Chapter 82 Chapter 81: Emperor Jing Zhao Murong Jun

In the second year of Jin Taixing (AD 319), the former Yan Guojun Murong Hao had a second son, Murong Jun. Because the first son died early, the birth of this son, needless to say, made the parents happy from ear to ear. .Time flies like an arrow, and in the blink of an eye, Murong Jun has grown into a young man who is eight feet two inches tall, with a burly build and a dignified appearance.In the third year of Jin Xiankang (337 A.D.), Murong Hao claimed to be the king of Yan, and Murong Jun was established as the prince.In September of the fourth year of Jin Yonghe (348 A.D.), Murong Hao died of illness, and Murong Jun inherited the throne logically.

Murong Jun was in his thirties when he succeeded to the throne, and he was ambitious.Seeing Hou Zhao killing each other, he wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate Hou Zhao.In February of the sixth year of Jin Yonghe (350 A.D.), Murong Jun, Murong Ba, and Murong Yu divided their troops into three groups to attack Zhao Zhao.Later, General Deng Heng of Zhao Zhengdong burned the warehouse, abandoned Jicheng (now southwest of Beijing) and fled for his life.In March, Murong Jun's army easily captured Jicheng.Murong Jun left Murong Yu to rectify Jicheng, and personally led his troops to pursue Deng Heng who had fled to Lukou.When the Yan army arrived in Qingliang, Deng Heng's general Lu Bo had ambushed there with thousands of people, and suddenly attacked Murong Jun's camp in the middle of the night.Murong Jun was very shocked, and said worriedly to General Murong Gen: "The enemy is elite, don't confront them head-on, let's dodge for a while." Murong Gen patted his chest and said confidently: "Don't worry, I will quickly I defeated Zhao Bing for you." After Murong Jun watched Murong Gen leave the barracks, he walked out of the camp and came to a high mausoleum to watch.At dawn, Murong Gen defeated Lu Bojun, and the heavy stone in Murong Jun's heart fell to the ground.Then he led his troops back to Longcheng (now Chaoyang, Liaoning) via Jicheng.

At this time, Hou Zhao's life became more and more difficult.After Ran Min established the State of Wei, he surrounded Shizhi's capital Xiangguo (now Xingtai, Hebei) for more than 100 days. Seeing that Xiangguo was in danger, Shizhi sent Taiwei Zhang Ju to ask for reinforcements from Qianyan.Murong Jun sent Yue Wan, the general who was in trouble, with 30,000 people to rescue Shi Zhi, and it happened that Ran Min also sent Chang Wei to Qianyan to ask for reconciliation between Yan and Wei.Murong Jun hated Ran Min deeply because of Ran Wei's indiscriminate killing of Hu people, so he sent Murong Ke and Murong Bie to attack Ran Wei's Zhongshan and Changshan; the next year, he captured Ran Min and beheaded him in Longcheng.Immediately afterwards, Guangwei General Murong Jun and other troops quickly captured Yecheng.In November of the eighth year of Jin Yonghe (352 A.D.), Murong Jun proclaimed himself emperor, established Yuan Yuanxi, established Kezuhun as queen, and Murong Riwei as prince.At this time, the envoys of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were sent to Qianyan, and Murong Jun proudly said to them: "Go back and tell your emperor, I have been promoted as emperor by the ministers!"

After Murong Jun became emperor, Sun Hei, the prefect of Lanling in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Gao Zhu, the prefect of Jibei, and Gao Weng, the prefect of Jianxing surrendered to Qianyan successively. Wang Zhao of Goguryeo also sent envoys to visit Qianyan, which made Murong Jun intoxicated with victory. After the fall of Later Zhao, the generals Li Li, Zhang Ping, and Gao Chang of the original Shihu, and Feng Yang, the prefect of the Shangdang, all led their subordinates to surrender to Murong Jun. voice.Murong Jun became angry when he saw this, and in the second year of Xingshou (358 AD), he ordered Murong to criticize Zhang Ping, Murong Gen attacked Feng Yang, Yang Duck attacked Gaochang, and Murong Zangping Li Li.Li Li and the others knew that they were no match, so they fled one after another. Qianyan captured almost all of their soldiers and horses.In October of the same year, Murong Jun wanted to compete with the former Qin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so he ordered all states and counties to re-verify their household registration, and stipulated that only one male should be left in each household, and all the rest would join the army. Luoyang, under the persuasion of the minister, reduced the number of conscription.At the end of the next year, all recruited soldiers from all over the country gathered in Yecheng to prepare for orders.But at this time, Murong Jun was seriously ill. Knowing that he would not live long, he said to his younger brother Murong Ke: "I have become so sick that it is difficult to cure. There is nothing to regret when I die now. It’s just that Qin and Jin haven’t been wiped out, and the prince is young, so I’m very worried. From the perspective of the country’s future, it’s better for you to manage the country after I die.” Murong Ke said in surprise: “Although the prince is young, he is a legitimate heir. , How dare I have such extravagant hopes!" Murong Jun said angrily after hearing this: "There is no need to pretend between brothers!" Murong Ke said excitedly: "If you think I have the ability to inherit the throne, can't I assist you?" Are you a good prince?" Murong Jun remained silent, and after a long time he said: "I will die in peace if you assist the prince."

In January of the following year, Murong Jun died of illness a few days after the military parade in Yecheng. He was 42 years old at the time and was buried in Longling.