Throughout the ages, if you want to say who is the lowest-born emperor in Chinese history, there is probably no suspense - it is not Zhu Yuanzhang. But if you want to say who is the lowest-born king in Chinese history, the answer is likely to be divergent. Is there a head of a country in China who is of lower birth than Zhu Yuanzhang? The answer is yes.
The tomb of this person is in Yulin, Shaanxi, because his life deeds and the life deeds of Emperor Guan also have many similarities, so he is the reincarnation of Emperor Guan in the legend of the Yulin people. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, in order to protect its tomb from the Ming army and bandits, the Yulin people built a Guandi Temple on the tomb, so the tomb owner's sacrifice day is the same as the Guandi sacrifice day - May 13.
So who is the reincarnation of the legendary GuanDi of the Yulin people, the lowest-born king in Chinese history?
First, the hero's end, the early life
In 1223, in the spring and March of the 18th year of Yuan Taizu, it was a month after the Battle of Mengjin Fengxiang. The battle began in January 1222, when the Mongol army first besieged Xi'an, which was firmly defended by 200,000 Jin troops, and had to leave 6,000 soldiers to continue to besiege Xi'an, while leaving 3,000 troops to defend Tongguan, and the main force changed to attackIng Fengxiang, preparing to wait for Fengxiang to capture and then take Xi'an.
However, just as the Mongol army defeated the Jin army in succession, and the camp gate under Fengxiang City stretched for hundreds of miles, the military might was flourishing, as if the Northern Expedition of Emperor Guan was attacking Fancheng, Mi Fang, the Western Xia army involved in the siege, did not listen to the dispatches and withdrew from the siege!
The retreat of the Western Xia army caused the Mongol army's siege ability to attack the city that had already divided its troops decline again, and the Fengxiang Jin army, which was ready to repay the country with death, was even more desperate to fight to the death after learning about it, resulting in the Mongol army besieging Yue Yu, and always unable to win, so it had to withdraw and return to the north.
After this battle, although the Jin Dynasty immediately took advantage of the situation to recover some of the lost land in the north, it still did not dare to pursue the Mongol army. In this month (spring and March), the Mongol army returning from the north came to Yuncheng, Shanxi, where Emperor Guan was born.
Just as the Mongol army entered the boundary of Wenxi County, a strong cold air suddenly arrived, and heavy snow fell on the gray sky, enveloping the road ahead in a confused gray and white, and nothing could be seen clearly.
Because King Muhuali could not defeat Fengxiang and became depressed, his younger brother, who was temporarily in charge of the leader, had no choice but to order the whole army to camp outside Wenxi County, and according to his brother's previous will, he was not allowed to enter the city to harass the people.
Just as the whole army had just finished camping, the curtain of the Chinese army's big tent was suddenly lifted, and a soldier walked up to Daisun and whispered two words to him; then, With Sun hurriedly walked into the Chinese army tent.
As soon as I entered the tent, I smelled an intermittent cough, and there was nothing in the big tent except a stove burning sheep dung, a bed that had nothing else, and his nephew Polo was standing in front of the bed silently wiping his tears, and a hill was bulging on the bed, and a man was lying on it with a thick blanket, and the cough was coming from his mouth.
And he was the king of the lowest birth in Chinese history: he took Sun forward, sat down by his brother's bedside, looked at his face with a sallow face, deeply sunken skin, and a gossamer appearance, remembering that he was crowned as the king of Taishi, guarding Yanjing alone like Emperor Guan guarding Jingzhou, and supporting the crisis alone in these years, flashing and moving, conquering the east and the west, starting to stabilize the situation, gathering a large number of local armed leaders to serve the country under the tent, all kinds of meritorious and hard work, the nose was sour, the eyes were rolling, and the hall boy actually shed tears.
Tears hit Mu Huali's face, the temporary coolness drove away the hot and chaotic heat of the high fever, his eyelashes trembled, and he opened his eyes and saw Polo with his grandson and son.
