Since the Shang Zhou Dynasty, the dynasties of the Central Plains have always regarded themselves as orthodox, and they have great contempt for the ethnic minorities in the west and the north. These ethnic minorities are not fuel-saving lamps, and often go south to Zhongyuan to loot property and harass the people of the Central Plains. Successive Dynasties of the Central Plains have waged wars against the ethnic minorities in the west and the north, and Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty has sent troops to the Xiongnu several times to drive the Xiongnu away with the strength of the country.
But as soon as the Xiongnu left, other ethnic minorities occupied it, and the Han Dynasty posed a new threat. However, the strength of these ethnic minorities is much smaller than that of the Xiongnu, even in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the royal family declined, and the Han army was still able to hang the ethnic minorities. However, the decline of the Jin Dynasty and the power struggle caused chaos in the Central Plains Dynasty, and the ethnic minorities took the opportunity to attack from the south, occupying the Central Plains and establishing more than a dozen ethnic minority states. This is the very dark "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", "Five Hu Chaohua", "Yiguan Nandu" in history.
These ethnic minorities are also full of hatred for the Han people, so when they go south, they are also fierce and fierce, and they kill the Han people when they see them, which is almost dark for the Han people during that time. But in this dark period, there was a person who stood up, and in the face of the rebellion of ethnic minorities, he resolutely and resolutely issued the famous "killing order" to confront ethnic minorities, and he was Ran Min.
Ran Min was the adopted grandson of Later Zhao Emperor Shi Hu, and although Later Zhao was a minority regime, Ran Min was indeed a down-to-earth Han Chinese. It is said that when Ran Min was young, he was already eight feet tall, had great strength, and was very scheming, which was very popular with Shi Hu. Soon after, civil unrest broke out in Later Zhao due to the change of imperial power, and Ran Min took advantage of the situation to replace Later Zhao and establish the Ran Wei regime.
He had the idea that "if you are not of my race, your heart must be different", so after he grasped the power, he immediately issued an order to the Han people throughout the country: "All Han people, kill a Hu person, send it to Fengyang Gate, immediately grant official positions, reward property", after this order was issued, the Hu people within Ran Wei were almost killed, killing 10,000 people in just one day. Moreover, Ran Min personally led the army to the ethnic minority areas to carry out massacres, killing both men, women and children.
That was the time when Ran Min was most proud, he was sought after by many Han people, the Han people in the north came to him, his army suddenly expanded to 300,000, the flag stretched for hundreds of miles, very spectacular, Ran Min was also very proud. The ethnic minorities also harbor a grudge against Ran Min, and they secretly gather and prepare to assemble into a huge army to fight Ran Min to the death.
The Central Plains region is an agrarian civilization, and after the ethnic minorities go south, the fields are deserted, the Han people run and die, and the ethnic minority troops cannot get food. So their ferocious side was revealed, and they actually captured tens of thousands of Han women and took them to the army. At night, these women are sexually enjoyed, and when it is daytime, some of them are killed, mixed with beef and mutton and boiled and eaten.
After this mixed army was defeated by Ran Min, Ran Min rescued tens of thousands of Han women in the military camp, and he was momentarily moved. However, Ran Min's regime was not able to sustain it, he was defeated by the Xianbei regime, and Ran Min was captured alive. They escort Ran Min to Dragon City and behead him.
Where Ran Min was killed, the grass and trees immediately dried up, the locusts covered the sky, and there was a heavy drought, and there was no rain for most of the year, which was an ominous omen. The Xianbei people were frightened, so they went to the place where Ran Min was killed to pay tribute to Ran Min, and called him the King of Wu Mourning, and it snowed heavily that day.
Ran Min is a very controversial person in the field of historiography, and many people think that Ran Min is a reckless man, who has no political acumen at all, and is not an emperor. Some people also believe that Ran Min is undoubtedly a national hero who rescued the Han people in times of danger. Dear readers, what do you think?