In the memories of later generations, Yumen Pass was broken.
Because the history of Yumen Pass is the history of the increasing shrinkage of the people in the Central Plains of China. The pass that has been abandoned has of course no value for repair. From the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty, Yumen Pass moved eastward, retreating two hundred miles today, retreating another two hundred miles tomorrow, and then eventually disappearing directly. It doesn’t matter whether the pass is closed or not.
Only Yumen Pass in the early Han Dynasty expanded westward.
The Yumen Pass of the Western Han Dynasty extended from the very beginning of Longxi.
In the early days of the talented and magnificent Emperor Wu of Han dig out the Western Regions and conquering the Western Regions, his ruling scope expanded step by step. The westernmost capital of the Great Han Dynasty also moved westward, and Yumen Pass was naturally no exception.
In order to expand territory to defend the enemy, Emperor Wu of Han moved passes and borders to expand the territory was undoubtedly the only way at that time. It was like some countries in later generations who secretly moved border stone tablets. In fact, as early as the time of Emperor Wu of Han, the Han people were already playing like this.
Unfortunately, dynasties changed, and the subsequent dynasties seemed to have no broad mind as they did during the Han Dynasty, so the westernmost capital no longer went west, but moved eastward.
From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the site of Yumen Pass moved from northwest of Dunhuang to Jinchang County, Guazhou east of Dunhuang.
When Xuanzang of Tang Dynasty left the pass, he recorded in the Biography of Master Sanzang of Dacien Temple, "The bottom is wide and narrow, and the waves are very fast and deep, and it is hard to cross. If you set up Yumen Pass above, the road must be followed, which is the throat of the western border." This refers to the retreating Yumen Pass in Guazhou.
When it was in the early Song Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, Yumen Pass returned to its original starting point, which was the earliest place of Shiguan Gorge.
Then, even Yumen Pass was gone, and the only one left was Jiayu Pass.
Sometimes Fei Qian feels a little emotional. The truth of history may not be as simple as what later generations saw in textbooks or film and television dramas.
If we only see some concepts and changes in history from the perspective of later generations, it is easy to become biased or even unfair. Because modern civilization and modern people's perception of the world is different from those of the ancients, if we cannot put aside some modern cognition and do not consider the position of the ancients, then there will inevitably be various problems.
It's like a marriage.
Fei Qian himself is actually a part of the "marriage" policy.
If we look at the "marriage" policy from a macro perspective, especially from the perspective of history itself, it is actually a political marriage.
Some boxing people often say that using the happiness of a certain woman to exchange for peace is a shame and other remarks, and then it can attract the approval of some people who are unknown and do not want to go into it. In fact, it is somewhat extreme. Because from ancient times to the present, are there any benefits that can be obtained without paying any price? Do you really think that boxing can gain benefits? Especially when immediate interests and long-term interests may be contrary to each other.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, as children of the royal family, they have to bear responsibilities when they enjoy the treatment of the royal family. As protons, women often become tools for marriage. In fact, to a certain extent, this is no different from "harmony". These royal children will go to places outside their own country. Once they go out, they will have life and death, and they must have the courage to give up.
The marriage policy in the early Han Dynasty was actually a helpless choice at first.
After all, the Huns were a nomadic people who had been harassed seriously in the Central Plains since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The kind of people who came to rob them when the Han people harvested in the autumn. When the Han army rushed over, these locusts were gone. When the Han people wanted to fight, they hid in the desert and lived in a place without a fixed place, which really made the kings of the Central Plains dynasties from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Han people had no temper.
After all, communication depends entirely on yelling. When the army received the war, the things were already snatched and ran away...
So Qin Shihuang could only build the Great Wall in the end.
Qin really wanted to fight, after all, the title of the powerful Qin was not casually mentioned. The Qin Dynasty destroyed many hard bones in the east and west, not that it could not defeat the Huns, but the key was that it could not be defeated. Qin Shihuang also lost his temper, so he used this trick, and it did have some positive and negative influence on the defensive thoughts of China's later generations.
