One day, Lou Zhaojun passed by the city gate, just as a soldier was patrolling the city wall. This seemingly ordinary soldier caught Lou Zhaojun's attention. She took a look and was sure that this man would be expensive and worthy of his husband in the future, so she sent a maid-in-waiting to ask around about this man.
His name is Gao Huan. He was born in 496, five years older than Lou Zhaojun. Although he is a Han nationality, he has lived in the north for generations, and his living customs have long deteriorated. Gao Huan's sixth ancestor, Yin Gao, was the satrap of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Gao Qing, Gao Tai and Wu Zu Gao Guan were officials in Houyan during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and they were all reused by the founding emperor Mu Rongchui of Houyan. Gao Qing was a constant servant, a senior official, and Gao Guan was a constant servant. After Mu Rongchui's son Murong Bao acceded to the throne, he was added as General Lu and the prefect of Yan County. Later, gaohu saw the decline and chaos of Houyan, so he led an army to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty in 398 AD. Tuoba GUI, the founding emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, attached great importance to Gao E Lake and gave Dong Ahou the title of General and General Right. After Emperor Tuoba-tao of the Northern Wei Dynasty acceded to the throne, he made Gao Hu the general of Ningxi and Liangzhou Town.
Gaomi, the third son of gaohu, was called into the palace as the son of a hero after Emperor Tuoba Hong was sent to the throne in the Northern Wei Dynasty. He worshipped the doctor as an official and often gave lectures to Emperor Wen. Later, he was made an imperial official, but later he was exiled to Huaishuo Town for breaking the law (one of the six towns built by the Northern Wei Dynasty on the northern border-the author's note) and died in 472 AD. His son, Gao Shusheng, followed Yang in 492 AD to crusade against the northern Khan Rouran, and the official worshipped General Zhenyuan. Although Shu Gao once had a very stressful job, he liked to make friends with heroes all his life and was not good at managing this industry. By the time the eldest son Gao Huan was born, his family was in decline. Shortly after Gao Huan was born, his mother Han Qiji died of illness, and Gao Huan was raised by his sister Gao Lou Jin and his brother-in-law Wei Jing.
Although all generations of ancestors were officials, Gao Huan was only a poor son at this time, with poor possessions and a hard life, not to mention a promising future. But Lou Zhaojun doesn't mind at all. She believes that Gao Huan is very talented, and now she is only temporarily down and out. Now the situation is turbulent and the world of great struggle is coming. If Gao Huan gets help, she's bound to prosper one day. After making up her mind, she asked her confidant maid-in-waiting to convey her mind to Gao Huan, and repeatedly asked her maid-in-waiting to give her private property to Gao Huan as a dowry for Gao Huan to marry.
Under the planning of Lou Zhaojun, Gao Huan chose an auspicious day to propose marriage. The arrival of Gao Huan shocked Lu's parents. The Lu family has three daughters. Lou Xinxiang, the eldest daughter, and Lou Hei, the second daughter, married Duan Rong and Dou Tai, the sons of bureaucrats, respectively. They are both very close families. Now, the little daughter insists on marrying a poor man, which is really unacceptable to them. However, Lou's parents are quite liberal. Although I was not satisfied with the Gao Huan family, I didn't do anything to beat Yuanyang. At Lou Zhaojun's insistence, they finally acquiesced in the wrong marriage.
After they got married, with the help of Lou Zhaojun's dowry, Gao Huan's living conditions have been greatly improved, and life has been magnanimous since then. With the wealth and horses brought by Lou Zhaojun from her family, Gao Huan became the captain of the border town team and was able to make friends with heroes from all walks of life, laying a solid foundation for the future creation of Beiqi. They have six sons and two daughters, four of whom have become kings in the world. Both daughters are the queens of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which is quite legendary. Throughout the ages and later generations, no one can compare with it.
After several years of war, Gao Huan merged and destroyed many dignitaries, and gathered a bunch of talents under its command, becoming stronger and stronger. In April 532, Gao Huan deposed (the nephew of Emperor Hong-the author's note) in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and established another imperial clan (the grandson of Emperor Hong-the author's note) as the emperor, which was the last emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty. After Emperor Xiaowu acceded to the throne, he named Gao Huan as SHEN WOO's great prime minister, General Tianzhu, and a great teacher, and made a hereditary secretariat of Dingzhou, making the daughter born to Gao Huan and Lou Zhaojun the queen as a political reward for Gao Huan's accession to the throne.
