Chapter Twenty-One: Eastern Xianbei Splits Again
Eastern Xianbei successively formed the Murong Department, the Yuwen Department, and the Duan Department, and gained a lot in the previous plundering of Youzhou.
And Murong Ke was famous in the prairie because he defeated Yan Liang. He was jointly elected as Khan by the Xianbei tribes in the east.
After Gongsun Kang took Youzhou, Murong Khan restrained the tribes under his command and did not allow them to go to Youzhou to plunder.
The Xianbei tribes who tasted the sweetness were very dissatisfied with Murong Khan's decision, and for a while there were different opinions and clouds.
Murong Ke decided to hold a Naadam conference to explain the situation.
In later generations, it was the Mongols who inherited the Xianbei steppe.
The "Naadam" conference is a traditional festival with a long history in Mongolia and occupies an important position in the life of the Mongolian people. Held every year in July and August during the livestock fat season, the "Naadam" conference is a cultural, sports and entertainment meeting held by people to celebrate the harvest.
"Naadam", Mongolian means entertainment or games. At the "Naadam" conference, there were thrilling horse races, wrestling, admirable archery, competitive chess skills, and fascinating singing and dancing. Horse racing is also one of the important events of the conference.
The leaders of the three major tribes, the Murong Division, the Yuwen Division, and the Duan Division, all led tens of thousands of elite warriors to participate in the conference.
A few days of happy time passed in a flash, and finally, Murong Ke summoned the leaders of the tribes to the Great Khan's tent to discuss matters.
The leader of the Murong tribe is: Mo Huba.
The leader of the Yuwen tribe is: Yuwen Mona.
The leader of the Duan Department is: Duan Ri Lu Dependent.
All three of them are characters with stories, which will be appended at the end of this article.
Let's say that Duan Rilu asked respectfully: "The Khan summoned us, but what do you have to order?" ”
Looking at this self-inflicted old fox, Murong Ke said: "All the big leaders, you have fought side by side with me a few days ago and defeated the legendary hero of the Han people: the general Yan Liang. It shows the style of our prairie children. ”
In the royal tent, dozens of tribal leaders, large and small, all smiled when they heard this, and they were very excited.
Murong Ke changed the topic and continued: "Recently, I forbade everyone to go to Youzhou to rob again, and everyone was very dissatisfied. I'll explain it here. ”
Here, this is the theme of this Naadam conference, and the leaders are listening attentively.
"Youzhou has now changed owners, and his name is Gongsun Kang." Murong Ke said solemnly: "You have the ability to play with the lion's head, and you have the guts to touch the tiger's buttocks." But Gongsun Kang is 10,000 times stronger than lions and tigers! He is the reincarnation of the god of thunder in the sky, who can call the wind and rain and summon thunder and lightning. It can make the grassland red land thousands of miles, and it can make us die a thousand times, ten thousand times! ”
All the leaders of the small tribe were frightened by Murong Ke's words. Only the leaders of the three major tribes disagreed.
Yuwen Mona said contemptuously: "The tiger that has left the mountain is powerless, and the fish that have left the water are difficult to survive. I don't believe that after Gongsun Kang came to the grassland, he would still be majestic. ”
Mo Hubao also said softly: "The greatest strength of Xiaocao is nothing more than picking up a grain of dew; The biggest function of the floret is to emit a faint fragrance; However, when countless grasses and flowers are connected together, they become a vast grassland. In the grassland, we are the sky! ”
Looking at everyone's disobedience and eight dissatisfaction, Murong Ke could only smile bitterly. He said: "Everyone knows that after I was captured by Gongsun Kang, I was exchanged for a war horse by King Kebineng. Of the more than 10,000 of our prisoners who were exchanged, none of them dared to wave a knife at Gongsun Kang again. ”
The heads of the people, thinking back to the warriors in their tribe, after being replaced, mentioned Gongsun Kang, they were all afraid and worshipful in the face of the gods.
Murong Ke continued: "Today I will explain this situation. I will no longer bind you. If you want to go to the state to rob, you can follow me; If you want to rob in Youzhou nearby, go by yourself. It's just that: the ship doesn't let go until it reaches the shore. A thousand penny boats, one penny docked. Don't overturn what you've said, and don't interrupt what you've done. In the future, Gongsun Kang will be held accountable, and we will not participate in it and share the responsibility with you. ”
When the matter was said, Murong Ke entertained everyone to drink. The tribal leaders hesitated, lest Murong Ke drugged the wine, and they didn't dare to take a cup.
Murong Ke continued to smile bitterly, he said: "A few days ago, when we were fighting against Yan Liang, we both dared to give our backs to each other, why are we suspicious of each other now? From now on, it's just that everyone will go their separate ways and rob each other's things. We are not enemies, but children of the same steppe. Long knives against wild boars, wine for loved ones. I'll drink first as a respect. ”
He took his glass and drank it down.
