Section 349 The Qiang Question (2)
The so-called Huangzhong Yicong, the full name should be called: Huangzhong Region Yueshi Yicong Hu Qi!
Around the time of the reign of Emperor Xiaowen of Emperor Taizong of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu had a large-scale war with the Yueshi people, who were active in the Hexi Corridor at that time and ruled the Western Regions.
As a result of the war, the history of Asia changed dramatically.
After the defeat of the Yue, they moved west to the Amu Darya River Valley, and then continued to invade and harass the kingdom of Bactria, which had once ruled Central Asia and coveted South Asia, and annexed the kingdom established by the descendants of the Greco-Macedonian colonists known as Bactria in the Han dynasty, and finally established the Kushan dynasty.
In this process, the Yueshi people accepted and believed in Buddhism, and the glorious Kushan culture was born.
In the east, due to the defeat of the Yue clan, the Xiongnu dominated almost all of Northeast Asia, establishing the first nomadic empire in history.
And those Yue clan tribes and nobles who did not have time to retreat with the Yue Clan's royal court, under the strong blows and suppression of the Huns, some of them surrendered to the Xiongnu's old Shangshan Yu at that time.
Lao Shangshan Yu gave these surrendered tribes as a gift to his brother, the adopted son of Mao Dun Shan Yu, Wusun Da Kun Mo Hunting Arrogance.
As a result, a powerful faction appeared within the Wusun Kingdom - Yueshi Xihou.
Needless to say, what Lao Shangshan Yu gave his brother was a sugar-coated poison.
Later, the division of the Wusun Empire also started because of this.
The other part of the remnants of the Yue clan were unwilling to surrender to the enemy, so they led their troops and hid in the mountains west of the river, where they lived with the Qiang people.
This led to the emergence of a group called the 'Satsuki clan'.
When Wei Qing recovered the Hetao, Huo Qu's illness was born.
The Xiaoyue clan's divisions, which were active in the Hexi region, began to move south one after another, relying on the Han army, and the Yueshi Yi became a member of the Han army's combat sequence from Hu Cai.
In the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Hexi Qiang people joined forces and held the largest rebellion in history!
At least 150,000 Qiang joined the rebellion.
They crossed the Huangshui and headed north to contact the Xiongnu.
Cooperate with the Xiongnu in an attempt to destroy the Han rule in Hexi and even in Hetao.
When the Han family heard this, they first sent a large army to defeat the attacking Hun cavalry.
Then, mobilize the county soldiers of Longxi, Anding, Tianshui, Sanfu and Henan, with the general Li Xi as the main commander, to quell the rebellion.
It took two months to put down the rebellion.
That time, it is said that there were as many as seventy or eighty thousand Qiang heads just cut off!
Afterwards, in order to prevent something similar from happening again.
The Han family gave the most fertile area of water and grass in the Huangshui Valley to the Xiaoyue people as their nomadic territory.
Correspondingly, the Xiaoyue people needed to cover the connection between the Qiang and the Xiongnu for the Han family.
Since then, although the Qiang people have continued to rebel, no one has been able to contact the Xiongnu.
And without foreign aid, the Qiang people rebelled on their own, which was similar to sending their heads to the countryside.
The Han family did not need to mobilize, and they could suppress all rebellions by relying only on the righteous servants in Huangzhong.
Over the past 20 years, the righteous servants of Huangzhong have faithfully fulfilled their promise to the Han family.
Not only did not let a Qiang tribe cross the Huangshui to get in touch with the Huns.
They also tried their best to assist the Han clan to suppress the rebellion of the Xiqiang tribes.
It is precisely because of the existence of the righteous servants in Huangzhong, even if there is no warning of the Qiang people, the order and law and order of the Han family in the Hexi region are generally maintained.
But Zhang Yue knew that soon, things would change.
Because......
Time is the most powerful weapon in this world.
It can make heroes grow old, legends fade, and loyalties fade.
In the Huangshui Basin, after loyally guarding the fence for the Han family for more than 20 years, as the older generation of Yue's righteous followers grow old, the new generation grows up.
Voices of doubt inevitably appeared.
The new generation of Huang Zhongyi from various ministries no longer has the loyalty and recognition of their parents to the Han family.
On the contrary, they inevitably became tainted with the habits of the Qiang people in their dealings with the Western Qiang tribes.
As a result, a Qiang rebellion comparable to the six years of Yuan Ding was brewing.
Judging from the historical materials that Zhang Yue traced, this time, many of the righteous servants in Huangzhong, who were supposed to suppress the rebellion, were also involved.
Even those who were not involved took on an ambiguous attitude at both ends of the snake's head.
What's even more terrifying is that this rebellion is not as easy to suppress as last time.
