About Chapter 54 Story Introduction: On the eve of the Battle of Weishui, the Xianbei beggar tribe that had surrendered to the former Qin Empire launched a rebellion in the Longxi area, the former Qin emperor Fu Jian sent the Xianbei beggar tribe leader who was a general in the court, the son of the beggar Sifan, to lead the troops to quell the rebellion, and the beggar Guoren led the troops back to the Longxi region, and was warmly greeted by the uncle who led the rebellion of the tribes. The news of Fu Jian's defeat in the water came, and the beggar Guoren was still indifferent in the face of Fu Jian's order to summon him to the king of Jingqin, until the beggar Guoren heard the news that Fu Jian was killed, he established himself as the king, established the Western Qin regime, and built the capital warrior river, the beggar Guoren conquered the various tribes of the nomads in the Longxi region in three years, and gradually determined the territory of the Western Qin regime. He supported his younger brother to inherit the position of the lord of Western Qin.

In this story, after the disastrous defeat of the former Qin Empire that unified the north in the Battle of Weishui, following the Later Yan regime and the Western Yan regime established by the Xianbei Murong Tribe, the Xianbei Beggars who were nomadic in the Longxi region also began to embark on the road of independent statehood under the leadership of the leader Qifu Guoren. Regarding the origin of the Xianbei beggar tribe, the historical records are not detailed, only that the beggar tribe is a branch of the Xianbei tribe that originated at the southern foot of the Daxing'an Mountains, during the Western Jin Dynasty, this Xianbei tribe migrated westward through the Mongolian steppe, and the tribe of the Gaoche people on the Mongolian grassland at that time fused together, I think the Xianbei beggar tribe is called a mixed race of Xianbei people and Gaoche people, or it may just be that the leader of this Xianbei tribe married a woman of the Gaoche tribe, or the tribes of these two nomadic tribes met in the migration and intermarried with each other, The two tribes gradually became one tribe, and everyone jointly elected a man from the Xianbei tribe as their leader. From this, we can also see that in ancient China, there was little difference between the various tribes of the nomadic peoples, and these tribes formed alliances and hostility to each other in the process of nomadism and migration, and did not break out large-scale conflicts because of the cultural differences of the tribes, but there were wars in the struggle for survival resources.

In the process of gradually merging with a certain tribe of the Gaoche people, the Xianbei beggar tribe did not continue to nomadize in the Mongolian steppe, probably because the more powerful Xianbei Tuoba tribe was constantly squeezing the living space of the beggar tribe in the Mongolian steppe, so the Xianbei beggar tribe had to leave the Mongolian grassland, and in the process of migration, came to the Longxi area, relying on the good local natural environment, the Xianbei beggar tribe has been greatly developed, and conquered some small tribes of nomads who have migrated to the Longxi region. Its tribe began to grow stronger, until the adjacent people living in the Guanzhong region began to pass through the northwest region, the Xianbei beggar tribe was already the leading tribe in the Longxi region, but the Xianbei beggar tribe was not the opponent of the former Qin Empire that had occupied the Central Plains after all, under the leadership of the leader Qifu Sifan, in line with the general trend of the world, attached to the former Qin Empire, the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian also gave grace to the begging Si Fan, and stayed in Chang'an after the addition of the official to the knight, after the death of the beggar Sifan, His son, Qi Fu Guoren, succeeded his father's official title and was still retained by Fu Jian's side.

Regarding Fu Jian's order to beg Guoren to lead his troops to Longxi to quell the rebellion of the beggar department. I'm sure many people will think that this is too unreasonable, Qifu Guoren was originally a hostage of the Xianbei beggar tribe in the former Qin Empire who was detained by Fu Jian, how could Fu Jian let him go to conquer his own tribe! In fact, Fu Jian at this time should be in a state of self-confidence, because seeing that the former Qin Empire under his control has unified the northern region and has a million male soldiers, Fu Jian must firmly believe that it is impossible for a small Xianbei beggar to make a big wave, and send the beggar Guoren to quell the rebellion, the purpose must be to pacify and comfort the people of the Xianbei beggar tribe, maybe Fu Jian thinks so, and then send a leader to the Xianbei beggar tribe, so that they can first fight around the battle of the leader, He first pacified the Jiangnan region, and then turned back to clean up the small Xianbei beggar department, but he didn't expect that there was a battle of Weishui, and the former Qin's million army was defeated by more than few.

And as we said before, Fu Jian gave good treatment to these nomadic nobles who submitted to him, and he also thought that these nobles must be grateful to him, and when he eliminated the former Yan Empire that occupied the Kanto region, the chaos of the Qiu Chi State was helped by Yang An, a nobleman of the Qiu Chi State, who was heavily used by Fu Jian, to help him pacify, and even said that the former Qin general who forced the Xianbei beggars to submit was still Yang An. This time, he sent the beggar to quell the rebellion. Fu Jian must also think that Qifu Guoren can repay his kindness as well as Yang An, and Yang An, who forced Qifu Si Fan to return to obedience, is still by his side, how dare Qifu Guoren make a mistake easily.

However, Fu Jian greatly underestimated the ambition of the begging Guoren, and at the same time greatly underestimated the sincerity of the Xianbei beggar department for the begging Guoren, and even underestimated the desire of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to survive.

