Chapter 259: Taking Chestnuts from the Fire (Twelve) Dao Huayi
night.
Shangshu Gaofu, in the Rixin Building.
"If this continues, sooner or later your family will turn into a harem of all nations." Liu Xin twisted a letter between her fingers and said with a smile: "Well, first there is a Jurchen Gege, and then there is a Japanese princess. I think you are
Why don't you think about it and hold concubine selection activities in several kingdoms in southern Xinjiang? Then if one from each country comes, you can have two tables of mahjong, how lively it would be."
Gao Pragmatic felt that her words did not seem to have much sarcastic meaning, but it was a bit strange, but she did not show it on face, she just smiled, shook her head and said: "The Jurchens are still tribal, and the princess is just that; Japan's
As for 'princess', I estimate she is somewhere between 100 and 80, so you don't need to emphasize these identities."
"Is this what I'm emphasizing?" Liu Xin glanced sideways at him and snorted: "I'm emphasizing the courtyard."
When she pronounced the words "Dazayuan" with an emphasis, Gao Pingshi burst into laughter and nodded: "Yes, yes, there are only two...you really know the subtleties."
"Oh, this is my inference. Look at you, you are clearly promoting the household registration and naturalization system in southern Xinjiang, but none of your wives and concubines are Han Chinese. Seeing that the second Mrs. Ru is also a foreign friend... I reasonably speculate,
Don’t you want to give birth to mixed-race children? What are the advantages of mixed-race children?”
"Quickly pull it down." Gao Qingshi rolled his eyes and said, "I remember reading a study before. From a molecular biology perspective, East Asians... Well, I won't quote the original words. It's simple anyway.
Generally speaking, it almost means the origin of the same ethnic group. This is why academic circles at the time believed that the so-called "Five Husties" did not actually exist from an academic point of view, because it was not a war between different ethnic groups, but a "civil war".
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"Really, I don't know much about this. If you say it's just the Jurchens, does it include Japan?" Liu Xin was stunned for a moment.
"Yes, it also includes Japan." Gao pragmatically said: "That research is actually quite complicated, and I am a layman. I can't understand some of the maps there. I just took a rough look at the conclusions. In short, East Asia is a big country.
Blocks are basically very similar.
Of course, the so-called Han nationality itself is not a 'pure-blooded' nation. Many scholars even believe that during the Shang and Zhou dynasties, foreign races entered and dominated the Central Plains and eventually formed the predecessor of the Han nationality. In this process, they
There was a large-scale interbreeding with the local ethnic groups...
But I personally don’t care about this. As a British scholar once said, ‘China is a civilization disguised as a country’.
I particularly agree with this sentence, because one of the biggest characteristics of China is its super ability to assimilate, which is the so-called 'Chinese people will join the Barbarians and Di, and Barbarians will take over, and Barbarians will join Hua, and Hua will take over' - this ability is obviously not brought by blood.
It's brought about by culture.
The Han nationality has always been a nation defined by culture, not by blood. Even if the blood in you and me is the so-called pure Han nationality, does it mean that there is no such thing as blood relationship in the world?
Pure Han people, but there are countless pure Han people in terms of ideology.
In addition, although Zhiting was born into a family of Tongren Tusi, her family's genealogy is clear. Her ancestors were officers of the Song Army who entered Guangxi to quell the rebellion."
"Hahahaha, I'm just saying casually, don't be so serious...so do you want to achieve national integration?" Liu Xin laughed.
Gao Pragmatic was really serious and said sternly: "Don't laugh, it's precisely because the Han people have this super passive BUFF that they are born with. I have always been very supportive of the integration of ethnic groups - what is mine is always mine. What's yours is mine as long as it's here, and this business is a guaranteed profit."
"I don't understand genes or anything, and I don't know what the academic community says." Liu Xin shrugged and asked, "I just want to know, does your agreement to accept Narita Kai mean that you - Or maybe Jinghua already has that kind of interest in Japan?"
"Which aspect?" Gao Pragmatic also asked with a sideways glance.
"What else can it be? Once you get married, you will become a family - will you also need to have your household registration and naturalization by then?"
"No, no, there's something wrong with your metaphor. I'm more inclined to think that this is giving them a chance to recognize their ancestors and return to the clan." Gao Pingshi shook his head and said: "Look at the Shimazu family, the Chosonggabu family, Everyone says that their ancestors are Chinese, so this is a way to recognize their ancestors and return to their clan. I am the most kind person, how can I separate my closest relatives?"
