Gao Huan, a Xianbei Han Chinese, Lou Zhaojun, the wife of a Xianbei aristocratic family, has a discerning eye and is married to a poor Gao Huan.

Later, Gao Huan developed, out of political considerations, he wanted to marry Rouran, and he wanted to marry Rouran's princess, and considering Lou Zhaojun's suffering, he hesitated. Unexpectedly, Lou Zhaojun put the overall situation first, and persuaded Gao Huan to marry Princess Yujiu Lu of Rouran, and she automatically vacated the main room.

In this way, Gao Huan has two main wives.

Lou Zhaojun has a strong view of the overall situation, and his fertility is not bad, so he gave birth to six sons for Gao Huan in one go: the eldest son Gao Cheng, the second son Gao Yang, the sixth son Gao Yan, the eighth son Gao Shu, the ninth son Gao Zhan, and the twelfth son Gao Ji. In addition, there are two daughters: Empress Yongxi, Empress Yuanxiu of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and Yuan Shao in her second marriage. The eldest princess of Taiyuan, the queen of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, married Yang Yu for the second time.

Gao Huan's two daughters are both Empress Wei Zhi, and after being widowed, they both remarried for the second time, and the names of the people they married all had a "sound" character. The eldest son-in-law Yuan Shao died first at the hands of the second son Gao Yang, and the second son-in-law Yang Yu later died at the hands of the sixth son Gao Yan. The water is also yin? What a coincidence.

Gao Huan, like Cao Cao's father and son, has a wife plot, and most of his side rooms turned out to be other people's wives:

1, Er Zhu Rong's daughter Er Zhu Ying'e, needless to say, was the wife of two emperors;

2, Xiao Erzhu Shi, Erzhu Ying'e's niece, the former Northern Wei Dynasty Jianming Emperor (Changguang King) Empress Yuanye;

3, Han Shi, the sister of Han Rail;

4, Zheng Dache, wife of Guangping Wang Yuanyi (Yuan Xiu's brother);

5, You Shi, the daughter of You Jing;

6, Feng Niang, the sister of Feng Ziang, was the princess of Wei Rencheng at the beginning, and then married Zhu Shilong;

7, Li Niang, Li Yanshi's younger sister, was originally the princess of Wei Chengyang;

8, Wang Niang;

9, Mu Niang;

10, Ma's.

After Gao Huan became the de facto ruler of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, because of his advanced age, he made careful arrangements for his successor.

Gao Cheng, the eldest son of Yan, was his first choice, and let him enter the auxiliary government of the court very early, and taught him how to sort out the government and politics hand-in-hand, placing high hopes on him.

However, Gao Cheng made a big mistake once and was almost deposed.

As mentioned above, Zheng Dache in Gao Huan's side room, the daughter of Minister Zheng Yanzu, has a very gentlemanly name, but she is delicate and moving. Zheng Dache first married Guangping Wang Yuanyi (Yuan Xiu's brother-in-law), Yuan Yi was killed by Er Zhurong at the age of 23, and Zheng Dache became a widow. After Gao Huan attacked and destroyed the Erzhu clan, the plot of the wife came to an end, and Zheng Dache was accepted as a concubine.

In 534, when Gao Huan set out on an expedition, Zheng Dache actually committed adultery with someone, and it was none other than Gao Cheng, the 13-year-old prince, who was driving.

When Gao Huan returned from the expedition, a maidservant told him about such troubles, and pulled two maidservants to testify.

The testimonies of the three persons are highly consistent. Gao Huan was angry and planned to abolish Gao Cheng's position as the son. The candidate to succeed is not Gao Yang, the second son of the main room, but Gao Xun (Er Zhurong's nephew), the son of Er Zhu Ying'e in the side room.

Fortunately, Gao Cheng asked Gao Huan's friend Sima Ziru for help. Sima Ziru coerced the two maidservants who testified to change their words, and forced the informant maids to hang themselves, and the adultery case turned into a false accusation case, and Gao Cheng kept his position as the prince.

In this incident, Gao Cheng turned the corner, but Gao Yang was the most injured. As the second son, Gao Yang realized that in his father's eyes, he was even inferior to the son of the side room.

Why?

Gao Huan is a Xianbei Han Chinese, and the wives are Lou Zhaojun of the Xianbei tribe, the princess of the Rouran tribe, the Erzhu clan of the Xianbei tribe, and the daughters of the Han nationality. However, among the many handsome brothers, Gao Yang seems to be a bit of a chicken.

