Chapter 52 Methods to Control Hu
“Suppose a disease suddenly appears on the grassland near winter, resulting in the death of a large number of livestock. The Hu people grazing do not have enough food to survive the winter until the next spring. The king thinks they will do something What?”
What else can be done?
If you don’t want to starve to death, you must go to other people’s homes to “borrow” food. As for “borrowing” other people’s food, you don’t care whether others will starve to death.
The wealthy Central Plains Dynasty was obviously this "other" at times. The Hu people led their troops south, broke through the city gates, and plundered food and people.
Moreover, by going south to attack the Central Plains Dynasty, you can not only plunder food slaves, but also consume the population through war. Once the population decreases, the food needed will not be less.
“In order not to starve to death, we will naturally launch wars to rob other people’s food, and the Central Plains Dynasty is often the target. Who makes us Chinese people industrious, simple, and good at farming.”
“This is one of the reasons why the Hu people have always been our enemies of China. Sometimes they lack survival supplies and want to gain access to the Central Plains Dynasty. ”
“But sometimes, the Hu people are not short of food, and they will invade China.” They fear the powerful but do not show mercy to the weak. Because of the environment in which they were raised and educated, the Hu people believe that whoever is powerful can have everything. ”
"Therefore, when they feel that they are stronger, they will think: Since we are so powerful, we should have better things, richer land, more beautiful women, and more gorgeous clothes. The Hu people looked around and saw I naturally want to seize the beauty of the Chinese uniforms.”
“Especially China. When the original dynasty was weak, they would think that such a good thing should be enjoyed by a group of weak southern barbarians, so they raised troops and went south. "
Listening to Li Nian's talk about the Hu people, Ying Zheng was the first. The first thought is that China must have suffered from the barbarians in later generations, otherwise Li Nian would not have said so much in front of him.
Yes, the shame of Jingkang is still lingering, the Five Husbands are ruining China, the children of the Han family are for firewood and food, and in Yangzhou for ten days, they shave their heads and change clothes, and would rather be with friends than domestic slaves...
Now that he has the opportunity to change history, Li Nian certainly wants to make some changes so that the Han family compatriots in this world will suffer less disasters. Moreover, he does not need to implement the specific plan, he only needs to inform the emperor in front of him.
Li Nian continued: "Because of these two reasons, the Hu people will always be enemies of China. No matter which Hu people group is the strongest on the grassland, some people in history have even imagined that they can live in harmony with the Hu people." < br>
“Want to solve the problem of the barbarians , the basis for the survival of the Hu people must be destroyed. Most of the Hu people are nomadic, and the grassland is the basis for their survival. The Hu people can graze on the grasslands, why can't our Chinese brothers and sisters?"
"I came up with this? One way to deal with the barbarians is to Taking away the foundation for the survival of the Hu people and squeezing the living space of the Hu people. If my Chinese brothers and sisters also go to the grassland to graze, then the livestock that the Hu people herd can eat will not be reduced, and the livestock that can be grazed will naturally be reduced. will decrease, there will not be enough livestock for food, Hu The number of people will also shrink, how can they be strong again? "
Many dynasties moved the Hu people into the pass and then assimilated them, but the method given by Li Nian did the opposite. The Chinese people moved to the grasslands and occupied the living space of the Hu people.
Ying Zheng thought about it and realized that this method has certain feasibility, but there are also many problems. For example, how to prevent the Chinese people who moved to the grasslands from becoming new barbarians?
The Chinese people of this era are not the ordinary people of the Qing Dynasty who were timid, submissive and bloodless. Instead, they are full of blood and courage. If they really move to the grasslands, they will definitely dare to confront the barbarians head-on. Ying Zheng asked: "Didn't later dynasties think of this method?"
It means that your method is feasible. Didn't those dynasties of later generations try it?
Li Niandao: "There are many wise kings and famous ministers in the later dynasties. With their wisdom, I would not have thought that they just didn't want to use it. After all, our Chinese dynasty has always had the concept of 'heaven above the country' and believed that the whole world , only China is the best, and the rest are barbarians and desolate lands, not worthy of governance, especially this kind of thinking. What happened to the monarchs and ministers who were influenced by Confucianism?”
“And when they moved the Chinese people to the land of the barbarians, they were also worried that if the Chinese people were no longer under their control, they would become a bigger problem than the barbarians and threaten them. Even if you occupy the land of the barbarians and set up a protective palace, you will still lose it if you don't manage it with all your heart."
Ying Zheng nodded slightly, and understood this approach. If you occupy the land of the barbarians, you are taking advantage. If you can manage it well, it will be governed. If you can't govern it well, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it used to be the territory of the barbarians.
Back to the topic, Li Nian continued: "I have another suggestion for resisting the Hu people. When trying to seize the place where the Hu people live, we should also educate and divide the Hu people so that they can turn from Hu to Xia. ”
“In Chinese history, many dynasties governed When the Hu people invaded, most of them used the method of respecting the Hu people's customs and wooing the Hu people's leaders. This can quickly conquer the Hu people for their own use in a short period of time, but in the long run, there are great hidden dangers."
“Because the Hu people still use their customs, They will not think that they are members of the Chinese people. When the Central Plains Dynasty is strong, they will not have any dissent and be as obedient as dogs. But when the Central Plains Dynasty becomes weak, they will turn from dogs into wolves and bite their masters, as they did in the Northern Song Dynasty. There were Hu people who established dynasties to stand side by side with the Song Dynasty, among which they established the Liao and Xixia This is the case for the Khitan and Dangxiang tribes. "
"Both ethnic groups were governed by the Tang Dynasty. However, from the Tang Dynasty to the Northern Song Dynasty, their dissatisfaction remained unchanged, so they respected the customs of the Hu people and adopted them. It is not advisable to win over the barbarian leaders to govern the barbarians. ”
"I thought that after defeating the Hu people and making them surrender, we must destroy their language, destroy their writing, and eradicate their customs. An excellent Hu people culture should be in a museum!"
Although I don't understand what a museum is What, but Ying Zheng knew that Li Nian wanted to destroy the beliefs and culture of the Hu people, so that the Hu people could speak Qin opera, write Qin characters, get used to the customs of the Qin Dynasty, forget that they were once Hu people, and become one of the people of the Qin Dynasty.
If the Hu people continue to speak their language and use their customs, it will not always reflect that they are different from the Qin people. They are another ethnic group.
"To do this, we still need to 'enlighten the people's wisdom and open up education', so as to prevent the Chinese people who migrated from becoming new barbarians. Keep in mind that they are of Yanhuang blood and Chinese people. Only then can we erase the identity of the Hu people and identify with Da Qin.”
"The above is what I think is the way to deal with the foreign barbarians. Build the Great Wall and garrison the army. Although it can resist the barbarians for a while, it cannot be resisted for a lifetime. It is better to incorporate the land of the barbarians into our land of Qin. , the people of the Hu people have also become the people of our great Qin.”
The last sentence struck a chord in Ying Zheng's heart. Why build the Great Wall to resist the barbarians? Real men should occupy the barbarians' land and turn the barbarians into their own people. Those who cannot become their own people will become dead!
(End of this chapter)