Seeing him wake up, he quickly turned his head to wipe away the tears, forced a smile and asked, "Brother Wang summoned me, what is the matter?" Mu Huali did not immediately answer The Sun's words, but listened to the rustle of the soldiers outside the tent as they walked through the snow, and then thought about where the army was now, before asking: "Where is this?" "This is Wenxi County, Yuncheng, Shanxi." Yuncheng...
Mu Huali narrowed his eyes, trying to think hard in his re-chaotic mind, and after a while, a beautiful bearded man with a face like a heavy jujube, eight feet tall, and a majestic style gradually appeared in front of his eyes. Yes, this is emperor Guan's hometown...
"But it's snowing outside?" "Yes." "I don't know if in the past, when Emperor Guan was held by Eastern Wu and went away with hatred, whether it snowed so much in the sky." As soon as these words came out, both Sun and Bo Lu looked at each other with puzzled faces, but Mu Huali's heart was like a mirror at the moment--although this place was not far from the Jin Army, he did not feel the slightest panic, as if there was a kind of tranquility of returning to his hometown Mongolian steppe... He's afraid he'll never be able to go back to the prairie...
Subsequently, he also summoned Bolu, handed him the seal of the King of Taishi, and then looked at the two men and continued: "In the past, Emperor Guan did not win the hatred of Fancheng and lost Jingzhou, I always knew it; I helped the country to become a great cause, wearing armor and forty years, marching east and west, there was no revenge, the first hatred was not heard, Ru Qimianzhi! This seal must be palmed well, palmed well! In the future, we must not be arrogant and lascivious, we must desperately repay the Khan's kindness to our family, learn more martial arts and strategies, strengthen our physique, and help the great cause! ”
Looking at Mu Huali's determined eyes, listening to every word and every last word he tried to say, the eyes of the two people rolled up again, unwilling to win, opening their mouths to want to say something to him again, but they felt as if their throats were blocked by a boulder, and it was difficult to make a sound for a while, so they had to solemnly nod their heads.
Looking at the firm eyes of the two men, Mu Huali's heart became lighter—the burden of running the Central Plains alone from 1217 to the present could finally be put down—and he suddenly felt a dizziness, and his eyes suddenly turned black, and he could no longer see anything.
"It's so cold... That night, this one of the founding heroes of the Great Yuan Dynasty, the lowest birth in Chinese history, the most powerful after becoming a king, the conquest of major matters are decided by himself, the clothing system is no different from the Son of Heaven, can be a generation of power emperors, but always loyal to the country, loyalty is comparable to Emperor Guan, the rest of the kings in history Muhua Lixue in the army, died at the age of 54.
Then, why did he get the conquest to decide everything himself, the clothing system was no different from the Son of Heaven, and it was worthy of the honor of a generation of powerful emperors, and why was he so trusted by Yuan Taizu? To explain this problem, we have to start with his early years.
Muhua Li was born in 1170, and the family was subordinate to the main child beggar in his early years. In Chinese history, whenever an outstanding person is born, the heavens will always send a vision - Mu Huali is no exception - when he was born, there was a white gas suddenly lingering inside and outside the delivery room, for a while it was like a fairyland on earth, there were shamanic shamans passing by, seeing this scene was very strange, and heard the cry of a baby boy in the felt room, and asserted: "This son will never be very child in the future." ”
Having said that, mu huali's family was born into slavery at this time, so it did not attract any attention, and Muhuali spent 14 years of life peacefully.
However, in the past 14 years, the power of the Mongolian steppe has quietly changed. Eight years older than him, Temujin, born in 1162, had now become the Khan of The Origins through a wide friendship and attracted people's hearts; and the future meeting of the two monarchs was due to two people, one of which was Temujin's brother Zamuhe.
In the early years, the two brothers had been nomadic together for a year, during which Temujin had a good relationship in the Zamuhe camp and attracted people's hearts, zamuhe also realized this, and wanted to part ways with him, but unexpectedly, most of the people were taken away, so the two formed a grudge.
Subsequently, seeing the gradual growth of Temujin's power, some Mongol tribes came to their aid, including the main beggars. The news that Temujin was called Khan was also quickly learned by Zamuhe, and coupled with the murder of his brother who went to look for trouble, new hatred and old hatred suddenly surged into his heart - he quickly gathered the Tai chi Wu and other tribes who had a vendetta against Temujin's family to form a coalition and kill temujin.
