Chapter 69 Fifteen, Guanzhong Rebellion

The battle between King Helianbo of Great Xia and King Yao Xing of Later Qin (who was crowned king in the first year of Hongshi of Later Qin [AD 399]) in the Guanzhong area was a matter of the end of the Sixteen Kingdoms period.This is a bit like the battle for supremacy between Wu and Yue at the end of the Spring and Autumn Period. The program looks very lively, but it is just a small episode in the process of changing times. Both Wu and Yue are known as the overlords for a while. Added to the jokes at the banquet.Similarly, no matter who wins between the Later Qin and Xia Kingdoms, it can only be a simple victory.After the Qin State gradually declined and could not recover, and although Daxia was a new country, due to the limitations of its rulers, it could not and would not do things like Tuoba Gui to do farming and rest the people, so it could not last long.

The small countries in the Kansai region perished one by one during this period.What needs to be mentioned first is the situation in Kanto at that time. Tuobagui was very brutal in the later period of his rule. Yes, moody and easy to kill. He has a rascal son, Tuoba Shao, whose personal hobby is going out to rob.Tuobagui punished him by hanging him upside down and throwing him into the well, and then fished him out when he was about to die.Tuobagui was still very upset, so he locked up his mother, Mrs. He, to be executed. (This Mrs. He is also miserable. In order to marry her, Tuobagui assassinated her husband and forcibly married her. He did not expect to give birth to this evil son.) Tuoba Shao led the eunuchs around him into the palace , actually cut Tuoba Gui down.

The major event of killing the king did not have much impact on the political situation of the Northern Wei Dynasty.Tuoba Gui's prince, Tuoba Si, infiltrated the folks and organized forces to settle Tuoba Shao.Tuoba Si ascended the throne and became Emperor Mingyuan of the Northern Wei Dynasty. He basically followed the policies of the Tuoba Gui period. The domestic politics and economy of the Northern Wei Dynasty soon stabilized, and his status as the largest country in the Kanto region was unshakable. Another small country in Kanto, Beiyan in remote Liaodong, also had a coup in the same year (AD 409). The monarch Gao Yun was killed by his subordinates. Since Murong Sheng, all the rulers have been called heavenly kings. This situation is similar to that of Shi Hu, Fu Jian, and Lu Guang mentioned above).Feng Ba implemented a set of policies that the Han regime often engaged in. He abolished the bad government of the Houyan period, rectified the administration of officials, developed agriculture, established schools, and made peace with the surrounding foreign tribes.In the years since Feng Bachu came to power, Northern Yan’s country has shown a new look, and its geographical location is far from the focus of the Central Plains competition (unlike Southern Yan, which faced Liu Yu’s Northern Expedition, which bore the brunt), so A short-term protection of the environment and the people has been achieved.

After the establishment of Kansai in the Xia Kingdom, there were as many as six countries in the region.Among them, Xiqin Qifu Gangui, who was forced to surrender as early as the early years of Yao Xing, has recovered his vitality with the help of his son Qifu Chipan.He saw that Yao Xing was a bit overwhelmed with Helian Bobo in the north and the bald Jitan in the west, so that he could stand on his own in the Yuanchuan area (now in Yuzhong, Gansu) in 409 AD and rebuild the Western Qin Dynasty. Qifu Chipan succeeded Qifu Gangui as the king of Western Qin in the fourth year of Gengshi (AD 412). He accumulated a certain amount of power during the Qin period after the surrender of Western Qin, enabling Qifu Gangui to recover during the decline of the Later Qin Dynasty. The motherland, it can be seen that there is a lot of brains.In the third year of his ascension, that is, in 414 AD, he took advantage of the opportunity of the bald-haired Xetan to attack the Yifu tribe of Tuyuhun, and raided Ledu, his capital, and destroyed Nanliang, a country that seemed quite powerful in the Liangzhou area, in one fell swoop. Surprised. (In fact, as mentioned earlier, the bald-haired Litan has been fighting for years, and it seems that it has won many battles, but most of them are trivial wars. It is not a matter of strong national power. Add an external force to it, and the whole "fortress" will fall apart.)

Qifu Chipan also worked under Yao Xing like Helian Bobo, and knew how to deal with the also seemingly powerful Hou Qin.He Lianbo had already startled Yao Xing so much that he could vomit blood, and now he was begging Chipan again, how could he have a stable life.Later Qin, the most powerful country in Guanzhong, has long been inconsistent with its title.Qifu Chipan and Helianbobo attacked it frequently, and Yao Xing lost ground in the continuous defeat and had to admit defeat. The internal problems of Hou Qin are also common, from Cheng Han and Hou Zhao to Hou Yan and Hou Liang, they are all the same.Yao Bi, the Duke of Guangping, was not a great man at first, and he always lost in battles with foreign enemies, but he was favored by Yao Xing and was appointed as the governor of Yongzhou.His subordinate Jiang Ji persuaded him to make friends with Yao Xing's cronies and strive to enter the court.Yao Bi was very similar to Hou Yan's Murong Bao in this aspect. He acted according to the plan and was able to be transferred back to the capital as a minister and general.Yao Bi made a lot of celebrities in the capital and actively planned to overthrow the power of Prince Yao Hong.General Zuo Yao Wenzong was a close friend of the crown prince. Yao Bi spoke ill of Yao Xing in front of him, and then asked his own party to testify. Yao Xing really ordered Yao Wenzong to be executed.Yao Bi's followers gradually took control of some important leadership positions in the DPRK, and even proposed to Yao Xing to make Yao Bi the crown prince, but Yao Xing was noncommittal. (Yao Xing's performance at this time can only be said to be confused.)

In the 16th year of Hongshi (414 A.D.), Yao Xing was seriously ill. Yao Bi secretly summoned thousands of soldiers to plot a rebellion.Yao Xing's other sons, Yao Yi, Yao Kuang, and Yao Zhan, who were outside the army, were going to lead their troops back to Beijing to attack Yao Bi.Before Yao Bi took any action, Yao Xing's condition improved. He met with all the officials and the ministers told him the truth, but Yao Xing couldn't bear to punish Yao Bi. In the second year, Yao Xing became seriously ill again, and Yao Bi gathered troops in his mansion again.After hearing the news, Yao Xing finally got angry, killed several of Yao Bi's henchmen, and imprisoned Yao Bi.Prince Yao Hong interceded, and Yao Xing pardoned Yao Bi again.

Yao Xing's appeasement of the rebellion finally led to a court incident in the final stage.In the eighteenth year of Hongshi (AD 416), Yao Xing's condition turned critical. His younger sister, Princess Nan'an, went to the palace to visit her, but Yao Xing did not respond.Yao Geng'er, Yao Xing's youngest son, came out of the palace and said to his elder brother Yao Min, the Duke of Nanyang, "My father is dead, let's act quickly." Yao Min led his soldiers to attack the palace, and fought fiercely with Yao Hong's army at the gate of the palace.Yao Xing, who was on the sickbed, came to the front hall and ordered Yao Bi to be bestowed to death.When the guards in the palace saw Yao Xing, their morale was greatly encouraged, and they defeated the rebels. Yao Min and others fled to Lishan.

Yao Xing died on the second day after the incident, and Yao Hong sent troops to hunt and kill Yao Min and his accomplices in secret.An incident finally subsided, but the trend of Hou Qin's demise was irreversible.