Chapter 88 Chapter 87 Emperor Xuanzhao Fu Jian

One day in the third year of Xiankang (337 A.D.), Fu Xiong's wife Gou became pregnant. Twelve months later, a healthy boy was born, and he was Fu Jian. The birth of Fu Jian not only brought great joy to Gou and Fu Xiong, but Fu Hong, who was a grandfather, was so happy that he played with his grandson whenever he had free time.Fu Hong, one of the leaders of the Di tribe, had already served as the governor of the exiles of Hou Zhao. He was extremely dissatisfied with Fu Sheng, the one-eyed grandson of his third son, Fu Jiansheng, so he devoted all his love for future generations to Fu Jian.

Fu Jian was also very popular since he was a child. From the time he could speak, he opened his mouth to call when he saw an adult. He was only 7 years old and knew how to give some benefits to the children around him.Although Fu Jian was young, he had a strong memory. When he was eight or nine years old, he learned Fu Hong's walking posture, speaking voice, demeanor when meeting ministers, and seriousness in reviewing official documents. Fu Hong was often seen among ministers. He praised Fu Jian and said: "My grandson is extremely smart, and he will definitely be successful in the future." One day in the second year of Yonghe (346 A.D.), Fu Jian suddenly proposed to his grandfather that he wanted to hire a tutor.Looking at his 8-year-old grandson, Fu Hong said in a surprised and puzzled tone: "Our nation has always only known drinking and eating meat. Do you really want to study now?" When Fu Jian answered in the affirmative very seriously Fu Hong smiled happily, and sent someone to invite a tutor the next day to teach Fu Jian to study.Fu Jian studied very hard and made rapid progress in his studies.

After Fu Hong's death, Fu Jian succeeded to the throne, and Fu Jian was named General Longxiang.In the fifth year of Huangshi (355 A.D.), Fu Jian died of illness, and Fu Sheng succeeded to the throne.Fu Sheng was a rare tyrant in the world, who treated killing as a trifle, and almost all the clan and heroes were killed.All the ministers and officials in the court were afraid that he would hate him, so they either resigned and went home on the grounds of being sick, or secretly curry favor with Brother Fu Jian.Fu Jian took the opportunity to make friends with Wang Meng, Lu Polou, Qiang Wang, Liang Pinglao, Quan Yi and others, took them as confidantes, and plotted to murder Fu Sheng.But Fu Jian knew that Fu Sheng was extremely powerful, he could lift a thousand weights, and he was good at wielding swords and swords, so he didn't dare to do it.

Fu Sheng may have heard the news and felt that the situation was not good. One late night in June in the third year of Shouguang (357 AD), Fu Sheng suddenly said to the maid: "Brother Alpha is very unreliable. I will kill them tomorrow." The maid arrived at Fu Jian's place after Fu Sheng was fast asleep, and told them what Fu Sheng had said. Brother Fu Jian took action immediately after discussing, and rushed into Fu Sheng's palace in two ways. When Fu Sheng was awakened from a sound sleep, Fu Jian Having brought the soldiers into his bedroom, Fu Jian ordered the soldiers to drag Fu Sheng to another room and kill him.

After killing Fu Sheng, who will be the emperor?This is really a big problem for Brother Fu Jian.In terms of age, Fu Fa is older than Fu Jian, and in terms of the merits of killing Fu Sheng, Fu Fa is also obviously older than Fu Jian, but Fu Fa is obviously inferior to Fu Jian in three points: First, Fu Jian is the original wife of Fu Xiong The wife, Gou, was born as a direct descendant; secondly, Fu Jian knew many capable people; thirdly, Fu Jian was more talented than Fu Fa.Fu Fa was quite self-aware and took the initiative to give way to Fu Jian, and Fu Jian was also benevolent and repeatedly gave way.At this time, Fu Jian's mother, Mrs. Gou, was very smart. Seeing the two people pushing back and forth, she came forward and said something ambiguous, but the smart man knew that he was inclined to Fu Jian's words: "The state is a big matter, and children know that they can't take on it. It’s a heavy responsibility. But if everyone regrets it later, the ministers should bear the fault.” When the ministers heard Gou’s implication, they immediately knelt down and begged Fu Jian to be the emperor. In this way, Fu Jian Without refusing, he ascended the throne in Taiji Hall, made his mother Gou the empress dowager, his wife Gou the empress, and his son Fu Hong the crown prince, and became the legitimate former Qin emperor.

In Fu Jian's view, cleaning up the mess that Fu Sheng had tormented was more difficult than killing Fu Sheng.Before Fu Jian became emperor, he already had a grand plan in mind to seize the throne, reorganize the country, annihilate the heroes, and unify the whole country.However, this plan could not be realized by him alone. Fu Jian realized this very clearly, and he pinned his hopes on Wang Meng, an influential counselor at the time. Wang Meng, whose courtesy name is Jinglue, was born in Beihaiju (now southeast of Shouguang, Shandong), and his family was very poor when he was young. He earned a little money by selling dustpans to make ends meet.However, Wang Meng is poor and ambitious. No matter in the wind and snow or in the severe winter and hot summer, as long as he has time, he insists on self-study, reads a lot of Confucian books and military books, broadens his horizons, increases his talents, and gradually develops The idea of ​​doing something big.However, ambition, knowledge and talent are worthless in the eyes of the rich and powerful, so Wang Meng is often ridiculed, but Wang Meng is detached and laughs it off.When General Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty entered the pass, Wang Meng went to see Huan Wen in tattered clothes. While talking with Huan Wen, he caught lice with his hands.After hearing his analysis of the current situation, Huan Wen looked at him with admiration. When he was about to return to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he repeatedly invited Wang Meng to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.But Wang Meng knew in his heart that the Eastern Jin Dynasty was dominated by noble families. Although Huan Wen appreciated him, it was difficult for him to realize his ambitions, so he did not agree.

