What kind of person is Xiao Tong, Prince Zhaoming of King Qi? What will happen to Xiao Tong?
Xiao Tong, courtesy name Deshi, was established as the crown prince in November of the first year of Tianjian. Xiao Tong was smart since he was a child. When he was nine years old, Xiao Tong lectured on "The Classic of Filial Piety" in the Shou'an Hall to understand the great righteousness. After the lecture, he came in person to explain and lay the foundation for Chinese studies. In the first month of the fourteenth year of Tianjian, Emperor Wu of Liang came to the palace and crowned the crown prince in the Taiji Hall. In the old style, the prince wore a far-traveling crown, a golden cicada and a green tassel, and the imperial edict was added to Jinbo Mountain. The prince's appearance was graceful and his behavior was correct. He read several lines of books and memorized them all. Every time I visited the ancestral feast, I composed poems with dozens of rhymes, and sometimes composed rhymes for dramas. I just thought about it and came up with it. There was nothing to change. The emperor promoted Buddhism and preached it himself. The prince also believed in the Three Jewels and read many scriptures. Therefore, a separate Huiyi Hall was built in the palace, which was specially used to gather Dharma and attract famous monks. Established his own "Three Noble Truths". In the fourth month of the first year of the ordinary year, nectar fell in the Huiyi Hall, and everyone thought it was inspired by the Supreme Virtue. At that time, the customs were a little extravagant, and the prince wanted to control things by himself, and his clothes were plain and simple, and he did not include meat in his meals. It can be said that Xiao Tong was very talented in literature, governance and Buddhism.
However, in the seventh year of Ordinary Years, Xiao Tong had a rift with his father because of the Que Wa Goose Yan Prayer incident. The cause of the incident was actually due to Xiao Tong's filial piety. Xiao Tong was pure, filial and benevolent, and his happiness was not obvious. When he was sixteen years old, his mother was seriously ill, so he moved from Don Palace to his mother's residence in Vinh Phuc Province, where he stayed at home day and night without taking off his clothes. After his mother died, he was so distraught that he lost all his food and drink. His father forced him to eat several times, but he still only wanted to eat fruits and vegetables. He was originally strong and strong, but after he came out of mourning, he became very thin. When the officials and the people saw this, they were all moved to tears. After his mother passed away, Xiao Tong wanted to find a good cemetery for his mother and bought a tomb with good feng shui for a million dollars. However, someone reported that the royal aura here was higher than that of Emperor Wu's mausoleum. Xiao was suspicious and ordered people to check. Xiao Tong heard that this place was not good for his fortune, so he buried a pair of wax geese to pray for himself. As a result, the palace eunuch Bao Miaozhi, because of his relationship with Xiao Tong, secretly told Emperor Wu: Xiao Tong The emperor cursed the emperor to die early.
He also reported that he was discussing with the scribes and intending to rebel. The emperor's secret agents inspected and excavated, and found wax geese and other objects. When Emperor Wu of Liang heard this, he was furious and scolded the prince. Before leaving, he said harshly: "You traitor, let's see how I deal with you!"
In fact, Xiao Tong's original intention was just because of the feng shui of the cemetery. Not so good, burying a wax goose can improve feng shui. As for finding a few literati to gather together, the purpose is to discuss writing a preface to the "Selected Works" I compiled. Xiao Tong, who had always been upright, was so angry that he fainted to the ground. After being revived by the imperial physician, he fell seriously ill. From then on, Xiao Tong stayed out of government affairs and focused on organizing his collected works. However, five years later, Xiao Tong fell into the water while picking hibiscus on a boat and contracted the disease. To show his filial piety, he did not report it to his father. Later he became seriously ill and died.