Chapter 36 Hypocrisy is not insane

In 367 A.D., the Empress Dowager Zuhun saw that Murong Ke was dead, so she listened to the government on the grounds that the emperor Murong Wei was young, and deprived Murong Wei of the military power, and held the power of the court in his hands.

At this time, Murong Chui was deprived of military power, knowing that the emperor and the queen mother were suspicious of him, and he was afraid of being punished, so he simply lived a drunken life in the house, and often got drunk in the sky, seeking the reward of the queen mother.

However, Murong Chui's wife, Duan, was originally the daughter of the Xianbei leader of the Duan family, with a noble status, and when she saw the queen mother treating her husband like this, she was angry.

One day, on the birthday of the Queen Mother, she summoned the kings and princesses of the clan to have a banquet in the palace, and Duan, who has always regarded herself very highly, naturally wanted to vent the anger in her heart, so she took the opportunity to toast and deliberately made the maid next to her knock over the wine glass. ”

But the Empress Dowager Zuhun was born as a maid, because of her appearance, and gave birth to a prince, she was quite favored by the first emperor Murong Jun, so she was made the queen, and then promoted to the queen mother.

The queen mother returned to the palace, the more she thought about it, the more angry she became, and remembered that Murong Chui had a high reputation and threatened the emperor's throne, so she immediately summoned her cronies and ministers to discuss countermeasures.

Murong Chui took the princess Duan back to the mansion, retreated left and right, and said to the princess: "Concubine Ai said like this today, I am afraid that the Queen Mother will design a frame, Concubine Ai must be careful, never do this in the future."

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Duan's displeasure said: "The prince is so miserable by this slut now, the concubine is really angry!" ”

Murong Chui hugged Duan's family and sighed: "People are swordsmen, I am fish and meat, and I can't be so abrupt in the future." ”

Soon, the ministers under the Queen Mother bought off the people of Murong Chui's palace, engraved the names of the Queen Mother and the Emperor and buried them in the corner of the palace, and immediately sued, framing Murong Chui and his wife for using witchcraft to curse the emperor and the Queen Mother, and wanted to rebel.

When the queen mother heard this, she personally led people to dig out the small wooden figures in the palace of Murong Chui, and then ordered the sergeant to detain and convict Murong Chui and his wife.

Duan's family was born in a noble family, with a strong temperament, knowing the rights and wrongs in the palace, knowing that he was framed this time, it must have been done by the Queen Mother, in order to protect his innocence, he was tortured by the prison officials in every way, and he insisted that he did not do anything witchcraft, and soon died tragically in prison.

At this time, the ministers of the clan in the central court knew that something was wrong, and they all went to the table to guarantee Murong Chui, and some ministers played: "Murong Chui has been in command of the army for many years, if he wants to rebel, he will already be connected with his old department, why use this witchcraft!" ”

Seeing that Duan's family was dead, the queen mother was half angry, and saw that most of the courtiers exonerated Murong Trai, and she was also afraid of killing the prince of the clan, causing turmoil in the court, so she ordered Murong Trai to be placed under house arrest in the palace, and her sister was allowed to marry Murong Trai to strengthen her surveillance.

At this time, Murong Trai was already insightful of what the Queen Mother had done, and his heart was extremely resentful, but on the surface it was still as usual, and he was even more fond of the Queen Mother's sister, and he was obedient, and every time an old minister would come to visit, Murong Trai would definitely bring the paid princess to reminisce about the past, and from time to time showed his awe for the Queen Mother.

In April 369 AD, Huan Wen, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, saw that the former Yan Emperor was mediocre, the Empress Dowager was in the court, and the Neng Chen was excluded, and he had been recuperating for many years, and personally led more than 50,000 infantry cavalry to start the Northern Expedition to Qianyan. He also sent his general Tan Xuan as the vanguard to conquer Hulu (now Yutai, Shandong) and capture the former Yan guard general Murong Zhong.

When the queen mother heard the news, she ordered the commander of the clan Murong Li to lead a large army to resist Huan Wen, and the two armies fought in Huangxu (now Kaifeng, Henan), Murong Li was defeated, and he also fled.

At this time, the Eastern Jin Dynasty general Zhu Xu led the troops of Lin Zhu (now Xinzheng, Henan) to defeat the Yan general Fu Yan. Echoing Huan Wen, several Jin soldiers pointed directly at Yecheng, the former Yan capital.

But the Empress Dowager Zuhun knew that the Yecheng Dynasty was precarious, and she was terrified, so she had to send an envoy to Guanzhong to ask for reinforcements by cutting the land to the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian.

In July of the same year, Huanwen's army reached Fangtou (southwest of present-day Jun County, Henan). At this time, the Jin army fought even better, the momentum was like a rainbow, but the Empress Dowager was even more panicked, and hurriedly convened the ministers to discuss countermeasures, at this time the emperor Murong Wei knew that most of the Central Plains had been lost, trapped in Yecheng, the risk was too great, and he was afraid that the emperor would lose his position, so he proposed to return to the old capital Longcheng, and the queen mother had no opinion, and could only discuss many matters with the ministers to return to Longcheng.

If you know whether the Northern Expedition of Huan Wen was successful and what the fortunes of the former Yan State were, please see the next chapter.