In the last year of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings. Taking advantage of this entrepreneurial spring wind, a number of Hu people in the north were eager to move. They waved their horses and led the tribes south, successively establishing the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms.
The five Hu are: Xiongnu, Qiang, Xianbei, Xianbei, and Karma.
The sixteen countries are:
5 major cool countries: former cool, post cool, southern cool, northern cool, western cool.
4 Great Yan Kingdoms: Former Yan, Later Yan, Southern Yan, Northern Yan.
3 Great Qin States: Former Qin, Later Qin, Western Qin.
2 Great Zhao States: Former Zhao (Han Zhao), Later Zhao.
Bactria and Chenghan.
In addition to these 16 countries, there were actually a series of other separatist regimes during this period. For example, Western Yan, Dai Guo, Ran Wei, Qiu Chi, Goguryeo, Tuguhun, Western Shu, Zhai Wei and so on.
However, in terms of influence and comprehensive strength, the Sixteen Kingdoms are the representative roles of them, so the remaining few have to be annihilated in the dust of history. In these sixteen countries, it is really difficult to start a business, after all, what they have conquered is a completely unfamiliar territory, and it is necessary to conquer the local people who are completely strangers. So which of the entrepreneurs who divide the regime has the hardest?
First, Liu Yuan, an entrepreneur of Han Zhao, has been a hostage for 20 years.
Liu Yuan was the first of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms to start a business, he was from the Xiongnu and claimed to be a descendant of the princess of The Mu Dun Shan Yu and the Han Dynasty, so he intended to inherit the foundation of the Han Dynasty, so the name of the country was Han.
Later, Liu Yuan's subordinate Son, Liu Yao, moved the capital to Chang'an, and changed the name of the country to Han, changing the name of the country to Zhao, so this regime can be called Han Zhao, or it can be called the former Zhao regime.
When Liu Yuan was a child, he had a hard time, although he was the son of a tribal leader, but at that time, the Cao Wei Dynasty threw the Xiongnu on the ground and ruled obediently, and their family had to send Liu Yuan to Luoyang as a hostage.
From the late Cao Wei period to the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Yuan served as a hostage in Luoyang for about 20 years. From a Hun who was not very literate, he became a talent who was full of poetry and books, and was both literate and martial.
After so many years in Luoyang, Liu Yuan seemed to have grown into a well-educated scholar who was proficient in Sinology. At this time, even Sima Yan, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, thought of appointing Liu Yuan and asking him to go to the northwest to quell the rebellion of the bald tree function.
Unfortunately, there were still people in the Western Jin court who understood, and they constantly slandered Liu Yuan in front of Emperor Wu of Jin, believing that he was not willing to be mediocre and let him go to the northwest, and could only let the tiger return to the mountains, and should be killed as soon as possible.
Thanks to Liu Yuan's good popularity, under the guarantee of a bunch of friends, Liu Yuan barely survived. It was not until Liu Yuan's father, Liu Bao, the left marshal, died, that Liu Yuan had the opportunity to return to his hometown after more than 20 years of absence and take over his father's position.
It was precisely because of this that he had the opportunity to take advantage of the east wind of the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty to rise up and stand on his own. If there are five stars out of five, Liu Yuan's entrepreneurial difficulty is at least 3 stars. Being a hostage, almost being killed, and being the first entrepreneur in the Sixteen Kingdoms was enough to give him extra points.
Second, Chenghan entrepreneur Li Te, the middle road collapsed.
In 304 AD, in addition to Liu Yuan's establishment of the Han Zhao regime, there was actually a Chenghan regime established by Li Te, a member of the Hu clan, in Shudi. To be precise, the Chenghan regime was established by Li Teh's son Li Xiong, but the entrepreneur was Li Te.
The regime established by Li Xiong was originally the Dacheng regime, but after Li Xiong's cousin Li Shou ascended the throne, he changed the name of the country to Han, so the history called the Chenghan regime.
Li Te's ancestors were generals of Cao Wei for generations, so Li Te's family had a very high status in the Yu clan. And he himself is also a hot-blooded man with high martial arts, and a large group of capable people have gathered around him.
