Chapter Eighty-Four: South Hunt

In fact, we just study history, love history, and I don't have zài I'm an expert. The so-called name brand. When it comes to history, everyone has a pedigree in their hearts. I myself am no exception, sometimes the core of the problem is not the truth, and sometimes the truth is meaningless! Do you have to have sheep? That's kind of a statement. This is related to our great Western Jin Dynasty founding emperor Comrade Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, who is very famous in history. After Sima Yan destroyed Wu, he captured thousands of palace maids, and these southern girls played well, and they were all incorporated under an order. Sent to the palace for him to enjoy alone. It's called eating alone. For this reason, he built many palaces, "Golden House Storage". Here's the problem. "What is the night and the night, what is the one who is so hungry?" This brother has a headache all day long, unlike our big guys, he is not worried about having no place to sleep, nor is it that he has no woman to accompany him. On the contrary, he has a headache all day long, and he doesn't know where to go tonight? Too many beauties and too many properties are also troubles. What should I do? It's really no problem, this master has come up with a trick. I had to sit in a car full of delicacies and wine, let the sheep pull it, and wander around in **. This is called the Emperor's Spectrum. Wherever the sheep cart stops, it will stay overnight. Let the sheep arrange his intercourse, enough to thunder people. Then the head of the palace maid and concubine will live. The wise palace maids and concubines sprinkled bamboo leaves and salt, which the sheep loved to eat, in front of their doors to lure the sheep to stop. This is the historical legend of Comrade Sima Yan, the martial emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, who was wise and martial in the Western Jin Dynasty, and who made great achievements in unifying China. That's it. Since there is a precedent, then our Huangmen squire Wang Hongda also knows a lot of historical allusions, so naturally he will move the flowers and trees to make this sheep here. The intention is obvious. That's a lot more fun. A glamorous and exaggerated and funny picture of Emperor Yang going down the Yangtze River is presented in front of the ranking officials. With such a large fleet, and the emperor travels in person, of course, the safety and security work must not be sloppy. The generals of the twelve guards who guarded the emperor and the safety of the materials also had to take ships, which were also thousands. Although the condition of these ships is worse than that of the emperor, they are also quite luxurious. This ultra-luxury public-funded tour group, under the leadership of Yang Guang, is a gong and drum noisy sky and colorful flags fluttering, shining on the Sichuan and Lu golden and brilliant, the fleet stretches for more than 200 miles, and there are cavalry patrols on the river embankment day and night, with flags and green fields, and everyone is paying attention. So how to solve the problem of eating in this exaggerated tour group? Isn't that easy? The emperor ordered a circle of 500 miles to be drawn, and as long as the fleet was in this circle, the local county order must serve food. That's right, my emperor can't put some meat, eggs and milk in the cabin when he goes on patrol, right? Besides, this whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, and the emperor goes out to bring food? Haven't heard of it. Obediently, the emperor's ministers are relaxed, and the counties below will be miserable! Some counties want to pull more than 100 truckloads of delicious food and give them to this publicly-funded tour group to enjoy. As long as this food group does not go out of this five-hundred-mile circle, it will pull more than 100 truckloads of food for these guys to eat every day. Moreover, it cannot be repeated, and the food offered is directly linked to the year-end performance appraisal of local officials. Then search for the people's fat and people's ointment, even if you can't find it, even if you tighten your belt and pay out of your pocket, you have to keep this black gauze hat on your head. My God, I guess the surrounding county commanders are looking forward to the stars and the moon, and every day I look forward to this locust-like tour group leaving early. Otherwise, the whole county will be eaten. Under the wielding of the baton of imperial power, these magistrates have played with their lives, and the specifications of the food they send are rising day by day. The officials didn't think about the people's livelihood, development, and stability at all, and threw away the scriptures and military books, and just studied the recipe all day long. However, those civil and military ministers and court dependents who followed the emperor to enjoy it, and they were tired of the delicacies of the mountains and seas every day. It is recorded in the history books that most of the food contributed was wasted, and those that could not be eaten were directly poured into the river and fed with fish and shrimp. This trip, the over-standard consumption brings uncontrolled waste, and the people will suffer. The attrition of the state and the oppression of the people can be reached to the extreme. This was Comrade Yang Guang's first parade since he came to power. If you think this is exaggerated enough, Yang Guang only performs once, does a show, walks through the motions, and puts on a score, then you underestimate the perseverance and perseverance of our Yang Guang. This is just the beginning.