After Fu Jian heard Wang Meng's name, he hurriedly asked Lu Polou to invite Wang Meng.Wang Meng had also seen for a long time that Fu Jian was a man of great potential and had a bright future, and he could make a career out of him, so he came as soon as he was invited.When Fu Jian met Wang Meng, it was like seeing a relative he hadn't seen for many years. He was very cordial, and the two talked very speculatively.Wang Meng's incisive and thorough analysis of the current situation convinced Fu Jian.Soon, the two fell in love with each other and talked about everything.After Fu Jian killed Fu Sheng and succeeded to the throne, he promoted Wang Meng to be the Minister of Zhongshu.

At that time, Shiping was the home of the powerful.These tyrants were tyrannical and tyrannical, committing all sorts of crimes, wantonly robbing, blocking roads and raping in broad daylight, and causing great harm to the common people. Fu Jian felt that he had to take care of it, so he appointed Wang Meng as the order of Shiping.When Wang Meng arrived in Shiping, he had no time to shake off the dust on his body, so he ordered an official who was very angry with the people to be beaten to death with a whip.Siping's powerful despises Wang Meng, and now he regards Wang Meng as a thorn in his side, so he jointly sues Fu Jian about Wang Meng.

This incident alarmed Fu Jian. Fu Jian went to the prison in person. When he saw Wang Meng, he reproached him: "When you are an official, you should put benevolence, righteousness and morality first. It is too cruel for you to kill people just a few days after you took office. Let’s go!” Wang Meng said frankly without the slightest hint of intercession: “Your Majesty only knows one thing, but not the other. I’ve heard that a peaceful country should be governed with courtesy, and a chaotic country should be governed by courtesy.” Law to govern. Your Majesty entrusted me with important tasks because of my talent. Personally, I am very cautious in doing things, and I really want to wipe out the powerful for your Majesty. Only now have I killed one traitor, and there are thousands of others. Tens of thousands of traitorous officials are disturbing social order. If you think that I cannot eliminate the traitorous officials and rectify social order, then I am willing to die now. As for saying that I am too cruel, it is too unfair." After hearing this, Fu Jian said, He said to the accompanying ministers: "Wang Meng is a person like Yiwu and Zichan." He immediately pardoned Wang Meng and trusted him even more.From then on, Wang Meng took eliminating lawless tyrants as his top priority.

The aristocrat Fan Shi was born in a powerful family of the Di clan, and he didn't buy Wang Meng's account at all. He once said to Wang Meng in front of everyone: "We worked with the late emperor to revitalize the great cause of the former Qin Dynasty, and we didn't participate in the government. And you don't have any credit. Dare to manipulate the power of the country! Do you want us to farm and feed you?" Wang Meng's tone was also very hard, and said: "It's cheaper for you to farm and feed you, and I want you to be a butcher!" Fan Shiyi Hearing this, my lungs are about to explode.He cursed loudly: "My boy, just wait and see, if I don't cut off your head and hang it on the gate of Chang'an, I will not live in this world." Wang Meng told Fu Jian what Fan had said, and Fu Jian was furious, Said: "This old guy must be killed, otherwise the country cannot be rectified." Later, Fu Jian finally angered Fan Shi with tricks and killed him in public.

