Chapter 3241 Internal and external troubles
Xue Rengui smiled and said: "Of course not. No matter how far-sighted and wise the Duke of Yue is, how can he predict the future? At that time, the last general was still under the command of the Duke of Yue, serving in the navy. He once talked about attacking cities and plundering territories to open up frontiers. At that time, the Duke of Yue State disdained the achievements of expanding the territory. At a glance, Zeng said that today's soldiers are fighting for the lead and the country is at its peak, and it is naturally powerful all over the world. However, if we conquer these lands but fail to accept them, in the future, the country will decline and the military power will be difficult to sustain. These lands will also rebel again, and even Kill the Han people to show toughness.”
Li Xiaogong nodded, these words made sense.
The Han dynasty has conquered more than ten thousand miles of land throughout the ages? Even today's Goguryeo was ruled by the Han people back then, and the land of Annan was even more subject to the jurisdiction of the dynasty. How could this Western Region not be the territory of the Han people back then? However, when the dynasty collapsed, these places immediately rebelled, and the Han people who stayed here were brutally slaughtered.
This is an unsolvable problem. "It is easy to plunder their land, but difficult to win their hearts." It is extremely difficult to integrate these barbarians into the Han family.
Not only did he wonder: "Does Fang Er have any clever ideas?"
Xue Rengui looked strange, pondered a little, nodded and said: "Yes."
Li Xiaogong became more and more interested: "I would like to hear the details."
He cut the roasted mutton with a knife, and the two of them ate heartily with a mouthful of meat and a mouthful of wine. Xue Rengui said: "Even an empire that is at its peak will also decline. Territories conquered in the past will inevitably become more resistant. Following the trend, Resistance is The general trend of the world has never been like this in the past and present. However, after conquering a land, the natives will be slaughtered, and all the people on the land will be the subjects of the empire. They will naturally be loyal to the empire and remain loyal to the descendants of the people in the territory. There is a rift between them as they belong to the same species, but after all, they are from the same species, so they are much closer by nature. Even if they are isolated and form their own country, they are also allies connected by blood. Moreover, the lands are all occupied by the people of the empire. Even if it falls one day In the hands of a powerful enemy, these people still yearn for their homeland. As long as there is a chance, they will resist and return to the embrace of the empire... Only in this way can they completely assimilate the occupied territory and never change it for thousands of generations. "
Li Xiaogong was speechless and snorted: "I've been talking for a long time, isn't it just to occupy a piece of land, slaughter all its people, and immigrate to fill it? Although this method is good, it will harm the harmony of nature, and it must not harm others. The premise is mentioned, otherwise if you are listened to by those old Confucians who talk about benevolence and morality, you will be scolded as having no conscience and no different from an animal. "
If there is too much killing, there will be peace. This is a value that has been passed down in China for a long time.
"Benevolence, forgiveness" and "fraternity" are moral systems that kings of all dynasties have strongly advocated. They cannot even kill captives, let alone the people of the land they rule?
However, they have forgotten that even Confucianism, which advocates benevolence and righteousness, has always firmly believed that "Hua and Yi are different."
The so-called "When the barbarians enter China, they will be conquered by China, and when the barbarians enter China, they will be conquered by the barbarians" is even more pure nonsense. This sentence is derived from the book "Yuandao" written by Han Yu after his annotation of "Spring and Autumn". Its original meaning is "the barbarians will be conquered by the barbarians". After entering China, either the Yi Di should accept Chineseization and surrender voluntarily, or they should be eliminated."
Mencius even said, "I have heard of using Xia to transform barbarians, but I have never heard of people transforming barbarians into barbarians." I have only heard of using Chinese civilization to transform barbarians, but I have never heard of Chinese people turning themselves into barbarians...
Later, this sentence evolved into "As long as you believe in Chinese culture, then it is justifiable for a foreigner to be the emperor of China." Because Yi and Di have also become Chinese. Who was the first person to propose this explanation? Xu Heng, a famous Neo-Confucian scholar in the Yuan Dynasty.
Who is Xu Heng?
Regardless of anything else, we only need to know that when the Mongolian army marched south to Shenzhou, the famous Confucian scholars such as Xu Heng and Wu Cheng were all begging for mercy and bowing their heads. However, there were Wen Tianxiang, Zhang Shijie, Lu Xiufu, Xie Dieshan and others who refused to submit. Going forward and succeeding, fighting for justice...
Chinese culture is extremely tolerant, but it has never recognized the culture of Yi and Di. Either you join in and become my younger brother, or I destroy you.
Confucianism, on the other hand, has the bad nature of "softheadedness" and "false benevolence and righteousness." This is not a problem of Confucianism, but that after the dominance of Confucianism, various schools of thought have spread, causing deviations and even complete misinterpretations of the ancestral classics.
