Chapter 4 4. Di Ren Fu Jian

The successor of the Xiongnu and Jie people is Di (pronounced as low). This is an ancient nation.They are likely to be of the same origin, or at the same time, or of the same species as the Qiang people.Because they live in today's Shaanxi Province, they have a high degree of Sinicization.Similarly, it was precisely because he lived in the west that he was able to establish a country in Chang'an. The Di people before the founding of the People's Republic of China were originally vassals of the former Zhao and the later Zhao.After Zhao Shile died, his nephew Shi Hu usurped the throne; after Shi Hu died, his adopted son Ran Min usurped the throne and established the Han regime. The country was named Wei, and it was called Ran Wei in history.Ran Min retaliated wildly against the Hu people, killing more than 200,000 Jie people, arousing ethnic hatred, and was wiped out by Xianbei's Qianyan.Fu Jian, a handsome man of the Di tribe, took the opportunity to establish a country, which was named Daqin and former Qin in history.

However, it was in the era of Fu Jian that the former Qin Dynasty became the master of northern China.It was he who exterminated Qianyan (Xianbei), Qianliang (Han), and Dai (Xianbei), conquered more than 30 countries in the Western Regions, and realized the complete unification of northern China. This is a greater achievement than Hou Zhao. So, what Shi Le failed to do, how could Fu Jian do it? Because his enthusiasm for Han culture is higher.At the age of eight, Fu Jian proposed to ask a teacher to teach, which made his grandfather overjoyed.Grandpa said, our Rong Di is a different kind, we only know how to drink, but you want to study!So he greatly appreciated and readily agreed, and Fu Jian also became a sinologist.It is said that when he visited Taixue, he often asked questions that even doctors of the Five Classics could not answer.

This is really the Han among the Hu people. Sinologist Fu Jian not only likes to read books himself, but also lets others learn Han culture.After Fu Jian conquered Dai State, he sent the captured Dai King to Taixue.One day, Fu Jian, who was inspecting Taixue, asked Dai Wang a question: "Chinese people study long and live long; Mobei people eat meat and live short. What's the reason?" Dai Wang couldn't answer. Fu Jian asked again: Can you recommend some people who can serve as generals? Dai Wang said: We Mobei people live by chasing water and grass all the year round, and only know hunting and grazing.Running fast is not a problem, how can I be a general?

Fu Jian asked again: Are you studious? Dai Wang said: "If you don't want to learn, why should your majesty send your ministers to school?" Fu Jian was very satisfied. Of course, Fu Jian, who loves Sinology, would not be without a Han counselor, and this person is Wang Meng.Wang Meng followed Fu Jian after much consideration.At that time, General Huan Wen of the Eastern Jin Dynasty marched westward to the former Qin Dynasty. Wang Meng went to see him in rags, holding lice while talking loudly (this is the code for talking about lice). Huan Wen said: Why didn't the elders respond to the restoration of China?

Of course Wang Meng knew the reason.Huanwen's expedition to the west was originally to gain political capital, but the Eastern Jin court was worried about him.What's more, even if the former Qin Dynasty is destroyed, the imperial court will send other officials to guard Guanzhong.In other words, if you win, you will only have prestige and no benefits, and if you lose, you will lose your prestige and lose all your money.Therefore, he has to hesitate, and also has to consider cost-effective ways, such as surrendering without fighting. So Wang Meng replied: "The general is not far away and goes deep into the enemy's rear, but Chang'an is close at hand but does not cross the Bashui River. The people can't see the general's heart clearly!"

Huan Wen was told what was going on in his mind, and he didn't say a word. However, Wang Meng saw that neither the Eastern Jin Dynasty nor Huan Wen had a future, so he decided to go to Fu Jian to be Zhuge Liang (in fact, Fu Jian also regarded him that way).As long as they can achieve great things, what does it matter for Hu people or Han people? Fu Jian and Wang Meng hit it off, just like Shi Le and Zhang Bin. With Wang Meng, Fu Jian accelerated the Sinicization of the former Qin Dynasty, and at the same time accelerated the process of unification.In 370 A.D., four years before the Central Asian Huns crossed the Volga River, the former Qin conquered the former Yan.Wang Meng held a swearing-in meeting before the battle, and said in high spirits: Wang has received great kindness from the country, and he will never be greedy for life or fear of death.Today, I will work together with the lords to make miraculous achievements, honor our ancestors and serve the country, what do you think is good?

