Chapter 21 Ignored for more than 180 years

After talking about the Southern Dynasties, turn around and talk about the Northern Dynasties, first of all, the Northern Wei Dynasty. The Northern Wei Dynasty was established by the Tuoba clan of Xianbei. Of course, the culture of the Xianbei clan is not as good as that of the Han culture. Even among the Xianbei clan, the Tuoba clan was originally the most backward and barbaric. No comparison.At the time of Wuhu Chaohua, the Tuoba tribe also moved south to the Central Plains, wanting to get a share of the pie, and established the Dai Kingdom in the north of Shanxi, which was later destroyed by Fu Jian.When the former Qin Dynasty collapsed, Tuoba Gui, the leader of the Tuoba tribe, took the opportunity to restore the country, and soon changed the name of the country to "Wei", which was known as the Northern Wei Dynasty in history.

Although the culture is particularly backward, and the production methods and organizational structure are extremely primitive, but when the Northern Wei Dynasty gradually developed, it claimed that it also has the blood of the Central Plains people, and the background is very big-our ancestors are also the Yellow Emperor!It is said that the Yellow Emperor had a son named Changyi, who was conferred on the Daxianbei Mountain in the north, and he was the ancestor of the Tuoba clan. It is equivalent to saying that a group of robbers broke into the homes of the Han people, not only took over the property of the Han people, but also plausibly said: "In fact, we have the same ancestor, maybe I am still the root, and I have a share of this property." But this kind of evil result is also brought on by the Han people. The Han people always feel that all ethnic groups in the world are one family, but my life is better than yours.For example, as we said earlier, Sima Qian recorded in the "Historical Records" in a grand manner: "The Huns, the ancestors of the Xiahou family are also descendants of the Miao." The original intention was to coax his legendary ancestor, the Yellow Emperor, into the first ancestor of all mankind. Who would have thought that it would be used in reverse by the barbarians—oh, since it was a family five hundred years ago, it is only natural for me to inherit my brother's property.

In short, the Tuoba clan in the Northern Wei Dynasty claimed to be the descendants of the Yellow Emperor. Regardless of the old theory of the five virtues taught by Professor Zou, or the new theory of the five virtues proposed by Liu Xiang and Liu Xin, in the lineage of virtues, the Yellow Emperor belongs to the virtues of later land.Therefore, the Tuoba family "textual research" found that in the northern sayings, the word "earth" is pronounced "Tuo", and the word "hou" is pronounced "Ba". Look, this is our origin. It can be described as the leader of all dynasties.

Since they are after the Yellow Emperor, all auspiciousness and prophecies can be saved.When Tuobagui changed his country and proclaimed himself emperor, he followed this statement, and he followed Tude, dressed in yellow, and used white animals for sacrifices, which was neat and neat.Tsk tsk, look at the great style of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Other dynasties all refer to the virtues of the previous dynasties to determine their own virtues. For example, Han is fire, Wei is earth, Song is water, and Qi is wood. Only the Northern Wei is magnificent. Competing with those little guys, talking about seniority directly from the Yellow Emperor, the root is right and Miaohong...Of course, this is the official statement. In fact, before the establishment of the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Tuoba clan didn't even have a single "virtuous" force It has been wiped out, so there is nothing to brag about, no virtue to replace, and can only follow the path of the ancestors-to compete with Helian Bobo.Therefore, the "Tu De" of the Northern Wei Dynasty just jumped out of the rock out of thin air just like Sun Monkey, and there is no way to put it into the cycle of Wu De Sheng Ke.

In 490 A.D., Tuobahong, Emperor Xiaowen, who was regarded as a wise king by the Han people but an unworthy son by the Xianbei people, began to rule in person.At this time, the Northern Wei Dynasty had basically unified the Yellow River Basin and controlled a large area of ​​Han people's land. Of course, the culture of the Han people could no longer be ignored. Several generations of monarchs knew Chinese characters and read Chinese books, and Tuoba Hong admired the Han people the most, so he gradually realized The "Tu De" in this dynasty really came from a wrong path, and it didn't follow the sequence handed down from previous dynasties, so there was no way to deceive people.So Tuoba Hong issued an edict for the officials to discuss to see if they could change to a more suitable virtue, or find a more plausible explanation.

When the edict was issued, it was terrible, and it immediately shocked countless idlers who read the books of sages and sages all over the country.You know, most of the officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty are government officials, and they like to hold meetings the most. Whether to solve the problem is secondary, the most important thing is to be able to pass the mouth.When the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty wanted to move their capital to Luoyang, these ministers chatted for a long time without reaching a conclusion, so they had to put it aside for the time being.In the past two years, because Tuoba Hong had a lot of words, he asked whether the word "禘" or "祫" should be used to describe the sacrifices to the Taimiao, which attracted ministers to happily post and pour water. After a long time of tossing, there was no conclusion. Ba Hong had no choice but to exercise the highest administrator authority and lock the post.Now that the emperor has opened up a new topic, how can everyone let it go, so they quoted scriptures one after another, triggering a huge debate.

