Murong Nan looked at Liu Yu and sighed softly: "Although since ancient times, the law of the jungle has preyed on the strong, and ordinary people will only succumb to powerful force, but if this powerful force cannot guarantee the basic survival of the people, it will not be sustainable. Ran Min himself was just an ambitious butcher with no talent for governing the country. He would use anyone who supported him in becoming emperor, and he would kill anyone who hindered him from becoming emperor. In this regard, there was no difference between Han and Hu people. .”
Liu Yu sighed and said seriously: "Yes, after he issued the order to kill Hu people and be promoted to officials, he relied on the help of the Han people to massacre hundreds of thousands of Jiehu people and successfully ascended the throne as emperor. But after he ascended the throne, He also made his son a great chanyu and asked him to lead the surrendered Hu soldiers, just because these Hu people had fighting ability and could help him. Regarding the Jin Dynasty, when he had a strong army at the beginning, he was dismissive. Later, when he was about to perish, he begged for help. When I was little educated, I thought he was the hero of our Han people and the savior of the nation. But later, after reading more history books, I realized that this man was more evil than Jie Zhao, and his destruction was inevitable. .”
Murong Nan smiled and said: "That's the truth. He who wins the hearts of the people wins the world. Why is Ran Min, a Han, abandoned by his compatriots? It's because he can't let people live, can't organize people's production, and food is the first thing for the people. , will starve to death without food or water, and whoever can give him food at this time will be supported by them."
"Our Murong family saw this clearly, so when we went south, we not only brought a large army, but also brought with us the grain, grass, cattle and sheep that we had stored in Liaodong for many years. It can be said that we almost moved the whole family south. When we came, we did not consider going back. You said, we seized such a rare opportunity in a thousand years, and the people in the north regarded us as their saviors at that time. After we eliminated Ran Min, is it possible for us to continue to submit to the Eastern Jin Dynasty as a minister of the Jin Dynasty? "
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "Ran Min is unethical, but that doesn't mean that our Jin Dynasty will be like this. Our Jin Dynasty didn't do nothing at that time. Instead, we carried out two Northern Expeditions by Yin Hao and Huan Wen, just to save the people in the north from the fire. How can you say that we don't do anything? What are you doing?"
Murong Nan laughed: "Come on, Liu Yu, I'm not one of my subordinates who can't even speak Chinese well. I know your history very well. The one who can stop you from the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern Expedition is not us in the north. Hu Qi, it’s one of your own!”
Liu Yu sighed and closed his eyes in pain, but Murong Nan's cold voice came to his ears: "Yin Hao's Northern Expedition was because he wanted to go Northern Expedition before Huan Wen, so as to prevent his young friend from relying on the Northern Expedition to make contributions and further strengthen his own power. Because of the haste of the incident, the imperial court in Jiankang area did not have strong offensive forces for many years, so Yin Hao had no soldiers to use and could only use the Qiang Yao Xiang's foreign soldiers and horses as the vanguard. But because of the arrogance of him and his men, they forced Yao Xiang to rebel, causing the best opportunity to be missed."
"When Yin Hao stepped down, Huan Wen took over the power alone and launched another northern expedition. However, by this time we, Dayan, had stabilized the north. Both Han and Hu people in the north were grateful for our help in survival and sincerely obeyed, so Huan Wen defeated After the Yellow River, we can no longer move forward.”
"In addition, you are fighting for power within the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the high-ranking families in Jiankang City are secretly restricting Huan Wen. Although I don't know what they did specifically, I heard from the King of Wu that Huan Wen, who was against him back then, was not in a head-on confrontation. He suffered a loss, and was finally forced to retreat because he ran out of food, giving him the opportunity to pursue a thousand-mile pursuit. Afterwards, Huan Wen put the responsibility on the former Shouchun guard Yuan Zhen, the governor of Yuzhou, and destroyed him in a rage, but Yuan Zhenjue If you don’t have the guts and motivation to do such a thing, the only one who can cause problems with Huan Wen’s military supplies is your high-ranking family.”
Liu Yu's eyes widened and he said sternly: "That's enough. This is just your guess with no solid evidence. Even if our Jin Dynasty is like this, how good is your Murong clan of Yan State? Murong is the pillar of the country and is like the Great Wall. If you are forced to invade the enemy's country and finally destroy it, I think you are more powerful than us in this kind of internal strife."
Murong Nan bit his lip tightly. The smug look on his face when he just mocked Liu Yu was gone. He sighed and said, "We don't have to laugh at fifty steps. What I want to say is just Let me tell you, what the people in the north want, when Ran Min cannot let the northerners survive, they will naturally turn against him. More than ten years later, when the civil strife in our Yan country makes it difficult for the people to survive, they will turn to Qin. So. He said that in order to bring peace to the world, it is not enough to win the war alone. What is important is whether the people's livelihood can be stably guaranteed after the war. This is what you Han people call peace of the world!"
Liu Yu nodded: "You are right. It is easy to conquer the world, but difficult to level it. Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu at that time, was almost undefeated in his life. He only lost the final battle in Gaixia because he was cruel, unkind and dedicated. The people hated the Han king Liu Bang, so Liu Bang was defeated repeatedly but could quickly recover his strength and finally won. I understand what you mean now. You are saying that although Huan Wen seemed to have a strong military, even Wang Tanzhi and the Xie family can be killed easily, but after all, his power is limited to Jingzhou, and has no roots in the Sanwu area and Lianghuai area, as well as Lingnan and Shu areas. If he wants to usurp the throne, these places will inevitably Will rebel."
Murong Nan smiled slightly: "You are a smart man, I don't need to explain this truth, it is clear in one point. If he wants to control such a large territory and such a large population, he must have at least hundreds of thousands of troops. Even if he has such a If he has a large army, then his military food consumption is also huge. Over the past hundred years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, although the most powerful family has always been in charge, and then took turns in power, after all, there is the emperor as the co-owner. Once you throw away the emperor With this co-owner, all the aristocratic families will unite against Huan Wen. They seem to have no army, but Wu Di and Lianghuai are full of manors and fields for their aristocratic families, and they can organize tenants and farmers to fight at any time."
"Even if Xie An and Wang Tanzhi are to be executed, there are dozens or hundreds of branch families of Wang Xie's family spread all over the country. They can even lure the Hu troops from the north to go south. Huan Wen is not sure of victory. Once the Hu If someone intervenes, it’s likely that everyone will end up working together, and everyone will be a loser.”
Liu Yu breathed a long sigh of relief: "It turns out that the truth about Huan Wen not forcing his way to the throne is here. I have learned a lesson. Murong Nan, I want to ask you, if you were me, would you support the Huan family, or join a high-ranking family like the Xie family? ?”
