Otaku Engineer in Great Tang Dynasty

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Yi Nan's previous analysis. For thousands of years, the Central Plains dynasty has changed from generation to generation. There have been emperors throughout the ages, and there have been faint kings, but there has never been a situation where the Central Plains Dynasty completely controlled the grasslands!

On the contrary, the nomadic peoples in the north were almost always the formidable enemies of the Central Plains dynasty. They sometimes reconciled with the Central Plains Dynasty to obtain a large amount of living materials, and sometimes went south to plunder, bringing huge disasters to the Central Plains Dynasty, and sometimes even extinction.

Back then, when King Qin swept Liuhe, how could he look down upon him? But in the face of the grassland, Qin Shihuang could only sigh in admiration! Although Mengtian was more than 700 miles away from the Xiongnu, which greatly frustrated the enthusiasm of the Xiongnu, the Qin Empire still built the Great Wall.

The Great Wall means defense, and defense is often done only when the offense fails; the Great Wall also means borders, and the Central Plains Dynasty in the north was bounded by the Great Wall!

Although the south served Baiyue and the counties and counties of Lingnan, the general strategy of the Qin Empire in the north was to defend and secure the frontier. And all generations are governed by Qin's political system. It can be said that it is path dependence, or it can be said that it is copying, but the Central Plains Dynasty has never been able to break through the front line of the Great Wall, and it has always been a defensive posture in the north.

This was the case with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and so was the Western and Eastern Han after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty!

After that, a Northern Wei Dynasty appeared, which unified the entire northern grasslands, but the Northern Wei Dynasty was established by the nomadic people of Xianbei, and the Northern Wei Dynasty also began to build the Great Wall in the north in the later period. Therefore, once the Northern Wei Dynasty became the Central Plains Dynasty, it had to play according to Qin Shi Huang's routine.

Along the long river of history, and further back, according to the original historical "script", Emperor Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty was called the emperor in the Central Plains, and he was called the Khan of Heaven in the grasslands. The Tang Empire opened up the Yenisei River and the state capital Wanli grassland!

However, Datang's strategy on the grasslands is not to rule absolutely, but to support pro-Tang forces and gradually assimilate the grassland tribes!

Li Shimin's strategy is very sensible and his method is correct, but the greatness of the Tang Dynasty has been terminated by Emperor Xuanzong...

Not to mention the Song Dynasty after the Tang Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty even lost the land of Henan, that is, modern Ningxia, which was captured by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Therefore, the Northern Song Dynasty basically returned to the territory era of the Qin Empire.

The Jurchen Daikin was also a nomadic people. Before he entered the Central Plains, he was the overlord of the grasslands. But what about after entering the Central Plains? The Jurchens quickly became sinicized, and they did not even go back to their hometown in the northeast. For the northern grasslands, they started bloody slaughter, then depended on the Tatar people to contain them, and finally built the Great Wall.

The Mongols were the most fierce, but the Yuan Dynasty was only part of the Great Mongolian Empire. Therefore, the Mongolian aristocracy has not been completely sinicized, and has always maintained the nature of the grasslands. Therefore, although Emperor Dayuan was in the Central Plains, his heart was on the grasslands. Therefore, the Yuan Dynasty's rule of the Central Plains was more extensive and extensive, and it was so extensive that it even forgot to collect taxes when it conquered the Southern Song Dynasty.

However, once the Central Plains were reintegrated, the Mongols could only retreat north immediately. Because this group of people never regarded the Central Plains as their home. The owner of the Central Plains doesn't welcome him anymore, and even drives him to death with a stick, then I will rush back to the grassland to sing the horses!

After the nomads conquered the Central Plains, they were bound to encounter two choices, which were also a dilemma: one was to quickly become sinicized, and then they succeeded in gaining control, but they would give up the grasslands;

Why did the Manchus achieve the unification of the Central Plains and the grasslands?

The emperor of the Qing Dynasty came up with a trinity, called the emperor in the Central Plains, called the Great Khan in the Mongolian grassland, and called the reincarnation of Manjushri in the snowy plateau. Therefore, the ruling methods of the Manchu nobles were quite powerful. However, the question remains: Do you want to Sinicize the Manchu people?

