In Chinese history, the first to enter the Central Plains as an ethnic minority and establish a solid hereditary dynasty was the Northern Wei Empire. From the beginning of the Northern Wei Dynasty to the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, these 200 years of northern dynasties were summarized as the "Northern Dynasty".
Zi Yu looked for the Northern Wei lineage table in the headlines a few days ago, but did not find a useful one, so he made one on a whim, and this time, he found some interesting phenomena.
In the eyes of most people, except for Emperor Xiaowen's relocation of the capital, the fame of the Northern Dynasty was not high, and even the founder of The Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Jue, and the terminator of the Northern Dynasty, Yang Jian, did not seem to be famous. However, from the genealogical table of the various generations of the Northern Dynasty, ZiYu found that the Northern Dynasty in the past 200 years had created a bloody miracle.
The founder of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Xianbei Tuoba tribe, was probably from a branch of the Eastern Hu. Dong Hu is the tribe that was sent by the Xiongnu Mo dun to a beautiful woman, the BMW was not satisfied, and finally asked for land from Mo Dun and was killed.
Tuoba Bu, a genealogical table before the establishment of the Northern Wei Dynasty
During the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu were completely defeated by the two Han governments, and the vast desert north left a power vacuum. Xianbei took the opportunity to move west and gradually became the master of the place. After the fall of the Wei and Jin dynasties, the Central Plains were in chaos, and some tribes in Xianbei successively entered the Central Plains, and Murong Fu's ancestors who were bent on restoring Yan in the Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon were one of them, in addition to the Northern and Southern Yans established by Murong Shi, the Western Qin Qifu tribe also belonged to the Xianbei tribe.
None of them had achieved such a high level of achievement as the Tuoba Bu, who had only entered the Central Plains in a big way later.
Although Tuoba Bu did not establish a dynasty until the Pre-Qin period, the Northern Wei imperial family traced its ancestors back to itself very long, and compiled a very beautiful legend for itself.
Tuoba Shiyi's daiguo was destroyed by Former Qin. After the fall of Former Qin, Tuoba Shiyijian's grandson Tuoba Jue restored the kingdom to Niuchuan, and soon changed the name of the country to Wei, which was for Northern Wei. After Tuoba Jue's arduous conquests, and successively fighting with Murong Chui and other tyrants of Later Yan, Northern Wei stood firmly in the northern part of China.
Tuoba Jue's son Tuoba Si (拓跋嗣) and Emperor Liu Yu of the Song Dynasty fought many times without falling behind. Tuoba Tao, the son of Tuoba Si, even beat the Song Emperor Liu Yilong and Hu Xiahelian to the fallen flowers and flowing water, and was honored as Emperor Taiwu. From then on, the Northern Wei Dynasty stood side by side with the Southern Dynasty, and became the beginning of the Northern Dynasty.
Northern Wei Lineage Table
In line with the Great Martial Arts of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the high risk of death of the Emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty was matched. It is said that Tuoba Jue established a cruel rule, the death of the mother (in fact, there is not much evidence for the universal legitimacy of this rule), and the lack of maternal care in the complicated court struggle seems to have led to the general short life of the Northern Wei emperors. Corresponding to this is the mental disorder of the Northern Wei emperors in their later years, which led to the serious cannibalism of the Northern Wei imperial family. Among the first three emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Tuoba Jue and Tuoba Tao both died in assassination. This seems to be a curse of the royal family. There were 15 emperors in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but 11 died, which is a phenomenon evident in any dynasty, but the Northern Wei people's shock does not stop there.
There was also a very famous event in the Northern Wei Dynasty, that is, the reform of Emperor Xiaowen. The embodiment in the genealogy table is that before the Sinicization reform, the emperors were all surnamed Tuoba, and after the reform, the emperors were surnamed Yuan.
Emperor Xiaowen's reform was an important sign of Sinicization, but what the history books do not tell you is that Emperor Xiaowen's reform actually accelerated the demise of northern Wei.
