Dynasties of ChinaNorthern and Southern DynastiesNorthern Wei Dynasty
Yongxing and others · Reign 409—423
After pacifying the rebellion of his father and ascending the throne, he relied on Cui Hao and other Han officials to defend the country. In his later years, he took advantage of Liu Yu's funeral to seize Henan.
Tuoba Si is the eldest son of Emperor Daowu and his biological mother Liu Guiren. In 409, Emperor Daowu ordered Liu Guiren to die in accordance with the rule of "the son is dear to his mother," and Tuoba Si cried uncontrollably, angering his father and being forced to leave the palace. In October of the same year, his younger brother Tuoba Shao murdered his father. He sneaked back to Pingcheng and, with the support of guards and ministers, killed Tuoba Shao's mother and son, and became emperor at the age of eighteen.
During his reign, he used Zhangsun Song, Cui Hong and other "eight princes" to manage the government affairs, and relied on Cui Hao to make plans. Internally, he appeased the people and recuperated, and externally resisted Rouran and built the Great Wall. When Liu Yu died in 422, he took the opportunity to expedition south and captured important towns in Henan such as Huatai, Hulao, and Luoyang. He died of illness the next year at the age of thirty-two, and Crown Prince Tuoba Tao succeeded to the throne.
PoliticsExecute Ni and ascend the throne
After Tuoba Shao killed his father, people in Pingcheng were panicked. Tuoba Si sneaked back from abroad, and the guards in the palace joined him one after another. He captured and killed Tuoba Shao and his mother, Mrs. He. In October, he ascended the throne as emperor and changed his reign to Yongxing.
PoliticsHachigong listens to politics
Eight important ministers, including Zhangsun Song, An Tong, and Cui Hong, were ordered to sit on the right side of the parking door to handle government affairs. They were called the "Eight Gongs" at the time. A relatively stable auxiliary government system was initially formed in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
SocietyCui Hao advised against moving to Ye
Pingcheng suffered from frost and drought for many years and food was scarce. Some people in the court advocated moving the capital to Yecheng. Cui Hao believed that relocating the city would expose the real situation and attract the covetousness of Rouran and Eastern Jin. Emperor Mingyuan accepted his suggestion and instead sent the poor to eat in Shandong states.
MilitarySit back and watch Liu Yu destroy Qin
Eastern JinLiu Yu Northern Expedition to the Later Qin Dynasty, followed the Yellow River and advanced westward. Emperor Mingyuan sent Zhangsun Song to lead his army to follow along the north bank, but Wei Qi was frustrated in front of Queyue Formation. Cui Hao judged that Liu Yu would not be able to defend Guanzhong for long even if he captured Guanzhong, so the Northern Wei Dynasty did not start a full-scale war with him.
PoliticsCrown Prince supervises the country
Emperor Mingyuan became sick due to taking cold food powder, so he adopted Cui Hao's suggestion and made his eldest son Tuoba Tao the Crown Prince, making him governor as regent, assisted by ministers such as Zhangsun Song, Xi Jin, and Cui Hao.
MilitaryCapture Henan
Taking advantage of the death of Liu Yu and the young age of the new emperor Liu Song, he made an expedition to the south and captured Huatai and Luoyang successively. Song Dynasty general Mao Dezu held Hulao for more than 200 days. The city was broken and he was captured. A large area of land south of the Yellow River belonged to the Northern Wei Dynasty.
MilitaryBuilding the Great Wall
In order to prevent Rouran from moving south, the Great Wall was built south of Changchuan, starting from Chicheng in the east and ending at Wuyuan in the west, extending for more than 2,000 miles, with garrisons set up along the line.
PoliticsNishinomiya died of illness
He died of illness in the West Palace of Pingcheng in November at the age of thirty-two and was buried in Jinling in Yunzhong. Crown Prince Tuoba Tao ascended the throne, namely Emperor Taiwu.
Zi Boyuan, the eldest son of Cui Hong, was well versed in classics, history, astronomy and arithmetic. He served in the Daowu, Ming, Yuan, and Taiwu dynasties. He discouraged the move of the capital to Yecheng, advocated the Crown Prince to supervise the country, and planned military and state plans for the Northern Wei Dynasty. In 450, he was convicted and executed for majoring in national history.
After becoming an old minister of the Dai Kingdom, he led his troops to join Tuoba Gui in his early years and served in Daowu, Mingyuan and Taiwu dynasties, reaching the rank of Taiwei. Emperor Mingyuan was the head of the "Eight Dukes" at that time and was famous for his generosity and prudentness.