Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 275 Therefore, there is a bougainvillea in the tomb of Haoli
Court dancer of the Zhou Dynasty.

Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

modern referee.

Three seemingly unrelated people gathered in a space-time historical plane at this time.

And there will be a six-art competition.

Of course, the referees are not only from the modern host Lin Feng, but also from Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang, and Liu Huangshu Liu Bei.

For the offspring of the Liu family who started selling straw mats, Liu Bang still appreciates it very much, because it is also an uprising, and Liu Bei's starting point is more difficult. In terms of the beginning, Liu Bang still has a lot of heroes in Peixian County. Moreover, Liu Bang got a "prime minister level" Xiao He at the beginning of the game, which Liu Bei couldn't match.

By the time Zhuge Liang, who had figured out the level, followed him, Liu Bei had been struggling for many years.

Why can't Liu Bei copy Liu Bang's way?
There are too many factors here, such as time, people, geography, etc., Liu Bei is far behind.

"Mr. Lin, there is still time anyway, why don't you tell me why Liu Bei can't replicate my success?"

Liu Bang asked questions with great interest.

After the demise of his Western Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, the Guangwu Emperor of the old Liu family, came out later, who once again unified the country, took the "Han" as the country, and inherited the great rule.

After the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, if Liu Bei could also unify Kyushu, he would continue to use the name "Han" again.

Adding up the three generations of Han, maybe they can achieve the great achievements of the Zhou Dynasty for 800 years!

There is no need for Lin Feng to explain.

There are already audiences in Hyundai who have sent out posts to conduct a careful analysis of this issue.

With a flick of Lin Feng's palm, the tabletop of the gazebo immediately shone brightly, and paragraphs of text scrolled.

In order to make the ancients understandable, Lin Feng also "translated" these characters into ancient characters in traditional characters.

According to this "Three Kingdoms old fairy" netizen:
Before the Tang Dynasty, the Guanzhong area was the place where dragons prospered. The Zhou Dynasty relied on the Guanzhong area, but could not completely suppress the princes; when the Qin State rose, it was only after the capture of Bashu that it was able to destroy the six kingdoms, which shows the importance of Bashu.In the process of Liu Bang's unification of the world, he actually copied Qin's strategic route of destroying the six countries, but the Liu Bang Group's starting point was Bashu, and then took the base area of ​​Guanzhong.

From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period, the Liu Bei Group occupied Bashu but could not replicate Liu Bang's success. There are many reasons for this, the most important of which are the problems between population, economy and structure.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Guanzhong region broke out one after another. Han Sui Bianzhang Rebellion, Dong Zhuo Rebellion, Guo Si Li Jue Rebellion, wars, famines, and plagues followed one after another, and the people fled one after another. Most of them went to Liangzhou and Hanzhong.

These have led to a sharp decline in the population of the Guanzhong area, coupled with the destruction of the war, its economy has also deteriorated greatly.

After these wars, Cao Cao fought against Ma Teng, Han Sui, Ma Chao, etc. in this area again, which will also have a certain impact.

After that, the Guanzhong area gradually stabilized, but then it had to face the threat of the Northern Expeditionary Army of the Shu Han across the Qinling Mountains.

Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao to guard Guanzhong, and the population and economy slowly recovered.

During the Battle of Hanzhong between Liu Bei and Cao Cao, Cao Cao had relocated part of the population of Hanzhong, but the Guanzhong area was still unable to compare with the situation before the Han Sui Bianzhang Rebellion.

What's more terrible is that Zhong Yao later believed that the Guanzhong area was vulnerable to the threat of the Shu Han, so he moved part of the population of the Guanzhong area to Luoyang.

As a result, it is conceivable that the Guanzhong area has more military strategic value than population or economic value.The people in Guanzhong have experienced so many wars, but they are actually very afraid of war, so they don't want the Shu army to attack.

This is also the reason why Zhuge Liang's repeated Northern Expeditions were still unable to instigate the people in Guanzhong.Zhuge Liang was able to instigate rebellion mainly from the Qiang and Han people in Longxi, and a large part of this was due to the contribution of Ma Chao, the former warlord of Liangzhou.

The situation in the Guanzhong area at the end of the Qin Dynasty was much better than that at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period.When Liu Bang destroyed Qin from Wuguan, he actually encountered very little resistance, and there were many checkpoints on the way.

When they hit Xianyang, Ziying surrendered on his own initiative, and he didn't encounter much resistance overall.

Later, when Xiang Yu entered Qin Dynasty, he only burned the Efang Palace, destroyed countless precious classics, and robbed troops, but actually did not cause too much damage.