In August of the second year after Fan Shi was killed, which was the first year of Ganlu (359 A.D.), Wang Meng attacked the nobleman Qiangde again.Qiang De is the brother-in-law of Fu Jian's uncle Fu Jian.This person likes to drink, and every time he drinks, he will go crazy, act recklessly, rob property, and take away wives and daughters. The citizens of Chang'an are very dissatisfied with him.One day, Wang Meng saw Qiangde messing around on the street again, so he tied him up. Before he could report to Fu Jian, he cut off Qiangde's head and threw his body on the street to be trampled by people.Wang Meng struck while the iron was hot, and Deng Qiang killed more than 20 powerful relatives one after another within dozens of days.This trick took effect very quickly. The powerful and noble relatives and lawbreakers became honest and behaved, and the social atmosphere was greatly improved.Fu Jian saw it in his eyes, was delighted, and said with deep emotion: "Now I know the benefits of having a rule of law in the world, and only then have I tasted the taste of being respected by the emperor." With the continuous improvement of the social atmosphere in the former Qin Dynasty, Fu Jian realized that it is time to govern the country with propriety, so on the one hand, he rewarded those diligent farmers and filial sons and daughters through various names, and on the other hand, he valued and played the role of the school. role and actively cultivate talents.In the fourth year of Ganlu (362 A.D.), Fu Jian widely recruited scholars who were full of economics to teach students at Taixue.Fu Jian also often went to Taixue to question students in person. Those who could answer the questions fluently would be promoted immediately, and those who could not answer the questions would be encouraged to study hard.Fu Jian himself is very knowledgeable, and doctors are often dumbfounded by his questions about the Five Classics.Once, Fu Jian said to Dr. Wang Shi: "I am going to inspect Taixue three times a month, and personally reward the students who study hard, hoping to carry forward the subtle words and righteousness of Confucius and Mencius." Wang Shi said: "Since Liu Yuan and Shi Le disturbed China, , the two capitals are overgrown with weeds, there are not many Confucian scholars left, and the books are completely destroyed, which is several times worse than Qin Shihuang's burning of books and burying Confucianism. Now His Majesty has rectified the chaos, built schools, and promoted Confucianism, so that everyone loves learning in the former Qin Dynasty. A law-abiding, thieves disappeared, a lot of wasteland was reclaimed, and every family had enough food and clothing." Wang Shi's words were not flattering words, but indeed expressed the effect of Fu Jian's rule of courtesy. This effect is like a huge magnet attracting other minority leaders.Hun Zuoxian Wang Weichen, Wuhuan Duhu, and Xianbei Meiyu successively joined the former Qin Dynasty. Fu Jian was very happy about this and gave Weichen a lot of preferential treatment. Send Sima Xu Bin with cavalry to attack Wei Chen.After Fu Jian heard the news, he thought to himself, I am doing everything possible to establish prestige among various ethnic groups, and Jia Yong's actions are undoubtedly tarnishing my reputation and plastering my face.Thinking of this, Fu Jian immediately sent someone to call Jia Yong to the capital. As soon as Jia Yong saw Fu Jian's angry face, he collapsed on the ground in fright. Seeing his pitiful appearance, Fu Jian slightly changed his angry expression, asked someone to help him up, and said to him: "I'm working now. Establish prestige among the various ethnic groups, I hope you will consider the overall situation of the country, and you will not forget your righteousness no matter what. If you do not pay attention to this, they will often cause their resentment because of a small incident, which is extremely detrimental to the country. Now that things have happened, we You have to restore the influence. It was you who did it, you have to apologize to Wei Chen in person, and return all the property you looted to Wei Chen." Jia Yong felt that Fu Jian was very magnanimous, and he spoke very earnestly, so he quickly got up and asked Fu Jian Take your leave, go back to Yunzhong, and wear white clothes as a criminal to Wei Chen to make an apology.Seeing that Fu Jian was very sincere to him, Wei Chen's anger towards the former Qin disappeared immediately, and the two sides reconciled as before. In the fifth year of Jianyuan (369 A.D.), General Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty sent troops to Qianyan.When the army of the Eastern Jin Dynasty arrived at Fangtou, Murong Riwei, the former king of Yan State, hurriedly sent Le Song, a servant of Sanqi, to ask Qin Qin for help, and promised to cede the land west of Hulao to the former Qin Dynasty.Regarding whether to send troops to rescue Yan, the ministers agreed that: when Huan Wen sent troops to Guanzhong in the past, Qian Yan refused to save Yan.Now that Huan Wen is attacking Qianyan, we should also stand by and watch.Besides, Qianyan has always been unwilling to submit to us, so why should Qin meddle in his own business!It was Wang Meng who had a far-sighted vision and said to Fu Jian: "Yan is not Jin's opponent. If Huan Wen occupies Shandong, marches into Luoyang, and attacks Wei and Mian, the problem will be serious. In my opinion, it is better to fight Huan Wen with the former Yan alliance. Once Huan Wen withdraws his troops, Yan will be exhausted, and then we take the