Four hundred years of turmoil: Rouran's internal strife Feng Bao's diplomacy broke through, and the Northern Wei Dynasty's focus on internal affairs remained steady

This article is the 279th in a long series of articles, Four Hundred Years of Turmoil

In May of the tenth year of Yixi (414 AD), Chu Kuang, a hejian man, said to Feng Baojin: "Your Majesty is in Liao and Jie as emperor, but the old relatives and friends of his hometown are waiting in his hometown, waiting for His Majesty to come to the rescue, please allow your subjects to go and greet them." The intention was to persuade Feng Bao to expand south.

Feng Bao was a native of Xindu County, Changle County, located in Jizhou in the Northern Wei Dynasty, separated by Youzhou. Feng Bao was puzzled: "The distance between the two places is thousands of miles, and the Wei Kingdom is separated in the middle, how can we go forward?" ”

Chu Kuang said, "Zhangwu County is close to the sea, and it will not be too difficult to pass by boat and pass through Linyu in western Liaoning." "It is recommended to take Zhangwu County first, and then go south to Changle County."

In the end, Feng Bao approved Chu Kuang's plan, making him a guerrilla general and Zhongshu waiter, and handing him a generous fee.

Soon, Chu Kuang and Feng Bao's cousin Feng Mai and cousin Feng Yan did bring back more than 5,000 residents from Changle. This move greatly caused Northern Yan to grow a face, and Tuoba Si, who was kind in nature, did not take any action.

Subsequently, the Khitan and Kumoxi tribes also surrendered to Northern Yan, and Feng Bao made their leader the King of Guishan. Feng Bao's younger brother Feng Pi was hiding from the war in Goguryeo, and Feng Bao recalled him and made him a servant and the Duke of Changshan.

The Zhongxing meteorology of Northern Yan made The Rouran Khan Yu jiu lu Hulu firmly believe in the idea of allying with Feng Bao, and wanted to marry his daughter to Feng Bao. At this moment, his nephew Yu Jiulu really came out to make trouble.

Yu Jiulu Buluzhen said to Yu Jiu lu, "It is inevitable that a young girl will marry another country, and it is inevitable that she will be sad and missed, and it is best to let the daughter of the minister Shu Li and others as concubines for the dowry." ”

Yu Jiu lu lu lu law did not allow it, but Yu Jiu Lu Bu Lu Zhen said to Shu Li and others: "Yu Jiu Lu Huo law plans to let your daughter be a concubine for dowry and marry far away to another country." ”

Shu Li was very frightened, and joined forces with Yu Jiulu Tolu Luzhen to send warriors to hide behind Yu Jiulu's tent at night, and took advantage of his inattention to control Yu Jiulu's law and send him and his daughter to Northern Yan together. Then, Shu Li embraced Yu Jiu Lu Bu Lu as a khan and became the prime minister himself.

Originally, he wanted to marry his daughter, but as a result, he married himself together, and Yu Jiulu really wanted to cry without tears. And when he married his daughter together, Yu Jiulu Bulu zhen was also quickly ousted from power.

At the beginning, Yujiu Lu Shelun moved the Gaoche tribe away, and the Gaoche people Ling Luohou became his guide, and Yujiu Lu Shelun thanked him for his merits and regarded him as the adult of the Gaoche tribe.

After Yu Jiulu Bulu Zhen succeeded to the throne, he acted recklessly, and even went to the family of Yu Jiu Lu Shelun and the son of Yu Jiu Lu Shelun to rape The young wife of Lu Lu Hou, who took the opportunity to report to Yu Jiu Lu Lu Lu Lu Zhen: "Ling Luo Hou intends to support Yu Jiu Lu Da Tan as a khan. ”

Yu Jiulu Da Tan was the son of Yu Jiu Lu Shelun's uncle Yu Jiu Lu Shu Hun, who commanded other tribes to guard the western border and was always deeply supported by the people.

Yu Jiulu took What Luohou's wife said to him, and immediately launched an army to surround the Lingluohou tribe, and Lingluohou was forced to commit suicide. Then, he led his troops to attack Yu Jiulu Da Tan.

Yu Jiu Lu Da Tan is not a soft persimmon, facing the head-on attack, defeating Yu Jiu Lu Bu Lu Zhen, grabbing him and Yu Jiu Lu She, and then establishing himself as a khan, is for Mu Khan to ascend to cover the Khan.

The ridiculous young wife of Luo Hou not only harmed her husband, but even her adulterer.

