PFC Chapter 6895 Historical Status
Chapter 6895 Historical Status
Chapter 6895 Historical Status
A bird in the hand is worth more than a flock of birds in the bush. The intensity of the competition on the princess' side is a bit ridiculous even for Gu Laili. His strength is considered top-notch among the seven levels of smelting, but there is still a gap compared to Zena, the first elite veteran of the Kushan Empire.
However, the day before yesterday, when Gu Laili went to lie on the wall of Weiyang Palace, he saw with his own eyes that Zena was tricked into the grove, and then a group of familiar little brothers rushed up. After Zena tried his best to defeat four or five of them, he was forcibly suppressed by the remaining little brothers, and finally a new Ji Xuan emerged.
Gu Laili was stunned by this scene, and then he decisively jumped out to suppress Ji Xuan who ran out of the grove, and even killed two little brothers who were trying to take advantage of the situation. However, Gu Laili did not enjoy himself for two hours, and Zena, who had recovered, took his men to throw Gu Laili out and regained his position.
What’s even worse is that Gu Laili didn’t see the princess in those two hours and was desperate!
So after Sun Shangxiang expressed her willingness to accept Gu Laili, Gu Laili thought about it for a moment and decided to accept the call-up.
After all, things have come to this point, and the princess's dog team has basically determined its members. The captain is definitely Andana, and the deputies are Zena, who replaced the Ji Xuan, Kuil, who replaced the Zhang Wang, and Pratt and Sylvani, who came to kill and did not intend to go back, plus Gorna, who can be used for blocking and reconnaissance. As for the others, even if there is a chance to defeat one or two of them and seize the position, they will not be able to represent the princess in the real martial arts performance.
Even with Gu Laili's ability, it is impossible to change this fact now, so let's fight for Princess Le'an!
"Please give me a token, Princess. I will find all the people within a day or two." Gu Laili lowered his head and spoke respectfully.
Although Gu Laili has a certain reputation among the veterans, it is too much to expect him to gather a group of top elite soldiers with this reputation. What's more, most of the elite veterans of Beigui are now hanging on the walls of Weiyang Palace. With Gu Laili's reputation, he can forget about gathering this group of people.
But with the token of Princess Le'an, it would not be so difficult to gather them together. After all, most of the old soldiers still hanging on the palace walls were about to face the reality, just like Gu Laili.
Sun Shangxiang thought for a moment and handed the seal of Princess Le'an to Gu Laili, "May I take this?"
"How many teams do you want to gather?" Gu Laili took the golden seal with both hands and asked very seriously. The group of people climbing the wall can at least gather four and a half teams. Recently, even veterans from Nangui came out of curiosity. The veterans from Beigui were feeling both happy and unhappy about this.
Needless to say, the reason for being happy is that the stupid Nangui finally understood the beliefs of the Beiguis and realized how correct their pursuits are. The reason for being unhappy is that as the number of enemies increases, the stupid Nangui will actually climb over the palace wall and compete with them for a position!
"..." Sun Shangxiang looked at Gu Laili and fell silent. Do you have a lot of manpower in Chang'an? This is too much. Is there no one to take care of it?
"Are they all sixth-level smelting?" Sun Shangxiang was silent for a while and then asked Gu Laili.
"Well, the lowest is level six, and there are also several level seven." Gu Laili nodded. To be honest, at this point, even if Gu Laili is not very smart, he should realize what attitude the Han Dynasty and Kushan hold towards this grand martial arts performance. In that case, it is better to let go and do what should be done openly!
As for hatred, to be honest, the number of old Han soldiers who died at the hands of Gu Laili and Andana was not even as many as the Yellow Turbans who died at the hands of Jiang Guang. That's right, not counting the old soldiers from Jizhou and Yuzhou who died at the hands of Jiang Guang. Just counting the number of Yellow Turbans who died at the hands of Jiang Guang, there were more old Han soldiers killed than those two guys Gu Laili and Andana.
When Jiang Guang followed Huangfu Song, he killed at least hundreds of Yellow Turbans. This was still an underestimate. If the number of Lei Jingguan was included, the number Jiang Guang killed would have to be doubled.
