Chapter Seventy-Three: The General Trend of the World
Zhao Heng said to Jia Huan again: "Huan'er, after you get the fame of Xiucai, you will take the examination for people and jinshi in the future, and you will slowly enter the court." ”
"I'm afraid that you don't know enough about the affairs of the court, so I will explain it carefully for you as a teacher."
Hearing this, Jia Huan's spirit couldn't help but lift.
He traveled through the world of Red Mansions for almost a year. In the past half a year, he has also learned some information about this world from various aspects, but it is not comprehensive enough.
It would be great if I could listen to the master explain it himself.
Jia Huan immediately sat up straight and said respectfully: "Thank you master for your guidance, disciple listens." ”
Zhao Heng said: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, outside the Manchu Tunshan Pass, the rebels from all walks of life in China rose up, and the entire Ming Dynasty was crumbling. ”
"My Great Xia Taizu Li Yan followed the uprising of Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, and after many battles, he finally gradually grew stronger. And Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, accidentally died, and finally my Great Xia Taizu Li Yan became the new leader. ”
"He is strict in military discipline, military prestige, and has an image. In the end, he succeeded in occupying the capital and established the Great Xia Dynasty. ”
"Then Taizu Li Yan recruited Wu Sangui, who was guarding the Shanhaiguan, with great sincerity, and successfully resisted the Manchu attack."
Hearing this, Jia Huan's heart set off a stormy wave.
He didn't expect that the Great Xia Dynasty was actually established by Li Yan.
The fall of the Ming Dynasty and the entry of the Qing soldiers into the customs can be described as the hatred of countless Han people.
At that time, the fall of the Ming Dynasty was actually inevitable, the Ming bureaucratic system almost collapsed, the land annexation situation was serious, the Ming Dynasty's royal family provided for a huge amount, and it was in the Xiaoice period at that time.
At that time, the Ming Dynasty could be said to be full of holes, and the gas was exhausted, even if the Qing army did not enter the customs, the Ming Dynasty would be overthrown sooner or later.
But the entry of the Qing army into the customs was an accidental event.
And the culprit, Jia Huan thinks it should be Li Zicheng.
Since the rebellion, King Li Zicheng has been destroyed all the way, exhausting the last trace of the Ming Dynasty.
And the most infuriating thing is that you have obviously captured the capital and established the Great Shun Dynasty.
At this time, the Manchu army was eyeing outside the Shanhai Pass, what did Li Zicheng do at this time?
He began to fall into a coma at this time, and first began to raid his homes and destroy his houses and plunder his wealth all over the city.
Then he connived at his rebels to loot everywhere, and couldn't control his subordinate Liu Zongmin, so he sat back and watched Liu Zongmin kill Wu Sangui's father and rob Wu Sangui's little wife Chen Yuanyuan.
Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the customs, not so much because he was angry at the crown, but because he was for self-preservation.
Wu Sangui is also a generation of traitors, saying that he surrendered to the Manchus and sacrificed Shanhaiguan for the sake of a woman, Jia Huan thinks this is inaccurate.
The key to this matter is actually that Li Zicheng personally blocked Wu Sangui's way to take refuge.
Think about it, Li Zicheng's subordinates killed Wu Sangui's father and robbed Wu Sangui's little wife, which is the hatred of killing his father and taking his wife.
Even if Wu Sangui disregarded his previous suspicions, he resolutely took refuge in Li Zicheng.
Can Li Zicheng not have an embankment for Wu Sangui? A person who indirectly has a hatred for killing his father and taking his wife, and he is still a military general who leads troops, will you believe that he has no complaints against you? For this kind of person, will you use him with confidence?
Definitely not, this kind of person must find an opportunity to kill him quickly.
Even if Wu Sangui wanted to save his own life, he would definitely not be able to defect to Li Zicheng.
Li Zicheng can be described as a good hand of cards.
You can just change a strategist and put Li Zicheng's position, such as Cao Cao, Liu Bang, Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhu Yuanzhang and others, they will definitely not let the Qing army enter the customs.
Sure enough, history turned a corner in this world, Li Zicheng died of illness, and with Li Yan's shining debut, he successfully resisted the invasion of the Qing army.
Zhao Heng continued: "After Taizu established Great Xia, he gradually pacified all places, lightly forced labor, light taxes, and lenient punishments, and after twenty years of recuperation, the Great Xia Dynasty finally relieved this breath. ”
"And the Manchu Qing outside the Guan, the internal struggle fell into infighting, the banner owners, all brave and good at fighting, unconvinced by each other, fighting each other, and finally almost fighting the Manchu Qing fell apart."
Hearing this, Jia Huan only felt extremely happy.
In fact, if the Ming Dynasty could resist for more than ten or twenty years, it would probably be able to wait until the Manchu civil strife and let them die out on their own.
In the period before the Qing army entered the customs, chaos had arisen within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was irreconcilable.
Of Nurhachi's sixteen sons, six were very capable of fighting.
The territory of the Manchus was too small, the cake was so big, and if there were no external factors, they could play out the dog's brain.
And at this time, Wu Sangui surrendered and the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs.
This time, the cake is bigger.
This piece of cake in the Central Plains is so big that even if they work together, they may not be able to swallow it all.
It was precisely because of this change that the Manchu Eight Banners were twisted into a rope, allowing them to eliminate civil strife and finally sit firmly in the Central Plains.
Zhao Heng continued: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty was finally destroyed by the newly rising tribe, this tribe, established a new dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, but the Jin Dynasty had a weak foundation, and in front of my Great Xia, it was well-behaved and obedient. ”
After that, the Great Xia Dynasty was passed down from generation to generation, and after five generations, the Jin Dynasty slowly grew stronger. And I, Daxia, once again fell into the predicament encountered by the former Ming. Land annexation was serious, corrupt officials were rampant, the imperial family provided for a huge amount, and the state finances were depleted. ”
"At this time, the Jin Dynasty invaded on a large scale, and our Daxia army was defeated and retreated, and the capital was lost, so we had to move the capital to Jinling. Seeing that Great Xia was about to die, Emperor Taishang stood up. ”
"He strengthened the centralization of power, and held the military power and finances in his hands. He vigorously expanded his army, personally led an army of 500,000, and won successive battles with the strength of the whole country, and finally drove the Jin Dynasty out of our Great Xia territory. ”
"Emperor Taishang is known as the Lord of Zhongxing, and he single-handedly turned the tide and saved my Great Xia. And the generals who followed the Emperor Taishang all the way to kill and conquer the war, all of them were feudal marquis and worshiped the prime minister, with a total of four kings, eight dukes and twelve marquises. ”
"Because their exploits are similar to the founding of the country, they are known as the founding feats. The ancestors of your Jia family occupied two seats among the eight princes. ”
Hearing this, Jia Huan suddenly realized that the founding of the country was a martial artist, and the four kings, eight dukes and twelve marquis came from this.
"However, this has also led to the dominance of the founding line in the army, and almost ninety percent of the army is in the hands of the founding line."
After that, in order to check and balance the founding line, the Emperor Taishang began to suppress the founding line. And support another vein, this vein is called the Yuanping vein. ”
Since then, all kinds of battles of all sizes have basically been the battlefields of the Yuanping lineage, although the Yuanping lineage is not as successful as the founding lineage. But they have real power enough to compete with the founding of the country. ”
Well, last time, Zhou Tong was a disciple of Yuan Ping.
What happened last time was a little weird, and I don't know if there was a master's hand in it.
(End of chapter)