There are one hill and eight buildings in the Northern Prefecture of the Eastern Jin Dynasty Chapter 5379: Magical deception ultimately brings disaster to the country
Chapter 5379: Magical deception ultimately brings disaster to the country
Xuanwu frowned slightly: "Master Baihu, you want to say that the good families of the six counties are actually Yiqu after the conquest and submission. Lin Hu and other descendants of the northern barbarians are not pure Han people?"
Bai Hu nodded and said: "Yes, the land of Guanlong itself, even dating back to the Zhou tribes, is a land of barbarians. After the Western Zhou Dynasty was destroyed by the Quan Rong, the Qin State entered as a small tribe and a feudal state.
Guanzhong, after hundreds of years of bloody battles, finally dominated the western frontier, eliminated and ruled countless Rongdi tribes, and then came the old Qin. As I said before, the people of Qin were martial and respected violence, and the people of the old Qin were more
He has a character that must avenge his enemies. These are the customs of the Hu Dynasty, which are completely different from the Canran culture and governance developed on the basis of the Zhou rites and righteousness in the Guandong area, so Qin is regarded as a country of tigers and wolves."
"Even when the Qin Dynasty perished, the land of Guanzhong still believed in the strict management of Legalism. The Qin people regarded killing enemies in battle and gaining merit as their creed in life, while those who did not receive no reward for no merit, and strictly rewarded and punished these concepts
, and it is also deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In a word, the people of Guanlong and Qin are either fighting or preparing for battle. This is their character and the reason why Shang Yang said they are the king's people."
Xuanwu nodded: "So in terms of combat effectiveness, organization, and discipline, the Qin people in Guanzhong are second to none. In addition, the eight hundred miles of Qinchuan in Guanzhong are fertile, and the border cities in the six counties are connected with nomads.
, there is no shortage of pasture water, which can produce the best knights. Throughout the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Period, only Qin and Zhao, which are adjacent to the northern grasslands, had the largest and most sophisticated cavalry troops. This is not an accident."
Baihu smiled slightly and said: "Qin and Zhao have the same origin. When they split up hundreds of years ago, they all had the surname Zhao. Later, the Qin family separated from the Zhao family and went to the west to establish the Qin State. How many surnames did they have?
They have been a horse herding tribe for hundreds of years and have a special understanding of cavalry."
"Later, the Qin State relied on the stronger organization and discipline from the Central Plains, and relied on the establishment of cities in the Guanzhong farming area. The more food produced by farming, and then the more people that could be generated, scattered the local area.
The Rongdi tribes were defeated one by one."
"Just like the Jin State had to fight hard for hundreds of years to develop and grow among the various Hulu tribes in Bingzhou, this was the case in the Spring and Autumn Period. Countless feudal princes were destroyed by barbarians, but those who survived expelled the barbarians and developed
The Qi, Qin, Chu, Jin and other countries were like this. Finally, after hundreds of years of chaos, the nomadic barbarian tribes that were all over the world when the Zhou Dynasty was established disappeared. "
Qinglong smiled slightly and said: "So, in fact, the Qin Dynasty and the Zhou Dynasty were both barbarian tribes, states of tigers and wolves, but because they were mainly farming, they must also follow Zhou rituals?"
Bai Hu nodded: "That's almost it. The Qin Dynasty had many common people and barbarians because they conquered too many Xirong tribes. The tribesmen defeated by these tribes later became the subjects of the Qin State, and the Qin State many times
The Gongshi Rebellion, as well as the strict restrictions and restraints on the power of the Qin clan after Shang Yang's reform, made the Qin Kingdom unlike the Guandong Kingdoms, where the descendants of the monarch all became nobles and each had their own fiefdoms. Instead, many forces would be split. In the end,
The tail is too big to lose. Shang Yang's reform strengthened the status of the monarch of the Qin State, allowing everyone in the Qin State, from officials to the people, to obey the orders of the monarch. While creating a one-man world, it also allowed the Qin State to be consistent, enforce orders and prohibitions, and be able to achieve a high degree of control.
unified."
"As for the citizens of the Qin State, they are the old Qin people from Guanzhong. These are mostly the first generation of people from the Qin State when they left the customs. Many of them are descendants of nobles. They settled in the land of Guanzhong and around Xianyang. They are known for their powerful
Infantry, chariot soldiers, and light soldiers were the main ones, and the land of the six counties was mostly occupied by the descendants of barbarians such as Quanrong and Yiqu who were later conquered by the Qin State. Most of them were Hu people. Of course, with the Qin State's hundreds of
With years of continuous integration and migration of people, these people were mixed together. The descendants of the Ying tribe and the descendants of the Yi and Di conquered in large numbers formed a special group of Lao Qin. They were martial and strong. After Shang Yang's reform, they were given
The strong sense of discipline and desire to fight, coupled with the fact that the Qin people are good at magic and deception and do not care about benevolence, justice and morality, are effective in troubled times."
Qinglong sneered and said: "Etiquette is ruined, tigers and wolves are rampant, and villains are successful. This kind of country that runs rampant with violence and deceit will eventually perish at the hands of treacherous villains. People like Zhao Gao, Li Si, and Shang Yang, all work for fame."
What kind of good thing is it to do whatever you want after gaining power by unscrupulous means, and in the end destroy yourself and the country? Only by following the royal way, governing the country with benevolence and righteousness, and treating the world with integrity can long-term peace and stability be achieved."
Baihu smiled slightly: "Yes, Master Qinglong said it very well. The foundation of Qin's country is credit, the country's credit. This is the foundation of their legalism and the same benevolence and righteousness as Confucianism. Once it is lost,
If you believe it, no one will be loyal to the country anymore."
"This was the reason for the demise of the Qin State. It was because they lost trust in the old Qin people and did not act according to the previous military merit system, which led to disunity from top to bottom. The establishment of the Han Dynasty was an apparent abandonment of what everyone thought was right.
Legalism, which is based on harshness and violence, chose Confucianism and etiquette to govern the country, but at its core, the great unification, the system of prefectures and counties, Confucianism and the rule of law are still Legalist ideas."
"Because as long as there is great unification, it is impossible to follow the old path of enfeoffment and division. But if there is great unification, the officials who govern the local areas must be selected by the court and loyal to the king, not the former enfeoffed nobles."
"Sir, how to generate and select these officials has become a big issue. In the end, after many rounds of selections, the method of judging nobles based on military merit and using nobles as officials is the fairest and most convincing method."
Xuanwu said in a deep voice: "In the early Han Dynasty, the military meritorious service was based on the descendants of Liehou as officials, the rank ratio as salary, and the food was allocated to the descendants of Liehou. Of course, it was not directly given to the land, but the annual food.
One-third of the tax revenue of each household was used as their salary. In addition, talents were selected through relatives, policy discussions and other methods. It was not just the military merit system. However, the military recruitment of the Han Dynasty was basically
The Northern and Southern armies, mainly composed of people from Guanzhong, defended Chang'an, and Liangjiazi from the border areas of the six counties were recruited as cavalry and border troops. These were standing armies. As for the various Liu family clans in the Guandong area, they were Hezhou County.
At the same time, common people were recruited to serve as county soldiers and state and county soldiers. However, the scale and equipment were limited and they were only used to maintain public order. This was to prevent military rebellion in these places, especially during the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion. There were once hundreds of thousands of rebels in Kanto.
, and in the end it was only possible to pacify it with the help of Guanzhong soldiers and horses and the feudal soldiers of Liang State." (End of this chapter)