In the Han Dynasty, the country's territory was expanded like the Yumen Pass established by Fei Qian. When it expanded all the way out, the pass could move, but the Great Wall could not move. But these newly built territories could not be ignored. Moreover, the people have opened up the borders and have begun to reproduce and live. We cannot just throw them away.
Liu Bang, the gangster leader, was originally arrogant. He had just unified the world. He was in high spirits and probably no one looked down upon and wanted to surpass Qin Shihuang. As a result, the siege of Bai Dengshan made Liu Bang clearly realize that the dispute with the Huns could not be resolved with the military force at that time. Therefore, he adopted the "marriage" policy to win over the Huns, maintain border peace, and exchange for space and time for despicable development.
As for the Tang Dynasty, the marriage bride brought a little bit of education, after all, there were a large number of dowry items and craftsmen...
However, this kind of marriage strategy, or most similar foreign strategies of countries, will always be artificially damaged in the middle and late stages.
The Great Wall, the vassal states, the marriage brides, etc., were all trying to solve some problems at first, but later it collapsed.
No one wants to "solve", but continues to "imitate".
Then this "imitation" even lasted to later generations, faintly within the long river of history, and countless literati with malicious intentions or stupidity were shouting, "Don't set this precedent..."
What is the reason?
Fei stood in silence and his eyes were distant.
This time, he brought a lot of civil servants.
These civil servants really came to the Western Regions "voluntarily".
It is really voluntary, not forced to voluntarily.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! Sometimes, humans will really make some jokes for themselves, just like "voluntary" should be a neutral word that tends to be positive, which vaguely contains dedication and sacrifice. Unfortunately, when all the beautiful things fall into the hands of capitalists, they can always be played with and then lead to worse changes.
Most of these civil servants have certain ambitions and want to improve their own class, but have not yet found any suitable direction. These people are not only found during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, but also in the Han Dynasty, and in the subsequent feudal social dynasties.
During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, these people wandered between the six countries, using their talents to exchange for a single official position, a chance to breathe with their heads raised, and a position that could be named in history.
In the early Han Dynasty, Liu Bang also gathered a large number of such people around him, especially the Six Kingdoms people under the suppression of the Qin Dynasty. When these Six Kingdoms people opened the ceiling that blocked their own, they became the ceiling of later generations.
At the moment of the Eastern Han Dynasty, ordinary civil servants in Shandong had little room for promotion. This is a very fatal problem, but those in power in Shandong still did not react much, or even if they knew it, they became a body of interest, so they pretended to be invisible, but they could not see, hear, and do not understand clearly.
Cao Cao was said to have made some moves in Jizhou for a time and wanted to change something, but he suffered a strong rebound and eventually had to postpone it...
This made Fei Qian feel ridiculous.
What’s ridiculous is not these people, but the greed that these people show in this process.
As a political figure, it can be said that he has basically gotten rid of the worries of food and clothing. If he does well, he can also get a long-term meal ticket for his descendants. This has been considered as taking care of the benefits after death, but some people will still be dissatisfied.
These people are obviously more wise and insightful than ordinary people, but on this issue, they have never been able to provide a better idea, and even consciously cross the river and pull bridges, blindly suppressing and controlling later generations instead of continuing to explore...
The winners took all in the feudal dynasty, but in capitalism, it still took all in the winners. It has not changed at all, let alone common prosperity. Employees take more holidays and get an extra dollar of salary, which is like killing their lives.
In feudal dynasties, it can be said that almost all regions are basically considered unparalleled lands, and whoever occupys them belongs to them.
So why can’t you get out, why are you all talking about it?
Who can't get out, or who is calling for difficulties?
Ideological struggle is an external manifestation, and theoretical disputes are also the essence of it. In fact, it is still power disputes and class suppression.
There are always a few who can be willing to divide the authority.
Because I was worried that the branches were strong and weak, I simply cut off all the branches that stretched out?
After cutting off the branches, leaving only one main root can ensure that it will never rot?
Running water does not rot, and the door hinge does not rot.
Lao Lu had said this a long time ago, everyone understands the truth.
There must be channels for promotion, otherwise it will be a stagnant pool sooner or later.
Fei Qian Potential Now, the Western Regions are the first step, not only to go out, but also to go steadily.
