Xiao Daocheng is the grandson of Xiao He, the 24th Prime Minister of the Western Han Dynasty. Xiao He lived in Pei County (now Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province), and his son Xiao Biao lived in Zhongdu, Zhongdu Township, Lanling County, Donghai after he was relieved of his post. In the first year of Yuankang in the Western Jin Dynasty (291), the East China Sea was divided into Lanling County. In the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huaiyin ordered Xiao Zheng to cross the Yangtze River to live in Dongcheng, Wujin County, Jinling (now Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu). At that time, northerners living in the south of the Yangtze River were all named in the south with local names in the north, so the Xiao Daocheng clan became Lanling people in Nanlanling.
Xiao Daocheng was born in the old house in Dongchengli, Wujin County, Jinling County in 427 AD (the fourth year of Song Yuanjia). Xiao Daocheng's father, Xiao Chengzhi, was a famous military commander in Liu and Song Dynasties. Xiao Daocheng is handsome in appearance, unique in charm, with a neck like a dragon, a bell-like voice and scales all over his body.
When Xiao Daocheng was thirteen years old, Lei Cizong, a famous scholar, was in Jilongshan Learning Museum in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). He went to study Confucian classics such as The Book of Rites and Zuo's Spring and Autumn Annals. In 44 AD (the seventeenth year of Yuanjia), Liu Yikang, the king of Pengcheng, was deposed and guarded Yuzhang (now Nanchang, Jiangxi). Because his father Xiao Chengzhi led the troops to garrison, Xiao Daocheng gave up his studies and went south with the army.
In 442 AD (the 19th year of Yuanjia), barbarians in Jingling (now Tianmen, Hubei) wanted to do evil, and Song Wendi sent Xiao Daocheng to lead a partial army to crusade against the barbarians in Mianbei. In a.d. 444 (the 21st year of Yuanjia), Xiao Daocheng crusaded against Suolu, and the soldiers went to the hill sill mountain, and the barbarian army fled in pieces
In a.d. 446 (the 23rd year of Yuanjia), Xiao Daocheng, along with Xiao Sihua, the secretariat of Yongzhou, defended Xiangyang, defended Mianbei, conquered the barbarians in the hills such as Fan and Deng, and served as a soldier in Zuojun Army. In 45 AD (the 27th year of Yuanjia), Suolu besieged Chen Xian, the commander in chief of Runan (now Zhumadian, Henan Province), and the court sent General Zang Zhi of Ningshuo and Liu Kangzu of Anman Sima to rescue him. Song Wendi asked Xiao Daocheng to announce the imperial edict and authorized the troops to save the festival. The enemy commander Tuoba Tao defeated Xiao Daocheng in Guanshan and besieged Song Jun. The situation was critical and he finally returned to Beijing smoothly.
in 452 ad (the 29th year of Yuanjia), Xiao Daocheng led a partial army to conquer the state of Qiuchi, and conquered Langao garrison and Wuxing garrison. When he was eighty miles away from Chang 'an, Liu Xiuzhi, the secretariat of Liangzhou, sent Sima Zhu to help and conquered Tandi City. When the enemy reinforcements arrived, Mao, considering that there were not many troops and he was very tired, heard that Song Wendi had died, so he burned the city and withdrew his troops to Nanzheng (now Hanzhong, Shaanxi). Attack and seal the fifth baron of Jinxing County.
In 454 AD (the early year of Xiaojian), Ren Xiaodao joined the army as King Sima of Jiangxia, and was transferred to Taizai with the government. He was promoted to Yuan Wailang, the official in the cabinet, and Wang Fujun of Xiyang joined the army and made a health order. Ziyuan Liu, the king of Xin 'an, selected his assistant, so he became a corps commander in the North. After the period of mourning for his mother expired, he was called General Wu Lie, reinstated as Jiankang, and still served as a corps commander. In 465 (the first year of Jinghe), he served as the general of the rear army.
in 466 (the second year of Taishi), Liu Mi, Emperor of the Song Dynasty, ascended the throne, and Xiao Daocheng was promoted to the rank of general of the right army. At that time, the four parties rebelled. Among the 274 counties, only the first county of Danyang supported the court, and the satrap of Huiji, Liu Zifang, the king of Xunyang, and several counties in the east all rebelled. In the face of the crisis, Xiao Daocheng was ordered by the general of Canada to beg from the east, and went to Jinling to fight with rebel strikers Cheng Han and Sun Tanlou, and broke the enemy's twelfth base in one day, putting down the rebellion.
Xue Andou, the secretariat of Xuzhou, surrendered to the Northern Dynasties, and sent his son Xue Suoer to attack Huaiyin, advancing on the two states of Qinghai and Hebei. Cheng Tianzuo, the satrap of Shanyang, rebelled against the city, and Shen Lingsun, the secretariat of Xuzhou, surrendered to the rebels. Emperor Song Ming sent Xiao Daocheng to the north, defeated Xue Suoer in Huaiyin, chased the enemy to Zhongli near Xuzhou, and won the victory. The court appointed Xiao Daocheng as the general of Xiaoqi, and appointed 6 households in Xiyang County.
Xiao Daocheng was re-appointed as Sima, Wang Weijun, Baling, and subsequently guarded Huiji. At this time, Jiangzhou secretariat, Jin 'an Wang Liu Zixun rebelled again, and went straight into Sanwu from Poyang Mountain Road. The situation was very tense. Xiao Daocheng took 3, people to intercept the enemy, and there was a shortage of ordnance. He used brown leather to weave harness, cut bamboo and filled arrows, and marched with torches at night. When the enemy saw the torch continuously, he fled without fighting. Xiao Daocheng was promoted to North Sima in wang zheng, Guiyang, and the prefect of South East China Sea, and worked in South Xuzhou.
