Text: Foolish dreams: Murong Ke assists the government
About Chapter 35 Story Introduction: After the death of Emperor Murong Jun of the Former Yan Empire, Murong Ke, who was appointed as an assistant to the government, tried his best to assist the young new emperor Murong Wei in governing the country, and eliminated the usurpation of power by the meritorious dignitaries led by Murong Ke during the auxiliary government of Murong Ke, at the same time, Murong Ke worked hard for several years, so that the national strength of Qianyan reached its peak, Murong Ke also wanted to fulfill the last wish of his brother Murong Jun, and began to lead his troops to crusade against the former Qin Empire that occupied Guanzhong. When he was dying, he strongly recommended Murong Chui to preside over state affairs, but he was not accepted by the former Yan Emperor Murong Wei, who had already reached adulthood.
In this story, it can be clearly seen that at this time, the degree of sinicization of the Xianbei people who entered the Central Plains was already relatively high, and the nobles of the Xianbei Murong Department spared no effort in order to maintain the imperial power of the country they built, which can be seen that the degree of sinicization of the Xianbei Murong Department at this time was far higher than that of the people of the Zhao Empire after the establishment of the Zhao Empire. However, through the left and right of the nobleman Mu Yugen of the Xianbei Murong Department, he took the opportunity to rebel, and he could also see that although the degree of sinicization of the Xianbei Murong Department was relatively high, the survival law of the nomadic people was still vividly expressed, however, the vast majority of Xianbei people were still eager to be sinicized, and in the end, Mu Yugen's conspiracy failed to succeed.
Through the appearance of a character with a name like Mu Yugen among the nobles of the Xianbei Murong Tribe, this shows that when the tribe of a nomadic tribe begins to grow, it should be divided into many tribes, whether it is Murong or Muyu, it should be the same ancestor, but with the growth of the population over the past few hundred years, the development of the tribe, the same tribe, each nomadic family began to differentiate, just like the surname culture we talked about before, although they are the same ancestor of each other, they gradually began to be estranged. Even in the surname, they have begun to part ways. Therefore, the Xianbei Murong clan represented by Mu Yugen can only be exterminated by the more sinicized sects. This is also a manifestation of the gradual improvement of the sinicization of Xianbei Murong Department.
When Murong Ke worked hard to bring the Qianyan Empire to its peak, Murong Ke far surpassed his brother Murong Jun in terms of strategic vision, because Murong Ke put the first target of attack to seize the world in the Guanzhong region, which is enough to show that during the reign of Murong Ke, the degree of sinicization of the Xianbei Murong Department was much deeper than that of Murong Jun's reign, it can be seen that the sinicization of the Xianbei Murong Department is gradual, and the time span is very short, which also shows the eagerness of the Xianbei Murong Department to yearn for Sinicization.
At this time, the Former Qin Empire, which was established by the Di people with a very high degree of sinicization, faced the attack of the powerful Former Yan Empire, although it showed panic, but because of the auxiliary government of the wise king and the far-sighted children of the Hanmen Shu clan, the Former Qin Empire quickly found a way to resolve the crisis, so that Murong Ke only won a small victory and had to lead the army to retreat.
For the Qianyan Empire, I always think that in the environment at that time, the Qianqin Empire established by the Di people with a very high degree of sinicization and the Eastern Jin Dynasty directly established by the Han ancestors had a mutually recognized harmonious relationship in culture, and the Qianyan Empire established by the Xianbei people who were eager to sinicize was sandwiched between these two regimes with a far higher cultural level than their own, and it was definitely the most angry, because it was difficult to obtain cultural recognition, the Qianyan Empire could only survive between these two culturally similar regimes, and its ultimate fate, will only be swallowed up by the superpowers of these two cultures.
Even if the Former Yan Empire, which was not culturally recognized, far surpassed the Former Qin Empire and the Eastern Jin Dynasty in military strength, if the Former Yan Empire was really able to capture the Guanzhong region and the Jiangnan region, but culturally lagged behind the Di people and the Han ancestors, the Xianbei Murong tribe could not have a good home, and in this regard, the Jin State established by the Jurchen Wanyan tribe at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty is a good example. We would like to take this opportunity to briefly talk about the affairs of the Kingdom of Jin.
As we said before, a tribe of the huge Jurchen tribe at the time of the Yan Dynasty, because during the Tang and Song dynasties, the nomadic Khitan dominated the northern grasslands, and defeated the Bohai State established by the Su Mo Yan Ya who occupied the northeast region, and the Khitans also began to oppress and enslave the Jurchens in the northeast. Let's talk about it here, during the Tang Dynasty, the Jurchen tribes in the northeast were called the Jurchen tribes in the northeast and did the Jin Dynasty, in fact, it was also the contempt of the powerful Tang Dynasty for the Jurchen tribes in the northeast region, the Sumo Jin was the Jurchen tribe that originated in the Songhua River Basin, the Songhua River was called the Su Mo Water in ancient times, and the Jurchen tribe that originated in the Heilongjiang River Basin was called the Heishui Ya, because the Su Mo Jin Yan continued to go south after being strong and began to be sinicized, so it was able to create the Bohai Kingdom in the Northeast Region, and when the Khitans established the Liao Dynasty in the northern Mongolian steppe, Because of their proximity to each other, the Khitan people were enslaved and bullied by the Bohai State established by the Su Mo Tatar people when they were weak, and when the Liao Dynasty established by the Khitans was strong, the Bohai State also went into decline, and the great leader of the Khitan people, Yelu Abaoji, also destroyed the feuding Bohai State, because they were all nomads, the Khitans no longer called the nomads in the northeast region as the Tatar people, but restored their ancient name Su Shen and Jurchen, and the Jurchen tribal name only appeared in the Liao and Song dynasties.
