Xuanwu laughed: "Your conclusion is really scary. Han military households were actually replaced by barbarians. But I think the army of the Jin Dynasty was still dominated by Han people. For example, during the Three Rebellions in Huainan
The armies in the Central Plains, Guanzhong, and Hebei are almost all Han military households in these places."
Baihu said calmly: "On the surface it seems so, but these troops have been joined by a large number of barbarian cavalry. They set out with the Han soldiers and horses from various places, but they played the main role in the assault in the war.
The Jin army was able to defeat the more than 100,000 soldiers and horses of the Wu State and came to rescue them because of these fierce Huqi. Even in Cao Cao's time, when Yang Changban was chasing Liu Bei, there were already many Huqi, but later generations did not
I don’t know the exact situation, but they are generally called Tiger and Leopard Cavalry.”
Xuanwu nodded: "That's it. According to historical records, the Huns who Cao Cao moved into Bingzhou were only a hundred thousand, and the Hanzhong Di and Qiang people who moved into Guanzhong were only tens of thousands. Only these people can
Become the main force of the Wei army later and replace military households?"
Bai Hu smiled slightly: "Although the Xiongnu only had less than 100,000 soldiers, the entire military household of Cao Wei at that time was only more than 200,000. Considering that almost every tent of the Xiongnu can be sent out to fight, the recruitment rate is very high.
As for the Qiang and Di people in Guanzhong, the immigrants from Hanzhong were just the beginning. Later, with the Guanzhong area, the Shu army led by Zhuge Liang made several northern expeditions, and the Wei army in Guanzhong Longyou and Ganliang areas also conquered the local area many times.
The Qiang and Di tribes came to Guanzhong to rescue them. After the war, some of them settled in Guanzhong. In addition, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guanzhong suffered great damage and there were very few Han people. The Qiang and Di tribes who later moved in did not occupy an absolute share.
The population is at a disadvantage. This is a special feature of the times. It can also be seen as another integration of Yi and Di in Guanzhong since the Qin State entered Guanzhong and integrated various Quanrong and Yiqu tribes."
Qinglong said in a deep voice: "It seems that the Fu Qin and Yao Qiang tribes entered Guanzhong at this time?"
Baihu nodded: "Yes, these Qiang and Di tribes originally made a living as nomads, and they also know a little farming. They often go to their hometowns in the Hehuang area, nomadic in spring, sow highland barley seeds, and then use cattle, sheep and horse dung as fertilizer.
After finishing, they will find another pasture, and when they return in autumn, they can harvest highland barley. After these people arrive in Guanzhong, with these habits, they can learn some simple farming. This is half farming and half herding, so the Qiang and Di people entered
Guanzhong is not as difficult to adapt to as the purely nomadic Xiongnu and Xianbei people."
"However, whether the Qiang Di people in Guanzhong or the Huns in Bingzhou, they were still not managed by the Wei and Jin Dynasties in the form of household registration and unified people. These tribes still lived scattered in tribal ways, farming and herding, and only obeyed the orders of the people.
Their own tribal commanders and chiefs, and these chiefs obeyed their own great chanyu. Liu Yuan was such a great chanyu of the Huns. He also had deputies such as King Zuo Xian and King You Xian, and Liu Yuan himself
He was imprisoned in Luoyang and was not allowed to have easy contact with his tribe. However, during the Eight Kings Rebellion, the world was in a state of chaos, so the Emperor of Jin wanted to ask Liu Yuan to go back and recruit the Xiongnu people to help in the war. This started the Wuhu rebellion in China.
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Xuanwu sighed: "In this way, can we think that since the Han military household system started by Cao Cao, when the Eight Kings Rebellion and the Five Hus disrupted China, a large number of losses were caused by the civil war. When the armies of the various tribes of the Hu people
When it started to become the main force, the original military households would also be gone."
Bai Hu said calmly: "It can be understood this way. During the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Jin State seemed to have a strong military force, but the military household system inherited from Cao Cao's era was on the verge of collapse. The gentry in the Western Jin Dynasty had gained political power, and the children of aristocratic families
They all regard the trend of fashion, even the naughty young man as beautiful. The aesthetics and values of the entire country are distorted. The young men from aristocratic families are so weak that they do not feel ashamed but think they are beautiful. However, for the simple and resolute soldiers, even those who started with military merit
Even the Sima emperor would laugh at him behind his back for being a military general."
"So the status of military households has been extremely low by this time. After the Three Kingdoms ended, the barbarians surrendered, and everyone in the world thought that they could enjoy peace from now on. However, those military households who specialized in killing people and practicing martial arts were regarded as despicable at this time.
People, because in the past hundred years, military households have only the obligation to fight, but there is almost no room for advancement. The power of the court is all occupied by the gentry. Even those who are military generals are vying to enter the gentry class, and they are ashamed to be generals.
.Just like today's Liu Yi, Zhuge Changmin and others, they can't wait to become nobles instead of soldiers. It can be said that they have brought over the atmosphere of the Western Jin Dynasty a hundred years ago."
Xuanwu sighed: "The culture of the nobles who do not want to make progress and are content with pleasure is almost exactly the same as today. The decay and degeneration of a country starts from the depravity of the upper class. According to Lord Baihu, Cao Wei's
The military household system did not give the officers and soldiers in the military households a chance to rise, and the power in the court was gradually controlled by the gentry. When Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, did the nine-level Zhongzheng system further emphasize culture and suppress military force?
Already?"
Bai Hu nodded: "That's why, in order to usurp the Han Dynasty, win the hearts of the nobles, and have all the powerful nobles in the world support him, Cao Pi introduced the nine-level Zhongzheng system. From then on, he completely abandoned the way of gaining wealth through military merit.
Officials no longer rely on merit, nor on policy interviews and the like, but on grades, which are divided into nine grades. Officials are directly awarded according to different grades. This grade is evaluated by the Zhongzheng of each state, which is actually the local government.
They must rate their own nephews or nephews from the family who have good marriage relationships as high-grade. Only those with a high enough grade can become officials, so they are officials. The power is not based on talent.
, but origin, which is equivalent to canceling Cao Cao's meritocracy, so Cao Cao's reputation in later generations will be so bad."
Qinglong said coldly: "It's just a return to the previous system. Later, in the Jin Dynasty, the imperial examination system was further used to replace the nine-level Zhongzheng system. However, with the change of soup but not medicine, the same system of high-ranking officials from aristocratic families was still the same.
The recommendation of the sect or the grade evaluation determines that the nephews and nephews of one's family can become officials when they debut, while the lower-class scholars or common people will never have this opportunity in their lives. According to Lord Baihu, the nobles have lost their confidence in the army.
Control, in fact, it was only after the emergence of the nine-level Zhongzheng system that it was completely isolated. The so-called high-ranking scholars and common people are like clouds and mud. The nobles work hard and the common people work hard, which is exactly what it means!" (End of this chapter)