Chapter 93 Chapter 92 Emperor Wen Huan Yao Xing

In the 20th year of Jianyuan (AD 384), Yao Xing, the crown prince Sheren, heard an unexpected news: Zhao Du, a subordinate of his father Yao Chang, was massacred by Fu Jian in Chang'an.Yao Xing hurriedly packed his luggage and escaped from Chang'an City that night, and rushed to Ma Mu without stopping, eating and sleeping in the open.Yao Xing was the eldest son of Yao Chang, so he was naturally established as the crown prince.In December of the eighth year of Jianchu (AD 393), Yao Chang died of illness. Considering the unstable situation, Yao Xing did not mourn for Yao Chang until he defeated Fu Deng of the former Qin Dynasty, and then replaced Yao Chang in May of the following year. Chang made a funeral, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and changed to Yuan Huangchu.Soon, Yao Xing beheaded Fu Deng at the southern foot of Mamao Mountain and disbanded Fu Deng's troops.

After Yao Xing came to the throne, he quickly quelled the rebellion of Annan General Qiangxi, Zhenyuan General Yang Duo, and Shangyu (now Tianshui, Gansu) Jiang Ru.In September of the fourth year of Emperor Qinhuangchu (AD 397), he conquered Tao Zhongshan, the prefect of Jin Hongnong, and Dong Mai, the prefect of Huashan, and then took advantage of the victory to march and captured Shangluo. In the first few years of Yao Xing's reign, he paid great attention to extensively absorbing and cultivating talents. Du Jin from Jingzhao, Jimo from Feng Yi, and Zhou Ping from Shiping wrote to Yao Xing, putting forward their opinions on the governance of the country. Yao Xing immediately Promote them to senior officials; Jiang Kan from Tianshui, Chunyuqi from Dongping, and Guo Gao from Feng Yi are all well-educated and learned scholars. When they gave lectures in Chang'an, more than 10,000 people from far and near attended the lectures.After Yao Xing finished handling political affairs, he often took time out to invite them to the East Hall to discuss knowledge together.After Hu Bian from Liangzhou moved to Luoyang, more than 1,000 students studied with him. Many young people in Guanzhong also went to Luoyang to worship him as a teacher. There are no restrictions on youth coming and going.

Yao Xing attached great importance to the construction of the legal system. In order to cultivate qualified law-enforcement talents, he ordered the establishment of a law school in Chang'an, allowing county and county officials to study in the school. Yao Xing also strongly advocated frugality.He once issued an order to strictly prohibit the manufacture of brocade. When he knew that Guo Fu, the captain of Sili, Qiang Chao, the prefect of Fufeng, Yupei, the order of Chang'an, Peng Ming, the order of Huaili, and Wang Nian, the doctor of Cangbu, were all honest and frugal, he issued an edict, Praise them, and give them more fiefdoms, more officials and nobility.Yao Xing himself is relatively simple, and the chariots and horses he uses are not decorated with gold or jade.As a result, everyone paid attention to frugality in the post-Qin Dynasty.In order to liberate the labor force and develop agricultural production, Yao Xing also ordered the release of civilians who had sold themselves as slaves, allowing them to return to their hometowns to work in agriculture.

Yao Xing did not forget his father's last words, and treated his flesh and blood very affectionately.In June of the sixth year of Hongshi (AD 406), Yao Xing ordered the people of the whole country and civil and military officials in Chang'an not to use the words Xu and Shuode when naming them, because Yao Xing's two uncles were Yao Xu and Yao Shuode. .When Yao Xing met Yao Xu and Yao Shuode, he never regarded himself as an emperor, but as a nephew, asking them how they were doing.The carriages, horses and clothes that Yao Xing used were all leftovers of the two uncles.Yao Xing consulted with them before promulgating any major state affairs.When Yao Shuode returned to the Qinzhou fiefdom, Yao Xing sent him to Yong personally.

Yao Xing made Zihong the crown prince, but among several sons, he preferred Yao Bi, the Duke of Guangping who guarded An Ding.In January of the thirteenth year of Hongshi (AD 411), Yao Bi was recalled to Chang'an and served as Shang Shuling and General.Yao Bi won over a large number of people by virtue of his false affection and righteousness to the ministers, and prepared to seize the crown prince.Yao Xing also attached great importance to Yao Bi, and Yao Xing would always agree to Yao Bi's request.Yao Bi took the opportunity to promote Yin Chong and Tang Sheng to prominent positions.The right servant shoots Liang Xi, and the servant Ren Qian is very disgusted with Yao Bi's best friend, and asks Yao Xing to restrict him, but Yao Xing just keeps silent, noncommittal.

In May of the 16th year of Hongshi (AD 414), Yao Xing was bedridden due to illness, and Prince Yao Hong waited on Yao Xing in the consultation hall every day.Yao Bi saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it, so he summoned thousands of people armed to ambush at home.Seeing this, Yao Yu, another son of Yao Xing, sent someone to quickly notify Yao Yi, who was in charge of the army, and several other sons of Yao Xing, telling them to return to Chang'an immediately to eliminate Yao Bi.Yao Yi distributed tens of thousands of bolts of cloth to the officers and soldiers, preparing to raise troops; Yao Guang and Yao Zhan also raised troops in Luoyang and Yong respectively, preparing to go to Chang'an.At this moment, Yao Xing's condition improved, and Yao Yi waited until then to withdraw his troops.Liu Huang and Liang Xi used this incident to persuade Yao Xing to punish Yao Bi, but Yao Xing still regarded Yao Bi as a rare talent with both civil and military skills, so he couldn't bear to do anything, so he just dismissed Yao Bi's ministerial order and let it go.

In September of the seventeenth year of Hongshi (415 A.D.), Yao Xing's condition worsened. Yao Bi concentrated his troops at home to prepare for action, and went to Chang'an to worship Yao Xing in the name of poor health.Yao Xing was furious, and arrested Yao Bi's companions Tang Sheng, Sun Xuan and others to kill them.At this time, Yao Hong said to Yao Xing: "It is my fault that brothers can't live in harmony. If the country can be stable after my death, then I will die; if you don't have the heart to let me die, then I will resign now." The crown prince." Yao Xing was very moved, but he still imprisoned Yao Bi, and after repeated requests from Yao Hong, Yao Xing pardoned Yao Bi and his followers.

In January of the eighteenth year of Hongshi (AD 416), Yao Xing was dying. Yao Xing's younger sister, Princess Nan'an, went to visit him and called him a few times. He hurriedly went out and told his brother Yao Min, "Father is dead, let's do it quickly." Under Yao Bi's instigation, Yao Min had already deployed soldiers, and when Yao Xing died, he launched a mutiny and supported Yao Bi as emperor.Now when he heard that Yao Xing was dead, Yao Min immediately led his soldiers to attack Duanmen. Because the general Lianmanwei in the palace resisted strongly, Yao Min could not enter, so he set fire to Duanmen.Yao Xing heard the roar of killing outside and guessed that it was Yao Bi who caused the disturbance, so he used all his strength to go to the front hall and announced that Yao Bi would be bestowed to death.When the forbidden army saw Yao Xing, they were all overjoyed and their fighting spirit multiplied. Yao Min's rebellious army immediately threw away their helmets and armor, and fled in embarrassment. Yao Bi also fled to Lishan.Immediately after the palace coup was put down, Yao Xing passed away at the age of 51.Buried in Ouling, the posthumous title is "Emperor Wenhuan", and the temple name is "Gaozu".