"Jia, since you already know what nomadism is, do you know what Huaxia is?"

This question is not difficult for Zhao Jia, knowing who he is and what kind of clan he belongs to, it is a compulsory course for the children of the Zhao family in Weiyang Palace. Pen %fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhao Jia was dressed as a woman back then, and followed Zhao Heng, Zhao Zhou and others to listen to lectures in the Pan Palace, those child's teaching materials finalized by Zhao Wuxian himself, with a strong nationalist plot, Zhao Jia's outlook on life was affected by it, which led to the violent move of rejecting Zhongshan's marriage proposal.

At this moment, her brother seemed to have become her master for the examination, so Zhao Jia raised her chin and said proudly: "Xia, the people of China are also." China has great etiquette, so it is called Xia; There is the beauty of uniforms, which is called the ......"

"Is there an edge in Huaxia?"

Zhao Jia frowned at the new question thrown by her brother, this question had not been taught by the master in Yecheng Pan Palace, she could only say with some hesitation based on her life experience in the past twenty years: "Naturally, there is." “

"Where should that edge be?" Zhao Wuxian didn't let her go, and problems followed.

"The border of Kyushu is the edge of China, with Yanmen in the north, Longshan in the west, Wuchu in the south, and the sea in the east." Zhao Jia said firmly.

Zhao Hou smiled: "Yes, not quite. ”

Does Huaxia have an edge? Zhao Wuxian also asked himself this question, and after coming to this era, the answer is unequivocal: yes.

But this edge is still in a state of flux and instability, or it is not until the spring and autumn of his life that a Zhuxia community that crosses countries has just been formed.

The following conversation was a bit of a blow to Zhao Jia's three views, but every sentence was Zhao Wuxian's heartfelt words, and unconsciously, he had high hopes for this sister who could fight well, maybe she was the one who could suppress the north for him.

"In the Xia Shang and Zong Zhou eras, there was an extreme ambiguity between Huaxia and Rongdi barbarians, so the world would say that Shun was born in Zhufeng, moved to Xia, died in Mingtiao, and the people of Dongyi were also. Yu Xing in Xiqiang, Xiyi people also. ”

In the eyes of Yin Shang, who claims to be the country of the central government, the Zhou people are also backward Xirong, and the Jiang surnamed Siwang, who is on a blind date with Zhou, is even more barbaric Qiang. When the Zhou people seized the Dayi Shang Jiangshan, but they called themselves 'I Xia', thinking that they were the successors of the Xia Hou clan, and the Yin Shang relatives in the east were labeled as Yi people and reduced to the ...... of the people."

It was a period of time when the ancestors of the surname Zhao were very miserable, and Zhao Jia often heard about it, so she didn't have a good impression of the Zhou room, and at this moment she nodd, no matter how old she was, as long as she followed her brother, she always learned a lot of knowledge that she had never thought of.

Zhao Wuxian went on to tell how China was formed, and the mature farming civilization of the Yin and Zhou dynasties and the system of ceremonial music crowns and belts made them feel that they were superior to others, like two glowing points. Wherever the immigrants of the Yin and Zhou dynasties went, they brought this culture with them, which was the foundation of the formation of China.

But until the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Shenhou who was in a high position in the Zhou Dynasty was still called "Shen Rong", and the Chu State was even more barbarian and regarded itself as a barbarian. Throughout the Central Plains, Zhuxia and Rong Di barbarians and other people are distributed, Rong Di and Zhuxia chickens and dogs smell each other, intermarry with each other, blood is mixed and confused, at that time, Huaxia is just a skeleton connected by traffic lines, and it is crumbling.

What really made the countries of the Central Plains condense into "China" was the great crisis of "invasion between the Southern Barbarians and the Northern Di" in the early Spring and Autumn Period. In order to resist the threat from the surrounding Rongdi tribes, the crown and belt princes of the Central Plains began to unite together, and they supported the Qi State and the Jin State as the overlords, replacing the right of the Son of Heaven to conquer.

With the annexation and assimilation of the Rongdi State by the great powers of Qi, Qin, Chu, and Jin, the Chinese world officially covered all parts of Kyushu from point to line to surface.

By the time of Zhao Wuxian, the Rongdi barbarians had been completely marginalized in geographical space, and with the fall of the Zhongshan Kingdom and the settlement of Xianyu Baidi, the entire Central Plains had been occupied by the Huaxia city. The northern edge of China also advanced to the Daibei grassland, and later generations called this marginal area the "agricultural and pastoral dividing line".

"The dividing line between agriculture and farming?" Zhao Jia frowned, this was the first time she had heard of this word, there was a strange meaning in it, and she always felt out of place with this era, this was like a portrayal of her brother Zhao Wuxian, ahead of the times, but had to slow down and wait for this era.

