About Chapter 41 Story Introduction: When Zhang Jun and Zhang Chonghua father and son were in charge of Liangzhou, they protected the territory and the people for more than 30 years, and sent troops to the Western Regions, subjugated the countries of the Western Regions, and the former Liang regime reached its peak, however, Zhang Chonghua died of depression due to the adultery of his biological mother Ma and his brother Zhang Zuo, and his son Zhang Yaoling was young, and the throne was usurped by his uncle Zhang Zuo, Zhang Zuo was jealous of his talents, and he was extravagant and promiscuous, and the people of Liangzhou were despised. Zhang Qian and others supported Zhang Yaoling's brother Zhang Xuanliang to inherit the throne, and after Zhang Zuo's rebellion subsided, the Qianliang regime also began to decline.

It can be seen from this story that the Qianliang regime established by the ancestors of the Han nationality, when the northern land fell into the nomadic tribes called the emperor and founded the country, still maintained the control of the northwest region in the hands of the Han ancestors, and through the unremitting efforts of the Zhang family, the northwest region still maintained a stable stage of development, although after Zhang Zuo usurped the Qianliang regime, the development of the northwest region was delayed, but the Qianliang regime was only a mutual tilt and fight between the upper strata, for the people at the bottom, This is just a conversation after dinner, so whether Zhang Zuo is jealous of his ability or indulgence, it will not have a great impact on the overall development of the northwest region.

The record of Zhang Zuo in the history books is very unbearable, but I think this is not entirely accurate, as the ruler of the feudal regime, jealousy can belong to the instinct of the ruler, as long as there are ministers or clans whose ability level is higher than their own, it must be regarded as a stumbling block to their own imperial power, and the ruler will definitely think that they must threaten their dominance of the regime for these capable ministers and clans, so every ruler of the feudal regime will do his best to suppress the capable ministers, Zhang Zuo is naturally no exception, and the extravagance of the ancient emperors is only because they ended up being killed or ruined, and later generations will be so evaluated, and the same is true of Zhang Zuo, so although Zhang Zuo's period in charge of Liangzhou is regarded as the turning point of the former Liang regime from prosperity to decline, I still think that during this period, the northwest region still maintained stable development, but because of the mediocrity of the rulers, the development speed slowed down or slowed down.

In general, the Qianliang regime under the rule of the Zhang family has made great contributions to the development of the northwest region in the history of our country, especially when the Qianliang regime was at its peak, sent troops to recover the Western Regions that were separated from the control of the Central Plains Dynasty in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, providing historical evidence that Xinjiang has been an inseparable part of China's territory since ancient times.

As for the decline of the former Liang regime from the reign of Zhang Zuo, I think this should be relative, because with the abolition of Zhang Zuo, the upper echelons of the former Liang regime were constantly fighting for the ruling power, while the Central Plains region was reunited with the former Qin Empire that occupied the Guanzhong region and the former Yan Empire that occupied the Kanto region, and the former Qin Empire was established by the Di people who were very sinicized, and the ruling class was composed of the children of the Hanmen Shu people, culturally, politically, economically, The strength of the former Qin Empire far exceeded that of the Later Zhao Empire, which occupied the Central Plains in the early days of the Sixteen Kingdoms, for the former Liang regime entrenched in the northwest, its territory was vast but sparsely populated, and the development speed could not catch up with the rich and populous former Qin Empire, and after decades of peaceful development, the former Liang regime had already anesthetized itself in the song and dance, and it was impossible to be ready to go, the opponent of the former Qin Empire, not to mention that the former Liang regime was already divided in the war-torn era. When there is a feudal empire that can have the ability to dominate the world, Liangzhou and its affiliated Western Regions must also conform to the development of this historical trend and return to the big family of the Central Plains Dynasty, so the demise of the former Liang regime is only a matter of time in front of the prosperous Former Qin Empire.

As a family in Liangzhou, the Zhang family completed its historical mission, in this era of the feudal dynasty ruling class by the scholar landlord class, the Zhang family made outstanding contributions to the development of the northwest region, but also because of the decades of peaceful development in the northwest region, the various tribes of the nomads living here began to develop and accept the baptism of Han culture, which also began to enter the historical process of ethnic integration for the various tribes of the nomads in the northwest region in the future. It gradually integrated into the Han ancestors and laid the groundwork for the feudal dynasties after the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms period in China's history.

