Why did Gao Yang behave crazily because of his outstanding achievements in establishing Beiqi? Is it a disease or something?

Gao Yang inherited the inheritance of his father and brother and got the title of King of Qi. In the eighth year of Wuding (550), Yuan Shanjian, the quiet emperor of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, was abolished, and Beiqi was established, becoming Wen Xuandi of Beiqi. Gao Yang chased his brother Gao Cheng as Emperor Wen Xiang, and his temple number was Sejong. However, when Gao Yang really ascended the throne, many things he did stunned future generations, which were totally more outrageous and cruel than his father and brother. Even if he wants to find out the most famous tyrant in history, I'm afraid Gao Yang will surely be among the best. Even many people think that Gao Yang is a mentally abnormal person.

? Gao Yang and Gao Cheng were both born in Lou Zhaojun, while Cheng was only five years old. It's really hard to be shrouded in the aura of an excellent brother since childhood. In addition, other gaos thought children are also outstanding in appearance. The history books only say that Gao Yang was plain and taciturn since childhood. This kind of psychological pressure is close to Cao Pi being suppressed by Cao Zhi's talent. When he was a teenager, Gao Yang's only comfort was his father Gao Huan. He has a first-class eye for people and knows that Gao Yang is very talented, so his father still likes Gao Yang very much. Although Gao Cheng often makes fun of this brother, he still attaches great importance to Gao Yang after taking office. In the end, Gao Yang was awarded the secretariat of Gyeonggi, the librarian and the secretariat of Gyeonggi, and was responsible for public security in Yecheng, Gyeonggi. Obviously, this is a very core position, and it also creates opportunities for him to inherit Gao Cheng's career.

? Because Gao Yang has been in power for a long time, he is in a state of restraint and restraint. Although I don't want to murder my brother, I am extremely unwilling to play the fool and be fully distracted out of self-protection. My body and mind are very hard and uncomfortable. The feelings of the two brothers are generally not too bad, nor too distant, which can be regarded as some kind of cooperative relationship, but in order to maintain this trust, Gao Yang is very cautious about Gao Cheng.

? Gao Cheng left six sons before his death, and Gao Yang basically loved them. Except for Gao, his youngest son, who had no accident, the rest were both civil and military, and completely inherited Gao Cheng's genius genes, especially his fourth son, Gao Changgong, who was the famous warrior Lanling. Gao Changgong was famous in later generations, but there were not many opportunities to get real performances in Northern Qi Dynasty, mainly in the late Northern Qi Dynasty, when he was still young.

? It is difficult for Gao Yang to finally reach the top. When he ascended the throne and reached the peak of his life, once his personality suppressed for many years broke out, it was easy to distort. There was a typical case of Sima Yi and his son before. This long-term repressed and distorted psychology can easily lead to genetic diseases, which not only harms future generations, but also harms people all over the world. The short life of the Western Jin Dynasty has a lot to do with the twisted character of Sima Yi and his son. Future generations are mediocre, with crazy and distorted personalities and mutual hostility and hatred. Although Gao Yang's talent is much stronger than that of Sima Yan, who founded the Western Jin Dynasty, his personality distortion is more serious than that of Sima family. Although it was the most prosperous stage in the Northern Qi Dynasty, there were many hazards planted by Levin.

? Let's start with the bright side. On the basis of Gao Cheng, Gao Yang continued to eliminate bureaucrats and reuse Han people. The compilation of the Northern Qi Law had a great influence on the legal inheritance after Sui and Tang Dynasties. In terms of culture, Wei Shou completed Shu Wei, a historical book summarizing the Northern Wei Dynasty. Although it aroused strong dissatisfaction from the children of Xianbei nobles at that time, Gao Yang organized discussions and listened to many opinions, which were later adopted and revised by Wei Shou. Shu Wei has not been circulated to the outside world for the time being, but Gao Yang did not deny Wei Shou's contribution in compiling history.

? The military reorganization of the "Suwei Army" also absorbed a large number of Han people, making the comprehensive national strength of Northern Qi superior to that of Northern Zhou Dynasty. Gao Yang personally led the way to fight against the Khitan and Turks. Although the southern war against Liang and Chen was once defeated (that is, supporting Gao Cheng to capture Xiao Yuanming and respect the emperor, and finally failed), the territory of Chen Dynasty forced by Chen Baxian was the smallest among the four dynasties in the southern dynasties, which proved that the prosperity of Northern Qi under Gao Yang was not a hollow reputation. In addition, the Northern Qi Dynasty built the Great Wall to prevent people in the northern desert from harassing the Central Plains. It is said that the Great Wall built during the Levin period reached 1500 kilometers.

