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Zhai Zhao didn't even have time to hold his father's funeral, so he hurriedly took his wife and children, and fled to Xiyan with some of his staff.

In this crowd of fugitives, only Cui Hong and Cui Xiao looked normal, without any worries, but there was a faint hint of excitement between their eyebrows.

Cui Hong and Cui Xiao are both from the Qinghe Cui family, but they are not close relatives of the same clan, but they have some relationship with their ancestors.

The sixth ancestor of Cui Liang (one said that the fifth ancestor) is Cao Cao's advisor Cui Yan, and he is the sixth ancestor of Cui Hong, Cao Wei Sikong Cui Lin's brother.

Although Cui Xiao is not as famous as Cui Hong since he was a child, he is also talented.

Historically, Cui Xiao was born in a family of eunuchs, and was responsible for writing the history of the former Yan State "Yan Ji".

Later dynasties of Qin, Zhai Wei and Later Yan. When there was civil strife in Houyan, Cui Xiao and his family defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the Northern Wei Daowu Emperor Tuoba Jue appointed him as Shangshu, the commander-in-chief of the Thirty-six Cao, and soon changed to the imperial history Zhongcheng.

Cui Xiao inherited the upright character of his ancestor Cui Yan, and was later killed by Emperor Daowu because of his arrogant words and the reply to the Eastern Jin Dynasty's invitation to soldiers.

Cui Xiao's death was a major event at that time, which made the southern scholars cold to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and even prompted Sima Xiuzhi and others of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to switch to Southern Yan, which made Emperor Daowu regret this.

However, in this life, because Hexi was born, it indirectly changed Cui Xiao's original fate.

He did not take refuge in Houyan after Zhai Wei was destroyed, but deliberately switched to Hexi at the suggestion of his brother Cui Hong.

After being captured by Zhai Wei, he was fortunate to meet Cui Hong, and he learned a lot about the situation in Hexi through Cui Hong.

Especially after Shuo Fang's victory was passed to the Central Plains, Cui Hong and Cui Xiao had been looking for an opportunity to break away from Zhai Wei.

Now that Zhai Wei was broken by Murong Chui, the two finally waited for the perfect time.

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After Zhai Zhao fled to Xiyan, he was warmly entertained by Murong Yong, and he was also named the general of the chariot and cavalry, the pastor of Yanzhou, and the king of Dongjun.

The demise of Zhai Wei allowed Hou Yan's power to expand to the south of the Yellow River.

More than 38,000 households in the seven counties ruled by Zhai Zhao also fell into the hands of Hou Yan.

Murong Chui appointed Murong Zhou, the king of Zhangwu, as the assassin of Yanzhou and Yuzhou, and guarded the slipway, and moved more than 7,000 Xuzhou households near the border of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to Liyang north of the Yellow River, and appointed Murong Tu, the king of Pengcheng, as the assassin of Xuzhou to guard Liyang.

In July 391, Murong Chui returned to Yecheng from the southern front.

He also took Murong Nong, the king of western Liaoning, as the capital governor of Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Jingzhou, Xuzhou, and Yongzhou, guarding Yecheng and guarding the southern gate of Houyan.

After solving the threat from the south, Murong Chui, who returned to Zhongshan, set his sights on Xiyan, which was separated by a mountain.

This made Murong Yong feel pressured, so he hurriedly sent Zhang Teng as an envoy to Hexi for help.

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In the summer of 391 AD, the entire Northern Wei Dynasty was still immersed in the defeat of Shuofang and could not extricate itself.

Tuoba Jue led people around to calm the hearts of the people everywhere.

In addition to the core tribes, there are shepherds and slaves fleeing all the time.

In order to prevent lowly herdsmen and slaves from fleeing, all the young and strong people of all tribes were mobilized to arrest fugitive slaves everywhere.

"Damn Hexi!" Tuoba Jue took a bite of dry food and scolded in a low voice.

Of course, he had a reason to scold Hexi.

Because, all the difficulties encountered by the Northern Wei Dynasty today are all caused by the people of Hexi.

First of all, Shuofang was defeated, losing tens of thousands of elite cavalry, resulting in a great loss of strength in the Northern Wei Dynasty.

Immediately afterwards, the Houtao Plain was occupied again, leaving the Northern Wei Dynasty without a piece of grassland with abundant water and grass.

In particular, since the beginning of the spring of this year, Hexi has been engaged in some kind of dictation in Shuofang, attracting a large number of herdsmen and slaves to flee.

What made Tuoba Jue even more difficult was that the Hexi Army continued to conduct military exercises in the Hetao.

Every time he sent his army to guard, the Hexi army always practiced and left, ignoring the Wei army on the other side.

With the current national strength of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is absolutely impossible to waste limited materials on this.

If the Northern Wei Dynasty didn't care about it, who knows if the Hexi Army would take advantage of the situation to sneak attack?

It should be known that to the west of Jiuyuan City is the front plain of Pingchuan, and the cavalry only needs a few days to march to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

It is no exaggeration to say that with the loss of Jiuyuan City, there is no safety in the west of the Northern Wei Dynasty, and it is directly exposed to the threat of cavalry.