Along the way, enjoy the beautiful scenery, the beauties and taste the famous dishes of Jianghuai, Yangzhou City is in front of the bar. After arriving in Yangzhou, Yang Guang was dumbfounded, because he found that his skills were not good. What does Shenma mean? Wait a minute, brothers, I'm wasting some time talking to the big guys. Because the division of the Northern and Southern Dynasties was too long, at the end of the Western Jin Dynasty, when the "Eight Kings Rebellion", a large number of well-dressed nobles fled to the Yangtze River Valley in the south. Eventually, the Xianbei Tuoba tribe occupied and unified the Yellow River valley in northern China by force, and established the Northern Wei regime in Pingcheng (present-day Datong, Shanxi). No way, nonsense has to be said. Direct transition from a slave society to a feudal one. Compared with the Han nation in the Southern Dynasties, although the Northern Dynasties had a very hard fist and strong military strength, they were too far behind in terms of culture, politics, and system building. There is no way, the paradox of Chinese history is that the backward nation has always defeated the advanced nation. The Yangtze River basin was established under the strong alliance of the royal family Sima clan and the family clan (Wang, Xie, etc.) in the north and the local tyrants in the south. Time is like a flying knife. The sun and the moon are like shuttles, and the stars are moving~ Later, short-lived dynasties such as Song, Qi, Liang, and Chen were established. Although the people of the small southern court were rich and the country was strong, the cultural atmosphere of the Han nationality that emphasized literature over military force was inherited. Jinling City, as the capital, including the Qinhuai River, is still too thick. A very interesting phenomenon: the change of dynasty in the Southern Dynasty was basically a palace struggle between the royal family or between the royal family and the ministers, and finally the change of dynasty was achieved by seizing power. This basically belongs to the aristocracy to take turns sitting in the village. So the common people are happy. Why? There are no large-scale corps killings, and there is less damage to the productive forces of natural society. On the other hand, the Northern Dynasty was not the same, taking turns to govern like a marquee. That guy, the change of dynasties was all done through the large-scale slaughter of the Central Plains Battle to complete the transfer of power. Is it due to the geography? The big guys can discuss it. One can imagine how severe the destruction of the social productive forces should be. Don't talk nonsense, just listen to it.

Li Er was completely exaggerated infinitely, this kind of boasting at the same time, it also belittled almost all the people related to him, his aunt and grandfather, his cousin, his father, his brother, his cousin, and even Li Jing Yang Jian's father and son lost their money to the descendants, and they couldn't write for them, the relatives of the Li family also cheated their fathers, Li Er was not kind enough, the so-called Zhenguan Zhizhi, he was still eating the food saved by his aunt and grandfather in the early years, and when Tiancheng was not good enough, he was also forced to think about it now, Yang Guang's original policy may not be wrong, It's just that he is in too much of a hurry, and it may take several generations to complete, and he wants to complete it by himself, plus Yang Xuangan's two hundred and fifty ...... Despite this, the most far-reaching influence on the feudal system in later generations was the imperial examination system and the three-province six-ministry system founded by Yang Guang

On the other hand, the Northern Dynasty was not the same, taking turns to govern like a marquee. That guy, the change of dynasties was all done through the large-scale slaughter of the Central Plains Battle to complete the transfer of power. Is it due to the geography? The big guys can discuss it. One can imagine how severe the destruction of the social productive forces should be. Don't talk nonsense, just listen to it. With the recuperation and continuous development of the Yangtze River basin for nearly 300 years, the number of land, households and population has increased greatly, and the economy and culture have also developed by leaps and bounds. In the eyes of these southerners, although the Great Sui Dynasty unified China, these Guanlong military aristocratic groups were at best a legitimate murderous group. These people all came from the culturally backward barbaric land (the generals and military groups of Wuchuan Military Town), their culture was barren, and they didn't understand the teachings of the saints. In the eyes of the literati doctors and the high-ranking families in the Yangtze River Valley, they looked down on the nouveau riche in power in the imperial court. So this conflict between the North and the South has historical roots. Yang Guang, the emperor of the Great Sui, has a personal experience of this. He led his army to destroy Chen in 589. The unification of the empire was solved with a fist. In 590, these old people of the Southern Dynasty rebelled again. Yang Guang, who was still the king of Jin at that time, used both guò carrots and sticks to completely get it done. Later, during his ten years as the governor of Yangzhou, Tong Guò gained a deeper understanding of the thinking habits, customs, and cultural policies of the southerners. He has a deep love for Jiangdu. This was the first time he went to Jiangdu after becoming emperor. The first time to take a dragon boat dozens of meters high down the south of the Yangtze River, the southern rivers crisscross the lakes and many rivers, the boat is the main means of transportation for the locals, of course, the southerners are very familiar with the drops. But Yang Guang wants to let the southerners see what a real ship is. You countrymen have never seen such a large and