However, Xiang Yu's brutal behavior caused the Western Chu forces to lose the hearts of the people in the Guanzhong area. This was the biggest factor for his forces to withdraw from the Guanzhong area.

The key is that Liu Bang also "made three chapters" and won the hearts of the people in the Guanzhong area. This is something Zhuge Liang could not do.

Therefore, Liu Bang sent Han Xin to cross Chencang secretly, and the capture of the Guanzhong area was very smooth, with little resistance.

After Liu Bang came up, the people lined up to welcome him.

The other is the comparison of the situation of the enemy and the enemy in the two periods.

Because of the relationship between Soochow, Jingzhou was lost, so Liu Bei Group could only rely on the land of Bashu to make the Northern Expedition alone.

In 263 AD, the population of Shu Han was 108 million, and then dropped to more than 90.

However, considering the refugee problem and the hidden population of powerful families, the actual data may be more.

In 263 AD, Cao Wei had a population of 443 million.In 280 AD, Soochow had a population of 256 million.

They also have the problem of refugees and hidden population, which offset each other with Shu Han, and the actual population ratio is still about the same.

The population of Shu Han is less than a quarter of that of Cao Wei. Obviously, the population and economic structure of Ba and Shu cannot support it.

Even with Soochow, an ally who is a little tricky, it is still not as good as Cao Wei.

The most important thing is that the north occupied by Cao Wei has vast plains, more horse resources, and greater cavalry advantages.A large number of cavalry means greater mobility and can attack long distances in a short period of time.Most of the Shu Han are infantry, and there are very few cavalry. They are most afraid of being copied or running out of food, and their disadvantages are also very obvious.

The situation in the world at the end of Qin Dynasty, in fact, Xiang Yu's Western Chu is equivalent to Eastern Wu.However, there are many separatist forces in the Central Plains, including Han, Wei, Zhao, Dai, Yan, Qi, etc., which are equivalent to the split Cao Wei.

The key point is that the South Korea controlled by Zhang Liang belongs to the Liu Bang camp, and they are all waiting for Liu Bang to unify. The strategic pressure faced by the Liu Bang Group is much smaller than that of the Liu Bei Group.

Xiang Yu's forces remaining in the Guanzhong area are mainly Zhang Han, Sima Xin, and Dong Yi.

Needless to say, Sima Xin and Dong Yi are both second-rate figures and nothing to fear.

And when Zhang Han led the Qin army to surrender Xiang Yu during the Battle of Julu, he was already cast aside by the Qin people, because Xiang Yukeng killed 20 Qin troops, and then became a tyrant in the Guanzhong area, so the Qin people would naturally Followed by hating Zhang Han who took refuge in Xiang Yu.

Therefore, no matter how powerful Zhang Han was, he was unpopular and could not resist the Han army.The key is that Han Xin, the coach Liu Bang sent to capture Guanzhong, will not be as conservative in military affairs as Zhuge Liang, and he is good at using intrigues, especially the idea of ​​"putting them to death and then reborn", which is much bolder than Zhuge Liang.

The last one is talent.

The shortage of talents in the Shu Han was fatal. What Zhuge Liang had to do was equal to the sum of Han Xin, Zhang Liang, Li Shiqi, Chen Ping, and Xiao He, which was quite difficult.What's more, among these five people, two of them are one of the ten philosophers of Wu Temple.Therefore, Han Xin could conquer the Guanzhong area with about 2 elite soldiers, but Zhuge Liang could not.

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When the light curtain on the table disappeared, Liu Bang stroked his long beard and said with a smile, "Liu Bei, if you are by your side, you will also have the assistance of the "Three Heroes of the Early Han Dynasty". In addition, it can really reach the 800-year-old state of King Wu and Zhou Dynasty..."

Lin Feng joked, "Emperor Gao Zu, but Uncle Liu Huang has never killed any hero."

Liu Bang's face darkened.

"Why don't you start yet?"

"Liu Heng, Liu Xiu, when are you going to wait? Can't you make a song in the meantime? How can you stop the emperor of the Han Dynasty?"

"After half a cup of tea, let's start!"

Liu Bang immediately changed the topic, and didn't want to discuss anything about "the cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks".

Liu Bei was also very tactful and didn't say anything, sitting behind his own Emperor Gaozu, keeping a low profile, low profile.

"Happy—"

Lin Feng read aloud, and suddenly, an ancient drum music from the Shang and Zhou Dynasties was played, and the notes swayed, shocking people's hearts.

"Dancing—"

Lin Feng ordered again, and the three court dancers from the Zhou Dynasty unfolded their postures, and the colorful clothes were full of light, moving gracefully, which was very pleasing to the eye.