Among them, the reasons are more complicated, simply put, Emperor Xiaowen's reform led to the dissatisfaction of some people, so they launched the Six Towns Uprising; Emperor Xiaowen's reform also led to the expansion of the power of some people and the avoidance of death, such as the imperial princes of Northern Wei and Empress Hu, and then the first woman of Northern Wei to become empress dowager as the emperor's biological mother, but made the Northern Wei court a miasma and gave Erzhu Rong the opportunity to take advantage.
As a result, in the revolt of the lower echelons of the empire and the corruption and infighting of the upper echelons, the first minority regime that entered the Central Plains had already existed in name only.
In the bloody water of the uprising's killing spree and the change of Heyin, the Northern Wei Empire collapsed, but the ambitious Erzhu Rong did not see all this. Instead, Yuwen Tai and Gao Huan gained the leadership of the regime, and in order to leave a buffer time for themselves who were not yet strong enough to be called emperors, yuwen and Gao both invariably put emperor Xiaowen's descendants on the throne, and then named their regime "Wei".
In order to distinguish them, historians named the Gao Huan regime, which was fixed in Yecheng, eastern Wei, and Yuwen tai, whose capital was in Chang'an, as Western Wei.
Eastern Wei lineage table
Lineage table of the Western Wei Dynasty
From the genealogical table of the Eastern and Western Wei Dynasties, we can see that these emperors are rarely known. This also shows that they are not important, they are a visible hand, but more importantly, the invisible foot behind them - Yuwen and Gao.
This also doomed their fate, there were a total of 4 emperors in the Eastern and Western Wei, and 3 of them died. The only lucky one was Emperor Yuan Baoju of Western Wei, and he was able to escape the butcher's knife because he fell ill and died when Yuwen Tai felt that it was not time to claim the title of emperor.
In this way, Tuoba (Yuan) Wei had a total of 19 emperors, but only 5 were able to escape the fate of being slaughtered, and most of them died of illness before the age of 40.
The ancestors of the Tuoba clan struggled desperately for more than ten generations, and finally it was their turn to dominate the Central Plains, but they did not expect that the fate of the descendants of the Tuoba clan was so tragic, I don't know if they know it, will they regret it?
However, history has not yet had time to lament their tragedy, and future generations are about to begin to repeat their tragedy.
Erzhu Rong personally destroyed the last bit of power foundation of Northern Wei, but he could not wait for the Northern Wei to fall and fill the power vacuum left by Northern Wei. Similarly, Yuwen Tai and Gao Huan, the actual controllers of Eastern and Western Wei, fought all their lives, and did not wait for the day when Eastern and Western Wei died and ascended the throne as emperor.
Not only that, but the fat meat that looks like it is on the lips, when you really want to eat it, you have paid an extraordinary price.
Let's start with Eastern Wei and Northern Qi. Originally, Gao Huan was firmly in charge of the power of Eastern Wei, but Yuan Shan saw that he was powerless to return to heaven, so he waited to defeat Western Wei and ascend to the throne. Then, Gao Huan fell ill and died.
Of course, this is also fine, the eldest son of the reigning Gao Huan, Gao Cheng, only needs to complete the process of Zen Dynasty's ascension to the throne. However, Gao Cheng himself did not expect that there was actually a mistake in the middle, and he also took his own life.
Because the matter of the Zen Dynasty was secret after all, Gao Cheng did not want more people to know, so he plotted with his cronies in the secret room. However, due to the weakening of the defensive force, Gao Cheng's cook seized the opportunity and assassinated Gao Cheng.
Eastern Wei suddenly left a power vacuum. A group of people were in a hurry, and the Yuan royal family was eager to move.
Fortunately, Gao Huan's second son, Gao Yang, returned to Yecheng in time to fill this power vacuum. Gao Yang finally succeeded in ascending to the throne. Wouldn't that be nice?
Northern Qi lineage table
Not. After Gao Yang ascended to the throne, he found that his brothers were powerful one by one, and he still sat firmly on the throne, but after his death, his son might not be able to.
Therefore, 34-year-old Gao Yang was in a hospital bed, and he weakly told his brother Gao Yan that if you wanted the throne, you should take it and leave my son Gao Yin's life.