Therefore, when it comes to hatred, Gulali, Andana and others don't actually care. They just serve their own masters on the battlefield. If you want revenge, come and take revenge. As for admitting mistakes, they are not qualified to admit mistakes on behalf of the Kushans. They are pawns, even if they are pawns crossing the river, they are not qualified to take responsibility on behalf of the general.
One thing that makes them better than most officers and soldiers is that they are at least qualified to answer and face certain issues on their own behalf. From a certain perspective, this is already a huge improvement. After all, it is often very difficult to represent oneself.
“No one cares about this kind of thing. Is the management of Chang'an so lax now?” Sun Shangxiang said in disbelief. She had seen veterans of the seventh level of refinement before. If they risked their lives, they were terrifying creatures that could even kill her. But now they were running towards the Han Dynasty in groups. Aren’t they afraid of anything happening?
"Your Highness, some things cannot be achieved without the tacit consent of the bigwigs on both sides." Gu Laili said seriously, "We only need to do what we should do. As for other things, those are things that the bigwigs should think about."
Sun Shangxiang seemed to be thinking deeply after hearing this. After all, she had also heard her brother and Zhou Yu talking about how to deal with Dayuezhi - even if the Han Dynasty won, Dayuezhi would have a decent end. From the beginning to the end, no one said that they would deal with ordinary people of Dayuezhi, and no one said that they would deal with Dayuezhi's soldiers.
After all, the Great Yuezhi were already among the very few elite backbones suitable for assimilation into the Han Dynasty. Originating from the same East Asian region and most likely having the same ancestors, the Great Yuezhi were just like the Southern Xiongnu and Qiang people to the Han Dynasty. If you were willing to surrender, you could surrender. As long as you assimilated well to Han culture, you would be people of the Central Plains.
What Chen Xi attacked was never a certain ethnic group or something like that, but a culture that was different from the Han Dynasty. As long as they shared the same language and ethnicity, they would remain the same.
Therefore, if guys like Gulaili had not died in the final battle between the Han and Kushan, the Han would not have specifically pursued them. Just like when they pacified Jizhou, Liu Bei and Chen Xi would not have specifically executed the old soldiers in Jizhou who followed Yuan Shao, but would have absorbed and assimilated them as much as possible.
Of course, some unexpected events were inevitable in this process. For example, in the first year after Liu Bei and Chen Xi killed Yuan Shao and moved to Yecheng, they were assassinated by the diehards under Yuan Shao.
You must know that after the battle between Yuan and Liu, some of Yuan Shao's defeated troops were unable to contact Yuan Tan, so they directly occupied the mountains and became kings, continuing to fight Liu Bei under the banner of Yuan Shao, causing great losses.
During this process, some of these bandits who occupied the mountains and acted like kings were wiped out, some realized the reality that Liu Bei and Chen Xi would build Jizhou better, and thought it was difficult to be both loyal and righteous, so they committed suicide directly, and some even defected to Liu Bei, and the list goes on.
As for the diehards who directly attempted to assassinate Liu Bei and Chen Xi, those who attempted to assassinate Liu Bei would not necessarily die. Most of them were later influenced by Liu Bei, or realized that they were wrong and committed suicide, or said that they could not avenge Yuan Shao and were disloyal people. They also became unjust people for assassinating Lord Xuande who brought prosperity to Jizhou. They asked the commander to give them a sword so that they could die in the battle of Northern Frontier, fight for the country and preserve their own morality, and then die in Northern Frontier. On the contrary, the one who assassinated Chen Xi really died.
Therefore, it is likely that the same will happen when facing Beigui.
Chen Xi is not Huangfu Song. Okay, even if he is Huangfu Song, he can only kill hundreds of thousands of people. No matter what, Beigui still has a population of millions.
"Then let's form two teams, one is called the Princess Le'an Team, and the other is the Princess Xian'an Team." Sun Shangxiang thought about Liu Yue, who often called her sister, and felt that since there were extra teams, she should form a team for Liu Yue as well.
