Today's problems of the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Wuhuan, and Qiang ethnic groups must be solved from the history in memory.

This is the battle of the clan fortunes, which determines the battle of the millennium clan fortunes, and this side is the biggest gain that Yang Yi can get in this world.

The luck of fate plundering, that is, the luck of the farming people and the nomadic people in the past thousand years.

As long as Yang Yi can determine the ownership of this thousand-year-old luck, then the luck that fate carries will not be dominated by it, this is the way to really decide the outcome of the victory.

As for the hundred battles, it was just a disguise, how could Yang Yi play this game of chess on the planned chessboard?

The accumulation of several worlds allowed her to see through this battle, and the way to win or lose in the end was not to win a hundred battles, but to win with her heart.

This is originally an illusory world, if Yang Yi still has to work hard step by step to win all battles, with the gradual increase of fate, she will inevitably have the possibility of overturning.

How is this allowed!

Therefore, unconsciously, Yang Yi evolved this competition to the extreme, and decided the evolution of the thousand-year-old clan fortune in one fell swoop, and in the thousands of years after that, all the ups and downs of the dynasty and the birth of the humane dragon qi will be swallowed by her in one fell swoop.

This is not up to fate, he is just a storekeeper, and the items stored in the warehouse have their own owners, that is, each dynasty, and they have the right to choose their own ownership.

Sitting in Xiangyang, but Yang Yi looked at the Northern Regions, this game, she will strategize and decide the ownership of the thousand-year-old clan, and in her mind, the countless historical fragments are the key to her victory or defeat.

In the 22nd year of the Qianlong Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty, the Qing army subdued the Dzungar Mongol tribes by force, completely disintegrating the Mongol threat to the Qing Dynasty.

However, it must be noted that the Qing Dynasty was by no means a Mongol surrender by force, and in addition to military conquest, it was also supplemented by systematic political means, and it was this strategy of both soft and hard that made it no longer have "northern troubles".

The Qing Dynasty's policy measures against Mongolia are probably the most widely known as the "Ding Reduction System" and "Tibetan Buddhism".

The actual "reduction system" is simply a rumor; The main basis for this statement is that the local Mongols once said: "Mongolia originally had 12 million people, but after the long rule of the Qing Dynasty, it has been reduced to 500,000." ”

This passage is simply untenable from the data, every era has a population ceiling, just like now, many Yi tribes add up to about five million people, and this is the upper limit of the grassland's capacity.

The Mongols also live in the steppe, so the population will only be less and not more.

The reason for this statement is probably that some Mongols were dissatisfied with the rule of the Qing Dynasty and promoted it out of hatred.

Moreover, from the perspective of historical data, there are no clues that can support the "policy of reducing the number of people", and it can basically be presumed that this statement is untrue.

The other main point is that the influence of Tibetan Buddhism is indeed an important factor.

But the flourishing of Tibetan Buddhism obviously cannot be the only reason; It is important to know that influence through religion is a more flexible factor, because it depends to a certain extent on the acceptance and ability of the other party.

For example, foreign religions have also been popular in the Central Plains, but religion has not profoundly changed the lifestyle and value orientation of the Han people in the Central Plains.

What's more, the process of switching from primitive shamanism to Tibetan Buddhism in Mongolia began during the Mongol Empire, when the Manchus as a people were far from appearing.

Therefore, it can only be said that the Manchus consciously relied on its influence, while the Mongols' belief in Tibetan Buddhism was their own choice, and the primary and secondary relationship between the two is very different.

Since Genghis Khan founded the Mongol Empire, the fierce Mongol iron cavalry has swept the world like a storm.

But it must be admitted that in addition to being able to fight wars, the cultural construction of the Mongol Empire at that time was really not worth mentioning; Not to mention the characteristics of high-level civilization, there is not even writing, and religion is still in the primitive stage of killing and sacrificing.

Therefore, you will find an interesting phenomenon that the Mongols, who conquered almost the whole world, were assimilated by local cultures all over the world.

The Mongols who entered the Central Plains embraced Han culture, the Mongols in Central Asia embraced their local religion, and after coming into contact with the Tibetans, a large number of Mongols began to convert to Tibetan Buddhism.

As the landmark event of the first Mongolian-Tibetan confluence, it was the Liangzhou alliance between Kuduan and Sakya Pandita (Sakya sect, commonly known as the Flower Sect).

