Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1584 Taking Chestnuts from the Fire ([-]) Daohuayi

night.

Shangshu Gaofu, in Rixin Building.

"If this continues, your house will sooner or later become a large courtyard of the Wan Guo brand harem." Liu Xin twisted a letter with two fingers, and said with a smile: "Here, first there is a Jurchen Gege, and then there is a Japanese princess. I think you are Don’t think about it, there will also be concubine selection activities in several kingdoms in southern Xinjiang, and then one country will come to one, how can they make up two tables of mahjong, how lively it will be.”

Gao Wushi felt that what she said didn't seem to have much ironic meaning, which was a bit strange, but she didn't show it face-to-face, just chuckled, shook her head and said: "Jurchen is still a tribal system, and Princess is like that; Japanese 'Princess', I guess there are eighty if not one hundred, you don't need to emphasize these identities."

"Am I emphasizing these?" Liu Xin squinted at him and snorted softly: "I am emphasizing the courtyard."

When she pronounced the word "Dazayuan" with emphasis, Gao Yushi laughed and nodded, "Yes, yes, there are only two... You really know a little bit."

"Hey, I'm just inferring. Look at you, you obviously have a household registration and naturalization system in southern Xinjiang, but you have one wife and one concubine who are not Han Chinese. Seeing that the second lady Ru is also a foreign friend... I reasonably speculate, Don't you want to give birth to some half-breed children? It is said that there is no advantage for half-breed children?"

"Pull it down." Gao Wushi rolled his eyes and said, "I remember reading a study before. From the perspective of molecular biology, East Asian races... um, I won't quote the original words. It's simple anyway. In other words, it almost means the origin of the same ethnic group. This is also what the academic circles believed at the time that the so-called "five random Chinese" did not exist from an academic point of view, because it was not a war between different ethnic groups, but a "civil war". "

"That's right, I don't know much about this. It's okay to talk about Jurchen, does it include Japan?" Liu Xin was taken aback for a moment.

"That's right, it also includes Japan." Gao Wushi said: "That research is actually quite complicated, and I'm a layman. I can't understand some of the maps there. Blocks are basically highly similar.

Of course, the so-called Han nationality itself is not such a "pure-blooded" nation. Many scholars even believe that the Shang and Zhou dynasties were when foreign races entered and dominated the Central Plains, and eventually formed the predecessor of the Han nationality.And in the process, they had a large-scale mixed race with the local ethnic group...

But I personally don't care about this, just as a British scholar once said, 'China is a civilization masquerading as a country'.

I especially agree with this sentence, because one of the biggest characteristics of China is its super assimilation ability, which is the so-called "Huaxia enters barbarians and barbarians, barbarians and barbarians come from barbarians, barbarians enter China and barbarians come from China" - 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 must be the so-called pure Han nationality?In my opinion, there is no pure Han nationality in blood, but there are countless pure Han people in thought.

In addition, although Zhiting was born in the family of Tongren Chieftain, her family's genealogy is clear. Her ancestors were officers of the Song Army who entered Guangxi to suppress the chaos. "

"Hahahaha, let me just say it casually, don't be so serious...so you want to engage in national integration?" Liu Xin laughed.

Gao Wushi was really serious, and said sternly: "Don't laugh, it's because of the super passive BUFF that the Han nationality has innately, I have always supported the great integration of nationalities - mine is always mine, As long as yours comes, it will be mine, and this business is sure to make money."

"I don't understand genes or anything, and I don't know what the academics say." Liu Xin shrugged and asked, "I just want to know, does your promise to accept this Narita Kai mean that you— Or in other words, Jinghua already has that kind of meaning for Japan?"

"Which aspect?" Gao Wushi asked with squinting eyes.

"Which aspect could it be? Once you get married, you will be a family—do you need to be naturalized when the time comes?"