? The second is the bad side. When Gao Yang was ambitious to create brilliant martial arts, he used fierce and strict rule of law. Originally, this was a strategy of inheriting high success, as the ancients often said. Because Gao Yang advocated severely punishing officials, family members and court attendants to establish prestige. On the one hand, this of course means that the court has strict laws and regulations, and on the other hand, this is the golden sentence of Gao Yang as an emperor. But in fact, Gao Yang can't control his personality, and his impulsiveness and tyrannical psychology are often out of control. He killed Weiyuan County, punished his subordinate officials with a big stick at any time, and insulted his liegeman family at will. As far as historical records are concerned, Gao Yang, who was in the late reign, was almost completely different from before, which was enough to serve as a template for many novels describing fatuous and cruel kings in later generations. For example, he put all kinds of killing tools in his palace, and after drinking, he began to kill people, and he liked to torture people, such as flying kites (this is where A Zi tortured You Tanzhi in Jin Yong's "Eight Dragons").

? It is not excluded that future generations will polish unofficial history according to some legends. As far as the history books of Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties are concerned, Northern Qi, Sui, Liang Chen and so on. All this came from the reign of Emperor Taizong and Li Shimin, and as many as one third of the so-called twenty-four histories were completed by Li Shimin. Gao Yang's grotesque behavior mainly comes from the History of the North, and there are relatively few books in the Northern Qi Dynasty. However, both Li Baiyao and li yanshou were historians of the Tang Dynasty, and the purpose of compiling history was to be highly alert to the chaotic situation in Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties for hundreds of years, while Li Shimin was eager to learn from history. At that time, in order to be vivid, the writing method fully studied the novel writing method since Wei and Jin Dynasties, which aggravated the rendering of debauchery, misleading the country and harming others. Therefore, all kinds of absurd, cruel and fatuous contents of the Northern Qi Dynasty and even the period were processed, especially the novel writing techniques of the Six Dynasties were widely used in the compilation of the history of the Tang Dynasty, that is, Zhou.

? However, Gao Yang's personality is different from ordinary people after all, and his later mental loss of control does not rule out the reason for taking too many pills. Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties was a very prosperous period of taking medicine and alchemy. Coincidentally, during the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Daowu's method of killing imperial guards and officials was similar to that of Gao Yang. On the one hand, it was instigated by the wizard, on the other hand, it was because Daowudi obeyed, which damaged his mental health. However, Gao Yang's behavior is only ignored and misunderstood, because his performance in history books is to worship Buddhism, and it is said that he also accepted strict precepts, which concealed the possibility of his being influenced by Taoism. For example, Gao Yang is superstitious about divination, which is also a manifestation of the number of yin and yang, but it exists in both Buddhism and Taoism, but Taoism is relatively obvious. So now many people think that Gao Yang's abnormal condition is just a mental illness from the pathological point of view, which overemphasizes the result and fails to explore the real root of his abnormal condition.

? Objectively speaking, Gao Yang's behavior cannot be explained in a single way. In fact, Gao Yang indulged in it in his early years, which was a long-term catharsis of his true character, with the purpose of covering up his heart. For a long time, Gao Yang, Gao Yan and Gao Zhan should all have signs of practicing taking elixir. After he ascended the throne, Gao Yang also showed signs of continuing to take medicine. For example, it is recorded in "History of the North" that "there is a person who travels far away, and when propagating, he turns nine times with all the magicians. And then, the emperor put a cloud in the jade box:' I am greedy for happiness on earth, and I can't fly to heaven until I die.' "Today, when people read history, they are often shocked by Gao Yang's jaw-dropping behavior. They simply think that people who do such absurd things must be mentally ill, ignoring the fact that historical records are always just appearances. To truly understand the significance of important people and events in history, we must sort out the reasons behind why history happened like this. This is a historical science.

? For example, many people took Dan in batches in history, so many people acted strangely. In fact, most ancient people took a lot of Dan in the wrong way. Most people think that only drinking is used to dissipate heat, just like striptease in Gao Yang, but they are misunderstood as exhibitionists. In fact, many people in Wei and Jin Dynasties had similar eccentric behaviors, wearing loose clothes or being naked at home. Everyone wants to dissipate heat and detoxify, and the effect is not good. In fact, this is not enough. In order to stay healthy, it is necessary to know how to detoxify. Many people take it for a long time and lead to premature death, which is also chronic poisoning. Only Sun Simiao and Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty recorded in the history books that they knew how to treat poison with medicine. They took Dan medicine, but they lived for a long time. Tang Xuanzong was in good health until he was nearly 80 years old, and he was more likely to die suddenly in the end.

