Text: Foolish people talk about dreams: Qianqin and Qianyan

A brief story about Chapter 34: The former Qin Emperor Fu Jian relied heavily on Wang Meng, who was from the Hanmen Shu clan, and according to Wang Meng's words, vigorously developed his own economy, limited the power of meritorious dignitaries, strengthened imperial power, and sent envoys to make friends with the Eastern Jin Dynasty, waiting for opportunities to weaken the Qianliang regime far northwest, and paying close attention to the political changes in the political situation of the Former Yan Empire, which occupied the Kwantung region and was strong. Murong Jun, the emperor of the former Yan Empire, originally wanted to send troops to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty in his lifetime, but at the time of the military parade, his illness worsened, and when he was dying, he entrusted his younger brother Murong Ke, who was ill and famous, after Murong Jun died of illness, Murong Ke, who was in charge, saw that the new emperor was established and the political situation was unstable, so he canceled the plan to conquer the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south.

In fact, from this story, we can clearly see that the former Yan Empire that occupies the eastern part of the country is far more powerful than the former Qin Empire that occupies the Guanzhong, but through the former Yan Empire when it was strong, it chose to conquer the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south and prepare to pacify the Jiangnan region in one go, which fully shows that although the Xianbei Murong Department of the former Yan Empire has entered the Central Plains, the degree of sinicization is not high.

In fact, it is definitely not a wise choice for the former Yan Empire to occupy the Kanto region to invade the Eastern Jin Dynasty in the south, politically speaking, the Eastern Jin Dynasty is the orthodox regime of the Han ancestors, the former Yan Empire is coming, the families of the Eastern Jin Dynasty will inevitably give up their previous suspicions and unite against the former Yan Empire, and the Han ancestors in the northern region do not want to see their mother country perish, the current Yan army is going south, the Kanto region is bound to be empty, and the clans who control the local real power are likely to rise up, At that time, the former Yan Empire will inevitably fall into an embarrassing situation of fragmentation. And the former Yan Empire only went south to the south of the Yangtze River with the power of the Kwantung region, and the Guanzhong region was still in the hands of the former Qin Empire established by the Di people with a high degree of sinicization, even if the Kwantung region was rich, compared with the Jiangnan region that had been developed for hundreds of years, it would not be much stronger, after all, the war was a big competition of comprehensive national strength between the two countries, the former Yan Empire and the Eastern Jin Dynasty would not be much different in terms of comprehensive national strength, and the former Yan Empire had more internal contradictions, and there was the rising Qianqin Empire behind it, and this time the troops would definitely be defeated.

Moreover, the army of the former Yan Empire should retain the tradition of the nomads, mainly cavalry, in the face of the Jiangnan water network can be said to be difficult to move an inch, at the same time, the humid climate in the south is not suitable for the Xianbei people who are accustomed to the dry climate of the north for a long time, as long as the Eastern Jin Dynasty remains on the defensive, for a long time, the former Yan army will be rampant with plague, without a fight. Murong Jun's large number of laborers from the country to join the army are likely to cause a shortage of labor in the country, cause a production crisis, trigger a shortage of food, and then threaten the stability of the entire country and the army. If Murong Jun led the army to the south, he would inevitably stage the results of the Battle of Weishui in advance, but history cannot be assumed, the former Yan Empire was lucky, Murong Jun was seriously ill on the day of the army, and soon died of illness.

Almost the same as this, the ruler of the former Qin Empire who occupied Guanzhong, Fu Jian, with the assistance of the famous minister Wang Meng, was to develop the people's livelihood and develop the country's economy as the foundation of conquering the world, and adopted the strategic policy of distant friendship and close attack, which was very in line with the general situation of the world at that time, when the former Qin Empire wanted to unify the world, the strongest opponent was the former Yan Empire that occupied the eastern part of the country, Wang Meng, as an outstanding strategist in ancient China, clearly saw that the unification of the north was the primary strategic purpose of the former Qin Empire, The Former Qin Empire's preferred target of attack was entirely in the Kanto region.

The former Yan Empire is much stronger than the former Qin Empire, but its ruler Murong Jun chose the wrong target in the strategic direction, and his most preferred attack target is the Guanzhong region that has just experienced the Fusheng Rebellion. Even if the Former Yan Empire is stable and the Eastern Jin Dynasty is vulnerable, there is a thriving Former Qin Empire behind Murong Jun, when Murong Jun obtains the Jiangnan region, the Former Qin Empire will inevitably attack from behind, and Murong Jun will also be difficult to care about, and the conquest of Jiangnan will inevitably fall short.

From this point of view, the Xianbei people who established the former Yan Empire are far from the wisdom and strategic vision of the Han ancestors, and also because the Di people who established the former Qin Empire have a high degree of sinicization, and they will inevitably accept the strategic thinking of the Han ancestors, so in the choice of strategic goals, the former Yan Empire has fallen behind a lot, even if the Kanto region is rich, there is no intelligent wisdom and lofty vision in the ruling class, and this country can only be the meat of other people's mouths.