Liu Yue is the daughter of Liu Zhang. Originally, she has nothing to do with Sun Shangxiang. But Yuan Shu and Liu Zhang are now fraternal father and son. Yuan Shu has done great favors for the Sun family, and Sun Ce is not the kind of person who would turn favors into hatred. The relationship between the two sides is very good. For Sun Shangxiang, a daughter who has never seen Sun Jian since she was born, in addition to being the eldest brother and father, Yuan Shu occasionally also plays the role of adoptive father.
So after a few interactions, Sun Shangxiang became familiar with Liu Yue. After all, a strong and beautiful person like Sun Shangxiang had a natural appeal to little girls, so Liu Yue always called Sun Shangxiang "sister" and often brought her gifts.
"Xian'an Princess Team?" Gu Laili was stunned, then quickly said that there was absolutely no problem.
"Gather the people, and I'll find Xian'an. You two can meet and form a team for Xian'an." Sun Shangxiang said to Gu Laili, "Two teams should be okay."
"No problem." Gu Laili said calmly. How could there be a problem? Was he looking down on the love that the Great Yue Clan had for the princess? If there was a problem with this, the Great Yue Clan would have no chance of survival.
"Then you go and handle this matter. I'll go look for Xian'an." Sun Shangxiang greeted Gu Laili. As for the other princesses and the little princess Liu Jiang, forget it. Sun Shangxiang really didn't know them well.
With the princess's seal, Gu Laili headed to the Weiyang Palace as soon as possible. There was no other way as the main force of the Kushans were now in the Weiyang Palace, and even their meals were served in the Weiyang Palace.
The reality is just as Gu Laili said, the bigwigs above have their own tacit understanding. As an insider, Chen Xi should at least provide them with a meal. He can't let these people hunt for food in Shanglinyuan.
To be honest, it is not impossible to do, but it will have a bad impact. It doesn't cost much to provide meals. Considering the management cost, Chen Xi provided meals to the veterans from Kushan.
So when Gu Laili went there, he saw a group of bruised and battered Kushan brothers squatting under the eaves of the palace and eating pork rice. And the number of people here alone was more than the day before, and many of them were the old soldiers who had survived under the command of Gars and Kanak.
"Gulali, are you here to make a living?" Many of Beigui's veterans knew Gulili, and some even competed with Guli for the identity of the heir to the inheritance carrier. When they saw Gulili appear at this time, they immediately said with a sneer.
"Shut up, Nehemiah." Gu Laili said unhappily, then took out the golden seal representing the identity of Princess Le'an and shook it, "Princess Le'an, to whom I am recently loyal, needs five elite veterans to form a team. Who of you wants to go?"
The whole audience collapsed. Nishi didn't even bother eating his rice and reached out to grab the golden seal. He had already made it to this level and should know some Chinese characters, just like when the Qing Dynasty was not completely destroyed and could still become the overlord of East Asia. No matter how Westernized he spoke or how much he looked down on the Qing Dynasty, the prerequisite for becoming an upper-class person was to be able to write and speak Chinese.
This tradition was inherited by the countries surrounding the Central Plains in ancient times until the Central Plains dynasty completely collapsed and fell into the mud.
In fact, during the Han Dynasty, the surrounding Hu people also mostly used Chinese characters. This is why most Hu people, including the Huns, acknowledged that they had a Chinese ancestor.
By the way, this is actually the core reason why the top nobles in neighboring countries later knew Chinese - the two earliest superpowers in East Asia used similar characters and languages, so it goes without saying what to choose when communicating with other countries.
Xiongnu sacrificial tiles unearthed in Mongolia: The Chanyu from Heaven
Tile end used by the Xiongnu to offer sacrifices to heaven unearthed in Houhangai Province, Outer Mongolia: Emperor Shanyu
The dynasties that followed essentially just followed this logic. After the era when the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty fought bloody battles, it would really be fatal if the nobles of the neighboring forces did not know Chinese.
The Great Yuezhi had experienced this era after all. Even if they were not as extreme as the surrounding dynasties in later generations, most of the nobles knew Chinese and knew Chinese characters. To be honest, after breaking off diplomatic relations with the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, the great nobles of the Great Yuezhi could still maintain this level. It was all thanks to the blood and tears of Nangui. His telepathic beads protected the Chinese level of the upper nobles of the Great Yuezhi to a great extent.