Therefore, in the Western Regions, not only military generals are needed, but also civil servants are indispensable, especially those who are ambitious and want to change their own class.
At the same time, Fei Qian must also consider the plan for promotion of these civil servants.
At the outside world, the promotion of military generals depends on military merits, which is easy to calculate, but it is not convenient for civil servants to calculate. According to Fei Qian's idea, the channels for promotion of civil servants are calculated according to education.
This path of education is naturally based on the Southern Xiongnu model.
Whether it is a tribe or a country, if you say you want to "educate" when you come up, it is obvious that no one is happy and will not achieve any good results, so "voluntary" is very important.
This voluntary is not only internal but also external.
Among these tribes and countries, they are also divided into ambitious people and those who do not have many ambitions.
What Fei Qian needs to do is to select those ambitious people among these tribes and countries, then crush and carve them in the model of the advanced civilization of China, and then make these people eventually become the shape of China, and then let these people lead other remaining people...
Therefore, during the entire process of fighting in the Western Regions and even fighting against foreign countries in the future, Fei Qian not only needs to promote military generals and reward military generals for their merits in the development of territory, but also needs to allow civil servants to keep up, and there are also corresponding regulations to reward those civil servants who have performed well in education.
There is also a certain amount of benefit to those who are more pro-Han in their original tribes and countries...
These reward standards and the inclination of interests need to be continuously adjusted throughout the process. It is impossible to say that a policy will last for ten years and not change for twenty years, and then it will lose its original meaning.
Therefore, for the Western Regions, Feiqian was not afraid of many people coming, but was worried that there were not enough people.
Military, economic, political, cultural.
Military development, economic invasion, political transformation, and cultural education.
No one is needed there?
Therefore, starting from the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty needed to know one thing.
Benefits are like water, which needs to flow.
If you stick to your own interests, you will eventually become a stagnant pool of water...
Fei Qian was still thinking, but Xu Chu seemed to hear something from the side. He turned his head slightly and saw a group of people coming under the city. He reminded him: "Lord, Qiang leader, Ajiesha is here."
Fei Qian came to his senses and nodded, "Please."
Soon, Ajiesha stepped forward, as if he wanted to give a tribute to his chest, but he only realized halfway through his hand. He quickly followed with his other hand and gave a slightly twisted bow, "I've seen General Cavalry..."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content later! Ajiesha did not wear a leather robe, but was wearing Hanfu, and there were gold and silver decorations on it, which was very luxurious, obviously from the precious yarn in Chang'an.
Fei Qian glanced at the Han robe Ajiesha was wearing, and then smiled and gave him a formal etiquette, "I have met the wife."
Ajiesha's eyebrows and eyes twitched. Huanxi could hardly hold back, and his hands and feet were at a loss, "Ah, haha, this..."
The wife.
The father of the wife is the wife.
Although this is just a title spoken by Fei Qian, it has already made Ajiesha feel overjoyed.
Everyone knows that the Qiang girl cannot become Fei Qian's official wife. At most, she is a wife like her. However, no matter what, being able to get a verbal title like Fei Qian would be enough to make Ajiesha feel relieved.
After all, Ajiesha killed Beigong back then. According to the habits of the Qiang people, he collected all the wealth of Beigong, including Beigong's wives, concubines, and children, and naturally Yami.
Killing Beigong was not Ajiesha's original idea. Ajiesha didn't want to compete for hegemony, nor did he want to be greedy for more Beigong's property. However, Beigong was crazy at that time, not only wanted to fight against the Han people, but also pulled Ajiesha and the others together...
Ajiesha didn't want to continue the war, nor did he want to be Beigong's crazy backing, so he killed Beigong.
Although it is common for brothers to die on the grassland, and even kill the men of the other tribe and gather the other women and children, Ajiesha is not sure whether Yami will speak badly behind Chang'an after he nominally accepts Yami as his daughter, and destroys the relationship between him and the Han people.
And this "Woman" obviously made Ajie feel at ease.
Fei Qian signaled and asked Ajiesha to approach and said straight to the point, "There is something that I want to help my wife when I leave the seclusion this time."
