Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 265 The Confused Uncle Liu Huang and A Dou
"Liu Che, answer me, you, the emperor who is called the emperor of Hanwu by later generations, you, the emperor with the ambition to swallow the sky, why didn't you wipe out the alien Huns at that time?" In the hall, Liu Bang asked again emphatically.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is too difficult!

He didn't want to wipe the Huns from the world?

But they are a nomadic regime!
Run if you want, the grassland is so big, and there is a large area to the west, how do you make the Huns disappear?
Unless his soldiers are all heavenly soldiers and generals, he can do it.

Liu Bang was so harsh on Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Maybe there is his reason too.

In the early days of the Han Dynasty, it can be said that the Central Plains dynasty suffered a lot of humiliation. From the beginning of Liu Bang’s rule, the Han Dynasty paid tribute to the Xiongnu on a regular basis. The Hun King Maodun even wrote a letter of credence to publicly molested Queen Lu of the Han Dynasty. Although Queen Lu was angry, she could only do so. He wrote back respectfully and said to the King of the Huns:

"The concubine is too old to serve Shan Yu."

How shameful is this to the Han family man?

With Liu Bang's heart of revenge, he absolutely wished to disembowel the Huns, drink their blood, and eat their flesh...

For the great-grandfather question,

Emperor Wu of Han didn't evade, he didn't want to be beaten again by his great-grandfather in public.

"Back to great-grandfather, Liu Che had three reasons why he couldn't eradicate the Xiongnu."

Liu Bang said with a straight face, "Zhen, I'm all ears."

Emperor Wu of the Han swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and honestly told his reasons.

The first reason:
The Huns are still powerful. The Huns have tenacious vitality. The Huns grew up in battles with the Central Plains army during the Warring States Period.Even if the Huns were severely injured, the Huns still have enough troops to fight against them. If they still pursue them at this time, it is likely that the Huns will be put to death and come back to life. If the Huns counterattack successfully, the gains will outweigh the losses.What's more, I have achieved my expected goal. The Han army is fighting at a long distance, and the supply line for transporting materials is very long. If the supply line is attacked by surprise, the consequences will be unimaginable. At this time, if I pursue it again, it will only bring unnecessary trouble to myself. .

The second reason:
Most of the Xiongnu's land was barren grassland. The Central Plains had always been dominated by farming. If a large amount of grassland was occupied and no one came to cultivate it, it would inevitably result in a great waste of resources.At the same time, the open grassland is not dangerous to defend. If the Xiongnu army makes a comeback, it will be difficult for the infantry-based Han Dynasty army to resist, so there is no need to occupy its land.

The third reason:
The financial support of the Han Dynasty could no longer be supported.It will take at least ten years to completely eradicate the Xiongnu, and the finances of the Han Dynasty are already hard to afford.

Liu Bang had a thoughtful expression, and obviously he would ask questions.

Emperor Han Wen couldn't stand it anymore, got up and said, "Father, please calm down, my grandson has done a good job. The disaster of the Huns has been invading the Central Plains Dynasty since the Warring States Period, but my grandson has an iron fist. The Xiongnu threw away their helmets and armor, and fled far to the west from then on, not daring to make trouble again."

Emperor Han Jing also got up and asked, "Che'er, since you won three wars, what happened to the alien Xiongnu?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty replied, "Father, my son is not clear."

Emperor Han Jing was puzzled, "Why?"

Emperor Wu of the Han said truthfully, "The complete disappearance of the Huns may have happened in the later period of Che'er's administration! Che'er can't predict."

a time.

Everyone looked at Lin Feng, who came from more than 2000 years later, and asked for answers.

Lin Feng replied, "After the Han Dynasty lasted for hundreds of years, the name of the Huns has always existed, and it lasted until the era of the Five Husbands and Chinas."

Wuhu Luanhua was the last curtain call of the Xiongnu, and since then, it has never been called the Xiongnu.

If there is any.

That is also in the distant and invisible western continent, but the history there is even less likely to be handed down.

Liu Bang said with emotion, "Has this Xiongnu caused chaos in Kyushu for thousands of years?"

Lin Feng said, "Emperor Gao Zu, in fact, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu are no longer a major threat to the Central Plains. At most, they are making small troubles on the border, and have not caused any greater plundering disaster."

"The only threat was at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, when Kyushu was in turmoil and the danger of the Xiongnu from the north increased sharply. At that time, a hero Cao Cao appeared, played with the Huns in applause, and used higher methods to defuse the danger again."

Liu Bang became interested, "This hero Cao Cao is quite interesting, how did he do it?"

For Cao Cao.

Naturally, these emperors in the early Han Dynasty had heard of them every day.

Lin Feng began to explain that Cao Cao was inspired by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's "Tweeting Order", and felt that only by disintegrating the Xiongnu into small groups and making them lose their strong resistance could they completely eradicate the chance of rebellion.

For example, in the 21st year of Jian'an, Huchuquan Shanyu of the Southern Huns brought a large group of kings to Yecheng to pay a visit to Cao Cao. Since the guests came, they must be well received.

So Cao Cao invited Hu Chuquan "very affectionately":

"Since you're here, let's stay here. Let's assist the emperor of the Han Dynasty together. It would be great to be a minister in the same hall."

Cao Cao then detained the visiting Huchuquan in Yecheng, and then appointed King Youxian to go back to Pingyang to supervise the Huns.

