During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the Later Yan Dynasty was an important state in the north, which was founded in 384 AD by the founding emperor Murong Chui. At that time, the southern part of China was dominated by the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the northern part was divided and controlled by several small states.
Murong Chui was originally a member of the Former Yan royal family, but Former Yan ceased to exist after being unified by Former Qin. However, Murong Trai did not give up because of this, and with perseverance and advanced age, he rebuilt Qianyan and established his own great cause.
This tells us not to give up on dreams because of age and difficulties, everyone has the potential to create great things.
The Houyan created by Murong Chui is generally called Qianyan in the academic world. As the founding emperor of Former Yan, Murong Chui passed the throne to his son Murong Bao after his death.
However, compared to his father, Murong Bao's ability is much inferior. At this time, in the regime of the northern grassland, although the strength of Houliang was strong, the ** within it was becoming more and more serious, and finally formed two regimes of Northern Liang and Western Liang.
Former Qin, who had briefly unified the north, once had some intentions for the world, but in the end, because the 80,000 Beifu soldiers led by Xie An, a genius boy of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, defeated the 200,000 troops of Former Qin in the Battle of Weishui, which shattered the dream of Fu Jian, the king of Former Qin, and also made Former Qin go into decline.
At the same time, the influence of the old power gradually declined, and the rising star of the Northern Wei Dynasty began to grow and develop.
Although later generations knew that the Northern Wei Dynasty was the victor of the troubled times, unified the north, and established an unprecedentedly powerful Northern Wei dynasty, at that time, people did not realize the great potential and threat contained in this fledgling young man.
People's prejudice often stems from ignorance, and it is only when the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty approaches Zhongshan (Dingzhou, Hebei) and surrounds it that people feel the fear and threat of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Faced with the siege of the Xianbei cavalry figurines, the escape of the Later Yan Emperor Murong Bao put the entire Zhongshan City in a difficult situation. However, at this critical moment, a man named Murong Xiang stood up.
Although he is not a child of the clan and has a weak relationship with the royal family, his official rank in the Houyan court is just a small taishou and has no real power.
However, it was such a seemingly ordinary person, at a critical moment, he stepped forward and organized the old and weak soldiers in Zhongshan City to successfully resist the attack of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
This shows that some things are not only accomplished by the children of the clan, and everyone has the potential to exert unimaginable power at critical moments.
This is history, where sometimes what seems impossible has become possible because of the persistence and courage of some people.
One of his brothers, Murong Lin, led his troops into Zhongshan City, killed you, and defected to his uncle Murong De with the Houyan soldiers and civilians of Zhongshan City.
Murong De was ambitious, and he was not content to share the throne, but established a new Southern Yan dynasty in Huatai. In this way, the Houyan left by his father became two parts.
Murong Bao felt very sad about such a situation. However, history is determined by the strong, and the weak have no room to speak. One of the two great tragedies of life is to be complacent, and the other is to be discouraged.
Murong Bao was very saddened by his uncle's solo behavior, but Murong De did not care, and he wrote to Murong Bao, suggesting that he attack the Northern Wei Dynasty. The letter seems affectionate and sincere, but it is actually full of falsehood.
However, Murong Bao was deeply moved by this letter and immediately decided to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty.
Lan Khan, a relative and elder of Murong Bao, served as the commander of the army. He is not only of high rank, but also the uncle of Murong Chui, the founding emperor of Later Yan. On the surface, he looks kind, but in reality he is a ruthless person.
After he gained command of the army, he did not attack the Northern Wei Dynasty, but attacked Longcheng in an attempt to overthrow Murong Bao's regime. Murong Bao was outraged by this, and his relatives all betrayed him.
In desperation, he could only flee from Dragon City as he had left Zhongshan City back then. Lan Khan took over Longcheng, seized supreme power, and soon installed Murong Bao's son Murong Ce as the new emperor.
After supporting the puppet emperor, Lan Khan was worried about Murong Bao, who was still on the run, and was afraid that he would cause some trouble.
Therefore, he changed his attitude and wrote to Murong Bao, saying that his mutiny was for the good of Hou Yan, and now that his son has become the emperor, he can return to Longcheng to be the emperor, isn't it beautiful?
Although Murong Bao didn't want to go back, considering his situation, he finally decided to return to Dragon City.
Murong Bao's move was wise, leaving only his son Murong Sheng to gather troops outside and wait and see what happened. However, Lan Khan captured Dragon City and killed Murong Bao and Murong Ce, who supported him.
But Lan Khan's usurpation was only his end, as he left behind the gravedigger - Murong Sheng. Murong Sheng attacked the palace at night, killed Lan Khan, and regained the throne of the Murong clan.
However, this Game of Thrones is full of killings and intrigue, and Murong Sheng has endured the pain of loss along the way, but also learned a lot of experience and wisdom.
Power is a blood-stained scepter, and the throne is a throne full of murderous opportunities. He, young and heroic, in this troubled world, stepped across the river of blood and came to the present.
However, he has not yet realized that the fate that awaits him will be even more cruel and tragic than the bloody storm at this moment.
Dynamic Incentive Program Many history buffs, or their peers who write history on this platform, like to put themselves in the role of "forensics", seeing history as a corpse lying on an autopsy table.
They meticulously cut through history, studying piece by piece, studying organs such as the heart, pancreas, kidneys, etc. This method is undoubtedly a way of studying history, but the author has a different view of it.
Because, the author is a literature major, I think we can't be too indifferent and ruthless in the face of history, although history itself is indeed cold and ruthless.
We should feel its cruelty, its warmth, its blood and skin, and its cold temperature.
This is a little shallow insight of mine, and I hope it can be helpful to you.