In August of 467 AD (the third year of Taishi), Emperor Song and Ming sent Shen Youzhi to the North Expedition, and Xiao Daocheng was appointed as a fake champion general, held a festival, and served as the commander-in-chief to discuss the military affairs of the vanguard in the north, guarding Huaiyin and guarding the rear for Shen Youzhi.
In July of the following year, Shen Youzhi, Wu Xi and other Northern Expedition troops were defeated in Suikou, and Xiao Daocheng took Shen Youzhi's place as the secretariat of Southern Yanzhou, guarding Guangling. In the past five years, I have been in charge of Yanzhou, Qingdao and Hebei. In six years, except for assistant minister Huang Men, he led Yue to ride a captain, and did not worship. Awarded the champion again, general. Leave the post. Ming Di collapsed, and the testamentary edict was General You Wei, who led Wei Wei and added 5 soldiers. He was in charge of the affairs of Yuan charm, Chu Yuan, the guardian of the army, and Liu CuO, the leader. Don't lead the northeast to choose things. Find Wei Wei, add Shi Zhong, and lead the stone to defend the military. In May of the second year of Yuan Hui (474), Liu Xiufan, the king of Guiyang, rebelled against the imperial court, and Xiao Daocheng led troops to counter-insurgency and won. Because of his meritorious counter-insurgency, Xiao Daocheng was promoted as a public official, moved to the middle to lead the general, mastered the Guards and supervised the military affairs of five states, but in fact, Xiao Daocheng was in charge of state affairs alone. At that time, he, Yuan charm, Chu Yuan and Liu Bing were known as "Four Expensive". Since then, members of the Song royal family have been fighting each other for power, and the real power of the imperial court has gradually gathered in Xiao Daocheng.
in the fourth year of Yuan Hui (476), Xiao Daocheng was promoted to be the left servant of Shangshu (equivalent to the prime minister of the imperial court). In July of the same year, Liu Jingsu, the king of Jianping, the secretariat of South Xuzhou, who had been rebellious for a long time, thought that he was the eldest grandson of Liu Yilong and had the merit of being a diligent king, and wanted to seize the throne. Xiao Daocheng decisively conquered, fighting in Jingkou Long Live downstairs, and Liu Jingsu was defeated and beheaded. In June of 477 AD (the fifth year of Yuan Hui), it was hot, and Xiao Daocheng was taking a shirtless nap at home. Liu Yu rushed in and shot him in the navel with a bone arrow. After this scare, Xiao Daocheng knew that he could no longer assist such a bad king. He ordered Wang Jing, a captain of Yueqi, to buy 25 people, including Yang Yufu and Yang Wannian, the attendants of the emperor, waiting for an opportunity to destroy Liu Yu.
On July 7th, Liu Yu went out incognito, and got drunk at night before going back to Renshou Palace to go to bed. Before going to bed, I ordered Yang Yufu, the attendant, to say, "Today is July 7th. When you see the meeting between the Weaver Girl and the Cowherd, report to me, and I will kill you if you can't see it." Yang Yufu knew that disaster was coming, so he decided to kill it first. After the little emperor fell asleep, Yang Yufu cut off Liu Yu's head with one knife. Xiao Daocheng immediately rode a red dragon horse into the palace after he knew it, and made Liu Zhun, the king of Ancheng, emperor, known as Song Shundi in history, and changed his name to Ming Dynasty. Xiao Daocheng served as a general in title of generals in ancient times and was in charge of the military.
Yuan charm and Liu Bing are dissatisfied with Xiao Daocheng's autocratic power, and they conspired to destroy him, and they are going to raise a case on December 23rd. When the story leaked, Xiao Daocheng beat him to death, killing Yuan charm and Liu Bing, and clearing two political enemies on the road to the throne.
On the second day of March in 479 AD (the third year of Ming Dynasty), Song Shundi appointed Xiao Daocheng, a teacher, as the prime minister, with a total of 1 officials, and gave him fiefs in ten counties, known as Qi Gong, and awarded Jiu Xi, so that he could still serve as a general of generals in ancient times, a shepherd in Yangzhou and a secretariat in South Xuzhou. In April of the same year, Song Shundi issued a letter to abdicate the throne to Xiao Daocheng, the king of Qi, and Xiao Daocheng became emperor in the southern suburbs of Jiankang, with the title Qi, for the sake of Qi Gaodi. Gaiyuan Jianyuan, known as Nanqi in history. Xiao Daocheng is a man of great achievements, with a quiet personality and invisible emotions. He is knowledgeable, literate and good at cursive script. He is a famous calligrapher in the history of China, and he also has certain attainments in literature. His style and style are similar to those of Xie Zhuang, while literature advocates more praise for Lu Ji and Pan Yue in the Western Jin Dynasty. His hobbies and advocacy have a certain influence on the style of writing at the beginning. Besides calligraphy, Xiao Daocheng is also a Go enthusiast. According to records, "Qi Gaodi often played chess with General Zhige Zhou Fu and gave things to Chu Sizhuang, and he was tireless. Xiao Daocheng also personally wrote books on Weiqi, and once published two volumes of Qigao Qitu, which was the first emperor to personally write books on Weiqi in history.