Therefore, even though Tuoba knew that the Hexi army was unlikely to raid Shengle, he still did not dare to be careless, and still sent cavalry to the west to remain vigilant.

Even if only a few thousand cavalry were sent and people ate horses and chewed, after a long time, the Northern Wei Dynasty still couldn't bear it.

Now Tuoba suddenly discovered that unless he gathered Chinese strength to compete with Hexi, Hexi would be able to consume the Northern Wei Dynasty to death.

However, if we want to concentrate China's strength, we must break the original tribal system, learn from the Central Plains, implement the county system, and reform civil affairs.

In the past, with the assistance of Han bureaucrats such as Yan Feng, Zhang Yan, and Xu Qian, Tuoba Jue tried to reform the Northern Wei Dynasty, but due to the resistance of the Tuoba nobles, it finally failed.

"No, we must promote reform as soon as possible, otherwise we will ......" Tuoba Jue secretly made up his mind in his heart.

Just as he was thinking about his thoughts, he suddenly rode south, and a cavalryman shouted on his horse: "King, Shuofang is in a hurry!" ”

The cavalry ran to Tuoba, turned over and dismounted, knelt on the ground and said: "Your lord, I just got the news that Hexi is going to implement the uniform field system in Shuofang, and organize the herdsmen into households, which has caused the leaders and nobles of Shuofang to oppose one after another, and some people secretly ask the king to send troops to administer justice for him. ”

"And so on?" When Tuoba heard this, he didn't react for a while.

At this time, Zhang Yan next to him said: "It is normal for this situation to occur, Hexi has always been hostile to the family and the tribal aristocracy, and the policies it implements are mostly to restrict the family and the tribal aristocracy. The establishment of household Qi people is equivalent to liberating the population controlled by the tribal leaders and chiefs and becoming a tax household under the direct jurisdiction of the government. ”

When Tuoba Jue heard this, his eyes lit up.

At present, he is trying to weaken the strength of the domestic aristocracy to make up for the lack of the country, and it just so happens that Hexi has pointed out the direction for him.

"Changshi, do you say that the Northern Wei Dynasty can follow Hexi?"

"The king intends to carry out a thorough change?" Zhang Yan, as Tuoba's confidant, naturally knows his mind well.

"Those who know me, Hong Longye! Yes, the widow did mean that. Now that the Northern Wei Dynasty has been pressed by Hexi, if you don't want to find a way to strengthen the state, there is only one way to perish in the future. ”

"Since the king has such ambitions, does the minister dare to do his best to assist?"

"Okay, the widow has Honglong to help, why worry about the big thing?"

Next, Tuoba Jue and Zhang Yan devoted all their energy to discussing various new policies, and had no interest in sending troops to Shuofang. It's not that Tuoba has forgotten the defeat of Shuofang, or that he is unwilling to recover Shuofang, but that the Northern Wei Dynasty has not been able to catch it at the moment.

The most important thing is that after repeated repairs by the Northern Wei Dynasty and Hexi, Shuofang Zhuhu suffered a great loss in strength and was unable to overthrow Hexi at all.

The Northern Wei Dynasty took the liberty of intervening, and it was very likely that it was just a sacrifice in vain.

"In the view of a long history, is it possible to implement the uniform field system in China?"

"If it is before the defeat of Shuofang, the minister will never approve of the king's reform. But now it is different, after the defeat of Shuofang, all parties in China have already learned from the pain and believe that it has reached the point where it must be changed. ”

Zhang Yan's words are indeed good, only in a desperate situation, people will reflect on their past mistakes and think about reform.

In addition to the change of people's minds, the reform of the Northern Wei Dynasty was also because Hexi set an example for everyone.

It is through a series of reforms that Hexi has gradually grown from weak to strong, so no one can ignore the huge influence brought by Hexi.

In the sixth year of his reign (391 AD), with the support of all parties, Tuoba began to follow the example of Hexi to implement new decrees.

Every day, the new decree is posted at the east gate of Shengle City, and everyone immediately gathers to watch.

The contents of the new policy roughly include: 1. The people of the Great Wei Dynasty, regardless of whether they are high or low, will divide the land according to the capitation.

2. The people who divide the land and land are demarcated to live in the residential area, and build houses for living.

3. According to the number of population and the breadth and narrowness of the region, prefectures (counties, prefectures) and counties shall be established respectively.

4. All prefectures (counties, prefectures) and counties have set up schools, division of labor, agriculture, soldiers, commerce, Confucianism and other subjects.

Fifth, outsiders who enter our Wei State will be treated as the people of Great Wei.

Sixth, the country selects people based on their quantity, not on the basis of their origins......

The reform of the Northern Wei Dynasty had a far-reaching impact, accelerated the speed of internal sinicization, prompted Tuoba Xianbei to transform from a nomadic to an agricultural nation, and greatly enhanced the national strength, laying the foundation for the future struggle with Wei Shuo for hegemony in the north.