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Chapter 28 Some thoughts in the last years of the Northern Wei Dynasty
A lot is written in the history books, so I will briefly talk about the few that are written in the books.

[-]. The split within the Yuan family of the royal family
What happened during the Heyin Change and the specific process, there are many materials on the Internet, so I won’t go into details here.However, there is a very conspicuous phenomenon, that is, among the people who participated in the massacre of Luoyang officials (most of the dead were members of the Yuan clan and the powerful Han clans who were married to them), there were actually many members of the Yuan clan!

I won't say who it is, there is a big basket, and there are even members of the Yuan clan like Yuan Tianmu who regard Er Zhurong as a brother and the Yuan clan as enemies.

So here comes the problem, this phenomenon is very rare in Chinese history.For example, explain that in the Qing Dynasty, such as the Tang and Song Dynasties, there were almost no cases of various royal families teaming up to slaughter each other (Xuanwumen does not count).It's the same root, why is it too urgent, why did this scene happen?

The roots come from Yuan Hong, Emperor Xiaowen.

Before Yuan Hong, due to the semi-nomadic nature of the Northern Wei Empire, the model of the descendants of the major clans and sages prevailing, the difference between the main clan and the minor clan was not as obvious as it was later.

Therefore, looking at the history of the early Northern Wei Dynasty, in the process of starting a business, the various clans of the Yuan clan were extremely united, which is also rare among Chinese dynasties.No matter how far away the clan is, the imperial court is supported. Although it greatly increases the financial burden, it also makes the Yuan clan more united.

When Emperor Xiaowen Sinicized, a new rule came out. Other than the "five clothes", you are an outsider. Although your surname is "Yuan", if I marry your daughter, it is not considered incest (in the history books of the Northern Qi Dynasty, many couples are People of Yuan family origin).Since he is an outsider, he naturally cannot get support from the imperial court.

Over time, Yuanzong developed great hatred towards the direct line of the royal family (that is, the line of Yuan Hong's father).This kind of hatred runs through to Northern Qi and Northern Zhou!

In the Heyin change, there was an element of resentment and resentment among the distant ancestors, so you can see the Yuan clan killing the Yuan clan, and they killed it very vigorously (even watching and directing from the arrow tower).

[-]. Social atmosphere

After the Xianbei clan entered the Central Plains, they have been troubled by two problems. The first one is nomadicization. How to transform it into farming. In the past, they ran away after robbing. Now the land is all their own. Who else can they rob?

Faced with more than 500 peasant uprisings a year, Empress Dowager Feng and Emperor Xiaowen Yuanhong began to reform. Even if the outcome, this reform laid the foundation for the demise of the Northern Wei Dynasty decades later, but... if there were no reforms at that time, almost In the next year, the Northern Wei Dynasty may be gone!
We cannot treat the more than 500 peasant uprisings that year as non-existent.At that time, some Central Army of the Northern Wei Dynasty had just wiped out one place, and when new orders arrived, they ran to put out nearby places, one after another, all year round.

More ruthless than 996!

The land equalization system, the salary system, and Sinicization are the prescriptions prescribed by Yuan Hong.It's just that there is one problem that has been ignored. It is not the six towns, but the land equalization system, which has always been a good recipe for the founding of the country.

At that time, the Northern Wei Dynasty had been established for more than a hundred years!It has entered the middle or even late stage of the empire.At this time, it is already a bit late to prescribe a good prescription for the land equalization system.

Because the aristocratic families, including the Xianbei aristocratic family after the transformation of the Xianbei nobles, have already occupied almost the same land, the space that Yuan Hong can operate is actually very small, and the reform of the economic foundation is actually very shallow.

Far from enough to extend the life of the Northern Wei Dynasty for a hundred years!
At the same time, the Xianbei nobles in the Northern Wei Dynasty also made the mistakes of the later Liao and Jin countries.

One of the advantages of the Han people has not been learned.The dross in Han culture is better than blue.In order to fight against Han culture, Buddhist culture had to be introduced to fight against cultural infiltration.

The final foothold is Luoyang.

The depraved extravagance, promiscuity, and inversion of black and white of the Xianbei clan were unprecedented in previous dynasties.Of course, during this period, people's thoughts were very free, so the culture of the Northern Wei Dynasty showed explosive growth, which was already comparable to that of the Southern Liang Dynasty.This can be seen in the fragments described by the envoys of the Southern Liang Dynasty after their visit to the Northern Wei Dynasty.

To put it simply, the social atmosphere is very bad, but it doesn't mean that people will be robbed when they go out.To put it in a more understandable phrase, black and white are reversed, right and wrong are disregarded, pride in extravagance, laughing at the poor and not laughing at prostitutes. There are detailed records in "Luoyang Jialan Ji".

[-]. The Chihur tribe is not the so-called grassland barbarians.The Erzhu family is not "one of my own" in the six towns.

If you insist on who is the most barbaric, then Zhao Shihu will probably be on the list.Although the Erzhu tribe has something to do with Shihu in terms of ethnic composition, they are obviously far better than Shihu in hugging their thighs.

It can be said that the Erzhu Department was deeply involved in the management in the Northern Wei Dynasty. Since the founding emperor, he has been a follower of the Tuoba family.And when they arrived in Erzhurong, Erzhu's family had marriages with many important officials of the imperial court. It can be said that the tree has deep roots, and it is far from those nomads who don't even have a clean dress on the grassland.

Just imagine, there were so many Hu tribes attached to the frontier of the Northern Wei Dynasty at that time, why did the Erzhu family gain trust and even marry the royal family?Because in the eyes of the Yuan family, the Erzhu family can be regarded as "one of their own".

This is an important reason why Erzhu Rong can rise!As for what Er Zhurong looks like, it is also written in this book, it can be said that he is more handsome than most of the generals of the imperial army in Luoyang!He himself is not a man who drinks blood. As for eating human flesh, it is really a legend in the world, at least it is not Er Zhurong's turn to do it.

Another point that needs to be emphasized is: the social relationship between He Bayue, Gao Huan, and even Yu Wentai later is in the lower class of the Northern Wei Dynasty, specifically the Six Towns.

He Bayue leads Wuchuan Town, Gao Huan leads Huaishuo Town, and each has their own brothers.

And the relationship between Erzhurong and even the Erzhu clan is in the upper middle class of the Northern Wei Dynasty!this point is very important!
After Er Zhurong's death, Gao Huan quickly rose to power, and the remnants of Er Zhu's family quickly declined. To put it bluntly, people need to know where their butt is sitting.Er Zhurong is a person who doesn't know where his butt is sitting, let alone the Erzhu family after his death.

Although the social relationship between Gao Huan and He Bayue is very low level, it is solid and reliable and has a mass foundation!Once those social relationships grow, they develop.

Fourth, Emperor Xiaozhuang Yuan Ziyou is not a tragic hero, but a conspirator and executioner.

For details, please refer to the description in this book.

(End of this chapter)