Chapter 55 The fourth part competes in the Central Plains

Tuoba Gui, who founded the Northern Dynasty and established the Wei State, is the descendant of Tuoba Xianbei who established the Dai State. Tuoba Gui's father, Tuoba Shi, was the eldest son of Daiwang Tuoba Shiyiqian, who was extremely powerful and brave.When Shi Yijian's general, Sun Jin, met Shi Yijian, he suddenly drew his knife and stabbed him. Tuoba Shi threw himself to block him, and was stabbed in the rib by Chang Sun Jin.Tuobashi endured the pain and captured Changsun Jin and killed him. However, he himself was seriously injured and died not long after. At this time, Tuobagui was still in the womb of his mother, He Shi. One month after Tuobashi's death, Tuobagui was born as a posthumous son (his real name should be pronounced as Shegui, and "Gui" is the Chinese character used later. This word may have had a double initial at the time, similar to the beginning of the English "school").This year was the second year after the ex-Qin eradicated the former Yan, AD 371.

It was five years later that Fu Jian destroyed the Dai Kingdom. Although this victory relied on the strong and prosperous former Qin Dynasty, it also benefited from the civil strife in the Dai Dynasty. In the twelfth year of Jianyuan of the former Qin Dynasty (376 A.D.), under the continuous suppression of the former Qin army and Shiyiqian's dying illness, people in Dai State were panicked.Although Tuoba Shi died early, Shi Yiqian did not establish a new son.Shi Yiqian's wife at this time, Murong Shi, was the daughter of Murong Hao. She gave birth to six sons for Shi Yiqian, all of whom were elderly. No one knew which one would be the future monarch of the country.

The vanguard of the Qin army was not far from Daiwang's camp, and several sons took turns leading troops to guard Shi Yiqian who was seriously ill every night.At this time, someone came to sow discord, lobbying Shi Yiqian's eldest son Tuoba Shijun.This person is none other than Tuoba Jin, the son of Tuoba Gu, the younger brother of Shi Yiqian who "divided the country and taught him half of the country" (see Chapter 8 of "The Battle of Feishui").His father was so heroic and courageous back then, but today he has completely disgraced his ancestors.Tuobajin disappointed the people of the tribe he led, and held a grudge, so he went to Shiyijian's tribe to make trouble.

He said to Mr. Shi: "Your Majesty wants to establish the son of Concubine Murong, and he is going to kill you first, so let his sons wear military uniforms and surround the camp every night, that is to find an opportunity to act!" What kind of person is Mr. Shi? The "Book of Wei" commented on his "sexual stupidity". I thought it was very serious, but based on this point, I believed a person who didn't even trust my "countryman".Mr. Shi decided to strike first, and killed his six half-brothers. The action was so big that it alarmed Shi Yijian in the tent. Mr. Shi didn't stop doing it, and he even killed his father Shi Yijian at the same time. .

There was no leader in the Dai Kingdom, and finally there was chaos. The former Qin army took the opportunity to enter the capital Yunzhong.Five-year-old Tuobagui followed his mother, the He family, and fled to the tribe of his uncle He Na, only to escape the catastrophe. When Fu Jian met Shi Yanfeng, the head of the Dai State after the demise of the Dai State, he once said a very reasonable sentence.At that time, he asked Yanfeng the reason for the turmoil in the country, and Yanfeng told the truth.Fu Jian said with emotion: "There is only one evil in the world." (He came to power because of a dispute between brothers, and he dealt with brothers who betrayed him during his tenure. This can be said to be deeply touched.) He accepted Yanfeng's offer. It is suggested that the Daimin be divided into two parts and let Liu Weichen and Liu Kuren, the two descendants of Tiefu Liu Hu, lead them respectively.

Liu Weichen's bad conduct has long been "criminal". When he treated Shi Yiqian at the beginning, he rebelled and surrendered, and he was an enemy of the Tuoba clan. Although Liu Kuren is also the same clan of Liu Hu, he has another relationship with the Tuoba clan: Shi Yiqian was his uncle, so he treated the survivors of the Dai Kingdom kindly.Fu Jian knew that the relationship between the two of them was not good, so he asked them to share the management, with the intention of making them check and balance each other, and no one dared to strike first. (But Liu Weichen is a villain after all. He rebelled against Qin back then and turned against Liu Kuren. Liu Kuren led troops to defeat Liu Weichen and pursued him thousands of miles northwest of Yinshan Mountain. He escaped, but captured his wife and children Fu Jian treated such a villain leniently, named him Xidanyu, set him up as a vacant post, and stationed in the Hexi area. This is really a "model" of ethnic policy, but it left a great disaster for the future.)