Coinciding with the continuous disaster years in Kansai, Li Te, as a local nobleman, received a large group of displaced people who had no food to eat, which was his entrepreneurial capital. But more and more people came to find food to eat, and their families couldn't bear it!
Therefore, Li Te took these more than 100,000 people into Hanzhong and walked unstoppably to Yizhou. Shudi is the land of Heavenly Capital, rich in grain, and has lofty mountains and mountains as a natural barrier. Li Te was instantly attracted by the local environment, and when he arrived here, he was a fool not to start a business!
Not long after the outbreak of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the Western Jin Dynasty was overwhelmed, Li Te took this opportunity, with more than 100,000 displaced people and the local defenders of Yizhou to fight, after defeating the Western Jin defenders many times, Li Te finally gained a foothold in Shudi.
Unfortunately, before Li Te could claim the throne, he was defeated and beheaded by Roshan. After that, Li Te's son Li Xiong became emperor, established the Chenghan regime, and posthumously named Li Te emperor Jing. The difficulty of Li Te's entrepreneurship is probably only 1 star, after all, relying on the accumulation of his father's generation, coupled with the natural barrier of Shudi, the foundation of isolation from the world.
Third, Hou Zhao Shile was sold as a slave.
Shi Le is more miserable, he is a member of the Qi people. Strong and strong, his father was also a small leader of the tribe. Speaking of shi le, he is also from the second generation of the rich.
However, in the late Western Jin Dynasty, there was a great famine in the Hezhou region, and Shi Le had no food there, so they had to come out en masse to beg for food. The second generation of the rich instantly entered the beggar gang, and this gap was really too big.
Shi Le was a wise man, he was hungry for several days, and he almost didn't starve to death. Fortunately, after meeting his good friend Guo Jing and eating a meal, Shi Le became evil and thought that he could do the slave trade business.
He felt that now that the Hu people begging for food were everywhere, they could completely grab a batch and sell them as slaves. Therefore, the two hit it off immediately, and as a result, he never expected that he wanted to sell people, but people also wanted to sell him! Ma Teng, the Dongyi company, was also doing this business, and Shi Le was inexplicably sold by Sima Teng as a slave.
The days of being a slave were something that Shi Le would never forget in his lifetime, and being beaten and starving was basically a common thing, and if it weren't for Shi Le's good health, he would have run out of gas a long time ago.
After selling it several times, Shi Le worked as a slave in Shi Huan's family, although he was still a slave, but after all, his life was stable. Shi Huan felt that Shi Le this guy looked good, which exempted him from his slave status, good guy, is there justice in appearance?
At this time, Shi Le understood a truth, in the chaotic world, only the value of force can determine everything! In order to avoid the doom of being betrayed, Shi Le only had to control the command of the army himself! In this way, Shi Le embarked on the road of entrepreneurship.
Shi Lexian, along with his friend Ji Sang, defected to the Gongshi Domain. After the Gongshi Clan was nothing, Shi Le and Ji Sang came out to start their own business, but unfortunately, the capital in their hands was small, and it was not long before they were eaten by others, and Ji Sang was also killed.
In desperation, Shi Le had no choice but to defect to Liu Yuan, and since then he has made many military achievements in the former Zhao regime, and has constantly added officials to the knighthood. Until he occupied the land of Hebei and broke with Liu Yao of Former Zhao, in 319 AD, established the Later Zhao regime. The hardship of Shi Le's entrepreneurship is probably unmatched by anyone, so it is worth 5 stars.
Fourth, former Yan entrepreneur Murong Hao, the aura of the second generation is obvious.
The Xianbei Murong clan has always been very marketable in Liaodong. Therefore, Murong Hao, as the standard rich second generation, started with a very rich capital, many times stronger than Shi Le did not know.
After the death of Murong Hao's father Murong Hui, Murong Hao succeeded to the throne smoothly. Because of his brother Murong Hanxiao's bravery and good fighting, he was deeply hated by Murong Hao. For this reason, Murong Hao found an opportunity to drive Murong Han away.