When the Liao Dynasty, which had a high degree of sinicization, and the Northern Song Dynasty established by the Han ancestors, both entered the end of the period, the Jurchen Wanyan Tribe, which also arose in the Songhua River Basin, began to rise, and under the leadership of its tribal leader Wanyan Aguta, it once again defeated the Liao Dynasty established by the feuding Khitans, and took advantage of the weakness of the Northern Song Dynasty to occupy Kaifeng, destroy the Northern Song Dynasty, and establish the Dajin Empire, because the Jurchen Wanyan Department successively destroyed the Liao Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty with a much higher civilization than it. If the Jurchen Wanyan Department wanted to better carry out its own feudal rule in the homeland of the Liao Dynasty and the Northern Song Dynasty, it must be sinicized as soon as possible, but because the opportunity was too good, the Jurchen Wanyan Department entered the Central Plains too suddenly, and the rulers of the early Jin State failed to realize the role of sinicization, which eventually led to the demise of the Jin State in the internal strife. Even if the ruler of the Jin State led his subordinates to step up the pace of sinicization, they could not ensure the continued stability of the country.
After Jin Taizu Wan Yan Agu died of illness, his fourth brother Wan Yan Sheng succeeded to the throne, Jin Taizong Wan Yan Sheng during his reign to destroy the Southern Song Dynasty as his own career, and constantly led troops to attack the Southern Song Dynasty, but at this time the Southern Song Dynasty has gained a firm foothold in the south, and there are constantly brave and loyal generals who have continuously defeated the Jin army, Wan Yan Sheng did not eliminate the Southern Song Dynasty until his death, at this time the two emperors in the early Jin State failed to carry out effective Sinicization reform of the Jin State, which eventually led to the crazy fight between the Jin family for the throne.
After Jin Taizong Wan Yan Sheng died of illness, Wan Yan Agu's grandson Wan Yan Kang succeeded to the throne with the support of the clan nobles, although Jin Xizong Wan Yan Kang took some sinicization measures, but after his son died in turn, he was hit hard, began to drink excessively, ignored the government, and even killed innocent people, and was finally killed by the clan Wan Yan Liang, Wan Yan Liang was mixed for the government, some said that it was murderous like hemp, greedy for a cup of lust, and also said that it advocated reform, and made great efforts, I think that Wan Yan Liang killed the monarch and ascended the throne, killing people is necessary, in order to keep the throne, Killing more people is also a common problem of all emperors, but Wan Yan Liang did begin to carry out large-scale Sinicization reforms during his reign, so that the order of the Jin State gradually stabilized, and Wan Yan Liang was also prepared to plot the world and be an emperor through the ages because he saw that the country was strong, but unfortunately when he led the troops to the south, he was assassinated by the clan, and the Jin family supported Wan Yan Yong to succeed him, and Jin Shizong Wan Yan Yong only gave Wan Yan Liang the title of King Hailing, so the more talented Wan Yan Liang did not even have a temple number.
Jin Shizong Wanyan Yong is known as Xiao Yao Shun, which made peace with the Southern Song Dynasty, and vigorously developed the country's economy, but it has reservations on the issue of sinicization, but it is impossible for him to stop the historical trend of sinicization, even if it advocates the Jurchen-based ethnic policy, but at this time the Jurchen Wanyan Department has been imperceptibly in the process of sinicization, although the Jurchen Wanyan Department is gradually sinicization, but Wanyan Yong still frantically suppressed other nomads, and executed the captured Mongolian leader Baba Child, which greatly deepened the contradiction between Jin and Mongolia.
After the death of Wan Yan Yong, his grandson Wan Yan Jing succeeded to the throne, and during the reign of Jin Zhangzong Wan Yan Jing, the degree of sinicization of the Jurchen Wan Yan Department gradually deepened, although during this period, the various systems of the Jin State began to improve, but the Mongolian tribes that submitted to the Jin State began to rise, constantly invading the border of the Jin State. Wanyan Jing because he had no heirs, after his death his uncle Wanyan Yongji succeeded to the throne, Wanyan Yongji was indecisive, there was no way to face the Mongol attack, the Jin army was also in the battle of Yehuling, the elite was lost, the Jin country completely became the meat on the Mongolian iron cavalry board, and Wanyan Yongji was also killed by the defeated general Hu Shahu, Hu Shahu and set up the clan Wanyan Xun as the emperor, Jin Xuanzong Wanyan Xun took advantage of the contradictions between the ministers, killed Hu Shahu, and recovered the power of the court, Wanyan Xun made frequent mistakes in governance, and in the face of the invasion of Mongolia, he moved the capital to Kaifeng, The preparation to occupy the Song Dynasty and make up for the loss of the Jin State eventually led to a joint attack on the Jin State by the Southern Song Dynasty and the Mongols.
After the death of Jin Xuanzong Wanyan Xun, the internal regeneration of the Jin clan became chaotic, although the prince Wanyan Shouxu quelled the rebellion and ascended the throne as the emperor, but the Jin Dynasty has been separated from Germany, while the northern Mongolian tribes are in full swing, under the continuous blows of the Song and Mongolian coalition forces, the Jin Dynasty is not safe, Jin Aizong Wanyan Yongji fled to Caizhou to defend it, but there is no food and grass in Caizhou, there is no rescue outside Caizhou, Wanyan Yongji does not want to be the king of the country, and it is rumored that the general Wanyan Chenglin is located in the defense of the city, and he hangs himself. Before the succession ceremony of Wanyan Chenglin ended, the Song-Mongolian coalition army broke through Caizhou, Wanyan Chenglin died in the chaos, and the Jin State perished since then, and most of the Jurchen Wanyan tribes were sinicized, and only a few fled back to the northeast and merged with other Jurchen tribes.