After Wang Mi's death, Liu Yu became the new consul as he wished, but he was not happy as a consul.
Locally, Liu Yu lost control of Yanzhou and Qingzhou; from the central level, Liu Yi gained the power to open the capital, threatening Liu Yu's position at all times.
In this situation, If Liu Yu wants to break the situation, he can only rely on the means of war. Coincidentally, the Southern Yan Emperor Murong Chao actually led an army to invade the Eastern Jin Dynasty at this time.
Regarding Murong Chao's motives for invading the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the history books record a story: a year ago, Murong Chao sent one hundred and twenty Taile maidens to Later Qin, but now Murong Chao had some regrets.
Because Murong Chao was holding a banquet at this time, he found that there were few musicians and incomplete dancers in his palace. Of course, the one hundred and twenty Taile maids who were given to Later Qin were embarrassed to return, so Murong Chao invaded the Eastern Jin Dynasty, intending to plunder some of the Taile maids of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and return.
The Lord of Southern Yan sent Zuo Shu to shoot Zhang Hua and give Shou Zhengyuan a hundred and twenty Taile tricks to Qin, and the King of Qin was also a super mother's wife, and sent him with generous gifts, and chao's six palaces greeted Ma Erguan. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 36
Spring, the first month, Gengyin Shuo, the Lord of southern Yan, the chao dynasty, sighed that Taile was not prepared, and discussed plundering the Jin people to make up for the trick. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 37
Liu Yuzheng was worried that there was no chance to break the situation, and Murong Chao sent such a good opportunity, Liu Yu immediately decided to make a decision on the Northern Expedition. After a series of wars, Liu Yu destroyed Southern Yan.
In my opinion: this story has no credibility for two reasons:
First, The Southern Yan was weak and did not dare to take the initiative to provoke the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Although southern Yan was also a country, the area it occupied was at best equivalent to a state in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. In the face of powerful countries, small countries can usually only live with trembling, and will never lose their hearts to challenge strong countries.
Second, Southern Yan had almost no allies.
If there is a strong ally to support, small countries also dare to take the initiative to provoke big countries. Judging from the course of the war, Later Qin did send an army to help Southern Yan, but it quickly withdrew, because Later Qin was not stable internally. In addition, no other force dared to rescue Nan yan.
What is the historical truth? We have no way of knowing. But one thing I'm sure is that this account is just a kind of political propaganda, and it must be one hundred and eighteen thousand miles away from the truth.
Let me give you a simple example and you will understand.
After the Battle of Guandu, Yuan Shao died, and Yuan was eventually defeated by Cao Cao. Therefore, the Battle of Guandu that we know from the history books is almost uncontroversial, Yuan Shao looks like a fool no matter how he looks at it, and Cao Cao is the lord of the wise and divine martial arts no matter how he looks.
After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao did not die despite his defeat, and Liu Bei and Sun Quan failed to destroy Cao Cao. Therefore, the Battle of Chibi that we know from the history books is simply a Rashomon.
In the Battle of Chibi, when did the Cao army break out of the plague? Was the Cao army under fire? No one can give an uncontroversial answer to these two questions, because the records of the three families of Cao Liu Sun are different, who should we believe?
Returning to the southern Yan invasion of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, what was the cause of the invasion? I do not know. But I'm sure the cause of the invasion was never what the history books write. That kind of writing, except for wantonly defaming the Southern Yan emperor Murong Chao, had no research value.
It's just a pity that Southern Yan was wiped out, and we can't see Nan Yan's defense. Just as the Yuan clan was destroyed, we don't see their defense of the Battle of Guandu.
Many people say: Murong Chao is a dimwitted monarch who cannot distinguish between interests and stakes. This kind of statement is inevitably too small to look at Murong Chao. As long as we carefully analyze murong Chao's background in ascending to the throne, we will naturally have a basic understanding of him.
Murong Chao was nominally a nephew of the Southern Yan emperor Murong De, but in fact the relationship between the two sides was not too deep, because Murong Chao had been living in Later Qin as a commoner until a few months before Murong De's death.
Murong Chao's practice was ridiculed by others, and Murong Fa of the imperial family said very dismissively: "When I heard about the Western Han Dynasty, even the people who divination and fortune-telling dared to pretend to be princes. ”
Fa Yue: "In the past, there were people who falsely called prince Wei, and now An Zhi is not such a person!" "Disrespectful. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 36
Murong Chao became the emperor of Southern Yan for two main reasons:
Murong Chao was Murong De's only nephew, and Murong De's sons had all died.