"The song goes out—"

The first person to walk out of the middle of the hunting ground was Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty Liu Heng. Everyone was curious, what ancient poem would he sing?

This is the Han Dynasty.

"Poetry" has not yet been born!

At this time, there are at most poems, folk songs, or Fu, and these are not coming to read and recite.

but to chant.

This is the meaning of "Han Yuefu".

Hanyuefu refers to an institution that specializes in the management of music and dance singing and teaching.

The Yuefu was first established in the Qin Dynasty, and it was an institution under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu that specialized in teaching music and dance singing.

The duty of the Yuefu is to collect folk songs or literati's poems to make music, so that they can be played during court sacrifices or banquets.The poems it collected and sorted out were later called "Yuefu Poems", or "Yuefu" for short.

The female-themed works occupy an important position in Han Yuefu folk songs. It uses popular language to construct works that are close to life. It gradually tends to five-character characters from miscellaneous words. It is an important stage in the development of five-character poetry in the history of Chinese poetry to highlight the ideological connotation, focus on describing typical details, and open up a new stage for the development of narrative poetry.Han Yuefu has a very high status in the history of literature, and it can stand on a tripod with the Book of Songs and Songs of Chu.

What many people don't know is.

"Moshang Sang" and "The Peacock Flies Southeast" are both Han Yuefu folk songs. The latter is the longest narrative poem in ancient my country.

"The Peacock Flies Southeast" in the Han Dynasty, "Mulan Poetry" in the Northern Dynasty and Wei Zhuang's "Qin Fuyin" in the Tang Dynasty are collectively known as the "Three Wonders of Yuefu".

In modern times, people are most familiar with the song "Long Song Xing", "Young and strong don't work hard, the boss is sad."
Generally speaking, Hanyuefu is divided into four parts:
First, the songs of suburban temples: mainly music songs written by noble literati for sacrifices, gorgeous and elegant.

Second, the advocacy song lyrics: also known as short Xiao and cymbal songs, the lyrics were added later, and the content is complicated.Mainly folk creations.

Third, Xianghe lyrics: the music is folk music collected from all over the country, and the lyrics are mostly "Jie Mo Yao Ou".Among them are many excellent works, which are the essence of Han Yuefu.

Fourth, the lyrics of miscellaneous songs: many of the tunes are unknown.Because there is no classification, it forms a category of its own, and there are some excellent folk songs in it.

What Lin Feng likes the most, and what he also tried to read is the sad song "The Peacock Flies to the Southeast".

The hero and heroine of the poem, Jiao Zhongqing and Liu Lanzhi, are a loving couple with only love and no hatred between them.Their marriage was broken up by external forces. Mother Jiao didn't like Lanzhi, so she had to go back to her mother's house.Brother Liu forced her to remarry, and the prefect's family forced her to marry again.After Liu Lanzhi and Jiao Zhongqing broke up, they further deepened their understanding of each other, and their love became more and more intense. In the end, they both committed suicide to resist the arranged marriage and at the same time express their unswerving love.

While Lin Feng was thinking.

On the outskirts of the hunting ground, a gust of cold wind blew, dark clouds rolled high in the sky, covering the clouds and the moon, and the sky and the earth went dark.

In the dark sky, it seems that there will be a rainstorm.

And the strange wind of "woo woo", like a wraith in the sky, howling, struggling and screaming towards the world.

Emperor Han Wen stood in the center, raised his head, looked up at the sky, his expression was extremely solemn, as if he was paying homage to the soul.

And the dancing postures of the three court dancers behind him have also become weird, their bodies twisted, and in incredible postures, like ghosts, like flying stiff, like wombs, three white and miserable faces swaying in the wind , with a stiff face, indescribably eerie.

When the whistling wind in the sky reached its peak, Emperor Han Wen raised his hands to the sky and sang loudly:

"The rabbit is not too late, the crow is more anxious, but I am afraid that Mu Wang Bajun will not be able to catch the whip."

"So, in Artemisia, the tomb comes out of the bougainvillea."

"Arrogance soars to the sky, dragons soar and phoenixes gather."

"Eat all the wind and soil, and the fox will pick up the ants."

"Gold doesn't cry, jade doesn't weep, and poplars don't cry."

"The moon is chaotic, the stele is broken, the man is broken, the filth is gone, the cattle and sheep are rustling, and the shepherd boy is seen from time to time, making the bones dry."

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There is no need to know the meaning of the poem, just listening to the faint rhythm and feeling the wailing of the day can make people feel desolate and feel endless sadness in their minds...

(End of this chapter)