"Really?" Liu Xin rolled her eyes at him and said: "I remember that my male classmates in middle school were basically looking forward to coming to Tokyo. If you go to tell them that China and Japan are one, I'm afraid you will Gotta get beat up."
Gao pragmatic smiled and said: "It is normal for people to have different ideas at different ages. People will always grow up with age and accumulation of knowledge, and then they will understand that fighting is only to achieve the goal. It is a means, but war itself may not be able to solve the problem. If there is a better means to completely solve it, then it doesn’t matter whether we go to war or not.”
"But in my opinion, if you want Japan to 'recognize its ancestors,' I'm afraid we will have to go to war in the end."
"It's normal for children to leave their parents early and have a rebellious mentality. Although I insist on persuading and educating people, if they are really disobedient, they should be spanked. Don't you always say that I have a parental mentality? You See, this is also the mentality of parents."
"Okay, okay, you have a point anyway." Liu Xin sighed: "I'm just afraid that the person you're looking for might be a rebellious son, and he may not be well-educated."
"It seems that you still doubt this ability of assimilation. So, let me briefly explain what this ability is and what I have done in the past."
Liu Xin nodded and said: "Please tell me, I also hope you can convince me."
"The ancestors who lived further north in China originally lived a life similar to that of the Central Plains and the south. However, as the population increased, the farming environment there was not as good as other areas, so these ancestors began a life of farming and hunting. .
As the climate became colder, food was further reduced. In order to survive, these ancestors had to take their livestock everywhere in search of food, and nomadic herding began. However, the benefits of nomadic herding could not be guaranteed, so they had to go south to rob from time to time. If they wanted to get ahead, Agricultural peoples need to strengthen their military force, so nomadic people have become good warriors who can fight with cavalry.
People living in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River are facing two pressures. One is the decline in food production caused by the cooling climate, and the other is the nomadic people from the north heading south to rob them. For them, their own resources are not enough, and they may be robbed.
Take it away, what should I do?
There are three main ways to deal with this problem: The first is to improve production technology to increase food production, but iterative production technology requires long-term practice to be effective. So people thought of the second way, which is to redistribute resources to feed a few people.
That is, through war or rule, most people eat less and work more to support the remaining small number of people. This is "classification".
In addition, there is another way to redistribute resources. Some people form a community, and then declare that others are "not of my race" and then seize their resources. This method is more violent, more cruel, and the conflict is more intense.
These three methods are often used in combination. For example, in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River, people are constantly improving production technology in labor production. At the same time, conflicts between groups and within groups are also more frequent. Between groups, strong groups will
Merge weak groups.
Within the group, those who control more resources become nobles, and they will exploit lower-class farmers. In order to consolidate their status, the nobles who control resources will build luxurious palaces and organize powerful armed forces. In this process, the crowd
The distribution of wealth and power among people became more and more unequal, and gradually formed a pyramid-shaped social structure. Ordinary people were at the bottom, rulers were at the top, and the highest ruler was at the top. This is reflected in the history of ancient China, namely Xia,
The emergence of Shang and Zhou.
Around 2000 BC, the climate became dry and cold, and the Xia regime emerged. Around 1500 BC and 1000 BC, the Shang and Zhou dynasties appeared one after another - the question arises, why did these regimes appear in these periods?
The drying and cooling of the global climate before 2000 BC brought severe survival challenges to the ancestors of China. Various ancestor settlements that originally had similar lifestyles embarked on different paths. Living in the north at the junction of farming and animal husbandry
The people moved towards animal husbandry, mobility and weaponization. The people of the Central Plains living in the hinterland of the farming area formed a group to maintain common resources, so relatively powerful regimes such as Xia, Shang and Zhou emerged.
But this does not mean that the concept of "Huaxia" has appeared. Until the Western Zhou Dynasty, the concept of "Huaxia" has not been proposed, and "who is Huaxia and who is not Huaxia" is also very unclear. Many allies of the Zhou regime are
The nomadic tribes in the west and even the Zhou people originally belonged to the Xirong tribe.
In this case, how did the concept of "Chinese" appear? This tells us a very famous story, "King You of Zhou plays with the princes with beacon fire". You must have heard of this story, right? The approximate plot is that King You of Zhou, the dynasty emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty,
Very stupid, he doted on the beautiful girl Bao Si, smiled at her, lit a beacon, and teased the princes many times.
