Chapter 168 Emperor Xiaowen’s revival

The period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty
Seeing "Yuan" Hong's operation in the sky, Liu Che couldn't help but shake his head and applaud.

"Awesome, really awesome."

Neither Wei Zifu nor Huo Qubing knew what he meant.

Liu Che looked at the sky and explained to the two of them at the same time.

"Changing the surname and correcting the pronunciation are mutually exclusive."

"The reason is that the polyphonic "Hu" surname is too obvious and is an important basis for identifying and discriminating against Hu people."

Putting his hands on his knees, Liu Che looked at an emperor equally for the first time.

"If you don't change your surname and just change your pronunciation, the Xianbei people will still not get equal respect."

"If the surname is repeated, change it. Because the "surname or repetition" does not conform to the convention of Chinese surnames generally having only one character."

"Use Han people's terms to confirm the origin of "Tuoba" and deliberately create a distance between the emperor and the people."

"After declaring that "the first of Wei" is the "Yellow Emperor", and then recognizing the Yellow Emperor as his ancestor, this is a drastic step to completely transform the tribal structure and even ethnic identity."

Although he didn't like the other party's identity as a foreigner at first, Liu Che's face was indeed full of joy at this time.

No wonder he wants to move the capital!
Only after moving the capital can we get rid of the constraints of those Xianbei nobles!
Yuanhong's direction of governance is extremely clear. He wants to quickly Chineseize the Xianbei people! Thereby consolidating the relationship with the Han people and further effectively ruling this huge Han society.

but!

This is a good thing.

"Correct pronunciation, change surname, change clothes."

"This is because the Yidi people entered China and the country was destroyed."

Liu Che smiled in relief.

"Qin and Chu were also barbarians at the beginning."

……

Datang,

Tai Chi Palace·West Sea·Wangyunting Pavilion
The two little guys squatted on the ground and discussed while watching the ants.

"So, uncle should be called Baba Wuji?"

Li Mingda expressed doubts in a childish voice.

"Baba Wuji? Hahahaha! This name is really ugly! Haha"

Li Zhi muttered, and then laughed loudly.

"I want to tell the Queen Mother."

"Hahahaha?"

Xiao Li Zhi looked at Li Mingda, who was smiling with his eyes slightly narrowed, in disbelief.

Just an idea in my mind.

Little Sizi! You plot against me!

"Tell me, what do you want?"

Xiao Li Zhi, who was squatting on the ground, held his face with his hands, his mouth was so squeezed that he pouted, and his tone was unhappy.

"Hey, brother~"

Li Mingda wandered to Xiao Li Zhi like a little duck and said softly:
"Brother, let Xiao Sizi play with your Kong Mingsuo!"

Xiao Li Zhi glanced at her angrily.

"Is it okay if I say I disagree?"

Li Mingda opened his big round eyes and shook his head with a smile.

"Then ask me!"

Li Zhi was so angry that his nose was about to smoke!
"Take it and play!"

"Hey! Thank you, brother!"

……

[At the same time, in order to promote the communication between the Xianbei people and the Han people, Emperor Xiaowen

In order to get married, he ordered the Fanyang Lu family, the Qinghe Cui family, the Xingyang Zheng family, the Taiyuan Wang family, and the Longxi Li family, the five highest-ranking families in the north, to send their daughters to the harem. 】

[He also ordered his six younger brothers to marry new wives and also marry daughters of the fifth clan. 】

[Under this large-scale intermarriage, Xianbei is no longer purely of Hu origin since the Yuan clan. 】

[The Sinicization reforms of Emperor Xiaowen made the Northern Wei Dynasty begin to develop greatly, and at the same time eased the conflict between Han and Hu, which was known in history as "Emperor Xiaowen's Renaissance". 】

……

Qing Tiancong period

Huang Taiji looked at the sky with a cold expression.

The reason why the Jin people lost to the Mongols was because they were too sinicized.

The martial spirit was lost, and finally he retreated into the white mountains and black waters.

But this will all change from here on.

He doesn't want the Han people to view themselves as "Hou Jin" anymore.

He didn't want the Han people to keep thinking that they had invaded the Central Plains and were driven away by the Mongols. He didn't want the Han people to look down on his tribe because of this origin.

We are no longer Jin people, but Manchurians.

The name of the country will no longer be Dajin, but Daqing!

"Those who mirror the Qing Dynasty look at the Ming Dynasty."

"In view of the Qing Dynasty, regard it as the Ming Dynasty."

