Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

【Of course, Queen Buluhan was not crazy for no reason. More importantly, she had the support of Anxi King Ananda, who had 150,000 troops at the time.

However, before the two of them could start their plan, Yuan Chengzong's nephew Haishan, who had a large army, led his troops south to Dadu and launched a coup d'état with thunder and killed Queen Buluhan and Anxi King Ananda. This person was later Emperor Wuzong of Yuan.

Let's not talk about whether Yuan Wuzong was legal or not, but the influence of the coup he launched was definitely at the forefront in Chinese history.

Because Ananda, the Anxi King who was executed by Emperor Wuzong of Yuan, was a very devout Muslim. Not only did he build an Islamic temple as soon as he set up camp every time he marched, but he also made all the 150,000 troops he led convert to Islam.

At that time, the prerequisite for Queen Buluhan to temporarily take power was that she promised to seek the throne for Ananda. If Haishan had not intervened, it can be reasonably inferred that Buluhan would not be Ananda's opponent in the end.

If Ananda had become the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, from the perspective of world history, an Islamic emperor would almost certainly have gone all out to promote the Islamization of the whole country, and once a region had completed Islamization, it would be basically unlikely to change back later.

If Haishan had not intervened, UP would probably have to start talking about the history of China with everyone from the enlightenment of Muhammad in the cave.

However, Yuan Wuzong was similar to Yuan Chengzong. Whether he was a good emperor or not is not clear, but he was definitely one of the most comfortable emperors.

When Yuan Chengzong was in power, he spent money lavishly, and Yuan Wuzong began to spend money lavishly.

The "official promotion" method we mentioned earlier reached its peak during the reign of Yuan Wuzong. In the second year of his tenure, the central government was overcrowded:

14 Zhongshu Ling were in office at the same time, and 32 Privy Envoys were working at the same time, which can be said to be a rare spectacle in ancient and modern times.

As for the central government's second-level institutions, the Xingzhongshu Province and Xingyushitai, Yuan Wuzong promoted 1,100 people in one go in one year.

From ancient times to the present, when it comes to Li Zhi's Yonghui Reign, historians generally have a consensus: to enjoy the legacy of Zhenguan, in simple terms, to eat the dividends of Zhenguan.

The reason why Yuan Wuzong could be so willful is similar. Another legacy left by Kublai Khan began to show its power: the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

Many people often confuse it with the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties of Guangshen, the head of the Ten Sages of the Net Temple. Here we can mention it again.

The Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties is not called the Grand Sui Canal. The contribution of the Tang Dynasty in it is indispensable. Moreover, the Tang Dynasty relied on this canal to gather materials from the north and south to supply Guanzhong. The communication between the north and the south is only a secondary effect, but its original intention is still much higher than Guangshen's just for pleasure.

The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal rebuilt by Kublai Khan is a little simpler. Without the need to supply Guanzhong, it is directly straightened, and the role of transportation through the north and the south becomes more clear.

The Mongols who founded the Yuan Dynasty and the Semu people under their rule had a tradition of doing business. The trade in the southern Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas began to flourish in the Tang Dynasty. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal became the last piece of the puzzle for the revitalization of commerce at that time, and Emperor Wuzong of Yuan was the direct beneficiary at that time.

However, whether it is the Grand Canal of the Sui and Tang Dynasties or the Grand Canal of Beijing and Hangzhou, it is inappropriate to attribute their fame to Guangshen or Kublai Khan.

Only the working people can create miracle projects. 】

For Li Chenggan, the impact he received today is really a bit too much.

Although there are still many things he doesn't understand, he can see clearly the feelings of his mother for him and the feelings of his father and mother.

And the early death of his mother, his brother being called the Emperor of Tang by later generations, and his father's unwillingness to elaborate on his affairs, etc., also impacted his heart little by little.

But until this time, seeing a magnificent river running from north to south, and then seeing the picture of this river gradually turning yellow, and finally the river water disappearing, and millions of people working to dig the riverbed, he suddenly felt that the things he had been entangled with before were not too important.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered what Aye often said:

"People are like water and the king is like a boat. Water can carry a boat but can also overturn it."

After all, wasn't Yang Guang, who was relatively close to him, overturned by this river?

Patting his son on the shoulder, Li Shimin was very pleased:

"Just remember it."

"So, Aye asked me to leave Beijing, also to let me see the water in the world?"

This time, Li Shimin was silent for a long time, so long that Li Chenggan suspected that Aye didn't hear his question.

"Chenggan, we are in this world, just like being in a battlefield that never stops."

The voice was a little hoarse, and a little erratic, Li Chenggan watched Aye raise his hand and point at the world map:

"Mountains, seas, rivers, lakes, and deserts are all the support of the battlefield, but the longer the time, the less reliable these supports will be."

"At that time, countries and tribes, and even those misleading religions, will fight each other in close combat, and there will be no room for maneuver."

"You must remember that the emperor is the general and the people are the soldiers. The general must love and cherish the soldiers, but he must never use the soldiers, and the general must lead the soldiers."

Li Chenggan didn't quite understand, but still bowed and said:

"My son will remember it."

Li Shimin nodded: "You must keep it in mind and never forget it. When you come back from your trip to Hebei, I will tell you what the window period mentioned by Wu Hou is."

Seeing his son nodding in confusion, Li Shimin sighed quietly.

Just now, when he looked at the overview of the Grand Canal, he suddenly felt that this was the real sword of the emperor, and he also suddenly had more ideas about the window period.

The Khan Fuyun brought back by Li Jing from the expedition to Tuyuhun, according to the secret observation of the eunuchs in the past year, must have been really crazy.

As an emperor who was well versed in war, Li Shimin had a deep conversation with Li Jing, and both believed that the significance of conquering Tuyuhun with gunpowder and defeating it with light cavalry was completely different.

After all, horses can be tamed, knights can be trained, sharp swords can be purchased, and money can be plundered.

But now, the proportion of gunpowder requires alchemy and minerals, and the casting of cannons requires a master craftsman with a large workshop. The details of these two military projects, from mining to mathematical training and the proportion of gold and iron mixed in the cannon body, etc., cannot be said to be unaffordable for Tuyuhun, and it can even be said that it cannot understand it at all.

And when the fleet on the Zhuya side is completed, and the preparation of cement has made progress and surplus, Tuyuhun will never have a chance to turn over in the future. Seeing the big from the small, the world's struggle is all like this.

Feed the people with agriculture, let the people learn, let the learning be applied, and then use it to benefit agriculture, strengthen the army, and defend the geographical advantages. In the end, it will be like the current Zhenguan period, the strong will become stronger and the weak will become weaker. Once the window period is over, this difference between the strong and the weak will be difficult to reverse.

When thinking about the battlefields of hundreds of countries and thousands of ethnic groups competing in the future, Li Shimin was sincerely fascinated.

In the Huagai Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was temporarily subdued by Empress Ma, was a little puzzled:

"What is the meaning of this net temple? Why can Emperor Yang of Sui be included?"

When I visited the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal Museum before, I saw a "Record of Opening the Canal" in the collection, which was quite shocking, but unfortunately I couldn't find the original picture on the Internet.

In addition, this issue will directly finish talking about the Yuan Dynasty, and then the next issue can open a new volume.