Chapter 110: The Xie family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty

After Fu Jian ascended the throne, the economic situation of the former Qin was also extremely difficult, due to the endless wars, natural disasters for many years, the treasury was empty, and the people's livelihood withered. In order to quickly reverse the depressed situation of a hundred wastes waiting to be rebuilt www.biquge.info Fu resolutely determined to rest the army and vigorously develop production.

The vast area of the former Qin suffered from a severe drought in order to tide over the difficulties with the common people. Fu Jian ordered to reduce his diet, cancel Geyue, and the palace maids below the imperial concubine of the harem changed their cloth clothes and no longer wore silk and satin, and the civil and military officials also reduced their salaries accordingly to show that they shared weal and woe with the people. At the same time, it also ordered the development of mineral forests in the mountains, the lifting of the ban on fishing in rivers and lakes, so that the state and the people could share together, and all military operations should be stopped, so that the people could rest and recuperate. Due to the effective measures taken by Fu Jian, although he suffered a major drought, it did not cause a major famine.

In order to solve the problem of lack of rain and drought in the Guanzhong area, Fu Jian ordered the government to requisition 30,000 rich children and servants to develop the upper reaches of runoff, dig mountains and embankments, dredge ditches, and irrigate terraced fields and saline-alkali land, so that the fields that had been barren for many years grew grains again, and the common people benefited from it.

Fu Jian also cultivated the land himself, and his wife, Empress Gou, also went to the suburbs to raise silkworms to persuade the peasants to actively engage in agricultural production and silk weaving. Fu Jian also sent envoys to various places many times to inspect and comfort the lonely and widowed elderly. We should advise farmers to teach mulberry farming, popularize advanced production technology, and reward farmers who work hard to farm.

Later, when the Qin Dynasty suffered another major drought, Fu Jian, considering the poor harvest of the peasants, ordered a reduction or exemption of part of the tax to save the government's expenditure, appropriately reduce the official salary, and stipulated that if it was not a top priority, no forced labor should be levied. Because Fu Jian took the development of agriculture as a basic national policy, the economy of the former Qin Dynasty recovered quickly, and a few years later, a new atmosphere of stability and peace and family sufficiency appeared. From Chang'an to the state capitals, all have built passage post pavilions, and it is very convenient for tourists and traders to take supplies along the way. The common people have a song and ballad: "Chang'an Street, Yang Huai is verdant, get off the Chinese car, go up to the Luan Feng, and gather talents to teach my people." ”

After repelling the Northern Expeditionary Army of Huanwen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Murong Chui, the king of Wu of the former Yan, was squeezed out by Murong Ping, so he went out to surrender to Qin. When Fu Jian learned the news of Murong Ke's death two years ago, he already had a plan to annex Qianyan, and specially sent an envoy to Qianyan to find out the truth, but Fu Jian did not dare to send troops because of Murong Ke's prestige. Now that Murong Trai came uninvited, Fu Jian was very happy, and personally went out to the suburbs to greet him, treated him with great courtesy, and even regarded him as the champion general, ignoring Wang Meng's advice that he should beware of Murong Trai.

Fu Jian violated the promise of inviting troops that day, and sent troops to Qianyan under the pretext of not ceding the land to the west of Hujiao to give to Former Qin, and led the army by Wang Meng, Liang Cheng and Deng Qiang to attack Luoyang, and captured it at the beginning of the following year. Fu Jian ordered Wang Meng and others to send troops to Qianyan, and he personally saw him off.

Wang Meng finally defeated the former Yan Taifu Murong Ping, who led an army of more than 300,000 troops, in Luchuan, and took advantage of the victory to take Yecheng, the capital of the former Yan. After taking Yecheng, the former Yan emperor Murong Wei, who was heading for Liaodong, was captured by the Former Qin's pursuers, and the remnants of the former Yan's resistance in Liaodong were also eliminated, and the Former Qin officially annexed the Former Yan.

Fu Jian sent Fu Pi and others to attack Xiangyang, and the army led by Murong Chui and Yao Chang passed through Wudang and cooperated with Fu Pi to attack Xiangyang. A few months later, Yanzhou assassin Shi Peng Chao requested an attack on Pengcheng, and asked to send a heavy general to Huainan to cooperate with Fu Pi, who attacked Xiangyang, to form a trend of advancing from east to west, and eventually to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Fu Jian agreed and sent Ju Nan, Mao Sheng and others to attack Huaiyin and Xuyi, and Peng Chao supervised the military in the east.

