The famous "monarch-minister" relationship between Du and Yu lasted for three years. How did this relationship come into being?

In 502, Liang Wudi Xiao Yan proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). This year, a baby was born in Yunzhong (now Datong, Shanxi) in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and the name was as expected. So far apart, who would have expected that after 32 years, they would have a three-year relationship?

This lonely wish is the later lonely letter.

Dugu was born into a noble family as he wished, and his Dugu family has been a noble family since the Southern and Northern Dynasties. At the end of the 4th century, the northern Xianbei Tuoba Department sprang up, united with other tribes to rebuild the country, and later renamed it Wei, which was called the Northern Wei in history. There are 46 tribes in Wei Chu, among which the Xianbei Xiongnu Dugu tribe has a prominent position and has been married into Tuoba royal family for generations. The two aunts of Tuoba, the founding emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, married the leader and prince of the Dugu Department respectively, and the biological mother of Tuoba, the second generation emperor of the Northern Wei Dynasty, was also Dugu. Dugu's wish is to be born in such a noble family.

Dugu, like other conference semifinals, was good at riding and shooting since childhood and followed his father in the battlefield. During the Six Towns Rebellion in the Northern Wei Dynasty, he was famous for slaying Wei Kegu with He. Later, he joined Jung and Erzhurong successively, and was promoted to General Annan because of his work, and was awarded the title of Xiande County Hou. He is not only good at fighting, but also has unique ideas. Because of his outstanding record and remarkable achievements, Dugu entered the emperor's field of vision as he wished, and rose all the way from the commander of Xinye Town and Jingzhou Yugoslav Defense Commander to General Wuwei.

In 534, Emperor Xiaowu Xiu Yuan failed in his crusade against Gao Huan, and only 5,000 soldiers and horses fled to the west in a mess. Regardless of his wife and children who are still in Gao Huan, Dugu rode alone and caught up with Xiu Yuan in Ejian. Xiu Yuan, who was alienated and frustrated at that time, was deeply moved. Immediately gave a royal horse, named Fuyang county, food city 1000 households.

Jingzhou is located in the northern part of the Han Dynasty, benefiting from the South China Sea, bordering wuyue in the east and Bashu in the west. It has been a battleground for military strategists since ancient times. At that time (534), although Jingzhou was under the control of Gao Huan of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, the local officials and gentry were still very filial to Emperor Wu. After Emperor Xiaowu arrived in Chang 'an, he entrusted the task of recovering Jingzhou to Dugu Ruyuan, who was loyal to him, and appointed Dugu Ruyuan as General Wei to take charge of Jingzhou military affairs. At the same time, he is also the secretariat of Jingzhou, responsible for winning over local people's hearts. Dugu went out of Jingzhou town as he wished, and confronted Jingzhou secretariat. Soon, Jingzhou was defeated by the defenders and captured the new frontier. Everything is clean and tidy! However, the good times did not last long. How could Gao Huan let go and give up Jingzhou? He sent his generals Gao Aocao and Hou Jing to kill Jingzhou. Dugu, outnumbered, led his men to Nanliang, and began his three-year relationship with Xiao Yan. This year, Xiao Yan was 7 1 year old and Dugu was 33 years old.

Liang Wudi Xiao Yan is a scholar in his bones, and he believes and understands the importance of respecting the virtuous. Perhaps he wanted to emulate Cao Cao and take this loyal general Guan Yu for his own use. Maybe he is in line with the idea that the enemy of the enemy is a friend, just want to add some chaos to Gao Huan. Xiao Yan not only accepted Dugu's wish, but also gave him a generous reward, which made Dugu grateful.

Unfortunately, as Dugu wished, his loyalty was not only like Guan Yu's, but also his behavior was similar. Although he didn't go through five hurdles and cut six generals, he never forgot to return to his hometown. After three years of such a leisurely life, in 537, Dugu hoped to bid farewell to Liang Wudi Xiao Yan again. This time, Xiao Yan didn't seem to stop, just asked him where he wanted to go. Because dugu's family is still in Shandong at this time. Dugu answered as he wished, saying there was no one else. The implication is that he still wants to go to the Western Wei Dynasty. Liang Wudi felt the strength of his personality and sent him home with a generous gift.

This matter has been recorded in detail in several official histories (Zhou Shu, History of the North, Learning from the Same Experience), and there are many praises. It seems that Du's loyalty this time is favored by historians.

However, Dugu's loyalty seems to be unpopular in the secular world, especially in the whirlpool of Machiavelli's politics. Although his life intersection with Liang Wudi Xiao Yan ended, his three-year relationship between monarch and minister brought him endless suspicion, and he never appeared on the battlefield against Nanliang again. I wonder if this is a good thing for Dugu's wish?

