Xiao Ji, king of Wuling, proclaimed himself emperor in Yizhou after Xiao Yi ascended the throne, so Xiao Yi sent troops to destroy Xiao Ji, the younger brother of Shu, and asked the Western Wei to send troops. As a result, Yizhou fell into the hands of the Western Wei Dynasty. After Xiao Yi's wild talk, he wrote to Yu Wentai in the Western Wei Dynasty to redraw the territory according to the old plan. Chang and general Yang Zhong were very dissatisfied and were ordered to lead 50 thousand troops to attack Jiangling. Emperor Liang Yuan defeated the Prince and surrendered to the Western Wei Dynasty.
Xiao Yi, Emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, was also one of many dead emperors. Compared with celebrities such as Yang Di and Empress Nan Tang, his life has been forgotten by history in a little-known corner. Xiao Yi, Emperor of Liang Yuan, is an extremely complicated figure. His life is not tortuous. In the first 40 years, as a pampered prince, he didn't leave many traces in the history books except reading, writing poems and painting in the high walls of China Mansion. But at the end of his life, with the help of the "Hou Jing Rebellion", he stepped onto the front desk of history, and then made a move that was criticized by later generations.
At the beginning of 555 AD, in December of the third year of sanctification, Yu Wentai's army in the Western Wei Dynasty besieged the city and all died in chaos. The generals who swore allegiance to the past also surrendered to the enemy. Liang, who was reciting a poem, saw the tide ebbing. He quickly hid in the inner city, ordered all the books to be burned and prepared to set himself on fire. Discouraged, he wanted to surrender and make peace. Xie Yiren and others advised him to break through at night. As long as he crosses the Yangtze River, he will be rescued by the A Liang army stationed at the Jiangnan pier. However, Yuan Di was not used to riding horses and thought that nothing would happen, which only added insult to his ears.
Under the instigation of Wang Bao, Yuan Di still doubted Xie Aren's loyalty, so he refused to meet him after he suggested calling more than 5,000 people in the inner city. He spat blood with anger. Yuan Di, riding a white horse and wearing plain clothes, surrendered at the East Gate, humiliated and killed. After Wei Ying was captured, when asked why he burned books, Xiao Yi said, "I have read thousands of books, but they are still there, so I burned them." Emperor Liang Yuan set himself on fire and hid himself. He didn't know or admit the real reason of his national subjugation until his death, but it also proved that he loved books all his life, from extreme love to extreme hate, and wanted to bury these beloved books with him. Throughout history, such behavior is unprecedented.
He studied hard and collected books for half his life, and collected 6.5438+0.4 million volumes of precious ancient books. However, after he ascended the throne, he brought great defeat to the enemy of the Northern Wei and Western Wei Dynasties and the night when Jiangling broke the city. He ordered the hard-won 6.5438+0.4 million volumes of ancient and modern books to be burned, which was the biggest catastrophe in cultural history since Qin Shihuang burned books. Liang's burning of books is a great loss of books since Han and Wei Dynasties. It can be said that the Emperor of Liang Dynasty was an eternal sinner who brought great harm to Chinese civilization.