Chapter 45 "The Killing of the Five Barbarians by Ran Min (Part 3)"
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Chapter 45 "The Killing of the Five Barbarians by Ran Min (Part 3)"
Shi Min, originally named Ran, was from Neihuang, Henan Province. He was adopted by Shi Hu as his grandson and changed his surname to Shi. He was known for his astuteness, decisiveness, and extraordinary bravery. When Shi Hu's army was defeated in Changli by Murong Huang, only Shi Min's troops were able to escape, which greatly enhanced his reputation. After defeating Liang Du, the leader of Gao Lishi's troops, his fame became even greater. Both the Hu and Han generals feared him, and by this time, he was no longer someone Shi Hu could control.
Not long after eliminating Liang Du, Shi Hu's illness worsened. He appointed his son Shi Zun as the Grand General to guard Guanyou; Shi Bin as the Prime Minister, in charge of the Ministry of Personnel; and Zhang Chai as the Grand General of the Guards and Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, to collectively accept the posthumous order to assist in governance. Once again, Shi Hu played his power-balancing tricks. However, he failed to learn from the lesson of his sons Shi Xuan and Shi Tao killing each other. As expected, Liu Shi feared that Shi Bin, who was in charge of governance, would harm her son Shi Shi, so she conspired with Zhang Chai to plot the assassination of Shi Bin.
At that time, Shi Bin was in Xiangguo. They sent messengers to deceive Shi Bin, saying, "The emperor's illness is almost healed, and you, the king, should stop hunting so frequently." Shi Bin had a fondness for hunting and drinking, so he continued to engage in these activities disregarding their words. Liu Shi knew that Shi Bin would not take her words seriously. As expected, Shi Bin remained the same. Taking advantage of this, Liu Shi falsely proclaimed an imperial decree from Shi Hu, stating that Shi Bin had no sense of loyalty and filial piety. She dismissed him from his official position and made him return to his fief as a feudal lord. Liu Shi also had Zhang Xiong, the younger brother of Zhang Chai, lead five hundred Long Teng guards to guard Shi Bin.
Stone Zun went from Youzhou to Ye City, accepted the imperial decree, and paid a visit to Shi Huo. He was provided with 30,000 forbidden troops to be at his command. Zhang Cai had his brother Zhang Xiong carry out the decree and killed Shi Bin. The Liu family also issued a false decree appointing Zhang Cai as the Grand Protector, Commander-in-Chief of all military affairs, and Minister of the Secretariat, and granted him a thousand soldiers and a hundred horses, following the example of Huo Guang assisting the Western Han Dynasty. In this way, Zhang Cai gained great power in the court. Not long after, Shi Huo passed away in the fifth month of the fifth year of Yonghe.
Shi Shi ascended to the throne as the emperor, honoring Liu Clan as the empress dowager, and took charge of the court affairs. Zhang Chai was promoted to the prime minister. At this time, Zhang Chai found that Li Nong was his only competitor, so he conspired with Zhang Ju to eliminate Li Nong. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ju and Li Nong were good friends, so Zhang Chai revealed the plot to Li Nong. Fearing for his life, Li Nong fled with over a hundred cavalry to Guangzong and gathered tens of thousands of beggars and vagrants in Shangbai to protect himself. Empress Dowager Liu ordered Zhang Ju to lead the elite palace guards to besiege Li Nong. Zhang Chai appointed Zhang Li as the Grand General of the Garrison and the Supervisor of military affairs, serving as his deputy. Upon learning of the death of Shi Hu, Shi Zun stationed his troops in Henei. Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, Shi Min, and others had already pacified the rebellions in Qin and Luo regions and returned victorious. They encountered Shi Zun in Licheng and persuaded him to conquer Zhang Chai. Shi Zun agreed and appointed Shi Min as the vanguard. Zhang Li defected to Shi Zun and led two thousand Dragon Soaring Guards to welcome him. Subsequently, they killed Zhang Chai and exterminated his entire family. Shi Zun usurped the throne as the emperor, lifted the siege of Li Nong at Shangbai, and renamed Shi Shi as the King of Qiao. Empress Dowager Liu was demoted to the position of empress and was soon after killed on the pretext of other reasons. The entire process, from Shi Shi's accession to the throne to being demoted as the King of Qiao, took only thirty-three days.
