Is the reason why the Northern Qi Dynasty collapsed because of beauty?

Gao Wei, the fifth emperor of Northern Qi in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, had a favorite concubine named Feng Xiaolian. She was initially the maid of Queen Mu Xieli. After Mu Xieli gradually fell out of favor, she dedicated Feng Xiaolian to the queen. The Lord Gao Wei was canonized as Concubine Shu.

"Northern History" records: Feng Shufei Huixiao was able to play the pipa, sing and dance. The master was puzzled, and sat down at the same table, and rode together when out, wishing to live and die together

Feng Xiaolian was smart and witty, good at playing the pipa, singing and dancing, and was quite favored by high-ranking officials.

The empress Gao Wei was obsessed with Feng Xiaolian's eroticism all day long. They often got tired of being together and swore that they would be together in life and death.

Feng Xiaolian was placed in Longji Hall. She hated that Cao Zhaoyi had lived here. Gao Wei immediately ordered people to change the floor and redecorate it. It can be seen that Feng Xiaolian was there at that time. The harem is very pampered.

In October of the seventh year of Wuping in the Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 576), the Northern Zhou army captured Pingyang in the Northern Qi Dynasty. Accompanied by Feng Xiaolian, the later master Gao Wei was hunting in Sandui. Jinzhou City sent people Come for help.

Gao Wei planned to return, but Feng Xiaolian asked the emperor to kill him again, and Gao Wei readily agreed.

Some people think that the name of the queen is Wei, and Concubine Shu said that it is an ominous sign.

When the late master Gao Wei and his party arrived in Jinzhou, the city had already been captured by the Zhou army.

In November, the Northern Qi army dug a tunnel under the city, and the city wall collapsed for more than ten steps. The soldiers planned to take the opportunity to attack the city.

The rear lord Gao Wei suddenly ordered to stop the attack. The reason was that Concubine Feng Shu had not arrived yet. The scene of the siege was so tragic. It was a pity that the concubine could not see it!

After Feng Xiaolian had finished washing and dressing up, she came to the city gate, but the day lily had already become cold.

At this time, the Zhou army had blocked the collapsed city wall with wood and stones. The Qi army lost the best opportunity to attack the city, and it was too late.

On December 16, Gao Wei and his party returned to Yecheng, the capital, and hastily passed the throne to Gao Heng, who was only eight years old. He was known in history as the "Young Lord of Northern Qi".

Gao Wei's mother, the Queen Mother Hu, also came to Yecheng soon, but Gao Wei did not go to greet the Queen Mother.

When he heard that Concubine Feng Shu had arrived, he immediately ordered people to open the city gate and go ten miles away to greet Concubine Shu.

In the first month of the first year of Chengguang in the Northern Qi Dynasty (577), the empress dowager Gao Wei left the Queen Mother in Jezhou and sent Gao Anahu, the governor of Bingzhou, to guard the Jeju Pass and observe the movements of the Zhou army.

Gao Wei, Queen Mu Xieli, concubine Feng Xiaolian, and young master Gao Heng fled to Qingzhou under the protection of more than ten people including Han Changluan and Deng Chang.

When he arrived in Qingzhou, Gao Wei planned to take refuge in Nanchen territory.

At this time, Gao Anahu had secretly contacted the Northern Zhou army and agreed to jointly capture Gao Wei and his party. He dissuaded Gao Wei and said: The Zhou army is still far away from us. I have ordered them to be burned. Bridges, cutting off roads. ?

Gao Wei then stayed in Qingzhou. When the Zhou army arrived at the pass, Gao Anahu couldn't wait to surrender to the Zhou army and united with the Zhou army to attack Qingzhou.

Gao Wei put the gold into his pocket, hung it on his saddle, and fled south on horseback with his concubine, young master, and others.

On the twenty-fifth day of the first lunar month, the group arrived at Nandeng Village. Northern Zhou general Yu Chigang caught up with them, captured them all, and escorted them to Yecheng together with the Queen Mother Hu. The Northern Qi Dynasty was destroyed. Zhou Jun escorted Feng Xiaolian to Chang'an alone.

Gao Wei begged Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Yu Wenyong, to return Concubine Feng Shu to him. Emperor Wu of the Zhou Dynasty said: "I regard the world as if I had taken off my clothes [xǐ shoes]. How can I cherish this with you, an old woman!" I see the world as if I were taking off my shoes. What can an old woman be reluctant to reward you with? So an edict was issued to reward Gao Wei with the spoils of war, Feng Xiaolian.

In October of the sixth year of Jiande in the Northern Zhou Dynasty (577), Gao Wei was falsely accused of participating in the rebellion of Yizhou governor Mutipo. He and his son Gao Heng and more than 50 people were all executed. Feng Xiaolian was rewarded to the eleventh brother of Emperor Wu of Zhou Dynasty, King Yuwenda.

Yu Wenda doted on Feng Xiaolian very much at first. Yuwenda's real wife, Princess Li, competed with Feng Xiaolian for favor. Feng Xiaolian made slanderous lies and framed Li, almost killing her.

When Gao Wei was killed, Feng Xiaolian was playing the pipa, and suddenly the strings broke. She said with emotion: "Although I am favored today, I still remember the pity of the past." If you want to know that the mind is cut off, you should look at the string on your knees.

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Emperor Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Zhou Dynasty, killed the "North Friday King" including Yuwenda, and rewarded Feng Xiaolian to Li Xun, the brother of Yuwenda's concubine Li. In order to avenge Feng Xiaolian for his sister, he made her wear a coarse skirt to grind rice. Later, under the intimidation of Li Xun's mother, Feng Xiaolian committed suicide.

Unofficial legend: Gao Wei once made Feng Xiaolian lie naked on the couch, and all the ministers gathered to watch. This was obviously a deliberate attempt to disgust Gao Wei, and also led to an idiom "jade body lying across the bed", describing The beautiful woman's body lies horizontally. The jade body is displayed horizontally. The classic comes from the poem "Two Poems of the Northern Qi Dynasty" by the poet Li Shangyin of the Tang Dynasty. There is a line in it: "A country will perish if we smile at each other. Why bother with thorns before it can hurt us." Xiao Lian's jade body lay across the night, and she had already reported to the Zhou army to enter Jinyang. ? Later generations made up some made-up jokes based on this poem.