opportunity to eliminate Yan, wouldn’t it be better?!” Fu Jian was so impressed by Wang Meng’s opinion that he immediately sent General Gou Chi and Luozhou Governor Deng Qiang with two Thousands of people rescued Qian Yan and repelled Huan Wen.Not long ago, the Qin army, led by Wang Meng, wiped out Qianyan with little effort. When Fu Jian first came to power, the national power of the former Qin Dynasty was greatly weakened due to Fu Sheng's tyranny. Zhang Tianxi, the former Liang king, sent someone to inform the former Qin Dynasty to sever diplomatic relations between the two sides.At the same time, Lianqi, a member of the Qiang nationality, also betrayed Fu Jian, and took more than 4,000 people from Lueyang to seek refuge with the capricious Longxi native Li Yan.These two incidents caused waves in Fu Jian's heart: he had just succeeded to the throne, who would have predicted that these rebellious events would not cause a chain reaction?Thinking of this, Fu Jian couldn't help being startled, and immediately sent Wang Meng, Jiang Heng, Yao Chang and other generals to lead 17,000 people to crusade against Lianqi.Lianqi's soldiers turned out to be Yao Chang's father Yao Yizhong's subordinates. Seeing Yao Chang's arrival, they put down their weapons and surrendered to Yao Chang. The former Qin easily captured Lueyang.Soon Zhang Tianxi sent Chang Ju and Zhang Tong to attack Li Yan.Seeing the ferocious approach, Li Yan retreated to Fanghan (now Linxia, ​​Gansu Province) and asked Qin for help.Fu Jian was about to get rid of Zhang Tianxi, so he immediately sent Yang An and Wang Fu to lead 20,000 cavalry to assist Wang Meng and rescue Li Yan.Wang Meng and Yang An first defeated Chang Ju in the east of Fanghan City, and then started a tug-of-war with Zhang Tianxi below the city.The two sides had a stalemate for several days, and due to the balance of power, neither could eat the other.Seeing this, Wang Meng came up with a trick, and wrote a letter to Zhang Tianxi, saying: "I was ordered by the king to rescue Li Yan, and I don't want to fight with you. If we continue to fight like this, we will lose both. It is of no benefit to anyone. If you can withdraw your troops and let me capture Li Yan alive, wouldn't it be great for us to go our separate ways?" Zhang Tianxi couldn't see Wang Meng's real intention, so he said to the general: "My purpose is to suppress the rebellion. , I don't want to fight Qin, since Li Yan is under Qin's disposal, it saves our worries." So he led his troops to withdraw westward.Wang Meng took Li Yan back to Chang'an, and Fu Jian made Li Yan the Marquis of Gui'an. From this incident, Fu Jian discovered Zhang Tianxi's short-sightedness, fear of the former Qin Dynasty and his easy-to-control psychological characteristics, so he sent Wang Meng to write to Zhang Tianxi threateningly, saying: "Liang was considered powerful in the past, and he was a minister to Liu Yao and Shi Le respectively. , now Liang's national strength is far inferior to that of the past, and you have no independent capital. Besides, Qin's mighty virtue far exceeds that of Liang Zhao, why don't you put down your airs and submit to Qin as soon as possible! It can make the west water flow eastward, and make the Yangtze River and the Yellow River pour westward. We have already leveled the Kanto and are ready to use troops to the right of the river. Can you resist with all the troops in the whole country? As the saying goes, those who know the current affairs As a hero, I hope you can consider the past and the future, and become a minister as soon as possible. If you still persist in your obsession, the meritorious deeds established by your ancestors will soon be destroyed in your hands, and by then, it will be too late to regret." Zhang Tianxi was not confident at first. After reading Wang Meng's letter, beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his whole body trembled. Before he had time to discuss with the ministers, he hurriedly sent someone to bow his head to Qin to confess his guilt, expressing his willingness to become a minister.Fu Jian achieved the desired goal without fighting. Fortunately, Zhang Tianxi was appointed governor of Liangzhou and Duke of Xiping.After half a year, Fu Jian sent Li Bian to guard Fanghan, and moved the seat of Liangzhou government to Jincheng (now Lanzhou, Gansu).It wasn't until this moment that Zhang Tianxi woke up like a dream and realized that Qin wanted to annex Liang.Although Zhang Tianxi indulged in drinking and sex all day long, he also knew that once Qianliang was annexed by the former Qin Dynasty, he would become a prisoner and would not be able to live a life of beauties and wine.However, Zhang Tianxi also has his own set of ideas. He believes that although the former Qin can easily eliminate the former Yan, it cannot eliminate the Eastern Jin Dynasty. As long as it can establish diplomatic relations with the Eastern Jin Dynasty and use it as a protective umbrella, there is nothing Fu Jian can do about it. .Therefore, Zhang Tianxi sent a senior official, Han Bo, to send a passionate letter and an oath to establish an alliance with the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the Eastern Jin Dynasty chief minister Ma Huanwen. Zhang Tianxi thought that by doing this, he could sit back and relax, but he didn't know that this irritated Fu Jian even more.In the twelfth year of Jianyuan (376 A.D.), Fu Jian called Gou Chang, General of Wuwei, Mao Sheng, General of Zuo, Liang Xi, Ling Xi of Zhongshu, and Yao Chang, lieutenant of infantry school, to him, and