1. The dispute between the princes

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The Yan State established by the Murong family can be described as a typical example of a good hand of cards played poorly, and at its peak, it had divided the world with the former Qin and Eastern Jin Dynasty, but because of jealousy and jealousy, he forced away Murong Chui, the king of Wu, self-destructed the Great Wall, and was destroyed by the former Qin. Finally, waiting for the opportunity of the Battle of Weishui, the former Qin collapsed, the Murong family made a comeback, Murong Chong established Western Yan, and Murong Chui established Later Yan.

Murong Chui is worthy of being a generation of heroes, invincible, and once again became a leader with Houyan and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, dominating North China and Northeast China. However, before he died, the shrewd Murong Chui played a stinky chess ---- appointed the imperial grandson in the next generation, laying the foundation for the fall of Houyan.

The reason why Murong Chui wanted to designate the imperial grandson in the next generation was because he knew that his son Murong Bao had low eyes and low skills, great ambition and talent, and it was difficult to keep it, so he set up a bureau before his death, and assigned Murong Bao's second son Murong Hui to guard Longcheng (now Chaoyang City, Liaoning Province), the former capital of Yan State, and asked Murong Bao to establish Murong Hui as the crown prince before his death.

This will of the next generation to designate the emperor's grandson was opposed by two stakeholders, one was the new emperor Murong Bao, and the other was Murong Bao's eldest son, Murong Sheng.

Murong Sheng and Murong were born in the same year, but they have the same father and different mother, and they have been talented, bold and careful since childhood. After the Battle of Weishui, Murong Chui and Murong Bao's father and son had not yet rebelled, and Murong Sheng, who was only ten years old, foresaw that his grandfather would definitely try to dominate the industry again, and it was very dangerous to stay in Chang'an, so he encouraged his relatives and friends to defect to Murong Chong, who was the Taishou of Pingyang at the time. Later, after Murong was raised, the Murong family who stayed in Chang'an and did not have time to escape was indeed killed.

Two years later, Murong Sheng, who was in Xiyan, once again judged that one mountain could not accommodate two tigers, and together with his uncle Murong Rou and younger brother Murong Hui, he secretly left Xiyan and fled back to Houyan from the path. Later, after the two countries became enemies, the family members of Murong Chui who remained in Xiyan were slaughtered again. The most commendable thing is that when Murong Sheng fled from Xiyan, he actually kept Xiyan's fortifications in mind, and after seeing his grandfather Murong Chui, he painted it in front of him, which made Murong Chui overjoyed, touched his head and said: "In the past, Cao Cao touched Cao Rui's head and named him a marquis, it seems that grandpa loves his grandson, and it has always been like this." ”

What Murong Sheng couldn't understand was that from Murong Chui's words, there was obviously a meaning to make him the heir, but why in the end, his grandfather, who had always been kind to him, chose his younger brother, which naturally made him unwilling.

Murong Bao, who succeeded to the throne as emperor, also opposed his father's arrangement. As the saying goes, one generation governs another, and he is naturally resentful of his father's designation of his heir. Secondly, he loves Wu and Wu, his favorite woman gave birth to a son named Murong Ce, although he is still very young, but he is smart and clever, and he is the most favored. Of course, the most critical reason is that Murong will already have its own climate in Dragon City, and he is only afraid that the tail will be too big to control if he becomes the crown prince again.

With the assistance of Murong Sheng, Murong Bao made his youngest son Murong Ce the crown prince as he wished, but inevitably there were rifts and contradictions between Murong Bao and his son Murong Hui, who held real power. Sure enough, under the large-scale attack of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Murong Bao stinked chess one after another, lost the city, lost the land in North China, and finally had to abandon the capital Zhongshan and defect to his son Murong Hui in Longcheng.

Murong Bao Murong Hui's father and son used to be in Zhongshan and the other in Longcheng, and they could still be safe, but when the father and son met, the contradiction would inevitably intensify. After several setbacks, although Murong Bao successfully killed his son Murong Hui, it also led to the collapse of people's hearts, the ambitions of various forces, and the whole country fell into turmoil and fell apart......

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