Three Kingdoms

Everyone is looking for their own position in the turbulent process of the Han Dynasty.

Just like the generals and soldiers in the northern desert...

Like the original prey and hunter...

And women.

From the beginning of primitive society, women have represented fertility, which means population and reproduction. Predating women during wars has been a behavior that has existed since the Yan and Huang periods in ancient times.

This kind of "predation" is not only physical, but also psychological.

Just like controlling the racial female thinking mode of the other party, instilling a large number of lazy and lazy thinking patterns, and then extending the influence to the next generation through family education, etc.

Of course, in the Han Dynasty, there was a strategy for women called "harmony".

Strictly speaking, this strategy is not only in the Han Dynasty, but can only be said to have officially started in the Han Dynasty.

As for some situations before the Han Dynasty, such as the peace agreement between the Queen Mother Ban Yue and a certain person, it can only be regarded as an affair, not a marriage.

More than half a year has passed since the chaotic war in Longyou and Longxi. A few months ago, with the joint efforts of Jia Xu and others, they first defeated the Western Qiang Alliance, then forced Beigong to confer the head, then delineated the residential area, and then resettled ordinary Qiang people. The overall order of Longyou and Longxi was taking place Earth-shaking changes.

Among them, Ajiesha, who personally presented Beigong's head, helped the Hussars to regulate the Qiang people and contributed a lot. He was named the "Qiang Protector Colonel" and received more gold and silver rewards. He was also able to control the remnants of Beigong. of those tribal people.

At this moment, Ajiesha was standing on the hillside, watching a group of people heading east along the road with a smile.

When the smoke and dust dissipated, the smile on Ajiesha's face slowly disappeared, and finally turned into an indescribable complex expression...

The person who left just now is a descendant of Beigong...

No, there is no Beigong now. .

In the current situation, I don’t know whether I should say that the Qiang people betrayed Beigong, or that Beigong harmed the Qiang people. Anyway, for these Xiqiang people now, they seem to be eager to abandon Beigong. These remaining memories are like discarding a bone that has been chewed clean.

The Xiqiang, after passing through Dong Zhuo, Ma Teng, Ma Chao, and Beigong, continued to fight in the past few years, and were hit again and again, eventually causing the Qiang people to lose all confidence, and their war weariness was at an all-time high. , and put all the blame on Beigong, as if they had completely forgotten that before Beigong launched the war, they also had some approval, or ambiguous attitudes.

It's always easiest to blame others, isn't it?

In the current fierce changes, the Qiang people need to find their own position again.

"I hope... I hope these new Han generals are better than those old Han generals..." Ajiesha thought of the past and sighed slightly, "It may be the best thing for Yami to leave the Qiang people." Choose... maybe... what we Qiang people need is to recuperate..."

"Han people..."

Ajiesha murmured in a low voice, looking up at the sky, as if asking the sky. His voice gradually became lower and eventually became inaudible. Finally, he turned around, mounted his horse, and rode away. In a few days, he will meet with Jia Xu to determine the follow-up matters for the Qiang people. It is said that the Han people want to give the Qiang people a city, a city belonging to the Qiang people. This is what Beigong wanted before but failed to achieve. I wonder what Beigong would think if he found out about this underground?

When the early morning fog gradually dissipated, a group of people moved forward slowly.

"I want to get off!" 』

A voice broke the silence of the convoy.

In the motorcade heading east, a woman's voice rang out, and then a figure wearing Qiang costumes jumped out of the car eagerly. Accompanied by two maids, he hurriedly ran towards Among the groves on the roadside.

What the hell kind of food do Han people eat?

Ajiesha said that he had to adapt to the Han people's diet in advance. Yami, who had eaten a lot of beans, was somewhat acclimated, and her stomach grumbled all the way...

After finally solving her stomach problem, Yami returned to the side of the motorcade. When she looked up, she saw her two-year-old red horse following behind the vehicle.

The little red horse was only over two years old and could not set off until he was three or four years old. Originally, he should not have brought him with him, but Yami was reluctant to part with him. She had been raising this little red pony since she was born, and she really couldn't let go of it.

The little red horse was not on the saddle, just on a halter. At this time, it was pulling the weeds on the roadside without any trouble. Then it raised its head and looked at Yami, grinding the grass with its mouth crookedly, and purring at the same time. A stream of horse dung...

Yami almost went crazy on the spot. If she hadn't known that this was just the horse's temper, otherwise she would have thought that the little red horse was mocking her!

Yami stepped forward, patted the little red horse on the head, and then boarded the vehicle again, and then the vehicle continued to move forward.

"Han people's food is really unpalatable!" 』

Yami muttered, and then tried her best not to think about those scenes.

Yami is the daughter of Beigong's younger brother Hachinar.

After Beigong died, Beigong's younger brother Hachinar also died in the rebellion.

