Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

【Looking back at history now, we must admit that the grassland conditions are too unique.

Sitting on the four major grasslands of Hulunbuir, Ulanqab, Xilin Gol, and Horqin, once a force rises in them, the Central Plains dynasty may need several generations of painstaking efforts to solve it.

In this regard, the Liao Dynasty is relatively close to the water tower, because the Khitan originally rose on the grassland, so the founding of the country focused on attacking and subduing the grassland thorns Wugu and Dilie tribes, and established its rule over the grassland.

In comparison, the Jin Dynasty did not do a general bad job. The extremely unstable political ecology within the Jin Dynasty, the super-national treatment of the Jurchen nobles, and the attitude of never negotiating with the Southern Song Dynasty at the time of the founding of the country all made the Jin Dynasty somewhat unable to control the grassland.

Especially from about 1130 to 1148, the century-long trend of East Asia at that time was basically determined by the actions of these people:

Yue Fei, Wanyan Gou, Yelu Dashi, Hebula, Jin Xizong Wanyan Tan

We all know how strong Yue Wumu is, how pitiful Wanyan Gou is, and how fierce Yelu Dashi is.

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Yue Wumu's Northern Expedition was able to succeed frequently, of course, because the Yue Family Army itself was strong and Yue Fei was a great general, but there was also a reason that Jin Xizong put a lot of energy on the grassland at that time.

Yelu Dashi fled west with two hundred riders, and was able to establish the Western Liao in just eight years. Of course, it was not because these two hundred people would split, but more because of the residual power accumulated by the Liao Kingdom's two hundred years of rule over the grassland that won the support of grassland tribes such as the Naiman tribe.

At that time, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty could not help but worry about this situation. After all, the Southern Song Dynasty's Northern Expedition only recovered a little lost territory. If the grassland tribes gathered together under the call of the Western Liao, then the old nest would be really dangerous.

Therefore, the political situation in Asia during this period was very simple:

Yue Fei fought the Jin people, Wanyan Gou fought Yue Fei, the Jin Kingdom fought Yue Fei and the grassland at the same time, and the grassland listened to the Western Liao, but the Western Liao went to the west.

In 1141, Yelu Dashi defeated the Seljuk Empire in the Battle of Katwan and gained unlimited prestige.

However, the Western Liao, which had penetrated deep into Central Asia, obviously had little common interests with the tribes based in the East Asian grasslands. The Naiman tribe thus broke away from the Western Liao, and the Khitan's control over the grassland for two hundred years was completely destroyed.

On the other hand, during this period, the Jin Kingdom and the Kublai Khan of the grassland fought five wars.

The Jin Kingdom either did not win, had a draw, or was defeated. In desperation, the Jin Kingdom took the initiative to negotiate peace, at the cost of ceding 27 regiments and giving some living supplies to the grassland every year, and canonized Kublai Khan as the King of the Mongols, and the two sides officially stopped fighting.

The Khitan left the grassland and penetrated deep into Central Asia. The Jin Kingdom failed to make the grassland surrender from beginning to end, and the Southern Song Dynasty was too far away to even watch the excitement.

Mongolia's independence began from then on, and Genghis Khan was born in this environment and began to conquer and unify the grassland. 】

"Mongol Kingdom..."

Li Shimin remembered something, walked quickly to his desk and searched for it, and soon held the climate change map in his hands.

"Sure enough..."

The Heavenly Khan couldn't help shaking his head:

"As later generations said, the Jin Kingdom could have used this warm season to repair and prosper the country and prolong its prosperity."

"But in the end, they indulged in pleasure and finally gave this great season away."

It's really a great season!

The counting method of this climate map is very novel, but according to the light curtain and the historical records, the emperor and his ministers of Zhenguan can still understand most of the meaning, especially the temperature change is very obvious.