That is to say, in the middle and late stages of the Qianliang regime, no matter which prestigious and talented monarch reigned, the Qianliang regime, as a corner, could not be isolated in the northwest region, outside the big family of the Chinese nation, and it was bound to be annexed by the Qianqin Empire that occupied the Central Plains. The former Liang regime with weak national strength.

From the later period of the former Liang regime, we can see that the ruling class of the former Liang regime is completely in line with the ruling model of its master, the Western Jin Dynasty, and is basically dominated by the scholar landlord class, and the ruling model of the aristocratic landlord class and the scholar landlord class coexist, which will inevitably lead to the former Liang regime when the monarch's ability is insufficient, there will be a chaotic situation of internal turmoil, the former Liang regime is a small copy of the Western Jin Dynasty, but by taking the opportunity of the Central Plains chaos, The local family can ensure the stable life of the local people, through the prosperity of the Zhang family in Liangzhou, proper governance, the success of a corner of Liangzhou, survive for decades, to the young Zhang Yaoling was supported, the internal landlord class and the aristocratic landlord class will inevitably start a struggle around the right to rule, although the Zhang family relies on the prestige and power in the Liangzhou area to continue to suppress other families in the Liangzhou area, but the overall national strength of the former Liang regime is also rapidly declining in the internal turmoilAt the same time, the national strength of the former Qin Empire, dominated by the Shu landlord class, was growing continuously and rapidly, and the former Liang regime became the bag of the former Qin Empire.

The young Zhang Xuanliang was established as the lord of the former Liang country, and it was inevitable to follow in the footsteps of his brother Zhang Yaoling, and the Zhang family was far more prestigious than other families, so after the former Liang clan Zhang Tianxi abolished the former Liang country's claim Xuanliang, he sat on the throne of the king, but after many years of political turmoil at the top of the rule, the rulers continued to change, and the people in Liangzhou were completely discouraged by the Zhang family, which was infighting in the court. The former Liang State advocated that Tianxi could only look at Wang Meng's persuasion and sighed helplessly, surrendering to the Former Qin Empire was the best choice for the Former Liang regime at this time, and Zhang Tianxi naturally obeyed Wang Meng's persuasion and had to become a vassal of the Former Qin Empire. However, the former Qin Emperor Fu Jian, who wanted to unify the world, would never allow an independent kingdom to exist in his empire, and Zhang Tianxi's submission could not bring long-term stability to the Qianliang regime, and the people of the northwest region could not obtain a long-term stable life.

What's more, after Zhang Tianxi abolished Zhang Xuanliang, the former Liang regime was already disheartened, and the people in Liangzhou wanted to rely on the blessings of the Zhang family to live a paradise-like life, but since Zhang Zuo's usurpation, the Zhang family has been fighting continuously around the ruling power, and the people in Liangzhou have to choose a new way out. The guards of the local counties and counties in the former Liang regime have chosen to protect themselves and stand on their own, while the rulers of the former Liang regime are busy with infighting and have no time to take care of it, the elder Zhang Tianxi wanted to do something after usurping the throne, and it can be said that he was busy in the face of small regimes in various places, but it is a pity that the former Qin Empire, which was immortal in the heart of the former Liang regime, could not give Zhang Tianxi too much time, and the people in the northwest were also tired of living in fear, and the former Liang regime could only perish under the iron hooves of the former Qin Empire.

The founding time of the former Liang regime is the longest among the northern states during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, which has the ruler born in the Han ancestors, can provide a national identity to a large number of Han ancestors living in the Central Plains during the war period when the nomads entered the Central Plains, and the refuge of cultural identity has a lot to do with it, and the rulers of the former Liang regime were born in local families, far more aware of the people's sufferings than the central families, and their nature is closer to the later Shu landlord class, So this is also an important reason why the former Liang regime has been able to enjoy the country for the longest time.

However, the former Liang regime is still a small regime in the northwest region of An, and in the early period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Cheng Han regime in the Shu region of An, can not avoid the fate of being annexed by the powerful dynasty, but the trend of ethnic integration is different, the Cheng Han regime established by the Di people was destroyed by the orthodox dynasty of the Han ancestors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the former Liang regime established by the Han ancestors was destroyed by the former Qin Empire founded by the Di people, and it is also the process of ethnic integration during the Sixteen Kingdoms period. A concrete embodiment of the integration of the Han ancestors and the Di people.