Chapter 28 Great Chaos Overlapping Jie Zhao Death

After Shi Zun proclaimed himself emperor, he respected his mother, Zheng, as the empress dowager (the old lady has suffered so much, and her eldest son Shi Sui was demoted when he was abolished and killed), Shi Bin's son Shi Yan was the crown prince, Shi Jian was the servant Chong was the Taibao, Shi Bao was the Great Sima, Shi Kun was the General, and Ran Min, who had made the most contributions, was made the governor of all military affairs at home and abroad, the general of the country, the secretary of the record, and the government.Li Nong, who had been resisting Zhang Jie's army in Shangbai, also returned to the court, and Shi Zun was restored to his official position.

During May and June in AD 349, natural and man-made disasters occurred frequently in Northern China.In the good early summer season, the storm uprooted trees, lightning and thunder, and hailstones as big as water cups fell from the sky, killing countless pedestrians.The palace in Yecheng caught fire again due to a lightning strike, and the Taiwu Hall and Huihua Hall disappeared, leaving only ashes on the ground.The fire continued to burn for more than a month before it was extinguished. In the later Zhao Empire, "more than half of the burners were burnt in Chengyufu, and the flames shone in the sky, and all the gold and stone were exhausted."What is even more frightening is that "rain and blood are all over Yecheng", the sky is red and rainy, and it is as red as blood.

Peiwang Shi Chong, who was in Jicheng, was the concubine son of Shi Hu. When he heard that Shi Zun had killed Shi Shi and made himself emperor, he was very dissatisfied. It’s monstrous. An order of amnesty for the orphan is passed on, and martial law is imposed inside and outside, and the lonely king must personally lead the army to conquer.” Shi Chong acted quickly. In the morning, he expressed his will, and in the afternoon he led 50,000 elite soldiers to Yecheng, spreading his message everywhere to attack Shi Zun.When the army marched to Changshan, there were hundreds of thousands of people from all walks of life.

When camping in Yuan Township, Shi Chong received Shi Zunqing's affectionate personal letter, persuading Xiao to say that everyone is a brother, connected by blood, and promised to grant Shi Chong a respected soldier.Shi Chong read the letter, thought for a while, and felt that Shi Zun's words were reasonable, so he said to the left and right generals: "Oh, they are all my younger brothers, and the dead can't be resurrected, so why continue to kill each other? Let's go back and forget it." Shi Chong's words are enough to show that he is an unlucky person who has not experienced much in the world. He is like a grass on the wall.Before Shi Chong finished speaking, Chen Xian, the general under his tent, suddenly stood up and shouted: "The king of Pengcheng usurped and murdered, the heaven and the earth will not tolerate it, you can go back yourself, my lord, and I will lead the army to attack the city of Ye, and capture Shi Zun. , and then I will drive you to Beijing." Many generals in the tent also agreed.Seeing that the anger of the crowd was hard to offend, Shi Chong couldn't grasp the overall situation by himself, so he continued to move forward according to everyone's plan.

Shi Zun then sent Wang Zhuo, the minister of the court and central government, to persuade Shi Chong with a personal letter.Shi Chong's arrow was on the string, so he had to shoot it, but he didn't listen. In desperation, Shi Zun awarded Ran Min Huangyue, golden stirrups and other royal objects, and sent the righteous brother and Li Nong to lead 100,000 elite soldiers to meet Shi Chong.In the Battle of Pingthorn, the two elites of the Later Zhao Dynasty stood up and fought. After all, Ran Min was powerful, and Shi Chong's entire army was defeated. He was also captured by Ran Min's soldiers in Yuanshi County and sentenced to death on the spot.In addition, the 30,000 soldiers led by Shi Chong were all murdered by Ran Min and others.

