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Chapter 1142 The Eight Pillars and the Twelve Generals (Part )
Both Yang Guang and Li Shimin made a big mistake, which was that they could not personally deal with such a powerful enemy.

However, with their knowledge, they could not find a force that was strong enough to deal with these three groups.

Even though he was a respected emperor, it was just like an ant trying to shake a tree. Not only did he fail to solve the problem, but he also got himself into trouble.

The operation and struggle of power has its own laws, and cannot be expanded infinitely by relying on the system.

Therefore, even if he has the system, Li Yan cannot act recklessly. He must learn from experience and lessons within the rules, be cautious, and try not to show up in person if he can. He can only act calmly by hiding in the dark. No matter what the circumstances, he must not expose himself. Saving his life is the first priority.

Set up as many firewalls as possible.

As I said, once the cards are exposed, they are no longer cards.

"Well, what Lord Changsun said makes sense."

Li Yan showed the emperor who didn't want to worry about anything. Upon hearing this, he immediately waved his sleeves and said, "Let's end the meeting here today. Changsun Wuji, you are the left servant, you must come up with a proper solution to resolve the chaos in Hebei."

"It will be the New Year in less than two months. I must completely eliminate these Turks who have intruded into the heart of the Tang Dynasty before the New Year arrives."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

It has always been the case that important matters should not be discussed in public, and everyone knows this truth. The ministers in the palace are talking at the same time, and it is indeed impossible to reach a conclusion. The final result still depends on the mediation and game of various forces behind the scenes.

The ministers were also aware of this, and hurriedly saluted with Changsun Wuji, saying, "We respect your order, long live the emperor."

Sure enough, the emperor's attitude did not attract anyone's attention.

Although Li Yan had been on the throne for a short time, his style had already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. The ministers were very satisfied with the emperor's attitude without attitude and opinions without opinions. This kind of political environment was what they had always dreamed of.

Therefore, Li Yan's "prestige" in the court is quite high now, and the support from the ministers has surpassed that of the iron-blooded and ruthless Tian Khan.

In 400 AD, Li Hong, with the support of Tang Yao, the governor of Jinchang, and other Hexi clans, overthrew Duan Ye's rule and established the Xiliang regime, becoming a right-wing family in Xizhou with a certain influence. After Xiliang was destroyed by Beiliang, Li Hong's grandson Li Bao served in the Northern Wei Dynasty and moved his family to Guandong.

When the surnames and clans were determined during the Taihe period of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Emperor Xiaowen of Wei considered "Fanyang Lu, Qinghe Cui, Xingyang Zheng, and Taiyuan Wang" as the four surnames of the descendants. The Longxi Li family was called the "Five Surnames" together with the other four because of Li Chong's high position and power.

From then on, they became one of the top aristocratic families in the Northern Dynasties and the only major family from the Western Region that influenced the Central Plains.

Li Hu, the grandfather of Li Yuan, the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty, was the fifth-generation grandson of Li Hong. Li Hu had five sons and two daughters in his lifetime, among whom his third son, Li Bing, gave birth to Li Yuan. Li Hu was one of the generals from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Western Wei Dynasty during the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and was listed as one of the Eight Pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty.

The eight pillars of the Western Wei Dynasty were: General, Commander of the Military Forces at Home and Abroad, Grand Tutor, Grand Chancellor, Grand Chancellor, Recorder of the Secretariat, and Prince of Anding Yuwen Tai.

Li Hu, the envoy with special powers, the grand marshal, the general of the state, the grand commander-in-chief, the minister of the left, the governor of Longyou, the junior teacher, and the founding duke of Longxi County.

Yuan Xin, the envoy with special powers, the Grand Tutor, the General of the State, the Grand Master of the Imperial Clan, the Grand Tutor, and the Prince of Guangling.

Li Bi was the envoy with special powers, the Grand Tutor, the General of the State, the Grand Commander-in-Chief, the Grand Master of the Imperial Clan, and the founding Duke of Zhao County.

Dugu Xin, the envoy with special powers, the general of the state, the grand commander-in-chief, the grand marshal, and the founding duke of Henei County.

Zhao Gui, the envoy with special powers, the general of the state, the commander-in-chief, the chief prosecutor, and the founding duke of Nanyang County.

Yu Jin was the envoy with special powers, the general of the state, the grand commander-in-chief, the grand chancellor, and the founding duke of Changshan County.

Mochen Chong was the envoy with special powers, the general of the pillar state, the grand commander-in-chief, the junior tutor, and the founding duke of Pengcheng County.

The reason why these eight pillars of the country became famous in later generations is that the Western Wei regime at that time was not a direct-controlled model like the Central Plains dynasty, but a combination of the northern nomadic peoples and the Central Plains system. It is more like the Western Wei than a Central Plains dynasty.

It would be better to say that the Western Wei was a nomadic khanate composed of Hu and Han groups, covered with the shell of a Central Plains dynasty.

The entire Western Wei military power was evenly distributed among these eight pillars.

Yuan Xin was in charge of the palace affairs. In addition to Yuwen Tai and Yuan Xin, there were six other generals, each of whom led two generals and were in charge of the imperial guards, acting as military officials and responsible for resisting foreign aggression.

The regime and dynasty established on this basis naturally belonged to the eight major shareholders. The Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty was sidelined under such circumstances. The official positions and titles of the above people, as long as one of them appeared in any dynasty, would be at the level of a powerful official.

During the Northern Wei Dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, eight of them appeared at once, which was rarely seen in any other dynasty. Most importantly, they had the same strength as their official titles, and the result was predictable.

After the fall of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Yuan clan, the most powerful among this group, was the first to come to the fore and established the Western Wei Dynasty on this basis.