Even some southern noble Brahmins and Kshatriyas learned Chinese because of his telepathic beads.
As for the middle and upper classes of the Great Yuezhi, they rely on following the example of their superiors. To reach the level of high-ranking nobles, it is inevitable that they need to learn something. This is also the reason why Barak and others could recognize the words on the golden seal of Princess Qinghe. They are not barbarians, they are really literate.
This is also the key point when the Beigui and the Han Dynasty are fighting. After a while, the opponent does not need his telepathic beads to curse at the Han Dynasty. The opponent's education environment really involves Chinese.
Similarly, this is also the reason why Chen Xi could fully accept the assimilation of the Great Yuezhi into the Han cultural circle. This group of people essentially did not regard themselves as outsiders. The fundamental logic was not a war of national destruction, but a war of conquest in the Spring and Autumn Period. If they lost, they would accept it, and if they did not lose, they would continue to fight.
This is also the reason why the top veterans on the Dayuezhi side went without thinking twice when they received the news that they could go to the Han Dynasty to participate in the grand military performance.
In the perception of these people, although the war between the Han Dynasty and them was a national war, this national war was not a war of life and death. It was just like the endless fighting in the Spring and Autumn Period. But no matter whether you are a Chu person, a Qi person, a Jin person, a Qin person, etc., as long as you are a scholar, you can go to any country and serve in the country you think is appropriate.
Of course, if they ran too far and were taken away by wolves on the road, there would be nothing that could be done about it. But in theory, the scholars from Qi were still scholars when they went to Jin, and everyone recognized each other.
Even if a country is destroyed, as a scholar you can want to restore the country. If you don’t want to restore the country, you can also go to other countries to serve as an official. Of course, it is reasonable for you to risk your life. There will be no rigid constraints, because in theory everyone is actually in the same country, just loyal to different monarchs.
This theory was completely acceptable to the Great Yuezhi. In fact, this was also the reason why the Han Dynasty could fully accept the Xiongnu as long as they surrendered and assimilated into Han Dynasty, received Han Dynasty titles, wore Han Dynasty clothes, and learned Han Dynasty etiquette. The core reason why the Northern Xiongnu was severely suppressed by the Han Dynasty was that the Northern Xiongnu may have been assimilated into Han Dynasty, but they did not recognize the Han Dynasty and they set up their own system.
Heretics are more infuriating than pagans. You are challenging orthodoxy. Do you have any idea?
From a certain perspective, the imperial system does have a certain superiority in appeal, and the orthodox imperial system will have certain strong claims.
As a time traveler, Chen Xi actually overlooked some of the inheritance of the imperial system, but the Han cultural circle that Chen Xi has been working hard in has actually inherited some of the inheritance of the imperial system.
To put it in a simple analogy, the Han Dynasty acknowledged that it had inherited the legal system of the Qin Dynasty, so the Han Dynasty had strong claims to the vassal states of the Qin Dynasty, because all under heaven belongs to the king, and if you inherit the crown, then the vassal states around you must serve you as their master.
Of course, those who disobeyed would be beaten twice. This is also the reason why the Central Plains dynasties would reshape their diplomatic relations with neighboring countries after unification, because this is also a part of inheriting the legal system.
An important reason why the Dog Song Dynasty was ridiculed was that when it came to inheriting the legal system, it was beaten back by the military governors of the Tang Dynasty, and then nothing happened.
What Chen Xi is doing now, in Chen Xi's view, is to build his own Han cultural circle, but in the eyes of the surrounding forces, it is to consolidate the crown inherited from the early Han Dynasty.
This involves a very fatal problem for the Dayuezhi. Am I a legitimate vassal king appointed by the Han Dynasty, or an enemy of the Han Dynasty? If I am a legitimate vassal king, then it's like the Spring and Autumn Period when we fought each other and admitted defeat after being defeated. If I am an enemy of the Han Dynasty, then it's like the Baidi in the Spring and Autumn Period when the whole world discussed it together and had to fight to the death.