There was civil turmoil in Shizhao, and Murong Xianbei dispatched 200,000 soldiers to watch the situation.Huan Wen and others in the Eastern Jin Dynasty also entered Shouchun and approached it step by step. Seeing Shi Zun's honor, Shi Bao, the post-Zhao clan guarding Chang'an, coveted him: Since you can be the emperor, I am also qualified to be the emperor.So, he led the Guanzhong troops to prepare to raise troops.His subordinate Zuo Chang Shi Shi Guang and others persuaded him, Shi Bao was furious, and killed more than a hundred people including Shi Guang, deeply losing the hearts of the people.Because Shi Bao was "greedy but not plotting", Guan Zhonghaoyou knew that this guy could not achieve great things, so many people conspired to contact Sima Xun, the governor of Liangzhou in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and prepared to join the Jin Dynasty.Sima Xun was happy to have someone to meet him, so he hurriedly led the Jin army to set up camp at Xuangou, which was only more than 200 miles away from Chang'an, and attacked and killed the Jingzhao prefect of Hou Zhao.

The local forces in the Guannei area heard the news and killed the local officials sent by Hou Zhao one after another. They were sitting on more than 30 strong walls, with a total of more than 50,000 people, echoing Sima Xun from a distance. Before Shi Bao had time to attack Yecheng, the soldiers and horses of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had already come under his nose, so he had to suspend the seizure of the throne, and sent generals Ma Qiu, Yao Guo and others to lead the army to resist the Jin soldiers.Shi Zun had already heard that Shi Bao wanted to come to Yecheng to overthrow him, so he sent chariot general Wang Lang and 20,000 fine riders to Chang'an in the name of crusade against Sima Xun of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.When Shi Bao saw the rescuers coming, he thought that Shi Zun didn't know his plan, so he hurriedly opened the city to meet him.Wang Lang immediately sent someone to arrest Shi Bao and send him to Yecheng in bundles.

Seeing that Zhao Yuanjun arrived after Sima Xun saw that he could not gain much advantage, he turned his head and attacked Wancheng. After attacking and killing the prefect of Zhao Nanyang, he retreated to Liangzhou. When Shi Zun heard that Shi Bao had been arrested and sent to Beijing, and Sima Xun of the Eastern Jin Dynasty retreated, he took a deep breath.However, he relaxed too soon. At the beginning, Shi Zun sent troops to Yecheng to seize the throne in Licheng. In order to "motivate" Ran Min to fight to the death for himself, he promised: "Work hard, and the event will be successful. I will make you the crown prince." If you sit firmly, you will "forget" the promise in advance.

Ran Min was very disappointed.He thought that when he was a high-ranking scholar, he should take charge of the government.Shi Zun was afraid that he would be powerful in the court, so he kept him in check.However, Ran Min controlled the internal and external military power, especially the imperial guards in the palace and Donggong Gaoli (a tall and powerful guard who was good at archery), all of whom were controlled by him.In order to buy people's hearts, Ran Min played many middle and lower leaders of the forbidden army as generals outside the palace, conferred the title of Marquis of Guannei, and awarded them as wives by the beautiful maids in the palace.Shi Zun only knew how to suppress Ran Min's auxiliary regime in the court, and he had never been vigilant about Ran Min's bribery of the generals of the Imperial Army, "he changed the title of good and evil to suppress it", and became a villain himself, the imperial guard guarding the palace Generals and soldiers are grateful to Ran Min for their success, and resent Shi Zun for their failure.

Soon, General Wang Luan of the Left Guard and others persuaded Shi Zun to take away Ran Min's military power, and Ran Min became even more angry. Shi Zun wanted to kill Ran Min, but he couldn't make up his mind because it was related to "family affairs", so he called Shi Jian and other nobles from the Shi clan into the palace to discuss the matter together in front of the Queen Mother Zheng.The Shi brothers, elder and younger, had no objection, and they all agreed to kill Ran Min.The old empress Zheng's heart was soft, and she watched Ran Min grow up since she was a child, so she persuaded: "Since Li Cheng returned to his teacher, Ji Nu (Ran Min's nickname) has made great achievements, without him, we would not be where we are today, you should tolerate small things, don't kill people casually! "Therefore, the matter of killing Ran Min was over.

