Chapter 80 Boiled Beans and Burn Seeds

In May 414 AD, the Later Qin Emperor Yao Xing continued to face the defeat of the border pass, exhausted, and when he was close to knowing the destiny of heaven, he suddenly contracted a serious illness and could not be cured for a long time.

Yao Xing also knew that Yao Hong was not a talent for governing the country, and preferred the second son Yao Bi, and several times had the idea of changing the prince, this time he was sick, Yao Xing saw that the prince Yao Hong's clothes were not untied, accompanied by his sick bed, and the feelings of the calf were spontaneously born, thinking of Yao Hong's generosity and filial piety, so he dispelled the idea of easy storage in his heart, but Yao Bi was favored by Yao Xing, and he was planning to accumulate strength, and he bought the emperor's close attendants, installed cronies in the palace, and formed a party to seize power in the court, Yao Xing was seriously ill, and Yao Bi gathered thousands of dead soldiers in his own mansion, only to wait for the emperor's father Yan to drive, and he wanted to seek power and usurp the throne.

Yao Bi's intention to rebel was also detected by Yao Xing's son Yao Yu, Yao Yu was unwilling to be the same prince Yao Bi's family was dominant, suffering from no military power, so he wrote a letter to connect the sons of Yao Xing stationed in the field, raising the banner of righteousness, crusading against Yao Bi, and the sons of the town guarding the field all held the military power, seeing that Yao Bi was not willing to show weakness, they raised troops to Chang'an, and after a while, the Qin country was tense, and the civil war was about to break out.

Yao Xing's condition gradually improved, and when he heard that the sons rebelled, he was shocked, so he had to be supported by the prince Yao Hong, climbed the Chang'an City Tower, met the sons, issued an edict to remove Yao Bi from his official position, reprimanded him, and promised to exempt the sons from their crimes. However, the princes still continued to criticize Yao Bi, especially Yao Xuan, the general of Xingcheng (now Huangling, Shaanxi), who criticized Yao Bi very strongly, and Yao Bi hated him to the core.

In March 415 AD, the Later Qin Emperor Yao Xing recovered from a serious illness, remembering that his beloved son Yao Bi had a talent for civil and military affairs, so he reinstated his official position, Yao Bi took the opportunity to continue to frame Yao Xuan in front of the imperial father Yao Xing to support the army and self-respect, and had a heart of disobedience. Regardless of the minister's opposition, the edict ordered Yao Bi to command 30,000 troops to defend Qinzhou, Yao Bi held a heavy army, and saw that Yao Xing trusted him as before, and was even more arrogant.

Soon, the Later Qin Emperor Yao Xing's old illness relapsed and worsened. When Yao Bi, who was guarding Qinzhou, heard this, he repeated the trick, saying that he was sick and could not visit the court, and on the other hand, he stepped up his efforts to raise food and salaries and recruit soldiers in Qinzhou.

Yao Xing, who was lying on the sickbed, was extremely angry when he learned that Yao Bi was not in the court, and ordered the execution of Yao Bi's cronies in the court, and sent someone to arrest Yao Bi, but Yao Xing took into account the relationship between father and son, and wanted the prince to broadcast, so he hinted that the prince Yao Hong interceded for Yao Bi, Yao Hong did not dare to disobey, and Yao Xing took the opportunity to pardon Yao Bi's crime.

In February 416, Yao Xing was terminally ill and knew that he would die soon, so he ordered the crown prince Yao Hong to supervise the country. Yao Bi, who had just been released, did not accept the prince's affection, so he raised the dead in the mansion, plotted to kidnap Yao Xing, and killed Yao Hong, but Yao Xing had already sent people to watch Yao Bi's every move closely, and saw that he did not repent, and ordered his arrest again.