said very seriously: "This kid Zhang Tianxi is not Knowing good and bad, even though he proclaimed himself a minister to me, and colluded with Jin, now I want to teach him a lesson. You guys lead troops to Hexi, and I will ask Shang Shulang Yan Ling and Liang Shu to call Zhang Tianxi to Chang'an. If he refuses to come, you You don't have to be polite to him." When Yan negative and Liang Shu arrived in Guzang (now Wuwei, Gansu Province), Zhang Tianxi summoned the ministers of civil and military affairs to his side and said worriedly: "Now that we are in Chang'an, we will never return once we go. If we don't go, Qin's army will surely What should I do when I arrive in Hexi?" The chief secretary of the forbidden center advocated that the son should go to Chang'an as a hostage first, and then slowly figure out a solution after the former Qin withdraws its troops.Xi Yu's proposition was opposed by other ministers of civil and military affairs. They unanimously advocated a decisive battle with the former Qin Dynasty and fought to the death.Infected by the minister's enthusiasm, Zhang Tianxi rolled up his sleeves and shouted: "I will kill anyone who dares to surrender." So he hung Yan Ling and Liang Shu to the gate of the army, and ordered the soldiers to shoot them with arrows die. When Wang Tong, Li Bian, Liang Xi and other former Qin generals heard the news, they immediately launched a fierce attack on Qianliang.The Qianliang army was totally vulnerable. Those who died died, those who fled, those who surrendered surrendered, and those who committed suicide committed suicide. Zhang Tianxi went out of the city to surrender after being surrounded in the capital Guzang.All the prefectures and counties of Liangzhou became part of the territory of the former Qin Dynasty. At this time, Fu Jian was already thinking about another question in his mind.After the Tuoba tribe of the Xianbei people moved from the north of the desert to Shengle (today's Inner Mongolia Helinger North), they established Dai State in the third year of Jianxing (315 A.D.), occupying the vast area of ​​today's central Inner Mongolia and the northern tip of Shanxi. .Now that Yan and Liang have been wiped out, how can Dai Guo be allowed to stir up trouble in the north?To take a step back, even if Daiguo can't make a big wave for a while, if it is not eliminated, the rear will always be unstable, so how can it use troops to the Eastern Jin Dynasty!Thinking of this, Fu Jian summoned the civil and military ministers in Beijing to study a plan to eliminate Dai. In October of the twelfth year of Jianyuan (AD 376), Fu Jian ordered Fu Luo, the governor of Youzhou, to lead 100,000 soldiers to attack Dai. The king of Dai, Shi Yiqian, was unable to go on his own due to illness, and the Dai army was defeated as soon as they fought .He fled to Ruoshui and Yinshan successively, and was later killed by his son, and the country of Dai was destroyed.In this way, Fu Jian basically unified the northern region. After Fu Jian unified the north, he mistakenly believed that the time to unify China was ripe. In October of the eighteenth year of Jianyuan (AD 382), Fu Jian summoned the civil and military ministers in Beijing to the Taiji Hall and said to them: "It is almost time for me to inherit the throne. It has been 30 years, and now the Quartet has basically settled down, only the southeast corner has not yet been unified. I roughly calculated that there are a total of 970,000 troops in the whole country, and I want to lead them to crusade against Jin, what do you think?" Secretary Supervisor Zhu Xun stood up and said: "Your Majesty will go out in person to carry out God's will. There must be no need to fight. The emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty will either surrender obediently or flee to the river and sea to die. This is a golden opportunity." After hearing this, Fu Jian smiled and said, "What you said is exactly what I want." Zuo Pu shot Quan Yi, but he disagreed with the attack on Jin. He said excitedly: "Although Jin is weak, there are no major crimes. The monarch and his ministers are in harmony, and the inside and outside are in harmony. Xie An and Huan Chong are heroes in the south of the Yangtze River. In my opinion Do not use troops against Jin." At this time, Wang Meng, the chief adviser, had passed away, and the opinions of the ministers were extremely inconsistent.Fu Jian saw that it would be useless to discuss further, so he announced the disbandment of the dynasty. After the ministers withdrew, Fu Jian left his younger brother Fu Rong to discuss alone.Fu Jian said: "Since ancient times, only one or two people have been able to decide major issues. The noisy ministers will only disturb people's hearts. I want to make a decision with you." Although Fu Rong did not speak during the discussion in the hall, he actually did not agree Jin, at this time, said: "Now there are three major difficulties in conquering Jin: first, judging from the astrology, God's will is not going well; second, there is no provocation in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and our country has no name; Fear of the enemy's heart. The ministers advise you not to send troops out of loyalty, and I hope His Majesty will accept their opinions..." Fu Jian had not waited for Fu Rong to finish speaking, his face had become ugly, and he said angrily: "I didn't expect you to be like this, I'm really disappointed! I have millions of strong soldiers and wealth like a mountain. Although I am not a A genius is not an incompetent person. How can