After the rise of Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, it even completely deviated from the original intention of Confucianism and blindly clung to the rulers. Cheng-Zhu Neo-Confucianism, which was originally unknown in the Song Dynasty, suddenly flourished in the Yuan Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, it was suppressed horribly by Wang Yangming's Xinxue. By the Qing Dynasty, After Xiong Cilu and others' vigorous advocacy, he once again dominated the literary world...
Its original meaning can be seen from its development context.
(Ahem, that’s too far off topic. It’s just that I have a lump in my chest and I won’t be able to vomit quickly.)
Fang Jun mentioned this matter to Xue Rengui at the beginning, which was an example that he was inspired by for later generations. Countless white people crossed the ocean and came to a new continent, slaughtered all the indigenous people, exterminated their descendants, and destroyed their culture. Then they occupied the magpie's nest and established their own country, but they changed their identities and advocated human rights and freedom.
When a country is strong and prosperous, it can dominate the world from a corner; when a country is declining, it can beg for mercy and recognize its ancestors.
Look left and right, the winners are all the ones who never set when the sun was setting on them...
Xue Rengui said with a smile: "But it was just a joke at the time, how could the general dare to publicize it so much that the Duke of Yue was criticized? But having said that, the commander left Jiaohe City and went to the front line in person, but what important matters did he give to the general?"
He really couldn't understand the motive of Li Xiaogong's trip. As the Protector of Anxi, why did he come to Gongyue City instead of sitting in Jiaohe City?
You are the commander-in-chief of an army. Is it really appropriate to advance so rashly?
Li Xiaogong didn't answer. He cut a piece of meat and put it in his mouth to chew. After swallowing it, he took another sip of wine and then said in a deep voice: "Recently, something is not right in the Anxi Army."
Xue Rengui was startled and asked quickly: "What does the commander mean by this?"
Li Xiaogong thought about it briefly and said slowly: "The Anxi Army is a separate army and is too far away from Chang'an, so there is little contact between the army and Chang'an. The Guanlong clan has penetrated the Anxi Army to an unimaginable degree. It seems that the top brass in the army not much out In fact, almost all the people in Guanlong are controlled by the middle and lower-level officers. In this way, military orders are difficult to carry out. If things go on like this, how can the Anxi Army be called the private army of Guanlong? "
Xue Rengui remained silent.
How could he not know about this situation while he was in the army?
For example, the legitimate son of the Changsun family died tragically outside Suiye City. He had heard about it, but soldiers from the Anxi Army were stationed at the place when the incident occurred, but no word of the report was ever delivered to him.
With the Anxi Army's control over the Western Region, how could they be ignorant of this matter?
It can only mean that the officers below deceived the superiors and concealed the matter secretly. The serious relationship involved is indescribable.
Since the death of the legitimate son of the Changsun family at the station of the Anxi Army can be colluded and concealed, how can other things not happen? It's just that now the Anxi Army has the same interests as most of the Guanlong clan, which is to resist foreign aggression and protect the Silk Road, so the entire army is united and fighting to the death.
But if the interests of the Anxi Army and the Guanlong clan conflict, Xue Rengui doesn't know how many troops he can command.
It is even possible that those daring people might plot to kill him in the army...
Li Xiaogong was worried: "This time when the cannibals invaded the Western Region, there were various unknown signs beforehand. After that, the cannibals marched straight in. It seems that the Anxi army has stationed troops everywhere, the number of troops, etc. Everyone knows everything. If no one leaks it, will the cannibal know it? Especially recently, all the forces in Jiaohe City are ready to move, and I predict that they must have a big plan. "
Xue Rengui said in a deep voice: "So, the commander personally rushed to Gongyue City to make Jiaohe City vacant and lure the snake out of its hole?"
"Where do you dare to lure a snake out of its hole?"
Li Xiaogong smiled bitterly and sighed: "Now the cannibalism is coming fiercely, and there are spies within our army who leak secrets at any time. Although the Battle of Hexi was a great victory, the Tibetans were still watching, and the storm in Guanzhong was surging. There is always danger of overthrow. Who dares to lure the snake out of its hole? I just hope that those guys realize that their plot has been exposed, and I hope that they can take precautions and not dare to act rashly."
Xue Rengui was speechless.
It turns out that it is not "leading the snake out of the hole", but singing an "empty city strategy"...
He led his army to fight against the Arab army. Although he was retreating steadily, he had everything under control. He thought that victory was in sight as long as he continued to deal with it. However, he did not expect that the situation in the Western Regions was already so critical. The so-called "internal and external troubles" cannot be described. . Is it possible that the Anxi Army was seriously defeated in the civil strife, and that the Nuo Da Western Region would eventually fall under the hooves of the aliens?
(End of chapter)