This is a must. Without Sinicization, it is impossible to stand firm in the Central Plains. But how should the Sinicized Manchus rule the grasslands?

A lama temple, worth 100,000 soldiers!

This sentence is the understanding of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty, and it is also the strategy of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty to rule the grassland! The cost of conquering the grasslands for the people of the Qing Dynasty was much lower than that of the people of the Ming Dynasty!

But why didn't the ancient Central Plains dynasty change into an emperor who dared to rule the grasslands? It's not that you can't go, it's that you can't!

In addition to what Yi Nan said before, there is also a deeper reason, that is, there is an essential difference in the underlying logic between the Han Dynasty in the Central Plains and the Prairie Dynasty!

In ancient China, what were Han people?

Han Chinese are defined in terms of culture, specifically Confucian culture. People who accepted Confucian culture and lived under the guidance of Confucian culture were regarded as Han Chinese in ancient times.

Confucian culture first exists as a daily ethical standard for the masses, and individuals who follow Confucian culture must live in a specific interpersonal relationship structure. The specific interpersonal relationship required by Confucian culture requires a relatively stable family organization, and the premise is to settle down.

The premise of settlement is farming, and farming has a rigid constraint, which is the amount of precipitation.

In ancient society, due to the requirement of rainfall for farming, if the Han people wanted to live beyond the north of the Great Wall, they had to be nomadic, otherwise they would be dead. Once nomadic, it means that the Central Plains-style interpersonal relationship structure has completely collapsed, and it is no longer possible to live in accordance with the Confucian way. And as long as your lifestyle is nomadic, you are no longer Han.

For the Central Plains Dynasty, it is possible to send troops to expel the nomads, but to rule Mobei, troops must be stationed. The logistical supply of the garrison is obviously not enough to be transported by the Central Plains, and the journey is too long.

It was the dependence of the Confucian culture of the Central Plains Dynasty on geography that made the Central Plains Dynasty unable to go beyond the north of the Great Wall and could only develop in the Central Plains!

In layman's terms, it is probably the vast expanse of grassland. For the rulers of the Central Plains, it is a barren and alien land, and it is not worth their efforts to attack and completely control it.

Control, because even if it is shot down, it will not be of much use, and it is completely worth the loss if you have to send troops to guard it!

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After all the chiefs of the Tiele tribes expressed their intention to resist Jie Li together, they briefly discussed the next plan, and then "returned to their respective homes and found their respective mothers"!

Today is indeed a special period. These tribal chiefs have gathered together for a long time and are easily discovered by Jie Li’s spies, so Qi Bi He Li and others did not delay much in Xue Yantuo’s department. After walking out of the camp , a few people disguised themselves and left Xue Yantuo's department.

However, although these chiefs were very careful, they underestimated the spies under Jie Li, or in other words, they underestimated the wolf guards in Jie Li's hands!

"Ouch~! Manniu, look for me for a while, I'll go to the thatched hut!"

At the exit of Xue Yantuo camp, a sergeant suddenly covered his stomach and cried out in pain. It seemed that he had eaten something and made his stomach. The man shouted to his companion, and then he bent down and ran away in a hurry.

However, he did not go to the thatched hut. He turned around and came to a hillside in the west of Xue Yantuo. He put his thumb and index finger in his mouth and whistled. After a while, a black man appeared not far away. The robe man flashed over.

The sergeant hurried up to meet him, without any nonsense, and said directly: "Quickly go and report to the Great Khan, the chiefs of the nine Tiele tribes came to Xue Yantuo to discuss matters with Yi Nan, as if they were planning some plan, and they are staying in Xue Yantuo's group. It took nearly half an hour to leave!"

"it is good!"

The man in black robe nodded, only said the word "good", then turned around and left, and within a few breaths, he disappeared, obviously his martial arts are good!

And that sergeant, now looking around on the spot, after confirming that he was not exposed, Shi Shiran returned to his "post".

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