Although the time of contact between the uncles and nephews was short, Murong De was very fond of this nephew of Murong Chao. Because Murong Chao was a person with extremely high emotional intelligence, under his service, Murong De's mood was always very happy. Murong Chao was also humble outside the palace, and both inside and outside the court praised Murong Chao.
If you go out, you serve to the fullest, and when you go out, you lean over to the corporal, and you will return to it with great internal and external reputation. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 36
Second, all the powerful factions in the court wanted to support a weak emperor.
In addition to Murong Chao's closeness to Murong De in blood, he really lacked a solid foundation in Southern Yan. Therefore, before Murong De's death, Empress Duan almost shouted in her throat: "Let Murong Chao succeed to the throne?" After receiving a positive reply, Murong Chao eventually became crown prince.
It was night, and it was too late to speak. Duan Hou shouted, "This summons Zhongshu as an edict to stand up for chao, can it be?" "Bide opened his eyes. Nai Li Chao was made crown prince, amnesty, and prepared for the pawn. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 36
However, these two reasons could only ensure Murong Chao's smooth succession to the throne, but could not prevent Murong Chao from becoming a puppet. Most of the emperors of the two Jin dynasties, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, were very depressed, either puppets or idiots, and it was common to be deposed and killed.
Murong Chao had only lived in Southern Yan for a few months, and it was impossible for him to have any decent power. However, after Murong Chao succeeded to the throne, he was bent on centralizing power and wantonly promoted a small person from a humble background (Gongsun Fifth Floor).
In the face of Murong Chao's practice, all the major powerful factions in Southern Yan were shocked. Is this little emperor looking for death?
Murong Chao's practice not only failed to shock the major powerful factions in Southern Yan, but also angered them all. In this context, Feng Fu, a major minister of Southern Yan, stepped forward and advised Murong Chao to know how to respect the major power factions and not to promote those small people with humble origins all day long.
In the face of Feng Fu's persuasion, Murong Chao remained indifferent and continued to do his own thing to centralize power. In this context, the major factions of Southern Yan planned to give Murong Chao a little color to see.
Feng Fu admonished: "Subjects are not outside, and they are not inside." Zhong, the patriarch of the country, the sheji relies on; Hong, the foreign relatives Yi Wang, the people have a vision; it is time to participate in the hundred wings, not to be far away from the town. The clock is waiting for the basket, the fifth floor is assisted, and the courtiers are not safe. "Super not from. Zhong and Hongxin are uneven, and they say: "The skin of the yellow dog, I am afraid that I will eventually make up for the fox Qiuye." - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 36
Still this Feng Fu, he directly and publicly hardened Murong Chao: "I see that you are similar to Jie Yu!" "Jie Lu is recognized as a tyrant and tyrant in imperial politics, and when Feng Fu talks about this, it should be said that he has already seen the poor dagger.
Chao Yu Linxuan asked Fu Yue, "Who was the Lord of Shuo Kefang's previous life?" Right: "桀, 纣." Super angry, Fu Xu stepped out, not to change his appearance. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 36
According to this incident, many people thought that Feng Fu was a loyal subject. Let's take a closer look at Feng Fu's previous remarks: he believes that Murong Chao should reuse the imperial family and foreign relatives, and should not let small people from humble origins enter the palace.
Which disciple is this? This is clearly a representative of vested interest groups!
Many people say that Murong Chao is faint, greedy, and cruel, but the question is: Murong Chao has already offended the major powerful factions, and if he offends the people of the whole country again, then why should he maintain the basis of his rule? Is he the Emperor?
Based on the view of imperial politics, the emperor is naturally omnipotent. But as long as we open the history books and look at the emperors who were killed and deposed, we should understand the fact that if there is only one emperor title, then the emperor is nothing remarkable.
Murong Chao, who was surrounded and blocked by the major powerful factions, did not fall because of this, and a year later, Murong Chao swept out all the powerful factions that dared to resist him.
Chao took murong tong and others from his party and killed him. Sima Buzhen of Zhengnan told the left servant to seal Song Shu and communicate with the Fa, suspected of adultery, and overtook Song's subordinate court lieutenant. The empress dowager was afraid and wept against Chao Yue: "Song Shu sent Huang Men Ling Mu often said Wu Yun: "The emperor was not born of the empress dowager, and I am afraid of the story of Yongkang." My woman is shallow, afraid of the emperor to see the killing, that is, with grammar. The Fa is a conspiracy to see the wrong, and it knows what to say. "Chao Nai Che Crack Song. Xi Zhonglang will seal Rong Ben Wei. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 36
We can compare Liu Yu's destruction of Huan Xuan, with a month's delay in the middle to negotiate with the noble clan; Liu Yu's annihilation of the Huan clan, in the middle of which he suffered a defeated battle, and delayed for half a year to wrestle with the Huan clan.