Zhao Wuxian took the trouble to explain: "The so-called dividing line between agriculture and animal husbandry is not actually a line, but a strip, a long and narrow area, starting from Longxi, all the way to Shangjun, Hetao, and then to Yinshan, Daijun, Yanshan, and Liaodong. This east-west stretch of land is 10,000 miles long, and it can be used for both farming and animal husbandry. For the tribes that live in the territory, whether they are farming or nomadic is only a matter of thought. ”

Thinking of what his brother said, "Farming or nomadism determines whether it can be annexed by China", Zhao Jia suddenly realized, and said: "What my brother means is that the Xiqiang, Baidi, Linhu, Loufu and other departments on this line can be merged by China if they follow agriculture, and if they follow nomadism, they will become unrestrained Hulu?" ”

"Yes, this is what you envisioned before, leaving the various counties and counties aside, for Donghu, which has become completely nomadic, it is like the wind, and it is difficult to implement this move. But for the half-cultivated and half-pastoral Loufu, Linhu, and Kongtong departments in the Daibei area, there is a lot to be done! ”

In fact, what Zhao Wuxian wanted to do was exactly what the agrarian and nomadic regimes in the Central Plains and Northern Xinjiang had been doing for thousands of years, that is, to compete for this narrow mixed agricultural and pastoral belt.

If the Central Plains are unified and the grasslands are divided, this line will be pushed northward. For example, after the Qin State swept Liuhe, taking advantage of the three-legged establishment of the Yueshi, Donghu and Xiongnu on the grassland, they sent troops to the north, controlled the Shuofang Hetao area, built the Great Wall enclosure, built cities, and reclaimed the settlement, turning this place into a fertile land.

However, when the steppes are unified and the Central Plains are fragmented, this line will be greatly pushed southward. For example, at the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu took advantage of the withering of the Central Plains, recaptured the Hetao in one fell swoop, and pushed the edge back to the south of Yinshan......

As the uncle of Huaxia, Zhao Wuxian's mission is, of course, to greatly push the edge of Huaxia to the north, not to mention that the situation he is facing in the north is similar to that of the Qin Dynasty, and even a thousand times better than Qin!

Zhao State has already dominated the Central Plains, and there is no rival except for Qin Chuyue. And on the grassland, Donghu, the only one with the potential of a large tribe, was wiped out by the Zhao army, and under the iron hooves of the cavalry of the Zhao State, there were all small tribes of less than a thousand people!

This is the perfect time to push the edge of China northward to the extreme!

Zhao Wuxian said frankly to Zhao Jia: "I plan to add a few more counties in addition to Dai County, and the Zhulou Fu, Lin Hu, Bai Yang, Kongtong, and Yinshan Provinces can defend against Hu Lu on the one hand, and open up territory on the other hand. ”

In later generations, Zhao Wuling King Hufu rode and shot, and ten years later he was able to open up his territory to the Hetao.

In the Qin and Han dynasties, counties were set up on the alluvial plains around the Hetao, immigrants were reclaimed, large areas of farmland were developed, and many urban defense settlements were established. After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty expelled the Xiongnu, he also placed six counties of Yunzhong, Shuofang, Wuyuan, Dingxiang, Shangjun and Xihe on the dividing line of agriculture and animal husbandry, and in the late Western Han Dynasty, the population of the six counties increased sharply to as many as one million! It turned out to be plugged into the small Central Plains.

Zhao Wuxian didn't believe that with Zhao's current national strength, his achievements would not be as good as Zhao's master's father! He was even more unwilling, and the Central Plains' management of Saibei would not bear fruit until 400 years later.

It's not something that can be done overnight, but Zhao Wuxian can do it as soon as possible. The Zhao State needed to build cities, immigrate to the settlements, and induce the various departments to farm, so that they would give up going to Monan to be nomads, and become the household Qi people of the Zhao State, and put them under the protection of the Zhao cavalry. At the same time, the border bazaars were opened, and the ceremonial food and drink of the Central Plains were imported, so that the life of the tribes in this middle zone was increasingly close to that of China.

He also planned to let people spread and fabricate some "The descendants of the Xia Hou clan fled north, so there was Lou Fu". Or "the descendants of the Yellow Emperor moved north, and it became a rumor that the ancestors of the Kongtong clan and Lin Hu had become rumors." A hundred years later, under false rumors, these tribes may have to think that their ancestors are Huaxia, not foreign Rongdi......

By pushing the edge of China northward to the extreme of what the environment allows, Zhao Wuxian can implement the next step of his plan, which is how to completely solve the threat from the grasslands.

Thinking of the new prospects of Saibei, Zhao Jia was also fascinated and said: "Brother but there is a sending, my sister must do her best!" ”

Zhao Wuxian did need her help.

"The Rongdi tribes fear the strong, in addition to the political restraint and economic entrapment, we also need to use force to deter, so that the tribes look at Zhao Rutian and dare not have the idea of resisting, at that time, you need to appear for me to intimidate Lou Fu!"

"Yui!" Zhao Jia was very excited when she heard this, and she just wanted to be her brother's pawn.

Everything was within Zhao Wuxian's plan, and July 1 was the celebration of the Eastern Hu army's drinking, offering prisoners, and rewarding meritorious service.

At the same time, this is also a conference that includes all the tribes in the entire middle zone, such as the Loufu, Dai, Wuzhong, and Tuhe tribes in Dai County, the Kongtong clan in the Hetao area, and the Baiyang and Linhu tribes in Henan, because they were afraid of the power of Zhao's great victory, and the leaders of the various tribes who were "invited" by Yidun to send a brocade book either ran to Longcheng to meet Zhao Wuxian in person, or sent their sons and nephews to work on their behalf, and no one dared not come.

On July 1st, Zhao Wuxian will show them how powerful the Central Plains is in Dragon City on this memorable day, and call on all the tribes to join them.

Otherwise, the head of Liuhe hanging in the north of Longcheng is their end, and the Donghu who was swept away by the plough court and exterminated by the dead clan is their end!