The army attacking Xiangyang held out with the Jin army until the end of the year, due to the strategy of defending Zhu Xu's defense and forcing him to surrender in order to isolate Xiangyang. Because of this incident, Fu Pi was impeached, and Fu Jian ordered that Fu Pi should win by next spring at the latest. Fu Pi then turned to a sharp attack, and finally captured Xiangyang in the first month of the following year.

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The surnames of Wang and Xie are the big families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and in the old days, Wang Xie Qianyan flew into the homes of ordinary people. The Wang and Xie families mentioned in it refer to this. The people of the Xie family, there were many officials in the dynasty at that time, and there were many famous figures, and Xie An was one of the best.

Xie An, whose name is Anshi, is a native of Yangxia, Chen County, and is a famous politician and military strategist in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He only began to appear in his forties, and when he was Emperor Xiaowu of Jin, he became the prime minister.

The Xie family is a family, so Xie An's education method also obviously has the characteristics of the family. He never refused to use harsh words or direct accusations against the children of the Xie family, but was extremely tactful. Xie An was in the court, and the responsibility of educating his children fell on Mrs. Xie An. Mrs. Xie carefully educated her children, but she never saw her husband teach them, and once she rebuked her husband and said, "Why do you never teach your children?"

Xie An replied to his wife: "Who said that I don't educate my children? Aren't I educating them with my own behavior every day?" Xie An emphasized that he should influence his children by example.

Xu Fu came to this life, he assumed the name Xie Xuan, took refuge in the Xie family, and worshiped Xie An as his uncle. But Xie Xuan also has a problem, that is, he likes to have fun, and he always likes to wear a violet sachet on his body. This seems to be a small section of life, but to a certain extent, it reflects Xie Xuan's shortcomings.

Xie An was very unimpressed with Xie Xuan's hobby, feeling that he was too fat and lacked manly spirit. had the intention not to let Xie Xuan wear it, but he didn't want to hurt Xie Xuan's self-esteem, so he came up with an ingenious way.

Once, Xie An wanted to make a bet with Xie Xuan under the pretext that the two agreed that if Xie Xuan lost, he would give Xie An the violet sachet he was wearing, and Xie Xuan lost as a result of the bet between the two sides. Xie An smiled, asked for Xie Xuan's violet sachet, and did not move at all, throwing it into the fire and burning it. Xie Xuan is a person with a high level of understanding, and immediately understood Xie An's good intentions, a smart person can understand it at a point, Xie Xuan has slowly changed his bad habits of loving amusement.

At this time, the powerful Former Qin army posed a great threat to the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Fu Jian led the Former Qin army to invade the south repeatedly, and the imperial court urgently needed good generals to defend the north and resist the invasion of the Former Qin. Xie An deeply understood Xie Xuan, knew that Xie Xuan could take on this important responsibility, in order to further train Xie Xuan, he did not avoid the suspicion that he was the prime minister of the imperial court, and he resolutely recommended Xie Xuan to the imperial court at this time.

Zhongshu Lang Xuan Chao has always been at odds with Xie An, but when he saw Xie An recommending Xie Xuan, he also felt from the bottom of his heart that Xie An recommended him properly, and he couldn't help but admire: "Xie An is a wise move to go against the crowd, and Xie Xuan must live up to everyone's expectations." ”

The other courtiers didn't think so, and Xuan Chao tried his best to explain to him, and introduced Xie Xuan's talent to the courtiers that he had seen with his own eyes, so as to dispel everyone's doubts. Later, the imperial court appointed Xie Xuan as the general of Jianwu and the assassin of Yanzhou, in charge of the military north of the Yangtze River, and Xie Xuan became the general who directly resisted Fu Jian's army.

There are some legions that were once invincible all over the world, and no matter how many years have passed, their heroism is still stirring in the heavens and the earth, making people nostalgic and reverent, such as the Yue family army and the Qi family army. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there was also such an army, that is, the invincible and invincible Beifu Army, the founder of which was called Xie Xuan.