I will take the throne, and your son will be killed." Gao Yan's actions proved his idea. However, Gao Yan, who ascended to the throne, faced the same problem as Gao Yang.
In order to save the lives of his sons, Gao Yan decided to pass the throne directly to his half-brother Gao Zhan, instead of his own crown prince Gao Bainian. Of course, according to the consistent style of the Gao family, Gao Bainian is still dead,
The four brothers Gao Cheng, Gao Yang, Gao Yan and Gao Zhan not only had the same father, but also the same mother, Empress Lou. In the process of the four brothers' ascension to the throne, they can all see the shadow of Empress Lou, and I don't know what this old lady thinks, probably he just wants each of his sons to be emperors.
Therefore, when he arrived at Gao Zhan, he could finally pass the throne to his son Gao Wei without considering the power of his brothers. However, what he did not expect was that his son Gao Wei and grandson Gao Heng both died because of this.
That is to say, the three brothers of the Northern Qi Gao clan and Gao Yang died of illness, but if you count Gao Xiang, who was finally given up by Zen, 4 emperors died. If you don't count, half of the Northern Qi emperors also died.
Of course, their father and son did not die of infighting, but under the butcher's knife of neighboring Northern Zhou, the Western Wei that had been suppressed and beaten by his father and ancestors evolved into a regime.
Northern Zhou, born from Western Wei, the Yuwen clan not only accomplished its goal of making northern Qi stronger and suppressing northern Qi, but also completely destroyed northern Qi in the era of Northern Zhou's emperor Yuwen Yong (Yuwen Tai's third son). However, this did not mean that the emperors of the Northern Zhou Dynasty were too proud.
Although, on the issue of the Zen Dynasty, the Yuan imperial family had no room for resistance at all, the Yuwen family had a famous "emperor terminator" in history - Yuwen Hu.
When Yuwen Tai died, the sons were young and entrusted political affairs to their nephew Yuwen Hu. In 556, Yuwen Hu changed the name of the state to Zhou, and Yuwen Tai's eldest son Yuwen Jue became emperor, killing the Western Wei emperor Tuoba Kuo (元廓). Then, Yuwen Hu killed Him, and within a few years, Yuwen Hu killed Emperor Xiaomin Yuwen Yu and Emperor Ming Yuwen Yu.
Yuwen Tai's fourth son, Yuwen Yong, finally killed Yuwen Hu and secured his throne, but he fell ill and died shortly after the destruction of Northern Qi. Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty was wise and divine, but he was almost the only emperor of the Yuwen family who had a sense of existence.
Yuwen Yun, the son of Yuwen Yong, did not reign for a long time, but he was tossed a lot. First he made 5 empresses, and then he promoted himself to the position of Emperor Taishang. In 580, before the age of 22, Yuwen Yun, who had been emperor for less than 3 years (counting the reign of Emperor Taishang), died in the midst of the sound and color of dogs and horses.
Of course, compared with his son, Yuwen Yun was still lucky. Because his son Yuwen Yan was usurped by his maternal grandfather Yang Jian, he died the following year unknown.
Therefore, in addition to Yuwen Yong's father and son, all of northern Zhou also died of death.
And then? Then the Northern Dynasty disappeared, and the time came to the famous Sui and Tang dynasties.
This is the case with the Northern Dynasty Lineage Table.
From the establishment of the Northern Wei Dynasty in 386, it was almost 200 years to 580. In the past 200 years, there were about 31 emperors in the Northern Dynasty, but 20 people died of non-deaths, accounting for 60% of the abnormal mortality rate. If you count Tuoba (Yuan) Wei alone, up to 14 of the 19 emperors died of non-mortality, and the abnormal mortality rate was as high as 73%.
This era, which gave birth to the prosperity of the Sui and Tang dynasties, created a bloody miracle with the blood of the emperors.
The ancients cloud, rather for the Taiping dog, do not do chaos in the world! If the ancestors of the Tuoba clan had seen it, they would not have sighed a word, "I would rather be a Peaceful Dog than a Chaotic Emperor!" ”
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