The good news of the Jin army's capture of Xinye and the news of Shi Le's illness reached Wuchang City at the same time, and Taiwei Tao Kan was extremely surprised. www.biquge.info It seems that Dai Yang said that Shi Le will die, Shi Hu will be in power, and the Jin army will fight a decisive battle with Wuchang, and this first step "Shi Le will die" seems to have been accurate. The generals of Jingzhou also geared up and asked for the Northern Expedition.

Tao Kan looked at Yin Xian with a smile, and Yin Xian said calmly: "If there is something good at the top, it will be very bad at the bottom." ”

Tao Kan's face darkened instantly.

At night, the guards didn't have to report, and Yin Xian walked into Tao Kan's tent alone. Seeing that Tao Kan was talking with the prince Tao Xia and Yu Yi, Yin Xian stepped forward and said to Tao Kan: "There are people from the Central Plains who secretly transferred from the north to tell us that after Shile unified the Central Plains, the law was strict and the people were in solidarity, and today's Central Plains has returned to the scene of a strong man. As Zhuge Wuhou said, unless there are changes in the world, there can be no competition. ”

Tao Xia couldn't help but say, "I don't believe that an alien slave can have such a time-lapse experience!" ”

Yin Xian said to Tao Xia: "Don't simply think that Shi Le is a foreign slave. Whether it is the initiator Liu Yuan of the Xiongnu or Shi Le of the Qiang nationality, their people have been subjugated to the Central Plains Dynasty for a hundred years, and have lived in the Central Plains for several generations, and are deeply influenced by the Central Plains culture. Its strategy is very heroic, Liu Yuan and Shi Le's most admired figures are Han Gaozu Liu Bang, after Shi Le won the country, reused Han officials, inherited various laws and regulations of our dynasty, and its high-profile appointment of the scholar class, but also strict control. It can be said that he used Confucianism to govern the country in the imperial court, vigorously let go of the management of manor farmland by the scholars, and adopted Buddhism to paralyze his thoughts for all sentient beings. It can be said that its governance has its own characteristics, and the effect is excellent. ”

At least the first four Hu Xiongnu, Di, Qiang, and Qian ethnic groups lived within the Great Wall for several generations, and it was easy to accept the Central Plains culture, which was clearly different from the Jin Dynasty and the Yuan Dynasty. Before the rise of the Jin Dynasty, there was the Liao State in the south, and before the rise of the Yuan Dynasty, there was the Jin State in the south, and they ignored the Central Plains culture and killed and plundered the race even deeper.

Shile's Qiang people also have a distinctive feature, the Qiang people have the smallest number of Wuhu, and Shile also started by peasant uprisings, so among the Wuhu, the Qiang people are the most united with all ethnic groups, including Han people. Before the end of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the other Hu tribes hardly used Han soldiers, and the Han soldiers of Shile Hou Zhao were the main force in the early stage. In the later period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Northern Zhou and Northern Qi fought each year of war, and both sides vigorously expanded the Han soldiers when the military was insufficient.

During this period, the total population of Han Chinese peasants increased unusually much, even surpassing the heyday of the Western Jin Dynasty.

Due to the aristocratic management and commercial characteristics of the Southern Dynasties, the total population of the Southern Dynasties has hardly increased for more than 200 years.

"Heroes don't ask where they come from," Tao Kan whispered, and Tao Kan's background was not high.

"Lieutenant forgive me," Yin Xian persuaded again: "Our army's advantage lies in the naval division, and the Northern Expedition will inevitably have a decisive battle with Hu Qi in the Central Plains, and the victory will be small." Can the captain remember the terrifying iron cavalry of Xinye Du Zeng and Huaibei Su Jun? ”

Although Tao Kan was finally defeated by Du Zeng and Su Jun, he was beaten by their cavalry in individual battles, and the northern cavalry left a deep impression on Tao Kan.

Yin Xian didn't wait for Tao Kan to answer, but said directly: "If Mr. Dai Yangda's Bu is right, Shi Le will die, and Shi Hu will gain power." If he usurps the throne, he will be afraid that Taiwei will take the opportunity to the north, and he is very likely to attack Huanggang by attacking and defending, so that there will really be a life-and-death decisive battle between the north and the south in the north of Wuchang. The advantage of our army lies in the naval division, if the battlefield is set south of Xinye, relying on the Han River and the Yangtze River, Taiwei will definitely defeat Shi Hu completely, and Beiting will collapse. At that time, dominating the world is like digging into a bag. ”

Tao Kan nodded silently. On the second day, an order was issued to the cities of Jiangbei to expand their city defenses and prepare for battle.

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After 317 AD, Shi Le devoted his main energy to the construction of the imperial court, following the example of the emperor of the Central Plains, no longer going to the battlefield in person, and playing remote command, so that the military power fell into the hands of Shi Hu.

Five years ago, when the north was reunified, the generals of the army took a political sideline, so that most of the generals were dissatisfied with the politics of the court. And there were strong enemies in the north and south, so that Shi Le could not cut the generals, so after Shi Le's death, Shi Hu immediately obtained the military power of the capital and killed Cheng Yao and Xu Guang.

