Number 423 may not be a bad thing
Number 423 is perhaps not a bad thing
Wei Dongsheng adapted to his identity a little, and quickly traced the 18-year historical evolution during his departure. Reading the process and results of the Jin State Succession War, Wei Dongsheng was speechless and let out a long sigh. Wei Dongsheng cleverly designed the heir to assist the imperial family in annexing the Jin State and promoting the process of unification, but unexpectedly, the ownership of the Jin State became the fuse for the Wei Xia Dynasty to fall into the abyss of the feudal system.
Who is to blame?
Perhaps he should blame King Lu, his 8,000 elite ambushed 40,000 royal foot cavalry, and broke the backbone of the royal family in one battle. If King Lu appears in the royal camp, the dream of the concept of great unification may have been realized! If he hadn't met a once-in-a-century military genius like King Lu, the royal family might have a chance to win the Jin succession war in the context of the Jin Kingdom's internal and external cooperation.
Perhaps he should complain about Wei Yongfeng, who made a lot of tricks during the Jin Succession War, but instead of being able to unite the King of Lu for his own use, he angered the King of Lu and was surrounded by the Jingshi. If Wei used the wind more intelligently, if Wei used the wind more tactfully, the Jin succession war might be another direction.
But thinking about it carefully, Wei Dongsheng felt that these grievances were meaningless.
Whether you complain that the enemy army is too strong or that the friendly army is too weak, you are deceiving yourself and others to compromise your responsibilities.
The real reason may be Wei Dongsheng.
Is history made by heroes or by people?
Centralization may be the general trend of Chinese history, but Wei Dongsheng, a hero of the era who died before he was born, brought the Wei Xia Dynasty to the deep pit of the feudal system. After the mediocrity of the second emperor Wei Anhao to the fifth emperor Wei Shansheng, the historical reversal of the feudal system has gradually become a new historical trend. Neither the people under the direct jurisdiction of the imperial family nor the people under the jurisdiction of the feudal states were willing to sacrifice their lives for the struggle between the feudal system and the great unification line. The people did not care about the feudal system or the great unification, but were hostile to the wars of the Chu and the Jin succession wars that the imperial family frequently set off in order to reduce the feudal domain.
If the reduction is successful, that's it.
If you don't have the ability to cut down the feudal domain and frequently set off cruel wars, can the people not oppose you?
In the later stages of the Battle of Chu and the Later War of the Jin Succession, small civil unrest broke out in the provinces directly under the imperial family. If it weren't for the judgment of the ruling class to help the imperial family put down the rebellion in a timely manner, these civil unrest might have caused a great turmoil to change the dynasty.
The cost of cutting the feudal domain is too high.
At this moment, instead of supporting the unification, the common people resented the royal family for initiating a war to cut the feudal domain. Wei Dongsheng wanted to promote the process of great unification, similar to the establishment of a republic in the atmosphere of monarchical public opinion and the establishment of a feudal monarch in the atmosphere of public opinion in a republican system.
In short, the time is not right.
Ninety years ago, the people of the Central Plains were eager to overthrow the brutal rule of Meng Yuan, and Wei Dongsheng was able to respond to the call when he was chasing the Central Plains. Today, the common people have not yet felt the pain of the feudal system, and they are naturally disgusted with the royal family's war of cutting feuds.
After thinking about the reason, Wei Dongsheng decided to temporarily give up the obsession of great unification.
In the third life, Wei Dongsheng no longer pursued the opening of the territory and the unification of the country. For a moment, Wei Dongsheng seemed to have no goal, so he simply walked around and admired the feudal empire that he created but was out of his control.
From south to north, from east to west, Wei Dongsheng silently observed the Wei Xia Dynasty.
Time came to 1443, and Wei Shansheng, the fifth emperor of the Wei Xia Dynasty, finally made a move after many years of forbearance.
