The first words he spoke made many kings confused.
In addition to being invited by the kings of Moru and Jialuo Kingdoms, the most important thing they came here this time was to find out what was going on.
In fact, they were not very concerned about the arrests of King Benhan and King Chenhan. This was because they had a very loose structure to begin with, and their organization and unity were not strong at all. Although these two Han kings nominally ruled them, they only just
In name only.
What the monarchs really care about is their own personal interests. After all, King Benhan and King Chenhan are the most powerful national leaders in the Erhan region. However, they were easily kidnapped with only 500 people, which really frightened them.
Therefore, tens of thousands of people were gathered here this time. In addition to protecting themselves, they also had the vague intention of invoking an army to hold them accountable. If they could not be given an explanation, a war might result.
Now their army has surrounded this place, and most of the Jialuo Kingdom is under their control, showing their determination.
Unexpectedly, the expected tense situation did not exist at all. The first words he said when he came over were to get close to him.
People don't know what to say.
The scene was quite quiet for a while. Everyone looked at each other, you looked at me, I looked at you, and they whispered a few words.
After a while, a representative stood up, saluted Chen Mu with Qin Li, and asked: "I am Qin Zhi, the king of Qinqi State. May I ask who you are sir?"
"I am a Han Chinese. I am the official Guanglu of the Han Dynasty. I am Chen Mu, courtesy name Zigui. I have met all of my fellow clansmen."
"Han Chinese?"
"That's right, my fellow men."
Chen Mu responded with a smile.
Qin Zhi said: "Since you are a Han people, you should look for Han people. There are a small number of Han people in our land of three Koreas. We are people who came from the Qin Dynasty, so we are different from you."
Chen Mu asked with a smile: "What's the difference?"
"Sir is a Han, and we are all Qin people, so we are naturally different. Not to mention that the Han, Qin, Chu, Yan, and Qi people here are all different, and we are not from the same clan as you, sir."
Qin Zhi also briefly summarized the complex Erhan region.
This is a question of identity.
Just like Xiang Yu never considered himself a subject of the Qin Dynasty, many survivors who fled from the late Qin Dynasty still preferred to belong to their once-annihilated mother country in terms of identity.
Because they came to the Korean Peninsula for different reasons. Some came to escape the corvee service in the late Qin Dynasty. Their identity may admit that they are Qin people, while some are survivors of the Six Kingdoms who fled here after their mother country was destroyed. Their identity
It is the Six Kingdoms.
That's why so many countries are distinguished here.
However, Chen Mu laughed and said loudly: "Everyone, your ancestors may be Qin people, Chu people, Yan people, or Qi people. I believe this, and you all know that after the end of Qin, the world was in chaos.
, the rise of the Han Dynasty, inherited the Qin system, and unified the world. Although your ancestors were citizens of the Six Kingdoms, from now on, we all have only one nation, and that is the descendants of China. Of course we are the same race."
"Who is of the same race as you? My ancestors were Chu people. If the country hadn't been destroyed by Qin, why would we have ended up in North Korea?"
Someone said dissatisfiedly.
The land of Benhan, Chenhan and Han are all remnants of the Yan State, Chu State, Qi State and other places, because these three countries are close to the sea, and the Yan State borders the Korean Peninsula.
When the Chu State was the largest, it included all of Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou and Yangzhou in the Han Dynasty. Therefore, it was very normal to depart from Xuzhou East China Sea Langya and other places, go around the Shandong Peninsula and arrive in South Korea by boat.
It is recorded in "Three Kingdoms" and "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" that those with Chu in their country names are basically descendants of Chu.
Although the Qin Dynasty exerted great power, swept through the six countries and unified the world, many nobles did not want to be Qin citizens, so they fled overseas. During the two stages of the Qin Dynasty's unification of the world, and the late Qin and early Han Dynasties, they also immigrated from the Central Plains of the Korean Peninsula.
At its peak, the total population reached more than 100,000.
These immigrants from other countries are also divided into stages. Some immigrants in the late Qin Dynasty will recognize the Qin State, but the immigrants in the early Qin Dynasty still have the Six Kingdoms in mind. For example, Xiang Yu, the restorer of the Six Kingdoms, is a typical example, and does not recognize the Qin Dynasty at all.
Therefore, when Chen Mu wanted to promote nationalism, they were naturally unwilling to admit it.
However, since Chen Mu came to lobby, he certainly had something in mind. He looked at the man and said with a smile: "May I ask who you are?"
"I am Chu Kan, the king of Chuli Kingdom."
Chu Kan said proudly.
"oh?"
Chen Mu asked: "Could it be after Chu Junyi?"
"good."
