Chapter 1 When the Opportunity Knocks on the Door 11
Wang Meng died, and as the greatest hero of the former Qin, Wang Meng did not see the grand occasion of the unification of northern China for the country for which he had worked so hard. In July 375, Wang Meng became ill from overwork, and the treatment was ineffective, and he died at the age of fifty-one.
Those who are tired to death are for the sake of "the grace of knowing the situation" and the ideal of "governing the country and leveling the world".
Before his death, Wang Meng's last words were Fu Jian, the Jin Kingdom was orthodox, the upper and lower levels were peaceful, and they could not be fell; The Xianbei, Qiang and other captives of the fallen country are like enemies on the side, and they must be eliminated. Xu was overly sad, Fu Jian didn't hear it clearly, and later forgot it completely, that is, he reused the Xianbei and Qiang people, and even crusaded against the Eastern Jin Dynasty. And so came the disaster that followed.
During Wang Meng's illness, Fu Jian was extremely sad, prayed to the mountains and rivers, prayed for blessings from the temple and the community, and pardoned prisoners who were guilty of capital crimes across the country, but after all, he did not save the life of his prime minister. Holding the deathbed recital of this minister who had done his best for the country, he read a line of words, shed two lines of tears, wept silently, and mourned. Later, there were three times to pay tribute to the coffin, saying that the prince Hong said: "Heaven doesn't want to make me a six-fold evil? How to take the speed of my scenery! "The funeral was extremely glorious, according to the story of the Han general Huo Guang. The crying of the Qin State shook the wilderness for three days.
When he was dying, Wang Meng instructed his son to plough the fields with ten oxen (twenty oxen) and ask for nothing else. Zhuge Liang, who "has 800 mulberry trees in Chengdu, 15 hectares of thin fields, food and clothing for his descendants, and his own spare ......", is more honest and thrifty. Fu Jian also often compares Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang to himself and Wang Meng, in fact, these two are closer and more harmonious than those two, and they are more "like a fish in water". Named Junchen, he is really respected by his brother, and he is Fu Jian's most powerful assistant and teacher, and his feelings are extremely deep, chasing Wang Meng "Wuhou", and Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty.
After Wang Meng's death, Fu Jian recalled too much, and he had to turn white in less than half a year, when he was only 38 years old.
He was a very popular minister before his death, and he was honored after his death. How fortunate Wang Meng is to win people like this!
Fu Jian is a benevolent and righteous king, not only in getting along with Wang Meng, but also in governing the country. At the beginning of his accession to the throne, the former Qin treasury was empty, the people's livelihood withered, and the economic situation was extremely difficult. Fu Jian rested with the people, and in just a few years, he reversed the depressed situation of society waiting to be revived.
In terms of the administration of officials, although there was strong opposition from the civil and military forces and nobles of the Manchu Dynasty, Fu Jian still firmly supported Wang Meng's new policy, severely punished corruption and perverted the law, rectified the rule of officials, and improved the social atmosphere and public order.
In terms of culture and education, Fu Jian leads by example by visiting Taixue once a month to encourage students to learn. Originally, he came twice a month, but later a school teacher told him that the sages and saints only came twice a month, and Fu Jian reduced them to show that he did not dare to surpass the ancient sages. The atmosphere of persuasion and dedication to learning, honesty and shame in the former Qin Dynasty was flourishing.
In terms of people's livelihood, Fu Jian takes the development of agriculture as the basic national policy, although he is a king, but still uses practical actions to express the feelings of solidarity to the people, and during the farming season, he personally goes to the field to cultivate, and his queen also personally goes to the suburbs of Chang'an to plant mulberry and raise silkworms, leading by example and encouraging farming. When the people were affected by the disaster, Fu Jian reduced their diets, withdrew their vocal music, ordered the harem concubines and palace maids to wear cloth clothes, and the civil and military officials reduced their salaries accordingly, and stopped all military operations to reduce the burden on the people. At the same time, the ban on mountains and rivers will be lifted, and the resources will be shared between the country and the people.
There is a good and new policy, there is a benevolent and righteous king, and the former Qin national power was restored only a few years after Fu Jian ascended the throne, and a new atmosphere of stability and peace and family sufficiency appeared. Then there was enough strength to eliminate Qianyan and slightly settle the north.