The battle was called the Battle of the Thirteen Wings, and although Temujin was defeated, he still preserved a large number of living forces because he divided his army into thirteen wings, used wheel warfare and fought and walked, and finally succeeded in escaping in the guidance and netting side of the Zamuhe camp.
After the war, in the face of the brutal and brutal captives of Zamuhe, although it was intended to deter the various departments of the steppe, but inadvertently infringed on the foolish measures of the property captured by each ministry, Temujin chose to do the opposite, trying his best to appease the hearts of the people and treat the people kindly, so although the Zamuhe coalition army was victorious, it lost a large amount of population and property, although it was defeated, while Temujin gained the dependence of many tribes through sincere treatment, and its strength was further enhanced.
However, some people do not think so, such as the lord beggar chief Satchabebe beg, he is the second person who promotes the meeting of the two monarchs. He was the uncle of the Temujin clan, the eldest son of the first Mongol khan, Hebul Khan, and was appointed commander of the strongest young men and soldiers among the Mongols—thus forming the main beggar department—and thus the most powerful of the several elders who supported Temujin as khan.
And the reason why he supported Temujin was only because he was red-eyed by his people, and he didn't care about Temujin himself at all. And this defeat "gave him a chance to assert his position among Temujin's people."
As a result, Satchabe beg not only allowed the guards to steal Temujin's golden horse chews, but also favorably slashed the guards of Belegutai (Temujin's brother) who came to investigate, and his mother even openly slapped Temujin's slave at the banquet, only because the slave did not pour her wine first.
Faced with the provocation of the mother and son, Temujin at first suppressed his anger and asked Bo Erti to personally pour wine for his mother, but after learning that his brother had been slashed and wounded, Satchabe begs to cover up the thieves, he is furious and rises up to punish him. A banquet suddenly turned into a scene of armed fighting, and everywhere the sword and light sword shadow went, there was a river of blood, and in the end, Temujin won the victory and captured his mother.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Satchabe quickly led the remnants to flee to the Krullen River overnight, but the next day, he still had to beat his swollen face and make him fat, so that Muhuali, who was fourteen years old, seven feet long, with a tiger's head and beard, and a face like a heavy date, went to Temujin to ask for his mother's return. After receiving the order, Mu Huali immediately came to Temujin's place, not only according to the words of Satcha Bei beg, but also without the slightest fear of the sword and gun in front of him.
Temujin had already heard of this ape-armed elite who was good at shooting and holding a bow and two stones, and last night he saw him desperately protect Satchabe and beg out of the siege, and today he saw him so humble and unassuming, and suddenly he had a heart of love for talent, and he wanted to keep him as his own "ladder slave". The so-called "ladder slaves" were the private property of khans and chiefs, so the chances of appreciation would be greatly improved compared to ordinary slaves, which was the identity that Mongolian slaves had always dreamed of at that time.
But Muhuali refused Temujin's kindness, and he said without changing his face: "Thank you for the khan's kindness, I Muhuali admires the khan very much, but I can't be disloyal to my master Satchabe beg, I am still his slave." ”
In addition to cherishing, Temujin felt some admiration in his heart, so he treated him well, and in order not to cause his relatives to completely turn against him and give the enemy an opportunity, he released the mother of Satchabe beggars.
However, the short-sighted Satchabe beg believed that Temujin was afraid of him, and then he moved the tribe to the golden edge wall, trying to rely on Dajin to strengthen his prestige, and did not give Muhuali any rewards, but also suspected that he was secretly communicating with Temujin, so Temujin would release his mother. Faced with the still faint chieftain, the Muhuali family had to leave and turned to Temujin.
Second, unify Mongolia and take revenge on Dajin
In the 16 years of Temujin's unification of Mongolia from 1184 to 1206, Muhua Li's father accompanied Temujin to fight against Qi'er Andong and Naimanbu, and later during the conquest of Naimanbu, Due to the unauthorized withdrawal of Temujin's father Wang Khan, Temujin was deeply besieged, and in order to cover his escape, he gave up his warhorse to him and fell into battle himself.