Xie Xuan is very smart and highly regarded by Xie An. Once Xie An asked: "Not all the people in my family have to come out to be officials, but why do you still hope that you can study hard and everyone has talents?"

Everyone was stunned, and no one could answer.

Xie Xuan said: "It's like the Zhilan jade tree, I always want them to grow in my own yard." ”

Xie An listened to it and appreciated it greatly. This is the origin of the idiom Zhilan Yushu, Zhilan refers to Ganoderma lucidum orchid grass, Yushu is the legendary fairy tree, and later it was compared to the children of both virtue and ability.

Xie An once asked him again: "Which one of the poems do you like the most?"

Xie Xuan replied: "In the past, I was in the past, and the willows were still there, but now I come to think about it, and the rain and snow are falling." ”

This is a famous sentence in the "Book of Songs", and there are four more sentences after it: "The way is slow, and the thirst is hungry." My heart is sad, and I don't know how to mourn. ”

This is an ordinary soldier who tells the hardships of long-term battles abroad and the longing for his hometown. I recall that when I first set out on the expedition, the willows were blown by the wind, and now I set foot on the way home, and the rain and snow are flying all over the sky. The difficulties in front of me think of the warmth of the past, and the sorrow comes from it, and the emotions gush out like a tide, which makes people infinitely sad. Xie An is a person with a temperament, and he suddenly felt that Xie Xuan was very similar to himself.

Xie Xuan has both civil and military skills, and has stayed under Huan Wen and Huan Huo. Huan Wen once said: "Xie Xuan will definitely be able to be a military commander in the future." ”

The imperial court of the Eastern Jin Dynasty has always been weak and incompetent, because the emperor has always been making peace, balancing the relationship between several large families, and basically relying on local warlords to fight. It's like an honorary chairman, who has no real power, and depends on the face of the local magistrate. Once the strongest Jingzhou soldiers rebelled, Jiankang trembled with fright, crying and shouting that the troops of Xu and Yan Erzhou would come to the rescue.

Xie An felt a deep pain, the power came out of the barrel of the gun, there was no descendant troops, just like there was no money now, and he didn't speak hard. He appointed Xie Xuan as the general of Jianwu, the assassin of Yanzhou, the minister of Lingguangling, the military supervisor of Jiangbei, and later concurrently served as the assassin of Xuzhou, so the first-class army Beifu Army was born.

What does Beifu mean?

Xu and Yan are basically merged into one, and the seat of governance is in Jingkou. Jingkou is south of the Yangtze River, Yangzhou belonged to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yanzhou and Xuzhou are in the north of the Yangtze River, and the eight poles can't be beaten, which is equivalent to the capital of this province is placed on the territory of another province, which is too strange.

It turned out that from the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, although Jingkou was the biological son of Yangzhou, it had already been passed to Xuzhou, and Xuzhou became a father-son relationship.

At the beginning, Zu Ti crossed the river for refuge, and after arriving in Sikou, he was appointed by Sima Rui as the assassin of Xuzhou, and later he continued to go south and lived in Jingkou. Zu Ti swore to the Northern Expedition, and also crossed the river from Jingkou to the north. After Su Jun broke through the capital, the northern exile Shuai Xi Jian also used Jingkou as his base camp in order to besiege Jiankang. After quelling the rebellion, Xi Jian served as the assassin of Xuzhou, and the base camp was also in Jingkou.

At that time, the Eastern Jin Dynasty divided the three prefectures of Xuzhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou, as well as Jinling County of Yangzhou, including Jingkou, into the same metropolitan area, and Xi Jian was the person in charge of this large military region. Because Kyoguchi is located in the northeast of Jiankang, and the territory under its management is mostly in the north, it is customary to call it Beifu.

When Xi Jian was alive, in order to settle the displaced people in the north, he selected strong people from them and trained them to form an army, which became the prototype of the Beifu Army. Because of his bravery in battle, Huan Wen once said: "Jingkou wine can be drunk, Kei can be used, and soldiers can be used." ”

After Xie Xuan arrived, the entire Guangling and Jingkou were inhabited by displaced people from the north, Xie Xuan recruited them on a large scale, trained them day and night, and the Beifu Army that shocked the north and south of the Great River was officially launched.