Since the Accounting: A Chronicle of the Roman Khanate

Chapter 281

"What about the rest of his subordinates?" Princess Jeanne asked.

"Wang Liangchen like that? That's even more unclear." Guo Kang said: "Strictly speaking, he is a member of the Wanggu tribe who was culturally assimilated by the Kingdom of Jin."

"I've heard of this tribe. Do they have any characteristics?" Little Rangna said, "Aren't they Mongolians?"

"It's not the same." Guo Kang said: "On the Mongolian grassland, even if it is roughly divided, there are at least two groups of people: the Tatar-speaking tribes in the east, and the Turkic-speaking tribes in the west. People like Naiman and Wang The ancients, and perhaps some of the Krets, can all be classified into this category. Whether these people are Mongols or not, no one can tell.”

"What did the Yuan Dynasty say?" Princess Rangna asked again: "Who are Han people and who are Turkic people? Are they not classified?"

"How could the Yuan Dynasty understand this?" Guo Kang complained: "From the beginning to the end, they don't even know who the Mongols are, so let's forget about the rest."

"Tribes like Naiman and Wanggu were considered by the Kingdom of Jin to be Mongolian tribes, but because they spoke Turkic, they had a special title of 'White Tartar' to distinguish them from the later core Mongolian 'Black Tartar'. He compared: "We all know that language is one of the main ways to distinguish ethnic groups, but their languages ​​are indeed different, and I don't know how to count them."

"What about culture?" Princess Jeanne asked.

"Cultural issues are more troublesome. These tribes are deeply influenced by the Jin Kingdom. For example, the leader of the Naiman, 'Taiyang Khan', actually has nothing to do with the title of the sun, it is just a false pronunciation of 'big king'." Guo Kang replied.

"The Kingdom of Jin gave these grassland chiefs who accepted Zhao'an the title of king to show their favor. Maybe they think it is more high-end, so they like this title very much. Including Wang Khan of the Kelei Department, the title is also obtained in this way."

"The Wangu tribe is even closer to the Kingdom of Jin than they are. They are the most southerly tribe and help guard the border wall of the Kingdom of Jin. Therefore, their culture is greatly influenced by the Jin people."

"Then they are half-covered and half-gold?" asked the princess.

"But the 'Jin culture' does not match the ethnicity." Guo Kang pointed out the problem again: "The Jin country is a Jurchen country, but at the moment the mainstream culture of the Jin country is Han culture. Their cultural influence on the Mongols is also the Han culture. Cultural influence, not Jurchen culture."

"So, after a closer look, the Jurchen rulers used the common methods of the Central Plains Dynasty to sinicize the half-Mongol and half-Turkic people—you can count how many elements there are."

"I've heard about the situation in the Kingdom of Jin." Zhu Wenkui also interjected: "They will also be in Bianliang later, and now, the court looks similar to that of the Northern Song Dynasty. Even the emperor likes to write about thin gold. body."

"Is this intentional, or is it a subtle influence?" Little Jeanna asked curiously.

"In terms of art, I really don't understand." Guo Kang shook his head: "But I heard that their attainments are really good."

"It is said that there is a section of inscriptions and postscripts written in thin gold script on the handed down "Nvshi Zhentu", which has been believed to be written by Song Huizong for a long time. Later, someone carefully researched and found that it was actually an imitation of Jin Zhangzong."

"Moreover, he not only imitated Song Huizong's calligraphy, but also imitated his seal. The two seals of Song Huizong "Zhenghe" and "Xuanhe" on the "Nvshi Zhentu" were imitated and stamped by him, not The authentic work of Song Huizong himself. But it has not been recognized for such a long time, and it can be seen that his technique is indeed superb."

"Actually, what I don't understand is why it was imitated." Zhu Wenkui shook his head: "Isn't Jingkang after Xuanhe? Doesn't he feel bad luck?"

"Who knows, maybe he also likes the sight of Fengheng Yuda." Of course Guo Kang didn't know either.

"Actually, this is not surprising. Looking at the history more, it is not difficult to find that the Jurchen's consistent characteristic seems to be extremely rapid corruption." He thought for a while and commented:
"The first generation of Aguda in the Kingdom of Jin insisted on not wanting to be hostile to the Northern Song Dynasty, and even left an order not to start a war with the Northern Song Dynasty. Therefore, the southward movement started from the second generation. But it is this generation, All sorts of civil strife started -- it's only been half a generation, and it's corrupted faster than the Mongols."

"We know the policy of 'Northern people return to the North' in the Southern Song Dynasty. In fact, the Jin State also implemented the policy of 'Southern people return to the South'. Because at that time, the upper class of the Jin State, the two giants, Tarlan and Nianhan, were hostile to each other. Tarlan was more shrewd and had been Liu Yu was the one who recruited Liu Yu in a planned way. He also contacted those who advocated surrender within the Song court, trying to force them to surrender without bloodshed."

"However, these achievements caused dissatisfaction among Nianhan and others. At that time, Nianhan was in control of the newly occupied Central Plains, and his military power was the most powerful. When Song Gaozong wrote to him, he did not dare to call himself emperor, but only signed it as "Song Kang Wanggou". He He believes that these are all his own credit. As a result, these Song people who came to surrender ran under the command of Taran and strengthened his strength."

"So, the Nianhan side simply used the peace treaty to forcefully send back a group of Talan's subordinates, officials and generals from the Southern Song Dynasty who surrendered, which damaged Talan's business."

"Besides, Nianhan has a grudge against Qin Hui. Qin Hui originally took refuge in him, but because of the better conditions of Tarlankai, he turned his back halfway and went to his family. The relationship between the two of them is so good... There are rumors that this The two share Qin Hui's wife, Wang." Guo Kang organized his words: "In short, it has reached this level."

"Nianhan hated Qin Hui for this. Unfortunately, their faction lost power within a few years. Nianhan himself died in a panic, and most of his cronies were killed. Otherwise, according to the virtues of these people, Qin Hui would have to be killed sooner or later. "

"Looking at it this way, it's hard to explain the two sides..." Zhu Wenkui shook his head.

""Han Feizi" said, 'Two Yaos cannot be kings, and two Jies cannot perish'." Guo Kang said: "If the two regimes are about the same size and have fundamental conflicts with each other, they can only coexist and cannot be eliminated. For the other party, it can only be said that their level is similar."

"The Kingdom of Jin is stronger militarily than the Southern Song Dynasty, but there has been no qualitative change. After the fall of Nianhan, the Talan faction also lost their enterprising spirit. They formed a path dependence, in order to keep the theme of the peace negotiation unshakable, so as to control the government. , even behind the back of the emperor and the court, promised to cede the land of Henan and Shaanxi to the Southern Song Dynasty."

"This kind of behavior aroused great resentment within the Kingdom of Jin. In the end, Wushu staged a coup, killed Ta Lan and others, and cleaned up these 'peace workers'."

"However, although it seems that the policy has been changed and Daikin has regained his spirits, when it is their turn, they can't do it anymore-the biggest reputation of these main combat factions is that they cooperated with Yue Fei and others to play a series of well-known battle..."

"After that, the Kingdom of Jin tossed and tossed a few times, and finally lost motivation. The court was also content to enjoy the prosperity of Bianliang, and fell into a state of long-term comparison with the Southern Song Dynasty. I feel that they are 'two jie can't die together' typical."

"So, the state of Jin in the middle and late period is not even a matter of Sinicization - it is a 'Songhua' country." Guo Kang spread his hands: "If you look closely at his cultural attributes, that's it..."

(End of this chapter)