All the soldiers rejoiced, broke the cauldron and abandoned food and moved forward bravely. As a result, the former Qin defeated the Yan army, and the former Yan died. There is no doubt that there are profit motives in it.For example, General Deng Qiang jumped up after Wang Meng promised the position he wanted.But Wang Meng regards the regime of the Di people as his own country, but there is no doubt about it.He has already abandoned the self-righteous Eastern Jin Dynasty and recognized the foreign race as his own. Wang Meng should not be the only Han Chinese like this. In fact, for the general public, it doesn't matter who is the emperor, what matters is how they live their lives.Under the governance of Fu Jian and Wang Meng, the former Qinhe, Qinghai, and Yan were peaceful and peaceful, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.National roads have been opened from Chang'an to all states, and locust trees and willows have been planted along the roads. There is a pavilion for 20 miles, and a post for 40 miles.

It is not without reason that the former Qin Dynasty was able to achieve greater unification. There are of course many reasons, but Fu Jian's strict reform must be crucial.As a new regime, the former Qin Dynasty inevitably had tribal habits in the early days, and there were many nobles and powerful chieftains who were domineering.However, Wang Meng was not afraid of the mighty beam. When he took office, he punished the discipline and enforced the rule of law, and cracked down on lawbreakers. As a result, he was sued by vested interest groups and the upper-class nobles of the Di people before the imperial court.

Fu Jian decided to try the case himself. Interestingly, Fu Jian's judgment standard is Confucian.He asked: I heard that government is governed by virtue and people are governed by benevolence.Qing killed countless people within a few days of taking office, why is it so harsh?Don't you think it's too much? Wang Meng said: To govern a peaceful state is to use propriety, and to rule a chaotic state is to use law.If the world is peaceful, of course one can be harmonious; if cunning is rampant, one must strike hard.In fact, there is probably one sentence he didn't say: To deal with educated and reasonable people, of course, you can be gentle, courteous and thrifty, but you can only use a whip to deal with uneducated savages.

After hearing these words, Fu Jian, who is familiar with the classics of Sinology, naturally understood Wang Meng as a legalist, and as figures like Guan Zhong and Zichan.He approved and supported Wang Meng's reform, and said with a sigh after the initial results: Today I know that there is law in the world, and only then do I know that the emperor is respected. Of course, whether it is Fu Jian or Wang Meng, both Confucianism and Law are used together.While relying on harsh punishments and harsh laws to crack down on powerful and powerful officials, they also encouraged farming and mulberry, set up education, and advocated filial piety.Fu Jian was quite proud of this.He once asked a doctor of Confucianism: Is my respect for Confucianism comparable to that of the two Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty (Emperor Wu of Han and Emperor Guangwu)?

The doctor answered: Where is the comparison between two weapons. Fu Jian smiled.In his view, the former Qin Dynasty was the rebirth of the Han Empire, and he himself was the representative of Han civilization.He even said proudly: The tradition of Zhou Gong and Confucius will not be interrupted in my hands. Hehe, he regards himself as the continuation of the Chinese culture. However, Wang Meng knew very well that no matter what the former Qin did and no matter how well they did, Huaxia’s authentic sect would still be considered to be in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, so he left his last words to Fu Jian before his death: After the death of the minister, there must be absolutely no attack Jin. Fu Jian burst into tears, but Wang Meng's words fell on deaf ears. Eight years after Wang Meng's death (383 A.D.), Fu Jian brazenly launched a war to annex the Eastern Jin Dynasty.Prior to this, he had destroyed Qianliang and Daiguo, and Murongchui of Xianbei and Yao Chang (read as usual) of Qiang nationality also came to seek refuge, so Fu Jian believed that he must rule the world.He even said brazenly: So what about the natural moat of the Yangtze River!With my millions, each throwing a whip can stop it. But what about the result? The Yangtze River has not stopped flowing, but the Feishui River has stopped flowing, and it was blocked by the corpses of former Qin soldiers.Fu Jian and his subordinates who escaped from the battlefield after being hit by an arrow thought they were the Eastern Jin pursuers when they heard the wind blowing and the cry of the cranes.Therefore, Fu Jian's final contribution to Chinese civilization was to leave behind two idioms: the sound of the wind is jittery, and the grass and trees are all soldiers. Feishui became Fu Jian's Maicheng and Waterloo. Another rising political star, as bright as it had been before, is quickly fading.This is really its prosperity and prosperity, and its death is also sudden.Shouldn't we ponder the mystery of it? Then look at the Battle of Feishui.

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