"Recognizing Lin Shu in the Temple of the Empress of Yan" The most real Ran Min, King of Wu, is Ran Min the hero of Duke Ai?

As for ancient Chinese history, I am afraid no one can arouse opposing debates among history enthusiasts like Ran Min, and no one can make the enthusiasm of grassroots and officials as funny as Ran Min. A historical figure who lived in the "Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms" period. In his short thirty-year life, he shone like a shooting star in the night of the "Sixteen Kingdoms" and burned like a shooting star on the edge of the "Sixteen Kingdoms". What followed were sighs, exclamations, abuses and questions from future generations.

First of all, the mystery of Ran Min’s life experience

The ancestor of Ran Min can be verified as his grandfather Ran Long, a minor general under Chen Wu who was active in Chenliudi during the Yongjia period. .

Speaking of Ran Min, I have to say that Xia Jun is an organization with the characteristics of the late Western Jin Dynasty. In the chaotic historical background of the Western Jin Dynasty, the princes of the Western Jin Dynasty were still unable to protect themselves, and no one paid attention to the lives and deaths of these refugees. In order to survive, these refugees spontaneously organized to resist the invasion of Wu Hu and the defeated soldiers of the Western Jin Dynasty, and gradually formed a large-scale, organized and well-established situation. Eventually, this wave of refugees formed an army of beggars "half soldiers and half civilians".

It was against this background that Ran Long joined Chen Wu's army. There is no biography of Ran Long in history. We don’t know when Ran Long went to fight or when he died. We only know that Chen Wu's army has been fighting Schleswig's army. In the Battle of Liyang in 310 AD, Ran Ran's 11-year-old son Ran Liang fought with Liu Cong and Schleswig in Hanoi, and both sides were in awe. After Chen Wu was defeated, Ran Liang was captured by Shi Le. After Ran Liang was captured by Schleswig, Schleswig asked his nephew Shi Hu to adopt him as his adopted son. From then on, he changed his name to Shi Zhan and became Hu Shi's capable general. It seems that from then on, Ran Liang, a young soldier begging for work, ceased to exist. Shi Zhan, the grandson of Emperor Shi Lesuige of the Later Zhao Dynasty, was highly regarded by Shi's adoptive father Hu. Finally, being an official left General She and Marquis Xihua, and he was regarded as "respecting the general".

In 319 AD, the Xiongnu Liu Yao proclaimed himself emperor in Chang'an and changed "Han" to "Zhao", which is "former Zhao". Later, he openly opposed Liu Yao, Jie and others and established "Later Zhao". Subsequently, the two sides engaged in extensive fighting in today's southern Shanxi and northern Henan. Later, Zhao's main force was Shi Le's nephew Shi Hu, and Shi Zhan, as Shi Hu's adopted son, was naturally active on various battlefields. In 328 AD, Liu Yao's army of 100,000 attacked Hu Shi and captured it. The two armies fought at Gaohou, and Hu Shi was defeated. During this war, Shi Zhan was captured and killed by Liu Yao. He was less than 30 years old when he died. He left behind a 6-year-old son, Shi Min.

Shi Zhan spent most of his life working for Hu Shi. He was very brave on the battlefield. Hu Shi was the butcher of countless wars, and of course he admired his adopted son very much. After Shi Zhan died, Hu Shi regarded Shi Min as his grandson. It is conceivable that Hu Shi also loved Shi Min very much. Although Ran Min was Han, he was not discriminated against by the Jie nobles. On the contrary, he has been carefully taught by Hu Shi as his godson, and even historians do not regard him as an outsider. Except for the last two or three years of his life, he was always called "Shi Min" instead of "Ran Min". Therefore, before talking about Ran Min, we have to talk about what kind of regime Hou Zhao was again.

Second, I want to mention Hou Zhao.

