Chapter Eighty-Eight: Breaking Rain and Clouds

In April 433 AD, the lord of the Northern Liang State, who dominated the northwest and unified Liangzhou, was more than ancient, and finally became seriously ill, and he felt that his time was running out, so he took the hand of the prince Fuqu Muqian, and instructed: "Lonely is not long in the world, now Tuoba Tao is in the Central Plains, the country is strong, he has sent an envoy to propose marriage, Gu has agreed to send your sister Xingping Princess to Pingcheng, Tuoba Tao has sent an envoy to welcome relatives, and will soon go to Guzang, Lone can no longer see off the princess, you will finish the funeral for Lone, immediately send the princess to marry, marry the Central Plains, Fang is the great plan of your success! ”

Frustrated Muqian couldn't cry and said, "The son respectfully obeys the teachings of his father! ”

Fuqu Mengxun knew that although the prince was smart and studious, known as virtuous and filial piety, he would definitely obey his orders, but the land of Liangzhou was the throat of the Central Plains through the Western Regions, and Tuoba Tao was eloquent and strategic, and he would definitely not abandon Liangzhou, so Fuqu Mengxun was still worried, but after all, he didn't know how to mention the prince, so he had to close his eyes and keep silent.

The next day, the Northern Liang Xiong lord Fuqu Mengxun passed away with infinite regret, and his son Fuqu Muqian succeeded to the throne, all in accordance with his father's last words, not only sent Princess Xingping and relatives, but also sent an envoy to Tuoba Tao to pay tribute to the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao was busy with the battle to destroy the Northern Yan at this time, and he was naturally very happy to see the Northern Liang return to Shun, not only to the princess of Xingping, but also to the frustrated Qu Muqian.

However, the friendship between Beiliang and Beibei is nothing more than an expedient measure, and the lord of Beiliang is even more unwilling to be at the mercy of the Northern Wei Dynasty, which not only claims to be a minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, but also sends an envoy to the south of the Yangtze River, and Liu Song Emperor Liu Yilong secretly communicates with each other, and also accepts Liu Song's reward, Fuqu Muqian also sent people to the Western Regions, Rouran, ruined Tuoba Tao's reputation, pretended to be the decline of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and provoked the relationship between Rouran, the Western Regions and the Northern Wei Dynasty, so that the Rouran tribes and the Western Regions countries were about to leave the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In the spring of 437 A.D., the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao, who had just pacified the land of Liaoxi, saw that the Western Regions countries were quite disrespectful to the envoys of the Northern Wei Dynasty, so he convened the ministers to discuss the strategy of the Western Regions. Urging Liangzhou to carry out my edict, what do you think? ”

When all the ministers heard this, they all said in unison: "The emperor is sage!" ”

Tuoba Tao immediately sent an envoy to Bei Liang and ordered Fuqu Muqian to prepare for marriage. However, Fuqu Muqian has already set up a queen Li Jingai, and the husband and wife are in harmony, but Fuqu Muqian has already heard that Feng Hong, the lord of Beiyan, did not obey Tuoba Tao's edict and ended up in the country, and he was extremely indignant in his heart, but he did not dare to obey the edict, so he had to depose Li Jingai as the queen and prepare for the wedding in Guzang, the capital.

Li Jingai saw that Fuqu Muqian could not protect his beloved wife and would not be able to defend the country, so he asked Fuqu Muqian to let him take his mother Yin to return to his hometown Dunhuang.

In the autumn of the same year, the lord of the Northern Liang country, Fuqu Muqian married Princess Wuwei of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and set up Princess Wuwei as the queen, at the beginning of the marriage, Fuqu Muqian was afraid of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the princess of Wuwei was still in awe and considerate, but the Fuqu Muqian had no place in his heart, and simply broke the jar and fell, and soon after, the Fuqu Muqian knew that his brother and sister-in-law Li's water-based Yanghua, and was well versed in the art of the house, so he hooked up with him to form an adultery, resolved the resentment in his heart, and gradually snubbed the princess of Wuwei, Princess Wuwei naturally hated what the Fuqu Muqian did, and often reprimanded it.

In March 439 AD, the resentful Beiliang lord Fuqu Muqian finally broke out, which instigated Li to poison the meal of Princess Wuwei, and wanted to poison it, but due to the lack of medicine, Princess Wuwei did not die violently after being poisoned, but vomited and diarrhea, and could not afford to be sick, Princess Wuwei knew that she was sick, so she hurriedly sent her cronies to Pingcheng to report her experience to the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao, Tuoba Tao was anxious, and urgently ordered the imperial doctor to rush to Guzang to treat Princess Wuwei, and ordered Fuqu Muqian to hand over Li.

Fuqu Muqian had long been unbearable Tuoba Tao's yelling at him, so he simply sent Li to Jiuquan, and he gathered soldiers and horses in Guzang to prepare to resist the Northern Wei Dynasty.

In August of the same year, the Beiliang army was defeated and retreated, and Tuoba Tao's troops came to Guzang City, and Fuqu Muqian held Guzang, refused to fight, and sent Rouran to ask for reinforcements. Tuoba Tao came to the city in person, drank the frustration of the Qu Muqian out of the city and surrendered, the frustrated Qu Muqian thought that the city was strong and the food was sufficient, and Rouran would definitely send troops to rescue, so he refused to pay attention to the matter of Tuoba Tao's persuasion, but the nephew of the frustrated Qu Muqian saw that the Northern Wei State was strong and prosperous, so he opened the city gate and let the Northern Wei army enter the city, and the frustrated Qu Muqian knew that the general trend had gone, so he no longer resisted, and personally led the civil and military officials out of the palace to surrender, since then the Northern Liang perished, from the Frustrated Qu Mengxun brothers to the Frustrated Qu Muqian surrendered, enjoying the country for 42 years.

After the destruction of Beiliang, Tuoba Tao moved the ministers of the Northern Liang clan such as Fuqu Muqian to Pingcheng, Princess Wuwei thought of the relationship between husband and wife, so she persuaded the imperial brother Tuoba Tao not to harm him, Fuqu Muqian also repented, and took the initiative to reconcile with Princess Wuwei, Tuoba Tao took care of his sister's feelings, and treated Fuqu Muqian as a guest, and the husband and wife lived peacefully in Pingcheng.

But the frustrated Qu Muqian was finally the king of the country, more than ten years later, the heart of the Fuqu Muqian to restore the country did not die, and the remnants of Beiliang conspired to rebel, the result was learned by Tuoba Tao, and then issued an edict to give it to death, and after the messenger read the edict, the frustrated Qu Muqian and Princess Wuwei hugged each other and cried, after a long time, the frustrated Qu Muqian hanged himself, this is a later story.

After the destruction of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Liang, the northern land was unified, known as the Northern Dynasty in history, because there were still Southern Dynasties in the south of the Yangtze River, and they were merged into the Northern and Southern Dynasties.

However, at the beginning of the unification of the north by the Northern Wei Dynasty, the country was not stable, the remnants of the Sixteen Kingdoms belonged to different nationalities, had different customs, and all had the idea of restoring the country, and the Northern Wei Emperor Tuoba Tao also wanted to dominate the world and be an emperor through the ages.

If you know whether the Northern Wei Dynasty will follow in the footsteps of the Qin Dynasty, the Sixteen Kingdoms will be able to resurrect from the ashes, and look at the next chapter.