Although he was the statue of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, the good time of filial piety did not last long. He was unwilling to be at the mercy of Gao Huan all the time, secretly cultivating cronies, with the intention of getting rid of the status of puppet emperor. In May 534, Emperor Xiaowu tried to fight Gao Huan stationed in Jinyang, but failed. Gao Huan soon left Jinyang South and approached Luoyang in July. Frightened, Emperor Xiao went to Chang 'an with several confidants to find Yu Wentai, a general in title of generals in ancient times and governor of Kansai.
After moving westward to Chang 'an, the young Emperor Xiaowu soon realized that his idea of using Yu Wentai to compete with Gao Huan was naive. At that time, as a powerful minister with many followers, Yu Wentai was no different from Gao Huan. He welcomed Emperor Xiaowu to Chang 'an in order to imitate Gao Huan's previous behavior and hold the emperor as a vassal. Just out of the lion's den, and into the lion's den, Xiao Wudi watched the failure of state affairs led by Yu Wentai, and his heart became more and more unhappy, and he gradually had bad blood with Yu Wentai, and his dissatisfaction was beyond words.
In October of the same year, Gao Huan set up another 10-year-old imperial clan Yuan (the great-grandson of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the nephew of Yuan Xiutang, the filial emperor-the author's note) as the emperor, and moved the capital to Yecheng three days later, known as the Eastern Wei Dynasty in history; In December, Yu Wentai poisoned Emperor Xiaowu and established another imperial clan, Yuanbaoju (the grandson of Emperor Hong and the cousin of Trip-the author's note) as the emperor, which was called the Western Wei Dynasty in history. From then on, the Northern Wei Dynasty was divided into the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Western Wei Dynasty. Gao Huan and Yu Wentai were the founders of the Northern Qi Dynasty and the Northern Zhou Dynasty, respectively.
In 540 AD, Emperor Xiaojing made the second daughter born to Gao Huan and Lou Zhaojun the queen. As early as 532 AD, Gao Cheng, the eldest son of Gao Huan and Lou Zhaojun, had married Princess Yuan Zhonghua, the sister of Emperor Xiaojing. Icing on the cake, child marriage provided another powerful guarantee for Gao Huan to control the Eastern Wei regime.
After the establishment of Emperor Xiaojing, Gao Huan, who has always had the ambition to pacify Guanlong, began a long-term struggle with his old enemy Yu Wentai. During the ten years from 535 to 546, the two men commanded the army separately and launched five wars, each winning or losing. Years of military service seriously damaged Gao Huan's health. He tried his best to attack the Western Wei Dynasty for many years, but he couldn't get rid of it all the time, and he was even more worried. In the first month of 547 AD, a generation of lean Gao Huan died in Jinyang at the age of 5 1 year. In August, he was buried in Ping Ling.
After Gao Huan's death, Gao Cheng, the eldest son, inherited his father's political legacy and served as commander-in-chief of Chinese and foreign military affairs, continuing to dominate the politics of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. As the eldest son, Gao Cheng was cultivated by Gao Huan as an heir since childhood, and he was very mature as a teenager. When I was a teenager, I participated in planning military affairs, and my courage was superior. In April of 549 AD, Emperor Xiaojing made an imperial edict, worshiping Gao Cheng as the prime minister, sealing the King of Qi, enjoying the special gift of praising the nameless, not facing the court, and taking the sword to the temple. As a minister, Gao Cheng's power reached its peak at this time. He thought the time was ripe, so he secretly discussed with his cronies and planned to take the power of Yuanshi County instead. Regrettably, in August of the same year, Gao Cheng was assassinated by a government cook at the age of 28.
After the assassination of Gao Cheng, Gao Yang, the second brother who had been keeping a low profile before, kept up in a crisis and quickly stabilized the situation. In the first month of 550 AD, Gao Yang became prime minister, in charge of Chinese and foreign military affairs. March, Jin; In May, under the threat of Gao Yang, Emperor Xiaojing was forced to meditate, and the short Eastern Wei Dynasty ended. Gao Yang proclaimed himself emperor when he ascended the throne, and changed his title to Qi, which was called Beiqi in history. After Gao Yang acceded to the throne, his father Gao Huan was named Emperor Wu (later renamed Emperor Wu of God-the author's note), his eldest brother Gao Cheng was named Wen Xiang, and his mother Lou Zhaojun was named Queen Mother.