At this moment, this map is passed in Ganlu Hall, and everyone can clearly see that from the Han Dynasty to the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there are only three times when the climate is at its peak, one is the early Han Dynasty, one is the early Tang Dynasty, and the other is the end of the Southern Song Dynasty and the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty.

The people in the palace were all too aware of the great role of the climate. When they prayed at the Circular Mound every year, they would pray for good weather and good harvests.

Wei Zheng felt it was a pity:

"If Yue Wumu could realize his ambitions, he only needed to recover Hebei and take advantage of the good time to govern for 10 to 20 years. He might have the ability to overthrow the country."

"After all, he was only 39 when he died. Even if he died in another 20 years, he would still be able to fight. And how much land could he recover, how many elite soldiers could he train, and how many generals could he support in 20 years?"

But in the end, everyone knew this idea and could only stay at the word "if".

So in the end, Wei Zheng stopped talking and sighed a poem he had just heard:

"It's true... the demons like people's mistakes, and the poets don't deceive people."

Wei Zheng was still sighing, and Li Shimin's face looked a little solemn.

What he noticed was the evaluation of the grassland at the beginning.

Although I don't know how the four grasslands were divided in later generations, I can empathize with their saying that once a powerful ruler appeared in the grassland, it would take several generations of the Central Plains to pacify it.

Liu Han to the Xiongnu, Li Tang to the Turks, and Song Liao Jin to the Mongolia.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used all his military power to raise a strong army to chase the enemy northward, so that the Xiongnu fled far away and the northern border was at peace.

When Li Shimin was the King of Qin, he often fought with the Turks. After ascending the throne, he suffered the shame of the Wei River. Therefore, he had references to the methods used by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty to manage the northern land.

It is obvious in the Han-Xiongnu War that if elite troops attacked and made achievements, the enemy's vitality could be greatly damaged. On the contrary, if the army was dispatched, people would eat horses and graze, and it would be a big victory or a defeat.

Therefore, Li Shimin admired General Li Jing very much, whether it was the three thousand cavalrymen who attacked Dingxiang in the snowy night to destroy Jie Li, or the pursuit of the enemy to the north to destroy Tuyuhun.

Of course, the battle of Tuyuhun now has a big deviation from history. The artillery battle was powerful, and Hou Junji, who should have made a contribution, chased the enemy south to Southeast Asia. A few days ago, the letter sent with the rice seeds said that he would bypass Linyi and continue to go west. I wonder how he is now.

Well... I think too far.

In short, Li Shimin felt that now facing the tribes on the grassland, he may have figured out a method of conquest and attack that may not be the easiest to use but is definitely the most effective.

Then the remaining question is-how to control the grassland so that it will not cause trouble?

Han Wu used war as the main and appeasement as the auxiliary to force them to surrender. Sui Wen used making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby countries, separating the strong and uniting the weak, and dividing the east and the west.

Judging from the history of the Tang Dynasty told by later generations, he did not solve this problem until his death, and neither Zhinu nor the Wu family woman had a good solution afterwards.

As for Li Longji, it goes without saying that An Lushan was born in a Turkic tribe, which is enough to give us a glimpse of the limitations of the Tang Dynasty's strategy towards the Turks.

The Khitan were originally tribes in the south of the desert, but eventually joined the rule of the Chinese. They suppressed the grassland for two hundred years, which can be regarded as using barbarians to control barbarians, but judging from their appearance... the effect is probably limited.

If there is anyone in the palace who can guess the emperor's intention, it must be Changsun Wuji.

Seeing the emperor's finger lightly tapping the position marked "Yuan" on the climate map, the relative remained silent, pondered for a while and said:

"Your Majesty, what is there to worry about? The Xiongnu have been no longer a disaster since the Han Dynasty. The Mongolian Yuan Dynasty lasted only a hundred years, and the Zhu Ming Dynasty should also have a way to check and balance it. As long as this light curtain is still there, we can always see it."

Li Shimin nodded and sighed:

"It's a pity that there are no people from the Ming Dynasty in this light curtain."