Because of the anticlimactic end of the Battle of Chu and the disastrous end of the Jin Succession War, Wei Shansheng judged that the imperial army was weak in combat. Even after some military reforms, Wei Shansheng still had no confidence in the imperial family. In order to test the effectiveness of the imperial army and to restore the prestige of the imperial family, Wei Shansheng set his sights on a foreign power that would not attract the joint protest of the nineteen feudal states, Hu Yu Annam, that is, the real world of northern Vietnam.
Northern Vietnam was a traditional Chinese territory until the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, but the Zhao and Song dynasties were unable to quell the rebellion, which gradually separated from China. In the years after the founding of the Wei and Xia dynasties, he was busy with the War of Imperial Succession and the expulsion of the Tartars in the early stage, and in the later period, he was busy cutting and counter-cutting the feudal domains, so that he had no time to conquer the traditional territories that had been separated from China for about 500 years. When the fifth emperor arrived, Wei Shansheng did not dare to rashly cut the feudal domain at home, so he had to direct the contradictions abroad, so he used Hu Yu Annan as a whetstone to verify the power of the new imperial army in the name of recovering the lost land.
Hu Yu Annan was founded by Hu Ji Chen, who was originally a relative of the Tran Dynasty in Vietnam, and then usurped power and seized the throne and restored the ancestral surname Hu. After Hu Jichen called himself Yu Shun of China, he changed the name of the country to "Da Yu", that is, the Hu Dynasty of Vietnam. In real world history, Emperor Zhu Di of Yongle of the Ming Dynasty deliberately interfered with the changes from the Chen Dynasty to the Hu Dynasty, and sent Zhang Fu and Mu Sheng to lead the army to conquer the Hu Dynasty, and then set up four states and guards. Due to various problems, Zhu Ming regrettably did not establish a long-term rule, and the Yongle Emperor Zhu Di abandoned Annam shortly after his death.
In another world, when Hu Jichen usurped the throne, the Wei Xia Dynasty was busy cutting the feudal domain and had no time to pay attention to him. It wasn't until Hu Jichen and his descendants sat on the throne that Wei Shansheng set his sights on this homeland because he had no hope of cutting the domain. Wei Shansheng did not disappoint Wei Dongsheng, and although there were occasional setbacks during the war, the Wei Xia royal army easily pacified Hu Yu Annan and easily established the province of Jiaozhi like Zhu Ming's army.
However, just like the predicament encountered by the Zhu Ming Dynasty, it was easy to defeat Annam, but it was difficult to rule Jiaozhi. Before Wei Shansheng had time to show off his military strength to the Nineteen Feudal States, he was depressed and found that Jiaozhi had become a quagmire of war, and in just three or four years, the chaotic people quickly formed a beacon fire. By 1453, Wei Shansheng's dream of using the annexation of Jiaozhi Province to pressure the vassal domains was completely shattered, and he even had to mobilize domestic resources to increase troops to quell the rebellion.
All of a sudden, the royal family's annexation of Jiaozhi became a joke.
In 1456, the situation in the province of Cochin worsened, and the thieves not only moved in tens of thousands, but even dared to seek a decisive battle with the royal army. Wei Shansheng knew that Jiaozhi Province had become a burden, but he was unwilling to withdraw in embarrassment, and he divided Jiaozhi Province to the second son for the king of Jiaozhi.
Wei Shansheng is divided into Jiaozhi, which is purely a cover-up.
Wei Shansheng didn't like his second son for some reason, and his son also abandoned Shang Yi Renxia and ran around the world. Wei Shansheng gave Jiaozhi to the second son, and when Jiaozhi was completely lost, it became the responsibility of the second son. Although this idea is a bit self-deceptive, Wei Shansheng thinks so and does it.
How do you think about it, the move of dividing Jiaozhi has become a turning point in the civil unrest in Jiaozhi.
