Xiao Yan was born in the eighth year of Xiaowu, Ming Dynasty, in the third bridge house in Tongxiang, Muring County. He is related to the royal family of Nanqi. His father, Xiao Shunzhi, is the younger brother of Emperor Gao Di of the State of Qi, and once worked as a senior official. They are descendants of Zheng Xiao, the magistrate of Huaiyin County in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Xiao Yan's background can be said to be quite prominent.
Because of his family background, Xiao Yan served as an assistant to General Wang Jian of Wei when he became an official for the first time, and gained a high starting point. Xiao Yan was promoted to be an official of Hu because of his brilliant talent and extraordinary speech. At work, ZSZSZSZ is indecisive and alert, and has a harmonious leadership relationship with his colleagues. Later, he was promoted many times and his career was smooth.
ZSZSZSZ later helped Xiao Luan become the ruler, and then continued to be promoted, and his position gradually became prominent, and his talent gradually emerged. In the later action, he countered the attack of the Northern Wei Dynasty, led the army to copy the path overnight, and reached Xianshou Mountain, which was only a few miles away from the Northern Wei Army. He ordered the soldiers to plant flags at the foot of the mountain and everywhere, making the Qi army think that there were heavy troops coming, which greatly increased their morale and defeated Wei Jun in one fell swoop.
After Xiao Luan's death, his son, Hou Xiaobaojuan, ruled the country badly and was overbearing, and both the ruling and opposition parties hated him. After the death of Xiao Baojuan's military minister and Xiao Yan's younger brother Xiao Yi, Xiao Yan called his men to discuss the abolition of Xiao Baojuan, and everyone agreed with him very much. Xiao Baorong and Xiao Yan got up and killed Xiao Baojuan. After replacing Qi, he became his own ruler.
Xiao Yan's political achievements during his reign were remarkable. In the early days, I learned the lessons from the demise of Qi, worked hard in government affairs, recruited wise men and coachable, attached importance to the promotion of officials, and was extremely frugal to myself. Generally speaking, he is a capable ruler, and Liang develops slowly under his attention.