it be invincible to conquer a country that is about to perish! How can we keep this disaster and let future generations have no peace!" Fu Rong was also moved, and wept and said to Fu Jian: "It is obvious that the Eastern Jin Dynasty will not be destroyed. Now that the teachers and the masses are being mobilized, they will return in vain, and the minister's worries are not limited to this. Think about it carefully, Your Majesty, Xianbei Qiang, Jie, and Jie are now all over the capital. Can we guarantee that our country’s soldiers will follow the rules after they go south? Once they attack, can the prince alone with tens of thousands of remnants and weak generals be able to deal with it? Of course, my words may not be correct, but, When Wang Meng was dying, he also advised His Majesty: "The Eastern Jin Dynasty is located in the south of the Yangtze River. The monarchs and ministers are united and should not send troops easily. After I die, I hope that Your Majesty will never take the idea of ​​​​the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Xianbei and Xiqiang are our enemies. In the end I will launch a rebellion, and I hope His Majesty will gradually eliminate them. 'Wang Meng is an outstanding man of his generation, with superhuman foresight, has His Majesty even forgotten his last words!" Fu Jian did not listen to Fu Rong's advice. Fu Jian's beloved Mrs. Zhang is also in conflicted moods these days.From the bottom of her heart, she strongly opposed Fu Jian's Nanzheng, but as a woman, it was inconvenient for her to come forward to persuade her.But she is Fu Jian's beloved concubine, and she doesn't want to see Fu Jian's ruin and death happen to him, especially when he sees Fu Jian insisting on his own opinion and refusing to listen to what anyone says, so she can't hold back anymore. She said to Fu Jian tenderly: "My concubine heard that the heavens and the earth breed all things, and that the sage kings ruled the world by obeying nature, so they succeeded. The Yellow Emperor obeyed the nature of cattle and horses, and Dayu controlled the water by following the terrain. Houji planted a hundred grains in accordance with the seasons, and Tang and Wu eliminated Jie and Zhou in accordance with the will of the people. From this point of view, everything must be done in accordance with nature. Now the ministers say that Jin cannot be defeated, but His Majesty insists on doing it his own way. I don't know which point your Majesty complied with. The folk proverb says: "Rooster crowing at night is not good for going out, dogs bark and the palace will be empty, soldiers move horses and startle, and the army is defeated." Since autumn and winter this year, roosters have often crowed at night, and dogs have not stopped howling. , the horses in the stables are always frightened, and the weapons in the arsenal often make sounds automatically, which is not a good sign to go out." Fu Jian reluctantly listened to Mrs. Zhang's words, and said to her with a smile: "It's not about fighting and marching. what you women should talk about!" Fu Jian's youngest son, Duke Fu Shen of Zhongshan, was always the favorite of Fu Jian. He thought that his father might listen to his advice, so he said to Fu Jian: "The rise and fall of a country depends on whether the wise people support it. Duke Fu Rong of Yangping is the most brilliant leader of the country. He is a counselor, but His Majesty violates his opinion; Jin has Xie An and Huan Chong, but His Majesty insists on cutting them down. I really can't figure it out." Fu Jian just ignored him and said, "What do children know about major events in the world!" Amidst the opposition, Murong Chui, the son of the former Yan King Murong Hao and the former Qin general Murong Chui, was different in favor of the invasion of Jin.He said to Fu Jian: "It is very natural for the weak to merge with the strong, and for the small to merge with the big. It is not difficult to understand. With His Majesty's wise prestige, there are millions of soldiers, and good generals are all over the court. How dare the little Jiangnan Defiance, how can we continue to keep it? It said: "Building a house is based on Taoism, but it will not be defeated." That is to say, "The more staff you have, the less you can make up your mind." It is enough for His Majesty to make his own decision, why bother to solicit extensively? Everyone’s opinions! Emperor Wu of Jin’s peace with Wu relied on only three ministers, Zhang Hua and Du Yuer. If he had followed the opinions of the people in the court, how could he have established an indomitable achievement!” Fu Jian said very happily: “And You and I are the only one who will bring peace to the world together!" He is hereby rewarded with 500 bolts of silk.In fact, Murong Chui had long planned to restore Qianyan, and was expecting Fu Jian's failure. In a blink of an eye, it was March of the second year of Yangchun.On a sunny day, Fu Jian invited ministers for a spring outing.I want to take the opportunity of the spring outing to exchange ideas with the ministers and persuade them to support my expedition to Jin.The ministers still persuaded him one after another, and Fu Jian said bluntly: "Xuanyuan is the number one saint, his benevolence is like heaven, his wisdom is like a god, and he always wants to conquer those who don't obey orders. Now the world is basically peaceful, only a corner in the southeast remains. Make waves. Whenever I think of Huanwen’s invasion of the north, I feel deeply that Jin cannot be destroyed. Now that I have a strong army of millions, it