After a person dies, the debt cannot be discharged, and the house... bah, cattle, sheep, etc., still have to become all kinds of repayments. Even other women in the Beigong clan.

Yami even saw more than once that the luxuriously dressed Beigong girls disappeared silently or were beaten, scolded and insulted by some rough men. Because they have lost their original noble status and become slaves.

slave.

This familiar yet unfamiliar word.

Yami never thought that these two words might fall on her head one day, which was chilling.

Soon, the clansmen left behind by Beigong and Hachinar, as well as the cattle and sheep in the tribe, all had new owners.

Yami was also afraid for a time, afraid that someone would suddenly break into her tent that day, tear her clothes off, and announce that she had become a slave to someone...

Until one day, she knew that she was a candidate for "marriage".

Of course, the word "marriage" was told to her by others. Originally, she didn't even know what the word meant.

Strictly speaking, marriage is a policy.

Even for the Chinese farming dynasty of the Central Plains, it felt a bit humiliating.

Since 200 BC, when the daughter of the ancestor of the Han Dynasty married Maodun Chanyu of the Xiongnu, this kind of business has become a fixed pattern. Find a woman who calls on her family and country to be righteous, to endure humiliation, to be comforted, and then let these women support a few border areas and poor areas...

Later, the dynasty also felt that this method seemed good. Anyway, the people going to get married were definitely not their own children.

Is this right?

Of course, what Liu Jing was thinking was not simply that.

Liu Bang may have been confused, or there were some other reasons that made Liu Bang believe that he was capable, and then there was the "Bai Deng Siege".

Before the "Siege of Baideng", Liu Jing advised Liu Bang that the Huns were showing suspicious signs and were not as weak as they appeared on the surface. Liu Bang felt that Liu Jing was saying depressing words and was very unhappy. Liu Jing was arrested and thrown into prison.

The Siege of Baideng was the shame of Liu Bang's life and a great shame in the history of the Western Han Dynasty.

The army led by Liu Bang did not dare to fight with the Huns. They were besieged in Baideng for no reason. In the end, they had to bribe women to escape in despair.

Although Liu Bang luckily escaped from Baideng, the problem of the Huns invading the northern border was still unresolved.

Liu Bang was very worried about this. He thought of Liu Jing and asked Liu Jing for countermeasures.

Under such circumstances, Liu Jing proposed the "peace policy" that lasted for thousands of years.

The marriage policy proposed by Liu Jing mainly contains three aspects.

The first step was to suggest that Liu Bang marry the eldest princess to Moton as his wife and give him generous gifts. Mao Dun knew that the Han emperor had sent both a daughter and generous gifts, so he would definitely love the princess and make her his wife, and the son he gave birth to would also be made a prince.

In the second step, it is recommended that Liu Bang often send people to the Xiongnu to ask for and give gifts to the Xiongnu with redundant things from the Han Dynasty and rare things from the Xiongnu. At the same time, send eloquent people to enlighten and educate Maodun and the prince with etiquette.

The third step is based on the first two steps. When Mao Dun was in power, he was the son-in-law of the Han Dynasty; after Mao Dun died, the grandson of the Han Dynasty would become the monarch of the Xiongnu. It is impossible for a grandson to compete with his grandfather. In this way, the Han Dynasty could gradually make the Xiongnu surrender without sending a single soldier.

It sounds beautiful, but just like the strategy of cutting the leeks of the Six Kingdoms that Liu Jing later presented, it is a strategy that uses dog-skin plaster to make a bright moment.

First of all, no one can guarantee that the princess given to the Huns will definitely have a son in the future? If the princess only gives birth to a daughter, or nothing at all, then wouldn’t the marriage policy be a waste of time?

Secondly, Liu Jing failed to realize that the exchanges between countries follow the principle of putting interests first. It is said that the gap is difficult to fill, and people's desires will only get bigger and bigger, and they will never be satisfied. Therefore, the more property the Han Dynasty sent to the Huns, the more likely it was to stimulate the greed of the Huns and make them more ambitious.

Again, Liu Jing over-exaggerated the role of etiquette and neglected the huge influence of the surrounding environment on people. He believed that as long as the Han Dynasty often sent some eloquent people to teach the Huns, the Huns could be educated and their grandchildren would not dare to compete with their grandfather. In fact, the history of past dynasties has proved that for the sake of power and interests, even fathers, sons, and brothers may kill each other, let alone a grandson who has lived in a foreign land for a long time?

Sticks and carrots are the proven methods.

Peacemaking is not among them, but later generations of scholars have always had different opinions on the role of the peacemaking policy, and there have been constant disputes.

Some people believe that marriage is an effective way to maintain ethnic relations in feudal society. It allows conflicts between ethnic groups to be reconciled and enhances exchanges and understanding between ethnic groups. Others believe that marriage is a form of humiliating compromise, surrender and betrayal. policy.