Chu Kan said proudly: "According to the ancient records left by our ancestors, my ancestor's original surname was Mi. After Qin destroyed Chu, he changed his surname to Chu to commemorate his ancestors."
Chen Mu suddenly laughed: "Since you are the descendant of Chu Jun, you should know that Chu Jun is a descendant of Emperor Zhuan's Gaoyang family, and Emperor Zhuan's Gaoyang family is the grandson of Emperor Xuanyuan. My surname Chen comes from Emperor Shun, who is Emperor Xuanyuan.
The eighth generation descendants come from the same origin, so how can they not be of the same race?"
Otherwise, later generations would say that Chinese people are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and the eight major surnames in ancient times basically came from the lineage of Emperor Yan and Emperor. If we trace the origins, most people in modern times can find the same ancestor for their surnames.
Although in modern times two thousand years later, there are also surnames changed after the integration of other ethnic minorities. However, in the Han Dynasty, there was basically no problem of integration of ethnic minorities. It was necessary to wait until the Five Hus, Liao, Jin, Mongolia, Qing and other foreign ethnic groups ruled China.
This situation will only occur during the period.
So if you have a given name and a surname, and you can go back up the family tree according to your ancestors, everyone can actually be related to you.
Chu Kan was speechless as he spoke, his eyes widened and he was at a loss.
He actually didn't know the origin of Chu Jun Xiong Yi.
Because he was a survivor of the Chu State after all, the books he could take away were limited. They only vaguely recorded some of the history of the Chu State and some stories passed down by the old people from generation to generation. He had no idea about the deeper things.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! However, the civilization of the Central Plains is different. From the Qin and Han Dynasties to the end of the Han Dynasty, the cultural heritage has not been cut off, including the "Lianshan Yi", "Gui Zangyi", and "Shangshu".
Ten chapters, dozens of chapters of "Sun Bin's Art of War", several chapters of "Guiguzi", "Huangdi's Foreign Canon", and many other famous chapters that were either incomplete or completely disappeared in later generations were not lost at this time.
For example, the descendants of Yan and Huang in China have been passed down from generation to generation, and their bloodline origins are recorded in a large number of books written during the Spring and Autumn Period.
People like Chu and Kan are just rural remnants living overseas. They live with some fragments left by their ancestors and word of mouth. How can they know the complete inheritance of civilization?
"How do I know if what you say is true or false?"
After a while, Chu Kan questioned.
Chen Mu said: "This matter has been recorded in countless classics during the Spring and Autumn Period. In the Central Plains, even a child in Chu knew where his ancestors came from, but you don't even know where your ancestors were born. Don't you feel ashamed?
"
Lu Renyi, the king of the Molu Kingdom, sneered and said: "Our ancestor Gao Xi of the Molu Kingdom was granted the title of Lu Gong. His ancestors were Gao and his surname was Jiang. He was the descendant of Taigong Wang. Who among our descendants with the surname Lu doesn't know this?"
"Yes, the ancestor of our Yan people is Zhao Gong, the eldest son of King Wen of Zhou, who is the queen of the saints."
"The ancestor of our Qin people is Qin Feizi, who raised horses for the King of Zhou."
"We all look forward to our descendants."
Many kings told their origins one after another, fearing that others would say that they didn't even know who their ancestors were.
Of course, they only know who their ancestors are.
After all, some broken classics were left behind.
Chu Kan also knew that his ancestor was Xiong Yi, but going back further, for example, they were not very clear about the fact that Qin Feizi was actually a descendant of the Yin Shang Dynasty, the "evil one".
After hearing what everyone said, Chu Kan's eyes widened, and when he saw the strange looks that many kings were looking at him, he immediately blushed and sat down with his face covered.
Chen Mu said with a smile: "It seems that everyone knows who their ancestors are and where they come from. If this is the case, do you still deny that we are the same race? You must know that going back further, we are all people of the Zhou Dynasty.
They are all descendants of China, descended from Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang."
"Yes, my ancestor is Taigong Wang, but Taigong Wang's ancestor is Emperor Yan. Emperor Yan was born in Jiangshui, so he took Jiang as his surname. We descendants with the surname of Lu are actually descendants of Emperor Yan."
Lu Renyi immediately stood up and echoed.
Chen Mu looked around at the crowd and smiled: "Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang are our common ancestors. The two combined to defeat Chi You and jointly built China. Later, Huang Emperor passed on his son Shaohao, Shaohao passed on his son Zhuanxu, and Zhuanxu passed on Emperor Gu.
Ku passed on to Yao, Yao to Shun, and Shun to Yu. From then on, there was Great Xia, there was Yin and Shang, and there was Great Zhou."