Schleswig, the founding emperor of Later Zhao, was born into an illiterate sharecropper family. During the turmoil at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, he was sold as a slave and a bandit. During the critical period when the Western Jin Dynasty was about to collapse, Shi Le resolutely joined the Xiongnu "Han Kingdom" and became Liu Yuan's right-hand man. The most famous thing is that in 311 AD, Schleswig led the armies of Pingcheng and Guancang to capture the southward escape team composed of princes and ministers of the Western Jin Dynasty. It can be said that the Western Jin Dynasty had everything done at once. In the same year, he and former Zhao Emperor Liu Yao attacked Luoyang and captured Emperor Sima Chi. With outstanding military achievements and many years of management, Le Suyi Pavilion finally established a base with Guo Xiang as the center, and established Hou Zhao after opposing Liu Yao.

Le Suig is a soldier. It can be said that he has been illiterate his whole life, but illiteracy does not mean illiterate. On the contrary, Schleswig fell in love with Chinese civilization. Although he was illiterate, he often asked Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty to tell him history, admired Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty Liu Bang, who was of the same origin as him, and summarized the principles of governing the country from various historical stories. He abolished the decree, reduced the people's land rent, prohibited Hu's soldiers from wearing clothes to bully Chinese scholars, and opened more than a dozen primary schools in the capital, Chongwen and Jiaozhong, and minted his own coins to encourage commercial development. It can be said that Schleswig was a rare wise emperor during the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms period.

Under his rule, Later Zhao finally defeated Former Zhao, allowing Later Zhao to "capture the Huaihai Sea in the south, the sea in the east, Hexi in the west, and Yan State in the north."

According to records, every time Schleswig caught a senior official or a prestigious scholar-official of the Western Jin Dynasty, he would consult each other on how to govern the country and discuss the reasons for the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty. One might think that it would be a show-off to discuss why the other team failed in front of the losing team, but Schleswig did seek advice because of a lack of knowledge. "Zi Zhi Tong Jian" Le Suyige followed the official administration of the Western Han Dynasty, attached great importance to the cultivation of talents and the establishment of an education system, and created the introduction system of Confucian classics examinations.

Such a "China-oriented" policy cannot be accomplished by illiterate Schleswigs alone. In fact, although Schleswig was a Hu Jie, he did not despise the Han people. Instead, all of his important advisers were taken away by the Han. Therefore, behind Emperor Jie of Later Zhao, there actually existed a "bureaucratic group" composed of Han intellectuals that ruled the country. It can be said that in the era of Schleswig, the Internet took the place of some people. Unfortunately, this integration tended to slow down quickly, but the antagonisms rose, as Schleswig-Holstein had no successor in place. After his death, he took control of the military and political power of Later Zhao. His nephew Hu Shi made great achievements and launched a coup to usurp the throne.

There are many famous foolish kings in Chinese history, but not many tyrants. The biggest reason is that China's powerful scholar-bureaucrat system restricts imperial power. Hu Shi is one of the famous tyrants. In 337 AD, Shi Hu proclaimed himself emperor and moved the capital to Yecheng. In fact, he completely negated the "Hu-Han Cooperation" political system established by Schleswig-Holstein. In order to maintain his rule, Hu Shi abandoned the stable bureaucratic management system of the Han Dynasty and implemented a terrorist policy of brutal killings. At the same time, foreign wars were continuously launched to divert domestic conflicts. History records the actions of Hu Shi and his son. The final result was that Hu Shi himself and his sons were swallowed up by this "brutal killing" policy, and the later Zhao Dynasty actually reached the end of history and just wanted to find someone to give it the final blow.

The irony is that when he was most proud, Hu Shi boasted to others that the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty was because the patriarchal system favored the Han people, and the Sima family did not love each other. Therefore, Hu Shi gave almost the same political and economic treatment to his three sons, believing that such "fairness" coupled with his own "terrible" high-pressure policy could ensure the long-term stability of the Later Zhao Empire. However, the ending of his three biological sons killing each other gave Hu Shi a big mouth and gave Shi Min a chance. If the Shijia royal family had not killed each other, Shi Min might have died in battle like his father, but he remained unknown in Chinese history.

Third, Jia Ran’s family has an adult child.

Having said so many digressions, I just want to explain that the reason why Ran Min became the contradiction between the "great hero" and the "great devil" in the eyes of future generations is because his behavior must be consistent with the situation he was in. environment and growth experience are closely related.

