Cui Zhoudu did not support Murong Yanchao's decision to rebel. Before that, Cui Zhoudu repeatedly persuaded Murong Yanchao, saying, "Can't you see the fate of Du Chongwei, An Congjin, and Li Shouzhen?" There is no dispute between you and Guo Wei, why are you trying to scare yourself?
Because the area controlled by Murong Yanchao included the State of Lu during the Spring and Autumn Period, Cui Zhoudu also used the State of Lu as an example, saying that the State of Lu was a country of poetry and literature, with benevolent but cowardly people, and that its strength was not to fight with gold or iron horses. However, the national destiny of Lu State was the longest in that period. Why? It is because the state of Lu advocates etiquette and justice.
To put it bluntly, Murong Yanchao is a bastard who is determined to eat the weights.
Cui Zhoudu was ordered to inspect Yan Honglu's home. In fact, he had sympathy for Yan Honglu, but he had no choice but to help the villain. The only thing Cui Zhoudu could do was to minimize Yan Honglu's physical pain. He patiently advised: "Don't you understand the commander's temper? Don't play tricks and take out the money. Your property will determine Your life and death.”
Yan Honglu burst into tears and knelt down and kowtowed to his wives and concubines, "Please, please take out all your money and save my life!"
His wives and concubines also cried: "There is not a penny left!"
Cui Zhoudu could only report to Murong Yanchao empty-handed, "He really has no money."
Murong Yanchao's eyes widened and he said, "Fart! It seems that I don't intend to confess honestly without giving you some pain!" Then he ordered Yan Honglu's wives and concubines to be taken to prison and tortured.
Yan Honglu's house slaves were as anxious as ants on a hot pot. One of the wet nurses accidentally found a gold chain and hurriedly presented it to Murong Yanchao. She originally wanted to save her master's life, but unexpectedly it became irrefutable evidence that the master had hidden property. .
Murong Yanchao held up the gold chain and showed it to the people on his left and right with great pride, "Am I right? You are really playing tricks on me!"
In the end, Yan Honglu was tortured to death in prison.
As for the reason why Murong Yanchao killed his godbrother Yan Honglu, in addition to frantically searching for money, there was another reason, and that was that Yan Honglu's son Yan Xijun was Chai Rong's deputy. When the imperial court sent troops, Murong Yanchao once said viciously to Yan Honglu: "You must have let your son speak ill of me in the imperial court and instigated the imperial court to send troops, right?" That's why Yan Honglu was so frightened that he donated all his property to the imperial court. He tried to save his life, but was still brutally killed.
Murong Yanchao beheaded the counselor Cui Zhoudu in public on the grounds of protecting Yan Honglu.
The war in Yanzhou lasted from the first month to April, without any progress. Guo Wei decided to lead the expedition himself.
Now, Guo Wei has been emperor for more than a year, and the external environment is basically stable, so he can leave the capital.
Guo Wei arrived at Yanzhou City and sent people to persuade the defenders to surrender, and received a burst of sweet breath from the defenders. Guo Wei was furious and ordered a strong attack.
Faced with the overwhelming power of the imperial army, Murong Yanchao resisted stubbornly. After resisting for five days, Yanzhou was finally captured. Murong Yanchao took his wife and children and threw himself into a well. One of his sons, Murong Jixun, led 500 people to escape from the city. Outside, he was captured alive and killed.
Murong Yanchao's image in history books is that of "many wise, deceitful and easy to accumulate". He has a certain amount of wisdom, but is very greedy for money and quite superstitious. There are three short stories that can help us restore a three-dimensional Murong Yanchao:
3.1, A hungry donkey catches a thief
According to historical records, Murong Yanchao was "known for his hook distance". The hook-moment method is the most famous criminal investigation method in ancient China.
The ancients' explanation of the "hook moment method" is: "The hook catches the true situation and prevents it from going away. The hook means to cause it; the distance means to close it."
For example, during an interrogation, the interrogator will not directly ask questions about sensitive topics related to the case. Instead, he will go around and around to extract useful information from seemingly unrelated chats, seize the initiative in the conversation, and allow the criminal to The suspect unknowingly confessed.
This is what the idiom "ask a sheep to know a horse" means. That is to say, "If you want to know the price of a horse, first ask the dog, then the sheep, then the cow, and then ask the horse, and compare the price with each other. Then you will know the nobleness of the horse."
The above are roundabouts during the interrogation process. In the early investigation stage, the specific manifestation of the "hook-moment method" is that the investigators deliberately expose flaws to induce the criminal suspect to voluntarily move from the dark to the open, allowing him to "reveal his secrets."
Murong Yanchao was very good at using the "hook-moment method" and solved many difficult cases that were impossible to start, and was recorded in history. For example, this "hungry donkey catches thief" case.
One day, a donkey rider came to Yanzhou City. He claimed to be a follower of a certain big shot. He walked through the market in a swaggering and high-profile manner. He bought more than a dozen pieces of silk and satin in the market, and then led the seller to the door of a big house and pointed out. Holding the door of the tall and lavish mansion, he said that this was his master's house and asked the seller to wait here while he went to report it. In order to reassure the seller, he also left his donkey behind.
The seller waited for a long time, but no one came out. He was really impatient, so he knocked on the door, only to find that it was an empty house without an owner. The seller immediately understood that he had been defrauded.
The seller was anxious and angry, and cursed. It happened that a patrol officer was passing by and heard someone shouting to catch the thief, so he took the seller and the donkey back to the Yamen and reported the matter to the Yanzhou parent officer Murong Yanchao.
Murong Yanchao sympathized with the seller very much and assured him: "Don't worry, I will definitely catch the thief for you!"
In that era without surveillance, fingerprints and other technologies, how easy was it to solve this case? But Murong Yanchao was very confident, and he had a donkey, which was enough.
Murong Yanchao ordered the donkey to be tied to the stable of the government office, and warned the soldiers not to feed it food or drink, not to give it a drop of water or a blade of grass.
The soldiers secretly cursed Xianjie, saying that the adults couldn't catch the swindlers, so they took it out on the donkeys, which was really shameful.
For a whole day, the donkey had no water or rice to his teeth, and he was thirsty and hungry. Later, Murong Yanchao ordered his close associates to pull the donkey to the site of yesterday's crime, then untied the rope and let it walk freely, while his close associates followed closely behind him with troops.
As the saying goes, an old horse knows the way, and an old donkey is no better.
The donkey was hungry and thirsty. He trotted all the way, turning left and right, and came to a small alley. There happened to be a child playing in the alley. After seeing the donkey, he showed that he knew the donkey and shouted several times: " The donkey is back, the donkey is back!" Then there was an adult man peeking out from the door.
The police officers immediately came forward to arrest him. After the man arrived, he confessed to the crime.
This is also the only time in history that Murong Yanchao appeared in a positive image and was included in the "Supplement to the History of the Five Dynasties".
3.2, "Iron Tire Silver" Counterfeit Currency Case
At that time, it was a common practice for officials to start side businesses to compete with the people for profit. Whether they are local officials or central officials, they basically have their own business. For example, Ge Yanyu, the pawn who framed Li Song, was the professional manager of Li Song's younger brother Li Yu, helping Li Yu manage the family business.