Shi Hu used military generals to control power. However, because there were other sons and nephews of Shi Le guarding Biansai and Guanzhong, Shi Hu did not dare to usurp the throne easily.

After Shile's death in 333 AD, he was succeeded by his son Shihong. Shi Hu coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and in less than a year, he put down the rebellion of all parties. It is worth mentioning the Battle of Guanzhong, where Shi Sheng, who had Chang'an as his town, was strong and began to successfully block the imperial army sent by Shi Hu. However, Fu Hong, the chief of the Di tribe in Guanzhong, and Yao Daizhong, the chief of the Qiang tribe, corresponded to the imperial court and were soon defeated by Shi Sheng. After the war, Shi Hu Ming Fu Hong and Yao Daizhong moved into the Central Plains with their tribes to protect Yecheng.

In this year, Tao Kan was also seriously ill, and the original Northern Expedition came to an end.

One day in June 334 A.D., there was a small field in Shi Hu's prime minister's mansion, and Shi Hu was working in the field with a hoe. Shi Hu admired Shi Le very much, and imitated Shi Le in everything, especially in pretending. Since Shi Le's death, Shi Hu was promoted to an auxiliary minister, overseeing the power of the dynasty, and the first thing he did was to remove all the flowers in the back garden and change it into a field, and cultivate it from time to time, so as to set an example for farmers across the country. When Shi Hu was a child, he grazed in the southwest of Shanxi, grazing freely, and Shi Hu never liked farming.

The weather in June was already hot, Princess Zheng personally brought the soup, Shi Hu walked out of the field barefoot, took the big bowl, drank the cold soup with his neck tilted, and then sat on the stone pier and fanned himself.

Princess Zheng said: "Now that the king has put down the rebellion in Guanzhong for two months, why is he still sullen? ”

This Zheng was originally just a singer, smart and beautiful, and was favored by Shi Hu. For her sake, Shi Hu once killed two princesses and helped her to the right position. Zheng saw that whenever Shi Hu was in a bad mood, he carried a hoe to dig a pit in the field, and now that the country has been stable for two months, I don't know what else Shi Hu has to worry about?

Shi Hu was in no mood to amuse her now, so he fanned his fan anxiously and shouted, "Why am I upset, I won't tell you." ”

At this time, their son Shi Jian hurriedly came and did not pay homage to his parents, and said straight to Shi Hu: "I just received an urgent report from the border, and Tao Kan, the general of the Jin Dynasty, has died of illness. ”

Hearing this, Shi Hu stood up with a swish, threw the wooden fan into the air with a raised arm, and said with a laugh: "I really want to sleep, so I gave a pillow." Go and call all your brothers, and I'll be waiting for you in the council chamber. ”

In less than an hour, Shi Hu's three adult sons and five nephews rushed to the palace chamber. As soon as Shi Hu saw them, he said: "The world is not the world of one person, and the virtuous live in it." Haven't you been in a hurry to urge me to be emperor? Now I will be the emperor, and you will listen to Shi Jian's arrangement for specific affairs. ”

Shi Hu looked at Shi Jian again and said, "Let's do it according to the established plan."

Shi Jian asked: "Do you need to tell Kui An and Guo Xie the two masters?" ”

"No," Shi Hu said, "I'll inform them, you don't have to worry about them, they are now in a good position, and they won't help us much, but they won't obstruct it." ”

Then Shi Hu stood up, walked to the five nephews, and said to the nephews: "If I am defeated, even if you do not participate, you will be connected to the nine clans; If I do, all of you will be princes, so do it with all your heart. ”

All five of them were excited.

Since Shi Hu killed the other two ministers Cheng Yao and Xu Guang, Shi Hu usurped the throne, and in Beiting's opinion, Sima Zhao's heart was already known to passers-by, so there were individual royal families who rose up against him. Now that Shi Hu has put down the rebellion in Guanzhong, and the strong enemy in the south died at this time, Shi Hu's usurpation of the throne is a matter of course.

After Shi Hu usurped the throne, he still cared about agriculture, and although he gave the generals high preferential treatment, he still followed Shi Le's set, reused Confucianism, and reformed the rule of officials. The prototype of the imperial examination system was produced in the Later Zhao Dynasty, and Shi Le and Shi Hu used a unified examination to select officials.

However, he treated the Shile family extremely cruelly, killing all Shile's parents and nephews. Shi Hu has one of the most brutal indices in Chinese history. Emperors like Shi Hu, Zhu Wen, and Zhu Yuanzhang from the bottom, although the law is very harsh, and even kills people like hemp, like Zhu Yuanzhang used an empty seal case to almost kill all the local county officials across the country, but historians intentionally or unintentionally ignore one thing, as emperors from poor people, they are extremely concerned about people's livelihood issues, and they are more concerned about filling the stomachs of the common people, otherwise, such a murderous demon king will not die properly.