A trace of helplessness flashed in Wang Zhene's eyes, and he sighed softly and said: "How could my grandfather not know these things? But which king can escape such a situation that was obtained due to some accidental factors?"
What about the pride and complacency brought about by victory? When Fu Jian first found his grandfather, the former Qin Dynasty at that time was just a new regime that had just gained a foothold in Guanzhong after experiencing civil strife and had no foundation. Guanzhong itself
The Han and Hu people did not recognize the rule of the former Qin, and powerful external enemies such as Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Murong Chui of the former Yan could attack at any time. It can be said that there are dangers everywhere. No one would have expected that the former Qin could finally unify the north.
, achieved temporary hegemony."
"Under this situation, Fu Jian, to put it harshly, is faced with the fact that once he is unable to gain a foothold in Guanzhong, he may not even be able to return to his hometown in Longyou River. In order to stay in the Central Plains, he has to be hungry for talents.
In 2000, the various Hu regimes in the north had been leading the way for a few years or even more than ten years, and they would soon decline due to civil strife. This proved that it would not work to continue to follow the Hu people's path of relying on force to dominate.
On the contrary, it was the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south and the Yan State in Guandong. Because they used the Han system, they were able to gain a foothold and achieve their hegemony. Fu Jian saw these things in his eyes and remembered them in his heart.
Only then did they think of using the Han system as the fundamental law of the former Qin Dynasty and abandoning the old customs of the Hu Dynasty before the Di people's regime."
Liu Yu sneered: "But his reforms only changed half of it. As you said, the nobles and tribesmen of the Di people mainly focus on military affairs and fight as their profession. They rely on war and plunder.
In exchange for ensuring their basic interests such as titles, servants, and land, they no longer interfere in political affairs, especially grassroots governance. The number of Di people themselves is insufficient, and the number of Di people in the country during the heyday of the former Qin Dynasty was only
Four to five million, this number, cannot control all the grassroots villages in the north. They will inevitably be forced to cooperate with the powerful Han people. The Han people do not want to fight more, but just want to live a stable life, so they can hand over enough to the Qin Dynasty.
They raised taxes and dispatched their young men to engage in non-combat tasks, but they did not take away the military exploits from the Di people, and they did not want to join the army to fight. Through this division of Han and Hu, the two sides achieved a certain balance and harmony."
Wang Zhene nodded: "Yes, it's just like what you said, Brother Jinu. In fact, it's like the Han people rely on paying taxes and drawing cadres to provide the grain, grass, and ordnance needed by the country through taxation.
These resources, including cloth, rice and grain, allowed the Di people to live a good life. Correspondingly, the Di people took on the responsibility of the war, with the Di troops as the core, supplemented by other surrendered troops from all walks of life.
The Hu troops maintained the intensity of the war with hundreds of thousands of standing troops. This model of Han people providing money and food, and Hu people providing troops and horses, was unfavorable for a period of time, especially when civil strife broke out in Dai and Qian Yan, which led to the generals
Either the prince died or fled, and the two major barbarian countries that could have become the strong enemies of the former Qin were destroyed in one battle. This made my grandfather very worried, thinking that it was God's will to help the former Qin to conquer the world."
Liu Yu laughed: "Isn't this what my grandfather has always wanted to do? The former Yan and Dai Kingdoms were eliminated, and the former Qin unified the north. Even the Dai Kingdom in the desert grassland was completely subjugated and destroyed. The only remaining opponent was the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
As long as this one destroys the Eastern Jin Dynasty, won't my grandfather have achieved his own achievements? He will be the successful King Wu and Duke of Zhou, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, and his achievements will even surpass them."
Wang Zhene shook his head: "Brother Jinu, you have always misunderstood my grandfather. You thought he was seeking refuge with the Hu people for his own fame and wanted to help Fu Jian destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty. But in fact, it was him who
He has always been prevented and avoided because his identity and education have always reminded him that he is a Han, not a Di."
Liu Yu raised his eyebrows: "Is there any difference? He has been working for the Di man Fu Jian and his former Qin Empire for many years. This is always a fact, and he also helped Fu Jian eliminate all powerful opponents.
, the Han family's system has also been established internally, which can be said to have changed customs. Now all the opponents in the world are basically gone, and there is only one Eastern Jin Dynasty left. As long as the Eastern Jin Dynasty is destroyed, the world will be unified, and he can help him like he did back then.
Like Jiang Ziya who destroyed Shang Dynasty in Zhou Dynasty, he has become a wise prime minister through the ages. I don't see any reason for him to stop. At most, he is a Han and has a little regret in his heart. But he has already reached this point, how can he stop again?
What about giving up?”
Wang Zhene said seriously: "Brother Jinu, I have said before that my grandfather helped Fu Jian to achieve hegemony with conditions. It was also based on the situation in the north at that time and it was a choice that had to be made in order to protect the interests of the Han people in the north.
, if he followed Huan Wen back to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, not to mention what would happen to him in the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the future, let's just say that in the north, there would be no emperor like Fu Jian to protect the Han people, and no Han ministers like Grandfather to help the Hu people change the system and prevent the Hu people's regime from changing the system.
The Hu nobles oppressed, killed, and abused the Han people, so will there still be Han people in the north today?"
Liu Yu frowned: "It can't be said that there are no Han people at all, but the life must be much harder, and the number will be far less than now."
Wang Zhen'e sighed: "Even if Murong Chui, Murong De, and Tuoba Si are some barbarian emperors who have some sense and are not murderous, they still have to formulate policies from the perspective of their own race and country.
Various laws and policies must be biased towards the own ethnic group, not the Han people. However, the Eastern Jin Dynasty has long lacked the ability or desire to conduct the Northern Expedition, and has no idea of saving the northern Han people. The final result is that the northern Han people will be completely barbarized and even become very hostile.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty will become the main vanguard force for the Hu regime to attack the Jin Dynasty southward."
"The barbarians can drive the northern Han people to attack the Jin Dynasty, while they can recuperate and reproduce their own descendants. In this way, within a hundred or two hundred years, the proportion of northern Han people and barbarians will be completely reversed, and even the Han people will be completely barbarized.
Even the way of living will become the same as that of the Hu people, who live in pursuit of water and grass, and are accustomed to horseback riding instead of farming, and the entire north may become grassland instead of farmland."
Liu Yu frowned: "Is it so serious? No matter how hard it is, the Han people can't say they don't farm or farm. They should learn to be nomadic like the Hu people."
Wang Zhene said sternly: "Brother Jinu, I'm not kidding, because the Hu people have entered the Central Plains on a large scale, and if they still have to rely on nomadic herding of cattle and sheep as their main way of survival, they will need large areas of pasture and pastoral areas, which will occupy a large number of Han people.
The water source used by farmers for irrigation, let alone other places, at least in Guanzhong, over the past hundred years, has no longer been the fertile wilderness of the past, but has become the Loess Plateau." (End of this chapter)