When Ajiesha saw Fei Qian's straightforwardness, he not only did not feel abrupt, but instead smiled so hard that he could not see his eyes. He patted his chest and said, "Please speak with General! As long as there is something useful, there is no other word!"
Fei Qian nodded and said, "There are many countries in the Western Regions, and there are also Qiang people inside. I want to ask my wife to send her confidant to march into the Western Regions with one another to subdue the chaos."
"No problem!" Ajiesha agreed without thinking, but then he was a little confused, "General, before this... General Zhang's side..."
Previously, Zhang Liao asked Ajiesha's subordinate Ai Maer to escort the Han people back to Yumen Pass. Now Fei Qian said he was going to march into the Western Regions, which puzzled Ajiesha, who was not very good at strategic thinking, was he going in and out and going to the city gate?
Fei Qian smiled without explaining in detail, but said: "General Wen Yuan is pitying the people, and this move is appropriate... The wife does not need to worry too much. However, this time I left the customs, which is different from the old rules of the Western Regions, so I specially asked the wife to come and inform him in person."
Zhang Liao was cautious in nature. He asked the Qiang people to escort the Han people back to Yumen Pass. On the one hand, it was indeed the factors that Zhang Liao mentioned on the surface, and on the other hand, it was Zhang Liao who knew in his heart that the old Western Liang military system adopted in the Western Regions was completely inappropriate, that is, the vassal military system, and finally reached a final moment.
The vassal strategy is like being close friends. At the beginning, it was all about solving certain problems. It was not necessarily the best in the environment at that time, but at least it was an effective method. However, as time goes by, the changes in the environment, these strategies are like laws, and they all need corresponding improvements and cannot be constant forever.
The vassals were still very effective in the early stages of Dong Zhuo, but the disadvantages gradually emerged in the middle and late stages. The rebellion of Li Guo had greatly exposed the instability of the vassals. The same was true in the Western Regions. It did not mean that if a few generals were replaced or a different place, this instability would be eliminated.
Zhang Liao asked the Qiang people, who were most pro-Han in the vassal army, to return to Yumen Pass, which was equivalent to directly weakening the power of the vassal army, and then directly ordered the dismissal army to be dismissed, so that those Hu troops who were unwilling to follow the Han people would leave. What was willing to continue to stay was naturally to be incorporated into the Han army, and the structure of the vassal army would no longer exist.
Such a method is delicate and soft, and it almost silently dismantled the vassal army. Many people even didn't know what was going on. They just thought that Zhang Liao had dismissed some of the Hu soldiers. This was much better than the practice of clearly seeing that it was dry firewood and fire, and even scattering it inside.
Therefore, Fei Qian certainly would not waste Zhang Liao's thoughts. He also told Ajiesha that when he went out this time, all the Qiang people would be involved in the Han soldiers and must obey the orders of the Han army. Of course, the treatment and military merit system of the Qiang soldiers are also the same as that of the Han soldiers. The leader of the Qiang people can also hold middle-level positions and enjoy the same treatment as the Han military academy.
Seeing that Ajiesha was still a little confused, Fei Qian further explained: "Wu Weng, the country in the Western Regions is disordered, and the language and text are not fully connected. However, the old Xiongnu's speech evolved widely and was similar to Qiang languages. Therefore, the Han army needed people who spread Hu language. It was either guided or translated. If the Qiang and Han were reorganized and divided camps, it would naturally not be convenient. In addition, this time, there were many conquests and casualties in the Western Regions. Therefore, someone issued an order to the soldiers of the Han army that those who were willing to compete for me will follow him, and those who were worried that the elderly and weak in their families would stay in Guanzhong and would not be guilty of being guilty. You and I are relatives, and the Qiang people are like my sons, so they are unwilling to force orders. Those who are willing to follow me to gain merit can go with you and go home to take care of the elderly and young people in their families, and do not force them."
After saying this, Ajiesha probably understood it. As for the more detailed aspects, he could not have imagined. So he summoned the leaders of the Qiang people in accordance with Fei Qian's request and conveyed Fei Qian's meaning...