Shi Yiqian's cronies all went to join Liu Kuren, and Tuoba Shi's widow He Shi was no exception. She brought Tuoba Gui to Liu Kuren's tribe.Liu Kuren treated their mother and child very well, allowing them to live in peace. When Fu Jian was proud, he treated Liu Kuren very well, but when Fu Jian was unlucky, Liu Kuren would repay his kindness.When Murong Chui attacked Fu Pi's Yecheng, he sent a large number of troops to rescue, but was unfortunately killed by Mu Yuwen, a Yan general who was hiding in the tribe, and his younger brother Liu Toujuan took over his squad and led his tribe.

Liu Toujuan turned to expand his own power, defeating the Helan tribe and Rouran successively, with great momentum.However, he ignored the advice of his son Liu Luochen, and was assassinated by his cousin Liu Kuren's son Liu Xian who was negligent.Liu Xian seized the seat of Liu's head family, and was deeply afraid that Tuobagui, the direct descendant of Daiguo, would be unfavorable to him, so he sent assassins to kill Tuobagui. Seeing that his life was in danger, Tuobagui, who lived under the fence, relied on the fame and status of his ancestors: the wife of Liu Xian's younger brother Liu Kangxuan was Tuobagui's aunt, and when she learned the news, she secretly informed He.Liu Xian's counselor, Liang Liujuan, was Shi Yiqian's nephew, and immediately sent someone to inform Tuoba Gui.Mrs. He was very clever, she thought of a plan and arranged for Tuoba Gui to escape.

In the middle of the night, she prepared a banquet and invited the assassin sent by Liu Xian to have a drink with him. Although the assassin was ruthless, he couldn't resist the temptation of He Shi, who was in his early thirties, and passed away drunk in He Shi's tent after drinking heavily.Tuoba Gui fled Liu's clan in the dark with the old ministers of the Dai Kingdom, Sun Jian, Yuan Ta, and Luo Jie on Qingqi. The next morning, He Shi sneaked into the stable and deliberately disturbed the horses. Liu Xian's assassin woke up from his dream and hurriedly visited the stable.He immediately cried to the assassin and said, "My son was here just now, but now I can't find him. Did you kill him?" Liu Xian's assassin was at a loss when he was asked, and his mind was even more confused. He didn't immediately go after Tuoba Gui's whereabouts. (The "Tong Jian" said that Liu Xian was the one who was drunk by He Shi, which seems to be wrong.)

Tuoba Gui escaped safely to the Helan tribe of his uncle He Na. He Na saw that his nephew, whom he hadn't seen for more than ten years, was already a good-looking talent. , don’t forget us veterans!” Tuobagui smiled and said, "It's really like what you said, uncle, I dare not forget it!" He Yue, the younger brother of the He family, served as the master of the foreign court under Liu Xian, and also led his followers to Tuobagui.Liu Xian became angry and wanted to kill He Shi. He fled to Liu Kangxuan's house and hid. He Yue's return to Tuobagui triggered a "major defection" by Liu Xian's various ministries. His southern leader, Sun Song, and the central leader, Yu Hechen, all left him one after another and joined Tuobagui of the Helan tribe.Yu Hechen did an "excellent" job, so he took the He family with him when he left, and Tuobagui's mother and son finally reunited.

Tuobagui stayed in the Helan tribe for a few months and won the hearts of the people. The only one who disobeyed him was He Ne's younger brother He Rangan, who sent his best friend Hou Yinqitu to assassinate Tuobagui.Wei Guzhen, a former minister of the Dai State, learned of the plot and told Tuobagui, but Hou Yinqitu had no chance to take advantage of him, so he had no choice but to go back and report to He Rangan.He Rangan was very poisonous. He suspected that Yu Guzhen had leaked the secret, so he was tortured and interrogated. He clamped Wei Guzhen's head with two axles and injured one of his eyes. Yu Guzhen never admitted it. He Ran Just let him go. (Also a tough guy!) He Rangan personally led the troops to surround Tuoba Gui's camp. Mrs. He rushed to him, pointed at He Rangan and reprimanded, "You still don't care about my sister? Why did you kill my son?" He Rangan was embarrassed and ashamed by what he said, so he could only leave in resentment. Half a year later, the news of Fu Jian's death also spread to Tuoba Gui's tribe. The former officials of the Dai Kingdom who had always respected and feared Fu Jian, as well as Tuoba Gui himself, no longer had any scruples in the face of the chaos in the north.In the first month of the eleventh year of Taiyuan (386 A.D.) of Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Tuobagui held a meeting of various ministries in Niuchuan (now on the banks of the Xilamulin River in Inner Mongolia), that is, acting as the throne and changing Yuandengguo.He moved the capital of the country to Shengle City (now Helinger, Inner Mongolia) and implemented agricultural policies. Three months later, he changed his name to King Wei, and was known in history as Northern Wei, Later Wei, and Tuoba Wei.Since then, the name "Tuoba", together with the "Northern Wei Dynasty", has become an important force in determining the fate of China.And this year is often regarded as the beginning of the Northern Dynasty.