In 274 A.D., it was the year of the First Wu Dynasty, when China was still in the period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in the form of the confrontation between the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Wu. It is the third year of the phoenix of Eastern Wu and the first ten years of Taishi of the Western Jin Dynasty. According to the records of the "Zizhi Tongjian", these things roughly happened this year: Sun Zun, the public security governor, and Li Cheng repelled the Jinjiang Xia Taishou Jixi;Sun Hao killed Zhang Anhou and Sun Fen;Lu Kang, the governor of Wu State, died of illness;Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Empress Sima Yanyang, died of illness;Shan Tao recommended Ji Shao to Emperor Wu of Jin;Eliminate the three evils everywhere and so on.
However, in terms of the long-term impact on future history, the birth of a person is also very important, and it is not recorded in Zizhi Tongjian, but it is clearly recorded in the Book of Jin. So who is this person?And what impact will he have on Chinese history?The series "After the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms Zhao" starts here!
Born in this year, this person was Shi Le, the founding emperor of Later Zhao. Speaking of the history of China's feudal dynasties, there is a rather strange phenomenon, that is, the founding emperors of almost all dynasties were either from poor backgrounds like Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang, or from large families like Yang Jian and Li Yuan. Very few literati or scholars succeeded in rebellion, or even none at all. And Shi Le's background belongs to the same poor family as Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang. Not only poor families, but also poor families of ethnic minorities. Shile was born in Shangdang County, Bingzhou, and the exact place is disputed, but the history books record it as such. Shile was born into a family of Karma. What kind of race are they?In fact, the Xiongnu are not an independent nation, but a small branch under the Xiongnu. His grandfather, Shi Ye, and his father, Shi Zhou Haozhu, were both small chieftains of the tribe. Shi Le's childhood was raised in such an environment, it was the reign of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Western Jin Dynasty, the country was quite peaceful, at least Shi Le's childhood could still fill his stomach, unlike Zhu Yuanzhang, who couldn't afford a coffin.
When he was fourteen years old, Shi Le once went to Luoyang with the villagers to do a small business, and he could be regarded as having seen the world.
Shi Le is a tall man and a big horse, he looks very powerful, and he is from the steppe people, and he is especially fond of riding and shooting. Shi Le's father, Huo Zhu, was a relatively ** person and did things roughly, and the Hu people under his management were unwilling to get close to him. But Xiao Shile is more easy-going and approachable, and the people below are very fond of Shile. So Shi Le's father asked Shi Le to manage this group of Hu people instead of himself, so that the young Shi Le also had a little prestige in the surrounding area. Guo Jing, a native of Taiyuan, and Ning Qi, a native of Yangqu, through observation, felt that Shi Le was very ambitious, and he was also an extraordinary person, and he would definitely have a bright future in the future. That's why they often subsidize Schler. Schler was very grateful for this, and began to work diligently in order to have the capital to get ahead.
If the situation in the world has not changed, then Shi Le may be an authentic farmer. However, at this time, the Western Jin Dynasty court had already undergone a change, which was the Eight Kings Rebellion that occurred within the ruling class of the Western Jin Dynasty. The outbreak of the Eight Kings Rebellion caused a great famine in Bingzhou, as long as it was a famine, the first person to suffer must be the common people. In order to support his family, Shile began to work as a tenant again, and in fact he was a farmer who planted crops for the landlords. However, Shi Le and his companions who farmed for others with him were separated in the process of fleeing, and Shi Le, who had no choice, had no choice but to defect to Ningqi. There was a lieutenant named Liu Jian on Ning Qi's side who wanted to sell Shi Le. Why sell Shiler?Because Shi Le was a Hu person, when the Western Jin Dynasty ruled at that time, the Hu people could be traded, and at the time of turmoil, the Hu people were still relatively valuable. Ning Qi was still more righteous, he hid Shi Le, and in this way, Shi Le escaped the fate of being a trade for the first time. As a result, Ning Qi became unsafe here, and Ning Qi quietly sent Shi Le away. Then Shile will go to ** again?Will the 29-year-old Shiler be able to escape the fate of being sold?Stay tuned for the next installment!