? Historical records record that Gao Yang's death was due to excessive drinking, but in fact it should be the toxic attack of alcohol accelerating drug accumulation that led to his early death. Gao Yang's long-term psychological depression led to his distorted personality. After his success, he began to long for a long life and indulge his desires. Then he took Dan medicine and drank for a long time. On the surface, he banned Taoism and supported Buddhism, but he was not bound by precepts at all. His behavior is violent, his spirit is damaged by drugs and his behavior is extremely out of control. Finally, he drank too much, which led to poisoning and sudden death.

? Even though Gao Yang acted crazy, officials such as Yang Cheng and Pei He, whom he relied on during his reign, worked very hard in that high-pressure environment, and Beiqi was able to maintain a relatively stable situation. After Gao Yang's death, his sixth brother, Gao Yan, seized the throne from his nephew, Yin Gao, and became the emperor of the Northern Qi Dynasty, Xiao Zhao.

? Gao Yan was also smart since he was a child, and his mother, Lou Zhaojun, was very optimistic about this son. After Gao Yang took office, he was also highly valued. Let him handle political affairs, promoted to Changshan king, and soon became a minister. In the seventh year of Natural Forest Protection (556), Gao Yan returned to Yecheng with Wen Xuandi and Levin. Although Gao Yang's behavior is out of line, his mind has always been sharp. He thinks that there are often many contradictions in the performance of Shangshu, so let Gao Yan and the DPRK ministers discuss right and wrong first, and then state the performance. Gao Yan's analysis and judgment are reasonable, and Gao Yang highly appreciates his statement.

? Gao Yan was worried about Gao Yang's later violence and often advised him to care more about government affairs. Gao Yang was drunk and said, With your way of handling it, of course you can have fun easily. On the other hand, Gao Yan wants to be around Gao Yang, just as Gao Yang was around Gaocheng. Gao Yan's personality also showed great depression and distortion, so he also took Dan medicine and asked his good friend Wang Xi to find the secret recipe for him. Sometimes he can't control his emotions and lashes his subordinates violently.

? After Gao Yan succeeded in succession, he disposed of all the ministers that Gao Yang relied on, such as Yang Cheng, right servant Yan, chief Ke Huntian and lieutenant Song Qindao, and transferred them to the Yuan Dynasty. However, Gao Yan's policy, contrary to the harsh laws in the past, adopted a relatively tolerant way, releasing many criminals and slaves, which won the recognition of the ruling and opposition parties, and maintained his political stability by seizing power.

? As the author mentioned before, distorted personality can be contagious and harmful to future generations. Although Gao Yan's behavior is not as violent as Gao Yan's, his family is as well preserved as Gao Yang's, and he is very uneasy about Gao Yang's children. It turned out that he had imprisoned Yin Gao for a long time, but the Queen Mother Lou wanted to meet the emperor and grandson many times, but she was afraid that the sympathy of the Queen Mother would lead to other ideas and resolutely refused to let the two grandchildren meet. In order to prevent future troubles from killing Yin Gao, it is said that Gao Yan, who originally advocated leniency, was uneasy about this, and he tried his best in his palace, fearing that the ghosts of Gao Yang and Yin Gao would come to him.

? In the autumn of the first year of Emperor Jian (56 1), he went hunting in the suburbs, fell off his horse, was seriously injured and fell ill. In order to choose an heir, Gao Yan hesitated for several months during his illness. In order not to make his own mistakes again, he planned to let his brother Gao Zhan succeed him to the throne, and then wrote a suicide note telling him to save his son. Gao Yan died at the age of 27 after only two years in office.

? Gao Huan's sixth son, Gao Zhan, was born in Lou Zhaojun. Gao Yan Jr. is two years old and Levin Jr. is eleven years old. He is also a handsome man with extraordinary appearance. When Gao Yan won the position, he got help from his sixth brother. After Yang Cheng and others were destroyed, Zhan was promoted to be a teacher, recorded history, served as governor of the two cities, and finally succeeded to the throne.