I was very happy to go to Bei Neng as the new leader. Since it was appointed by Cao Cao, everything must be done according to Prime Minister Cao's wishes. Right, South, North and Middle tribes.

As for the five divided tribes, they could not be arranged together, so the court placed them in Shaanxi, Shanxi, and Hebei respectively.

At the same time, the aristocratic leaders of each tribe were named captains, and the families of the captains moved to Jinyang; the post of Sima was also set up, and only Han people were appointed to this post as supervisors.

In this way, the management of the Xiongnu tribe was firmly in the hands of the Cao Wei Group, which accelerated national integration.

After the large division, Cao Cao then carried out further division. He "invited" all the upper-level figures of the Huns to the court to serve as officials.

In this way, the leaders and their followers were completely separated: this was done thoroughly, as long as any leader of the Xiongnu became more prestigious and gained appeal among the people, he would immediately receive a letter of appointment from Cao Cao and carry He came to the court to be an official with his burden.

For these coming officials, regardless of their working ability, as long as they are obedient and obey the management of the court, they can enjoy the generous treatment of the court.

There are endless delicacies and silks and satins that can't be eaten every day. After being pampered like this, a fool thinks about going back to the desert to eat sand.

Solve the problems at the top first, and then the people below will be able to solve them.

Cao Cao came up with a trick, allowing the low-level Huns to voluntarily join the Han Dynasty and become a Han Dynasty citizen. Of course, those who come will have various benefits and welfare entertainment.

Now that they have all become loyal subjects of the Han people, they must fulfill their obligations. For example, the country’s conscription should be treated equally with the Han people, so they began to recruit strong men from the herdsmen of the Huns, and they also gave them a lot of money. The famous name is "Yi Cong Hu".

These men were all assigned to garrison in various places, and their family members could also move to live in Yecheng, which completely solved the worries of the soldiers of the Huns.

In order to quickly Sinicize these ethnic minorities, Cao Cao resorted to the last trick: You Huns are grazing in the Gobi desert. It is really hard work to eat and sleep in the open. You should put down the whip and pick up the hoe and go to farm!
This is actually a way to get the best of both worlds. The Xiongnu gave up their horses and became authentic farmers, and the officials were easy to manage; and the people of the Huns were also very happy. The life of licking blood with a knife head is much safer.

Cao Cao's series of operations also completely solved the problem of ethnic minorities in the north.

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Hearing this, Liu Bang said with joy, "This Cao Cao is very political. He made the Xiongnu power split in an understatement, and he bowed his head and proclaimed himself as a vassal, willing to be a cow and a horse..."

Lin Feng said, "Cao Cao can do it, and the credit should be attributed to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. If he didn't scare the Xiongnu, how could he obey the discipline?"

Unspoken.

By the time of Cao Cao, the Huns were already very weak.

The truly powerful Xiongnu had long been swept away by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and could not afford to make a bigger wave.

In fact it is.

Without Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the mighty Huns at that time would have caused immeasurable plunder and massacres to the civilization of the Central Plains. Could the Han Dynasty last for hundreds of years?I'm afraid there will be a big question mark too.

The Great Han Guozhu, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty contributed more than half, is it not an exaggeration?
After this time, Liu Bang's face softened, and he said in approval, "Liu Che, take your seat!"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty thanked him, "Thank you great-grandfather for giving me the seat."

Liu Bang suddenly said again, "Liu Che, do you know why I treat you so harshly?"

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "Great-grandson is terrified..."

Liu Bang gave a reason and said, "You have the appearance of a mighty emperor in Kyushu, but you are too arrogant, and your heart is higher than the sky, and people will have problems. You, the emperor, have problems. Can Jiangshan Sheji be safe?"

It turned out to be the case.

Liu Bang knew that he could not change history.

But he was trying to make the militaristic Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty calm down, that wars had to be fought, and the national economy and the people's livelihood had to be taken into account.

Liu Bang finally said, "Liu Che, after you go back, send people to investigate among the people to see how the people are doing, see if the people are complaining, and then reflect on yourself to see if you are a good emperor."

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was convinced, "Great-grandson, remember!"

Subsequently.

The other emperors of the Western Han Dynasty appeared one by one.

Liu Fuling, Emperor Zhaodi of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty Liu was ill.

Emperor Liu Shi of the Han Yuan Dynasty.

……

Liu Jin, Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty.

Each of Lin Feng briefly introduced the emperor's information, and Liu Bang also asked them to sit down one by one. Those with great achievements will be seated, those with mediocrity will be seated, and those who are incompetent will be seated...

Then the emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty also appeared.

The first one is of course Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, and the last one is Han Xiandi Liu Xie. They are all acquaintances of the host Lin Feng.

Emperors of the Han Dynasty in dragon robes flocked in, making the place very lively.

However, with Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang in charge, everyone dared not make mistakes, and was quiet.

"Mr. Lin, why are there more?" Han Xiandi looked outside the hall.

"There are two more!" Lin Feng said.

"Who is it?" Liu Bang asked himself.

"Liu Bei and Liu Chan, who were called "Shu Han" by later generations." Lin Feng replied.

"Uncle Liu Huang?" Han Xiandi was quite shocked.

At this time, Uncle Liu Huang and A Dou, who were stunned, entered this ancient Chang'an palace with astonished expressions.

(End of this chapter)