In the context of the fragmentation of the Former Qin Empire, it was understandable that Hepi could not hold Hebei.
From this point of view, it did not seem to be too much of a problem for Jian Jian to put Murong Chui back in Hebei. If Jian Jian could stabilize the situation in the northwest, the Former Qin Empire had a chance to make a comeback.
But the question was: If Murong Chui was put back in Hebei, would Jian Jian be able to calmly stabilize the situation in the northwest?
History tells us: No. After sending Murong Chui away, Jian Jian was also so beaten so badly that he could only escape from Chang'an when facing Murong Hong and Murong Chong's brothers.
When Murong Hong and others raised an army in the northwest, they once had the idea of returning to the east to meet Murong Chui. Based on this idea of Murong Hong and others, the Former Qin Empire became two factions.
One faction was dominated by Yao Cang's opinion, who advocated expelling Murong Hong and allowing Murong Hong to return to the east. If they are blocked and not allowed to go, they will fight with us in the northwest and will not be able to paddle.
Yao Cang said, "Fresh and humble have the heart to return home, it is advisable to drive out of the customs, and it is impossible to curb it." -----------------
One faction was dominated by the opinion of Murong Hong, who advocated eliminating Murong Hong and closing the door and beating up the dogs. Although Murong Hong raised an army in the northwest, the northwest was after all the base camp of the Former Qin Empire, and there was still a chance to clean up Murong Hong. Letting Murong Hong go would encourage the arrogance of the anti-thief and would not be able to draw it.
He is a brave and courageous enemy, and does not sympathize with the people. Hearing of it, he was afraid, and led the crowd to run to the Kanto, and the soldiers wanted it. —— Book of Jin, vol. 14, Zaiji 14
Yao Chang and Yuan Rui were divided into two factions, whose opinion was correct? Although Yao Ling was eventually defeated and killed, it did not mean that Yao Chang's view was necessarily correct.
First of all, Zhijian did not give up Hebei's clear instructions, such a major strategic decision did not have the approval of Zhijian, who was responsible for the problem?
Secondly, At this time, Murong Pi was resisting Murong Chui and others in Hebei, and if Murong Hong was allowed to return to the east, it would be equivalent to pit Murong Pi, and the situation in Hebei would be even more corrupt.
Moreover, Yao Cang's suggestion to drive Murong Hong away was not necessarily anything good. In my opinion: at this time, Yao Cang was already pregnant with a ghost fetus and was ready to rebel.
Who is Yao Chang? He was the twenty-fourth son of Yao Yizhong. Who is Yao Yizhong? He was the former patriarch of the Yao clan.
Jingmao, the twenty-fourth son of Yi Zhong. —— Book of Jin, vol. 16, Book 16
At the time of the fall of the Later Zhao Empire, the Zhi clan and the Yao clan simultaneously planned to enter the northwest. However, in the struggle between the two families, the Yao clan fell into the inferior position, and finally the Yao clan became the Buddha to establish Former Qin, but the Yao clan could only wander around in the Central Plains, and finally had to surrender to the Former Qin Empire.
At this time, when the Former Qin Empire was in turmoil, Murong Shi, who had a national vendetta against the Former Qin Empire, would naturally actively plot a rebellion. But the Yao clan and the Zhi clan have a feud, will they honestly be good citizens of the Former Qin Empire? Don't be funny!
Of course, this is my reasoning, there is no direct evidence, after all, this is a conspiracy, but there is some indirect evidence.
After Yao Cang was jealous of Jian Jian, he immediately gathered a huge force and launched a fierce competition with Jian Jian in the northwest region. If Yao Shi was really a peaceful and kind citizen, how could he have such a huge force in an instant?
The Hao clan of Xizhou, Yin Xiang, Zhao Yao, Wang Qinlu, Niu Shuang, Di Guang, and Zhang Qian, led more than 50,000 families, and Xian Tuichang became the leader of the alliance. —— Book of Jin, vol. 16, Book 16
Yao Cang's hatred for Jian Jian clearly exceeded that of everyone else. When Yao Cang sent someone to strangle Jian Jian, many people sympathized with Jian Jian and pretended to shed a few tears on the surface.
Yao Cang directly dug up Jian Jian's body, stripped jian of his clothes, and buried it in the soil with thorns. The so-called "bitter hatred" is probably nothing more than that, right?