After Yu Jiulu arrived at Helong with a grudge, Feng Bao made him the Marquis of Shanggu and asked him to settle in Liaodong, treating him with courtesy and taking his daughter as Zhaoyi.

However, Yu Jiulu was never in his heart, and asked for permission to return to China, Feng Bao said: "You have left your country thousands of miles away, and there is no internal response in the country, if you send you with a large army, it is really difficult for me to supply military food and materials, and the number of troops is too small and not enough to win, how can you go back?" ”

Yu Jiulu insisted on pleading: "Don't bother with the large troops, just give me three hundred cavalry and send me to Shule, and the people of our country will surely come to greet me with joy." ”

Therefore, Feng Bao sent Shan Yu to lead three hundred cavalry to escort Yu Jiulu to return to China.

Unexpectedly, the great screenwriter of history did not follow the routine at all, and did not arrange any drama of the return of the king. When he walked to the Black Mountain, Wan Ling suffered from the labor and exhaustion of the long journey, and killed Yu Jiulu.

Soon, Yu Jiulu sent envoys to Northern Yan with 3,000 horses and 10,000 sheep, and asked for repairs, but Feng Bao did not refuse.

After that, although Northern Yan and Rouran had mustard, in the end, because of the common enemy of Northern Wei, not only did not tear their faces, but also supported each other at the critical moment.

On the first day of August, Tuoba Si actively launched a diplomatic offensive and sent Hou Wusun of Mayi to send an envoy to Later Qin. On August 14, he also sent the Gurudwara Yu Shimen to send an envoy to Northern Yan, and YueLi Yan sent an envoy to Rouran.

After Yu Shimen arrived at Helong, he refused to go in to see Feng Bao, declaring: "The Emperor of the Great Wei State has an edict, and I must come out and receive the edict before I dare to enter." ”

Feng Bao was annoyed and sent someone to lead him in. Yu Shimen saw that Feng Bao refused to kneel down to pay homage to him, and Feng Bao had him hold on to his neck and force him to give the salute.

Yu Shimen said unashamedly, "King Feng came first to pay homage to the edict, and I will salute you with the courtesy of the guest and the lord, so why bother with such persecution?" Feng Bao was furious and detained Shimen.

After that, Yu Shimen insulted Feng Bao several times in public. Feng Bao's attendants begged to kill him, and Feng Bao said, "He is only loyal to his master." ”

Therefore, Feng Bao put Shimen under house arrest and planned to surrender him, but Yu Shimen never gave in.

After a long time, Yu Shimen's clothes and hats were completely worn, lice and lice were everywhere, and Feng Bao gave him new clothes and hats, but Yu Shimen did not accept them.

However, although Yu Shimen was detained, Feng Bao was still a little panicked in his heart, in case he angered Northern Wei, he would not be able to pay for it. To this end, he also launched a diplomatic offensive.

The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, and Feng Bao actually thought of uniting with the Xia Kingdom and sent emissaries to the Xia Kingdom to contact Helian Bobo. Helian Bobo and Northern Wei were sworn enemies, and immediately made a deal with Feng Bao, and immediately sent Yushi Zhongzhong to Northern Yan to sign a covenant.

In this way, the situation becomes interesting, the Northern Wei is the strongest, but it is an enemy on three sides. Northern Yan was the weakest, but successfully turned Northern Wei's enemies into friends, making Northern Wei jealous.

Although the situation seemed unfavorable to the Northern Wei, Tuoba Si was calm and still focused on internal affairs.

On November 27, Tuoba Si sent emissaries to the prefectures to inspect and check the property of Shouzai and other magistrates, and everything that was not brought out of the house was recorded as stolen goods.

On the first day of December, Yu Jiulu, who had just ascended to the throne, invaded northern Wei and wanted to establish his power.

On December 11, Tuoba Si personally led an army to meet the attack, Yu Jiulu da Tan fell into the wilderness and fled, Tuoba Si sent Xi Jin and others to pursue, the road encountered heavy snow, the soldiers froze to death and froze off their fingers, there were two or three out of ten.

Although this provocation failed to achieve actual results, it objectively consumed the Northern Wei.

In this year, Cui Hao began to explain the I Ching and the Book of Shang to Tuoba Si, and Tuoba Si asked him for knowledge of astronomy and magic numbers, and most of the results of Cui Hao's divination were fulfilled.

From then on, Cui Hao was deeply favored by Tuoba Si, and asked him about all major military affairs.

All in all, the four northern countries can each be described in one word, the Northern Wei is steady, soft and aggressive, the Xia kingdom is persistent, and the Northern Yan is wise, but in the end, whose hand the deer dies depends on hard power.