However, it must be noted that after the Yuan Dynasty was relegated to steppe horse grazing, the Mongol religious system degraded and returned to the primitive shamanic stage.

It was not until the sixth year of Wanli in the Ming God Sect, after the "Qinghai Meeting" between the Third Dalai Lama, Sonam Gyatso, and Alda Khan, that the Mongolian people regained the forgotten Tibetan Buddhism.

This is the reason why the majority of people in the Mongolian region follow the Yellow Sect (Gelugpa) instead of the Sakya sect; You must know that when the Liangzhou Alliance was formed, there was no sect called the Gelug sect in this world.

With the admiration of Tibetan Buddhism by Alda Khan, a large number of Mongols became followers of Buddhism, especially the promulgation of the "Altan Khan Code" and the "Khalkha Oirat Code", which legally agreed on the status of Buddhism as the state religion.

The code not only stipulates the origin of the monks: "One out of ten must be dedicated to the Buddha, but the relatives of this person can redeem the devotee with livestock, five for the princes and three for the commoners."

The privileges of the monks were also specified in detail, "those who requisition carts from lamas and bandi (disciples of the upper lamas) shall be punished with the property of one cow, and those who use the horses of the Buddha sacrifice for transportation of lowly servants shall be punished with the property of one horse", and "those who plunder the monks' Aimak shall be punished with the property of 100 heads of armor, 100 camels, and 1,000 heads of oxen".

Interestingly, decades on, there is no evidence of a significant decline in the population of Mongolia.

Therefore, the Qing Dynasty only used religious means to wear down the Mongols, and not defused the Mongol threat with this trick alone.

But it is fair to say that the flourishing of Buddhism did have a very serious impact; In the early years of the Qing Dynasty, the Mongolian population was about 2.16 million according to the statistics of various ministries, and by the end of the Qing Dynasty, only 1.71 million remained.

You must know that the overall population of the Qing Dynasty showed explosive growth at that time, but the population growth of Mongolia and Tibet, two areas where Buddhism flourished, stagnated.

Tibet's living environment is relatively harsh, and population growth has always been slower than that of the Central Plains, but Mongolia has shown a sharp downward trend.

The large number of monastic classes did have a great impact on the social life of Mongolia, and this effect did not stop at the decline of the population, but also because the monastic offerings were also a concentrated redistribution of social wealth; It is a pity that this distribution is increasingly showing the concentration of a small number of people.

According to records, each Mongolian sangha had an average annual cost of twenty or thirty taels of silver, which was basically the same income level as the Eight Banners soldiers who had to fight on the battlefield at that time. According to this data, Mongolia will pay 12.5 million taels of silver every year, and the average herdsman will bear about 8 taels of silver per year.

It should be fair to say that the Manchu government succeeded in dividing the Mongol people into two parts, the monks and the laity, by respecting Buddhism, and inducing a large number of Mongols to devote themselves to the faith by encouraging offerings.

There was a legend that the Qing Dynasty forced one of the three sons of a Mongolian family to become a monk, but this is certainly not true, and there is no such record in any Mongolian history book.

After all, you don't need to struggle to have a worry-free life, and how many people will pick up a knife and fight hard?

In addition, the Manchu government also had political considerations for the canonization of the Great Living Buddha in Mongolia, and the entire Mongolian region was originally honored by the Khalkha Mongolia) Jebtsundamba Living Buddha lineage, but in the 33rd year of Kangxi, Kangxi supported the lineage of Zhangjia Hutu Ketu Living Buddha and ordered him to take charge of the Gelug sect east of Tibet; In fact, this dilutes the rights of the lineage of the living Buddha in Outer Mongolia.

In addition to religious means, the Qing Dynasty also adopted an important method, which was the "alliance flag system" that they implemented in Mongolia.

As one of the most important political systems of the Qing Dynasty to govern Mongolia, the Mongolian alliance flag system was implemented from the fourth year of the Ming Dynasty and the ninth year of the Later Jin Heavenly Mandate, and it took 147 years for the 36th year of Qianlong to complete the completion of the Turhut Division.

The alliance flag system effectively solved the problem of excessive power of the Mongolian tribal leaders of the previous tribes, and divided the Mongolian princes into fixed pastoral areas according to the flag, severing the traditional ties between the tribes.

What's more, the large tribes, which had previously belonged to a single leader, were divided into several banners, each with its own zasak (consul), which was directly accountable to the Qing dynasty.

