The Collapse?Replacement And Differentiation Of Central Power In The Late Northern Wei Dynasty

After the uprising in Six towns,the Northern Wei dynasty was beset by popular revolts throughout the territory.The Northern Wei dynasty was defeated one after another in the process of“counterinsurgency”,and the central power of the Northern Wei dynasty began to collapse.In the past,it was generally believed that the reform of emperor Xiao Wen led to the decline of the status of people in Bei Zhen and the loss of the right to resume official,which led to their dissatisfaction with the Northern Wei government.However,the concept of “people of Bei Zhen” itself is relatively broad.As far as the group of Hao Shuai in Bei Zhen is concerned,their social status is not high,so there is no problem of declining status.Finally,there were two factors that led to the collapse of the central power in the Northern Wei dynasty.First,the change of the political pattern in North Asia led to the decrease of the pressure on the northern border of the Northern Wei dynasty and no longer attached importance to the border towns.As a result,the central government gradually lost control of the border towns,leading to the "rebellion" in the border towns.Secondly,the improper practice of “changing the town into a state” has aggravated the dissatisfaction of the border towns with the central government and made the situation worse.Later,the He Bei uprising,dominated by Six towns and households,completely destroyed the Northern Wei regime.In the process of “counterinsurgency”,the rising power of Er Zhurong began to control the central government of the Northern Wei dynasty.After the “change of He Yin”,the power of the central government of the Northern Wei dynasty was replaced in fact.However,due to the problem of its own rule,the government of Erzhu was soon replaced by the government of Gao Huan,who represented the interests of the Haoshuai in Bei Zhen.However,the emperor Xiao Wu,who was promoted by Gao Huan,was unwilling to serve as a political puppet and rectified all the forces against Gao huan's government.The end result is filial piety the defeat,emperor Wudi made by Yuan Wei imperial clan,Hu Han bureaucratic authority as the core in the center of Luoyang bankruptcy plan,Gao Huan whereby to Luoyang to assign all transferred tothe original Ye Cheng,at this point the kanto power centers under Gao Huan the government forces on the influence by Luo Yang transferred to Ye Cheng and Jin Yang,the ruling class,also by the “localization” since emperor Xiaowen Hu Han bureaucrats to NorthTown Hao Shuai.During the Eastern Wei dynasty,the Hao Shuai in Bei Zhen became the ruling class of the country,and formed the noble and noble forces with Jin Yang as the center.The central power diverged,forming Jin Yang with Xun Gui as the center and Ye Cheng represented by the imperial power of Yuan Wei.However,Ye Cheng was under the control of Xungui at that time,so the divergence was not obvious.Later,as a distinguished leader,Gao Huan gradually developed ideas of his generation,and went to the opposite side of the former distinguished leader.Through the management of Gao Cheng and Gao Yang,a bully power independent of Xungui in Jin Yang was formed in Ye Cheng,and finally completed by Gao Yang in the zend.However,there were two antagonistic situations in the Northern Qi,that is,Ye Cheng with Gao's imperial power as the center and Jin Yang with Xun Gui power as the center.During Gao Yang's reign,he temporarily suppressed the power of Xun Gui by various means,but after his death,Jin Yang Xun Gui forces immediately launched a coup,challenging the power of the Gao family.Finally,Gao Yan succeeded to the throne under the support of Gao yan's power.Since Gao Yan's power base came from Xun Gui the imperial power had to give way to Xun Gui 's power,thus forming a political pattern of "sharing" central power between the two forces,ending the confrontation between the two sides formed since Gao Cheng.