Historically, the Shimin first appeared in AD 337. This year, Hu Shi sent 300,000 people to attack Duan Liao, including Ran Min, who was only 15 years old. After defeating Duan Liao, Hu Shi wanted to lead his army to destroy Murong Xianbei. Hu Shi led his army to attack Jingjing City. As a result, Murong Di's son Murong Ke dragged the branches and raised dust at the city gate, which frightened Murong Di. He threw down his armor and ran back to Guo Xiang. Later Zhao's troops and horses were all lost, and more than 30,000 people were killed. However, the Seokmin First Army fought and retreated in an orderly manner without suffering any losses. From then on, it became "famous at home and abroad".

Historical books do not record the number of troops he led and the distance from the Chinese army, but regardless of the situation at the time, this greatly increased the impression of senior officials on Hu Shi and Empress Zhao. After this battle, Xianbei's Murong and Zhao were completely defeated and became mortal enemies. However, Shi Min actively participated in the battle with the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the Jingyang area and won great victories along the way, killing more than 10,000 Eastern Jin soldiers. In the Battle of Huting, he led 70,000 Jin people and won the victory. This also became a major fact for the "Derogatory Ran" faction to attack the "Chong Ran" faction in the future, because the "great hero" worshiped by the "Chong Ran" faction was doing things similar to "traitors" at this time, which also shows that this At that time, Ran Min did not have a strong sense of national identity. In his opinion, being a good member of the Shi family and bleeding and dying for the later Zhao Empire was his "duty".

While opening up territory for the Later Zhao Dynasty, Hu Shi suffered the consequences of "tribulation and violence", which eventually led to fratricide between brothers. Hu Shi was also severely hit and his life went downhill.

In 349 AD, because Hu Shi's sons were killing each other, Liang Dun, the innocent former Donggong Jinyi guard who was sent to Liangzhou, rebelled, and the garrison soldiers from all over the country also joined the ranks. As a result, they attacked Luoyang all the way. "When we arrived in Chang'an, there were already 100,000 people." This was the biggest turmoil during Hu Shi's reign. Hu hurriedly appointed Li Nong as governor and sent an army of 100,000 including Li Nong and his family to stop him. Li Nong suffered successive defeats and retreated, and Liang Dun led his army with overwhelming force. Yao Yi's Qiang soldiers and Pu Hong's border guards came for reinforcements, and Xingyang was defeated in the battle, but Hu Shi died before he could hear the news of the victory.

After Hu Shi died, Zhao was in chaos. When Hu Shi died, his youngest son Shi Shi was only 10 years old and was in the hands of minister Zhang Li. In order to consolidate his power, he killed the Hou Zhao clan and the courtiers in the court. He returned to the army as soon as he took care of Du Liang. When he heard that Hu Shi was dead and Zhang Li wanted to kill him, he led his army to Hanoi to find him. At this time, 27-year-old Shi Min unveiled the prelude to his wonderful drama.

Because Zhang Li's actions were really unpopular, the troops who entered Yecheng quickly entered Yecheng and killed Zhang Li. At the same time, they killed 10-year-old Shi and his mother. Shi Zunfeng made the greatest contribution to Shi Min. He is the military and political leader of China and foreign countries, assists the generals of the country, and is in charge of national affairs. However, he deliberately forgot one thing. Before entering Yecheng, Shi Zun promised that once Shi Min became emperor, he would make him a Chu army. However, after entering the city, Shi Zun broke his promise and made another clan member, Yan Shi, the prince.

In fact, it can also be seen that Shi Minsheng was a military commander from the beginning and did not know much about political struggles. Although Shi Min grew up in Shijiazhuang, he and the Shijiazhuang family are like one family. He can be said to be a "confused" man who has a close relationship with him. However, in the eyes of the Shijiazhuang family, Shi Min is just a thug and bodyguard of the Shijiazhuang family at best. Without blood ties to the Shijiazhuang family, how could he be an outsider?

