Shi Min's words are not alarmist.

If nothing else, just use the population data to show the miserable degree of the Han Rao in the Central Plains.

After the Wuhu Rebellion, there were probably only 4 million Han people left in the Central Plains (the population of the Western Jin Dynasty was 20 million)!

The time of the Wuhu Rebellion generally begins with the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty (316) and continues until the unification of the north by the Xianbei Northern Wei Dynasty (439). It was not until Emperor Wen of Sui destroyed the Chen Dynasty in 589 that Fang brought an end to nearly 300 years of turmoil and partition in China.

During the more than 100 years of Wuhu Chaohua, the northern ethnic groups (mainly the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qian, Qiang, and Di five Hu tribes, but in fact, Wuhu was the representative of the Hurao in the late Western Jin Dynasty, and the number was far from five) and the Han people established dozens of countries in North China, with varying strengths and weaknesses, and large differences, among which the Wuhu and Sixteen Kingdoms had existed for a long time and had great influence.

The Later North was unified by the Former Qin, and China took on the characteristics of the Former Northern and Southern Dynasties.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, the "Eight Kings Rebellion", the Hu people took advantage of the chaos to oppose the Jin.

After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, in order to avoid chaos, the royal family of the Jin Dynasty and the vast number of residents in the Yellow River Basin in the north entered the stable Yangtze River Basin, which was known as the Yiguan Nandu in history. The southward crossing led to a southward shift in the economic center of gravity.

When the Eastern Jin Dynasty was established, the Central Plains had fallen into the hands of the Hu people. The Han people in the Central Plains fought back under the leadership of famous generals such as Zu Ti and Huan Wen, and finally failed because they were outnumbered. The patriotic soldiers who moved to the south always took the northern expedition to the Central Plains and the recovery of lost land as their own responsibility.

The war between the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Wuhu, the fighting between the sixteen countries, made this period of war and chaos. The Hehuai region was the main battlefield of the war between the north and the south.

During the period when Wuhu ravaged the north, it was only more than 100 years, but the population of the Han nationality was sharply reduced from the original 20 million to less than 4 million.

Chen Liang immediately got up and said, "We don't want to sit still!" We want to recover our homeland and revive the glory of our China! ”

"The Chen family master is right!" Another middle-aged man stood up.

Shi Min, the person who made this statement, knew that he was the head of the Yingchuan Xun family, Xun Kang.

Xun Kang said solemnly: "King, I read poetry and books and know allusions. This is the biggest catastrophe in my life in China! The invasion of the Hu people is not unheard of in history, but it is so chaotic that even the land left by the ancestors has been forcibly occupied! In the past, the woman led the army to the west and beheaded more than 20,000 people! ”

"There are also dog Rong breaking the pickaxe Jing, Guan Zhong Xiang Qi Huangong, respecting the king! At that time, Rong Di had ravaged the Central Plains, but he was still defeated by the united vassal states, and finally Rong Di disappeared in the Central Plains! ”

Xun Kang is worthy of being a person who reads poetry and books and is full of economy.

The invasion of the Hu people has happened many times throughout the ages, just to harass the border passes, because there are too many and too many to mention.

And Rong Di alone has invaded the hinterland of the Central Plains, and there have been three times before he has threatened the Central Plains Dynasty!

One was the invasion of the Aryans (Baidi) from the West. One was the invasion of Inu Rong's attack on Hojing, which directly led to the destruction of the Western Zhou Dynasty. One was the large-scale invasion of Rongdi in the north during the reign of King Huan of Qi!

Among the many outstanding women in ancient China, the Chinese people estimated that they would answer Wu Ze, Hua Mulan and other characters by the way, but they would never have thought that there was a strange woman in the Shang Dynasty in China, who could fight well in her life, and defeated the Aryans who invaded the Huaxia clan together with the Shang king Wuding, and also pacified the Qiang people, Tu people, Ba people, and Yire sphere of influence, and she could be regarded as the first female general in China.

According to legend, during the Shang Dynasty, the Aryans, an ancient nomadic people in the north who lived in the cold region, launched an invasion of the southern civilization, they conquered India, and another part of the Aryans came to Iran, and later annexed the ancient Babylonian civilization to the west, and then used the Arabian Peninsula as a springboard to conquer the Egyptian civilization.

There was also a way eastward migration of Aryans into China, when it was in the period of Shang King Wuding, Nuhao led the army and defeated the Aryans who moved eastward.

Secondly, it is the scourge of dogs!

Dog Rong, also known as the Lynx, was active in the area of present-day Shaanxi and Gansu in ancient times, between the Lynx and Qi.

By the end of the Western Weekend, the long-term agricultural and peaceful environment made the king extravagant, the plaything demoralized, and the princes were played. The monarch's personality softened, and he had no intention of enriching the country and strengthening the army, as a result, King You of Zhou was attacked and killed by the barbaric and powerful Dog Rong clan, King You's favorite concubine Bao Xi was taken captive, and the capital of Feng and Hao Northwest was occupied by Dog Rong.

The Western Zhou Dynasty, which had been strong for about 300 years, was destroyed!