And Mu Huali was even more unserious, and had many military achievements, the most famous deed was that after Temujin broke with Wang Khan, he was defeated at the Battle of Helanzhen Shatuo, lost his tooth tent, and had to camp on the grass beach, when heavy snow fell in the sky, and the two of them were covered by Temujin Zhang felt all night; the most famous battle achievement was that Temujin regrouped after him, ordering Muhua Li to choose thousands of light horses to raid Wang Khan's tent at night, Muhua Li took the lead and rushed to the death, and finally forced the Krebu to collapse in an all-round way, and Wang Khan fled in defeat overnight.
In 1206, the Great Mongol Empire was born, and Muhuali was richly rewarded, not only was he named "Four Masters", the head of a thousand households and the head of ten thousand households on the left wing, ranking third among the ninety-five thousand households, and ranked first among the generals along with Borjutsu, together with Temujin as "the two arms of the Judean car, the two arms of the body", and was also enfeoffed from the east of the Khan court to the vast area of Daxing'anling, and his descendants were hereditary. Just when he felt that he was already an extremely popular subject, the decline of the Jin Dynasty pushed his life to the real peak!
On December 29, 1208, Jin Zhangzong died. The last prosperous prince of the Jin Dynasty did not even leave the shell of the prosperous world for posterity, and the entire Jin Dynasty had long been turned into a complete mess because of his arrogance and lasciviousness, and the absurdity and indifference had become a complete mess -- prices soared, inflation was extremely serious, wanguan money could only buy a burnt cake, the Yellow River broke the embankment several times, and it was a foregone conclusion to seize huai into the sea, and the source of wealth of the Jin Dynasty was full of displaced people, hungry for thousands of miles, and extremely rotten.
The emperor was childless, and his successor was his uncle, an "embroidered pillow" of the Mongol population, the golden jade and its watch, which defeated the complete Yan Yongji.
In the third year of Jin Da'an, the sixth year of Yuan Taizu, and in 1211 AD, a famous quote from ancient times: "I say that the Emperor of the Central Plains is a heavenly man, and such a cowardly is also for it." Why worship! Like spring thunder exploding on the Mongolian steppe, 100,000 Mongol boys, led by Genghis Khan himself, rushed from the Krullen River into the Great Wall of the Jin Dynasty under the guidance of the Inner Wanggubu and launched a revenge on the Jin Dynasty.
Like a whirlwind, they swept through the vast areas of northern Xinjiang of the Jin Dynasty in an instant, and even once captured the Jin Dynasty's Western Capital (present-day Datong, Shanxi).
At this time, Yan Yongji, who had not paid attention to the Mongols before, was like a bird of fright, and hurriedly mobilized the 450,000 elites accumulated by the Jin Dynasty for a hundred years to meet Temujin.
The two sides finally fought a decisive battle at Wild Fox Ridge, and in front of the Jin Dynasty's ocean-like 450,000 troops, Genghis Khan's 100,000 Mongol army seemed to be weak like a piece of fine sand. What to do? The Mongols live and die in this battle!
At the critical moment of life and death, it was Muhuali again, who once again stood up and suggested that Genghis Khan adopt the tactics of a central breakthrough and risk death to win, and then he led the vanguard himself! Lead the dead soldiers of the Baruch Battalion to dismount and launch a surprise attack from the Badger Mouth Road! "If you don't break the golden army, you will never be born back!"
In the end, the dead soldiers of the Baru battalion, under the leadership of Mu Huali, miraculously broke through the Jin army's defensive line, directly approached the camp, cut down the marshal flag, and the Jin army that built a defensive line on the rugged mountain ridge could not look at each other at once, seeing Genghis Khan leading a large army, spearheading horses and fish, rushing back and forth, suddenly collapsing in all directions, chaotic, and being chased by the Mongol army to the territory of Hebei - 450,000 elite troops were completely destroyed, and the Jin Dynasty had almost no power to counterattack.
