Chapter 635: Evaluation of the Winner (The author's note is long and cautious
The game between the two major factions ended in the most tragic way, the Danming Rebellion. The moderates did nothing and did not participate personally, but they had the last laugh and took over the highest power after the war, which continues to this day.
Looking from the past to the future, the victory of the moderates is the general trend of history. If we follow the path of the hardliners, we will inevitably end up with no family and heirs. The moderates close their doors and recuperate, while continuing their routine of doing nothing but doing everything.
Only by means of this method did Yiqimen realize the true renaissance.
Everyone says that heroes should not be judged by success or failure. However, history has its own lessons. If Wu Yi were to go back to the past, even if he was not ashamed of the moderates' actions, he would still choose to support the moderates and not for others.
, because this is the right path.
The winner's evaluation of the loser, which falls in the history of Qing Dynasty, is that they are warlike and belligerent, leading wolves into the house, and at the same time affirming the defense of Yi and Xia, and warning future generations to be careful of aliens.
Because of this, Xuan Zhenzi used this example to refute Wu Yi's example at this time. And Wu Yi was really the first high-ranking member of a sect to recruit aliens as regular disciples (Shan Hui was a witch) after the Danming Rebellion.
(Author's note: I thought about whether to write it for a long time, but finally decided to write it. Otherwise, there will be more than a hundred chapters, and my head will explode. What is the prototype of the story? What is the innuendo behind it? If it is just
I was moved by it, but it would be a pity that the readers did not understand it.
If the reader has a little understanding of Chinese history, coupled with my many hints, he should be able to tell that the Danming Rebellion in the article refers to the Anshi Rebellion. The backgrounds of the two are different, and the process and results of the events will naturally not be the same.
Please don’t copy some characters mechanically.
The Tang Dynasty was the most open dynasty in ancient my country. After the Tang Dynasty, it gradually declined and closed down in many aspects, and the cycle of chaos and chaos continued.
The Danming Rebellion in my writing focuses on ethnic issues, and now I will mainly talk about ethnic issues in the Tang Dynasty.
As I said before, I have no intention of inciting ethnic relations. Everything is recorded in history books. In fact, if you read my article carefully, you will find that San people still cherish their lives.
The royal family of the Tang Dynasty was of ethnic minority descent (Xianbei), so the Tang Dynasty was also very open to ethnic issues.
When middle school students look through history textbooks, they can still find the words of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty: "Since ancient times, China has always been valued and despised by barbarians and barbarians. I only love the same."
I say this not only because of my bloodline, but also because at that time, a large number of ethnic minority generals served as high-level officials in the military, and there were a large number of Jizhou prefectures on local borders.
During the Anshi Rebellion, 80% of the Han nationality were Han descendants under the command of An Lushan, the Jieduzhi of the three towns (because of the recruitment system, the government army system was replaced, the Jiedushi had financial power, and the soldiers were mothers if they had milk).
On the contrary, there were many ethnic minority generals such as Gao Xianzhi and Ge Shuhan among the counter-insurgency teams, and they were even the mainstream in the early days.
So, to sum up, the Anshi Rebellion, a common problem in the middle of the dynasty, was the result of the population trap, that is, the growth of resources could not adapt to the growth of the population. In short, there was not enough food to eat.
The reason why it appears in this way is a systemic problem, which has little to do with ethnic groups. However, it is a fact that ethnic minority generals occupied the top ranks of the army in the middle of the Tang Dynasty.
Why are Han people reluctant to join the army? Because under the military system, they are tax-free and have a high status. After retiring, they can still serve as grassroots cadres of the country. However, under the recruitment system, they are just a bunch of rough guys. Their superiors arbitrarily deduct soldiers and their status is not high.
It is difficult to support a family (here refers to ordinary soldiers, the general's bodyguards, whose status and treatment are very high. These are also the general's private soldiers. They basically rely on these people to fight wars, laying the hidden danger of separatism).
As for why the government military system collapsed, I won’t go into details, otherwise I could spend tens of thousands of words on it.
With the development of social economy, Han people have more choices, such as becoming civil servants. However, a country is destined to need a certain military presence, and ethnic minorities are brave and good at fighting, which naturally fills this gap.
Let’s talk about the prototypes of the moderates and hardliners. In fact, it was the Niu-Li party struggle in the middle and late Tang Dynasty. The article actually did some beautification of the Niu Party.
The Niu-Li party struggle is an unglamorous aspect of ancient my country, and most middle school students are not aware of it. Textbooks that build cultural confidence will not include much text here.
In fact, except for the late Qing Dynasty, basically the records of the last years of the dynasty in textbooks are extremely pitiful.
As most people know, it may be that when I was studying Li Shangyin, my Chinese teacher taught me about it. Since you may not know how to use it or are not used to using this function of Baidu, I will explain it in the most concise words here.
During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the world was ruled by aristocratic families. With the rise of imperial examinations in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, ordinary landlords began to enter the officialdom. Niu Dang (the moderates in the novel) were the representatives of this group of small and medium-sized landlords, that is, the middle class.
Correspondingly, Li Dang (the hard-liners in the novel) are the original group of powerful families, mainly the Guanlong nobles. The royal families of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, and Tang Dynasty were all this group of people, and they were extremely prominent.
Let’s talk about the main differences. The foundation of Li’s party is the army. Only constant war can bring them honor and military exploits and maintain their status.
And war will inevitably collect taxes. The upper-class nobles cannot collect them, and the people at the bottom are too poor to collect them. Only the middle class, which is the foundation of the Niu Party, will be attacked, and the Niu Party will naturally oppose it.
There is no benefit in such things as party struggle. I oppose everything the enemy insists on, and I insist on everything the enemy opposes. In the end, one must die. As the other side of the contradiction, those who survive will often disappear on their own.
Li Dang's ideas were objectively conducive to maintaining the unity of the Tang Dynasty. However, when the parties fought, they opened fire on all sides without caring about the people's ability to bear it. They were also extremely corrupt, resulting in more defeats than victory.
The Niu Party's idea was objectively conducive to recuperation, but due to the party struggle, all border areas were abandoned (it did not work out, but even some areas with opportunities for recovery were abandoned, which is a pity). Even in the late Tang Dynasty, the territory was extremely huge.
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The territory of China's powerful dynasties was not due to a lack of military strength, but a lack of financial strength. Because of the cost of governance, often these areas did not have much benefit. In addition to enhancing the self-confidence of the people, the benefits were negative.
After stabilizing the security of the farming areas, the dynasty generally stopped expanding, otherwise the imperial censor would jump out and accuse the emperor of resorting to militarism.
When the Niu Party and the Li Party fought, these costs were borne by the Niu Party. In the end, the Niu Party did not get much benefit. The benefits were taken by the people of the Li Party, and the people of the Niu Party were naturally unwilling.
The general trend of history is the gradual rise of the middle and lower landowners. By the Song Dynasty, there were no more powerful landlords. The feud between the Niu and Li factions was the last glory of the powerful families. With the Huangchao chaos, they all flew into the homes of ordinary people.
In summary, the Niu-Li party struggle was behind the Anshi Rebellion, and there is no direct causal relationship between the two. The novel was written smoothly, but the writing was wrong. Don’t blame me for using the wrong allusion.
Although the novel has a prototype, as I said before, don’t copy it mechanically, analyze specific issues concretely, and arm yourself with scientific ideas.
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