Later, the Qin lord exhumed the qin lord's corpse, whipped countless people, stripped his clothes and shamed himself, and recommended it to be buried with thorns and soil. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Dynasty 29
To sum up, I think Yao Cang was never really loyal to the Former Qin Empire, and he always wanted to rebel. Since Yao Cang had such an idea, all his actions must have a clear guiding goal. That is: how to successfully rebel.
When we stand on the position of Yao Cang's decision to rebel, and then look at Yao Cang's proposal, we can easily find the problems.
At this time, the Former Qin Empire was in turmoil, and the northwest region was also in chaos. When Murong Hong rebelled, as long as he was driven to the Hebei region, it would inevitably aggravate the erosion of the war situation in Hebei, which was not good news for the Former Qin Empire.
After Murong Hong rebelled but left the northwest unscathed, it was bound to expose the weak nature of the Former Qin Empire. At that time, there will definitely be people who will compete to imitate Murong Hong and continue to rebel.
The approach is to kill a hundred people, and maybe this is indeed a good way to solve the problem. But Yao Cang was hoping in his heart that the Former Qin Empire would collapse quickly, so he would definitely not support Yuan's opinion.
If Yao Chang needed Yao Cang's help in the battle, Yao Cang would definitely not be able to work hard and sit back and watch Yao Rui fail.
How does Jian Jian think of Yao Cang? I reckon he also suspected Yao Cang's uneasiness and kindness. When Jian Jian heard that Murong Hong had failed to annihilate murong Hong, he immediately killed two of Yao Cang's emissaries, and Yao Cang also rebelled. Based on this information, many people believe that Gong Jian forced Yao Cang, but the real situation is obviously not the case.
Commander Shi Zhao of the Dragon Dragon Commandery apologized for his sins, became angry, and killed him. —— Book of Jin, vol. 16, Book 16
Many people say that Murong Chui was a woman's benevolence, which directly led to the erosion of the Hebei region, and the Later Yan Empire was established.
Many people say that The killing of Yao Cang's emissaries by Gong Jian was too harsh, which directly led to Yao Cang's rebellion, and Gong Jian died as a result, and the Former Qin Empire was destroyed.
Both of these statements are typical of "reversing history by results", and as long as a person fails, everything he does will be stigmatized.
As long as the division of the Former Qin Empire was inevitable, Yao Cang's rebellion was inevitable. In this context, no matter how Yao Jian treated Yao Cang, Yao Cang could not be grateful to Yao Jian. Looking at the erosion of the northwestern region, hebei region, and central plains, it was by no means caused by Murong Jian's indulgence or suppression of Yao Cang.
Before dying, Jian Jian personally killed his two daughters. He would rather kill his own daughter than be insulted by Yao Cang. This kind of action reminds me of the Chongzhen Emperor in the future, if it were not for the extreme helplessness and despair, it would be difficult to make such a move.
Jian Zi thought that in his ordinary life, he met Cang You'en, and you were indignant, and scolded Cang for death, saying to Lady Zhang: "How can you make Qiang slaves insult wu'er?" "Kill the treasure and the brocade first." - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji XXVIII
After killing his two daughters, Jian Jian was also strangled to death by Yao Cang's men. After his death, Yao Cang concealed The name of Gong Jian and only called him "The Magnificent Heavenly King", and the first emperor Xiong Jian ended the curtain.
Theoretically, although Jian Jian died, Former Qin still did not perish, because Gong Pi was still alive. When he arrived in Jinyang, he received news of the death of his father Jian Jian, so Hepi succeeded to the throne in Jinyang and became the new ruler of Former Qin.
But this Former Qin had degenerated from the previous unified Northern Empire into an insignificant local government.
To the west of this Former Qin was the Later Qin founded by Yao Cang and the Western Yan founded by Murong Chong, and to the east was the Later Yan established by Murong Chui. Former Qin was caught in the middle, not to mention competing with Murong Chui and Yao Cang, that is, trying to compete with the Western Yan who had a coup d'état, and they all seemed incompetent.
A year later, Hepi was defeated by Murong Yong of Western Yan and eventually died at the hands of the Eastern Jin general Feng Cai. He succeeded Him as the new ruler of Former Qin.
And the defeat of Yong, fearing to be killed by The Emperor, led thousands of horses to the East Wall. The Jin General Feng Should Attack from Shaanxi, defeated him, and beheaded Him. —— Book of Jin, vol. 15, Zaiji 15
A few years later, The Former Qin Empire, which had unified the north, disappeared in defeat and was eventually killed by his son Gong Chong.