At this time, the other younger brothers were frightened, and they actually rebelled against Murong Hao. Murong Ren, in particular, occupied most of the land in Liaodong, with the support of the Xianbei Yuwen clan and the Xianbei Duan clan.
It took Murong Hao a lot of effort to quell his brothers' rebellion. After that, he led troops to defeat the Xianbei Yuwen clan and the Xianbei Duan clan successively, and after Liaodong fought all over the world, Murong Hao successfully established Former Yan in 337 AD, of course, the emperor was his son Murong Juan. The process of establishing Qianyan is still relatively smooth, and it is not difficult to start a family, so give him 1 star for this.
Fifth, the former Qin entrepreneur Jian Jian, the speculative tendency is very serious.
Jian Jian, a member of the Yu people, is also a rich second generation in his own right. His father, Gong Hong, himself had a legacy left to him, so Jian Jian did not need any primitive accumulation. Some things are born and have them, and it is impossible that they will not have them in this lifetime.
Gong Hong was poisoned halfway through his career, so after Jian Jian succeeded to the throne, he got along well with Hou Zhao on the surface, but in fact secretly looked for opportunities to stand on his own.
At that time, while accepting the canonization of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jian Jian pretended to continue to be a vassal of Later Zhao. Taking advantage of Du Hong's theft of Chang'an, Jian Jian took the initiative to apply to the Later Zhao emperor Shi Qi to attack Guanzhong.
During the Shi Qi period, the interior of the Later Zhao Sect's chambers fell on each other, and it had long been a climate, so Shi Qi happily agreed to this matter. As a result, Jian Jian led a large army to the west, like a dragon entering the sea, and it was impossible to turn back.
After Driving Out Du Hong, Jian Jian smoothly entered Chang'an and continued to maintain good relations with the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After everything was arranged, Jian Jian successfully ascended the throne as the Heavenly King of Great Qin, and in 351 AD, he established Former Qin. To be honest, the process went relatively smoothly and only 1 star could be given.
Sixth, the Post-Qin entrepreneur Yao Cang, a shameless villain. The western Qin state was too weak.
Yao Xiang, the brother of yao cang of the Qiang people, was a big hero, but unfortunately, he was destroyed by the former Qin Heavenly King Jian Jian before he was halfway through the business. After that, Yao Xiang's younger brother Yao Cang (姚苌) led his people to surrender to Jian Jian.
Former Qin, under the management of Jian Jian and Wang Meng, successively eliminated the separatist regimes of Former Yan, Daiguo, Qiuchi, Qianliang, and Western Regions, and completed the unification of the north.
Unfortunately, a battle of Shuishui directly destroyed Former Qin. Escorted by Murong Chui, Jian Jian returned to the north and gathered more than 100,000 men and horses, but at this time Murong Chui went to the north to establish Later Yan, and Yao Cang also took this opportunity to restore the family's inheritance.
During the confrontation, Yao Cang captured Jian Jian and forced him to hand over the Chuanguo Jade Seal, and finally killed Jian Jian. After that, Yao Cang established Later Qin and fought against the remnants of Former Qin for many years.
It can be said that Yao Cang's establishment of Later Qin was indeed a serious act of treachery. The difficulty coefficient of his establishment of Hou Qin was also very low, and he could only give 1 star.
After Jian Jian was killed by Yao Cang, the Xianbei people Qifu Guoren gathered more than 100,000 people and horses, occupied Qinzhou and Hezhou, and established Western Qin in the Lanzhou area. It's just a pity that their family can't even compare with Later Qin, and it wasn't long before they were destroyed by Later Qin. Difficulty factor 1 star.
Seventh, Murong Shi Zhuyan, all relatively relaxed.
The Later Yan established by Murong Chui is needless to say. He himself worked for Former Qin, and later saw that Jian Jian had collapsed, so he went north to start a business, and established Hou Yan with the support of a group of clans and displaced people. Give him 1 star.
The Western Yan established by Murong Hong was also relatively relaxed. Because Murong Hong was the younger brother of Murong Wei, the last emperor of Former Yan, and more orthodox than Murong Chui, he gathered a group of Murong clans and established Western Yan. Give him 1 star.
