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Chapter 707 We Are Han Chinese...

In fact, the countries in the Western Regions are already jumping. They had to deal with the pressure of Zhang’s Liang Dynasty before, and they formed a coalition army many times to fight Zhang’s Liang’s army in Shanshan, especially the battle in Puchanghai (Lop Nur) with the Western Regions. Successfully broke the confidence of Zhang's Liang army's westward advance, and only then did Zhang's Liang country stop in Shanshan.

In today's Western Regions, Wusun has weakened with the successive demises of the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty, and Cheshi and Qiuci have risen successively, and the rise of Qiuci is the fastest.

It doesn't matter what kind of country Kucha was before. By the time the Sima family established the Western Jin Dynasty, Kucha had transformed into a country of merchants.They carried out trade with the Central Plains Dynasty to the east, and resold the goods purchased from the Central Plains Dynasty to the west. Usually, they obtained several times or even dozens of times the profits once they resold them.

If the country is rich, it must be able to be built. Then, Kucha has implemented a national policy very far ahead. If Kucha people can't fight, they hire brakemen, Luntai people, and Shule people... Anyway, there are only a few people. There is no one who accepts the employment of Kucha, and there is no one that Kucha does not want to hire. As a result, because of the continuous employment of Kucha because of money, the territory of Kucha has been increasing.

At present, there are not as many Western Regions as there are 36 countries, and there are only a dozen or so remaining, but the distribution of territories is relatively complicated. It is normal to have "enclaves" separated from one's own territory.The emergence of this situation is a strategy of the Western Jin Dynasty against the Western Regions, and it has obviously been successful.

Before Zhang's Liang Kingdom moved westward, because of the shameful death of Sima's family in the Western Jin Dynasty, the countries in the Western Regions that lost their suzerain states for a time were actually fighting each other. It was because of Zhang's Liang Kingdom's westward advance that forced the countries in the Western Regions to have to joint.

"Shanshan was originally Loulan. During the reign of Emperor Xiaowu, he fell to the Han Dynasty. The Xiongnu united with the chariots to destroy the country. After the country was restored, it was renamed Shanshan." Xie Ai is very familiar with the Western Regions. He has talked about a lot of things in the Western Regions before. Mainly focused on the explanation of Shanshan: "Shanshan was destroyed twice after surrendering to the Han Dynasty, once by the Han Dynasty and the other by the Xiongnu."

It's funny to say that Loulan surrendered to the Han Dynasty during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the country's borders became the bridgehead for the Han army to advance westward. However, the proton sent by King Loulan to Chang'an was cut off by the Han Dynasty's Tingwei Department for breaking the law.When the old King Loulan was about to die, the Han Dynasty would naturally not be able to send back Loulan's proton without Xiao Dingding. As a result, Loulan's proton from the Huns returned to China and inherited the Loulan throne.

The prince who was the proton of the Xiongnu became the new king of Loulan, but he did not firmly stand on the side of the Xiongnu against the Han Dynasty. He still adopted the strategy of the old Loulan king, standing on both sides of the wall against the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu.

One time, the Loulan army was forced by the Xiongnu and Cheshi to invade the Yangguan of the Han Dynasty, but was pushed back by the furious Han army.At that time, the Xiongnu happened to be the old Shanyu who died of illness. The Xiongnu had a civil war because of Shanyu's throne. It was only the Cheshi who sent troops to help Loulan. Of course, they could not resist the Han army. Loulan was destroyed by the Han Dynasty for the second time.

Loulan changed its name to Shanshan after this time, and the former heavy city of Wulei became the residence of the Han Dynasty's Protectorate, which indirectly frightened Qiuci into wanting to surrender, and also frightened Che Shi to dare not look south. Unfortunately, At that time, chaos broke out in the Han Dynasty, which was the scourge of witchcraft.

The chaos in the Han Dynasty ranged from the crown prince Liu Ju to the ministers of the country who were killed by Liu Che. There was no spare energy to continue fighting the Huns. How could they have any energy to manage the Western Regions? Shanshan, who changed his name from Loulan, was unlucky. He was slapped to death by Fox Deer Gu who needed to prove his martial arts skills.This is the third time Loulan (Shanshan) destroyed the country.

"The founding of Shanshan was jointly supported by Cheshi and Shule. From then on, Shanshan was Cheshi's puppet country to deal with Qiuci." Xie Ai's mouth went dry as he spoke, and he raised his glass to drink water. Seeing that everyone was still there Waiting for a moment, he continued without taking a breath: "It is said that Shanshan's fence has become a national policy. This is the tragedy of a small country, unable to fight against a big country. After more than a hundred years, it fell to many countries one after another, and Emperor Xuan (Liu Bingji) surrendered to the Han Dynasty again. The room was maintained until the former Han Dynasty lost the country."

