Liu Yu laughed: "The last time I went to Guanzhong, I saw that outside Chang'an, although the Weihe Plain was still fertile, when the Xiyan army besieged the city, hundreds of thousands of Xianbei people were grazing outside the city every day.
Those horses, cattle and sheep trampled the farmland all day long, gnawing at the wheat seedlings, and eventually left large areas of fertile land barren."
"This is the case around Chang'an, other places in Guanzhong, and places like Lingbiao and Longyou, not to mention that the war caused a large number of Han people to flee or die, or were forcibly recruited into the army, and the land was left uncultivated.
Destroyed by the cattle and sheep of the Hu tribes, it eventually turned into wasteland or even grassland, which would attract more Hu tribes to come."
"After Fu Jian's death, Fu Deng raised troops from Ganliang, Longyou, and fought with Hou Qin in Guanzhong. For years after, both sides were extremely short of food. Doesn't this further prove that the food production in Guanzhong has been completely destroyed?"
Wang Zhene nodded: "Yes, the war will leave no one to farm, the fields will be barren, and the irrigation system will be destroyed, so the first thing my grandfather should do is to restore production and farming in the north. You know
, all the theories of Zhou Rites and Confucianism of the Han Dynasty are based on agricultural production. Only farming can provide a stable source of food and feed the people of the world, and then we can talk about other things. If farming is destroyed, wars will continue.
, then the Hu people’s method of grabbing what they can’t eat and killing the enemy when they see it is more effective.”
Liu Yu laughed: "That's true. No matter how you say it, it is better for the world to be stable and peaceful than to have constant war. The war in the Central Plains was at its craziest during the years when Ran Min destroyed Zhao, and then after Fu Chang ascended the throne.
, Guanzhong was in chaos for several years, and the production in the north that had finally recovered from the Eight Kings Rebellion completely collapsed. It was really critical at that time. If Wang Meng hadn't come out, the Han people in the north would have been destroyed.
If they are completely extinct, then the northern and central plains will really be turned into a no-man’s land, and we don’t know how many years it will take to recover.”
Wang Zhen'e smiled slightly and said: "So what my grandfather wants to do is not to help the Di people's regime in the former Qin Dynasty, even if it is this foreign regime with Fu Jian as the king of heaven, to destroy our own country as Han people, but
It was just a temporary expedient, because Fu Jian was the only person who could end the war and stabilize production in the north at that time. He was also the foreign monarch who could best protect and tolerate the Han people and restore the vitality of the Han people. In the Han Dynasty in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, everyone from the emperor to the generals
, everyone is only fighting for power, and if they cannot be expected to regain the Han family, they can only stabilize the north through Fu Jian first. After all, even among the other Hu tribes, the Di tribe is the most suitable for temporary support. "
Liu Yu frowned: "We are all barbarians, do we still need to force a distinction?"
Wang Zhene nodded: "Yes, of course we have to divide them. The first is Jiehu. They are Zahu, and they are also a branch of the Xiongnu. They used to come from the Hezhong area, the country of the nine surnames of Zhaowu, or the Western Regions in the Han Dynasty.
The tribes who migrated from the Kingdom of Kangju were barbaric and ferocious, and they did not abide by etiquette and law at all. Once they gained power, they regarded human life as nothing, and were extremely cruel. The Shi family regime of Later Zhao showed their cruel characteristics.
It is very obvious that there have been many Han Confucian scholars who wanted to teach Shi Shi, but since Shi Le, they often played the harp to an ox and even sacrificed their own lives. Therefore, Jie Hu needs to be killed or expelled from the Central Plains.
Cooperation cannot be expected.”
Liu Yu laughed: "What about the Huns? They are highly Hanized. Liu Yuan was a famous person in the world at that time. Later, although people like Liu Cong and Liu Yao also knew some Han culture, they were not incapable of cooperation.
Well, even Liu Yao wants to maintain his orthodox status by marrying the Sheep Queen of the Jin Dynasty. Why doesn't your grandfather consider cooperating with the Huns?"
Wang Zhen'e shook his head: "The Huns are a model of ingratitude. Since the alliance between Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty and Modun Chanyu Baideng, they have repeatedly broken the alliance and invaded the border counties of the Han Dynasty many times. They kill people and steal goods, and they are no different from bandits.
, only then did Han Wu whip his whip, defeat the Xiongnu, and banish the wolf to Xu. The Han-Hungarian war lasted for a hundred years. In the end, the five Xiongnu tribes suffered from civil war and the Khanate was destroyed. The Han Dynasty once again abandoned its previous grudges and used the marriage method of Zhaojun out of the fortress.
He once again made peace with the Xiongnu, sent troops to protect the southern Xiongnu many times, and even fought off the northern Xiongnu for them. After the southern Xiongnu was attacked by Xianbei, he repeatedly sent troops to protect the southern Xiongnu and jointly fought against Xianbei for a hundred years."
"After the fall of the Later Han Dynasty, Wei and Jin, who inherited the power in the north, still protected the southern Xiongnu many times. Even when Cao Cao was in war in the north and the Han population was out of ten, he moved five tribes of the southern Xiongnu into the fortress and settled in the fortress.
Bingzhou, and later the Jin State, also inherited this policy. Treating the Southern Xiongnu in this way was a great kindness. Even animals should know how to repay kindness. When the Jin State is in trouble, it is an act of loyalty to help the Jin State.
. Only then can we be worthy of the kindness we have received from the Han and Jin regimes over the past several hundred years."
"But what did Liu Yuan do? When the Jin Dynasty was in trouble, he didn't want to serve the country. Instead, he took advantage of the Jin regime to ask him to go home and organize his troops as a Qinwang. He raised troops to rebel against the Jin, especially to gain the support of the Han people in the Central Plains.
, even the ancestor of the Xiongnu, Maodun Chanyu, was shameless enough to recognize Liu Chan as the first emperor and change his surname to Liu. Such an approach not only betrayed the Jin Kingdom, but also betrayed their ancestors of the Xiongnu. How shameless can people be?
Except for Sima Yi and his son, no one can compare to his status."
Liu Yu laughed and said: "Suppress evil, you must think twice before you speak and be careful when you speak! I am here to say what you say. After all, this world belongs to the Jin Dynasty, and King Sima Xuan was also the founding emperor of the Jin Dynasty.
If you say he is shameless, aren't you afraid of being convicted and exterminated?"
Wang Zhen'e said in a deep voice: "Even if the clan is exterminated due to crime, I still have to say that the Sima family relied on conspiracy and deceit to conquer the world and bullied women and children. The civil strife in later generations and the collective massacre of the clan are also evil.
There is only evil retribution. Liu Yuan is a great evil man, and he does not represent the Jin State of the Sima family, which is a kind of good person."
Liu Yu waved his hand and said: "Let's stop this matter. No need to say more. You just need to let me understand that the reason why my grandfather doesn't want to help the Xiongnu succeed is because he has lost his trust in the Liu family of the Xiongnu, and he doesn't want to help the Xiongnu do evil, right?"
Wang Zhene nodded: "Yes, the Xiongnu clan itself was also the initiator of the Wuhu rebellion after the Eight Kings Rebellion. Moreover, when my grandfather took refuge in Guanzhong, the Xiongnu and Jiehu clans basically
Their vitality has been severely damaged and they are no longer able to make a difference. Even from the perspective of strength, it is not suitable to support them anymore. Therefore, the only three tribes my grandfather considered at that time were the Qiang, Di and Xianbei." (This chapter.