"Later, the Emperor Zhou enfeoffed the princes of the world, thus evolving countless surnames. Since then, there have been the Spring and Autumn Period and the Seven Kingdoms. The Qin Dynasty destroyed the six kingdoms and unified the world, and then the Qin Dynasty came into being. After the Qin Dynasty fell, the Han Dynasty inherited the Qin system.
Since the beginning of the Yellow Emperor, nearly two thousand years have passed."
"But no matter what, whether you are Chu people or Yan people, we have the same ancestor more than two thousand years ago, and our blood has been passed down from generation to generation. Since then, we have had clothes and civilization.
Generations cannot be cut off.”
"Your ancestors are all descendants of Emperor Yan and Emperor Huang. You are born with Chinese blood. The words you speak are all the elegant language of the Central Plains. The clothes you wear are all the style of the Qin and Han Dynasties. We can farm and weave.
Being able to fish and hunt is all due to the intricate paths passed down by our ancestors from generation to generation. Aren’t you willing to admit that you are descendants of the Chinese and the descendants of Yan and Huang?”
The words were just deafening and made everyone excited. In the past, although people here worshiped their ancestors, they had always had a vague concept of their ancestors. However, it was not until today that they knew who their ancestors were, where they came from, and who they were.
How to let their blood flow here.
Benhan and Chenhan are also called Qinhan on the Mahan side, because the main ethnic groups here are Qin people. Except for a few other ethnic groups, they speak the same language, have the same customs, and have the same inheritance.
, nature has an almost instinctive closeness.
In fact, the two Korean kingdoms later merged to form the Silla Kingdom. This was because everyone had a sense of national identity, so they united to fight against the Baekje Kingdom, which was dominated by minority Buyeo people.
The Qin people and Han people among the Chinese people only account for a part of the ancestors of Koreans, because there are also a large number of Yin and Shang remnants, Fuyu people, Huiqi people, Woju people and even Japanese people who are also involved in them, and together they constitute what later generations call the
Korean national system.
But that was two thousand years later.
Today, the Qin people and Han people have been immigrating for a long time and have not integrated with other ethnic groups. There is also no sense of psychological identity with other ethnic groups.
Because Bian Han and Chen Han are just the names given to them in the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms and the Book of the Later Han, and in the Book of the Later Han, it is recorded that their old man called himself Qin Han and came to live here after escaping from the corvee at the end of the Qin Dynasty. This shows that they identify more with each other.
Qin State.
This is how the sense of national identity comes from, cultural inheritance, passed down from ancient times. Because the old people often say that they are descendants of the Qin State, the descendants of the next generation will be separated from other ethnic groups. Intermarriage between each other is also intermarriage between various Chinese ethnic groups, which is rare.
There are intermarriages between the Chinese people and other ethnic minority countries.
Therefore, when Chen Mu impassionedly told them that we are the same nation and have the same ancestors, it naturally stimulated their understanding and promoted the national united front. This is the so-called nationalism.
Nationalism and populism are not advisable in future generations because they are not conducive to national integration.
European colonists like to play this kind of operation. For example, a certain empire likes to engage in nationalism in the colonies, splitting the various ethnic groups in the colonial countries, causing internal strife every day, and being unable to pose a threat to their colonial regime.
Even in countries that were originally of the same race, the colonists had to forcibly separate two ethnic groups. For example, the Hutu and Tutsi in Rwanda were originally the same race, but the colonists forcibly separated them and caused them to fight among themselves.
This shows how familiar the Europeans are with this trick.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But the fundamental reason why Chen Mu played this trick is because the modern national concept is not strong. When people are overseas, they have to strengthen this national concept, unite some people, and attack others.
Only some people can make arrangements that are more conducive to themselves.
As for when the Korean Peninsula will be completely owned by the Han Dynasty, when the Fuyu people, the Huiqi people, the Woju people, and even the Wuhuan people, Xianbei people, and the Huns will all become subjects of the Han Dynasty.
Naturally, all ethnic groups have the same ancestors, all ethnic groups are related to each other, and the Han people will not fight against the Han people.
Different periods require different policies.
The premise of everything is to stabilize the rule and play politics, not shabby.
In just a few words, many monarchs happily yearned for their ancestors, giving them a sense of national identity.
Chen Mu saw that everyone in the audience was full of hostility at first, but now they all softened and smiled slightly, after all, they were planning to show off.
He said softly: "Everyone, we descendants of China stand at the top of the world and have always been the leaders of the world. But when I came here, I saw the descendants of China being ruled by foreigners. This made me very sad. It hurts."
"Forehead......"
One sentence seemed to pour cold water on everyone, and everyone fell silent.
Chen Mu continued: "You have come here. Although you have established a country, how are you different from a village? And above you, there are people from foreign races such as Ma Han who are kings. This situation makes my heart bleed. How can we, the descendants of China, be allowed to be ravaged by others?"