When Qifu Guoren just arrived in the Longxi area, the rebellious Qifu Si Fan led the people to welcome the leader back, and the words of Qifu Guoren ignited the enthusiasm of the people for the founding of the country, and at the same time as the son, Fu Jian's million-strong army was beaten in Weishui and lost his armor, and the Xianbei Murong Department took the opportunity to start the restoration movement, especially in the Guanzhong region to conquer the city of the Xiyan regime, so that Fu Jian was like a fish in the throat, Fu Jian had no energy to take care of the Houyan regime in the Kanto region, let alone estimate the affairs of the Longxi region, so that There was an anarchic vacuum in the not rich Longxi region, and it was only natural that the most powerful tribe in the region, the Xianbei Beggar Tribe, would establish an independent state.

However, after the begging Guoren took over the people, he soon called Wang Jianguo, but at this time, the degree of sinicization of the entire Xianbei beggar was not deep, through the begging Si Fan Zen position, the beggar Guoren was able to take over the people smoothly, and was unanimously supported by the people, we can see that the Xianbei beggar department at that time was simple-minded, selfless, loyal and commendable. It is enough to see that the degree of sinicization of the Xianbei beggar tribe at that time was very low, and it seems that it can smell the taste of the primitive nomadic tribe.

In fact, judging from the development of the nomadic regime that has left traces in the history of our country, at the beginning of the establishment of the power of these nomads, their famous leaders were often descendants of down-and-out tribal leaders, and soon won the support of the entire tribe. The first khan of the Rouran Khanate, who dominated the Mongolian steppe, was only a slave of the Xianbei Tuoba Department before his hairline, and soon won the support of the tribe when he returned to his tribe, Nurhachi, the founder of the Manchu Dynasty, was a peddler pawn before the army, and also got the support of the old family department, and the Northern Wei Dynasty established by the Xianbei Tuoba Department that ended the troubled times of the Sixteen Kingdoms, its founding emperor Tuoba Jue was also a descendant of the king of the dead country who was hunted down by the various tribes of the grassland, and when he grew up, the people gradually attached. It can be seen that at the beginning of the establishment of the nomadic feudal state, the tribes of these tribes still stayed in their primitive living state, and their identification with the leader was more derived from blood relationship, and they did not care about the leader's ability to govern. This was true of the Western Qin regime, as well as the Later Yan regime established by the Xianbei Murong tribe and the Later Qin regime established by the Qiang people.

Since Qifu Guoren established himself as the king under the support of the tribes, in order to completely control the Longxi region, Qifu Guoren led the tribes to launch a annexation war with other nomadic tribes around the country, from which we can also see that there were many nomadic tribes that migrated to live in the Longxi area at that time, and the tribes of these nomads came to help them extensively, including the tribes from the Xianbei tribe, the tribes from the Gaoche tribe, the tribes from the Xiongnu and so on. But these tribes are supposed to be weak nomadic tribes who have lost in the struggle for habitat in the Mongolian steppe, although when they were in the Longxi region and the same as the Xianbei beggars, they were all subject to the former Qin Empire, but with the collapse of the former Qin Empire and the rise of the Xianbei beggar tribe, these nomadic tribes also began to become restless, they formed a coalition to curb the expansion of the Xianbei beggar tribe, but in the end they were defeated and annexed by the far-sighted beggar Guoren and became part of the Xianbei beggar tribe.

In fact, from the annexation war between the various tribes of the nomadic tribes in the Longxi region, we can see that the integration between the various nomadic tribes in the Longxi region is a microcosm of the ethnic integration during the entire Sixteen Kingdoms period, and from the Xianbei beggar tribe gradually controlling the Longxi region centered on today's Yushu area in Gansu, we can also see that the great ethnic integration is supported by the people of all ethnic groups and is recognized by the people of all ethnic groups. And we can see that in ancient times, the differences between the various tribes of the nomads were not large, and the sense of mutual identity was super strong, in fact, in Xinjiang and Yunnan, where there are more ethnic minorities in our ethnic minority areas today, unless we have a better understanding of the local ethnic minorities, our ordinary people are unable to distinguish the differences between these ethnic minorities, I speculate that the various tribes of the nomads in the Longxi region at that time should also be like this, even if there is no Xianbei beggar tribe alone, These tribes would also merge with the larger Han ancestors during this period and become the new Han ancestors. The establishment of the Western Qin regime only became the driving force for the integration of various ethnic groups in the Longxi region, and allowed the local people of all ethnic groups to move to a new historical stage from the beginning of the day.

After the death of Qifu Guoren, his subordinates supported his younger brother Qifu Qiangui to inherit the position of the lord of the Western Qin, which was not only in the troubled times to have a long monarch to take the helm for the Western Qin regime, but also because the Qifu Qiangui attached importance to the relationship with the Han ancestors in the Longxi region at that time, in fact, after the Qifu Qiangui became the master of the Western Qin regime, the Western Qin regime began to reuse the family clans in the Longxi region on a large scale into the ruling class, which further promoted the integration of the nomads and the Han ancestors in the Longxi region, and the Western Qin regime began to stabilize in the Longxi region. Become one of the Sixteen Nations.