It is not that Shanshan stopped riding the wall, the reason is that the Han people in the Eastern Han Dynasty were even more unreasonable. More than once, a few Han people dared to rush into a certain Western Region palace to kill people. At least two kings of Shanshan were killed by the Han people.

After the change of Wang Mang’s new dynasty in the Western Han Dynasty, the Han people were actually unable to control the grasslands. The Northern Huns got the news and returned to Zhuoxie Mountain to join the Southern Huns. If it weren’t for the northern and southern Huns who refused to accept each other, and the Eastern Han Dynasty responded in time , Sending Dou Xian, Geng Bing and other Han generals to lead the army to fight, the Northern Huns are likely to swallow the Southern Huns and occupy the grassland again.

Dou Xian, Geng Bing and other Han generals led the army to defeat the Northern Huns in Zhuoxie Mountain, defeating the intention of the Northern Huns to return to the east. Later, the famous stone-carved Jigong (Yan Ran Le Gong) incident occurred.The leader of this event is Ban Gu, who is the elder brother of Ban Chao. Those who participated in this historical event include Dou Xian, Geng Bing and the accompanying Han army. Huo Qubing's subordinates "Seal the Wolf and Live in Xu" are collectively praised as the highest honor of the Zhuxia army.

Later, there was a Han general named Geng Kui, who led the army of the Eastern Han Dynasty to attack Jinwei Mountain (now Altai Mountain) and defeated the Hun army.It was the Northern Huns who fled to the west, and it was also Ban Gu who made the highest honor a soldier can do, that later, Ban Chao's "Extreme Qingqi Cavalry Cloud" completely regained the Western Regions.

During the game between the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Northern Huns, it was normal for the Han people to rush into a certain king's palace and kill the Huns' envoys. Even the king of that country would dare to kill them if they succeeded. This frightened all the countries in the Western Regions and did not dare to invite the Han people into the palace. However, many times they would Han people had to be invited into the palace. Every time a Han person appeared in the palace, there was a paranoia that they might be killed at any time.

How could the Han people at that time have the courage to rush into a palace and kill people with just a few people?
It was during the Western Han Dynasty that the countries in the Western Regions were beaten into trembling rabbits by the Han army, and dozens of people from Banchao could rely on the prestige of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions to pull tens of thousands of servants to slaughter their cities and destroy the country, so that the countries in the Western Regions have been living in the Han Dynasty. Under the shadow.

Next, the prestige of the Han army repeatedly gave more Han people unimaginable courage, and the Han people's superiority is a universal value, and then too many Han warriors became famous all over the country after doing so.

Based on the previous example, there are really too many Han people who want to be famous. To some people, dying in order to be famous (to leave a name in history) is simply unreasonable.

"How magnificent!" Ran Min really didn't know so many things about the ancestors. Hearing Xie Ai's words, he was breathing heavily. He was envious, "My generation should be worthy of our ancestors!"

It wasn't just Ran Min, everyone present was breathing heavily, and felt that if he could achieve the great deeds of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty, even death would be worth it.

How important is the history of a nation?What the ancestors did is one of the most inspiring people. It can encourage future generations to not be afraid of difficulties, and can drive future generations to continue to surpass.This is how a nation comes from history!
How brave were the Han people in the early Han Dynasty?It is also reflected in some things about the traitors of the Tianzhu Kingdom, such as Li Ling and Wei Lu who surrendered to the Huns. There are too many Han people who are not afraid of death. They are not afraid of hardships, the distance of the road and the difficulty of the trek, and they continue to fight for the two of them. They were both traitors to the country, so much so that the two traitors lived under the shadow of being assassinated throughout their lives.

The Han people at that time would be like this, and the biggest instigator was none other than Confucian disciples, that is, the all-round rise of the Gongyang School of Confucianism, a kind of "great vengeance 1 doctrine" deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

The Gongyang School of Confucianism is notorious for its violent temper and vengeance. It is not afraid of death for the sake of lofty ideals.Anyone who offends the disciples of the Ram School will simply live in fear that someone will come to revenge for generations.

What I have to say is that compared with the Gongyang School, whether it is Guliang, Lu School, or the Zuo Chuan School who likes to fabricate and falsify history, the latter schools that are also Confucianism are really scumbags. It is said that more Confucian schools that appeared later are even worse than scum.

"Why did Emperor Xiaowu respect Confucianism exclusively? It is precisely because the Han Dynasty needed a unified voice, and wanted to unify the hearts of the people and start a war against the Xiongnu. The Gongyang doctrine was appropriate."

Before Liu Yanren entered the room, the voice had already passed. At that moment, everyone in the room was basically shocked, and everyone in the back hurriedly stood up to welcome him.