Stone Zun appointed Stone Yan, the son of Stone Bin, as the crown prince. Stone Min was appointed as the commander of the military, assistant general of the state, and in charge of government affairs. Stone Chong was stationed in Ji Province, leaving Mu Jian to guard You Province, and personally led fifty thousand troops from Ji Province to attack Stone Zun. He sent a decree to Yan and Zhao, and many people responded. By the time he reached Changshan, he had a hundred thousand troops under his command. Stone Zun ordered Stone Min and Li Nong to lead one hundred thousand elite soldiers to suppress them. The two sides fought at Pingji, and Stone Chong's army suffered a major defeat. They captured Stone Chong in Yuanshi and later executed him, and also killed over thirty thousand of his soldiers. Stone Bao was stationed in Chang'an, and he planned to lead the troops in Guanzhong to besiege Ye city. Stone Bao was known for being greedy and brave, but lacked strategy. The noble families in Yongzhou knew that his plan was unlikely to succeed, so they sent messengers to inform the Governor of Liangzhou in Eastern Jin, Sima Xun, of their desire to return to the embrace of Eastern Jin. Upon hearing this news, Sima Xun immediately led his troops to Chang'an to investigate the truth of the matter. When they were about two hundred miles away from Chang'an, Stone Zun sent his general Chaqi Wang Lang to lead twenty thousand cavalry to attack Sima Xun, under the pretense of suppressing him. In reality, they captured Stone Bao and took him to Ye city. As a result, Sima Xun and his party's actions came to nothing.
In view of the growing power of Shi Min, Shi Zun became extremely wary of him and wanted to seize the opportunity to assassinate him. Shi Jian, the son of Shi Hu, informed Shi Min of the news. Shi Min decided to strike first and kidnapped Li Nong and his right guard, and then killed Shi Zun. Along with him, Shi Min also executed Shi Zun's mother, Zheng Shi, and the crown prince, Shi Yan. Shi Zun's reign lasted only 183 days. After seizing the emperor's position, Shi Jian, pretending to be unaware, ordered the execution of Shi Min and Li Nong at night, with the participation of Shi Bao, the Minister of the Palace Library, Li Song, and Zhang Cai, the General of the Palace. However, the plan failed. Worried that Shi Min would cause trouble, Shi Jian disguised himself as if he did not know about the plot, and at night he executed Li Song, Zhang Cai, Shi Bao, and others who were involved.
At that time, Shi Qi was in Xiangguo. He had good relations with Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, and others. When he learned about this change, he immediately issued a proclamation to mobilize troops in order to kill Shi Min and Li Nong, but in reality, he wanted to eliminate Shi Jian and become emperor himself. Shi Jian sent Shi Kun as the Grand Commander, along with Zhang Ju and Chamberlain for the Palace Revenues Huyan Sheng, leading seventy thousand troops to attack Shi Qi, etc. Middle Leading General Shi Cheng, Chamberlain for the Palace Revenues Shi Qi, and former Prefect of Hedong Shi Hui conspired to kill Shi Min and Li Nong, but Li Nong killed them all.
(End of this chapter)
Shi Min, originally named Ran, was from Neihuang, Henan Province. He was adopted by Shi Hu as his grandson and changed his surname to Shi. He was known for his astuteness, decisiveness, and extraordinary bravery. When Shi Hu's army was defeated in Changli by Murong Huang, only Shi Min's troops were able to escape, which greatly enhanced his reputation. After defeating Liang Du, the leader of Gao Lishi's troops, his fame became even greater. Both the Hu and Han generals feared him, and by this time, he was no longer someone Shi Hu could control.
Not long after eliminating Liang Du, Shi Hu's illness worsened. He appointed his son Shi Zun as the Grand General to guard Guanyou; Shi Bin as the Prime Minister, in charge of the Ministry of Personnel; and Zhang Chai as the Grand General of the Guards and Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, to collectively accept the posthumous order to assist in governance. Once again, Shi Hu played his power-balancing tricks. However, he failed to learn from the lesson of his sons Shi Xuan and Shi Tao killing each other. As expected, Liu Shi feared that Shi Bin, who was in charge of governance, would harm her son Shi Shi, so she conspired with Zhang Chai to plot the assassination of Shi Bin.
At that time, Shi Bin was in Xiangguo. They sent messengers to deceive Shi Bin, saying, "The emperor's illness is almost healed, and you, the king, should stop hunting so frequently." Shi Bin had a fondness for hunting and drinking, so he continued to engage in these activities disregarding their words. Liu Shi knew that Shi Bin would not take her words seriously. As expected, Shi Bin remained the same. Taking advantage of this, Liu Shi falsely proclaimed an imperial decree from Shi Hu, stating that Shi Bin had no sense of loyalty and filial piety. She dismissed him from his official position and made him return to his fief as a feudal lord. Liu Shi also had Zhang Xiong, the younger brother of Zhang Chai, lead five hundred Long Teng guards to guard Shi Bin.
Stone Zun went from Youzhou to Ye City, accepted the imperial decree, and paid a visit to Shi Huo. He was provided with 30,000 forbidden troops to be at his command. Zhang Cai had his brother Zhang Xiong carry out the decree and killed Shi Bin. The Liu family also issued a false decree appointing Zhang Cai as the Grand Protector, Commander-in-Chief of all military affairs, and Minister of the Secretariat, and granted him a thousand soldiers and a hundred horses, following the example of Huo Guang assisting the Western Han Dynasty. In this way, Zhang Cai gained great power in the court. Not long after, Shi Huo passed away in the fifth month of the fifth year of Yonghe.
