Yao Hong, the last emperor of Later Qin
Yao Hong, born in 388, was the eldest son of Emperor Wenhuan of Later Qin, Yao Xing, and the last emperor of Later Qin during the Sixteen Kingdoms period.
First, enlightened and pragmatic, magnanimous. Yao Hong's father Yao Xing was only crown prince long after he was alive, and whenever Yao Xing went on a crusade, he often left Yao Hong in charge of rear affairs. Yao Hong is a filial piety, magnanimity and temperament, erudite and good at clear and argumentative. When Yao Xing went to Pingliang, Liu Yue, a Feng Yi man, gathered thousands of people and occupied a rebellion of ten thousand years. Yao Hong sent the zhen general Peng Baiwolf to lead the Janissaries of the Eastern Palace to attack Liu Jie, behead Liu Jue and pardon his remnants. The generals all advised Yao Hong: "Your Highness has made a clever plan to wipe out the rebellion of the scum, and it is necessary to publicize this matter with a lubu and spread the word to the first rank to comfort the people everywhere." Yao Hong said, "The Lord entrusted me with rear affairs and asked me to curb the rebellion of the thieves." I have appeased mismanagement and encouraged adulterers and thieves, and I should blame myself, and treat the crime in the army, where dare I excessively boast of my merits to increase my guilt! When his right servant Wei Hua heard this, he said to Murong Zhu of Henan Taishou: "The crown prince really has the virtue of humility and benevolence, and is a blessing for Sheji." His younger brother Yao Bi had a conspiracy to seize the right to inherit, and Yao Hong's grace was as comforting as before, and he never appeared to express dissatisfaction. Yao Shao often advised Yao Bi, but Yao Hong still treated him as a clan relative and did not suspect her. After succeeding to the throne, yao Shao was given military power, and Yao Shao was also moved to return to his loyalty, and finally insisted on his loyalty and righteousness.
2. Kings compete for dominance, and imperial power weakens. Yao Hong was the crown prince personally selected by Yao Xing, but he was worried that the crown prince would be difficult to govern, so he repeatedly restricted the crown prince Yao Hong in the major affairs of the imperial government, and later promoted the powerful prince Yao Bi to balance the prince. With the help of Yao Xing's "pulling the side frame", the imperial power weakened, the kings competed for dominance, and the power structure set up by Yao Xing himself made Yao Hong unable to get rid of Yao Bi's influence, and Yao Bi repeatedly rebelled, but always stood firm. In particular, when Yao Xing was seriously ill, Yao Bi actually planned to use force to get rid of Yao Hong, which caused civil unrest in Later Qin at that time. Yao Yi was in Pusaka, Yao Huan was in Luoyang, and Yao Kan was in Yongzhou, and the three of them were rubbing their fists at the same time. However, after Yao Xing recovered from his illness, the royal family in these places did not dare to act rashly. However, the first offender, Yao Bi, was not killed, but only dismissed all his duties, but not long after, Yao Bi gained Yao Xing's trust again and once again turned his power to the opposition. Yao Bi hated the left general Yao Wenzong for having a close relationship with the crown prince, and immediately went to Yao Xing's blacklist and killed him. Yao Xing had done things to this point, what authority did Yao Hong, the crown prince, have, and after becoming emperor, how could he control the situation?
Third, internal and external chaos has arisen, and it is difficult to escape and be killed. After Yao Xing's death, Yao Hong first dealt with domestic and foreign rebellions and invasions. A year later, in 416, Yao Hong succeeded to the throne as emperor and personally managed government affairs, and carried out some policy and legal reforms, but was unable to quell the Eastern Jin invasion and the internal rebellion. In 417 AD, Yao Hong had no foreign aid, there were no rescue soldiers, and finally because there was nothing he could do, he wanted to surrender to liu Yu of the Jin army, and his son Yao Fonian, who was eleven years old, said to Yao Hong: "The Jin people will do whatever they want, and we will not be able to save our lives in the end, and the hope is still broken." Yao Hong was dazed and did not answer, so Yao Fonian climbed the palace wall and threw himself to death. Yao Hong took his wife and concubines and children to surrender in front of the camp gate, and after the fall of Qin, Yao Hong was escorted to the downtown city of Nanjing and beheaded at the age of 30. This is the legend of Yao Hong, the 82nd emperor of China and the last emperor of the Later Qin, what do you think?