Subsequently, the Mongol army continued to deepen, and from 1211 to 1216, the soldiers fell to the north of liaoxi and hebei, and even Yangxin county and Zhucheng in Shandong. The court of the Jin Dynasty was terrified, and there was another internal tilt, and Yan Yongji was killed, and Yan Xun succeeded to the throne.
As the new emperor, Yan Xun should have done something, but he was also frightened and took advantage of the opportunity to talk with the Mongols and fled to Beijing, in a vain attempt to use the Yellow River Graben and Tongguan to fight against the Mongols, causing the Mongols to invade Zhongdu in the name of default!
After the invasion of Zhongdu, the Mongol army had been exhausted after years of conquest and needed to retreat to the steppe to recuperate. In order not to cause the previous achievements to be abandoned, before the evacuation of Zhongdu, Temujin re-sealed Muhuali as a taishi, king, and duxing province according to the Han law, holding the Jiuju Bailu (the highest symbol of power in the Mongol Empire, equivalent to the jade seal), and commanding the attack on gold with full authority.
At this point, Mu Huali was completely grateful for Temujin's kindness to his knowledge, and from then on, although he was the emperor of quan- he had always been alone in the wealthy Han Dynasty, he had never used his power to arbitrarily and chaotically, and he had the idea of starting a new stove, and he had been eating and drinking at night, studying and worrying about hard work, and conquering the west, developing the 20,000 troops left by Temujin into a large number of local armed leaders to serve the country under his account, and then fighting in many places in Shanxi, Shandong, Hebei, and Shaanxi, and the Jin army had almost no ability to fight back.
Later, in order to prepare for Temujin's western expedition, he also specially selected thousands of firearms craftsmen from the Central Plains to accompany the army to the west, and his son Bolu was also his only descendant - it can be seen that after following Temujin, he most likely sacrificed almost all his personal time and space for state affairs - sacrificing himself for the country and being loyal to the country. Did his children and grandchildren, then, continue his precious qualities of sacrificing himself for his country and being faithful?
Third, the generation of Mu En, the former death
After Mu Huali's death, with the permission of Temujin, his son Bolu succeeded to the throne, the new king who spoke several languages and was good at riding and shooting, during his reign, he had colluded with foreign aid due to Western Xia conspiracies and wanted to break away from the control of the Mongol Empire, so he attacked Western Xia and conquered Yinzhou, and then quelled wuxian's rebellion in Zhending, and also captured Li Quan, the leader of the Shandong Red Jacket Army, and relied on Li Quan to recruit Shandong Province.
In terms of relations with the center of the Mongol Empire, Polo went further than his father's true gratitude to Temujin and developed into worship! When attacking Tengzhou, because it was a sweltering heat, all the generals said that they could not attack, and Bo Luli, who was in the midst of the crowd, once said: "The Lord (Temujin) personally oversees the army, pacifies the western region for several years, and has not heard that there will be no war in the summer, so I dare to relax myself?!" So he urged the army to advance, and finally successfully conquered Tengzhou.
Through these, it can be seen that Polo Wen Tao wuluo was no less than his father, but unfortunately the heavy state affairs and battles and his worship of Temujin prematurely destroyed his health, and in 1227, after hearing that Yuan Taizu collapsed on the way to attack Western Xia, he quickly returned to the grassland to participate in the funeral, and cried on the ground at the funeral, and even cried blood and tears, and finally became ill, and died in 1228, only 32 years old.
Subsequently, his eldest son Tasi succeeded to the throne, the new king was also impressed, resolutely implementing the loyalty of his grandfather and father, and during his reign, he forgot his work and did not care about himself, so he died earlier than his father, at the age of 27.
After that, in the final Yuan Dynasty, the Muhuali family inherited the title of king a total of 12 people, and there were 7 people who established the banner of the founding king, and there were also famous yuan courtiers such as An Tong, BaiZhu, Duo'er, etc. who took the maintenance of Han law as their responsibility, and the rest of the children entered the shi from a high-ranking official from one to three pins, and Mu Huali's loyalty became a hereditary family style, which was deeply imprinted in the blood of many children and has continued to this day.
References: "History of the Yuan", "Secret History of Mongolia", "History of the New Yuan"