It has to be said that the period of the Southern and Northern Dynasties was mostly the era of famous generals, the most famous of which were Hou Jing and Erzhu Rong. The actual founders of Northern Zhou and Northern Qi in the Northern Dynasty, Yuwen Tai and Gao Huan. It is also a generation of famous generals, the old boss of the two is Erzhu Rong, some people say that Erzhu Rong's biggest failure is that he obviously got the script of Dong Zhuojia Cao Cao, but died at the hands of Emperor Xiaozhuang, who was the same as Emperor Xian of Han, and the strangeness of history can be seen. Erzhu Rong, Zi Tianbao, Qihu clan. General and chancellor of the late Northern Wei Dynasty. When the Northern Wei Dynasty was established, the Erzhu family, due to their contribution to the Northern Wei, obtained the area of Northern Xiurongchuan as a fief. The generation that passed down to Erzhu Rong's grandfather, Erzhu Daiqin, also realized the marriage with the royal family. The empress dowager of Emperor Taiwu was the niece of Erzhu Daiqin.
When the election of the Erzhu family as chieftain passed to Erzhu Rong, after the Northern Wei dynasty moved the capital to Luoyang, the national center had moved to the southern Huai River line, which was originally out of control in the northern border area. Due to the corruption of the government, it triggered the Ge Rong Uprising. It was in this context that Erzhu Rong rose to prominence. Erzhu Rong revolted under the name of "Qing Junfang", and at this time his subordinates gathered almost all the big figures and famous generals of the late Southern and Northern Dynasties, including the three brothers of he Bayue, the famous northern border generals He Bayue, Yuwen Tai of Northern Zhou, Gao Huan of Northern Qi, Hou Jing, Murong Shaozong, Li Hu (Li Yuan's grandfather), Li Bi (the ancestor of Li Mi at the end of the Sui Dynasty), and so on. It can be said that the fathers and ancestors of most of the members of the first generation of major civil and military groups in Northern Qi, Northern Zhou, and even The Sui and Tang Dynasties were under Erzhu Rong. In early 528 AD, Erzhu Rong saw an opportunity. Under the banner of avenging Emperor Xiaoming and supporting the imperial family, he led his troops south to the capital Luoyang. After Erzhu Rong entered Luoyang, Erzhu Rong sank Empress Hu into the Yellow River along with the emperor she had established.
After sinking Empress Dowager Hu and her infants into the Yellow River, Erzhu Rong, in the name of Emperor Xiaozhuang, informed his courtiers that the new monarch needed to sacrifice to the throne, and taking this opportunity, Erzhu Rong would slaughter all the civil and military officials present, including Emperor Xiaozhuang's brother Yuan Shao, and the imperial court was empty. This is the famous "Change of Heyin" in history. Therefore, after Emperor Xiaozhuang succeeded to the throne, the imperial power was greatly weakened. Erzhu Rong completely controlled the situation.
Subsequently, Erzhu Rong successively quelled the rebellion of Ge Rong and Xing Gao, and when Erzhu Rong was rebelling against Ge Rong, Southern Liang asked Chen Qingzhi to attack Northern Wei, and Chen Qingzhi led 7,000 troops to sweep through Northern Wei, and finally occupied Luoyang, leaving behind thousands of troops and horses and white robes. This was also the only time that the Southern Dynasty captured the capital of the Northern Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties. Emperor Xiaozhuang's son, Emperor Youcang, fled north of the Yellow River. Erzhu Rong learned of the capture of Luoyang and immediately led the main force south, Chen Qingzhi chose to cross the Yellow River to meet the battle, and Erzhu Rong and Chen Qingzhi won and lost each other. However, in the end, he was defeated by Erzhu Rong and fled in disguise as a monk. Erzhu Rong demonstrated amazing military ability.
It should be said that Erzhu Rong's death was an accident, and Emperor Xiaozhuang's Yuan Ziyou was unwilling to let sheji die in his hands. He said a famous saying: "It is better to die for the noble township than to live for the common life of the changdao township." This means that he would rather die like Cao Xian than live like Cao Huan. In September 530, Emperor Xiaozhuang ambushed the soldiers and then sent someone to tell Erzhu Rong that he married Emperor Xiaozhuang's daughter Empress Erzhu and gave birth to a crown prince. Erzhu Rong never thought that Emperor Xiaozhuang dared to kill him, so he entered the palace to congratulate him. When he saw Emperor Xiaozhuang, the ambush soldiers quickly appeared, and Erzhu Rong reacted quickly, and his thinking was extremely clear, and he immediately tried to kidnap Emperor Xiaozhuang. However, Emperor Xiaozhuang had already made preparations, and took out the prepared knife and directly stabbed it into Erzhu Rong's abdominal cavity, and a generation of tyrants died on the spot. He was seven years old Chinese New Year's Eve. Historically, Erzhu Rong was infamous and classified as a traitor, but his outstanding military ability was recognized.
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