In the process of compiling the flag, the following principles are followed:

1. Whether the original lord can become a zazak does not depend entirely on its original composition, but also on its political performance, such as the degree of loyalty to the Qing Dynasty and the size of its contribution;

2. When compiling the household registration, it is necessary to reconsider it and make it roughly balanced, in case some feudal lords are too powerful;

3. The compilation of cattle records is basically carried out in accordance with uniform standards, making it more like the army, which is easier to command;

4. Register the household registration to ensure the supply of soldiers;

5. Once the pasture land is demarcated, it shall not be changed without permission or beyond the boundary, and the offender shall be punished.

After the implementation of the alliance flag system, the inherent power of the Mongolian tribes was quickly and effectively dismantled, and the northern border troubles, which had been an abnormal headache for generations, were invisible.

So much so that even the Great Wall has lost its meaning, and Emperor Kangxi once boasted that "the work of Puqin earth and stone builds the Great Wall; I have given grace to Khalkha to guard against Shuofang, and the longer city is stronger. ”

To put it simply, the Qing government's Mongolian flag system was another set of population segmentation policies; The entire Mongolian tribe was shattered and divided into sparse pasture fences, so that these galloping fierce horses lost the vast grassland where they galloped.

In addition, there is a frightening core to this policy, and the politicians who formulated it have a thorough grasp of the character characteristics of the steppe tribes, which is really outrageous.

You know, the steppe tribes have not been very united since ancient times, plundering and vendettas between tribes are commonplace, and it is in this way of survival of the fittest that the big tribes will strengthen themselves, and eventually there will be heroes like Genghis Khan and behemoths like the Mongol Empire.

But you can't say that this is some defect in the character of the people of the steppe tribes, but the natural environment of the steppe has caused this.

The nomadic life anytime and anywhere makes it difficult for the grassland people to solidify, and the tribes are far away from each other, and there is no family harmony to talk about.

Moreover, the nomadic life has an extremely limited ability to resist disasters, and in the event of a disaster, in order to survive, everyone will take up arms and plunder other tribes and countries.

In this case, it is a way to divide the pastures to solidify the people, so that they are firmly attached to a specific area, so that the fierce grassland tribes are no different from the Han people who are agricultural and civilized, and they lose the galloping grassland, and the fierce horses have to bow their heads.

In addition, intermarriage, division and co-optation of Mongolian princes, etc., are just ordinary political means, but it is precisely under the superposition of these means that the Qing Dynasty successfully resolved the border troubles in the north.

For this reason, Yang Yizai expounded his thoughts, and discussed by the scholars of Hanlin that a simple eight-banner system was introduced, and the grassland tribes could only have eight banners, and each flag had its own place, and it was not allowed to cross it without authorization.

The Han Dynasty served as the referee to determine the grassland to which the Eight Banners belonged, limiting the scope of activities, and ensuring that no overlord would be born because of fighting.

If the system is set, there will be eight tribes on the grassland, and there will be strict boundaries between these eight tribes, and in the next ten years, cities will be built one by one to divide these eight tribes.

Beyond that, there is the text, the history; It is allowed to keep its own script, but it must be in the Chinese dialect.

All kinds of means, just to prevent the birth of a hegemon on the grassland, the ethnic groups on the grassland, there is no ethnic distinction, today it can be said that it is the Huns, but it was defeated by the Wuhuan people, that is the Wuhuan people, defeated by the Xianbei people, that is the Xianbei people.

Only one tribe is too strong, at least after a hundred years of hegemony, it can only achieve a clan, but if it can't become the overlord in the whole of China, then this clan will just bloom and disappear like fireworks.

After all, in the first battle to determine the hegemon, it was the Han nation that won, and the two Han Dynasty for hundreds of years finally let the Huns perish, and after the Han, there were Wei, Jin, and Sui and Tang, but the Huns had disappeared.

This is the dispute between ethnic fortunes, and it is the destiny of heaven in Han Province.

Since Liu Bao is dead and Liu Yuan bows his head, then the Eight Banners system can be implemented from the Southern Xiongnu, determine the territory of the Southern Xiongnu, divide the Eight Banners of the grassland, and subdue the hometown of the Qin and Han dynasties, which is what the Ji Han Dynasty should do.

As for Jingzhou, which is thousands of miles away, the war that is taking place is insignificant compared to this major event that determines the fortune of the thousand-year-old clan.

However, in this era, it is equally important, and only when the Ji Han Dynasty dominates the world again can it truly determine the fortunes of the clan and have this qualification.