Although the Xianbei people are far from having a high degree of sinicization of the Di people, but after Murong Jun led the Xianbei tribe to occupy the Kanto region, in fact, the Xianbei Murong Department was also in the process of sinicization, from the time when Murong Jun was critically ill, from the point of view of the matter of Tuogu Murong Ke, it is very Liu Bei Baidi City Tuogu Zhuge Liang's taste, if the Xianbei Murong Department did not go south, did not accept the Han ancestors, and continued to live a primitive life in the northeast, the high-ranking Murong Ke will inevitably kill all Murong Jun's descendants and stand on his own, However, because the Xianbei Murong Department has begun to be sinicized, and it has been deeply influenced by our Han culture, it is impossible for Murong Ke to do anything to kill the lord and seize power.

Similarly, Murong Jun, as the king of a country, also made a lot of foreshadowing for the act of supporting Gu, which shows that the degree of sinicization of the Xianbei Murong Department was relatively deep at that time, but there was still a certain gap compared with the Di people.

On the other hand, when Shi Le of the Later Zhao Empire was terminally ill, the high-ranking and powerful Shi Hu did something to kill the lord and seize power. From the alternation of thrones in the feudal empires established by these two nomads, it can be seen that the degree of sinicization of the Qianren people at that time was far lower than that of the Xianbei Murong Ministry.

In fact, in the early period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, because the degree of sinicization of the nomads was not deep, the idea of loyalty and patriotism was not deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, in the Han Zhao Empire, the Later Zhao Empire, the matter of killing the lord and seizing power often happened, but in the middle and late stages of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, although the incident of killing the lord and seizing power did not decrease, the probability of success of the rebel was greatly reduced. This shows that the various tribes of the nomads have a relatively high degree of sinicization, and when a high-powered clan minister is ready to kill the lord and seize power, the ruler still has a large number of supporters, making it difficult for those who want to usurp power.

Moreover, throughout the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the usurpation of power by the Han ancestors of Huhua was often relatively high, which also shows that the nomadic people's recognition or cultural identity of our Han ancestors. However, in the early period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the successful usurpation of the throne by the powerful vassals of the Han ancestors was often accompanied by the counterattack of the nomads, and was soon swallowed up by the nomads with strong military strength. In the middle and late period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the Han ancestors who lived in the country founded by the nomads were also imperceptibly Huized, at this time, the powerful ministers who were born in the Han ancestors successfully usurped the throne, and the nomads who had begun to Sinicize were very recognized by them, and were willing to serve the rulers of the Han ancestors.

In fact, in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the sinicization of the nomads is deep and shallow, and the feudal countries they created have also appeared in different modes of management, but in order to better maintain feudal rule, learning the cultural etiquette system of the Central Plains is a process that each kingdom must go through, and finally these founding nomads must be sinicized, and the Han ancestors who also lived in the country created by the nomads must also mix with the nomads, and accept some fine traditions and habits of the nomads. These Han ancestors have gradually become Huhua, but because the Chinese civilization is more extensive and profound, and the stable settled life is more desirable to the nomads, therefore, the Han ancestors of Huhua, or the Chinese nomads, have finally become the new Han ancestors, in the process of national integration, all of them are adhering to the principle of taking its essence and removing its dross, which has led to the nomadic and Han ancestors have more or less changed the original production and life mode of their own nation. A new mode of production and life has been formed, and even some patterns have continued to this day, for example, the newly formed Han ancestors abandoned the Hanfu with wide robes and large sleeves that were not conducive to production and life, and began to wear short clothes and narrow sleeves, and gradually changed the sitting on the ground that was not conducive to physical growth to sitting with their feet down. Later, the nomadic tribes that rose, when they were strong, no longer built a loose tribal alliance state, but also had to establish their own feudal dynasty, and even in their own clan names are relatively close to the naming of a single race, there are no longer many titles, such as the establishment of the Khitan of the Liao Dynasty, the establishment of the Western Xia Party, the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty of Mongolia and so on.

The sinicization of nomads is actually a process of moving towards a settled life. This is also the general trend that primitive, rudimentary, and backward nomadic life will inevitably be eliminated by history. However, after thousands of years of historical development, the nomadic way of life has not completely disappeared, until the founding of New China, under the care and care of our party and state, many ethnic minorities who once lived a nomadic life have basically lived a happy settled life, and now the nomadic life of the minority families that can be preserved is extremely rare, and now we can see the nomadic way of life, which is basically preserved by various ethnic minority areas for the development of tourism. Our country has completely helped ethnic minorities get rid of the simple mode of life that has existed for thousands of years, which has to be said to be a pioneering initiative that has attracted worldwide attention.