Murong De established the Southern Yan, which was established after Murong Chui's Later Yan was defeated by Northern Wei Tuoba Jue. Murong De was Murong Chui's younger brother, and with some of his clans, he abandoned Yecheng and established Southern Yan at Shuitai. Give him 1 star.
Murong Yun established northern Yan, which was after the Later Yan emperor Murong Bao fled to Longcheng, and there was constant fighting within the clan. The chancellor Feng Bao put Murong Bao's adopted son Murong Yun on the throne, thus establishing Northern Yan. Murong Yun was originally a Goguryeo man, not a descendant of Murong Shi at all, and the process of his founding of the country was too easy, and he could only give him half a star.
Eighth, the five major cool countries, the national strength is too weak.
Former Liang was founded by the Han Chinese Zhang Rail, who claimed to be the ancestor of Zhang Er, the founding king of the Western Han Dynasty. During the Western Jin Dynasty, Zhang Rail was the Assassin of Liangzhou. Therefore, during the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, he won the support of the local Han people, and established Qianliang here. There is basically no resistance, and the difficulty coefficient is 1 star.
HouLiang was founded by Lü Guang, a former Qin general who was instructed by Jian Jian to go to the Western Regions to pacify the Western Regions. As a result, after returning, Former Qin was actually crushed! The army in Lü Guang's hands was strong, so he simply occupied Liangzhou and established Houliang. The process went fairly smoothly with a difficulty factor of 1 star.
Beiliang was founded by The Lushui Hu people, who originally took the initiative to defect to Lü Guang, but were tortured and killed by Lü Guang in various ways. Frustrated, Mengxun was furious and rebelled against Hou Liang, establishing Northern Liang. Can beat hou liang, the process is a little bit difficult, the difficulty coefficient is 2 stars.
Xiliang was founded by the Han Chinese Li Huan, whose family was a local tycoon in Liangzhou, whose ancestors had been working for the Central Plains Dynasty. Therefore, when Mengxun overthrew Houliang and established Northern Liang, Li Xuan also divided Jiuquan and Dunhuang to establish himself and establish Xiliang. Because he has the support of the Han local tycoons and the territory is small, the difficulty coefficient is 1 star.
Nanliang was founded by the Xianbei bald-haired Wugu, who initially followed Lü Guangchao. Taking advantage of the continuous civil strife in Houliang, bald Wugu gathered family members and raised an army to establish Nanliang. Nanliang's territory is too small, and no one cares about the founding of the country, so the difficulty coefficient is 1 star.
IX. Helian's great summer, the master of the speculators.
Helian Bobo was originally a rich second generation, but unfortunately the family was destroyed by the Northern Wei Tuoba Jue, and Helian Bobo instantly became a poor egg. Fortunately, the appearance is justice, Helian Bobo has a table of talents, and has been appreciated by the Duke of Gaoping of Later Qin and has become the son-in-law of Wuyi.
Who ever thought that Helian Bobo had pit his father-in-law, swallowed up the army that was not in a hurry, and instantly became bigger and stronger. The Later Qin emperor Yao Xing had great trust in Helian Bobo, and as a result, Helian Bobo also chose to rebel, establish himself as the heavenly king, and establish the Bactrian regime.
After that, taking advantage of Liu Yu's northern expedition to Guanzhong and the destruction of Former Qin, he had no time to take care of Guanzhong's gains and losses, led his troops to attack Chang'an, and seized the land of Guanzhong in one fell swoop, and since then has become bigger and stronger.
It can be said that Helian Bobo has taken every step just right, and he is definitely a master among speculators. So you can also give him 3 stars.
Summary: The most difficult is Shi Le, and the most relaxed is Murong Yun.
Obviously, Shi Le's life was too difficult, and he was one of the few monarchs who grew bigger and stronger from the grassroots level, and the only monarch who was born of slaves who had been sold many times.
As for Murong Yun, it was too easy, like throwing his hands in the cabinet. He didn't have to care about anything, and was inexplicably elected as emperor by the powerful minister Feng Bao. Of course, it was easy to get and easy to lose, and it wasn't long before Murong Yun was slaughtered by Feng Bao.
References: Book of Jin, Zizhi Tongjian