Rampage through the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 260

In ancient China, the struggle between the Central Plains and the nomadic peoples in the north never stopped, but it is a pity that there are fewer victories and more defeats.Although Emperor Wu of the Han defeated the Huns, he wiped out half of the entire Han population!Although Li Shimin drove away the Turks, An Lushan, a barbarian, almost overturned his Tang Dynasty!Apart from these two victories, Zhang De really couldn't find any other victories!

In the Han Dynasty, Gaozu Ben Huns besieged the city and fled back to Chang'an only by giving gifts to the concubine of the Huns. In the Jin Dynasty, the Wuhu captured half of the Western Jin Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was even worse. Not only did he fail to recapture the Sixteen States of Yanyun, he was beaten and fled to the south of the Yangtze River, and two emperors were captured; let alone the Southern Song Dynasty, Yue Fei was finally killed by his own people; During the Civil Fortress Change of the Ming Dynasty, the powerful Ming finally lost to the little-known Wala, and was later taken over by the Jurchen Qing!
It has to be said that compared with nomadic peoples and farming peoples, farming peoples are always in a passive defensive stage.

Zhang De really wanted to solve these nomads in the north once and for all, but in the era of cold weapons, this is unrealistic!

If you want to completely conquer the nomads, the best way is to integrate!Let nomads become Han people, cultural aggression is the most terrible!A butcher's knife can never completely destroy a nation, but culture can make a nation die!
Looking at ancient Chinese history, the Han people seem to have always been a relatively xenophobic ethnic group, and those in power always regarded other ethnic groups as barbarians.Thousands of years of rich cultural heritage in Hanzhong also made the Han people think that they are the most advanced nation.

In different periods, different people in power have different ethnic policies.But most ethnic policies are unequal.The policy of the Han Dynasty towards the Xiongnu, except that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty almost killed the Xiongnu, the other emperors only wanted to make peace!
Wang Zhaojun in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Princess Wencheng in the Tang Dynasty, even in the later Ming and Qing dynasties, the marriage policy has always been the main weapon of those in power.

The Yuan Dynasty implemented a hierarchical system, which divided people into four classes, and the original Southern Song adherents were listed as the fourth class of Southerners, whose status was not as good as a Mongolian animal.This unequal policy intensified national conflicts, and in just a few decades, the mighty Yuan Dynasty collapsed.

The rulers of the Qing Dynasty were much smarter, and the Qing Dynasty pursued a policy of enslavement.The structure of the Manchus itself is in the form of a pyramid. The lower layer of the pyramid is the servant of the upper class, and the uppermost layer of the pyramid is of course the emperor.After the Manchus entered the customs, Dorgon brought this concept to the Han people. While letting the Han people keep their braids, he did not forget to carry out ideological aggression. People, in the early years of the Qing Dynasty, how many officials of the Han Dynasty were enlisted in the Eight Banners, or became the coats of the Manchu nobles.

But in Dorgon's heart, the Manchus are still superior, otherwise they would not have set the rule that Manchus and Hans cannot intermarry.

What Dorgon did was very successful. The Han people were gradually enslaved and became slaves of the Manchus. This is what those in power want to see most.What the Qing emperor needed was not the people, not the common people, but servants who were loyal to him.

Compared with the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, the ethnic policies of the former Qin Dynasty and the Northern Wei Dynasty, which were also rulers of ethnic minorities, were much more successful.

Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty appointed Wang Meng, a Han Chinese, to carry out reforms, implement Sinicization, and finally unify the north.Later, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty inherited this policy, learned Chinese culture, used Chinese characters, encouraged Xianbei people to intermarry with Han people, and even changed their surnames to Chinese surnames.

The Xianbei people learned everything about the Han people, including the corruption of the Han people and the characteristics of the Han people who like to fight in the nest, so the Northern Wei Dynasty perished.However, this ethnic policy of the Xianbei people is worth learning from Zhang De.

Compared with the nomadic peoples in the north, the Han people undoubtedly have a superior culture. When the superior culture dominates the weak culture, the weak culture will be gradually assimilated and die out!And what Zhang De needs is exactly this kind of effect, so that all the nomads in the north will be sinicized!

If the nomads are to be sinicized, the first thing to eliminate is the contradictions between the ethnic groups.The key to eliminating ethnic conflicts is equality!
In February of the sixth year of Jian'an, Zhang De established the Beiyu Governor's Office and appointed Lu Su as the governor of the Beiyu, in charge of the nomadic affairs near Youzhou.

In March, Zhang De ordered that all people from the Xianbei, Xiongnu, Karasuma, Fuyu, Jie, Di, Qiang and other ethnic groups can be registered as Chinese citizens through the Prime Minister’s Yamen in Youzhou. After naturalization, they are equivalent to Han people!Known in history as "recruiting Hu Ling"!
In April, in the six counties of Beiping, Shanggu, Yuyang, Changli, Liaoxi, and Liaodong, Zhang De specially selected places to build [-] cities, and the vacant land in the six counties was also re-stated. For land, you can apply directly to the Prime Minister's Yamen in Youzhou!

In May, news came from Goguryeo that after Gongsun Du led the troops into Goguryeo, he conquered Marudu, the capital of Goguryeo, with successive victories.

In June, Gongsundu established the Beihai Kingdom, with the capital at Marudu, and Gongsundu called himself the King of Beihai.

In July, Karasuma school lieutenant Yan Rou came to report that Lou Ban, the son of Karasuma Khan Qiu Liju, was willing to become a Chinese citizen!
Lou Ban was Qiu Liju's biological son, but when Qiu Liju died, Lou Ban was still young, so Qiu Liju's follower, Tadun, took the opportunity to seize power, inherited Qiu Liju's position, and became Wu Pill sweating profusely!And Louban was marginalized.

In August, the Xianbei Que Chance Ministry came to vote, willing to become a naturalized Han Chinese. This was also the first tribal leader to vote after the announcement of the Zhao Hu Order.

And Zhang De also learned from Que Ji that the Xianbei people are not so united now.The original Xianbei Khan was called He Lian, but He Lian was a lustful person who didn't think about making progress and made everyone betray him.

Later, Helian was shot to death, and Helian's son, Jianman, was young. At this time, Helian's nephew, the leader, inherited the position of Great Khan.

When Jianman grew up, he naturally had to compete with Kui Tou for the position of Khan. Kui Tou died in the fight for the position of Khan, and Kui Tou's younger brother Budugen inherited the position of Kui Tou.The Xianbei to the west of Daijun also rebelled and became a whole of their own. It seems that the ancestors of the later famous Tuoba, Helan, and Murong clans were all there.

The central and eastern Xianbei to the east of Daijun also split into three power groups. The first is Bu Dugen, whose tribes are distributed in Taiyuan, Yanmen and other places in Bingzhou; the second is Ke Bineng, whose tribes are distributed in Daijun, Shanggu and other places in Youzhou; the third is Xianbei Suli, Mijia, and Queji in the east, and the tribes are distributed in Liaoxi, Youbeiping, and Yuyang outside the Great Wall in Youzhou.

And this Ji Ji Department is relatively close to Youzhou, and the leader of the Ji Ji Department has a special admiration for Han culture, so he raised his ministries to vote, hoping to become a Han citizen!
It can be said that the nomads outside the Great Wall are scattered, but if gathered together, they will still be a great force!

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This chapter contains the general views of Qian Chong on China's ethnic policies for thousands of years, not very detailed. The views in this chapter are purely Qian Chong's personal views. If you disagree, please don't come to the book review area to scold Qian Chong!
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