The first one to stand up was Zhongshu Ling Gaolu. He was a scholar, born in a literary youth, knowledgeable and passionate.Gao Lu said that the theory of the five virtues began in the Han Dynasty. There are three kinds of theories. Zhang Cang thinks it is the virtue of water, Jia Yi and Gongsunchen think it is the virtue of earth, and Liu Xiang thinks it is the virtue of fire.The virtue of water doesn't make sense logically, and the virtue of tude regards the Qin Dynasty as orthodox, which is not good enough. Therefore, the virtue of fire in the Han Dynasty should directly replace the virtue of wood in Zhou Dynasty, which is in line with heaven.Later Wei Tude replaced Han Huode, Jin Jinde replaced Wei Tude, later Zhao Shuide replaced Jin Jinde, former Yan Mude replaced Zhao Shuide, former Qin Huode replaced Yan Mude, and the inheritance was clear from dynasty to dynasty.Although the former Qin Dynasty was not destroyed by the Northern Wei Dynasty, when it perished it happened that the Northern Wei Dynasty established its foundation and proclaimed itself emperor, so the Northern Wei Dynasty should succeed Zhengshuo of the former Qin Dynasty.

Hearing his talk, two people immediately jumped out from the side, one was Secretary Cheng Li Biao, and the other was Zhuo Lang Cui Guang, they were all important ministers around Tuoba Hong, they held the power to compile history, and their voices were naturally louder than others some.These two think, what kind of fart do you Gao Lu know?My lord, I specialize in studying history, and we are experts in this field.In our Great Wei Dynasty, Emperor Shenyuan Tuoba Liwei and Jinwu Emperor Sima Yan were good buddies; later when Liu Cong and Shi Le were rampant, the two emperors of this dynasty also helped the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty has always been grateful; Later, Emperor Pingwen Tuoba Yulu resisted Fu Jian, Taizu Daowu Emperor Tuobagui destroyed Hou Yan, and only then did the Great Wei Dynasty come into being.So, no matter Zhao, Qin, and Yan are all usurpers and puppet regimes, they cannot be counted in the cycle of five virtues.Wei was kind to Jin, and when the Jin Dynasty fell, it happened to be the time when Emperor Pingwen prospered, so the one who inherited the golden virtues of the Jin Dynasty should be our great Wei, the image of Ying Shui's virtues.Besides, for more than sixty years after the demise of the Jin Dynasty, the color of the Jin Dynasty's uniforms has always been black. Isn't this God's will?This must be God's will!

This big set of arguments is really dizzying whoever listens to it, or to put it simply, these two opinions are to push the Northern Wei Dynasty to Daiguo, and then push it from Daiguo to the fact that the whole family is still grazing in the primitive jungle in the northeast. In this era, Tuoba Liwei, the legendary first ancestor, was brought out to talk about things.In the era of Tuoba Liwei, the Tuoba tribe had just stepped out of the dense forests in the northeast and stepped onto the Mongolian grassland. At that time, Cao Wei and the Western Jin Dynasty sprang up one after another to control the grasslands. Therefore, Tuoba Liwei praised the ministers of these two dynasties and helped them both. , also fought.Since it was related to the Central Plains Dynasty at that time, the two decided that the Northern Wei Dynasty should inherit the Zhengshuo of the Western Jin Dynasty, and ignored all the dynasties in the middle.

——They are really strong. When their upper lip knocked their lower lip, they ignored it for more than a hundred and eighty years, and they even held forty-six Olympic Games.With this nonsense skill, even the old Mr. Zhang Cang would have to bow down to his resurrection, and his forehead would be sweating with shame. Gao Lu, Li Biao, and Cui Guang, the two factions insisted on their own opinions, chattering and arguing, and the emperor Tuoba Hong was dizzy, and he didn't know which side to lean on, so he had no choice but to let go. Waving his hands, he shrank his neck and said let the ministers discuss it.Who would have thought that this would be worse, the big guys quarreled more happily, from August 490 AD to the first month of the next year, for more than five months, the bureaucratic style was not inferior to that of the later Song Dynasty group who played "Pu Yi" "The ministers.

This time Tuoba Hong didn't lock the post, so no matter how long the discussion took, the result was finally reached.In the end, the ministers who talked nonsense jointly signed a memorandum, saying that after careful study by the organization, we think that what Mr. Li and Mr. Cui said makes sense, and that Wei should be designated as Shui De to inherit the legacy of the Jin Dynasty. Kinder.Tuoba Hong lost his temper after being quarreled with by them, so he ordered that it be whatever you think it is.So from this year, in the fifteenth year of Taihe (AD 491), the Northern Wei Dynasty was no longer Tude, but changed to Shuide, and the color of clothing was still black. Finally, it was barely mixed into the order of the cycle of five virtues. went. After that, Tuoba Hong, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, saw the ability of those guys to make paste, so when he wanted to move the capital three years later, he no longer dared to engage in any democratic discussions.He first pulled a group of old and young men and said, let's march south today, everyone follow me.After they arrived in Luoyang, they couldn't move anymore, so Tuoba Hong said, since everyone has come here, they decided to go back here because of their gender.The facts have been accomplished, and the officials have no choice but to wipe away their sweat and agree to it——If you don’t agree, that’s fine, then you continue to march south by yourself.From then on, Luoyang was established as the capital of the Northern Wei Dynasty, further Sinicized, and gradually moved towards a powerful country.Fortunately, this was done first and then played. If Tuoba Hong asked the ministers to hold a meeting to discuss it according to the old method, I am afraid that history would have to be rewritten.