Judging from the historical descriptions held by Zhang Yue, this rebellion lasted for decades, and the Qiang people launched large and small rebellions one after another.
It was not until the reign of Emperor Xuan that it was suppressed again.
And the consequence of this incident was that Huang Zhongyi and Wu Hengyi gradually broke away from the clamp of the Han family and became a semi-independent military group.
What's worse than the Wuheng people is that because the Huangzhong Yue clan is from Hu Qi, and it belongs to the official power recognized by the Han family.
Its impact is more profound.
It even lasted until the five chaos of China!
Of course, Zhang Yue will never allow such a situation to happen again!
It was necessary for the Han clan to strengthen its control over the Yueshi tribes in Huangzhong, especially to strengthen their education.
Thinking of this, Zhang Yue said, "Captain Fan...... This official heard that since the death of the Duke of Houzi Houji, the heir of the Hou Hou after the death of the Hou Kingdom, the rise and destruction of the country, and the succession of the peerless, this ancient gentleman's trip is also, the captain is willing to join hands with the official to write to the Son of Heaven, and ask the Son of Heaven to choose one person from the branch of the nephew of the son of the Emperor to worship the sacrifice of the Emperor? ”
She is a descendant of the royal family of the Yue clan who is respected by all the tribes of the Xiaoyue clan.
The bloodline is orthodox, even if it is in the Yue Clan's royal court in the Amu Darya River, I am afraid that they will recognize each other.
This Hou was the king of Xiaoyue's right canal back then, and led his troops to join the Han family.
It's a pity that he was not very powerful and did not give birth to a son, so he was deposed after his death.
If he can support a son and nephew of his and continue his position, it may work wonders.
Even if it can't, it's nothing.
There are only 1,800 households in the Hou Hou Kingdom, and the annual tax is only 350,000 yuan, so it is not a loss to spend such a small amount of money to buy a horse bone.
When Fan Mingyou heard this, he said, "Waiter, this matter has already been suggested...... But the court doesn't allow it! ”
"That's someone else'......" Zhang Yue said with a smile: "The captain only says whether he is willing or not!" ”
The princes returned to the family, as long as the Son of Heaven nodded, there was nothing that could not be done.
Besides, it's just a small marquis country with 1,800 households.
Zhang Yue felt that as long as this issue was clearly explained, there would not be much of a problem.
"The last general is naturally willing!" When Fan Mingyou heard this, he said happily.
If he can further win over and befriend the Yue's righteous servants in the Huangzhong region, then for him, the captain of the Qiang Protector, it is a good thing that fell from the sky, and he has no reason to refuse.
"Then please ask the captain to continue to introduce the situation of the Qiang people's departments!" Zhang Yue put down the matter of Huangzhong Yicong first, and for him, this is all he can do now.
But in the future, he will definitely strengthen his control over the various tribes of the Yue Clan, and then assimilate them culturally, religiously, and believingly.
There is one thing, Zhang Yue knows very well - the Zhuxia nation, no one can be special.
For the peoples of Northeast Asia, there are only two options before them – become Chinese, or move west.
There is no such thing as wanting benefits and wanting to engage in special existence.
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Zhang Yue and Fan Mingyou talked for most of the day in the Kanyu room.
In the end, Zhang Yue got a lot of information that he could not get in Shiqu Pavilion and Lantai and later history books.
For the group of Xiqiang, there is also more understanding and cognition.
Judging from Pham Minh Huu's description, the Qiang people are a very special, primitive and ancient ethnic group.
In fact, there has never been a nation called 'Qiang'.
The name Qiang people is actually a name imposed on them by the Xiongnu and the Han family.
Just like the British in later generations, India did not exist in the world.
The so-called Qiang people mean shepherds in the Xiongnu language, and in the Chinese context, the meaning is similar.
In other words, in fact, the Qiang people are the self-perception of the overlords of the Han and Hungarian countries.
But the Qiang people themselves don't sell it at all.
The Qiang people have N populations, each of which has its own unique primitive beliefs, customs, and even different dietary habits.
For example, some Qiang people have begun to focus on farming, but some Qiang people still make a living by shepherding sheep.
Moreover, there are different races among the Qiang people.
There are Xiongnu-like Xiongnu species, Han-like Han Qiang species, and high-nosed and deep-eyed Cypriot species.
Therefore, the various tribes of the Qiang people have very different habits and completely different styles.
You are like the Gu Qiang in Juyan and the Xian Lingqiang between Tianshui, that is the mortal enemy!
The kind that never dies when you meet.
In addition, Quqiang, who now lives in the Zhangye area, has adapted well to life under the rule of the Han family, and has lived a very comfortable life, and there is no difference between it and the Han immigrants in the past 20 years.
