Murong Chao, the last emperor of Xianbei: Is it difficult to not die and have a blessing? You still have to cherish it yourself
During the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms era, Murong Bu of Xianbei established a series of political powers, namely the Former Yan and later Yan And western Yan and southern Yan, which either inherited or existed at the same time, and turned the waves in the chaotic era. Murong Chao, as the last emperor of Murong Bu, had a rather legendary life.
In 370, Jian Jian attacked the city of Yi, and Former Yan perished and was brought under Former Qin rule. The Former Yan imperial family Murong Na (Murong Chao's father) was appointed As The Taishou of Guangwu, and for unknown reasons, Murong Na resigned his official post after serving as a Taishou for several years and settled in Zhangye.
Murong Chui (Murong Chao's uncle) looked for a way out for the family and left Zhangye. In order to protect the Former Qin court, Zhangye Taishou Chang arrested Murong Na and Murong De's sons and killed them one by one. Murong Chao's grandmother, Gongsun Shi, was very old and survived death, and Duan Shi was pregnant (later Murong Chao), so she was temporarily imprisoned.
At that time, the steward Huyan Pingyuan was a subordinate of Murong De (Murong Na's younger brother), and because Murong De spared him the death penalty, in order to repay Murong's family's great favor, Hu Yanping quietly fled to the Qiang settlement with Gongsun and Duan, and in 385 AD, Murong Chao was born.
Murong Chao's birth was really too much chance. Murong Chui fled, and It was impossible for Murong Na to be unaware, and it was not too much to say that he was a henchman involved in the military rebellion. The Murong family, who lived in Zhangye, was arrested, the whole family was slaughtered, and two women, one avoiding death and the other, were arrested. The prison of Former Qin could not be sunny, and Duan Shi could survive, all by Hu Yanping. Although Murong De had a favor for Huyan, but Huyan's own character could only rely on luck, at that time, Former Qin was powerful, ordinary people were already good without falling into the well, Huyan could also put down a happy and stable life, and it was difficult to take two women with unfettered hands, and fled for miles, as long as there was a little accident on the way, Murong Chao's widow would not be born.
During this period, Former Qin lost the Battle of Shuishui, and the Qiang leader Yao Cang established Later Qin, and Murong Chui also established Later Yan. How Murong Chao's childhood life was unclear, but it would not be too smooth to think about. Because of the reputation of the Murong family, almost everyone knew it. In order to save his own life, Murong Chao pretended to be a fool on Chang'an Avenue, and the people of Later Qin all thought that he was a real fool, and only Yao Shao thought that he was a talent that could be created and recommended him to Yao Xing. Yao Xing met Murong Chao, Murong Chao pretended to be stupid, and Yao Xing thought that the words "Yan Pi does not wrap the bones of the idiots" were false, and murong Chao was not right at all here, so he stopped paying attention to him.
At this time, Murong De sent someone to pick up Murong Chao, but Murong Chao did not discuss with his mother's wife—in order to repay Hu Yan's kindness, the Duan clan lord let Murong Chao marry Hu Yanping's daughter as a wife—and followed the people, arriving in Guanggu, where he took out the golden sword that Murong De had left for his old mother, and listened to the last words of his old mother, Gongsun Shi, and Murong De wept bitterly.
Although Murong De himself had many brothers, he only had one daughter and no son, and looking at this beautiful tall nephew in front of him, Murong De decided to make him his successor. As a result, the poor widow, the little beggar on the streets of Chang'an, turned around and became the King of Beihai, the Great General of the Horse Riding, the Prince of Southern Yan, Murong De died in 405 AD, and Murong Chao became the emperor and became the new emperor of Southern Yan.
Before Murong Chao recognized his uncle, he was a beggar despised by everyone on Chang'an Avenue—although he was pretending, he didn't feel less wronged, and after he defected to his uncle, he immediately became Prince Charming, and even later, he became a "wise and incomparable" monarch.
After Murong Chao took office, he granted amnesty to Murong De's wife Duan Shi as empress dowager and a relative of Emperor Dafeng, but what distinguished him from others was that these elites of the Murong family, the foreign relatives of the Murong family, were all sent to the outside world, for example, Murong Zhong was sent as the pastor of Qingzhou, such as Duan Hong, who was appointed as the Assassin of Xuzhou.
This kind of appointment was very unreasonable, and murong chao sent them to guard remote areas, which was counterintuitive. Taking a step back, if all the people in the court were able to be loyal and loyal, it would be enough, but Murong Chao promoted and reused them as traitors as Gongsun Fifth Floor. Gongsun Fifth Floor was a general of the Wu Wei Dynasty, concurrently serving as a lieutenant of the Tun Riding School (in charge of the Forbidden Army), and participated in internal affairs.
