Chapter Seventy-Three: Failure and Failure

Northern Wei since the battle of Chaibi, after the victory over the Hou Qin, under the leadership of the emperor Tuoba Jue gradually became stronger, although the Hou Yan based in Liaoxi, the Southern Yan occupied Jiaodong, the three Liang countries divided the northwest, Hu Xia, the Hou Qin fought for the Guanzhong, but the Northern Wei Dynasty was still the most powerful country in the north at that time, in order to maintain the prosperity of the country forever, Tuoba Jue not only attacked Rouran in the north, but also referred to the political system of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, formulated the official rank of the Northern Wei Dynasty, greatly strengthened the power of the emperor, through several years of development, other secession countries can only look at the Northern Wei Dynasty. However, as Tuoba Jue learned the system of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and continued to contact the Jiangnan scholars, he also began to learn the bad habits of the Eastern Jin Dynasty scholars, taking pills and cold food, so that he was moody, suspicious and suspicious, and often punished and killed the ministers for trivial matters, which made the ministers of the court panic and uneasy.

At the beginning of October 409 AD, the emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Jue held a ceremony to canonize the crown prince in the capital city of Pingcheng, set up the eldest son Tuoba Hei as the crown prince, and gave his mother Liu Guiren to commit suicide, and also set up a palace rule "The prince is set up as a prince, and his biological mother will be killed".

At the ceremony of the canonization of the crown prince. When Tuoba learned that his mother would be given death, he was terrified, and knelt down and cried to Tuoba Jue: "I beg my father not to give my mother a concubine, I would rather not be the crown prince, and ask my father to make other brothers!" ”

Tuoba Jue was furious and rebuked: "Back then, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up his son Liu Fuling and killed Mrs. Gouyi, in order to prevent the woman from messing with the government in the future, so that the relatives would usurp power, and you were my eldest son and should inherit the unification, so I followed the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and made a long-term plan for you." ”

When Tuoba heard this, he knew that the imperial father would not change the edict, so he couldn't stop crying, and Tuoba Jue reprimanded angrily: "You don't know how to be worthy of a great responsibility with such a child's affection, and quickly retreat!" ”

Tuoba had to be dragged back to the East Palace by the guards on the left and right. On the same day, his mother Liu Guiren was given death, and Tuoba was repaid by weeping day and night, so that he was so sad that he had no intention of going to court.

The Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Jue saw that the prince did not come to the court for several days, and his heart was even more annoyed, so he ordered someone to send an edict to recruit the prince into the palace and prepare to severely reprimand him. Summoned the eunuch to the East Palace to pass the decree, the prince Tuoba Hei learned that his father summoned him, and was about to dress neatly to enter the palace to meet him, and the left and right subordinates hurriedly admonished: "The prince is a filial son today, serving the emperor's father, if you make a small mistake, it is not a big problem to enter the palace to see you, if you make a big mistake, you should avoid it for the time being, now the emperor is angry, the prince enters the palace to see him, I am afraid that there will be more than auspicious, it is better to go out of the city for the time being, and when the emperor's anger subsides, it is not too late to enter the palace to see him!" ”

Tuoba Hei said: "I am also afraid that my father will be angry and hateful, what Aiqing said is reasonable, I will go out of the city to hunt, and after a few days, I will return to the palace to meet my father." ”

After that, he took several entourages out of the palace secretly and camped in the mountains and fields on the outskirts of Pingcheng (now Datong, Shanxi) to hunt.

That night, the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Jue had just finished taking the cold food powder, and when he saw that the eunuch was summoned, he asked why the prince did not come, and the eunuch knew that the prince had fled out of the city, but he did not dare to tell the truth, so he said that the prince was not in the East Palace, and he went out of the city to hunt and return in a few days. Tuoba Jue was resentful in his heart, but he had nowhere to vent, so he went to sleep in the palace of his concubine Mrs. He.

Tuoba Jue was unhappy in his heart, and told Mrs. He about the prince, Mrs. He was originally because her biological son Tuoba Shao was the second son of the emperor, and wanted to take this opportunity to slander the prince, so she chattered endlessly and Tuoba Jue nagged that the prince was not virtuous, and it was inappropriate to be the prince, Tuoba Jue was so shrewd, knowing that he was playing the rights and wrongs of national politics, and the cold food and loose medicine attacked, so that Tuoba Jue was hot and bored, so he simply became angry, scolded sharply, and ordered Mrs. He to be sent to the cold palace, claiming that he would be given death tomorrow, Tuoba Jue vented all the way, and felt tired, fell asleep in Mrs. He's palace.

Mrs. He was dragged into the cold palace by the eunuchs, and she was afraid that she would be killed tomorrow, so she bribed the eunuchs with the jewelry she wore with her, and asked her to tell her son Tuoba Shao to find a way to rescue her.

Tuobashao's second son, Tuobashao, was tyrannical and cruel by nature, because he often robbed passers-by and shot livestock for pleasure in Pingcheng, and was repeatedly reprimanded and punished by his father Tuoba, and his brother Tuoba's heir often persuaded him, Tuoba Shao's heart was already dissatisfied with Tuoba and Tuoba's heir, and this time his brother Tuoba's heir was made the prince, and he was even more jealous and resentful.

That night, Tuoba Shao heard that his mother had been beaten into the cold palace, and he was afraid that the city gate would catch fire and affect the pond fish, so he led several cronies to climb over the wall and enter the palace at night, sneak into Mrs. He's bedroom, and assassinate the sleeping Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Jue.

At noon the next day, the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty Pingcheng (now Taiyuan, Shanxi), the palace gate has not been opened, the ministers gathered at the gate of the palace, there are discussions, just when the ministers do not know how to advance and retreat, Tuoba Shao opened the palace door, poked out his head, and asked tremblingly: "I have the imperial father, and there is also the imperial brother, who will you obey?" ”

When the ministers heard it, they looked at each other, and had a premonition that there was a change in the palace, and the big thing was not good, all of them were stunned, and after a long time, only the ministers of the clan shouted that they supported Tuoba Shao to succeed to the throne, and as soon as this voice came out, the ministers were in chaos, some people cried bitterly, some people left angrily, and some people were silent. Seeing this, Tuoba Shao simply led the ministers who claimed to support him directly to the palace hall, ascended the throne and proclaimed the emperor, and mourned for his father Tuoba Jue, and sent someone to arrest the crown prince Tuoba heir.

Soon, in the city outside the safari Tuoba heir heard that the palace has changed greatly, Tuoba Shao killed his father to ascend the throne, and sent troops to arrest himself, hurriedly led the entourage day and night out to rush back to Pingcheng, within a few days rushed to the outside of the city, the ministers heard that the prince returned to the city, have led the family guards out of the city to welcome, the palace guards also turned against each other, the emperor Tuoba Shao who ascended the throne less than five days to capture, dedicated to Tuoba Shao, Tuoba heir in the ministers to support the official enthronement succession, and ordered Tuoba Shao's mother and son to be executed.

After Tuoba Shao succeeded to the throne, he was diligent in government, generous and benevolent, which made the situation of the Northern Wei Dynasty rapid and stable.

In the year when the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Jue was killed, the Later Qin Emperor Yao Xing, who was already tossed by the bald Nan Liang and Liu Bobo's Hu Xia, faced something worse again.

If you know what makes Yao Xing have a headache, look at the next chapter.