After the World Honored One used Shi Min, it was naturally impossible to fulfill his previous promise. Seok-min was very disappointed and they soon clashed. Seok-min thinks he should be in charge of national affairs in high school, but Shi-joon worries that he will have a big position in North Korea, which can be seen everywhere. However, after all, the Stone People have abundant military power both inside and outside the ruling system. Finally, he launched a mutiny, killed Shi Zun, and established another Shi Jian.

In this series of actions, a person began to appear next to Shi Min. He is Kong Linong. Given Li Nong's huge involvement in Shi Min, I decided to see who Li Nong really was. Who thinks that there is a lack of information about Li Nong? Because the Sixteen Kingdoms are in a period of lack of literary history, he could only find some fragments after searching for a long time.

Li Nong’s life is unknown. In his early years, he was a general of the begging army or had a very close relationship with the begging army. It wasn't until Shi Hu reached the peak of his power that he followed him around. After Hu Shi became emperor, he served as a senior official in Later Zhao. Hu Shi was one of the three princes before his death. When Liang Dun rebelled, Hu Shi did not send the clan official Shi as the commander of the expeditionary army, but gave it to Li Nong. This shows that Hu Shi had great confidence in Li Nong's ability and loyalty.

So, no matter in terms of age or seniority, Li Nong can be said to be his uncle, while Hu Shi was always at the core of power in the Later Zhao Empire during his lifetime, which was far from the same. Because of Li Nong's high status, he was listed as a target of purges by Zhang Li, who came to power after Hu Shi's death. He had to flee to Shangbai, join the local begging army, and fight against Zhang Li. It was not until the World Honored One entered Yecheng and Zhang Li was killed that he returned to North Korea again.

Shi Min and Shi Zun have a bad relationship and know that they only have a few days to enter the leadership circle. To launch a coup, there must be a strong politician who can control the situation after the coup, so the first thing he thought of was Li Nong's political stance. Although the history books of Hezi and others say that Li Nong was kidnapped to launch a coup, killed the World Honored One, and established the Shijian, so Li Nong should have been forced. But later, various signs showed that Li Nong had been actively helping and did not seem to be so "forced", so I always suspected whether Li Nong was being held hostage or was being encouraged. You must know that "Book of Jin" was written in the Tang Dynasty, and "Jinghuayuan" was written later. At that time, it was at least two or three hundred years away from Ran Min's era. To say that these two books are entirely first-hand sources is not that convincing.

Anyway, Shimin and Li Nong launched a coup together, firmly holding the imperial power in their own hands, and forming a community of interests. Shi Min was appointed as a general and King of Wude; he established a farmer as a Fu and recorded history.

Fourth, from "citizens" to "ranmin"

At this time in the capital city of Yecheng, it was originally the main contradiction within the Hou Zhao royal family. However, as Shimin and Li With the growing power of farmers, conflicts began to slowly change, and the Jie nobles in Liancheng also began to point their fingers at Shimin and Li Nong. Because, as the ruling class, the Jie people are far smaller in number than the ruled Han population. In the view of the Jie nobles, Shi Min and Li Nong came to power not because the rule of the ruling class had changed, but because the Han people who were once slaves began to exclude the Jie people from taking power. Being outnumbered and weak made Noble Jie extremely frightened. Therefore, even without the emperor's authorization, General Long Xiang, Sun and other Jie nobles secretly married more than 3,000 Jie soldiers and launched "an assassination operation that calls upon the heavens and the rain." In the end, more than 3,000 people did not kill Min Henon. They only took a few hundred with them. However, this incident completely angered Henon and took them away.

For Li Nong, Di Jie and Min Jie are two different things. Loyalty to Emperor Jieli only represents his admiration for the imperial power, and does not mean how much he likes Jieli people, because he is an old quack who has been dealing with Jieli people since he was begging for food. On the contrary, during Hu Shi's reign, many Han officials were bullied by Jie Li and his son for their tyranny. In fact, in ancient China, bullying and conquest by the royal family were very common, but in Hou Zhao, due to the different nationalities, it was easily misunderstood as a kind of national oppression. Therefore, in Li Nong's mind, the memory of the begging life of "fighting for survival" in his boyhood was likely to be reactivated by Hu Tiandian's assassination.