Yuan Shi was not satisfied with the position of 'chairman' and wanted to share the power with his former colleagues.

He tried to take back the military power and swallow up the shares of the other seven shareholders, turning them into professional managers working for him. This angered the other shareholders, who united and easily destroyed the Yuan family.

The Yuwen family, the strongest of the remaining seven royal families, took over in order, and turned their family into a country, establishing the Northern Zhou Dynasty and becoming the "chairman". However, after the Yuwen family became the royal family, they inevitably followed the old path of the Yuan family and began to weaken the shares of other shareholders.

Everyone was an old friend who was in the same boat, so it was natural that Yuwen could not hide what he was thinking. No matter how careful he was, he was still discovered by the other shareholders who were on guard, so everyone discussed and destroyed Yuwen again.

Of course, based on this, the Northern Zhou Dynasty naturally followed the old path of the Western Wei Dynasty.

However, after two upheavals and two changes of dynasties, these shareholders were a little annoyed. Based on previous experience, even if they chose one of the other six families, it would be difficult to avoid repeating the mistakes of the Yuan and Yuwen families.

In addition, the defeat of the previous two "chairmen" was accompanied by the destruction of the family. All the members of the family were slaughtered, and all the strength was uprooted. Only some distant branches were left to survive.

The eldest brother Yuan and the second brother Yuwen, who were the most powerful in the past and wanted to turn their family into the country, are now nothing but ashes. The change of dynasties is too fast, and the position of the emperor has become a nest for eliminating major forces.

This also frightened the remaining six shareholders. Under this circumstance, no one was willing to let the family suffer a devastating disaster for the sake of temporary glory.

As the chairman, he inevitably becomes the rival of all the others. On the surface, he is a royal family, but in reality he has lost himself. Old people who have seen ups and downs naturally do not want to suffer real disasters for a false reputation.

Before dealing with the Yuwen family, when a new royal family was about to be introduced, none of the remaining six families was willing to take on the responsibility.

So the six major shareholders began to look down again. At that time, under the eight pillars, there were twelve generals of the next level.

Yuan Zan, the envoy with special powers, the general, the grand commander-in-chief, the junior protector, and the Prince of Guangping.

Yuan Yu, the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, and King of Huai'an.

Envoy with Special Powers, Generalissimo, Grand Commander-in-Chief, and King of Qi Yuan Kuo.

Yuwen Dao, the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, military commander of the seven states of Qin, governor of Qin state, and founding duke of Zhangwu prefecture.

Mo Chenshun was the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, and founding duke of Pingyuan County.

Da Xiwu, the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, military commander of the seven states of Yong, governor of Yongzhou, and founding duke of Gaoyang County.

Li Yuan, the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, and Duke of Yangping.

Dou Luning, the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, and founding duke of Fanyang County.

Yuwen Gui, the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, and the founding duke of Huazheng County.

He Lanxiang, the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, military governor of Jingzhou, governor of Jingzhou, and founding duke of Boling County.

Yang Zhong, the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, and founding duke of Chenliu County.

Wang Xiong, the envoy with special powers, general, commander-in-chief, military governor of Qizhou, governor of Qizhou, and founding duke of Wuwei County.

Each of the twelve generals led two chief officers, and each chief officer led an army of soldiers, which amounted to the twenty-four armies. Each army had a chief officer, or chief officer for short, whose full title was the general of cavalry and chief officer of the three divisions. Under the chief officer was a chief officer, or chief officer of the three divisions ...

The twenty-four armies divided up all the imperial armies of the court. This was the dynasty model before the Sui Dynasty.

When the six major shareholders were unwilling to step forward, they picked out the most honest and kind-hearted Yang Shu, the son of Yang Zhong, from the remaining twelve generals. Yang Jian's wife, Dugu Jialuo, was the seventh daughter of Dugu Xin, the Grand Marshal of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and later the Empress Dugu.

It must be said that the development of history and the restoration of the Han Dynasty in the north did not happen overnight or smoothly. Instead, it was a gradual change in a long and tortuous development, which also experienced many repetitions and twists and turns.

In order to ensure the permanent inheritance of the country, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty implemented a comprehensive sinicization in the Xianbei Dynasty, moved the capital to Luoyang, implemented a new rent and tax system, implemented equal distribution of land, appointed officials, and set up three chiefs. Even the Xianbei people had to wear Hanfu, speak Han language, change their Han surnames, intermarry, change their native places, follow Han rules, and worship Confucianism.

Tuoba was the royal surname of the Xianbei people. Emperor Xiaowen implemented Sinicization reforms and changed the Tuoba surname to Yuan.

The Murong clan and the Yuwen clan were both important branches of the Xianbei ethnic group.

In addition, there were eight noble surnames among the Xianbei people. The Dugu clan was changed to Liu after being sinicized; the Yuchi clan was changed to Wei; the Qiumuling clan was changed to Mu; the Buliugu clan was changed to Lu; the Helai clan was changed to He; the Helou clan was changed to Lou; the Wuxu clan was changed to Yu; and the Hexi clan was changed to Ji.

These surnames were very honorable in the Xianbei Dynasty, and their status was equivalent to the four major surnames of the first-class Han ethnic group, Cui, Lu, Zheng, and Wang.

Half of the Eight Pillars were clearly pure Xianbei people, and the other half also had close ties with the Xianbei people. Either their ancestors defected to the Northern Wei Dynasty, or their ancestors intermarried with the Xianbei people, and their descendants also had the common blood of the two ethnic groups.

Most of the twelve generals were Xianbei people, and some generals with Han surnames were not necessarily pure Han people.

(End of this chapter)