Shi Jian was selfish, and as soon as he left the palace, he sent the eunuchs in the palace to ride fast horses to inform Ran Min that someone was going to kill him.Upon hearing the news, Ran Min immediately hijacked Li Nong, Sikong of the dynasty, and Wang Ji, General of the Right Guard, and conspired with them to abolish Shi Zun. The two dare not disobey.The three of them decided to call the imperial guard general Su Hai and others to lead 3,000 soldiers into Ruyi Temple and surround Shi Zun who was playing chess with his concubine. Shi Zun was stunned and asked in surprise, "Who wants to rebel?" The general replied: "Shi Jian, king of Yiyang, should be established as emperor." Shi Zun smiled wryly, and said, "I've fallen to this point, how long can you stand by learning from stones?" The sergeant had already been ordered to hold Shi Zun in the Kunhua Palace, to kill with knives, and beheaded at the same time, as well as the Empress Dowager Zheng, Prince Shi Yan, and General Wang Luan of the Left Guard. Shi Zun reigned for only one hundred and eighty-three days. It's time for Shi Jian to play. Shi Jian ascended the throne as emperor, took Ran Min as the general, and made him King Wude; Li Nong was made the great Sima, and recorded the affairs of the minister. Shi Jian is also looking for death, and just a few days after he proclaimed himself emperor, he secretly sent Shi Bao, who had failed in an incident in Chang'an and was escorted to Beijing, along with Zhongshu Ling Li Song, Dianzhong General Zhang Cai, and others to murder Ran Min and Li Nong. On the night when the incident happened, both Ran Min and Li Nong were discussing matters in the Kunhua Hall in the palace.Due to the many guards around them, Li Song and others had no official emperor's order, so they failed to kill Ran Min and Li Nong, not to mention, and several of them were wounded all over, so they returned to the forbidden area.Shi Jian was afraid that Ran Min would see through his plan to kill the other party, so he pretended to be surprised, and sent someone to meet him, and killed Shi Bao and Li Song to silence them. Now that Shi Zun has toppled the dominoes that usurped the throne, the scene of killing one by one must continue step by step. Shizhi, another son of Shihu who guarded the old capital of Xiangguo, also united with Yao Yizhong of the Qiang nationality and Puhong of the Di nationality, and moved to various places to send troops to punish Ran Min and Li Nong.In this chamber, Shi Jian issued an edict, appointing Shi Kun as the governor of the Great Commander, and riding 70,000 points at a pace to beg Shi Zhi and others. Shi Cheng, Shi Qi, and Shi Hui of the Shi clan in Yecheng united and wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Ran Min and Li Nong, but these young masters and princes were killed by Ran Min and Li Nong. Lose. Seeing that Ran Min and Li Nong are becoming more and more powerful, Jie people, General Longxiang Sun Fudu and others secretly gathered more than 3,000 Jie soldiers and ambushed them near Hu Tiandian in the palace. When entering the palace, he attacked and killed two people. (Shihu believes in Zoroastrianism, also known as Zoroastrianism. The locals in the Northern Dynasties called it Hu Tianjiao, and Hutian Temple is the temple of Zoroastrianism. It is strange that Shi Le taboo "Hu", and once changed the name of "Hubing" to "Tuan furnace", "Hudou" It was renamed "Guodou", but in the Shihu era, the palace dedicated to Zoroastrian gods was named "Hutian", which shows that Shihu himself did not really taboo "Hu". The original text of "Book of Jin · Shi Jilong Zaiji" is as follows : "Long Xiang, Sun Fudu, Liu Zhu and others tied three thousand karmas to Hu Tian [temple], and also wanted to punish [Shi] Min and others." It can be seen that the scale of the Zoroastrianism hall should be very spectacular, and the inside and outside can More than 3,000 people were ambushed. It can be speculated that there should be a large fire-making altar of the Zoroastrianism in the palace. Cheng Gongduan, Minister of Shihu, "built the courtyard at the end of Chonggang, more than ten feet high, set the fire on the upper plate, and placed people on the lower plate , pay up and down", there is such a large-scale "Ting Liao" outside the main hall, and it is estimated that there will be no more in Hutian Hall.) When Sun Fudu started the incident, he didn't discuss with Shi Jian beforehand. He just