As for the death of people in a war, it was not a big deal for the Great Yuezhi who had experienced the Warring States Period. How could there be no death in a large-scale war? Does the death prove that everyone is not one family? What a joke. If you really say that, China would have been divided into the stupid Europe long ago. What's more, the death of people in Europe does not prove that everyone is not one family.
The degree here is very difficult to grasp. Besides, the Great Yuezhi really accepted the enthronement of the Han Dynasty, and more than once. Even at the most ridiculous time, the nobles of the Great Yuezhi came to the Han Dynasty in batches during the pre-Han period to accept the enthronement of Emperor Xuan of Han.
After all, it was less than three hundred years since the time of Emperor Xuan of Han, and the Han Empire was not completely destroyed. Many historical records were very complete and could be found by flipping through piles of old papers.
You should know that even in later generations, Emperor Zhongdi found a large number of records about Emperor Xuan of Han conferring titles on noble ladies of the Dayuezhi in the Han bamboo slips unearthed from the Xuanquanzhi site of the Han Dynasty in Dunhuang. They were collectively called Guiyi Dayuezhi noble ladies.
What's even worse is that all five noble tribes of Dayuezhi came to the Han Dynasty for enthronement during the reign of Emperor Xuan of Han and Emperor Yuan of Han. This was also an important reason why Ban Chao was able to order the Dayuezhi around in the Western Regions during the Eastern Han Dynasty, because the two Han dynasties were of the same lineage, and the Dayuezhi acknowledged that the Later Han Dynasty inherited the legal system of the Early Han Dynasty, so naturally the Later Han Dynasty also needed to acknowledge the titles inherited by the Dayuezhi from the Early Han Dynasty.
By the way, these are also the five branches of the Great Yuezhi, known as the Five Xihou. In other words, the five branches of the Great Yuezhi nobles, Xiumi, Shuangmi, Kushan, Xidun and Dumi, were recognized by the Han Dynasty and were enthroned as princes. This is very rare!
This is also the reason why after the Kushans merged with the other four and moved south to establish the Kushan Empire, Ban Chao still called them the King of Dayuezhi instead of Kushan. Because if he called them the King of Dayuezhi, he still recognized their identities. It's just that he thought that the five of you were lunatics playing a combination transformation. If you even changed your names, it means you no longer recognize each other's identities.
This was also the time when the Kushan Empire officially sent envoys to the Han Dynasty to marry the princess. Liu Tong first talked about its past relationship with the Dayuezhi. After the Kushan envoy acknowledged this fact, he mentioned the Kushan Empire, because if you don't mention the Dayuezhi, many things cannot be discussed.
But after mentioning the Great Yuezhi, we cannot avoid one fact. The five great nobles of Kushan, including the Kushan royal family, were actually nobles canonized by Emperor Xuan of the early Han Dynasty. At first, the Yuezhi were destroyed by the Xiongnu, so they moved to Bactria and divided their country into Xiumi, Shuangmi, Kushan, Xidun and Dumi, a total of five tribes.
Sometimes, once you admit something, it will have a very amazing effect. If the Han Dynasty was not strong enough, this claim would only last for a short time. But now the Han Dynasty is very strong, and it is still getting stronger. It even shows a desire to maximize its strength and let the surrounding forces see what it means to be the king's subjects!
This was a bit too unfriendly to the Dayuezhi, but after a long time, the Dayuezhi thought, why not just join the Han Dynasty? After all, we are also vassal kings of the Han Dynasty!
It's like the Zhou emperor suddenly rose to power and started to punish the rebellious Five Hegemons. They were very unhappy about being suppressed, but as the emperor became more and more powerful, they naturally became weak and accepted the reality. After all, they were already the Zhou emperor's subjects, so there was nothing they couldn't accept about returning to their historical status.
When the Chinese Emperor is in the process of revival, the surrounding forces will try their best to stop him, but when the Chinese Emperor really restores his historical status, the surrounding forces will naturally accept the reality. It is not that they are too hard to kneel, but that your power is not strong enough and the other party does not want to kneel.
Compared to the current Dayuezhi, the Han Dynasty is strong, and it is indeed very strong, but it always feels that something is missing. How about you defeat me and I will recognize you as my adoptive father again?
