Chapter 39 3. Fu Jian Appears

Sometimes, there are really only a few people who influence the development of the entire Chinese history, and Fu Jian is undoubtedly such a person. Fu Jian was the son of Fu Xiong, the younger brother of Fu Jian, the founding emperor of the former Qin Dynasty. He was smart and unconventional since he was a child. His grandfather Fu Hong loved this little grandson very much. When Fu Jian was playing on the main road when he was a child, he happened to meet Xu Tong, a famous Gaoping scholar who was famous for his knowledge of people at that time.Xu Tong deliberately took his hand and said, "Fu Lang, this is the road for official cars. How dare you play here, aren't you afraid that Sili will tie you up?"

Fu Jian replied calmly: "Sili only kidnaps criminals, not children!" Xu Tong immediately said to the people around him: "I'm afraid this child has the appearance of a bully." When Fu Jian was eight years old, he took the initiative to ask Fu Hong for a teacher to study. Fu Hong said in surprise and joy: "We Rongdi tribes only know how to drink for generations, but you ask to study at a young age. It's really great." That's it." He gladly complied with his request. One night when Fu Jian entered the customs, he suddenly dreamed of a messenger in red clothes and a red crown, who claimed to be sent by the gods, and ordered him to make Fu Jian General Long Xiang.The next day, Fu Jian paid homage to Fu Jian, who was only thirteen years old, as General Longxiang, and said to Fu Jian with tears: "Your grandfather received this title back then, and now I grant you this title. Do it yourself." Fu Jian, who was still young at this time, swung his sword and beat the horse with a majestic demeanor, which made all the soldiers admire him. (Fu Jian started his career with Longxiang, but in the end he was defeated because of "Longxiang". I don't know if this is just a coincidence or a special arrangement of fate. We will talk about this later.)

When the tyrant Fu Sheng was raging in the palace and the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty were living like years, people pinned their hope of being rescued on Fu Jian and his elder brother Fu Fa.Within a few years, Fu Jian fought in the north and south, and received the support and help of many heroes. After he incorporated the Qiang people from Yaoxiang in the past, his power grew further.It turned out that Xue Zan and Quan Yi, who joined the army of Yao Xiang, privately suggested to Fu Jian that the Lord was tyrannical, so they should have made plans earlier.Fu Jian thought so, so he asked for advice from his confidant Shangshu Lu Polou, and Lu Polou immediately recommended his retainer Wang Meng to Fu Jian.Fu Jian met his most powerful and important assistant and friend in his life when he was nineteen years old.Compared with Zhang Bin and Shi Le, Wang Meng's relationship with Fu Jian is even worse. In Fu Jian's own words, it is "like Liu Xuande's relationship with Zhuge Kongming".

Bosom friends are each other.Wang Meng also waited for the man he had been waiting for all his life. This poor Han man made a living by selling dustpans when he was young. , He was also evaluated by Xu Tong as a talent for life.The world was in chaos, he did not seek an official position in many regimes, but escaped to Huashan Mountain alone, isolated from the world.However, it is worth mentioning that Wang Meng is not a hermit who believes in Lao Zhuang and advocates birth.Regarding his seclusion, I think there is a passage in the "Book of Jin" that is quite wonderful, that is, "Huai Zuoshi's ambition, Xi Longyan's lord, gather your wings and wait for the time, and wait for the wind and clouds before moving."Wang Meng's escape from the world was only because he did not meet his "Master".So when Huan Wen entered the customs, he would come to the big tent excitedly, and face Huan Wen, the power minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, talking about the world, talking and laughing freely, even Huan Wen was speechless by his question.The status quo of the Eastern Jin Dynasty disappointed Wang Meng. He rejected Huan Wen's gracious invitation and stayed in the north where "Rong Di was rampant".

(Wang Meng’s thinking seems to be beyond reproach today, and no one would accuse him of anything, but if you look at it from the perspective of people at the time, at least according to Wang Meng’s actions before and after, he is an "out-and-out" traitor. Said "Hu and Han blend" was a later thing. A "buzzword" at that time said "If you are not of my race, your heart must be different." In fact, people like Wang Meng and Zhang Bin are not without ethnic concepts, but What they uphold is definitely not that kind of narrow ethnic concept. Perhaps those who were born in the Han nationality and had no status in the Han people's group finally entered the Hu people's government out of self-interest, but the objective effect was in To a certain extent, it promoted the stability of the north. Interestingly, the two periods when there were many such traitors, that is, the post-Zhao period in the Shile period and the former Qin period in the Fujian period, happened to be the most stable period among the Sixteen Kingdoms, including the later period The rise of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the unification of the north, the credit of the "traitors" is also indispensable.)

Due to Fu Jian's high prestige in the court and his military power, although Fu Sheng had killed many old ministers and relatives for various reasons, he hadn't dared to touch Fu Jian's brothers. However, in the third year of Shouguang in the former Qin Dynasty (357 A.D.), Fu Sheng's cruelty became more and more unscrupulous. Once, Fu Sheng suddenly dreamed that a big fish was eating cattail leaves. When he woke up, he thought it was an ominous omen, because "pu" was the same as "fu".Gradually, a nursery rhyme began to circulate in the city of Chang'an: "The big fish in the East China Sea turned into a dragon, and the man became a king and a daughter and a father. Ask where he is in the east of Luomen." Just to the east of Luomen, this prophecy said that Fu Jian was going to change the sky.) Fu Sheng looked around the court, but thought that the fish must belong to the servant, Tai Shi Yu Zun, and ordered him to copy the whole house. cut.Seeing this scene, the Fu Jian brothers also began to be wary secretly.

One night, Fu Sheng said to his maidservant, "Brothers Alpha (that is, brothers Fu Fa and Fu Jian) ​​cannot be trusted either. I will get rid of them tomorrow." Unexpectedly, this maid happened to be the insider placed by Fu Jian, so she hurried to Fu Jian's brothers and told them the situation.The Fu Jian brothers had been prepared for this, and immediately led the troops to sneak outside the palace gate.Fu Jian and Lu Polou led 300 soldiers to enter the palace through the palace gate. The guards all gave up resistance and surrendered to Fu Jian. Fu Jian and Fu Sheng, a pair of cousins, met in the bedroom. This life-and-death palace coup was slightly funny and funny at the last moment:

Fu Sheng was so drunk that he was almost unconscious. He dimly saw Fu Jian leading his troops to him, and asked his guards in surprise, "Who are these people?" The guards replied: "It's the rebels." Fu Sheng replied confusedly: "Why don't you worship me when you see me?" Fu Jian's soldiers couldn't help laughing, and Fu Sheng became angry: "Why don't you worship quickly, whoever doesn't worship will be beheaded!" Homecoming" ended his licentious reign. The Fu Jian brothers swept away Fu Sheng's favor, and the next question was who would be the boss.Fu Jian intended to promote his elder brother Fu Fa to be emperor, but Fu Fa believed that he was a concubine and should not be respected according to the law of etiquette; Fu Jian said that he was still young and did not have enough prestige. The ministers prevailed. (Fu Jian's mother, Gou Shi, was still wary of Fu Fa, and committed suicide by giving Fu Fa not long after Fu Jian ascended the throne. Although Fu Jian respected his brother, he was also afraid that he would be harmful to him in the future, so he went along with it.)

In June of that year, Fu Jian ascended the throne of the former Qin Empire. He believed that the title of emperor could not convince the public, so he changed his title to Emperor of Qin and changed his name to Yongxing.Fu Jian stepped into the historical stage of the Sixteen Kingdoms, and his legendary and tragic life officially began here.