When Dugu returned to Chang 'an from Nanliang as he wished (537), Xiu Yuan, the filial piety emperor who abandoned his wife and children, had been dead for three years. I don't know how Yu Wentai's puppet emperor Yuanbaoju felt. Although Yu Wentai didn't expect the childhood friend who was loyal to the Northern Wei royal family to come back, Yu Wentai was really thin at this time. In order to appease Dugu's wish, or more to stabilize the situation and unite people's hearts, at his behest, Dugu's wish to surrender to Nanliang was not reduced, but also forgiven by the emperor, and even rose to level 4, from the original general Wei to the general of a title of generals in ancient times, and soon became a leading general.

Dugu hopes to be a chivalrous and loyal person. Although he has a rough idea, it seems that his rough idea can only be found on the battlefield. When it comes to political strategies and skills, he is obviously inferior to Yu Wentai. What's more, if Xiu Yuan's death and the status of the imperial city of Yuanbao Bureau happened when he was in Nanliang, it was beyond his power, and there was no need to blame himself. Yuanbaoju is also a real royal family in yuanshi county County and loyal to the Northern Wei Dynasty. What does it matter who is the emperor ... and so on? With Yu Wentai's long-sleeved dance, I believe that Dugu's desire is defenseless. That's true. Dugu accepted all the imperial edicts, raised them at will, and continued to work with Yu Wentai for the Western Wei Dynasty.

In fact, this wishful personality defect of Dugu was reflected long before this.

In February of the 3rd year of Yongxi (534), Gao Huan, the powerful minister of the Northern Wei Dynasty, listened to Zhai's deviant words and instigated Hou Yue to frame and kill the general He Bayue. After He Bayue's death, the three armies had no owners. Not only was He Bayue's army in chaos, but several external forces also acted frequently. The army left by Hebayue is the fat that everyone covets!

First of all, of course, it is the Wuchuan forces within He Bayue's army. They want to choose one of their own as the coach. Second, Xiu Yuan, Emperor Xiaowu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. When he was planning a crusade against Gao Huan, he was worried that he was short of troops. As soon as he heard that He Bayue was killed, he immediately sent Yuan Pi as a special envoy and told fortune tellers that He Bayue had returned to Luoyang. There is also He Basheng (He Bayue's brother). When he heard that his younger brother was killed, he sent his general Du to Tongguan to prepare to appease He Bayue. Even after alienating and killing people, Gao Huan intentionally forcibly incorporated this army, and sent Hou Jing starry night to lead the army to Pingliang.

The final result of wrestling is who is faster than Yu Wentai. After Yuan Pi and Du arrived in Pingliang, He Bayue took over. Among them, Zhao Gui, also a general in Wuchuan Town, played a key role. According to historical records, after He Bayue's death, under his command, he once elected Commander Kouluo to lead the army. After being rejected by Kou Luowan, it was Zhao Gui and others who ordered Hao to go overnight, urging the secretariat at that time to return to Pingliang to command the army.

Yu Wentai's subjugation of He Bayue's army is a fait accompli, but facing the angel of the emperor, Yu Wentai still has to give an explanation. Yu Wentai told Yuan Pi that he didn't want to be commander in chief because he was elected by his subordinates. In order to crusade against Hou Yue, to avenge the general He Bayue, and to guard against Gao Huan's attack at any time, he had to temporarily lead the crowd, hoping that Yuan Pi could make his own representations to the emperor and ask for instructions. What else can Yuanpi do? I have to go to Luoyang. There is also Du Guxin. He and Yu Wentai were childhood friends, met Yu Wentai and got together first. Of course, they believed Yu Wentai's remarks.

As we all know, Yu Wentai later became the powerful minister of the Western Wei Dynasty and the actual founder of the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Maybe he didn't seize the emperor's ambition at this time, but after he successfully took over the army of Hobayue, he had his own military strength and the capital to confront Gao Huan. Du's credulity not only fueled his ambition, but also planted the seeds of crisis for his loyal monarch.

But in any case, Yu Wentai poisoned Xiu Yuan and set up a new emperor, which will always make Dugu get what he wants. Although he accepted all the prizes as Yu Wentai wished, he didn't cause any trouble. However, in the subsequent political struggle, he devoted himself to safeguarding the interests of the royal family, which made Yu Wentai always feel constrained and gradually developed an alien mentality towards him.

The desire to fight alone is really extraordinary. In the Battle of Shayuan (537), Dugu got the news of his father's death from the prisoners in East Wei Jun, and sent mourning clothes for his father according to the etiquette. But when the Western Wei Dynasty and the Eastern Wei Dynasty were in full swing, how could Yu Wentai have a good soldier and let him stay at home so leisurely? Soon, as he wished, Dugu was arrested and re-entered the battlefield of war. In the Battle of He Qiao (538), facing hundreds of thousands of troops in Hou Jing, Dugu stayed in Jin Yong for more than ten days, so that Hou Jing's army could not enter before the arrival of Yu Wentai's army. Although the Western Wei Dynasty was defeated by East Wei Jun in He Qiao, Dugu's performance in this battle was remarkable.