After Wang Meng's death, the former Qin army was suspended for half a year, during which Fu Jian adhered to Wang Meng's legacy and was diligent in national politics. Subsequently, the former Liang and Dai kingdoms were quickly destroyed, and the unification of the north was completely realized, and all the 62 countries of Dongyi, the Western Regions and the Southwest Yi were sent envoys to the court; Nanxiang, Xiangyang and other counties (under the jurisdiction of present-day Hubei) that originally belonged to the Eastern Jin Dynasty were also captured, and the former Qin Dynasty was extremely prosperous, becoming the first ethnic minority regime in Chinese history to unify the north. In the land of China, only the turtle of the Eastern Jin Dynasty confronted it in the southeast half of the wall.
Qianliang has already narrated, as for the Daiguo, its monarch is Tuoba Shiyijian, about his story, we will leave it to the future when we tell the Northern Wei Dynasty in detail, here will be skimmed first. In short, after a thousand difficulties and dangers, the descendants of Tuoba Shi Yijian established a feat that was no less than that of the former Qin Empire, and even surpassed it.
Fu Jian not only showed kindness to his people, but also did his best to treat those captives who surrendered to the country, and did not detain, abuse, humiliate, or even directly slaughter them as the previous and later dynasties did. Instead, he treated him with his own tolerance and benevolence, and those with outstanding talents were even more reused, and even entrusted with military power.
Among them, Murong Chui is the first to be recommended.
Despite the advice of Wang Meng and Fu Rong, as well as the fact that he escaped and was arrested (see "Golden Knife Strategy"), Fu Jian still favored the former Yan God of War, not only did not kill him, but instead comforted him with kind words, restored his title, and treated him as courteously as before. After destroying the former Yan, he did not massacre the civilians and the royal family of the former Yan, but appeased and appointed the royal family members of the Murong family as officials, which was a real official position with real power, rather than just receiving the false title of Yulu. Even Murong Wei, the king of the dead country, was also named a new marquis, and his treatment was extremely generous.
For Yao Chang, the leader of the Qiang nationality, perhaps because of his close relatives (Qiang and Di have the same origin), or because he surrendered earlier, Fu Jian regarded him as a humerus and was awarded the title of "General Long Xiang", which was the position that Fu Jian himself once held, passed down from father to grandfather, after ascending the throne, "the name of Long Xiang has never been a dummy", neither awarded to the close relatives of the royal family, nor awarded to the meritorious ministers who were born and died together, but gave Yao Chang, which shows that Fu Jian attaches great importance to it. …… It's a pity that Yao Xiang died early and didn't catch up with such a good day.
As for Zhang Tianci and his ilk, they had already built villas waiting for him to move in. Although it is a political gesture, it is enough to show that Fu Jian is kind to others. After all, the vast majority of people in Fu Jian's position could only build a fancy cell for his enemies and prisoners, or even simply dig a pit.
Fu Jian's act of benevolence has indeed won the hearts of the people for himself, won the strong support of many talented people, and also won the support of Murong Chui, Yao Chang and others, who made great contributions to the cause of the unification of the north by the former Qin. However, as Wang Meng said on his deathbed, these people are also like tigers on the side of the couch, after the fiasco in the Battle of Weishui, Murong Chui, Yao Chang and others rebelled one after another, met with the former Qin soldiers, and even killed Fu Jian, seizing the former Qin world, without the slightest gratitude for Fu Jian's kindness and generosity towards them back then.
This is a later story, at this moment, these enemy generals and captives are bathed in the aura of Fu Jian's benevolence, with a high position, many soldiers and horses, and extraordinary strength. Many people's titles and official positions even surpass those veterans and former ministers who entered the customs with Fu Jian and fought bloodily for the establishment of the former Qin.
Of course, Fu Jian also made mistakes, especially for the former Yan Murong family, and his mistakes were enough to cancel out all his grace.
This is also something that can't be helped, who makes the girl and daughter-in-law look handsome! …… Even the boys are handsome! I think this is also one of the reasons why the Murong family went crazy to return to the country later!
Defending the glory of their ancestors, regaining the dignity they discarded, defending their beloved girl, and of course, most importantly, satisfying their desire for power are all worth their choice to betray and let go when Fu Jian is embarrassed.
As explained above, Murong Chui did not come alone, although he abandoned his wife Kezuhun in Yecheng, but he took his wife Duan with him. While Fu Jian treated Murong Chui preferentially, he also treated his wife Duan very favorably, and often recruited Duan into the palace to drink and play, and sleep together. In order to protect Murong Trai, the Duan family could only choose to sacrifice himself, succumb to joy, and often blow the wind on the pillow and say a few good words about Murong Trai, and Murong Trai also tried his best to curry favor, so although Wang Meng's advice was in his ears, Fu Jian gradually relaxed his vigilance against Murong Trai and granted real power to senior officials.
