Wang Zhene shook his head and said: "My father once asked my grandfather this question, but he sighed and said that he and his father had seen through Murong's nature as early as when they were still in Qingzhou.
They wear the appearance of loving Han culture, but in their hearts, they are still the barbaric and cruel Hu people. They dominate by strength. Moreover, their strength is used more within the family, and they are Confucian on the outside and barbarian on the inside.
That kind of thing.”
Liu Yu was a little surprised. This was the first time he heard this comment about the Murong family: "Confucianism on the outside but barbarian on the inside? What's the explanation for this?"
Wang Zhene said calmly: "The origin of the Murong tribe is difficult to verify. They don't look like the traditional Beidi. In fact, you also know that the clan members of the Murong tribe have fair skin and handsome appearance. They are obviously not descendants of the Yan and Huang descendants. They are not like the descendants of the Yanhuang people.
The Tuoba clan, the Luoti clan of the Xiongnu, was at least the Yuwen clan after Yanhuang, and was also a descendant of Emperor Yan. However, the Murong clan was obviously a foreign species from the West, and could not even be summarized as ordinary Hu people.
If my grandfather's prediction is correct, they should come from the far west, at least from those places in the river."
Liu Yu frowned and said, "You mean, like Jiehu, they come from a place very far to the west of the Western Regions?"
Wang Zhene shook his head: "It may not be the extreme west, maybe the extreme north, but they are not the descendants of China. This is for sure. They only appeared in the annals of history a few hundred years ago. They suddenly appeared in Sushen's hometown, and then continued southward.
, settled in the western Liaoning area. It is said that such tribes have no culture and just live in pursuit of water and grass. However, they are very interested in Han culture and learned the Han people's Bu Yaoguan early on, so they changed their name.
Murong Bu, it can be said that this is a group that appeared suddenly and doesn’t know where it came from.”
Liu Yu laughed: "But this population, whose origin and origin are unknown, has risen to become the largest force in Liaodong in just a few hundred years, annihilating the Yuwen and Duan tribes, suppressing Goguryeo, and defeating Shihu in its heyday
The army established a great empire in Liaodong, and even took advantage of the war in the Central Plains to absorb a large number of gentry and Confucian scholars from the Central Plains, injecting Han systems and etiquette into the original Hu tribe. This was the result of the former Yan
, the reason why the two empires of Later Yan were able to achieve imperial success in the Central Plains."
Wang Zhen'e said in a deep voice: "This is the reason why they are Confucians on the outside and Husbands on the inside. On the surface, they are courtesy and virtuous corporals and respect Confucians, but that is just for others to see. The Murong family's regime, whether in Liao or in the
When we were in the Central Plains, it was a typical Hu khanate. The biggest feature was that all official positions and powerful positions were almost exclusively given to the Murong family, the Mu Yu family, and the Hun family.
The surnames, or the divisions among the tribes, especially the Murong family, all relied on generations of brothers and nephews to hold important military and political positions. The consultation on national affairs was almost decided by the Murong family behind closed doors. Those Han Confucian scholars only gave
It is used to teach writing, spread history, or to decorate the appearance, showing that these barbarians of the Murong clan are also thirsty for talents and are willing to accept the culture of the Central Plains."
"But in fact, the Murong clan is still a standard grassland Hu people's regime, and the wealth does not flow to outsiders. In their hearts, outsiders cannot be trusted. Only the descendants of the Murong clan are worthy of the highest power, and these Murong clan
We must choose the strongest among our descendants to rule the entire Murong clan."
Liu Yu frowned and said: "But in this regard, in terms of the selection of successors, the Murong clan is completely different from other Hu tribes. They chose the Han people's eldest son inheritance method, and
It is not the ordinary Hu people's rule of using strength to dominate, respecting elders, or even inheriting from younger brothers instead of sons."
Wang Zhen'e shook his head: "These are only half of what we have learned. The Murong family replaced the Hu people's eldest son inheritance method with the eldest son inheritance method. The younger brother inherits because the power of the eldest son of the Murong family comes from
Mother, and the strength of the Murong family often relies on the marriage and alliance of the matrilineal tribe. This eldest son can be replaced. In other words, if the matrilineal tribe declines or is not strong enough, the Murong tribe may
Change to a new mistress and use the new powerful matrilineal tribe as external aid to ensure that the eldest son has a strong backing and can overpower the other sons."
Liu Yu laughed: "After a long time, this is actually selecting foreign aid. Whoever is the strongest foreign aid can marry his daughter, then whose grandson can be the eldest son of the Murong family and can inherit the Murong family's tribe in the future.
Yeah. Right."
Wang Zhene nodded: "So this system, to put it bluntly, is the system of maternal relatives in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Foreign aid was brought in to fight for the throne for the grandson. However, in this way, the talented people had no room for advancement. At best, they were given to Murong.
The regime of the Yan Dynasty was nothing more than practical officials in foreign dynasties. They could only take orders and be controlled by others, but could not truly become the masters of the former Yan Dynasty, let alone make them give up this fundamental Hu customs and make them
They only respect talents, not just blood relations."
Having said this, Wang Zhene let out a long sigh: "Moreover, selecting the actual people in power based on blood rather than talent will result in indifferent brotherhood. First of all, in order to ensure that his son takes the throne, he will treat each brother with violence.
After picking up the butcher's knife, the Murong family in the past generations could not get out of the cycle of fratricide between the eldest son and the eldest son of the concubine. In order to fight for power, the princes of the Murong family would also form gangs and cultivate their own minions.
, not to govern and secure the country, but to harm their brothers in various ways and fight for power. All their energy is not on pacifying the world and ruling the people, but thinking about how to step on their brothers to get to the top!"
"As an emperor, the head of the Murong family, even Murong Chui, faced with such a dispute among his sons, did not really support his eldest son and guide the dynasty, so that the other sons could safely assist their eldest son in taking over the throne.
, but were happy to let the princes each lead an army and act alone to check and balance each other. Little did they know that this was the way to subjugate the country and cause chaos. My grandfather saw that Murong Ke and Murong Chui, who were not princes, became the generals of the country.
Leading troops to fight in all directions, he concluded that the Murong clan's regime would never last long and would be destroyed by civil strife in the future. So before the chaos in Guandong was yet to come, before Ran Min rebelled against Zhao and revolted, he took refuge in Guanzhong because,
He concluded that there will be great chaos in Kanto, and it is definitely not a place where he can settle down and make a living." (End of this chapter)