The Kun Yu Kingdom and the Qin Kingdom were still facing each other at Wuzhang. Fu Jian wanted to know what the Kun Yu Kingdom was thinking. If he could be as stable as the Kun Yu Kingdom, he could compete with the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and he wouldn't have to be so hesitant now.
An envoy was sent to talk to Le Zhengyuan and Zhuo Ye, and the envoy replied later, saying that Kun Yu had no intention of interfering with China and that the two countries could establish a mutually beneficial cooperative relationship. Fu Jian had long heard about the cooperation between Kun Yu and Dai.
, sounds like a good deal.
Since the Kunyu Kingdom was only willing to garrison Wuzhangyuan, Fu Jian left some troops to monitor it, and then turned to fight with the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
The general in charge of the Northern Expedition in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was Huan Wen. This man has also been mentioned before.
He conquered Chenghan and pacified Shu. This battle also made him famous all over the world. After returning to his territory, he secretly recruited troops and developed into a semi-independent force. He also developed a disobedience to the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
After the Jin Dynasty moved south, although they built a new capital in Jiankang, the royal family declined even more. When building the capital, they relied entirely on the gentry who migrated from the north. Some famous families established the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which was jointly dominated by clans, relatives and powerful families.
The political situation of the dynasty, therefore, the constraints on the royal family from other forces were more serious than during the Western Jin Dynasty, and it could be said that it was extremely weak.
The royal family also saw that Huan Wen had a disobedient heart, but the royal family was in decline and was unable to attack him, so they had to turn a blind eye and hope that the two parties would live in peace.
After Shi Hu died of illness, Huan Wen proposed the Northern Expedition. However, the Jin Dynasty was afraid that Huan Wen's power would increase again, so they never agreed. Later, Huan Wen proposed the Northern Expedition again, and regardless of whether the court agreed or not, he led troops to prepare for the Northern Expedition without authorization, which frightened the court.
Hmm? Doesn’t it feel a bit like the Qing court in the late Qing Dynasty? When local officials or local armed forces attacked foreigners and resisted their invasion, the Qing court was frightened and panicked all day long.
Therefore, history is a circle. What exists now has happened in the past. Understanding history can also draw lessons from history, avoid detours, see through the traitor as early as possible, and avoid being used as a target without knowing it.
Even if you are not interested in history, you can still read history as a novel. For example, how cruel Empress Lu, the maker of the first human pig in history, was and how she wanted to usurp the Liu family into her hands; another example is
Look at Han Xin, how he succeeded and Xiao He defeated Xiao He; look at Yang Xiu and Hou Mo and Chen Chong, what words they said caused them to lose their lives.
It's interesting to look at history.
Although Huan Wen led his troops to the Northern Expedition, the expedition did not take place. In the next two years, the imperial court sent Yin Hao to the Northern Expedition, but his talents were average. In the past two years, several Northern Expeditions failed several times, and military supplies were even plundered.
This made the court extremely angry with him.
Well, anyway, the imperial court never thought that it was wrong. Although this person was of average ability, he was still responsible for the Northern Expedition. Apart from Huan Wen, was there no one else in the Jin Dynasty?
In the past two years, Jinshi also missed the opportunity to take back his hometown.
The imperial court finally agreed to Huan Wen's Northern Expedition.
The purpose of the Southern Expedition was to quickly enter the Yellow River Basin when the weather was warm, and then move east and west. One reason was that the southerners were not used to the cold in the north, and the other was to take advantage of the fact that the northerners were not used to water warfare. When the weather was warm and the Yangtze River did not freeze, the northerners
It is not easy to cross the river and when the safety of the rear can be ensured, attack the north quickly.
The Northern Expedition to the South was at the opposite time to the Northern Expedition in the South, mostly in winter. Not only because the northerners were not used to the heat and humidity in the South, but also because the North was not used to water warfare, they had to cross the Yangtze River to fight when it was frozen during the dry season.
Huan Wen's Northern Expedition certainly followed this custom. However, perhaps because Fu Jian had just founded the country and had not yet secured his throne, Huan Wen advanced with great success, successfully entered Guanzhong, and captured Bashang (today's east of Xi'an, Shaanxi).
At this time, an interesting phenomenon occurred.
Huan Wen led his troops here and was warmly welcomed by the people. Some old people even cried and said: They can still see the officers and soldiers in their lifetime.
It is said that after the Jin Dynasty moved south, the people in the north still loved the Jin Dynasty. They believed that the Jin Dynasty was the orthodox one. Therefore, both Qianliang and Qin Dynasty had professed vassalage to the Jin Dynasty in order to win people's hearts, but they were all under their own wings.
After he became plump, he left the Jin Dynasty.
During the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms period, it has been mentioned more than once that the Jin Dynasty is still the clan in the hearts of the people, and the people's hearts are towards the Jin Dynasty. But, is this really the case?