However, the feudal Qiang, which is active in the west of Huangshui, cannot be appeased at all.
Because, the men of this group are too lazy to die.
Not to mention grazing like Xian Lingqiang, even throwing a few handfuls of millet into the field, he refused to do it.
Their lives are always in the middle of if they have something to eat, then they eat, and if they don't have anything to eat, they go to grab it.
It doesn't matter who robs it!
It doesn't matter if it's Han or Huns.
In short, let's talk about it.
And Sister Lao Qiang and Feng Yangqiang are feuds and mortal enemies!
First Lingqiang and prison sister Qiang, sealed Qiang is a mortal enemy!
In those days when there was no intervention of the Han and Xiongnu, these three parties had already killed people on both sides of the Huangshui River, and the blood flowed like a river.
The history between each other is in the end of your side and our side.
"I don't know which fool actually gave them a common ethnic name......" Zhang Yue looked at the map, and then thought back to what Fan Mingyou introduced, and there were countless grass and mud horses wreaking havoc in his heart.
Originally, the Qiang people in Hexi and Huangshui had no national consciousness at all.
Their hatred for each other is as deep as the sea.
As a result, I don't know which fool told them one day - you are Qiang.
And then......
And they woke up—oh, we were Qiang.
As a result, there was a great catastrophe that lasted for the two Hans!
Although so far, the Qiang people are still fighting fiercely.
But they have learned and know how to fight together in the face of foreign enemies.
The Xiqiang rebellion in the sixth year of the Yuan Ding Dynasty was opened after the first Lingqiang, the prison sister Qiang and the feudal Qiang resolved their revenge and became an alliance.
With the passage of time, the Qiang people's awareness of 'we are Qiang people' will gradually increase.
Until one day, it becomes a whole or is destroyed by an external force.
This process is almost irreversible.
for the seed has been sown and has sprouted.
"It seems that I will have to go to Jincheng County in the future!" Zhang Yue thought in his heart.
After the Xiqiang Rebellion in the sixth year of the Yuan Dynasty, the Han family expelled the rebellious Xian Lingqiang, Fengyang Qiang and Prison Sister Qiang to the mountains west of Lingju.
Judging from the map, it is about the Qinghai area in the later generations.
The harsh environment has led to the intensification of competition between them, and the longing for the fertile soil and hometown of the south will also lead them to constantly try to go south in order to return to their hometown.
Zhang Yue knew that a solution had to be found.
Otherwise, the rule of the Han dynasty in the Hexi region would not be stable.
Migrants, in particular, are afraid to go there.
So how to solve this problem?
It is clear that mere slaughter will not help.
Moreover, the ability of the Qiang people to move in the mountains is unrivaled in the world.
Back then, when the Xiongnu Empire was strong, it conquered and suppressed the Qiang every year, and even slaughtered them on a large scale.
Capture all the men, women, and children of the ruined Qiang tribe and turn them into slaves.
nor did he destroy them.
What's more, now, except for those who have surrendered to the Han family and learned to farm, the Qiang tribes have been expelled to the vast world and plateau north of Huangshui.
What if the Han army was going to crusade against them?
The steepness and barrenness of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau were enough for the Han army to drink a pot.
The Qiang people living in these places have adapted to the local area.
Zhang Yue didn't want the Han army to go to those places to die.
However, if we only isolate and expel them, we can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.
They will continue to move south, impacting the security of the Han family in the Hexi region.
As long as they seize an opportunity and break through the defense of Huangshui, then the Han cities and farmlands of Jiuquan, Zhangye, and Juyan will be ravaged by them.
They may not be able to engage in construction.
But sabotage is a master.
In terms of current productivity, their next trip to the south would be enough to sabotage the Han family's efforts in Hexi for ten or even decades.
What to do?
Suddenly, an idea came to Zhang Yue's mind.
"Huang Zhongyi follows the ...... Xiqiang ......" Zhang Yue moved his muscles: "If I can promote the Han family and subsidize the Qiang slaves and maids......"
For example, the abolition of the calculation restrictions on Qiang slaves and maids – in other words, the poll tax on the purchase of Qiang slaves and maids by large landowners in the interior would be exempted.
For example, the landlord who has Qiang slaves and maids is rewarded for being strong.
Then the Qiang slaves and maids will be popular.
Demand will arise, and demand will lead to the market, and the market will deal with the problem with an invisible hand.
Driven by interests, the Yue's righteousness in Huangzhong will ......
It's just that this method is a bit negative.
Moreover, Zhang Yue has no way to convince the state to agree.
"Alas, the status is still too low, and the prestige is too little......" Zhang Yue sighed, determined to brush up his reputation from today!