is not easy to destroy Jin! But everyone says no, I really don’t know why. If Emperor Wu of Jin Follow the minister's advice, if you don't attack Wu, how can the world be unified! I have made up my mind, and I won't discuss it with you any more." In July of this year, Fu Jian ordered a large-scale attack on Jin.Order every 10 people out of the people to serve as soldiers, and all the children of good families who are strong and courageous under the age of 20 are named Habayashiro.He has even conferred official titles and built mansions for the emperor and prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, expressing that he is determined to win the war against Jin.Both Murongchui and Yao Chang, a Qiang man, expected that this trip would be a failure, and they were secretly waiting for the chance to restore the country. One month later, Fu Jian left Chang'an with 600,000 infantry and 270,000 cavalry.Due to too many soldiers and horses, the battle line was stretched very long.When Fu Jian arrived in Xiangcheng, the soldiers and horses of Liangzhou, the allied army, had just arrived in Xianyang, the officers and soldiers of Shu Han had just flown down the river, and the officers and soldiers of Youzhou and Jizhou had just arrived in Pengcheng.In October, Fu Rong captured Shouyang and attacked Xiashi.When Fu Rong learned from the captives that Hu Bin's troops defending Xiashi were short of food and had already panicked, he hurriedly sent someone to Xiangcheng and said to Fu Jian: "The Jin army is small in number, and it is easy to take prisoners. I hope you hurry up." Come." Hearing this, Fu Jian immediately had the idea of ​​quickly annihilating the enemy, so he left the army in Xiangcheng and rushed to Shouyang with only 8,000 cavalry day and night. After arriving in Shouyang, Fu Jian didn't care to catch his breath, so he sent Shangshu Zhu Xu to persuade Xie Shi, the governor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, to surrender as soon as possible.Zhu Xu was originally a general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Although he was highly valued by Fu Jian after being captured, he still couldn't forget the old dynasty in his heart.After seeing Xie Shi, Zhu Xu said: "If all Qin's army of one million arrives, it will be really difficult to deal with. Now we can take advantage of their opportunity to attack quickly. If Qin's vanguard troops are defeated, then Qin's army will be powerful. We can wipe them all out easily if they fall into disastrous conditions." Xie Shi was a little timid about the former Qin army at first, but after hearing Zhu Xu's words, his spirits lifted, and he ordered the land and water armies to set off one after another. Besides, Fu Jian arrived in Shouyang, and after discussing the battle plan with Fu Rong, the two climbed up the Shouyang City Tower and looked at the military facilities of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.Looking at it, Fu Jian couldn't help trembling all over his body. He saw the Eastern Jin army lined up neatly, full of energy and high morale. Fu Jian's vision blurred unconsciously, and he regarded the vegetation on Bagong Mountain as Jin soldiers. He turned back and said to Fu Rong: "I didn't expect Jin to have so many strong soldiers." But he still ordered the officers and soldiers to pull the army to the bank of Feishui and prepare for battle.Xie Xuan, the nephew of the prime minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the forward governor Xie Xuan, saw that the Qin army was fortified on the other side of the Feishui River, so he sent someone to tell Fu Rong, "Since we all want to fight, please retreat temporarily and let my soldiers cross the Feishui River." , let’s fight to the death again.” The generals of the former Qin Dynasty were unwilling to let the Jin soldiers cross the Fei River, so they said to Fu Jian: "The enemy is outnumbered and we are numerous. We should block them. How can we let them go ashore!" He said to the general: "Why are you so confused? Let's let the army retreat first, and when they are halfway across the river, we will deal with them. Isn't it better?" So he ordered to retreat. Unexpectedly, Fu Jian's army fell into chaos as soon as they retreated, and Zhu Xu took the opportunity to shout from behind: "The Qin army has been defeated!" The soldiers believed it and fled one after another.Seeing this, Xie Xuan, Xie Yan, and Huan Yi immediately ordered to cross the Fei River to attack the Qin army.Fu Rong jumped on his horse and ordered the army to stop retreating. Unexpectedly, the horse fell to the ground and Fu Rong was also killed by the Jin army.Seeing that Fu Rong was killed, the soldiers of Qin fled like frightened birds with their heads in their arms. The Jin army pursued them to Qinggang, where the soldiers of Qin trampled on each other. Seventy-eight out of ten.Fu Jian was hit by arrows and ran back to Huaibei alone on horseback. Fu Jian was out of the predicament, and Fang felt that his stomach was empty, so he sent someone to find something to fill his stomach.At this time, a commoner who did not want to reveal his name brought a basin of water to make rice and a pig's knuckle to Fu Jian in a basket.Fu Jian gobbled it up and wiped it all out. After eating, Fu Jian ordered the people around him to give the common people 10 pieces of silk and 10 catties of cotton.He didn't want this person, but he said calmly: "Your Majesty has a happy life, but now we are in danger and difficulties, isn't it God's will! We are His Majesty's people, and Your Majesty