Murongbao

Murongbao

Murongbao (355-398, May 27) was born in Jicheng County, Changli County (now Yixian County, Liaoning Province). He was born in Xindu county (now Hengshui City, Hebei Province). He is of Xianbei nationality. After the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the second emperor of Yan was the fourth son of murongchui, Emperor Chengwu of Yan. His mother was Duan, empress Chengzhao.

He is graceful and indecisive. Fu Jian, the king of the Qin Dynasty before he became an official, paid homage to the prince Xima and Wannian county magistrate, and moved to Lingjiang general. After the establishment of murongchui, after Yan, CE Li was the prince. We should cultivate our moral character and advocate Confucianism. Jianxing eleven years (396 years), ascended to the throne for the emperor, Yongkang. Check account, abolish barracks, clear official instrument. To be strict with the law is to be divorced from the heart and morality. The stepmother was forced to die and the crown prince was abolished. Under the attack of the Northern Wei Dynasty, domestic and foreign troubles intensified, and the country's strength weakened day by day.

In the third year of Yongkang (398), he followed Shang Shu Lan Han into Longcheng and was killed. He was 44 years old. He was named emperor Huimin and the temple name was Liezong.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Murongbao was born in Xindu in the fourth year of Yuanxi (355). He was the fourth son of murongchui, Emperor Chengwu of later Yan Dynasty, and his mother was Duan, empress Zhao of later Yan Dynasty. when murongbao was young, he didn't believe what he said, lacked ambition and conduct, and liked to be flattered by others. With his father murongchui and others, he fled from Qianyan to qianqin. In the reign of Fu Jian, Xuanzhao emperor of the former Qin Dynasty, he served as the crown prince and magistrate of Wannian county. He took part in the battle of huaifei launched by Fu Jian and appointed murongbao as general of Lingjiang. In the first year of Houyan (384), Murong Chui established Houyan and appointed Murong Bao as the crown prince. Murongbao's stepmother, empress Duan Yuanfei (later, empress Chengzhao's cousin), said to murongchui, "the prince is graceful and indecisive. He is a benevolent monarch in peace and prosperity, but he is not a hero to help the world in times of crisis. When his majesty gives him the great cause, my concubine will not see the future generations Changda. Murong Nong, king of western Liaoning, and Murong long, king of Gaoyang, are the wise sons of his majesty. They should choose one to be the crown prince. Muronglin, the king of Zhao, is treacherous and often insults the prince. Once his majesty dies, there will be disaster. It's your Majesty's family business and should be considered in depth. " Murongchui did not accept it. Murongbao and muronglin hate her when they hear this. Later, Duan Yuanfei said this again. Murong Chui said, "do you want me to be the Duke of Jin?" Duan Yuanfei came out crying. after being made Prince, murongbao honed his moral character, advocated Confucianism, was good at talking and writing, and lowered his status to please his close ministers in order to get a good reputation. Murong Chui's courtiers unanimously praised him. Murong Chui also thought that he could inherit his family business and that he was virtuous.

Killing mother in succession

In the 11th year of Jianxing (396), Murong Chui died. In the same year, Murong Bao succeeded to the throne, pardoned criminals in the territory, and changed to Yongkang. He appointed Taiwei Ku Shaoguan Wei as Taishi and doctor Zuo Guanglu, Duan Chong as Taibao, and the others were given different official positions. In accordance with murongchui's legacy order, he checked his household registration, demobilized the general camp, and assigned them to the counties to determine the original origin of the gentry and their official appearance. However, the laws were severe and the government decrees were harsh, and the people of the court were different. Nine out of ten people wanted to oppose him. When murongbao succeeded to the throne, he sent General Wei and King muronglin of Zhao to force his stepmother to become empress Duan Yuanfei, who said that you often said in front of the former Emperor (murongchui) that the Lord (murongbao) could not inherit the grand rule, and threatened that if she did not die, murongbao would kill the Duan family. Duan Yuanfei scolded Murong Bao for forcing his stepmother to kill him. She certainly could not keep the country, and then committed suicide.

Another Prince

At the beginning, murongchui often worried about this because murongbao did not have an heir. Murong Baoshu's son, the Duke of Qinghe, is versatile and has great talent. Murong Chui thinks highly of him. When Murong Bao sent troops to the northern expedition, he sent Murong Hui to take charge of the eastern palace on his behalf. He always recorded the government affairs and the treatment were the same as the crown prince. Therefore, we can see the determined intention. Murongchui went to attack the Northern Wei Dynasty. Because Longcheng was the old capital and the location of the ancestral temple, he sent muronghui to guard Youzhou, entrusted him with the task of defending the northeast, and carefully selected subordinate officials to assist him, so as to improve his prestige. On his deathbed, Murong Chui left a legacy for Murong to become the prince. Murongbao dotes on his youngest son, murongce, the Duke of Puyang. The intention of establishing the prince is not on muronghui. Murongsheng, the eldest son of murongbao, thinks that he and muronghui were born of the same father and are older than muronghui. He is ashamed that muronghui is older than himself, so he strongly praises murongce as a suitable Prince and slanders muronghui. Murong Bao was very happy when he knew about it, so he asked Murong Lin, king of Zhao, and Murong long, king of Gaoyang, for their opinions. Murong Lin and others flattered Murong Bao's will and agreed to Murong CE's becoming crown prince. Murongbao and muronglin made a plan. Murongce's biological mother was the queen, murongce was the crown prince, and murongsheng and muronghui were promoted to the king.