Isn't it the season of annual debriefing again?Generals who are out there must return to the center unless there is a big war, and senior civil servants such as county governors also need to come back at regular intervals.

Every year's debriefing season is a rare opportunity for important ministers to meet each other, visit each other, or someone initiates a gathering, and when they gather, there will be a large group of people.

Everyone will be surprised. There are not many general gatherings. Apart from being innocent in their hearts, they have done this more than once before, and there is nothing wrong with it. But this time the gathering is really "ghostly".

Liu Yan stepped into the room, looked up, and after scanning around, he found that almost all the generals were there. He smiled and motioned for everyone to sit down.

The Han people believe in etiquette and respect. After saluting Liu Yan, everyone could kneel down and sit down. Even Xu Zheng, who was sitting at the head of the table, had to move his seat.

Liu Yan went to the first seat as a matter of course, opened the hem of his clothes, put the sword around his waist on the table, knelt down and looked at the table of everyone.

There were no servants serving in the house, and there was not much food on the desks of the people, but there was a small stove next to each futon to warm the wine, so that the room was also full of alcohol.

Xu Zheng didn't need to arrange the new position with his own hands. Naturally, someone with a lower rank would bring table tables and futons from the side with eyes. As soon as he sat down, he immediately stood up and raised his hands in salute, saying: "I didn't know that the king is here. I am really frightened that I could not welcome you."

With Xu Zheng taking the lead, everyone naturally followed suit with a plea that was not an apology, but that was actually the case.

What they are most nervous about is that the gathering is to discuss about marching into the Western Regions.As for the so-called discussion on how to get Liu Yan to order to march into the Western Regions, it would be a lie to say that he didn't feel guilty because Liu Yan came here in person.

"You have a group here..." Liu Yan glanced at Li Kuang, who was changing the tableware with a wink, and then looked at the people with embarrassing expressions, and said, "The prime minister and the others also have a group."

Not only generals like to party, but civil servants also like to get together. It just so happens that the meeting place for civil officials is not far from here. Liu Yan actually went to Ji Chang and others for a stroll before coming here.

In other dynasties, it would be taboo for courtiers to have gatherings, not to mention several important ministers getting together in private, even two important ministers gathering in private would be taboo, but in Liu Yan's generation it was not a thing at all.

Liu Yan expelled the Hulu and restored China, and he had the great righteousness to raise the Han flag again. He was not winning the civil war and establishing the country, let alone usurping the throne.After he finished expelling the Hulu and raised the Han flag again, he continued to open up the leader Zhuxia to open up a larger living space for the descendants of the Han family. No matter from which point of view, he represented "Zhengshuo", Can confidently shout "Manifest Destiny" or something.

Zhu Xia sees "great righteousness", and "great righteousness" represents the aspirations of the people. Liu Yan is not afraid at all of who will conspire with the country, let alone follow whoever rebels, so that his defense against his subjects can be said to be the lightest.

Well, in fact, Liu Yan can use the system to distinguish friend from foe. As long as no one's tendencies are judged as "red" by the system, he really doesn't need to worry.Since this is the case, why doesn't he simply show the demeanor that a king should have, and reap the loyalty of his followers?

"Your Majesty." Ran Min waited for Li Kuang to finish his work and sat back. After looking at Xu Zheng, he said, "I'm planning a strategy for the Western Regions."

At that moment, everyone was suffocated and looked at Liu Yan eagerly like a little daughter-in-law, not knowing whether to usher in thunder or rain.

"Uh, yes..." Xu Zheng smiled flatteringly, and then continued: "It's a bit of talk. I should immediately write down the case and forward it to the king."

Although Liu Yan can distinguish the enemy from the system, he still needs to have his own eyes and ears, so how can he not know what his subordinates are doing.

Many times you know it, and you have to let your subordinates know that you already know it.Before Liu Yan went to the civil officials, all the civil officials were discussing how to stop the generals from messing around at this time, such as immediately launching a war to recover the Western Regions. This time, the civil officials were unprecedentedly unanimous.After he arrived, Ji Chang told what everyone was doing as soon as he sat down.He came to the general, and before he even asked, someone came out and confessed.

Liu Yan doesn't need to have too many facial expressions, or even say a word, just keeping a smile properly is enough.

"Mingda." Xu Zheng looked at Xie Ai and said, "Hurry up and talk about the past in the Western Regions."

Xie Ai knew exactly what Xu Zheng meant. Everyone who should know about Liu Yan's character already knew that Liu Yan was completely a Han Chinese communist. It is always right to talk about the great achievements of the Han people.

After listening to what Xie Ai just talked about for everyone, Liu Yan was deeply moved: "How magnificent!"

On this point, Liu Yan and Ran Min had the same attitude after hearing this.

With just four words, all the generals in the house relaxed and became more confident in persuading the king.

(End of this chapter)