magnificent fleet. He wants to use such a big momentum and such a high-standard dependence to add color to his travel. It's like a poor boy who came out of a ravine and later mixed up in the city for a few years and became prosperous. When I returned to my hometown for the Chinese New Year, I drove a high-end car to the door of my house. I always want to see the envy, jealousy and hatred in the eyes of the uncles and aunts around me who watched him grow up with a runny nose and play with a slingshot. In fact, Yang Guang wanted to pursue Xiang Yu's feeling a little. "If the rich and noble don't return to the village, if the brocade clothes go at night." People have vanity, and Yang Guang is no exception. He wanted to hear how the people had praised and looked up to him when he had been the ruler of the place. Look at this former chief steward who walked out of Yangzhou, and finally ascended to the Ninety-Five Honor and became the lord of the whole world. This is also a need. The prosperity and magnificence of the canal, the luxury of the dragon boat, the courtesy and calmness of the minister, the beauty of the flowers, plus the escort of the mighty division and the majestic imperial power of the Ninety-Five, gave the former governor of Yangzhou great glory. But reality is always at odds with expectations. The representatives of the citizens of Jiangdu, who came to welcome the emperor to the south, were sparsely lala, and their spirits were not enough, and the welcome ceremony was not too warm, and they did not see the expected welcome banners and slogans. There was no envy, surprise and the sense of shock that the emperor's majesty brought to the southerners. The old people of the Southern Dynasty didn't seem to buy it, they were not satisfied with the emperor's public clothes and honor guards. There seemed to be someone in the crowd who was still laughing, to the effect that you see that the emperor's costume guard is really cheesy and rustic, no wonder the ancestors were ethnic minorities who started in the northern desert as soldiers, and they are really uneducated. Can this still represent the Lord of China? Unity, first and foremost, is cultural identity. Including clothing and habits of mind. Of course, clothing is the most dominant thing that can represent identity. The Guanlong military aristocracy was a general who rose from the town of Wuchuan. Their culture was relatively backward, and the guards were relatively simple and capable, but they lacked Confucian red tape, ceremonial clothing, and things that could represent the culture of the Han people. Yang Guang understood. Lines are important. So it's not easy? The edict was immediately issued, and Niu Hong, the secretary of the edict department, agreed on the public opinion uniform and honor guard system. And ordered the opening of the palace and the three divisions He Chou to be the Shaoqing of the Taifu, and immediately build a full set of imperial clothes and guards for the emperor, empress and ministers, and urgently send them to Jiangdu. So what's the origin of the brothers? These two are both famous figures in the Great Sui. This Niu Hong was very famous in the Sui Dynasty, and like his surname, he was a real Niu Lord. This guy was in charge of books in the imperial court when he was in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, which is equivalent to the director of the Cultural and Historical Archives. After Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian ascended the throne, he was appointed Minister of Culture of the Empire. "Grant the release of the cavalry attendant, secretary and supervisor. "In the third year of the emperor's reign (583 AD), this buddy official worshiped the Ministry of Rites (equivalent to the Ministry of Education and the Minister of Culture). Xiumingtang (a place for Confucian sacrifices and court meetings), a system of ceremonial music. He also revised the 100 volumes of the "Five Rites", which made great contributions to the development of Confucian culture in the empire. This man is a good reader. It's not surprising that there are more people who are good at reading. But this Lord Niu is different from ordinary people. He was very devoted, even to the point of being a little dazed. This buddy reads in a daze and directly creates an idiom. Cow, right? said that this Niu Hongda has a younger brother named Niu Bi (not a bull). said that this Niu Bi brother likes to drink. Drinking and causing trouble. That's a bit too much. It is said that once this Comrade Niu Bi was drunk and shot the cow pulling the cart at his brother Niu Hong's house with an arrow (this Comrade Niu Bi is really awesome like his name). After this Niu Hong returned home, his wife told him, saying that the uncle had shot to death the ox that our family was pulling a cart to plough the land with an arrow. "Uncle shoots the cow." The cow didn't squeak, and said directly to his wife: "Make beef jerky" and continued to shake his head with the book. The wife is strange. Go on. "Uncle suddenly shot a cow, it's a big thing." He also said: "The little uncle suddenly killed our old scalper, what a strange thing" Lord Niu continued to shake his head there. He looked calm and continued to concentrate on his reading. "I don't listen to anything outside the window, and I only read nerd books." The brothers must have said that this Lord Niu is a nerd, and he will definitely not be able to mix in the officialdom, and he has already been dug and made a pit. Lord Niu used his own personal experience to tell you: Not necessarily. Under the reign of white terror under the two emperors of the Sui Dynasty, Yang Jian and Yang Guang, the ministers were degraded to the point of killing. Including even people like Gao Xi, Yu Wenbi, He Ruobi, Shi Wansui, Yang Su and Zhang Heng, who have made great contributions to the empire or the boss, rarely have a good death. But our classmate Niu Hong is in this sinister political whirlpool, standing tall and proud. What's the trick?