When Yao Xing heard the news, he was sick and ordered someone to carry him to the front of the palace hall, and issued an edict announcing the execution of Yao Bi. Yao Bi's soldiers saw that Yao Xing was not dead, their morale suddenly declined, and they dispersed, Yao Bi was hacked to death by the palace guards, Yao Xing witnessed the tragic killing of his beloved son, fainted with grief, and died the next day, and the crown prince Yao Hong inherited the throne of Hou Qin naturally.

Emperor Huxia Helian Bobo heard that Yao Xing was dead, and plundered the northern frontier of Later Qin, intensified, and the lord of Western Qin also took the opportunity to encroach on the cities in the western part of Later Qin, and the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Shao sent troops to attack the northern enemy Rouran, and did not enter Guanzhong in the east, but the internal chaos of Later Qin continued, and all the Hu people who had been attached to Later Qin rebelled, and Emperor Yao Hong of Later Qin could only rely on his father to leave the remnants of the mountains and rivers to survive, fortunately, Later Qin dominated Guanzhong that year, and there was still a foundation, Yao Hong barely supported it for a year, but the last straw that overwhelmed the camel finally fell.

In 417 A.D., Liu Yu, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty who quelled the rebellion in Shudi, gradually grasped the power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and was trying to become famous all over the world, trying to take the Sima clan and replace him.

In March of the same year, Liu Yu personally led the army to the west by water, originally wanting to attack Hou Qin through the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Shao was afraid that his false way would be destroyed, and resolutely refused to allow it, Liu Yu had to attack all the way forward, and defeated the Northern Wei interception army.

In August of the same year, Liu Yu led the army to occupy the Later Qin Tong Pass, the Later Qin Emperor Yao Hong was shocked, personally led the army in Qingni (now Lantian, Shaanxi) to meet Liu Yu, but the Later Qin army had no fighting spirit, Yao Hong was defeated in successive battles, had to retreat to Chang'an, Liu Yu led the army to storm Chang'an, the Later Qin soldiers scattered and fled, Yao Hong held the stone bridge to the end of the month, saw that the gates of Chang'an were lost, the general trend had gone, had to surrender Liu Yu, Liu Yu sent it to Jianye, and beheaded Yao Hong in the downtown to show the public, since then Qin perished, since Yao Chang raised troops to stand on his own until Yao Hong surrendered, enjoyed the country for 34 years.

After the capture of Chang'an and the destruction of Qin, Liu Yu faced the same dilemma of the Huanwen Northern Expedition, both Chang'an was too far away from Jianye, and the opposition in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was still strong, but Liu Yu was unwilling to give up Chang'an, which had been seized by all difficulties, so he ordered his son Liu Yizhen to lead his troops to stay in Chang'an and return to the dynasty by himself.

Hu Xia Emperor Helian Bobo saw Liu Yu retreat from the army, like pie in the sky, overjoyed, then ordered his son Helian Bi, Helian Chang to lead 20,000 elite cavalry south to capture Chang'an, Liu Yizhen is a gentleman's son, no ability to command the army, see Hu Xia soldiers, actually led the troops to plunder Chang'an and fled, Helian Bi, Helian Chang brothers entered Chang'an, Guanzhong County looked at the wind and fell, the two brothers continued to pursue the Eastern Jin Dynasty army, won a big victory, beheaded more than 100,000, Helian Bobo After several years of conquest, finally succeeded in replacing Hou Qin to dominate Guanzhong.

At this time, the six countries of the northern land stood side by side, Li Wei's Xiliang, Fuqu Mengxun's Beiliang, the begging and blazing Xiqin, the three kingdoms competed for the northwest, Helian Bobo's Hu Xia was in the middle, Tuoba Shao's Northern Wei was in the Guandong, and Feng Ba's Northern Yan was subdued to Liaoxi.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty general Liu wanted to destroy the Later Qin, but was defeated by Hu Xia, and he saw that the Northern Expedition was difficult to succeed, and he was close to his age, so he simply stepped up his plans to replace the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

If you know where Liu Yu came from and whether he can succeed in the promotion, please see the next chapter.