Miscellaneous and miscellaneous calculations, Liu Yu took a small year to clean up a Huan family. And Murong Chao packed up the major power factions that opposed him, and it was only a year after he was full. This was still based on the contrast between Liu Yu's holding of the Northern Province and Murong Chao's strength in entering Southern Yan alone.
Liu Yu had extremely strong political ability, but based on the above facts, I can be sure of one point: compared with Liu Yu, Murong Chao's political ability is definitely the first in the world, and his wrist is even stronger than Liu Yu's.
In the course of the Eastern Jin Dynasty's Northern Expedition to Southern Yan, Murong Chao fought Against Liu Yu for half a year with only one isolated city.
Many people say that this is Liu Yu's efforts to win the hearts of the people, so he does not rush to besiege. In my opinion, the likelihood of such a claim is extremely low. Because when Liu Yu attacked Guanggu City, he even had the idea of slaughtering the city, which showed that he had long hated Guanggu City with itchy teeth.
Yu Was angry and stubborn for a long time, and wanted to do everything in the pit, and rewarded the soldiers with his wife and daughter. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 37
If Liu Yu deliberately besieged the city in order to win the hearts of the people, how could he react like this after the city was destroyed?
Based on the above facts, I can be sure of one point: Murong Chao not only had good military talent, but also had outstanding personality and charm.
The most dangerous thing about trapping a lonely city is not that the enemy army is strong, but that there are internal changes. In an isolated city where communications are completely cut off, the psychological pressure of the internal defenders must be very great.
If the leader does not have outstanding charisma and superb means of control, who will want to accompany him to the isolated city? That sense of loneliness, that fear of being an enemy of the world, can swallow a person's will at any moment.
Murong Chao was such a monarch with high political skill, outstanding personality, and certain military talent. Such a person, no matter in which dynasty, can be called "renjie", how could he choose to provoke the strong neighbor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty because of several musicians and dancers?
Combined with the identity of this emperor and the way he ascended to the throne, don't you think that he is extremely similar to Emperor Xuan of Han in the Western Han Dynasty? It was just that Emperor Xuan of Han eventually killed Huo Guang and killed Huo Shi, while Murong Chao failed to cross the hurdle of Liu Yu.
If we do not consider the concomitant factors of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, nor do we consider the Han people's obsession with restoring the Central Plains, just looking at the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern Expedition to the Southern Yan, we can directly characterize this war as "aggression."
After Liu Yu captured Guanggu City, he once had the idea of slaughtering the city, and under the advice of Han Fan (a subordinate of Southern Yan), Liu Yu abandoned the plan to slaughter the city. But he still killed more than three thousand people and rewarded his wives and daughters to his subordinates.
Han Fan said: "The Jin Dynasty moved south, the Central Plains were boiling, the soldiers and the people were helpless, and the strong were attached, and as kings and subjects, they must do their best for it." He is dressed in the old clan, the remnants of the first emperor, and now the king and master are hanging and doing their best, so that ann belongs! Those who steal the northwest have no hope of coming back to Su. "Yu changed rong to thank him, but he beheaded three thousand people below the prince, and fell into the family for more than ten thousand people, and destroyed his city. - Zizhi Tongjian, Jin Ji 37
Seeing the above records, do you think of "devils entering the city"?
Judging from the pattern of the world, there was no strong and unified empire in the north at that time. At this time, the Northern Wei Dynasty was still a country with a predominantly nomadic economy, and its main influence was in the relevant areas north of the Great Wall. After the fall of Former Qin, his successor, Later Qin, did not have the ruling power of Former Qin. Inside the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Haomen Clan had retreated in its entirety, and the northern forces could be seen from the central to the local level.
From this point of view, it should be said that the objective conditions for the Northern Expedition of the Eastern Jin Dynasty have been met. As long as there is a consul who is willing to take the lead in the Northern Expedition, the Northern Expedition should not have any twists and turns.
In yesterday's article, I also introduced in detail Liu Yu's plight after becoming a consul, and he desperately needed a war to break the situation. In this context, southern Yan "duly" clashed with the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and then Liu Yu followed the northern expedition.
Border conflicts have always been a matter of public opinion and reason, and who is justified depends on who can win and who will publicize it.
But if we comb through the essence of the event, we can naturally draw a conclusion: the Eastern Jin Dynasty was strong and the Southern Yan was weak.
Nanyan may not be an innocent victim, but as long as we can stand on an objective standpoint, we can naturally understand one thing better: the so-called "Nanyan provoking conflict" is just one-sided word, what is the truth? I believe that you have your own conclusions.