Of course, this is the idea of the people at the top of the Yuezhi clan. For the middle-level Yuezhi clan, that is, the people like Gulaili, I am the innate aristocratic body of East Asia, with the same bloodline as the Han brothers, and my ancestors are descendants of Emperor Yan just like the Qiang people. What's wrong? I'm not convinced!
Therefore, this group of people had the same attitude towards surrendering to the Han Dynasty as changing jobs. You thought it was a fight between one great empire and another, but it was not. For most of the old Yuezhi people who knew their own situation, it was the five tribes of the Xihou against the central government!
Is this a problem? It is not a problem!
Just like the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion, seven princes rebelled against the central government. The princes were deposed, and the unlucky ones were the princes' people. The soldiers below were still doing what they were supposed to do. Did they all get killed? How could it be possible? They were not crazy. As long as they did not die directly on the battlefield, most of them were either recruited on the spot or disbanded and sent back to their hometowns.
It's not the end of the dynasty, when there is no food to eat and the only thing to do is to kill people and build a Jingguan. Neither the Han Dynasty nor the southern nobles are short of rice these days, so why make a fuss to the point of angering God and people?
In this case, there is nothing to be afraid of. Just do what you have to do. Maybe Wu Xihou can get the princess, don’t you think? Anyway, it’s not their turn to take the blame if they lose the fight. There is nothing to be afraid of. Just do it.
Therefore, most of the old soldiers of Beigui are extremely free and easy about this issue, especially those who have reached the fifth or sixth level of smelting and can come into contact with the upper level. They have a very stable mentality. I am just working for the princes. Wu Xi Hou has been in charge of the rice of my six generations. I have to work hard for Wu Xi Hou. If Wu Xi Hou surrenders, I will follow suit. If Wu Xi Hou does not surrender, I will not surrender either. Of course, if I am defeated and captured, I will surrender then.
As for the Southern Gui, they actually haven't grasped the mentality of the Northern Gui until now. For the Northern Gui, they are actually similar to the Eastern Wu in the Battle of Chibi. Anyway, if they are really finished, the worst that can happen to them is to move to another place. Only Vasudeva I is really finished, and the same will happen to the others.
However, compared to Jiangdong, the Beigui have more integrity. They will really follow Vasudeva I to the end, or at least wait until Vasudeva I passes away before giving up. This at least seems more loyal. After all, according to official history, they waited until Vasudeva I died before surrendering to Ardashir.
According to official history, Ardashir fought for ten years and captured the city of Herat, but failed to break through Kandahar. As a result, after the death of Vasudeva I, he broke through Kandahar, Kabul, and Khyber in one year and directly entered the Indus Plain.
It is obvious that the Bei Guiren actually have very clear minds. They know very well what they are doing and to what extent they have done it.
Facing the current Han Dynasty, the old soldiers of Beigui also know their position and what to do at this point in time - eat the rice of the Han Dynasty, eat the pork of the Han Dynasty, eat the bacon rolls of the Han Dynasty, and then get a good score in the grand military performance! As for the others, let them be, the closest ones are the descendants of the hereditary Wu Xihou canonized by Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, and are sent to guard the princesses and county ladies!
Therefore, this group of people are very active, especially when they see that the grand martial arts performance is about to start. They didn’t get the tickets, and now Bone Laili appears waving the tickets, so what else can they say? Just do it!
I feel that some of you seem to have completely misunderstood the idea of Dayuezhi. When they can win, of course it is the Kushan Emperor fighting against the Han Emperor. When they cannot win, are there holes in your brains if you still think this way? If they cannot win, then it must be the Five Marquises who were first appointed by Emperor Xuan of Han challenging the central government?
Even if we talk about substitution, when we can win, please substitute the ministers of Song and Liao, calling each other barbarians. When we can't win, please substitute Emperor Wen of Sui annexed Southern Chen, and the noble families of Southern Chen also agreed that this was unification and ended the chaos.
By the way, judging from what has been dug up so far, the Xiongnu may have also used the official script of Chinese characters, and it is completely inherited from the original. Modern people can basically guess the meaning of the characters and words. In other words, the Xiongnu claiming that they are orthodox may really be correct.