wanted to hijack Shi Jian as a cover. After killing Ran Min and Li Nong, he might kill Shi Jian again.At that time, it happened that Shi Jianzheng and some palace people climbed to the commanding heights of the palace to enjoy the scenery. Suddenly, they saw Sun Fudu commanding Jie soldiers to move things to block the pavilion. He was startled and frightened, and asked him what he was going to do. "Li Nong and others are rebelling and want to attack from Dongye Gate. As a minister, I am leading the guards to guard against it." Sun Fudu reacted quickly and perfunctory Shi Jian. Shi Jian also "followed the tricks" and said loudly: "Aiqing, you are a hero, do your best for me, and I will see you doing meritorious deeds here, and I will thank you vigorously!" Sun Fudu didn't have time to "thank you", when he heard that Ran Min and Li Nong entered the palace through Dongye Gate, he led a large group of soldiers to rush forward. But Ran Min himself is "the enemy of ten thousand people", and Li Nong was born in the living army, and he knows how to fight. The two of them also have soldiers under their command, and they have always been vigilant.Not long after the two sides fought together, Sun Fudu waited for the Jie people to give up, and their heads were cut off one after another when they were defeated. From Fengyang Hall to Kunhua Hall, the heads of Jie soldiers were rolling, and their corpses lay on each other, bleeding. into a canal. After killing more than 3,000 Jie soldiers in the palace, Ran Min and Li Nong were still furious, and issued an order inside and outside: "Anyone from the six barbarians who dare to hold weapons will be killed!" Shi Jian was imprisoned in the Yulong Temple deep in the palace, under strict supervision. "Hu people either cut through the pass, or went out beyond the city, there are countless people." In order to test people's hearts, Ran Min ordered in Ye City: "Recently, Sun Fudu and others have rebelled and joined the party to conspire, and the rest will not be asked. From today, those who agree with this official will stay in the city, and those who do not agree will be allowed to go out. " On the day when the order was issued, "Zhao people will enter the city within a hundred miles, and those who go to Hujie will fill in the door."The scene must have been the most spectacular and chaotic in decades.Han people with a radius of hundreds of miles, supporting the old and the young, all flocked into Yecheng.But the Jiehu and Liuyi foreigners who have always used Yecheng as their hometown, pushed carts to carry the burden, and ran out desperately. Ran Min knew very well that Jie people and Hu people would not be used by him, so he issued the famous "Killing Hu Order" in Chinese history: "The Han people beheaded a Hu person's head and sent it to Fengyangmen, the civil servants will be promoted to the third class, and the military positions will be paid to the East." Door." In one day, tens of thousands of Jie people's heads were piled up on the big square of Fengyangmen in Yecheng.Ran Min himself also personally led the Han soldiers to search and kill Hu Jie inside and outside Yecheng.The towns on the four sides of the station also hunted and killed Jiehu according to Ran Min's order. Because they achieved merit with their heads, some people with high noses, deep eyes and beards were also unlucky, and they were killed by neighbors and soldiers for rewards. Since Shi Le occupied the Central Plains, he has always adopted a discriminatory policy of dividing the Hu and Han.Hundreds of thousands of Jie people think they are a superior ruling nation. For thirty years, they have plundered wives and daughters, and robbed people of property, all in broad daylight and without any restrictions.Official Cheng Xia to You Pushe is also Shi Le's own son and the uncle of Prince Shi Hong. He has such a high official position and is so close to the emperor, but it is because he is of Han nationality. After offending Shi Hu, this Zhongshan Duke can Let a group of Jie people break into Cheng's house in the middle of the night, gang-rape all the women of Cheng's family, plunder all the treasures, and return with a lot of noise.Fan Yuan was the magistrate appointed by Shi Le, and he was looted by a group of Jie people in a big way outside the imperial palace. Just taking these two examples, one can imagine the heinous extent of Jie Hu's oppression and rule over the Han people.Once the