When Wei Shansheng's second son succeeded to the throne of Jiaozhi, Wei Shansheng only symbolized that he seemed to be left with 10,000 steps to ride. This group of soldiers all came from those Jiaozhi soldiers, and even a group of ordinary soldiers after evacuating the elite. The royal army of 150,000 foot cavalry has no choice but to do anything in Jiaozhi Province, what can Wei Shansheng's second son do? Just 10,000 steps to ride, which is equivalent to the fact that he has given up the province of Jiaozhi.
Unexpectedly, under the leadership of Wei Shansheng's second son, the combat effectiveness of the 10,000-step cavalry suddenly skyrocketed tenfold. Under the leadership of Wei Shansheng, this group of ordinary soldiers, who were regarded as second-class troops by the royal army, went from victory to victory, and in just two years, they wiped out the rebels who had overwhelmed the 150,000 royal army.
Soon, the Cochin Domain officially became the Cochin Domain.
Public opinion was in an uproar, with some attacking the royal military system as consisting of a group of elite warriors and a group of stupid generals; Some people praised Wei Shansheng's second son, saying that he could be a 150,000 soldier alone, and Wei Shansheng did not choose to let him be the prince, which was really a blessing for the vassal country.
But what is the truth?
As early as when the chaos in Jiaozhi Province became more and more intense, Wei Dongsheng came to Jiaozhi to analyze the similarities and differences between the Wei Xia Dynasty and the Zhu Ming Dynasty at close range. When Wei Shansheng decided to give up the province of Jiaozhi, Wei Dongsheng responded to the recruitment order of Wei Shansheng's second son and contributed to the chaos of Jiaozhi as an officer.
However, Wei Dongsheng's assistance was not the main reason for the victory of the Jiaozhi Domain.
The 10,000 foot cavalry that Wei Shansheng left for his second son, the reason why his combat effectiveness skyrocketed tenfold was because they had a goal to strive for. As soldiers and soldiers of the royal army, no matter how brave and good they are, the road ahead will stop at the grassroots petty officers, so why work hard for a little money and thieves and rebels? The second son of Wei Shansheng promised the soldiers fiefdoms, titles, and official positions, as long as you dare to fight and fight, you can carp jump the dragon gate and rank the nobles.
For the sake of glory and wealth, for the sake of blood descendants, the cochin thieves must die to the death.
This is the truth of the rapid stability of the Cochin Domain.
Wei Dongsheng was in a trance.
Zhu Ming failed to establish a stable rule in Jiaozhi, and the Wei Xia royal family failed to establish a stable rule in Jiaozhi, a seemingly difficult task that was easily completed by a group of soldiers who were greedy for glory and wealth. Looking around the five feudal states of Nanyang, despite the constant turmoil, the descendants of Wei Dongsheng's bloodline firmly ruled the Nanyang Islands. If Wei Xia were a unified dynasty like the Zhu Ming Dynasty, it would be difficult for the five feudal states of Nanyang to rule over countless islands stably, and Jiaozhi might also be gained.
Perhaps, the sub-enclosure system is not as bad as imagined?
After several years of deliberation, Wei Dongsheng decided not to bother with the route of great unification and sub-feudal system.
Truth comes from practice, and since you are fortunate enough to experience the lesson of the tenth reincarnation, it is better to take the opportunity to take a look at the limits of Wei Xia's feudal empire.
It's a pity that when I figured it out, the third Wei Dongsheng was already 49 years old.
In addition, the reincarnated bodies of Wei Dongsheng 10 were all normal bodies, they would get sick and injured, and the older they were, the weaker they became. In the first and second lives, Wei Dongsheng did his best to maintain his health and set up a team of doctors to take care of himself, and he barely lived to be more than 60 years old. The first life died at the age of 69, the second life died at the age of 66, and the third life does not seem to have many years left.
The second life was wasted, and the third life was basically wasted.
Fortunately, there are ten lifetimes of experience in the tenth reincarnation, and it is still too late to adjust the goal.
Besides, the inferior Tomorrow Ring is an educational product, and it doesn't matter what Wei Dongsheng gets from it, what he learns from it is the real growth.