However, Shi Min is different from Li Nong. Although he is of Han nationality, he was born during the "Sunshine Policy" period of "Hu-Han cooperation". Although his father died young, he was also among the "martyr orphans" of Later Zhao. In addition, he was raised and educated by Hu Shi since he was a child, and his resentment against Hu cannot have the same historical memory as Li Nong. At the same time, judging from his promise to the World Honored One to let him trust the Crown Prince, on the one hand, it shows that Shi Min is politically immature; on the other hand, it also shows that Shi Min has never regarded himself as an outsider.

In fact, some of Shi's family members may not regard this "grandson" who grew up next to Hu Shi as an outsider. After entering Yecheng, Shi Zun and Shi Min quickly became evil. According to the plan to get rid of Shitou, a family meeting was held with Shitou's family. Therefore, Shi Zun regarded "killing Shi Min" as a family matter. Most families with the surname Shi did not object. On the contrary, the World Honored One's mother Zheng begged: "My nickname is Xuan Nu. She has no father since she was a child, but she has achieved great things. Without him, there would be no small things today. The World Honored One will give up after hearing this. It can be seen that Shi Jia and Shi Min There are feelings. Unfortunately, when the World Honored One was finally killed by the rebels, the kind-hearted Empress Dowager Zheng also became a ghost.

Because he did not regard himself as an outsider, in his opinion, His power was no different from other clans named Shi, but in the eyes of the Jie family and other Hu people who were afraid of the Han people taking power, it was completely different. In the eyes of the outside world, the entire Later Zhao Empire collapsed completely. His son, Hu Shi, was the new king Shiwu. He joined Yao's Qiang people and Puhong's Yi people and wanted to send troops to attack him and Li Nong. Before and after Sun, the You family and other royal families tried to deal with him through rebellion or conspiracy, which seriously distorted their nation. cognition and family feelings, but they still did not want to be fake historians, so after the Hutian incident, in order to test people's hearts, they issued an order in Yecheng: "Recently, people have turned against Sun and supported the conspiracy within the party, and the rest are ignored. "From today on, everyone who unites with me will stay in the city, and anyone who has different opinions can go out." So, the Han people around Yecheng, including young and old, poured into Yecheng; Hu Jie and Liu Yi's foreigners all ran out desperately.

This makes it completely clear that "Han Chinese" is an identity that cannot be erased throughout his life, and Hu people will never use it to serve themselves. One of the results was that Shi Min's "Return to the Ancestor" was renamed "Ran Min" from then on, and the other was the promulgation of "Killing the Linghu".

The historical mystery surrounding Linghu's murder

Killing Linghu Chong is Ran Min's historical label. If you mention Ran Min, you must mention killing Linghu.

Let’s take a look at the full text of the widely circulated "Killing the Linghu". The article focuses on describing Hu's atrocities against the Han people during the five uprisings in the Western Jin Dynasty, as well as the miserable life of the Han people as inferior to pigs and dogs, but it also leaves many doubts. The full text quotes the titles of Yongjia and Taixing in the Western Jin Dynasty, especially the content of "cangliang moved north and south", which seems to describe the hatred for the country from the perspective of the Han people in the Jin Dynasty. This article takes the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Pre-Jin Dynasty" as the starting point. The division before and after the Jin Dynasty is the basis for later historians to study the history of dynasties.

The Eastern Jin Dynasty continued the kingdom of the Western Jin Dynasty. People at the time could not divide the Jin Dynasty into two stages. The most fatal flaw is that since Ran Min mainly massacred the Jie people, why did the entire text only describe the "cruel and evil deeds" of Xianbei and the Xiongnu, without mentioning a word about the Jie people's main enemies? At the same time, it has been thirty or forty years since Ran Min of the Western Jin Dynasty killed Hu. What this article describes is the tragic situation of the initial uprising of Wu and Hu before the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty. The two together should have lasted for half a century. At this time, Ran Min only mentioned 50 years ago, which was almost unconvincing.