is the parents of his subjects. How can there be a son to support his father? Pay me back!" After speaking, he picked up the basket and walked away without looking back.Fu Jian watched him go away, feeling extremely uncomfortable, and said to Mrs. Zhang with tears, "If I had listened to the ministers at the beginning, what would happen today! What face do I have to govern the world now!" At this time, all the armies of the former Qin Dynasty were defeated, and only the 30,000 people under the command of Murong Chui did not suffer any losses.After resting for a while in Huaibei, Fu Jian led more than 1,000 cavalry to Murongchui's barracks.Murong Chui's son Murong Bao and younger brother Murong De persuaded Murong Chui to kill Fu Jian, but Murong Chui thought it was not the best policy and handed over his army to Fu Jian.On the way back to Chang'an from Huaibei, Murong Chui had been thinking about how to leave Fu Jian and establish his own family. When he reached Mianchi, he already had an idea, so he said to Fu Jian: "Some people in the north heard that we failed to leave the army, and they are ready to move. , please allow me to appease them, and pay my respects to my grandfather's mausoleum." Fu Jian was distraught by the Battle of Feishui, and agreed to Murong Chui's request without thinking too much.Quan Yi felt that Murong Chui had ulterior motives, so he said to Fu Jian: "Murong Chui is an ambitious man. The reason why he went to you at the beginning was to avoid disaster. He is no different from an eagle. He is hungry. I just want to find a master to eat, and when I am full, I want to bite the master back. Therefore, Your Majesty should keep him in a cage at all times, and you cannot easily let him act independently and do whatever he wants." Fu Jian sighed and said: "Everything you said is reasonable, but I have already agreed, so I don't want to break my promise." When Quan Yi heard this, he was so angry that he almost jumped up, and said in a rough voice: "Your Majesty only values ​​credit and disregards the community. This trip will definitely not come back, and the chaos in the Kanto region has started since then." Fu Jian refused to listen, and still sent generals Li Man, Min Liang, and Yin Gu to send Murong Chui away from Mianchi.Not long after Murong Chui left Fu Jian, he parted ways with the former Qin Dynasty and established the Later Yan regime. In April of the 20th year of Jianyuan (384 A.D.), Muronghong, the younger brother of the former Lord of Yan, heard that Murongchui was independent, so he also took advantage of the fire to loot and gathered thousands of Xianbei people to oppose Fu Jian.Fu Jian sent General Qiang Shui to lead troops to pacify Ding, but was beaten to the ground by Murong Hong.Only then did Fu Jian taste the bitterness of being betrayed. He felt very uncomfortable and said to Quan Yi with guilt: "I didn't listen to you, which caused Xianbei to become so rampant." Having said this, Fu Jian sighed After a long time, he continued: "I don't want to compete with Murong Chui's animal-faced guy for Guandong now, but what should I do with Murong Hong?" Quan Yi said: "This thief must not be tolerated. Murong Chui is far behind. Shandong is in chaos, there is no time to attack us, but Murong Riwei and his clan are in the capital, and the Xianbei people are scattered all over the capital, it is really a disaster for the country, we must immediately send heavy generals to wipe them out." Fu Jian immediately sent his son Fu Rui to lead 50,000 troops to Huayin to fight against Murong Hong. Because of Fu Rui's pretentiousness, he was paralyzed and underestimated the enemy, so he was defeated by Murong Hong and died.Yao Chang of the Qiang nationality participated in the battle as a Sima. After Fu Rui died, Yao Chang felt that he was also responsible for the failure, so he sent Zhao Du, who joined the army, to Fu Jian to apologize.Fu Jian was furious at the murder of his son, and when he saw Zhao Du, he sent him to the west. After Yao Chang heard the sad news, he rebelled against Fu Jian without hesitation. Just as Fu Jian was furious over Yao Chang's rebellion, Murong Hong, whose team had grown to more than 100,000, sent someone to say to Fu Jian: "Qin has no way and destroyed our country. Heaven has eyes, let Master Qin It was defeated in Feishui. Murong Chui has settled in the Guandong, why don't you hurry up and send me the Emperor of Yan, the clan, and the heroes." Hearing this, Fu Jian's face was livid with anger, and his teeth were gritted. There was nothing he could do about Murong Hong.After Murong Hong learned about Chang'an's internal situation, he approached Chang'an.不久，慕容泓被部下所杀，慕容冲自称皇太弟，继续向长安进逼。 苻坚登上城墙远望浩浩荡荡的慕容冲大军，不禁心惊肉跳，待镇定下来后便指着来敌，大声骂慕容冲：“你们这帮奴才只配放牛牧羊，为什么要来送死！”慕容冲站在城下，大声还击说：“奴才就是奴才，奴才已经把你厌恶透了，正想取代你呢！”苻坚一听慕容冲的口气不小，突然软了下来，原来慕容冲在前秦时，因容貌秀美，与姐姐清河公主一起被苻坚纳入后宫，非常得宠，苻坚寄希望于冲念及旧情，便派人给慕容冲送去一件锦袍，并对他说：“你远道而来不觉累吗？天气快要冷了，送给你一件锦袍表示对你的关怀。我与你情同手足，密不可分，怎么你突然又要翻脸呢？” 慕容冲把嘴一撇，厉声回答：“苻坚，皇太弟明确告诉你，我要夺取天下，根本不会被你的小恩小惠所蒙骗！我倒想劝你一句，及早认清形势，赶快把皇帝位置让给我吧。”苻坚气得浑身颤抖，不住地哀叹：“如果听从王猛、苻融的话，哪会落到今天这种地步。” 次年一月，苻坚和慕容冲在长安城西经过一场激烈厮杀，将慕容冲追赶到阿房城。当时，众将都要求乘胜打进阿房城内，但苻坚害怕中计，不声不响地回到长安，让儿子苻晖和慕容冲交战。但是，苻晖根本不是慕容冲的对手，结果多次被慕容冲打得人仰马翻。 恰在这时，长安城内传出了“帝入五将方长久”“坚入五将山长得”的谣言。苻坚平时很讨厌此类谣言，但接二连三的失败，又使他想求助这些谣言摆脱困境，于是对太子苻宏说：“苍天有意给我指出了一条活路，我准备到五将山躲避一下灾难，你先留在长安，好好防守，不要和叛贼相争。” 苻坚怎么也不会想到，自己和张夫人、儿子苻诜、女儿苻宝、苻锦进了五将山后，即被姚苌所包围，随从的士兵见势不妙，纷纷逃跑。苻坚似乎已经意识到大难将至，变得异常镇静，一动不动地坐在那里。一会儿，姚苌的部下吴忠赶来，把苻坚捆绑起来押送到新平，关进佛寺。 姚苌厚颜无耻地向苻坚索要玉玺，苻坚瞪大眼睛，骂道：“怎么也没想到你这个小儿竟然敢逼迫天子。你也不想想自己在五胡中算老几。玉玺已送给了东晋，有能耐你自己去向他们要。”姚苌很有耐心，遭到苻坚臭骂后又派尹纬劝说苻坚，把帝位让给自己，苻坚怒不可遏，把姚苌再次痛骂一顿，不久就被姚苌杀害。