? Before Gao Yan became seriously ill, I repeatedly debated whether to pass it on to my son or my brother. At that time, his nephew Gao Yuanhai (the son of Gao Sizong, the nephew of Gao Huan) and his close friend Gao Guiyan (the son of Gao's Bohai family) were considered to be Gao Huan's younger brother, and they were suspicious. Gao Zhan didn't really trust him, because he was a vassal who was instructed by Gao Yang to help Yin Gao. One year after he ascended the throne, Gao Zhan was arrested by Duan Shao and others, but the wizard divined that it was not appropriate to arise, and Gao Zhan did not take action. Fortunately, Gao Yan finally figured it out and kept his promise when he seized the throne, and passed it on to Gao Zhan.

? Gao Zhan intends to keep his promise and only imprison Gao Bai, the son of Gao Yan. But I don't know why, a comet appeared three years later, which caused some rumors that there was a lost face in the world. Gao Zhan was very suspicious and angry, and thought that a hundred years was not good for him. He ordered Gao Bainian to come to see him in the palace, draw his sword and beat Gao Bainian with a knife ring. There is blood everywhere. Gao Bainian pleaded: "Begging for life, willing to be a slave with my uncle!" Obviously, Gao Zhan's behavior is in the same strain as that of Gao Yang and Gao Yan, and it is easy to get out of control and go crazy because of some stimuli. In this way, Gao Bainian was beaten alive with a knife handle, abandoned the corpse pool, and the water in the pool was dyed red. He was only eighteen when he was buried in the back garden of the palace. Princess Hu Lushi of Gaobainian heard the news and cried bitterly. She fasted for many days and died. She was still in her hands after she died. She was only fifteen years old.

In fact, Gao Zhan was in power for only four years. In addition to showing some good deeds of understanding the sufferings of the people when he first ascended the throne, he soon prided himself on his cronies and enjoyed himself (how to live in the world, how to love Gao, how to love Zuda, etc. ), which is cruel to his brothers, sons and nephews. In the fourth year, because he was superstitious about astronomical phenomena, after killing his sons and nephews who might be enthroned, he passed the throne to his son Gao Wei and became the emperor's father himself. Leaving all the tedious things to his son, he still has to decide important military affairs, but it also intensifies his indulgence in life. At this time, the national strength of the Northern Zhou Dynasty has surpassed that of the Northern Qi Dynasty, and the war between the two sides has also intensified.

? Just when the Northern Qi Dynasty was teetering, the warriors Lan Ling and Gao Changgong began to show their talents. Unfortunately, they not only failed to save the overall situation of BAIC's decline, but were also suspected.

? It is often his word, and the real name of the soldier Lanling is Gao Xiaoxing. Because his biological mother was born in a bad family, she was unknown in her early years. Gao Yang became a local official in the later period of his rule, and he didn't have many achievements. During Yin Gao's short reign, he was named the warrior Lan Ling, while during Gao Yan's short reign, Gao Changgong was gradually reused, led by China, and opened the government to serve the same three ministries.

? Gao Changgong was gradually reused in the later period, not because he was too handsome, but because he was liked as an adult. However, the imperial clan was killed and shuffled many times, and there is not much threat to the emperor. I am afraid there are not many. Long-term work is only a relatively low-key reality, so we wait for the opportunity.

? Wu Chengdi Gao Zhan succeeded to the throne and continued to appoint him. Daning in the early Yuan Dynasty (56 1 end) was made the governor and governor of Bing (Bing is now Taiyuan, Jinyang changed to Bing, which is the fundamental place for the rise of the Gao Huan family), and Julu County was founded in the state of Bing, with thousands of food cities, and the treatment was constantly improved.

? At this time, Yang Zhong, a general of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and the allied forces of the Turkic Khan attacked Bing from Hengzhou, and Gao Changgong made his debut, breaking the Turkic forces and defeating Yang Zhong. The following year, when Luoyang was rescued, Gao Changgong, wearing a helmet mask, only had more than 500 people and rushed into the Northern Zhou army. The guards in the northwest of Luoyang don't know whether they are friends or enemies. Finally, he took off his helmet and mask and recognized that it was the warrior Lan Ling. They shot arrows one after another to support and repel the northern Zhou army. According to this story, later generations created the famous warrior Lan Ling's marching tune.