So, we can't help but suspect that "Killing Linghu" is a "fake" of later generations and even modern people, but it does not mean that "Killing Linghu" does not exist. In fact, "Kill Linghu" may be just a simple order, rather than a lengthy "impassioned speech"

If the Han Dynasty beheaded a Hu and sent him to Fengyangmen, and the public servant was promoted to the third class, Wu Zhi worships the east gate. "It can be seen from this passage that killing is just an order for civil servants, but because it contains a "reward mechanism", it will inevitably expand the scope of killing Hu. According to historical records, in the large square of Fengyang Gate in Yecheng , Thousands of Jie heads were piled up in one day. According to the towns around the chariot, Hu Jie was hunted down everywhere because of his first-class merit. Some Han people with tall noses, deep eyes, and long beards were unlucky and were killed by their neighbors and soldiers.

According to "Kill Linghu", hundreds of thousands of people fell to the ground, which directly led to the demise of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. This also branded Ran Min as "genocide", but I would like to make a bold guess: "Kill Hu." "Maybe it was not Ran Min's original intention, nor was it Ran Min's helpless choice.

Because in the transition from citizens to Ran Min, a small change was ignored, that is, in the transition from citizens to Ran Min, "Li Min" appeared in the process of Min. Why did Ran Min change his name to Li Min? Due to the incomplete historical data at that time, Li Min appeared in some history books, while others did not mention it at all. Therefore, Ran Min changed his surname to "Li". We don't know the real reason. But because there are too many Chinese surnames, Ran Min insisted on changing it to "Li". I'm afraid this is not the reason for not wanting him. The only logical explanation is that it is related to one person, that is Li Nong. p>

As mentioned above, judging from Li Nong's experience, he is much older than Ran Min and can be regarded as an uncle or even a grandparent. Therefore, after Ran Min completely despaired of the Shi family, he recognized Li Nong as " "Father", changed his surname to Li. Of course, Li Nong was also very lucky to have 10,000 enemies as his adopted son. Due to insufficient historical data, I don't know the sequence of Ran Min changing his surname and the promulgation of "Kill", but I can imagine that I am Hu The target of public criticism. Besides relying on the Han army represented by Li Nong, what else can Ran Min do?

Therefore, in order to maintain its rule, this "Ran Nong" regime issued the "Kill Hu Order" " became the best way to win the support of the Han people in a short period of time. Li Nong, who had experienced five wild flowers, had no good impression of the Hu people and was probably happy to see that the Hu people had landed.

However, Why the name Li Min did not appear in the history books and was rarely recorded may be because it was called for a short time. Although Ran Min was surrounded by Hu after being killed, he was brave and invincible and even defeated again and again. He defeated powerful enemies in the east, west, north and south. Finally, after the massacre in 350 AD, Emperor Shi Jian of the Later Zhao Dynasty became emperor. His name in history was Wei. But when Ran Min's power reached its peak, What is puzzling is that something happened. Ran Min killed Li Nong! In other words, it may not have been a month or two before Ran Min recognized Li Nong as his adoptive father, but they quickly turned against each other, so this name was recorded in the history books. No longer used.

Looking at the history books, there is no explanation for Ran Min's killing of Li Nong. The Wei Ran regime only existed for less than three years and was not even listed as one of the "Sixteen Kingdoms". , so there is no official record, and future generations can only rely on speculation. After Ran Min founded the country, Li Nong was named "Wang Qi, Dazai" and almost became the "vice emperor" of Wei Ran's regime. "Letting others snore on the sofa" is a political evil. Therefore, Li Nong's qualifications, wide network, and begging for the support of the army naturally became a problem for Ran Min to solve, but maybe Li Nong never thought of replacing Ran Min. According to historical records, in addition to Li Nong's three sons, there were also some court officials, such as "Shizhong". It is conceivable that either Li Nong launched a palace coup and killed Ran Min, or Ran Min framed Li Nong to death. In any case, Li Nong's death had a great impact on Ran Min, because the Han army, especially the begging army, greatly reduced their support for Wei Ran's regime. Ran Min lost support and turned to the Hu people.