He's so ugly. Not only that, but he also has a serious skin disease, and his personality is dull, like a stuffy gourd.

Gao Cheng, the eldest brother of the same mother, often insulted Gao Yang in public: This person is also rich and noble, and there is no reason to explain the law. Even, often in front of Gao Yang, he molested Gao Yang's wife.

Not only is the eldest brother of the same mother, but Gao Jun, the son of the Wang family of Gao Huan's side room, often refers to Sang and scolds Huai, and reprimands Gao Yang: What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you wipe my second brother's nose for me?!

Gao Yang has severe rhinitis.

Gao Jun has such words and deeds, no wonder he was later put into an iron cage by Gao Yang and stabbed to death with Gao Lian. It's no wonder, who would have thought that the wise and martial Gao Cheng would die so early and so strangely? Who would have thought that Gao Yang, a stuffy gourd with skin diseases and rhinitis, could quickly complete the counterattack?

If you can't think of it, then suffer the consequences of the unexpected.

In fact, Gao Huan still likes Gao Yang's ugly son, but in his eyes, Gao Yang's status is not as good as Gao Cheng, not as good as Gao Xun, the son of Zhu Ying'e in the side room, Gao Jun, the son of the Wang family in the side room, and Gao Lian, the son of the Han family in the side room.

That's it, and it's hurtful enough. is not valued by his father and respected by his brothers, so what about his biological mother, Gao Yang?

When Gao Yang planned to replace the Eastern Wei Dynasty and establish himself as the emperor, his mother Lou Zhaojun hurriedly dissuaded, "Your father is like a dragon, your brother is like a tiger, and you can't take advantage of the heavenly position, and you will face the north for life." Who is the only one who wants to do Shun and Yu! ”。

It is also a careless statement between relatives, although sincere, but very hurtful. Because, it can also be seen from this that in the eyes of his mother, Gao Yang's status is not as good as Gao Cheng. "Who are you alone", who are you, undisguised naked contempt.

It is precisely because he is inferior to his father and brother that he wants to be the emperor! My brother is procrastinating, sticky, looking forward and backward, and he didn't do it until he died, so I fucking cut the mess directly! It was this belief that prompted Gao Yang to work hard and eventually build the Northern Qi on behalf of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

In a prominent family, as the second son of the grandson, although he is wise and foolish, he has not been cared for and deserved by his relatives, and what he has received is cold eyes, shameful laughter, and insults.

The energy of the backlash. He was locked in a cage and poked into a hornet's nest with a spear in tears, and it was his half-brothers Gao Jun and Gao Lian who had insulted him.

His wife was molested, so he lewd other people's wives and daughters, killed his cousin who had had an affair with his own woman, and killed Gao Longzhi, a veteran minister who once looked down on him.

His mother, who was pushed down from the Hu bed and was injured, also broke his heart.

History generally believes that Gao Yang suffered from schizophrenia, in fact, looking at his original family and his experience before he ascended the throne, you can understand his various unusually crazy actions. Don't let a man go through the trough alone, because when he gets through the trough alone, he will no longer be interested in anyone in this world, including his loved ones.

Everyone laughs at me for being too stupid, and I laugh at others for not being able to see through it.

However, when the pleasure obtained after the crazy revenge filled his body, Gao Yang still maintained a rare sobriety. When the beloved woman Xue Shi was seeking an official position for her father, he could soberly say, "Situ is an important official position in the court, which is what you can ask for?" ”。

He, knowing that after his death, his younger brothers Gao Yan and Gao Zhan would not only usurp the throne, but also possibly kill his own queen, however, he could abuse and kill his half-brother, but he spared a compatriot.

"Fu Xiao'er died, what about my mother?". Motherhood is one of them. Second, kill all your siblings and keep the throne for the ministers and nobles? In that way, not only will the children and grandchildren not be able to keep it, but they will not even be able to enter the ancestral grave.

Hey, no matter how you kill, it's still a family.

In October of the tenth year of Tianbao of the Northern Qi Dynasty (559), Gao Yang could no longer eat, and only relied on a few bowls of wine every day to survive. On the 10th of the same month, this most unpredictable mad emperor finally died in a drunken coma at the age of 30.

This confirms the saying of the Taoist priest of Mount Tai, "thirty".