After saying that, he clapped his hands.
There were soldiers outside the door who took King Benhan and King Chenhan and tied them up in the hall.
"Look, these aliens wear animal skins, don't tie their hair, have no civilization, no heritage, and don't have our Chinese clothes. Do you want to be like them and become savages?"
Chen Mu pointed at the two kings and issued a soul torture.
According to historical records, King Benhan and King Chenhan were both Mahanese, one was from Fuyu and the other was from Uchi. In the Han Dynasty, they were indeed no different from savages.
Qin Zhi, who was previously elected as the representative, stood up and said, "Sir, are you here to arrest the Mahan people?"
"No."
Chen Mu said loudly: "Since you are the descendants of China, you should also be the subjects of the Han from now on. The Han is strong and strong, and we should protect you. From today on, everyone in the Korean Peninsula will be ruled by the Han, and everyone will be the common people of the Han. , do you have any objections?"
Han rule?
Everyone looked at each other, and the atmosphere suddenly became strange.
"Do you have any objections?"
Chen Mu looked at King Benhan and King Chenhan with a smile.
Both of them were gagged. The soldier took out the cloth gagged in their mouths, and both of them grumbled and begged.
Lu Renyi translated: "Doctor Guanglu, they said they are willing to surrender."
No one wants to die.
People under the eaves have to bow their heads.
"Look, everyone."
Chen Mu suddenly burst out laughing: "Even foreigners are willing to submit to my great Han Dynasty. Don't you, as Chinese people, not want to recognize your ancestors and return to your clan?"
"Huh, we live a good life here and don't need to accept the rule of the big man."
Chu Kan snorted coldly.
Although the country is small and the people are small, they are still kings and hegemons. Even if they are a village tyrant, they can at least live a comfortable life. If they are ruled by the Han Dynasty, who knows whether they can continue to be rulers.
When it comes to their own interests, even if everyone still has a sense of national identity and admits that they are descendants of China one second, they can turn against each other and deny others the next second.
"It seems that you didn't listen to what I said before."
Chen Mu sighed: "It's a pity that we obviously have the same origin and inherit the same ancestor, but we have to kill each other."
"Han people, go back to your big Han!"
Chu Kan drew his sword.
Many kings looked at Chen Mu angrily like him.
Chen Mu said: "The only one you rely on is the army outside the city."
"good."
Another monarch who was unwilling to surrender said: "We have an army of ten thousand, but you are only a thousand, and you want to be the king over us?"
"Who said I only have a thousand people?"
Chen Mu gave him a strange look and turned to look at Sun Guan.
Sun Guan smiled and walked out backwards.
In an instant, the door opened, and many soldiers came in, fully armed, and looked at them indifferently.
Chu Kan shouted: "Let's all fight out together. There are still our guards and attendants outside. As soon as we get outside the city, gather a large army and kill them all."
"Haha, I suggest everyone sit down and wait patiently."
Chen Mu sat calmly on the table, his eyes not moving at all.
He was protected by many soldiers and several generals, so he was not worried about the threat from these monarchs and their attendants ambushing him outside.
Moreover, the attendants outside their door were nothing more than a joke. They had long been disarmed and captured by Chen Mu's soldiers.
After a while, or even less than half an hour, Sun Guan came back.
"Four Generals, it's taken care of."
"how's it going?"
"However, the army was dispatched and only killed hundreds of people. They all laid down their weapons and surrendered."
"Take all the kings out to have a look."
Chen Mu smiled calmly.
The land of Sanhan is just a group battle with five scum. The so-called 10,000-strong army requires armor but no armor, and bows and arrows. They may have swords, but the quality is much worse than that of the Qingzhou Army. Even the soldiers' armor cannot break through the defense.
Many people use wooden sticks as weapons.
Would such an army take the lead in fighting the Qingzhou Army?
The soldiers forced many monarchs to leave their houses. The monarchs were eager to run out and gather a team outside the city. However, as soon as they left the house, they saw that all the guards they had brought with them outside were arrested.
Some monarchs were frightened and frightened, but others encouraged themselves, thinking that as long as they got outside the city, everything would be fine.
But after running out of the city, they saw a scene they would never forget.
On the banks of the Gayezin River, there were enemies all over the mountains and plains. Some of them had bows and arrows, some had swords and shields, and some had spears. They lined up in neat steps and surrounded their troops.
Their soldiers had long been unarmed and divided into dozens of pieces by the enemy. They were either squatting by the river, squatting on the ground, squatting under the woods, or squatting on the top of a hill.
Squatting down, anyway, they were all squatting there, holding their heads in their hands, like a group of mice whose tails were stepped on by cats.