"Do you know the origin of the Tianqin royal family?" Zhao She asked Zhao Jin again. Zhao Jin did not expect Zhao She to ask this, but he still nodded.
The Tianqin royal family's surname was Ye, and its founding emperor was a man named Ye Tianling. He was originally a prince-in-law of the Qi Dynasty, but he finally rebelled against the Qi Dynasty and took over the country. It is said that the royal Ye family
The body-protecting beasts of the ancient times were all golden dragons, so the royal Ye family claimed to be descendants of dragons. When Zhao Jin saw this when he was reading a book, he scoffed, saying that the descendants of dragons are the authentic ones.
Zhao She asked again: "Do you know the three levels in the world?"
Zhao Jin thought for a moment and nodded. The three passes in the world refer to the three passes in Zhengzhou, namely Yeling Pass, Zhen'an Pass and Dongshang Pass. These three passes are located in the due north, due west and due south of Zhengzhou respectively.
The main roads are guarded in three directions, and the east side of Zhengzhou faces the sea, thus forming a land of four fortresses in Zhengzhou.
Zhao Shesan asked: "Then do you know why the Tianqin royal family divided the seven vassal states?"
Zhao Jin immediately replied: "The history books say that the founding emperor divided his family into fiefs in order to reward several famous generals at that time. But I think something is wrong here."
"Tell me about it." Zhao She said with a smile. He wanted to see how much insight this grandson had.
"If it's a reward, then it's the same as our family, giving generous salaries to high-ranking officials. Why do we do things like splitting the earth? And looking at the later Emperor Tianqin, none of them did such a thing. Besides, I think Ye Tian
Ling is not such a short-sighted person, he does not need to leave such a big trouble to his descendants." Zhao Jin analyzed based on his knowledge from his previous life and found that feudalism has been the root cause of wars in the past dynasties since ancient times.
Zhao She was stunned after hearing this. He really didn't expect that a teenager could analyze it so clearly, and quickly asked: "Who taught you this?"
Zhao Jin shook his head, "No one taught me, I just thought of it myself. Grandpa, please correct me if I say something wrong."
Zhao She smiled and said: "This is a good analysis. Outsiders think that the founding emperor was a man of great affection and righteousness, and he rewarded his generals lavishly. In fact, this is not the case. A discerning person will know that things are not that simple at a glance. Let me tell you, the founding emperor
He did not voluntarily award the reward, but had to award it because he was forced by the situation at that time." When Zhao Jin heard this, he became curious and said nothing.
"Although Ye Tianling had powerful soldiers in the North at that time, he did not want to rebel, but guarded the North wholeheartedly. But later, Ye Tianling met a girl from the Yu tribe, and the two fell in love with each other. Later I found out that this girl was from the Yu tribe
Ye Tianling, the daughter of the patriarch of the big clan at that time, originally wanted to marry this girl. Unexpectedly, the then prince of the Qi Dynasty also fell in love with this girl, and forcibly took possession of her and brought her back to Tiandu City. Only then did Ye Tianling
In anger, he united with several generals at that time and rebelled against the Qi Dynasty."
"The Yeling Pass at that time was called Tianwei Pass, and it was a dangerous and dangerous pass that the Qi Dynasty had known for hundreds of years. At that time, Ye Tianling could be said to be a beauty in anger, and they just took the lives of 100,000 people to capture this pass. That night
When Tianling invaded the palace, he found the girl from the Yu clan, but the girl denounced Ye Tianling for her desire for one person, regardless of the lives of 100,000 people and all the people in the world, so she drew her sword and killed herself. As a result, Ye Tianling did not have the strength to suppress it.
Several other generals had no choice but to divide and split the land to appease these people. That's how today's seven princes and kingdoms came into being."
Zhao She looked at Zhao Jin and asked, "What do you think of Ye Tianling? Do you think he is worth doing this?"
Zhao Jin asked back: "Grandpa, your grandma told you this story?" Zhao She was stunned and asked quickly: "How do you know?"
Zhao Jin smiled and said: "This story seems reasonable and touching. But I think the credibility is too low. First, Ye Tianling said that he rebelled for the one he loved, but how could he do it in such a short period of time?
How about contacting several other generals? I read historical records that several armies marched from different places at the same time to attack the Qi Dynasty. Secondly, Ye Tianling could have used a large number of troops to threaten the Qi Dynasty at that time. I think Jiangshan and Meiren’s rule at that time
The observer will be able to tell which one is more important, and can return the person to Ye Tianling in exchange for time. But Ye Tianling was so eager to tackle the problem, either because there was an internal problem, or because of the situation. Thirdly, several generals at that time
The reason why they are willing to respect Ye Tianling as the emperor is because Ye Tianling must have something in his hands that they are afraid of, otherwise a fool would give it up. And Ye Tianling is also afraid of several generals, so he will grant land to appease him."
After hearing these words, Zhao She looked at Zhao Jin for a long time, and suddenly laughed heartily and said: "Haha, God bless my Zhao family, God bless my Zhao family!" Zhao She hugged Zhao Jin, raised his head and shouted: "Qin
Son, you gave birth to a good son, you can rest in peace." Tears welled up in his old eyes.
Zhao Jin was confused by Zhao She's move and quickly asked: "Grandpa, grandpa, did I say something wrong?"
Zhao She let go of Zhao Jin, wiped his eyes with his hands, calmed down and said, "It's okay, it's grandpa who lost his temper. Little boy, you didn't let grandpa down, and you didn't let your parents down. Although grandpa doesn't know that you used to
Why do you hide yourself, but grandpa knows there must be a reason for you to do this."
"You are right. Grandpa thought the same as you at the time. Ye Tianling was not a fool, and that girl was just an excuse for him to rebel. Zhao Jin, don't look at Tianqin's singing and dancing at the moment, but secretly there are indeed turbulent waves.
There are three chaos in Tian Qin. The first chaos is the vassal states. After so many years, each vassal state has become increasingly powerful. Although they are loyal to Tian Qin on the surface, they are secretly violating it. These two chaos are the levels of division.
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Zhao Jin knew about the divisions of castes. The Tianqin Kingdom was created by Ye Tianling, but the Northland had castes at that time, divided into royal family, nobles, commoners and untouchables. The royal family is self-evident, and the nobles are the princes and people like them.
Everyone, civilians are free people. And the most miserable are the untouchables. They are bought and sold like slaves, and the power of life and death is in the hands of the nobles who own them, just like pigs and dogs.
Originally, this system should have been abolished long ago, but Tian Qin and the major vassal states continued to implement it for some reason, and it became more and more serious. Many free civilians also became untouchables, so Tian Qin
Dynasty resistance has increased in recent years.
Zhao Jin knew that this system was like a huge powder keg that would explode one day. But he did not expect that he would be the one who detonated the powder keg.
Zhao She continued: "This third chaos is the barbarians who dominate Hanzhou."