The Western Jin Dynasty only lasted for fifty-one years. If we start with the destruction of Soochow and the reunification of the north and the south, it was only thirty-seven years. The people had deep feelings for it. No matter which dynasty, the people cared more about how they lived.
The question of who is in power.
After the Western Jin Dynasty, China experienced turmoil, wars broke out, lives were devastated, and people were like grass.
In the north, today one nomad comes for a stroll, and tomorrow another nomad comes for a stroll. They survived under Shihu's brutal rule for fourteen years. After that, the struggle for the throne led to deepened ethnic hatred.
In this turbulent situation, the common people certainly missed the peace under the rule of the Jin Dynasty.
I very much doubt that the "Book of Jin" mentioned in the "Book of Jin" about welcoming Wen along the way, holding oxen and wine to welcome Wen, and the cries of the elderly are whitewashing of the Jin Dynasty, or giving Huan Wen a cloak of justice for his campaign. After all, people at that time
It is believed that the Central Plains is the territory of the Han people.
Since ancient times, in the Yellow River Basin, the Han people have lived in the plains, while the foreign peoples have lived in the mountains; in the Yangtze River Basin, at first, the edges of the rivers and lakes were also occupied by foreign peoples. Later, after a little assimilation with the Han people, the foreign peoples with different customs and cultures still moved forward with each other.
Living in the mountains.
It can be seen from this that since ancient times, the Han people have occupied good places. Therefore, in the understanding of ancient people, Huan Wen was a Han, and the Northern Expedition of the Jin Dynasty was a Han people declaring sovereignty and regaining their homeland, not taking advantage of the situation.
As for whether it was a whitewash, we in modern times have no way of verifying it, but Huan Wen did attack Ba Shang.
When Huan Wen led his troops here, it happened to be the wheat harvest season. Perhaps Huan Wen had timed it well and attacked Guanzhong during the wheat harvest to solve the problem of being inconvenient to carry too much baggage over a long distance, but this gave Fu Jian the opportunity to counterattack.
Knowing that the Jin army intended to collect grain, Fu Jian immediately ordered the walls to be fortified and the country to be cleared. The Jin army was unable to collect grain and had no supplies, so it had to retreat. The Qin army took advantage of the situation to pursue it. The Jin army was defeated miserably and suffered many casualties.
The Qin State and the Jin Dynasty were temporarily in a state of confrontation.
Not long after repelling the Northern Expedition of the Jin Dynasty, Fu Jian died of illness, and his son Fu Sheng succeeded to the throne.
According to records in history, Fu Sheng was a tyrant. He was cruel by nature since he was a child. He rivaled Shi Hu. Not long after he came to the throne, more than 500 people, from concubines to ministers to servants, were killed. Sometimes the people who were killed were not alive.
After understanding why, he was killed, and was later deposed and killed by his brother Fu Jian, who succeeded him to the throne.
It sounds like Fu Jian was killing harm for the people, but some historians have questioned it, believing that the record of Fu Sheng in history was the result of exaggeration and frame-up by historians, in order to vilify Fu Sheng and show the justice of Fu Jian's murder of his brother.
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History is written by the victors. It is impossible to know what the historical facts are. Perhaps one day, when human technology has developed to a high enough level to solve the oxidation problem and safely open all tombs, perhaps some historical facts will have to be rewritten.
Anyway, there is a fact that Fu Jian killed Fu Sheng to seize the throne.
The balance between Shizhao and Shizhao was broken, triggering competition among many forces. Daiguo and the Chilean tribes were separated and constantly fighting each other. Tuoba Shiyiqian successively launched attacks on the Gaoche and Moge tribes, and obtained prisoners and livestock.
numerous.
However, when he was so happy, Liu Weichen came out to stir up trouble again, betrayed Dai and joined Qin, and Shi Yijian led his troops to attack. Liu Weichen was afraid and ran away.
Hmm, yes, you ran away, but you still have the guts to betray me, scoff!
The next year, the Yan army made a long-distance attack on Chile in Monan. When they passed through the territory of Dai, they destroyed the rice fields of Dai. Tuoba Shiyiqian was very angry.
The Yan army was victorious. At that time, part of the Yan army was guarding Yunzhong. Tuoba Shiyijian led his troops to attack. The Yan army was defeated. One of the two generals fled and the other died in the battle.
After that, Shi Yijian raided Liu Weichen again in winter. Liu Weichen was caught off guard and did not dare to fight. He fled to Qin. The tribes he left behind were all absorbed by Shi Yijian.
In such a turbulent situation, the relationship between Kun Yuguo and Daiguo is getting better and better. After all, in this situation, having many friends has many benefits.
In the second year after Shi Yijian recruited Liu Weichen's remaining troops, he took advantage of the temporary stability of the situation and took advantage of the fresh spring flowers to stroll to Dai State and brought a lot of food from Chencang. Shi Yijian was very happy and ordered to take the food with him.
Serve Hyun with six-steamed and six-brewed koumiss. (To be continued)