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Chapter 71
The Truth About Emperor Wu of Liang's 40 Years of Not Getting Close to Women
Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan, as a celebrity, has two advantages that are passed on by word of mouth to later generations. One is longevity, and the other is that he is not close to women. It seems reasonable that a pure heart and few desires can prolong life.It is recorded in "History of Liang": "Xiao Yan broke his house fifty years away." In the 12th year of Tianjian (AD 513), Xiao Yan began not to share a room with a woman.If he died at the age of 86, he has not touched a woman for nearly 40 years.

This is simply unimaginable for a man, let alone an emperor who is surrounded by stunning women all day long.But is Xiao Yan really as recorded in the history books, proficient in martial arts and brilliant in literature, a promising emperor who is both civil and military, not greedy for beauty, and working hard to rule?What is the truth about Xiao Yan's "abstinence"?Is Xiao Yan really abstinent, or is there something else hidden?In fact, peeling off the fog of history, we can find that all this is just a lie.

Xiao Shengsheng lived in 464 AD and died in 549 AD, at the age of 86. The only emperor who can compare his age with him is probably Qianlong.As the founding emperor of Liang during the Southern and Northern Dynasties "Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen", Xiao Yan was somewhat wise. He was praised in history books as "born with a singularity, two hips with parallel bones, a bulge on the top, and a text in his right hand." Said 'Wu'".He also mentioned that when Xiao Yan was 39 years old, Qi Emperor Xiao Baorong was in his seat.

After becoming emperor, Xiao Yan worked hard to govern and love the people. It is recorded in the history books that he did not love women. Except for the noble concubine Ding Lingguang who stayed in the capital, the other concubines were driven away and lived with their respective sons who were entrusted outside.Once the emperor is licentious, he will go beyond his limits, but Xiao Yan can be so restrained, so many people think that he is a rare and good emperor.

In fact, his own record is not clean, and he is also an absurd emperor. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, when the South was strong and the North was weak, he made many Northern Expeditions for his own great cause, regardless of the actual situation and the people's livelihood and opportunities, causing the people to live in dire straits. Complaints abound.And he himself failed to win the battle in the end, and made his national strength weaker and weaker.

Through this incident, it can be seen that Xiao Yan was unable to achieve clear leadership externally, his internal governance was a mess, and his personal life was also very chaotic.

Although Xiao Yan didn't have a record of favoring thirty women at once like Song Duzong Zhao Yugang did when he became emperor, he can still be regarded as an emperor who spends his days and drinks in the harem.His life was extravagant and rotten. Not only did he overhaul the palace, he also moved his residence to the luxurious bedroom of the former emperor Xiao Baojuan, where he enjoyed the beauties of the former emperor.

The emperors of the Southern Dynasties were very extravagant, especially Xiao Baojuan, who was even more absurd. He had a favorite concubine named Pan Yuer, who was very much loved by Xiao Baojuan because her feet were as beautiful as lotus flowers.In order to please her, Xiao Baojuan overhauled the palace and decorated it magnificently. He also carried out ultra-luxury decorations on the various rooms and palaces in Pan Yuer's residence, the Martial Arts Hall.

All the roads that Pan Yuer passed were paved with pure gold floors carved with lotus decorations, which is said to be "lotus flowers are born every step of the way".There are rumors in later generations that the custom of binding the feet of women in ancient China was imitated from Pan Yuer's "three-inch golden lotus".

Xiao Yan fell in love with Xiao Baojuan's beloved concubine Pan Yu'er, and wanted to take it for himself. Later, under the strong advice of General Wang Mao, he strangled Pan Yu'er to death.But then he fell in love with Concubine Yu, the second most beautiful woman in the harem, and his aides Fan Yun and Wang Mao persuaded her that this woman, like Pan Yuer, was a troublesome woman, and he couldn't keep Concubine Yu, so he killed Concubine Yu.

But for other women, Xiao Yan did not let go. Apart from the women around him who gave birth to him, besides his original wife Xi Hui, there are at least 7 women. As for the women who have not given birth, there are countless .Therefore, behind the truth of Xiao Yan's 40 years of not getting close to women is actually a fatuous and unscrupulous monarch.The so-called hymns of Xiao Yan's Wenzhi martial arts are all the gold that the ruler put on his face in order to make his name last forever.

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