"No, no, there is something wrong with your metaphor. I am more inclined to think that this is an opportunity for them to recognize their ancestors." Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "Look at the Shimadzu family and the Changzong family. Everyone said that their ancestors were Chinese, so this is acknowledging their ancestors. I am the most merciful person, how can I separate my flesh and blood relatives.”

"Really?" Liu Xin rolled his eyes at him, and said, "I remember that my male classmates in middle school were basically looking forward to riding in Tokyo. If you go to tell them that China and Japan are one, I guess you will be afraid." To be beaten."

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "It's normal for people to have different ideas at different ages. People will always grow up with the accumulation of age and knowledge, and then they will understand that wars are only for achieving their goals. It is a means, but fighting itself may not solve the problem, if there is a better way to completely solve it, then it doesn’t really matter whether we fight or not.”

"But in my opinion, if you want Japan to 'recognize their ancestors', I'm afraid they will have to fight in the end."

"It's normal for a child to leave his parents early. It's normal to have a rebellious mentality. Although I insist on persuasion and education, if he is really disobedient, it should be spanked. Don't you always say that I have the mentality of my parents? You Look, this is also the mentality of parents."

"All right, all right, anyway, you always have a reason." Liu Xin sighed, "I'm just afraid that the person you're looking for might be a traitor, and he might not be able to teach him well."

"It seems that you still have doubts about this assimilation ability, so let me briefly talk about what this ability is and what it has done."

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Please tell me, I also hope you can convince me."

"The ancestors who lived in the northern part of China used to live a life similar to that in the Central Plains and the South, but as the population increased, the farming environment there was not as good as in other areas, so these ancestors started a life of farming plus hunting. .

As the climate became colder, the food was further reduced. In order to live, these ancestors had to take their livestock to look for food everywhere, and nomadism began.However, the income of nomads cannot be guaranteed, so they have to go south to rob from time to time. If they want to rob the farming people, they need to strengthen their force, so the nomadic people have become good soldiers who can fight with cavalry.

The people living in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River face two pressures. One is the decrease in food production caused by the colder climate, and the other is the nomadic people in the north who go south to rob.For them, their own resources are not enough, and they may be robbed, so what should they 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 is a matter of long-term practice.So people thought of the second way, to redistribute resources and let a few people eat enough.That is to say, through war or rule, let most people eat less and work more, and support the remaining small group of people. This is "classification".

In addition, there is another way to re-divide resources. Some people form a community, and then declare that others are "not my race", and then grab 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 continue to improve production technology in labor production.At the same time, conflicts between groups and within groups are more frequent.Among groups, the strong group will annex the weak group.

Within the group, those who have more resources become nobles, and they will exploit the lower peasants.In order to consolidate their status, nobles with resources will build luxurious palaces and organize powerful armed forces.In this process, the distribution of wealth and power among groups has become more and more unequal, and a pyramid-shaped social structure has gradually formed.Ordinary people are at the bottom, rulers are at the top, and the supreme ruler is at the top.Reflected in the history of ancient China, it is the emergence of Xia, Shang, and Zhou.

Around 2000 BC, the climate became dry and cold, and the Xia regime emerged.By around 1500 BC and around 1000 BC, Shang and Zhou appeared one after another-the question is coming, why did these regimes appear in these periods?

The drying and cooling of the global climate before 2000 BC brought severe challenges to the survival of the ancestors on the land of China.The settlements of the ancestors who used to have similar lifestyles have embarked on different paths.The northern people living at the junction of farming and animal husbandry are moving towards animal husbandry, mobility and arming.The people of the Central Plains living in the hinterland of the farming area formed a group to maintain common resources, which is why relatively powerful regimes such as Xia, Shang, and Zhou emerged.

But this does not mean that the concept of 'Huaxia' has emerged.Until the Western Zhou Dynasty, the concept of "Huaxia" had not been put forward, and "Who is Huaxia and who is not Huaxia" is also very unclear.Many allies of the Zhou regime were nomadic tribes in the west, and even the Zhou people originally belonged to the Xirong tribe.

In this case, how did the concept of 'Huaxia' emerge?This is about a very famous story, 'King You of Zhou's Fenghuo Opera Princes'.You must have heard this story, right?The general plot is that King Zhou You, the acting emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, was very stupid. He favored the beautiful woman Baosi, smiled for the Bomei, lit the beacon tower, and teased the princes many times.

Later, King You of Zhou intensified his efforts, deposed Queen Shen and Prince Yijiu, and made Bao Si his queen.As a result, the western dog army broke through the capital of the Western Zhou Dynasty and killed King You.Zhou Pingwang, the son of King You, moved the capital from Xi'an, Shaanxi to Luoyang, Henan, which opened the history of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. "

Seeing that Gao Wushi was looking at her when she finished speaking, Liu Xin said angrily, "Anyone who has studied history knows this story. Of course I have heard it."

But Gao Wushi 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 about the ruin of the king and the subjugation of the country. It actually tells the story of "Huaxia ' the historical context in which the concept emerged."

"Ah?" Liu Xin was taken aback, and asked hesitantly, "Is there something wrong with this story?"

"Let me briefly review the rise of the Zhou regime. Zhou rose in the Wei River Basin, which is today's central Shaanxi. The reason why Zhou was able to destroy Shang was not because of the help of the gods and men in "Feng Shen Bang", nor was it the Shang Dynasty. It’s really exhausted, and it will fall apart at the first touch—you may have heard that when Zhou destroyed the Shang Dynasty, the Shang Dynasty was aggressively expanding abroad, and the main force was not in the country, right?”

"It seems to be, but I forgot where I saw it."

"It doesn't matter where you look, but that's the truth." Gao Wushi spread his hands slightly, and said, "Actually, Zhou's success is 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 helping Zhou destroy Shang.

The Zhou people first entered the Weishui River Basin and established a base camp, which was inseparable from the cooperation of the Jiang tribe.What is the origin of this Jiang surnamed tribe?The Jiang surname is a local force in the Wei River Basin. They have a very close relationship with Xirong, and some people even think that the Jiang surname came from Xirong.

It is precisely because of this that the Zhou people have always maintained marriages with the Jiang surname, and the Queen Shen of Zhou Youwang belongs to the Jiang surname tribe.Through marriage, Zhou people's position in Weishui was consolidated, and their influence was extended to the east through enfeoffment.However, the Zhou emperors of all dynasties were always on guard against the power of the Jiang surnamed ethnic group.The way they thought of was to cultivate new forces.

For example, King Xiao of Zhou once cultivated Feizi and asked Feizi's family to raise horses for King Zhou. Later, he also gave Feizi the land of "Qin" and the surname of "Ying".This is the origin of the Qin and Ying surnames.The reason why Zhou Youwang, the acting emperor of the Western Zhou Dynasty, deposed Queen Shen and appointed Bao Si as queen was also to suppress the Shen tribe with the surname Jiang and cultivate new support forces.

However, it is a pity that these actions angered Shen Shi Jiang and Xi Rong 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 Weishui River Basin, and the Zhou people broke with Xirong ever since.

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 is the collapse of rites and music, and the chaos in the world.Here is a big question: Why did the Zhou royal family lose their appeal immediately after only moving the capital?This is precisely because Zhou people lost the support of Jiang and other ethnic groups, and angered Xirong, so Zhou Tianzi lost the power to actually command the princes and maintain the order of the world.

Without the control of the Zhou royal family, at first glance, the eastern vassal states were freer.In fact, however, they actually became more tense.Because the Zhou royal family maintained a good relationship with Xirong before, nomadic tribes such as Xirong and Beidi would not act rashly, but now the invasion of nomadic tribes can happen at any time.

In order to resist the invasion of Rong and Di, the princes of the East began to emphasize the need to unite against the surrounding nomadic tribes. It is 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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