In the early days of Gao Yang's accession to the throne, he vigorously promoted the reform, so that the national strength of Beiqi reached its peak. Later, he became dissolute and tyrannical, indulged in debauchery and even hurt his mother Lou Zhaojun when he was drunk. Drinking completely destroyed his health. In 559 10, 33-year-old Gao Yang died suddenly and was passed on to his eldest son Yin Gao. However, Lou Zhaojun was not satisfied that her grandson Yin Gao was the emperor. She prefers her third son, Wang Changshan, to play high. With the support of Lou Zhaojun, in March 560, Gao Yan launched a mutiny, destroying all the confidants around Yin Gao. Yin Gao was forced to write a letter to Gao Yan, with Gao Yan as the prime minister, handling all military and political affairs. In August, Lou Zhaojun issued a letter to abolish Yin Gao as King of Jinan and promote Yan as Emperor to show his filial piety to Emperor Zhao. After Gao Yan acceded to the throne, he restored his mother, Lou Zhaojun, as the Queen Mother, diligent in political affairs, appointing talents, conquering barbarians, and being both civil and military. The relationship between the ruling party and the opposition party is very clear
In the autumn of 56 1 year, Gao Yan sent someone to secretly assassinate Yin Gao to avoid future trouble. After killing Yin Gao, Gao Yan felt guilty and gradually lost his mind. On a trip not long after, Gao Yan's horse was suddenly frightened, fell off his horse and broke his ribs. He has been ill ever since. After Gao Yan proclaimed himself emperor, he made Gao Bainian, his eldest son, a prince. At this time, he felt that his time was running out. He remembered that when he was young, he bullied his nephew Yin Gao and took the opportunity to usurp the throne. His three half-brothers, Aric, the fourth brother of Xiangcheng, died young in 55 1 AD, at the age of fifteen, and Gao E, the sixth brother of Buring, was nineteen. There is only one thing to worry about. In 56 1 year1month, Gao Yan, who was only 26 years old, died suddenly, leaving a testamentary edict to his fifth brother, Gao Zhan, for the sake of his son's safety in the future. Regrettably, Gao Yan's hard work went up in smoke. Three years later, Gao Bainian was killed by Gao Zhan.
After Gao Yan's death, Gao Zhan succeeded Wu Chengdi to the throne. In the first month of the following year, Gao Wei, the eldest son, was made a prince; In April, the Queen Mother Lou Zhaojun passed away at the age of 6 1 year; On May 9th, she and Gao Huan were buried together in Mausoleum, Emperor Wu Ming of posthumous title. During Gao Zhan's reign, he favored treacherous people, which led to the chaos of state affairs, social unrest and the decline of national strength. In April 565, it was simply passed on to Prince Gao Wei, claiming to be the emperor's father. In 569 1 month, Gao Zhan died at the age of 32. After Gao Zhan's death, Gao E, the youngest son of Lou Zhaojun Burling, was moved. He complained that he should come to me every time. After Gao Wei was informed, he sent someone to secretly kill him at the age of 27.
The late ruler Gao Wei was more dissolute than his father. After he ascended the throne, he enjoyed himself all day, leaving a group of favored ministers in charge of state affairs. Eight years later, Yuwen Yong (the fourth son of the Northern Zhou Dynasty-the author's note) captured Yecheng, and Gao Wei was captured and executed. Since then, the Northern Qi Dynasty has perished and enjoyed the country for only 28 years, making it one of the short-lived dynasties in the ancient history of China.
At the end of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was social unrest and heroes came forth in large numbers. Gao Huan was born in Qili, and Lou Zhaojun was learned. Husband and wife in troubled times were United, which laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the Northern Qi Dynasty in the future. Unfortunately, sons are far less than their fathers, and it is difficult for them to shoulder the heavy responsibility of defending their achievements. None of them can live forever and enjoy the days without happiness, and they will wither in 20 years; In his later years, Lou Zhaojun was too selfish, ignoring patriarchal orthodoxy, and his children and grandchildren were full. Under her leadership, the succession to the throne was frequent, which indirectly led to the rapid demise of the Northern Qi Dynasty.
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