Chapter 83 Chapter 82: Youdi Murong Riwei

One day in March in the third year of Guangshou (359 A.D.), the weather was sunny and sunny.Former Yan King Murong Jun chatted with ministers while drinking in Puchi.After chatting for a while, Murong Jun suddenly asked the sensitive question of whether the prince Murong Riwei could take on the heavy responsibility of the emperor in the future.At that time, Murong Riwei was also in front of him. Most of the ministers thought that Riwei was the heir to the throne and did not dare to offend them, so they said a lot of flattery. Something wrong, Murong Jun turned his head and told Murong Riwei that he must correct it completely. Although Murong Riwei nodded in agreement, he was extremely unconvinced.In the fourth year of Guangshou (360 A.D.), Murong Jun died of illness. Murong Riwei succeeded to the throne and changed Yuan Jianxi. .All the others who should be appointed officials and nobles were appointed officials and nobles, but Li Ji was excluded from the ranks of officials and nobles.Murong Ke persuaded Emperor You to designate Li Ji as the right servant of Shangshu. Emperor You said frankly to Murong Ke: "I will never forget the scene when Li Ji embarrassed me when I was drinking in Puchi. I entrust all important affairs of state to you, but Li Ji Ji alone must be handled by myself." Of course, the result of the handling was to let Li Ji stand aside.

Murong Riwei was only 13 years old when he succeeded to the throne. He couldn't even take care of himself.Taishi Muronggen thought that he had made great contributions to Qianyan, but now he was under Murongke, so he was extremely unconvinced and waited for an opportunity to launch a rebellion.Murong Gen was very cunning. He encouraged Murong Ke to kill the Queen Mother Kezu Hun who interfered in the government, and then abolished Murong Riwei.Of course Murong Ke didn't do it. After Murong Gen ran into trouble with Murong Ke, he went to the Queen Mother and Murong Riwei to frame Murong Ke and Murong Ping for conspiracy. .At this time, Murong Riwei said to the queen mother: "The second prince was trusted by the late emperor and is also a relative of the emperor. He will not rebel anyway. It is the grand master Muronggen who wants to rebel." The queen mother thought about it, and this made sense. He didn't do anything.Soon, Muronggen persuaded Murong Riwei to move the capital from Yecheng (now southwest of Linzhang, Hebei) back to Longcheng (now Chaoyang, Liaoning).When Murong Ke heard about it, he immediately realized that leaving Murong Gen alone would lead to catastrophe, so he sent his attendant Huang Fuzhen and guard Fu Yan to arrest Murong Gen, and then killed him, his wife, concubines and children.

During Murong Riwei's reign, most of the princes and relatives of Qianyan had many shady households, the number of household registrations controlled by the state decreased significantly, and the state's tax revenue was not enough to make ends meet.Shang Shu Zuo Pu She Yuewan wrote to Murong Riwei, requesting to search for shady households.Murong Riwei was worried about the emptiness of the national treasury, so he immediately ordered Yue Wan to be in charge of searching for shady households.Yue Wan carried out the order while sick, and found more than 200,000 shady households within a short period of time.Yue Wan made great contributions, but violated the vested interests of many people, so she became the target of public criticism and was assassinated soon after.

In the tenth year of Jianxi (369 A.D.), Huan Wen, a general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, invaded Qianyan in a large-scale way, and soon reached Fangtou (now southwest of Junxian County, Henan Province).Seeing the menacing Jin army, Murong Riwei was frightened out of his wits and prepared to flee to Helong (that is, Longcheng, now Chaoyang, Liaoning).Murong Chui, king of Wu, said: "Let me fight him first. If I fail, it's not too late to run away." .After several fierce battles, the Eastern Jin army suffered heavy casualties. Huan Wen ordered the warships to be burned, discarded luggage, and fled in embarrassment.

Liang Chen, the former servant of the Huangmen of Yan, went to the former Qin Dynasty and returned to Yecheng.After careful inspection of Qian Qin, Liang Chen felt that Qian Yan's biggest enemy was Qian Qin, so he advised Murong Riwei not to take Qian Qin lightly.Murong Riwei ignored Liang Chen's words and didn't take them to heart.Ironically, at this time, Fu Jian had sent Wang Meng and Liang Cheng to lead an army of 30,000 to attack Qianyan and Luoyang.In July of the eleventh year of Jianxi (AD 370), Meng and Yang An, kings of the former Qin Dynasty, attacked Huguan and Jinyang.Until then, Murong Riwei ordered Murong Ping to lead 400,000 people to resist the Qin army, but the former Yan army was not the opponent of the former Qin army, and Huguan and Jinyang were quickly captured.Seeing this, Murong Ping was so frightened that he hid in Luchuan, not daring to move forward.Murong Ping was very greedy, occupied mountain springs, and made a fortune by selling wood and spring water. The soldiers of the Yan army were unwilling to work for him.Wang Meng took the opportunity to attack Murong Ping's barracks and set fire to the Yan army's baggage.When Emperor You saw the raging fire in Yecheng, he felt that the problem was serious, and hurriedly sent his servant Lan Yi to reprimand Murong Ping, saying: "As the son of Gaozu, you should put the national interest first, why don't you appease the soldiers, but only focus on collecting money! There is everything in the treasury, and I will share it with you. Are you still afraid of being poor? If the former Qin continues to advance and the former Yan perishes, no matter how much you collect, it will be of no use! You must distribute the money to the officers and soldiers now, and The former Qin will fight to the death." After hearing this, Murong Ping had no choice but to bite the bullet and send troops to fight Wang Meng, but he was completely defeated, more than 50,000 people died in the battle, and Murong Ping fled back to Yecheng alone.The former Qin Dynasty drove straight in and besieged Yecheng.

In November of the same year, the former Qin invaded Ye Palace, and Murong Riwei was captured by Fu Jian's general Ju Wu on the way to escape.Juwu took out a rope to bind him, but Murong Riwei bluffed and said, "What are you that dares to tie the emperor!" Juwu said angrily, "I was ordered to bind the thief, where did the emperor come from!" More than 40,000 households of officials and Xianbei were sent to Chang'an.Fu Jian was very tolerant, and made him Shangshu and Xinxinghou, and retained him.In the 19th year of Jianyuan (AD 383), Fu Jian appointed him General Pingnan and Governor of other tribes, and asked him to follow in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The Qin army was defeated in the Battle of Feishui, and Murong Riwei followed Fu Jian back to Chang'an.In the second year, Murong Riwei planned to join forces with more than a thousand Xianbei people in Chang'an City to kill Fu Jian, but unexpectedly got out and was killed by Fu Jian at the age of 35.Later, his uncle Murong De posthumously titled him "Emperor You".