Only then did the tribal leaders begin to drink and talk one after another.
Murong Ke really didn't take the drug, he still had to rely on these eastern Xianbei people to clean up the Xianbei tribes in the west and the Xianbei tribe in the north.
At present, there is no consensus and they can only be left to their own devices. After being taught a lesson by Gongsun Kang, he will honestly follow him to Bingzhou to rob. That is, to cross the territory and go to the sphere of influence of Xianbei in the west to rob.
A few days later, the Naadam assembly ended, and the tribal leaders and their men took their leave.
Only Yuwen Mo coldly warned Murong Ke: "Riding a bareback horse is not good for the butt; Those who conspire are not good for themselves. I hope that Murong Khan will not play tricks against us. ”
Murong Ke still smiled bitterly, the Yuwen family has always been the opponent of the Murong family, and the two sides have fought for hundreds of years in later generations. It seems that this life is also like this.
Appendix:
The current history of the three major tribes of the Murong Tribe, the Yuwen Tribe, and the Duan Department is:
Murong clan came from the Middle Ages, the descendants of the clan leader Gao Xin, established the Xianbei country, and said that Mu Eryi (heaven and earth) was the way, following the appearance of the three lights (sun, moon, and stars), so Murong was the surname, called Murong clan. The Xianbei people in history are between the Xilamulun River and the Taoer River in present-day Inner Mongolia. The birthplace and hometown of the Murong clan are here. Among the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Former Yan, the Later Yan, the Western Yan, and the Southern Yan were all established by the Murong Ministry.
Historically: Murong Ministry, a large tribe of Xianbei during the Wei and Jin dynasties. In the early years of Cao Wei, the leader Mo Hubao led his troops to move to western Liaoning, and from Sima Yi to Gongsun Yuan's meritorious service, he was worshiped by the imperial court as the king of Luyi, and began to build a city in the north of Thorn City (now Chaoyang, Liaoning).
Yuwen Puhui, the ancestor of the Yuwen clan. According to the record of the Book of Zhou, Pu Hui is a descendant of the Yan Emperor Shennong, and found three jade seals during a hunting trip, with the words "Emperor Seal" on them, Pu Hui was very surprised and thought that this was a gift from God. According to the custom of the Xianbei people, the sky is called "Yu", and the king is called "Wen", so he calls his tribe Yuwen Guo and takes Yuwen as his surname.
Yuwen Mona, the son of Yuwen Puhui. According to the records of the Book of Zhou, Yuwen Mona led the Yuwen Department Xianbei to move south from Yinshan to Liaoxi, and competed with the Murong Department and the Duan Department in Liaoxi, and formed a marriage with the Tuoba Department. He was later honored as a marquis by the Northern Zhou of the Northern and Southern Dynasties and regarded as the ancestor.
The Book of Wei records the custom of the time: "People cut their hair and left it on top as jewelry, and cut it off if it was more than a few inches." The women wore long undergarments and feet, but had no clothes. From here, it can be seen that the people of this tribe have the custom of wearing hair, and the women wear long one-piece jackets, which is very different from the Han people's dress of long skirts. In addition, in autumn, the tribe would harvest a poisonous plant called "aconitum aconitum" to make poison and use it to shoot birds and animals.
Several leaders of the Yuwen Xianbei in this period had a better relationship with the Xianbei of the Tuoba Department, and the two sometimes intermarried; After entering the period of the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, and attached to the powerful Later Zhao; On the contrary, there was a constant struggle between the Yuwen and Murong Xianbei, and several successive leaders of the Yuwen Ministry, Yuwen Mogui, Yuwen Xun Niyan, Yuwen Qidegui, and Yuwen Yidougui were all defeated by the Murong Ministry, and in a decisive battle in 44 (according to the Zizhi Tongjian) or 45 (according to the Book of Wei), the Yuwen Ministry was finally destroyed by the former Yan regime established by the Murong Ministry, and the tribe was relocated and dispersed.
According to the records of the Book of Wei, the name of the first leader of the Duan Department was Duan Ri Lu Dependents (his name "Book of Jin" was Duan on Lu Dependents). The original society of the Duan ancestors was very low, and Duan Ri Lu was sold as a slave in the family of Lord Wuhuan of Yuyang.
"Northern History: The Biography of the Six Dependents of Tu He Duan": "Tu He Duan is from Liaoxi. His uncle Ri Lu was sold as a slave of the Yuyang Karasuma Lord's treasury and humiliated the officials and families due to chaos. All the adults gathered in Youzhou, all holding spit pots. Only the treasury insulted the officials, but spit on the mouths of the sun and the land. Because of the swallowing of it, the sun and the land relatives bowed to the heavens and said: "May the wisdom of the lord be moved into my belly." ”
Later, there was a great hunger in Yuyang, and the officials of the library humiliated the Japanese and land dependents as health, so that the people of Liaoxi chased food, lured the rebellion, and then reached the strong day.
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