Since then, the dog Rong has become the most terrible enemy of the Chinese nation, until the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains people still called all the northwest nomads "dog Rong" and "Rong Di".

The dog Rong people are nomadic people, the dog at that time is not as completely out of the wolf state as now, the white dog at that time is as fierce as a wolf, the clan Rao totem is a wolf, but the dog in the family is a member of the family, respect it very much, so it is named "dog Rong".

Finally, it is Qi Huangong's "Respect for the King"!

So why does Duke Qi Huan respect the king?

Qi Huan Gong, the first tyrant of the Spring and Autumn Period. Before him, there were also regional tyrants like Zheng Zhuanggong, but firstly, because after all, the country and influence were limited, and secondly, it was only relatively strong in the region, and there was no special merit.

But Qi Huan Gong is different. If it is just that the country is strong and the people are rich, and the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient, it is just a strong country, and it is not a hegemon. And the "overlord" is actually the "uncle", the "uncle", the chief of the princes.

If you want to be the leader of this prince, it is not enough to be strong, at least in the Spring and Autumn Period, it will not work, and you have to "convince people with virtue"!

If you rely on your own strength to bully the weak, then you can't be the hegemon.

Because in the Spring and Autumn Period, no matter how powerful the vassal states were, they could not reach the point where they had the ability to unify.

On the contrary, no one vassal state could resist the coalition of a large number of princes. Under such conditions, only the princes who are qualified to be able to pull this coalition of princes can be called overlords.

This qualification is not only strong, but also stands on the commanding heights of morality. This moral high ground of Qi Huan Gong is "respecting the king".

Such a slogan, if it is not in the future generations, may not have any market at all: what "respect the king" is not "coercing the princes to order the princes"! Many people in later generations did this very slippery, such as the famous traitor Cao Cao.

However, it is actually an upgraded version of the later generations, and the "king" has it on the surface, and the "rebellion" does not know where it falls, and the real intention is just to prepare for the usurpation.

In the Spring and Autumn Period, the four words "respecting the king" had great appeal.

Why is that?

This is mainly due to the fact that the "international" situation in the Spring and Autumn period was very different from that of later generations.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, Chinese civilization was still in its infancy. It was the era of the so-called "Huayi Miscellaneous", and the Huaxia people, with agricultural civilization as the main body, had not yet completely occupied the advantage in this land. The landmark event that began in the Spring and Autumn Period was the so-called "Eastward Migration of King Ping".

Why did King Zhou Ping move east?

Because Xiqi's homeland can no longer gain a foothold.

Why can't you get a foothold?

Because Hokyo has been attacked by Inurong.

Regardless of whether the story of the "Beacon Opera Princes" is true or not, it is an indisputable fact that King Zhou was defeated in the struggle against "Xirong". In addition, King Zhou Ping got this throne and was suspected of killing his father, so Zhou Zi's reputation plummeted.

The dilemma faced by Zhou Zi was also the dilemma faced by other princes.

The situation of "Huayi miscellaneous" determines that all vassal states, whether they are deep in the hinterland of civilization or not, are facing the threat of "barbarians", which is very different from the model of the unified Central Plains Dynasty or the highly civilized Central Plains civilization circle in later generations, which mainly faces the "four yi" and "border troubles" mainly on the outside.

In the face of the wild world, every vassal state is actually weak, since the Zhou Zi divided the princes, it is often possible to see the records of conflicts between the Chinese and the "barbarians", and some vassal states were even destroyed by the "barbarians", and the seeds of civilization were strangled in the bud.

Facing the wilderness alone is full of risks and uncertainties, and it is obvious that the first task and inevitable choice of all the Chinese people should be to unite and ensure that they can survive in the wild ocean at that time.

This requires a core of leadership.

Originally, Zhou Zi was the core of this leadership, and in fact, in the Western Zhou Dynasty, they also did the same.

But in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, due to the great decline of Zhouzi's strength, there were moral flaws, and his prestige was greatly damaged, and he was no longer able to command the princes.

However, if such a role has been absent, it is probably not an exaggeration for the entire Chinese civilization to hover on the edge of life and death. The times have decided that there must be such a person and such a country to stand up and take this lead. The first person to successfully play this role was Qi Huangong.

Let's take a look at what Gong Qi Huan has done. In addition to the crusade between the vassal states, he responded to the urgency of the Yan State and rescued the Yan State, which was almost destroyed, from the invasion of Shanrong.

According to the Zhou etiquette, the princes could not leave the country, and at this time, this kind of etiquette was not observed, but in order not to be rude, the Duke of Qi Huan did not hesitate to assign the land to Yan to Yan State.

Wei Guo was troubled by the Di people, and the Duke of Qi Huan led the princes to help Wei Guo quell the war, re-established Wei Jun, and rebuilt the city wall.

The state of Chu was originally a barbarian country in the south, and throughout the Spring and Autumn Period, it was a serious threat to the princes of the Central Plains. At this time, Duke Qi Huan led the princes to unite against the Chu State and curb the momentum of the expansion of the Chu State!

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