The Qing Dynasty is the sky, and the sky covers the sun and the moon!
……

[But the implementation of these drastic measures will naturally not go smoothly. 】

[In August 496 AD, Emperor Xiaowen visited Songyue Mountain, and the crown prince Yuan Xun stayed behind to guard Jinyong City. 】

[Yuan Xun didn't like studying. He was fat and afraid of the hot weather in Luoyang. He often wanted to go back to Pingcheng. 】

[He also refused to speak Chinese or wear Hanfu. He tore up all the Han clothes and hats given to him, and still had his hair braided into a left bun. 】

[His teacher Gao Daoyue tried to persuade him many times, but Yuan Xun harbored a grudge. Taking advantage of Emperor Xiaowen's patrol, he conspired with the left and right, secretly selected 3,000 palace horses, plotted to go to Pingcheng, and ordered people to kill Gao Daoyue in the palace. . 】

[The leader Yuan Yan sent troops to strictly guard the palace gates and prevent the development of the situation. 】

[Emperor Xiaowen immediately rushed back to Luoyang, interrogated him in the palace, and even took it upon himself to beat him more than a hundred times with Prince Yuanxi of Xianyang. Then he was imprisoned, and Prince Yuan Xun was deposed as a commoner and imprisoned. 】

[In April 497 AD, Emperor Xiaowen visited Chang'an, and Li Biao, the censor's lieutenant, secretly reported Yuan Xun and his left and right officials for treason. 】

[Emperor Xiaowen received the report and sent Wang Xi of Xianyang and Xing Luan, the minister of Zhongshu, to Heyang with poisoned wine and forced Yuan Xun to commit suicide at the age of fifteen. 】

……

Northern Wei Dynasty, period of Emperor Xiaowen

"Boom!"

The wine prince fell to the ground, Yuan Xun looked like he hadn't heard anything.

Then he jumped up immediately!

Rush to the side courtyard of the East Palace!
"Say it earlier! Why didn't you say it earlier!"

The meat ball wearing a straight robe made rapid progress.

After seeing a few figures at the forbidden door, he shouted loudly:

"The sword will save you! The sword will save you! The sword!"

"Crack!"

The knife flashed past and the head fell.

Yuan Xun opened his mouth wide and looked at the face that was close at hand with a dead look on his face.

His face turned red, Yuan Xun kicked the knife wielder fiercely.

"You dare to kill him! How dare you kill him!"

Then he grabbed the knife from the opponent's hand and killed him with one blow.

"You! Why don't you listen to Gu!"

The long knife was pointed at the cowering eunuch, and several people looked at Yuan Xun in confusion.

"How dare you..."

Yuan Xun, who was burning with anger, looked at several people still pretending to be stupid and was about to chop them with a knife.

Then I realized that all I had been saying was Xianbei.

It's still a dialect of my own Xianbei dialect.

"Boom!"

The long knife fell to the ground, and Yuan Xun burst into tears.

"If I had known this, I would have studied Chinese harder."

Several eunuchs on the side looked at the prince squatting on the ground, covering his face and crying bitterly, still babbling, and were at a loss.

……

[In June 497 AD, Emperor Xiaowen ordered the conscription of soldiers in preparation for another large-scale southern expedition. 】

[In August, Emperor Xiaowen led six armies from Luoyang and led troops directly to Xiangyang. 】

[The troops arrived at Zheyang, leaving the generals to capture it. Then they led their troops south to attack Wancheng, and captured the outer city that night. 】

[Fang Boyu led his troops to hold on, but the Wei army could not win. 】

[Emperor Xiaowen left Xianyang Wang Yuanxi and others to attack Nanyang, and then led his troops to Xinye, where they encountered strong resistance from Liu Siji, the governor of Qixinye. 】

[In March 498 AD, the Northern Wei Dynasty captured Nanyang, Xinye, Nanxiang and other counties in Yongzhou. However, in the Battle of Guoyang, the Wei army failed. More than people were killed, more than people were captured, and tens of millions of military supplies, equipment and property were lost. The Northern Wei Dynasty hurriedly mobilized more than cavalry to aid Guoyang, forcing the Qi army to retreat. 】

[In September, Emperor Xiaowen learned of the death of Emperor Qi Ming, so he issued an edict saying that "rituals do not interfere with mourning" and led his troops back. On the way back, he fell seriously ill. 】

[In January 499 AD, his condition improved. 】

【In March, the condition recurred. 】

[On the first day of April, Emperor Xiaowen died of illness in his palace in Gutangyuan on the southern expedition. He was only thirty-three years old. His posthumous name is Xiaowen and his temple name is Gaozu. 】

 Emperors with the word "filial piety" really have something.

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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