crater is opened, the fury that erupts is unimaginable.More than 200,000 Jiehu were killed in Yecheng and its surrounding areas alone. It is conceivable that within the reach of Ran Min and Li Nong, the number must be even more alarming. After the "Killing Hu Order", the entire post-Zhao Dynasty exploded. Many senior officials of the Jie nationality or the Han nationality who were closely related to the Jie nationality fled. The Qiang forces took the opportunity to separate one side, and the world boiled. Afterwards, several Zhao generals, including Ruyin Wang Shikun, Taiwei Zhang Ju, and Wang Lang, from the royal family of Zhao, gathered 70,000 troops, and rushed straight to Yecheng in a dense manner, with the potential to strike eggs with huge stones. Ran Min showed great power. He galloped more than a thousand riders from the north gate of Ye City, holding a double-edged spear, and galloped into the enemy's formation, like a wolf entering a herd of sheep. The enemy soldiers were killed at the front. The soldier's head fell to the ground, and the rest of the army scattered and fled back to Jizhou. Taking advantage of the victory, Ran Min and Li Nong gathered 30,000 people out of Yecheng to go to Shidu to attack Zhang Hedu, the general of Zhao after the crusade. Deserving of death, Shi Jian, who had become a bird in a cage, still didn't stop, and sent an eunuch to secretly send a secret letter, calling for the Jie soldiers outside to attack when Yecheng was empty.Unexpectedly, the eunuch had a big idea and sent the secret letter directly to Ran Min and Li Nong. The two hurriedly led the army back to Yecheng.They rushed into the palace, chopped Shi Jian into several pieces without saying a word, and killed all thirty-eight grandchildren of Shi Huye in the city, "killing Shi Shi".During Shi Jian's reign, there were only one hundred and three days in total. From Shi Le became king in the third year of Xianhe (328) of Emperor Cheng (328), to Shi Jian was killed in the sixth year of Yonghe (350) of Emperor Mu, and then the two masters and four sons of the Communist Party of Zhao. (Shi Kun, the youngest son of Shi Hu, later escaped in Xiangguo during the chaos, and ran to Jiankang with his wives and concubines after untold hardships, and went to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but was immediately arrested and killed in the downtown area. Therefore, Shi Hu's thirteen Son, five were killed by Ran Min, seven killed each other, one was beheaded by the Eastern Jin government, and there is no one left.) The Shi Dynasty, in fact, was doomed to be a dynasty doomed to failure as early as its establishment.Even after Shi Le’s death, Shi Hong ascended the throne smoothly, even if Shi Hong continued to accept Han girls as his concubines, even if the blood of Han people in Shi’s emperor’s body increased day by day after the second and third generations, even if Shi’s oppression of Han people became less and less, even… …—Even if all the assumptions come true, it is impossible for the Shi Dynasty to rule the Central Plains for a long time.why?Quite simply, the ruling body of the Shi Dynasty was formed by a group of "miscellaneous Hus" from the Western Regions. They were "Ji" people with high noses and deep eyes (whether at that time or now). It's just alien barbarians.If there were no wars in the Central Plains, these weird-looking guys would never even dream that they would be so bizarre that they could become the masters of the Central Plains.Moreover, these Jiehu cultural genes are too poor, they value business over agriculture, and almost everyone has the habit of bullying.For more than 30 years, the Han people who have been oppressed have bitterly resented these hideous-looking Jie people in "extraordinary costumes" and hats woven with golden threads. Once the cover of hatred is lifted, they will definitely pour out their hatred Feud. In the Jin Dynasty, the blood of the Han people was still full of heroism, bravery and revenge, and cowardice, tolerance and retreat had not yet become the main precipitation in the cultural tradition.Therefore, once the Han people find a chance to stand up, the great humiliation that the main nation once became an oppressed nation has been vented at once, and the destructive power they have unleashed must be jaw-dropping. Ten years of brutality was met with genocide in a very short period of time, and a nation completely disappeared without a trace.