Chapter 3 is a mouthful

In 296 A.D., Empress Jia had been in power for more than five years, and the domestic political situation was still stable under the careful assistance of ministers Zhang Hua and Jiang Tong, but the border passes in the northwest were not ideal due to the gathering of Hu and Han people.

In June of the same year, Hao Duyuan, the small chief of the Xiongnu, instigated national sentiment and led the local Malanqiang people and Lu Shuihu people to rebel against the imperial court, killing Zhang Wei, the Taishou of the Northland, and defeating Ouyang Jian, the Taishou of Feng Yi.

In August, the civil uprising intensified, Yongzhou assassinated the history of the Xie system was defeated by Hao Duyuan, Qinzhou and Yongzhou area of the Di chieftain Qi Wannian took the opportunity of the defeat of the officers and soldiers, instigated the nation, contradictions, the local Di people, Qiang people have taken up arms, storming the government, just a few days, gathered tens of thousands of people, Qi Wannian took the opportunity to establish himself as the emperor, and led the army to surround Jingyang (now northwest of Pingliang, Gansu), deterrence Guanzhong.

In November, the news reached Luoyang, and Empress Jia issued an edict ordering Sima Wei, the king of Liang, and the general Zhou to lead troops to attack Qi Wannian. Qi Wannian learned that Zhou was coming to crusade, and said: "Zhou can be civil and martial. If he had come alone, he would have been unstoppable, and if he had been subdued, I would have been able to defeat him this time. ”

In the first month of 297, Qi Wannian was stationed in Liangshan (now northwest of Qianxian County, Shaanxi), with more than 70,000 troops. Sima Wei, the king of Liang, ordered Zhou to lead 5,000 soldiers to attack. Zhou said: "There are many thieves, and we are in a hurry, so we should carefully survey the terrain and then study the strategy of the thief." ”

Sima Wei thought that he despised him, so he ordered him to send troops and lead the army to the rear of the palace. Zhou led his army to fight against Qi Wannian at Liumo (now east of Qianxian County, Shaanxi).

Early in the morning, the soldiers around the area had not eaten breakfast, Sima Wei hated the place, so he urged the area to lead the troops to attack, the battle was fought from morning to night, the battle was very tragic, both sides suffered heavy casualties. However, Sima Wei actually wanted to kill Zhou, cowered in battle, and did not lead the troops to reinforcements, but the army in Zhou was finally defeated by Qi Wannian's army because of the broken bow and arrows, and there was no rescue.

At this time, Sima Lun, the king of Zhao who guarded the pass, rewarded and punished unfairly, and his subordinate soldiers and horses were repeatedly defeated by Qi Wannian, who was defeated by the remnants of the army. When the news reached Luoyang, the government and the opposition were shocked, and Empress Jia hurriedly summoned her ministers to discuss countermeasures.

In 298 AD, in the palace hall of Luoyang City. Emperor Sima Zhen sat facing south, his eyes were confused. The ministers stood on both sides and bowed their heads silently, and after a while, the maids surrounded Queen Jia and came to the main hall, sitting on the left side of the emperor, the queen looked around at the ministers, and suddenly asked: "Where is the minister Wang Yan?" ”

The ministers looked at each other, not knowing what to say. At this time, Zhang Hua, the auxiliary minister, came out and said: "Wang Yan, this person, talks about metaphysics, inconsistencies, full of loopholes, others question, he doesn't care, he doesn't think about it, he changes it casually, if he has a yellow in his mouth, when this national disaster is in times, he doesn't come." ”

The queen teased: "Don't talk about Wang Yan, but ask Zhongqing, the anti-thief Qi Wannian." Tens of thousands of people have been gathered, and the soldiers are pointing directly at Chang'an, what can they do? ”

Minister Jiang Tongjin said: "Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the Hu people have moved to the Central Plains internally, lived together with our people, and have multiplied so far, with a population of millions, however, they do not practice etiquette, behave barbly, do not obey the law, and gather people to rebel several times. When Emperor Wu of my dynasty was in, there were Xianbei bald hair tree function and other generations, committed rebellion, it took nine years to pacify, with the humble opinion of the micro-ministers, it is better to move the Hu people in the internal relocation of the customs out of the Guan, those who do not move, send troops to crusade, Hu can be peaceful, and Weichen made a migration of Rong to the emperor and queen to decide. ”

Zhang Hua was shocked when he heard this, and said: "Jiang Tong's words, Duan is not feasible, and Hu people enter the customs." It has been more than 100 years, and the customs and habits have been close to our people, especially Di and Qiang. During the Qin and Han dynasties, slash-and-burn cultivation was already underway. Only costumes, weddings, funerals and other customs are still different. What's more, now the outside of the gate is occupied by Rouran, the Hu people in the Guan, the population is millions, and the forced migration will inevitably cause greater turmoil, endangering the country, the Hu people are my Yan and Huang descendants, and the Bai Ding family is still dedicated to helping the brothers and sisters in distress, not to mention the state of my brothers in the Heavenly Empire? Now it is imperative to send powerful generals again to crusade against the Hu who is not subordinate, and to exterminate them all. ”

The courtier Chen Zhun said: "What Lord Zhang said is very true, the minister knows that the general Meng Guan is proficient in the art of war, sympathetic to the soldiers, and can lead the troops to quell the rebellion, and Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, does his best, and can replace the king of Zhao to guard the pass, and Qi can be destroyed in ten thousand years." ”

Queen Jia Dayue, played with Zhang Hua and Chen Zhun.

When he was about to retreat from the palace, he saw a person outside the hall hurriedly running towards the main hall, Queen Jia fixed her eyes and saw that this person was Wang Yan, and when Wang Yan entered the hall, Queen Jia opened her eyes angrily and said: "Why is Aiqing so embarrassed, and she abandons the etiquette of the court?" ”

Wang Yan hurriedly knelt down and replied: "The criminal minister was about to enter the palace from the east gate of the imperial city in a car early this morning, and saw a Hu man and a child, leaning his back against the east gate, shouting for horses. The voice is abnormal, there is the spirit of a chaotic minister and a thief, and the minister thinks that this Hu child will be a strong enemy of our dynasty in the future, and he will go to search for it as soon as possible. As a result, there were many people with mixed eyes and told him to get away, so the guilty minister came late and asked the emperor and queen to forgive him. ”

As soon as the words fell, the ministers were skeptical. Empress Jia also shook her head helplessly, waved her hand, and the ministers dispersed.

At the end of the same year, Meng Guan and Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, led Sergeant Guan to fight against Qi Wannian. Meng Guan must come to the battle array in person in every battle, his face is not afraid, he takes the lead, and the Qi Wannian army has fought more than a dozen times, and won all the victories, and Qi Wannian is gradually weak.

In the first month of 299, Meng Guan led his troops to a decisive battle with Qi Wannian's army in Zhongting (now Wugong West, Shaanxi), won a great victory, and captured and killed the bandit leader Qi Wannian.

However, although the rebellion of Qi Wannian was put down, during the four years of war, the land in Guanzhong was barren and the people of Guanlong were displaced. In early summer, there was a major drought in the Guanzhong area, and the people of all ethnic groups in the Guanlong area, which had been devastated by the war, were even worse and had no livelihood.

However, at this time, a huge political turmoil was brewing in the imperial court.

If you know what happened in the imperial court? Let's see the next chapter.