? At that time, World War I was very dangerous. Later, when Gao Changgong met the emperor, Cushman asked what to do if there was danger. Gao Changgong replied impassioned: State affairs are family matters, and we can't think so much on the battlefield. Because of this sentence, it still violates Gao Wei's taboo. Later, Gao Changgong also jointly attacked the city (south of yiyang county, Luoyang City, Henan Province, built in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, located in the northern periphery) with the Prime Ministers Shao and Hu of Taizai, and successfully captured it. Later, yangfu, a subordinate of Yu Wenxian of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, was captured in Dingyang County, Fenzhou (now northwest of Jixian County, Shanxi Province). In the third year of Wuping (572), Gao Changgong carried Fu Weiguo.

? The more Gao Changgong contributed, the more greedy he became, which was quite different from his earlier performance. Faithful to each other, they once asked quietly, knowing that Gao Changgong was afraid of Gao Zhen and deliberately used this shortcoming to cover himself up. I want to remind him that if he is really suspected by the court, then greed is also a crime, and I suggest that he plead guilty. So Gao Changgong refused treatment after getting sick, trying to drag himself down. I don't know, but I was also suspected by the high latitude emperor and sent him poisoned wine. I was only 33 when I died.

? In fact, the warrior Lan Ling looks similar to others in Gaos thought in the history books. Later generations imagined that Gao Changgong was too handsome because of the illusion under his mask. In addition, he was a general from a real imperial clan in the late Northern Qi Dynasty, and his personality was also very rare. He treated the foot soldiers well and was very popular, which was precisely one of the reasons why he was suspected by the emperor. After Gao Changgong's death, Beiqi really came to an end.

? After Gao Qiu killed the warrior Lan Ling, Gao Sihao, the king of Nan 'an (the adopted son of Gao Sizong, the king of Shangluo, and Gao Huan's younger brother), was up to no good. In the spring and February of Wuping five years, Gao Wei toured Jinyang. Gauss is good at making trouble, so Shang Shu ordered Tang Yong and others to settle down. Gauss was good at drowning, while Tang Yong picked up the body and burned it. In the seventh year of Wuping, Gao Wei led the army with confidence and tried to resist Yu Wenxian's army in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

? The Northern Qi army surrounded Jinzhou (located in Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province), and the Northern Zhou Emperor Yu Wenyong personally led the army to rescue. The two sides fought and the Northern Qi was defeated. Gao Qiu immediately left the army and fled back to Jinyang, then let Andrew Gao Yanzong and Guangning Wang Gao Xiaoheng (both sons of Gao Cheng) guard Jinyang. Not long after they moved to Longhua, Gao Wei heard Mutipo, a confidant general, surrender to the Northern Zhou Dynasty. This incident is an important symbol of the demise of the Northern Qi Dynasty. Mu Tiping was the son of Luo Chao, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty who surrendered to the Eastern Wei Dynasty. His mother is Lu, a famous female official in Northern Qi Dynasty. After Gao Qiu acceded to the throne, he indulged himself. He got rid of Zhao, Gao Qiu's younger brother Wang, prime minister Hu and civil servants, and almost monopolized the power in the palace, claiming to be the uncrowned queen mother. After Mutipo surrendered to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, he felt helpless and finally committed suicide.

? Gao Qiu appointed Gao Yanzong as Prime Minister and ordered him to keep it. Gao Yanzong accepted the appointment with tears in his eyes. Cushman & Wakefield opened the Longmen in the middle of the night, ready to rush to Turkey. Most of his entourage dispersed. Gao Yanzong was acclaimed as the emperor and was captured in the Northern Zhou Dynasty.

? At this time, Xue Daoheng, Chen Dexin and others suggested that Gao Wei recruit in the south of the Yellow River. If he fails, he will take refuge in Chen Nan. Cushman & Wakefield listened to this plan and went to Qingzhou to take refuge in Chen Nan. Gao' an Humerus sent someone to invite the Northern Zhou Army to come quickly, agreeing to capture Gao Wei alive and take credit. At the same time, someone told Gao Wei that the soldiers in the Northern Zhou Dynasty were still far away, and he had sent someone to burn the bridge and cut off the road. After Gao Wei heard about it, he was in no hurry to run south. As a result, he was captured alive in Dengcun, south of Qingzhou. Yuwen Yong, the emperor of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, met the guests and sent him, the Empress Dowager, Gao Feng and other officials to Chang 'an. Make Gao Wei the Duke of Wen. In the sixth year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (577), the defendant Gao Wei conspired with Mutipo, the secretariat of Yizhou, and dozens of Gao Wei and Gao Yanzong, regardless of age, were all killed.

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