At the end of 350 AD, shortly after Li Nong's death, Ran Min led an army of 100,000 to attack Guoxiang Shijie.

Before the war, the official position he gave his son was "Great Khan", which had the characteristics of the Hu people. The soldiers he led were also composed of Hu people. Despite objections from some officials, Ran Min persisted in his views. So Ran Min surrendered to the world through such means. But it turns out that Ran Min's idea was too naive. In this war, Ran Min was attacked on all sides, but unfortunately failed. His son Yin Ran was cut into pieces by his Ren Hu soldiers.

So, whether he was killing the Hu to win over the Han people, or killing Li Nong to win over the Hu people, Ran Min's starting point was to maintain his rule. As a Han Chinese who has been Chinese since childhood, Ran Min has no ethnic hatred for Hu. Therefore, the promulgation of "Killing the Linghu" was probably not for "national revenge and restoration of China", but just for Ran Min's immature political techniques.

Six. The protagonist's tragic ending[/s2/]

Li Nong's internal strife caused Ran Min to lose his last and only ally. The loss was not small, but for Ran Min, this loss was quickly followed by Victory diluted. The next year, Ran Min once again led the army to conquer, and Zhao's last drop of blood was in vain. However, after conquering Guo Xiang, Ran Min once again made the amazing move of "you"! The so-called "you" is actually a euphemism, which means leading the army to rob people's goods everywhere, which is not much different from what Schleswig and Liu Yuan did. But for Ran Min, this is the last resort. After Hu Shi's death, Zhao was in civil strife and the agricultural economy almost returned to the state of the late Western Jin Dynasty. After Ran Min came to power, he opened up the state treasury in order to win over powerful people. Therefore, the government has no revenue, but it has to deal with the war in all aspects. Therefore, Schleswig and Hu Shi's crazy money-making quickly ran out of space, and Ran Min could only rely on "swimming" to solve military logistics problems. However, this actually shows that Ran Min has begun to irreversibly move towards an exhausted strength. What's even more tragic is that the successive victories made Ran Min fall into a willful state of "giving up on others", completely unaware that the danger had arrived.

In 352 AD, Murong Jun sent Murong Ke, Murong Ba and others as envoys to the Central Plains. This time, their purpose was not to harass the border and plunder wealth, but to completely cross the Great Wall and enter the Central Plains. With insufficient national strength, facing the Xianbei army, the invincible Ran Min rejected his subordinates and decided to fight the Yan army. It should be said that facing an enemy ten times his own, Ran Min definitely had a bloody spirit. , just a burst of vitality, but even though Ran Min was the reincarnation of King Ba of the Chu people, he was a fetus of flesh and blood after all, and was eventually captured by the Yan army

So, the last wonderful moment in Ran Min's life The plot was staged. In the conversation between Rebecca and Murong Jun, Murong Jun actually looked down on the adopted son of the Shi family and yelled: "How can you, a slave, call yourself the emperor?" Ran Min is worthy of being a hero of the generation. Although he is tied up in a rice dumpling, he still has a noble spirit. His voice was like a bell: "The world is in chaos, and you still want to usurp it. If I am a hero of China, why can't I be the emperor?" Murong Jun was furious and killed Ran Min. Ran Min is less than thirty years old this year.

Is Ran a hero? Since Ran Min accepted the World Honored One, he has been completely weak in the balance of power. He has no allies, only enemies. History books list the wars between Ran Min and Hu, but there was never a time when Ran Min was not at a disadvantage and surrounded. Ran Min always takes the lead every time, leading inferior troops to fight everywhere, winning nine out of ten battles! In terms of military victory, Ran Min is undoubtedly the best among ancient Chinese generals. But at the same time, Ran Min lacked the long-term strategic vision and political wisdom of the commander-in-chief. In order to maintain his rule, Hu can be killed or used, and neither party is happy; Li Nong's internal strife also separated the Han elite from him, and he lacked a think tank assistant who could advise him. As a result he remained in isolation, developed willful habits in battle, and his destruction became the inevitable result.

So Ran Min can be regarded as a tragic hero who is respected, hated, pitied and hated by Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu.