Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 527

"There's salt, there's salt in this, there's salt in this!"

After taking a sip, these wild women couldn't bear it any longer, and they started to eat the canned food wantonly.

These wild Jurchens live in the mountains, and usually eat prey from hunting, but because of the lack of salt, eating meat is like chewing wax.

When they eat the canned food, the salty taste inside instantly fills their mouths.

"It's so fresh, it's so fresh!"

The wild Jurchee devoured the canned food like a wolf, and did not forget to lick the soup inside after eating.

After they finished eating, Bu He looked at them and asked, "Now do you believe that we have no ill intentions towards you? If we had any ill intentions towards you, do you think you can eat such delicious food?"

"Believe it, I believe it now." The leading wild Jurchen nodded her head like a chicken pecking at rice.

"What's your name? What are you doing here? Where is your tribe? How far is it from here?" Bu He asked.

The leading wild Jurchen said: "My name is Aji, and I am the leader of the tribe. Our tribe is not very far from here.

We came here to get some bricks to build a house. Now the weather is getting colder and colder, and if there are no houses built with bricks, many people will freeze to death.

In the past, the man who managed us was called Morgan, and he was the highest official here. We have to pay them taxes and provide young people every year.

But a few months ago, they left suddenly, and we don't know where they went.Originally we wanted to wait for them to come back, but after waiting for a long time, they didn't come back. We saw that they hadn't come back, so we wanted to get some bricks from here. "

Aji looked at Buhe and told his situation in detail.

Buhe translated Aji's word for word to Zhao Wen.

After listening to Bu He's translation, Zhao Wen said to Bu He, "Tell him, let him take us to their tribe. I want to visit their tribe."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he looked at Li Xiaosan, "Order the whole army to set up camp on the spot and wait for us to come back."

Li Xiaosan cupped his fists at Zhao Wen and ran to the rear.

After Li Xiaosan left, Bu He translated Zhao Wen's meaning.

"My lord is going to visit your tribe, you don't have to worry, we have no malicious intentions. You can take the bricks here as you like, Jianu has already been defeated by us.

Jiannu is the one who informed you that these people will never come back again, we are from Daming, don't worry. "

When Aji heard that Zhao Wen was going to their tribe, he hesitated.

Aji thought for a long time, and finally nodded, "I can take you there. You say you are from Daming? I heard the elders in the tribe say that Daming is thousands of miles to the south of us. The elder said Daming is the best place in the world, where everyone has clothes to wear and food to eat.

And I heard that our place was under the management of Daming before, but we have never seen this Daming, nor heard of this Daming, and we don’t know if this is true. "

After Aji finished speaking, Buhe translated Aji's words to Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen pointed to Aji and said to Buhe, "Tell him, this place will be managed by Xuanzhen in the future, and everyone will have clothes to wear, everyone will have food to eat, and they won't have to hunt in the deep mountains anymore." .”

Bu He nodded, and translated Zhao Wen's words to Aji.

"Responsible to Xuan Township? Then do we have to pay taxes in the future? Do we still have to provide you with youth? Can you let us pay less taxes?" Aji looked at Buhe expectantly.

"Tell him that they don't need to pay taxes for the time being, and we'll talk about it later." Zhao Wen pointed at Aji and looked at Buhe.

Bu He hastily translated Zhao Wen's words.

When Aji heard that he would not have to pay taxes for the time being, he jumped up excitedly.

"Our tribe is not far from here, I'll take you there!" Aji yelled at Buhe, then pulled up the tribe who was kneeling on the ground, and walked out of the city.

When they left, Aji and the others did not forget to bring the canned food they had eaten.

Zhao Wen looked at Aji who was leaving, and said: "Go, follow up and have a look. In the future, we will compile a yellow book for these people and include them all. Let's take a look at their situation now to prepare for the future."

"My lord, these people are all savages. What's the use of them? They don't even know how to use a hoe. It's useless to have these people." Bu He looked at these wild Jurchens with disdain on his face.

Although Buhe was from the grasslands, even though the Central Plains people looked down on them, this did not prevent Buhe from looking down on these wild Jurchens.

From Buhe's point of view, these people don't know how to farm, weave, or forge iron, and they can only shuttle in the deep mountains and old forests. Bringing all these people here is just a burden, and it is useless at all.

"Why is it useless? These people are more familiar with the terrain here than we are, right? Moreover, although these people look wild, they are not serious savages. It's just that their living environment and way of life are backward. If you give them some help , will become our help.

Besides, there are so many people in the world, is it possible that every time we conquer a place, we kill all the people in that place?This is not acceptable.

As the old saying goes, the barbarians who enter China are Hua Ye.As long as he agrees with us and our culture, no matter what ethnicity he is from, he is still ours. "Zhao Wen looked at these wild Jurchens who were leaving, and said to Bu He with earnestness.

In Zhao Wen's view, although these people are all wild Jurchens, there is no friction or hatred between the wild Jurchens and Daming.

You can use any means to deal with Jiannu, but you can't deal with these like you deal with Jiannu.

In Zhao Wen's view, the best way to deal with these people is to assimilate them with culture.

After Nuergandusi is re-established, officials will be sent here to organize these people to cultivate food, speak Chinese, and write Chinese characters on the land of Nuergandusi.

If things go on like this, within a hundred years, these people will become almost the same as the Han people.At that time, who knew that they were wild men and wild Jurchens before?

Although this method is a bit slower, the effect is surprisingly good.

The Xianbei people had a great reputation in history back then, but now?Where is the shadow of the Xianbei people?

Even in the Qing Dynasty, when 200 years passed, how many people can speak their language, and how many people can write their characters?
Even Qianlong, the old man of Shiquan, wrote Chinese characters more smoothly than writing their characters, let alone other people?

"If nothing else, I'll just ask you a question. What do you think you are? Are you barbarians?" Zhao Wen looked at Bu He and asked back.

When Bu He heard this, he was taken aback for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "How can we be barbarians? How can we be barbarians? How can we be barbarians?"

Bu He looked at Zhao Wen and repeatedly denied it.

"Haha!" Zhao Wen laughed loudly, then patted Bu He on the shoulder, "Okay, get on the horse, you already know the answer!"

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he stepped on his horse and followed behind these wild Jurchens.

Seeing Zhao Wen leaving, Bu He hurriedly mounted his horse and chased him out.

When he came behind Zhao Wen, he looked at Zhao Wen's back, thinking back to what Zhao Wen said just now.

Thinking about it, Bu He associated what Zhao Wen said just now to his own tribe.

The more he thought about Bu He, the more he felt something was wrong, but Bu He still couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"Hua Ye, the barbarian who entered China, the more I hear this, the more strange I feel." Bu He kept repeating this sentence.

Suddenly, Bu He seemed to understand something. He slapped his forehead, his face changed drastically, and he shouted in his heart: "Could it be that in the future, I, Horqin, will disappear and be assimilated? From now on, there will be no Horqin."

When Bu He thought of this, he secretly glanced at Zhao Wen, his heart was full of horror.

"Impossible, impossible. He is my son-in-law. How could he do such a thing? Impossible, impossible." Bu He shook his head again and again, trying to convince himself, but no matter what Bu He thought, this Ideas are like taking root and sprouting, and they can't be shaken out.

Bu He tried every means to convince himself, but no matter what he thought, he couldn't find a reason to convince himself.

In desperation, Bu He came to Zhao Wen's side.

He looked at Zhao Wen, and asked insincerely, "My lord, you just said that the barbarians who entered China are Hua Ye. What does this sentence mean?"

As soon as Zhao Wen heard this, he immediately understood what Bu He was thinking. He didn't answer directly, but squinted his eyes and looked at Bu He.

Seeing Zhao Wen's posture, Bu He immediately felt guilty.

Sweat dripped from his forehead, he looked at Zhao Wen with embarrassment, and said with a sneer, "My lord, why are you looking at me like that?"

"You don't have to hide it, I know what you're thinking.

The barbarians who entered China were Hua Ye.Aren't you just afraid that your tribe will be assimilated and disappear from now on? "Zhao Wen directly expressed Bu He's worries.

When Bu He heard this, he was stunned.He really didn't expect Zhao Wen to expose his details in one sentence.

"How could it be possible, I didn't mean that!" Bu He didn't know what to say for a while, trembling for a long time.

"Haha, you don't need to explain. I understand what you said. In fact, you will know this matter sooner or later. Now that you ask, I might as well explain it to you." Zhao Wen laughed loudly. Then he asked: "Let me ask you, when was your Horqin tribe born?"

"When was it born?" Bu He looked at Zhao Wen with a puzzled expression, not knowing what Zhao Wen meant by this.

But despite this, Buhe still told the birth of Horqin, "After Genghis Khan became emperor, he distributed all the land and herdsmen in the grassland to his younger brothers and ministers.

And his younger brother Hasar has repeatedly made military exploits during the campaign, so Genghis Khan will be allocated a large number of pastures and herdsmen.

In our words, Horqin means a person with a bow and arrow.

At that time, the name Horqin also came from a bow and arrow team under Genghis Khan at that time.

And this team was led by Hassar. When Hassar was rewarded by Genghis Khan, the name Horqin was handed down and became the current Horqin Department.

In the later time, Horqin also split several times, and finally the four sons, Maoming'an, Urad and Heshuote tribes emerged. "

"Then tell me, before you Horqin, was there such a tribe as Horqin?" Zhao Wen looked at Buhe and asked with a smile.

Bu He shook his head, "There is no such tribe!"

"What do you think is the difference between Horqin and Chahar, Khalkha, and Tumed tribes? Do you think you and them are of the same race?" Zhao Wen then asked.

"of course not……"

Just as Bu He was on the verge of speaking, he stopped him alive again.

Bu He originally wanted to say that they were not of the same race, but he thought it was wrong.If it is a race, it feels inappropriate.

Before Genghis Khan unified the grassland, people on the grassland were based on tribes.

The slaughter between tribes is serious. Once a tribe is defeated, that tribe will be completely annexed.

The name Mongolia is actually a collective term, which also includes many ethnic groups.

It's just because Mongolia is strong that it is recognized by these people on the grassland.

"Let me ask you again, during the reign of Hongwu Yongle, the Tatars and Oirats on the grassland, do you think they belonged to the same nation?" Zhao Wen asked again.

Buhe said in a high-pitched tone: "How can this be? Oala is Oara, and Tatar is Tatar. They are not a nation at all. How could they be a nation? They were sworn enemies on the grassland back then, and they were always in war. The harassing grassland is not peaceful. It is because of them two that I, Horqin, keep moving eastward."

"Isn't it? Are you sure it's not? If not, why were they collectively called Mongolia in the Yuan Dynasty?"

"This this this..."

When Zhao Wen said something, Bu He didn't know what to say.

Bu He always felt that Zhao Wen's words were wrong, but he still couldn't figure out what was wrong.

"Let me ask you again, if you don't have me, you will be defeated by Huang Taiji. In the end, Huang Taiji will split up your Horqin people, and distribute part of your Horqin people to Houjin, part to Khalkha, and part to Cha Hal. Tell me, do you still have Horqin? Does your Horqin still exist? Or, what kind of Horqin do you think really exists?"

In ancient times, especially in the grasslands, the concept of nationality was not important, and the grasslands were mainly tribes.

In the eyes of the prairie people, a tribe is a nation.

Bu He didn't know how to answer Zhao Wen's words, and Bu He was sweating profusely for a while.

"Let me ask you again, if your tribe is split up, and finally a group of Han people are moved to the place where your tribe is located, and they are named Horqin at the same time. Do you think they are still Horqin?" Before Buhe could figure it out What Zhao Wen said just now, Zhao Wen asked again.

(End of this chapter)