Later, King You of the Zhou Dynasty went even further, deposing Queen Shen and Prince Yijiu, and appointing Bao Si as his queen. As a result, the Western Zhou Dynasty's Quanrong army attacked the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty and killed King You. King You's son, King Ping of Zhou, moved the capital from Xi'an, Shaanxi Province to later generations.
The area moved eastward to Luoyang, Henan, which started the history of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty."
Liu Xin saw Gao Pingshi looking at her when he said this, but did not continue. He said angrily: "Anyone who has studied a little bit of history knows this story. Of course I have heard it."
But Gao Pragmatic was waiting for her words, so Da Sinong smiled, then sighed and said: "But you may not know that this is not a simple story of a foolish king and the country's subjugation. It actually tells the story of 'China
'The historical background for the emergence of the concept."
"Ah?" Liu Xin was surprised and asked hesitantly: "Is there something wrong with this story?"
"Let me briefly review the rise of the Zhou regime. The Zhou Dynasty rose in the Wei River Basin, which is today's central Shaanxi Province. The reason why the Zhou Dynasty was able to destroy the Shang Dynasty was not because of the help of the gods in "Feng Shen Bang", nor was it the Shang Dynasty.
It’s true that the strength has been exhausted and it will fall apart at the first touch - you may have heard that when the Zhou Dynasty destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty was aggressively expanding externally, and the main army was not at home, right?"
"It seems so, but I forgot where I saw it."
"It doesn't matter where you look, but that's the fact." Gao Pragmatic spread his hands for a moment and said: "Actually, Zhou's success was due to the support of the armed groups in the west. One of the allies is very important, and that is the tribe surnamed Jiang.
, which is the historical background of the famous Jiang Ziya who helped Zhou Dynasty destroy Shang Dynasty.
The Zhou people first entered the Wei River Basin and established their base camp, which was inseparable from the cooperation of the Jiang tribe. What is the origin of this Jiang tribe? The Jiang surname is a local force in the Wei River basin. They have a very close relationship with Xirong. Some people even think that the Jiang surname is
It comes from Xirong.
It is precisely for this reason that the Zhou people have always maintained marriage alliances with the Jiang surname tribe. King Zhou You's queen Shen belongs to the Jiang surname tribe. Through marriage, the Zhou people's position in the Wei River was consolidated, and their influence was expanded through the method of enfeoffment.
to the east. However, the emperors of Zhou Dynasty in the past dynasties were always wary of the power of the Jiang surname group. The way they thought of was to cultivate new forces.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! For example, King Xiao of Zhou once cultivated Feizi and asked the Feizi family to raise horses for the king of Zhou. Later, he also gave Feizi the land of 'Qin', and
The surname "Ying" is the origin of the Qin State and the surname Ying. The reason why King Zhou You, the emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, deposed Queen Shen and appointed Bao Si as his queen was also to suppress the Shen tribe with the Jiang surname and cultivate new ones.
Support force.
Unfortunately, these actions angered the Shen family of Jiang and the Xirong people behind them. In the end, the Shen family colluded with the Quanrong people in Xirong and expelled the Zhou royal family and his subjects from the Wei River Basin. The Zhou people broke with Xirong.
After the Zhou royal family moved eastward, ancient Chinese history entered the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States period. The biggest feature of this period of history was the collapse of rituals and music, and the world was at war. There is a big question here: why did the Zhou royal family just move the capital and immediately lose their appeal?
?This is precisely because the Zhou people lost the support of Jiang and other ethnic groups and angered Xirong, so the Emperor of Zhou lost the power to actually command the princes and maintain order in the world.
Without the control of the Zhou royal family, at first glance, the eastern vassal states are freer. However, in fact, they have actually become more nervous. Because the Zhou royal family had maintained good relations with Xirong before, nomadic tribes such as Xirong and Beidi would not
It was a rash move, but the invasion of nomadic tribes was something that could happen at any time.
In order to fight against the invasion of Rong and Di, the eastern princes began to emphasize the need to unite to fight against the surrounding nomadic tribes. It was against this background that the concept of 'Huaxia' emerged."
Liu Xin was stunned for a while and said: "Your words... almost shattered my view of history."
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