Chapter 5: Beacon Fire
The night gradually deepened, and when the two Buddhist disciples cleaned up the main hall, it was already full of stars, and it was midnight. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Surrounded by a ball of fire, the two of them sat cross-legged in the hall on a broken futon.
"Whew..." wiped his sweat, he often breathed a sigh of relief at dusk, and finally could rest for a while, he was really tired, he had to do so much work after a day's work, and his life was really miserable.
Monk Tianyuan glanced at the hall again, and the stumps and broken arms scattered around and covered with moss Buddha statues seemed to be able to vaguely see the scene of the prosperous temple and the monks like clouds, but looking at it now, the monk Tianyuan couldn't help but feel a little sour bitterness in his heart.
Feeling the loss in Senior Brother Tianyuan's heart, Dusk didn't care about his tired body, took out the dry food and handed it to Monk Tianyuan, smiled slightly, and said: "Senior Brother Tianyuan, while you have time now, you can tell me about the history of the Shenzhou Continent again!" ”
Along the way, Dusk has some understanding of the background of this game, and there is also a little guess about the rivers and lakes in the north of the Hanyi River.
"Didn't I tell you everything?" understood what the young man meant, but the Tianyuan monk who took the dry food was still a little helpless and said, "I still have to talk about it!" ”
I said, Senior Brother Kongming, can you not change the topic so suddenly, so unnaturally, you are so obvious, it makes Senior Brother I feel very embarrassed, okay... Monk Tianyuan also learned to complain with Dusk during this time.
"Anyway, it's okay, let's talk about it!" In the firelight, the young man's flushed cheeks were irradiated, and he pretended to be a curious baby, and said softly.
"Okay then..." After thinking for a while, Monk Tianyuan spoke: "Then let's start with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty dividing the kingdoms!" ”
"Okay!" The boy held his chin in his hands and hurriedly replied.
A glimmer of light flashed in his eyes, and the monk Tianyuan slowly told the turbulent history...
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During the reign of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, four hundred feudal states rose together, and when the Hanyi Jiangbei was the most prosperous, the number of feudal countries approached the five hundred mark, which is enough to show that in that era, the land of the Hanyi Jiangbei has completely become a part of the Han court.
At that time, the feudal states with their own independent military and administrative powers, at the beginning under the rule of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, they could be regarded as getting along harmoniously, although because of territorial resources and other issues, friction between the various feudal states could not be avoided, but after all, it did not cause any large-scale wars.
However, the good times were short-lived.
After the collapse of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the friction between hundreds of feudal states became increasingly serious, but for more than ten years, the mighty war has enveloped the north of the Hanyi River.
During this period, small feudal states were gradually eliminated and annexed, and large feudal states began to emerge gradually, while at the same time, the Mengyuan court, which was originally hidden in the depths of the grassland and survived, gradually recuperated and slowly showed his sharp fangs.
The Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, the Southern Ming Kingdom, the Great Ming Kingdom, the Great Chu Kingdom, and the Northern Yan Kingdom, these are the six most powerful feudal states that have emerged in the war period for hundreds of years.
Five hundred years ago, the Mengyuan Imperial Court, which had been recuperating for more than 300 years, finally accumulated enough military strength, sharpened its knives, and launched a huge "hunt" against the Jiangbei countries that were still fighting endlessly!
This sudden outbreak of bloody "hunting" lasted for more than ten years, in this "hunting", one by one small countries in the Zheng Zheng iron horse, turned into a pile of ruins, even one of the six heroes who shocked countless small countries around, Beiyan Kingdom, was also under the iron horse of Meng Yuan, persisted in less than ten years, turned into ashes, disappeared in the long river of history.
This sudden war made the Jiangbei countries finally wake up, and the Mengyuan court, which had been recuperating for three hundred years, returned. Under the threat of the Mengyuan court, these feudal states hurriedly united and began to gradually block the erosion of the Mengyuan court.
The countries united and unanimously to the outside world, and finally stabilized the situation slowly, and due to the continuous resistance of the countries, they gradually stopped the pace of Meng Yuan's iron cavalry.
Just when everyone thought that after the Mengyuan army plundered the population resources, it would retreat to the grassland as it did hundreds of years ago, to everyone's surprise, the Mengyuan court at this time actually learned from the practice of the Han Dynasty, and did not retreat directly, but divided the occupied land to the meritorious ministers, and established a vassal state that belonged to the Mengyuan court.
Up to now, for more than 500 years, although the Mengyuan court and the Han Dynasty did not directly fight each other, their vassal states and feudal states have been fighting endlessly in these 500 years.
During this period of fire, weak kingdoms were wiped out, and new kingdoms flourished on the ruins.
After so many years, the feudal state of the Han people in Jiangbei gradually decayed in the face of the oppression and erosion of the Mengyuan and its vassals, and today, there are only more than 30 of the nearly 500 feudal states that were prosperous in that year, and most of the vast land, which took the strength of the Han Dynasty to build, is also lost.
Nowadays, the Southern Song Kingdom is precarious under the iron cavalry of the Dajin Kingdom and the Mongolian Kingdom, and the Southern Ming Kingdom is also under the attack of the Jurchen Kingdom, and there is almost no power to fight back.
The Northern Song Dynasty could only remain undefeated as a whole in the face of the Great Liao State, which had submitted to the Mengyuan court, but it could not even spare a small Western Xia State to clean up.
Although the Great Ming Kingdom seems to have a slight upper hand in the face of the Jurchen Kingdom on the surface, the Great Ming Dynasty, which is close to the coast, is constantly facing the infestation of overseas pirates.
At that time, it could be said that it was the most powerful of the Six Kingdoms, because the territory was directly bordered by the Mengyuan court, and it was also more than 200 years ago that it was directly attacked by the Mengyuan Iron Cavalry and was quickly destroyed. And in this land of the original Chu State, a powerful country called the Great Yuan State was established and became a force to be reckoned with among the subjects of the Mengyuan court.
The Ming Dynasty, the Southern Ming Dynasty, the Northern Song Dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty, plus more than 30 small feudal states, and the more than 400 countries that competed for hegemony back then are now only a few.
What they are facing is the gradually becoming stronger Mongolia, the Great Yuan Kingdom, the Great Qing Kingdom, the Jurchen Kingdom, the Great Jin Kingdom, and the Great Liao Kingdom, which has also been inherited for 800 years and is one of the 400 feudal kingdoms of that year...
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The night was deeper, and I don't know when, after telling the history of the burning days, the two of them found a place to rely on, approved a random piece of clothing, and slowly fell asleep...
"Crackling..."
The firewood in the hall burned in the flames, and the crackling sound sounded in the hall from time to time, as if telling the years under the smoke of the beacon, and as if telling the current Southern Song Dynasty, this weak and weak situation...