Shi Shi ascended to the throne as the emperor, honoring Liu Clan as the empress dowager, and took charge of the court affairs. Zhang Chai was promoted to the prime minister. At this time, Zhang Chai found that Li Nong was his only competitor, so he conspired with Zhang Ju to eliminate Li Nong. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ju and Li Nong were good friends, so Zhang Chai revealed the plot to Li Nong. Fearing for his life, Li Nong fled with over a hundred cavalry to Guangzong and gathered tens of thousands of beggars and vagrants in Shangbai to protect himself. Empress Dowager Liu ordered Zhang Ju to lead the elite palace guards to besiege Li Nong. Zhang Chai appointed Zhang Li as the Grand General of the Garrison and the Supervisor of military affairs, serving as his deputy. Upon learning of the death of Shi Hu, Shi Zun stationed his troops in Henei. Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, Shi Min, and others had already pacified the rebellions in Qin and Luo regions and returned victorious. They encountered Shi Zun in Licheng and persuaded him to conquer Zhang Chai. Shi Zun agreed and appointed Shi Min as the vanguard. Zhang Li defected to Shi Zun and led two thousand Dragon Soaring Guards to welcome him. Subsequently, they killed Zhang Chai and exterminated his entire family. Shi Zun usurped the throne as the emperor, lifted the siege of Li Nong at Shangbai, and renamed Shi Shi as the King of Qiao. Empress Dowager Liu was demoted to the position of empress and was soon after killed on the pretext of other reasons. The entire process, from Shi Shi's accession to the throne to being demoted as the King of Qiao, took only thirty-three days.
Stone Zun appointed Stone Yan, the son of Stone Bin, as the crown prince. Stone Min was appointed as the commander of the military, assistant general of the state, and in charge of government affairs. Stone Chong was stationed in Ji Province, leaving Mu Jian to guard You Province, and personally led fifty thousand troops from Ji Province to attack Stone Zun. He sent a decree to Yan and Zhao, and many people responded. By the time he reached Changshan, he had a hundred thousand troops under his command. Stone Zun ordered Stone Min and Li Nong to lead one hundred thousand elite soldiers to suppress them. The two sides fought at Pingji, and Stone Chong's army suffered a major defeat. They captured Stone Chong in Yuanshi and later executed him, and also killed over thirty thousand of his soldiers. Stone Bao was stationed in Chang'an, and he planned to lead the troops in Guanzhong to besiege Ye city. Stone Bao was known for being greedy and brave, but lacked strategy. The noble families in Yongzhou knew that his plan was unlikely to succeed, so they sent messengers to inform the Governor of Liangzhou in Eastern Jin, Sima Xun, of their desire to return to the embrace of Eastern Jin. Upon hearing this news, Sima Xun immediately led his troops to Chang'an to investigate the truth of the matter. When they were about two hundred miles away from Chang'an, Stone Zun sent his general Chaqi Wang Lang to lead twenty thousand cavalry to attack Sima Xun, under the pretense of suppressing him. In reality, they captured Stone Bao and took him to Ye city. As a result, Sima Xun and his party's actions came to nothing.
In view of the growing power of Shi Min, Shi Zun became extremely wary of him and wanted to seize the opportunity to assassinate him. Shi Jian, the son of Shi Hu, informed Shi Min of the news. Shi Min decided to strike first and kidnapped Li Nong and his right guard, and then killed Shi Zun. Along with him, Shi Min also executed Shi Zun's mother, Zheng Shi, and the crown prince, Shi Yan. Shi Zun's reign lasted only 183 days. After seizing the emperor's position, Shi Jian, pretending to be unaware, ordered the execution of Shi Min and Li Nong at night, with the participation of Shi Bao, the Minister of the Palace Library, Li Song, and Zhang Cai, the General of the Palace. However, the plan failed. Worried that Shi Min would cause trouble, Shi Jian disguised himself as if he did not know about the plot, and at night he executed Li Song, Zhang Cai, Shi Bao, and others who were involved.
At that time, Shi Qi was in Xiangguo. He had good relations with Yao Yizhong, Fu Hong, and others. When he learned about this change, he immediately issued a proclamation to mobilize troops in order to kill Shi Min and Li Nong, but in reality, he wanted to eliminate Shi Jian and become emperor himself. Shi Jian sent Shi Kun as the Grand Commander, along with Zhang Ju and Chamberlain for the Palace Revenues Huyan Sheng, leading seventy thousand troops to attack Shi Qi, etc. Middle Leading General Shi Cheng, Chamberlain for the Palace Revenues Shi Qi, and former Prefect of Hedong Shi Hui conspired to kill Shi Min and Li Nong, but Li Nong killed them all.
(End of this chapter)