The ancients had a saying: "The hatred of killing one's father and the hatred of taking one's wife are not shared." "A hero who once defeated the invincible opponent in the world, even Huan Wen was once a defeated figure under him, and he was willing to be humiliated, and he still presented his most beloved woman. Whether it is to endure humiliation or burden, no matter what reason is used, in Murong Trai's heart, the seeds of hatred have been planted. Fu Jian, who was intoxicated under Duan's skirt, didn't know about these.
Later, the first person to stand up against Fu Jian was Murong Chui. All grace can't make up for the humiliation of taking away people's wives and daughters, not to mention that Murong Chui is unwilling to be subordinate.
In fact, the ministers around Fu Jian have always been wary and jealous of Murong Trai, even on the eve of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there are still ministers who suggest that Fu Jian kill Murong Trai to prevent future troubles, but Fu Jian not only did not kill Murong Trai, but instead gave him thousands of troops and horses, led an army by himself, and fought independently.
After the destruction of Yan, the great disaster has been eliminated, and at the same time, Fu Jian was full of spirits, and at the same time, he took a pair of beauties in the Qianyan Palace into his arms, namely the prince Murong Chong and Princess Qinghe (anonymous).
That year, Princess Qinghe was only fourteen years old, Fen Han Cardamom, Yan Ruo Fu, it was the age to dream of a better future, but as the daughter of the dead country, she could only let Fu Jian be included in the palace and used as a plaything. At that time, Murong Chong was even younger, only twelve years old, not yet in puberty, his face had no pimples, his skin was delicate and smooth, and his appearance was even stained with the light of the Murong family, with the appearance of Longyang! Straight face like beautiful jade, eyes like peach blossoms, handsome don't want it. Fu Jian took pity on him and loved him, and also included him in the palace, as a prostitute child, day and night. So, in the palace, between the beds, the sister and brother worked together with Fu Jian. There is a shame in this, and if you talk too much, you will teach bad children, but you can only think about it. There is a folk song in Chang'an that says: "One female and one male, both fly into the Purple Palace." ”
The Murong family is really a good gene, not only can give birth to heroes like Murong Ke and Murong Chui, but also can grow beauties like Princess Qinghe and Murong Chong.
Later, under Wang Meng's strong persuasion, Fu Jian sent Murong Chong out of the palace and placed him in another place. However, there are no words about the attachment in it.
Perhaps, this kind of thing can only be regarded as a romantic affair for Fu Jian, and it is harmless. However, it is a great shame for Murong Chong, the glory of his father shines for thousands of years, shaking the present and the past, but he has become a confinement in other people's beds, at the mercy of others, and with his sister. The country is ruined, the family is ruined, he can't help himself, and the experience is unbearable, just thinking about it makes him chrysanthemum tight, and he has the urge to poke a thousand holes in Fu Jian.
Later, it was Murong Chong who led his troops to drive Fu Jian out of Chang'an, turning the imperial capital into a hell on earth, and washing his unspeakable past with blood.
It is said that when Murong Chong's troops came to Chang'an, Fu Jian also gave him a brocade robe that he had worn when he was in the palace before, hoping to awaken the warmth of the past and save his life.
Murong Chong's arrival is precisely because he remembers the past and remembers it vividly.
As for why Yao Chang killed Fu Jian, I think that at the moment of the killing, he must have remembered his brother who died in the hands of Fu Jian, and even more so for the throne that seemed to be within reach.
If Fu Jian strictly followed Wang Meng's last words, he would at least be able to confront the north and south of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and there would be no later tragedy. However, the situation is developing, and the merit of dominating the world is close at hand, who can hold it?
In addition, out of the need to rule, Fu Jian moved all the captives from various countries to live in Guanzhong, but scattered the Di people to various parts of the former Qin to achieve effective control over the vast territory of the former Qin. However, this policy directly led to the dispersion of the Di people, and even in the Gyeonggi region they were weaker than other ethnic groups.
When Fu Jian wanted to gather forces to fight back, the scattered Di people made this idea impossible. It is also an important reason why Fu Deng fought desperately and defeated Yao Chang many times, but he could not eliminate him due to his lack of strength, and even was always called "Poor Kou".
Not only that, the internal problems of Qianqin began to become prominent due to the continuous war, first of all, the soldiers did not want to fight, and the psychological fatigue was far better than the physical fatigue. The common people were also impoverished by the war, and those who died of exhaustion and starvation from transporting grain and grass were everywhere, and war-weariness grew throughout the country.
Of course, at this moment, Fu Jian was immersed in the dream of mixing one and six together, and was actively preparing for the war of the Southern Expedition and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and did not think of these potential worries, although they were deadly existences.