Attack from the Northern Wei Dynasty

In the same year (396), Emperor Daowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty personally led 100000 troops to attack Yan. When the Wei army first attacked Bingzhou, general Murong Nong led his army to fight against the enemy. After losing the battle, he returned to Jinyang. The general of the garrison, the great Sima muyusong, closed the gate and refused to let him into the city. Murong Nong led thousands of people to escape back to Zhongshan and Luchuan. They were caught up by the chasing army of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Except Murong Nong, the rest of them were destroyed. Murongbao summoned the ministers to discuss in the East Hall. Yin Fu mo of Zhongshan said: "the army of the Northern Wei Dynasty was strong, fighting for thousands of miles. They took advantage of the victory and doubled their courage. If they fought in the plain areas, their momentum would be stronger and it would be difficult to resist them. They should choose dangerous places to resist them." Sui Shen, commander of Zhongshu, said: "the Wei army is mostly cavalry. The army moves fast and fiercely, but the grain and grass carried by the cavalry can't exceed ten days. We should order all counties and counties to make one thousand families into a fort, dig deep trenches, build high barriers, and clear the countryside to treat them, so that the Wei army will have no food and grass, no place to get food supply, and will retreat naturally after sixty days." Feng Yi, the book of history, said: "now there are 100000 people in the Northern Wei army. They are the strong enemies in the world. Even if the common people want to gather together, they can't protect themselves. In fact, this is to gather food and gather weapons to support the powerful enemy, shake people's hearts and show their weakness to the enemy. It is the best policy to rely on danger to resist the enemy. " "The Wei army is now riding the victory with high morale. Their forwards are unstoppable. They should prepare defensive equipment, wait for the Wei army to get tired, and then attack them," muronglin said So he built the city wall, accumulated food and grass, and prepared to confront the enemy for a long time.

throw away everything when fleeing

The Wei army attacked Zhongshan without success, and then occupied Boling and Lukou. The generals fled, and all the counties surrendered to the Wei army. When murongbao heard of the internal turmoil in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he led all the troops out of the city to fight against the enemy, with 120000 infantry and 37000 cavalry stationed in Quyang and Baisi. The Wei army arrived in Xinliang. Murongbao was afraid of the sharp morale of the Wei army, so he sent the general muronglong to attack the Wei army at night and returned in defeat. The Wei army came in formation with two cars in parallel. The two armies were at a stalemate. Murongbao's soldiers were afraid, and the whole army lost its spirit. Murong Nong and Murong Lin urged Murong Bao to return to Zhongshan, so Murong Bao led the army to retreat. The Wei army took the opportunity to pursue them. Murong Bao and Murong Nong abandoned their troops and led only 20000 people to flee. At that time, when the wind was fierce and the snow was heavy, people who died of freezing were pillow pressing each other on the road. Afraid of being overtaken by the Wei army, murongbao ordered his soldiers to throw away their robes and weapons, but he did not bring back any weapons.

Close to murder

When Wei troops attacked Zhongshan, they stationed in fanglinyuan. That night, the minister Muyu Haomou plans to kill murongbao and make muronglin emperor. Mu Yu Hao's wife's brother Su Ni told Murong Bao about it. Murong Bao sends Murong long to arrest Mu Yu Hao. Mu Yu Hao and dozens of his accomplices cut open the gate and fled to the Northern Wei Dynasty. Muronglin is afraid and very uneasy. He uses his troops to coerce general Zuowei and King murongjing of Beidi, trying to let murongjing lead the guards to kill murongbao. Murongjing refuses him with good reasons. Muronglin angrily kills murongjing and escapes to Dingling.

domestic trouble and foreign invasion

At the beginning, Murong Bao heard about the invasion of the Northern Wei army, and sent Murong Hui to lead the troops of Youzhou and Bingzhou to Zhongshan. Muronglin has defected, and murongbao is afraid that he will seize the military power of muronghui and prepare to send troops to meet muronghui. Duan Pingzi, muronglin's servant, fled from Dingling and reported to murongbao about muronglin's situation. He said that muronglin recruited troops in Dingling and his army was powerful. He plotted to attack muronghui's army and occupied Longcheng eastward. Murongbao, Prince murongce, murongnong, muronglong and others led more than 10000 people to join muronghui at Ji. Mu Rongxiang, the Duke of Kaifeng, was appointed to guard Zhongshan. Murong will try his best to recruit talents and reorganize his army. Twenty thousand infantry and cavalry will march in formation to meet Murong Bao in the southern suburb of Ji. Murongbao divided muronghui's forces into murongnong and muronglong, and sent Xihe gongku humiliating official Ji to lead 3000 troops to help guard Zhongshan. Murong Hui has a resentful expression because Murong CE became the crown prince. Murong Bao told Murong Nong and Murong long about this. They both said: "Murong will be a young man, who is in charge of one party's affairs alone and has developed a habit of pride. Does he have any other misdeeds? We will blame him with etiquette. " The soldiers in Youzhou and Pingzhou were all grateful for the prestige of Murong society and unwilling to leave him. They all asked Murong Bao to say, "King Qinghe is naturally gifted and has a superior strategy to deal with emergencies. We will live and die with him, and we will be grateful for the kindness of the Lord, and our courage will be multiplied. Please live in Ji's palace with your majesty, the crown prince and the princes, and send King Qinghe to lead us to attack the Wei army, so as to relieve the siege of the capital, and then take your majesty back to the capital. " Murongbao's close ministers are jealous of muronghui's bravery and strategy, and say muronghui's bravery in front of murongbao

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