The Rebellion Of Houjing And The Political Situation At The End Of Liang Dynasty

The rebellion of the end of the Liang Dynasty began in August,the first year of Taiqing.Marked by the rebellion of Houjing,the Liang Dynasty political situation was divided into two periods.In the Song Dynasty and Qi Dynasty slaughtered the clans of their own and previous dynasties.The influence was extremely evil.In addition,the state of Qiming killed clans to smooth the local vassal state,Xiaoyan took it entered the Jiankang City.At that time,how to stabilize the political situation,became the top priority event.Empeior Wu of Liang Dynasty overtolerated the clans.Made the imperial clan indiscriminately,aggravating the contradiction of the imperial clan to an irreconcilable level.In addition,the Liang Dynasty pressed the ordinary people too harshly,which aggravated the misery of the poor people.After the death of Prince Zhaoming,Empeior Wu of Liang Dynasty did not set up the vein of Xiaotong,instead set up the Xiaogang as the prince.All the factors together shook Liang Dynasty's foundation.The collapsed of the Liang Dynasty,internal had rebellion of the Zongfan,and the rebellion of the common people,outside the rebellion of Houjing,the strength of the Southern Dynasty declined,the end of the era of the Southern Dynasty.Looked the five dynasties of Jiangdong,since the regime of Sunwu,the political situation of the six dynasties had the typical characteristics of the later coming to the top.Jiangdong's indigenous gentries were in Wu,overseas gentries were in Jin and the second-class overseas gentries were in the dynasties of Song,Qi and Liang.The second-class overseas gentries who declined,and the Southern Dynasty gentries had not support and were all killed in the rebellion of Houjing.In the Southern Dynasty,the power vacuum suddenly appeared,and the local armed forces of the Han ethnic groups in the surface of the river were quickly filled.At the late of Liang Dynasty,the political was confusion.It was mainly divided into three periods: Zongfan,Generals and Military strongmen.The Zongfan period was represented by the King Xiangdong suchas Xiaoyi,the King Wuling such as Xiaoji,the King Hedong such as Xiaoyu and the King Yueyang such as Xiaocha,and other descendants of Empeior Wu of Liang Dynasty.The Generals period was represented by Xiaoyi's generals,Wang Sengbian of Taiyuan,who came from overseas gentry.The period of military strongmen was represented by Chen Baxian and others,who came from the Han nationality of Jiangbiao.The military power was gradually transferred from suzerain to vassal,then to military strongmen,and finally Chen Baxian established the Chen Dynasty.