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== As viceroy over eastern provinces ==
In [[380]], Fu Jiān recalled Fu Rong, who had served as the viceroy over the eastern provinces (the former territory of [[Former Yan]], which Former Qin destroyed in [[370]]), back to the capital [[Chang'an]] to serve as prime minister in place of the capable [[Wang Meng (Former Qin)|Wang Meng]], who died in [[375]]. Fu Pi was made the viceroy of the eastern provinces to replace Fu Rong. As Fu Jiān, that year, also implemented a plan to distribute his Di people to various regions of the empire, a substantial number of Di soldiers and their families accompanied Fu Pi to his command post at [[Ye, China|Yecheng]].
Fu Pi was not involved in the crushing defeat that Former Qin foces suffered at the [[Battle of Fei River]], as he remained at Yecheng. In the aftermaths of the battle, however, the [[Xianbei]] general [[Murong Chui]], a Former Yan prince, plotted a rebellion to reestablish Yan. In late [[383]], after persuading Fu Jiān to allow him to visit the eastern provinces to try to calm the people in light of the defeat at Fei River, Murong Chui arrived at Yecheng, where Murong Chui continued plotting, and where Murong Chui and Fu Pi considered ambushing each other but each decided not to do so. When, subsequently, the [[Dingling]] chieftain Zhai Bin (翟斌) rebelled and attacked [[Luoyang]], defended by Fu Pi's brother Fu Hui (苻暉) the Duke of Pingyuan, Fu Jiān ordered Murong Chui to put down Zhai's rebellion, and Fu Pi sent his assistant Fu Feilong (苻飛龍) to serve as Murong Chui's assistant. On the way to Luoyang, however, Murong Chui killed Fu Feilong and his Di soldiers and prepared to openly rebel. Meanwhile, despite his suspicions of Murong Chui, Fu Pi did not put Murong Chui's son [[Murong Nong]] and nephews Murong Kai (慕容楷) and Murong Shao (慕容紹) under surveillance, and the three fled out of Yecheng and started a rebellion of their own.
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