After Gongsun's fifth floor was elevated to Shangshu, the brothers of the Gongsun family surrounded Murong Chao. Gongsun Fifth Floor's brother Gongsun was classified as champion and Duke of Changshan, and his uncle Gongsun Decadence was Wu Wei and Xingle Duke, all of whom were Southern Yan heavy subjects, ordinary Murong clan relatives, and no one had the courage to oppose Gongsun Fifth Floor.
Murong Chao did not care about political affairs and liked to travel and hunt, and the people were deeply affected. Although there were loyal ministers such as Han Wen in the dprk who spoke out and advised, they were never adopted. With the help of Gongsun Fifth Floor, Murong Chao forced Murong Fa, Murong Zhong, and Duan Hong to rebel, and as a result killed Murong Tong, Murong Gen, Duan Feng, and others. Forced to do so, Murong Ning and others fled and defected to other countries.
In Murong Chao's view, everyone who should go was gone, so he could continue to appoint the fifth floor of the virtuous Gongsun Dynasty, and from then on, the people's hearts were scattered in the Southern Yan Court.
In order to welcome the Duan and Huyan clan back to the capital, Murong Chao gave Yao Xing more than a hundred tricks, the process was tortuous, Murong Chao's filial piety was commendable, although the Huyan clan was not loved, but the title of good empress was still there.
On the first day of the first lunar month of a certain year, Murong Chao was watching the song and dance in the Dongyang Hall, and he felt that it was rare and pulled, and it was really not the same, so he discussed going to the Eastern Jin Dynasty to take a song and dance orchestra and come back. The leader Han Wen disagreed, saying that the national strength was not prosperous enough, and it was necessary to cultivate obscurity and not to form a grudge with the south and establish too many enemies.
However, Murong Chao did not give him a chance to talk about it, and sent the general Gongsun Gui and others to directly attack Suyu, capture the Taishou of Yangping and Jiyin in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, plunder the population, and select 2,500 men and women from them and give them to Taile to teach singing and dancing.
From then on, at the instigation of Gongsun Fifth Floor and other courtiers, Murong Chao's conquest ambitions were unstoppable. He sent Gongsun Gui to lead 3,000 cavalry to invade Jinan, capture Taishou Zhao Yuan, loot more than 1,000 men and women, and leave.
In the face of The Constant Provocation of Southern Yan, the Eastern Jin Government also did not budge, and Liu Yu and other main warrior factions insisted on leading the crusade.
In the sixth year of Taishang, that is, on the first day of the first lunar month in 410 AD, Murong Chao ascended the tower of Guanggu City, summoned the courtiers, killed horses and rewarded the soldiers, and praised the promotion of the hundred officials of Wenwu and Wu, and praised the Southern Yan Dynasty.
Soon, the city of Guanggu was destroyed, Murong Chao was captured, Southern Yan perished, and thousands of Murong clan members were killed. When he was tied up at the execution ground, Murong Chao was twenty-six years old. After his death, there was no title or temple title, and the history called the last lord of southern Yan, except for the tongyuan Tuguhun, Murong Chao was the last emperor of the Xianbei Murong Department.
Murong Chao became the Emperor of Southern Yan and opened a super VIP passage to happiness. He personally went to the gate to greet his mother and wife, and the courtiers cheered—this should be the peak of his life. If he hadn't acted recklessly later, his life would have been very complete.
However, after Murong Chao, the prince of the white horse, sat firmly on the emperor's throne, he began to be self-conscious, away from the talents, and rejected all the suggestions of the sages, and said too much, then he sealed them and let them not say them, and remained silent forever; he was close to the traitors, and all the courtiers who said good and obedient were promoted to knights.
Murong Chao completely forgot that he had been the poor street child on the street, and in order to enjoy himself, he provoked his strong neighbors and brought the Southern Yan Empire into a deep pit of eternal disaster, even if his face did not change color when he was dying, it seemed to be a good man, but he was just stubborn, he could not save the souls of the dead who had died unjustly because of him, and of course, he could not save his empire.
Murong Chao, the widowed son, was born in a difficult and dangerous way, worked as a beggar when he was a teenager, turned into Prince Charming, and ascended to the emperor's throne, but in the blink of an eye, like those Jiangyang thieves, he was tied to the execution ground, cut off his head, and ended his life. Such a life may not even be dared to be written by novelists.