Chapter Twenty-Six: The Destruction of the Country and the Extermination of the Species

In April 349 AD, Shi Hu's condition worsened, the queen Liu and the minister Zhang Jackal knew that the prince was young, and the prince Shi Zun, who was stationed in Youzhou, had just arrived in Yecheng and was ready to visit his father.

Within a few days, Shi Hu died of illness, Shi Shi succeeded to the throne, Liu was promoted to the queen mother, but Shi Shi was young, Liu listened to the government, and the minister Zhang Jackal assisted the government. At this time, Shi Zun led his troops to Hanoi (now Qinyang, Henan), learned that the emperor had died, and the troops did not advance, and went to the table to mourn.

At the same time, Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, Ran Min and others met Shi Zun on the way to exterminate the Liang Qian uprising. When Ran Min saw the emperor die, he had the idea of seizing power, and said to Yao Yizhong and Fu Hong: "The new emperor is young, there is the queen mother hanging the curtain, and Zhang Jackal is in charge. ”

Yao Yizhong and Fu Hong were originally Qiang and Di people, and they always had the idea of self-reliance, so they said in unison: "If the general has any thoughts, tell me slowly." ”

Ran Min saw that the two of them were sincere, and said: "Now Shi Zun, the son of the first emperor, was originally the half-brother of the abolished prince Shi Kui, who was old and virtuous, but was excluded, we can persuade Shi Zun to raise troops in the name of Zhu Zhang Jackal, and jointly promote him as the emperor, and the soldiers in the court are all in my hands, and great things can be accomplished, and then the affairs of the court and the middle of the court will be all ours." ”

Yao Yizhong and Fu Hong saw that it was profitable, and then obeyed Ran Min's arrangement, and the three of them came to Shi Zun's camp together, and repeatedly persuaded Shi Zun to be the emperor, Shi Zun was persuaded by the three of them, agreed to King Qin, and the four of them conspired, issued a text, and raised a large army to march into Yecheng, and the text was transmitted to Yecheng, Zhang Jackal was shocked, and hurriedly gathered soldiers and horses, ready to resist, but the ministers and generals of Yecheng fled out of the city and defected to Shi Zun.

In May 349 AD, Shi Zun led his troops to the outskirts of Yecheng, Zhang Jackal was very frightened and helpless, so he had to go to the city to greet him, and Shi Zun was arrested with his orders. The next day, Shi Zun led the army, wearing armor, and entered Yecheng with great might, and pretended to be Liu's Yizhi, abolished the emperor Shi Shi, and demoted him to the king of Chen, under the support of Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, Ran Min and other ministers, he granted amnesty to the world, ascended the throne and called the emperor, issued an edict, abolished the Empress Dowager Liu, entered the cold palace, and took his biological mother Zheng Guifei from the cold palace and respected as the queen mother. Soon, Shi Zun killed Empress Dowager Liu, Zhang Jackal, Shi Shi and others.

Shi Zun was afraid that Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, Ran Min and others were holding the government hostage in the court, and after the edict was sealed on the three of them, he ordered Yao Yizhong and Fu Hong to be stationed in Fangtou (now Hebi, Henan) in separate camps, leaving Ran Min alone in the court to assist the government, but he often restricted Ran Min, and rejected Ran Min's chapter several times in the court, so that Ran Min hated the emperor Shi Zun to the bone.

In November 349 AD, Emperor Shi Zun summoned the kings of the clan into the palace and discussed with the Empress Dowager Zheng about killing Ran Min. Ran Min was shocked when he heard the news, and quickly gathered his troops into the palace to prepare to depose Shi Zun, at this time the kings had dispersed, Shi Zun was playing chess with his concubines, and saw Ran Min leading the troops into the palace, knowing that the conspiracy had been leaked, but he still pretended to be calm, and asked sharply: "Why did the general lead the troops here!" ”

Ran Min said bluntly: "Wang Ye Shijian should be the emperor. ”

Shi Zun sneered: "I am still like this, how long can Shi Jian be the emperor!"

Ran Min stopped talking, and directly ordered his subordinates to arrest Shi Zun and imprison the other palace. Then he supported Shijian to succeed to the throne, and he commanded hundreds of officials and presided over the government.

Ran Min was originally a Han Chinese, and this time he usurped power, fearing that the Hu people would cause chaos, so he issued an order to inform the people of the whole country that anyone who dared to use weapons by the Hu people would be killed. However, this order had little effect, and Ran Min issued an order to inform the people of the whole country that the heads of the Hu people were sent to Fengyangmen, and they could be knighted according to the number of heads. Within a day, tens of thousands of Hu people were killed. Ran Min personally led the army to search for the Hu people in the whole city, regardless of the nobles and lows, men and women, young and old, all captured must be beheaded, inside and outside the city, the Hu people were killed more than 200,000. The Hu people scattered in various counties and counties are not spared, the local garrison, all according to Ran Min's order, search for the Hu people, all of them killed, among the Hu people, the Qi people are scarce, this time to kill the Hu, the Qi people were slaughtered.

Ran Min saw that the Hu people in the country were fleeing or perishing, and felt that his position was consolidated, so he immediately ordered someone to kill Shi Zun, and then searched for the Empress Dowager Zheng and the kings of the clan, all of whom were killed.

Shi Jian, who first ascended the throne, thought too well, and at this time, he was really alone. At the beginning of the following year, Ran Min killed Shi Jian, established himself as the emperor, set up his son Ran Zhi as the prince, and changed the name of the country to Wei, known as Ran Wei in history.

Garrisoned in Xiangguo clan Shi Yi heard that Shi Jian was dead, then usurped the throne of the emperor, and raised troops to crusade against Ran Min, for a time gathered 100,000 people, Shi Yi then sent Shi Kun into the army Yecheng, Ran Min heard it, personally led the army to meet the battle, and defeated Shi Kun in Handan, Shi Kun led the remnants to flee to Jizhou, in November, Ran Min led 100,000 cavalry, attacked Xiangguo, crusaded against Shi Yi, Shi Yuan knew that he was invincible, sent a messenger to Murong Xianbei, Qiang chieftain Yao Yizhong for help, Shi Kun heard that he also returned to the army to rescue, Xianbei, Qiang soldiers did not arrive, Shi Yuan, Shi Kun should be combined with the outside, defeated Ran Min, His army was almost wiped out, and Ran Min had to flee back to Yecheng on his own.

At the beginning of 351 A.D., Shi Yi took advantage of the victory and sent Liu Xian to lead 70,000 troops to attack Yecheng, Ran Min poured the whole city soldiers into battle, defeated Liu Xian, Liu Xian was afraid, so he took the killing of Shi Yi as a bargaining chip to ask for peace, Ran Min agreed, and then withdrew, in July, Liu Xian returned to Xiangguo, immediately killed Shi Xian, and sent his head to Yecheng. After that, Zhao perished, from Shi Le called the king of Zhao to Shi Yi was killed, and enjoyed the country for 32 years.

At this time, the land of the Central Plains, once again the war is raging, a powerful tribe is coveting the Central Plains, if you know how the fortunes of Ran Wei are, what is the origin of this powerful tribe, please see the next chapter.