Others hold a golden mean and believe that marriage and marriage should neither be fully affirmed nor fully denied.

But as far as marriage in the Han Dynasty was concerned, it was basically of no use.

Although the marriage policy was banned after Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in the history of feudal dynasties, since the Han Dynasty had a formal marriage policy, almost every dynasty had it, whether it was the Sui, Tang, Song, Yuan, or Qing dynasties. Records of marriage with foreign tribes - except the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty was a strange dynasty, and it was also a dynasty of iron and steel.

During the Ming dynasty, there were no records of marriage, indemnity, land cession, or tribute.

Then the Qing Dynasty was the dynasty with the most marriages. Women who dress modestly need to be careful. Not only do they have to wear small shoes every day, but they may also be sent out to fight with savages at any time...

And now, the Han Dynasty, Jia Xu requires the Qiang people to provide "marriage" noble girls.

After all, there is a great integration of ethnic groups. How can only the daughters of Han people run away?

As a result, Yami's life was saved, along with her little red horse.

The people of Xiqiang attach great importance to this matter. They not only told Jia Xu that Yami was a "noble queen" with the best bloodline, but also specially prepared a gold seal similar to that of the Han people for Yami. After collecting the vehicle and dowry, in the summer of the sixth year of Taixing, he was escorted all the way to Longxi.

In Wuwei, Longxi, the Qiang and Han people handed over, and starting from Longxi, they officially entered the Han territory.

At the foot of Wuwei City, Yami watched silently as the Qiang leader knelt down in front of the Han Wuwei Captain, listened to him read out the Han's orders, and then received the Han's return gift...

According to the agreement, the Han people gave the Qiang two thousand shi of grain, plus a hundred bolts of cloth, a hundred catties of tea, a hundred catties of salt, and some other sundries.

Many of the Qiang people who escorted Yami saw so much food for the first time. When these things were put together, these Qiang people showed their yellow and black teeth and smiled so hard that they couldn't even open their eyes.

Yami felt like a commodity, and from now on, both money and goods were lost.

The excess Qiang people went back happily, leaving only a few Qiang people, mainly the Qiang women who served Yami and some ordinary Qiang people who took care of the horses.

Although Yami was sad in her heart, she still raised her neck like a swan. However, she did not expect that the Han officials did not want to look at her at all, and even Yami saw a Han passing by them. He even covered his nose when he was around others!

Cover your nose!

Is it that smelly?

Although Yami knows that the Qiang people inevitably live with cattle and sheep and often camp in the wild, Yami thinks that she still prefers to be clean...

But this feeling was relatively minor and was quickly diluted. Because after passing Wuwei, Yami could see more houses and fields, as well as the crops among the fields.

Beside Yami, in addition to several younger Qiang women who serve, there is also an older Qiang woman named Dayang. Well, in addition to saying some words in the vehicle that make Yami feel red-faced, He will also talk about some things about Han Dynasty. It is said that Dayang once visited Han Dynasty, and even went to Sanfu, Chang'an. She was one of the few women among the Qiang people who had seen Han Dynasty.

It is also a long road from Wuwei to Chang'an.

If you look at fresh scenery for a long time, you will feel tired.

"So some of us actually went to Chang'an back then?" Yami asked curiously, "Have you ever been to a Han palace?" Have you been there too? 』

"No, I just heard them say it. ” The middle-aged Qiang woman was standing beside the car. As the car shook, her voice seemed to be swaying a little, “My father has been there... He said that the palace of the Han people was very big and beautiful... with high roofs. , there are big pillars, and clean stone floors... Well, there is no horse dung or sheep dung, it is very clean..."

Yami stared at the middle-aged Qiang woman, making sure that she was not mirroring her. After a moment of silence, she couldn't help but ask, "The Han people... I mean, are there anything the same as us?" Are there tents? What about cattle and sheep? Don’t they raise cattle and sheep? 』

"The Han people also have tents, but they are only used by soldiers. Most people don't like to live in tents..." The middle-aged Qiang woman said slowly, "Cattle and sheep...no, no...they tend to farm more in the fields." Those crops..."

"Is there a place for horse racing?" Yami looked back at the little red horse following her car, "Yaya... Yaya needs to run more often..."

The middle-aged Qiang woman also glanced at the little red horse, and then glanced at Yami, who was as young and energetic as the little red horse. She sighed softly, "Maybe, maybe there is a place..." 』

Yami fell silent. She could hear the perfunctory and comforting words of the middle-aged Qiang woman.

After a while, Yami asked, "What about your father?" Are they still in Han Dynasty now? 』

The middle-aged Qiang woman lowered her head, "Yes, my father and brother are both in Han Dynasty... They all stayed in Han Dynasty... It is said that they are not far from Han Chang'an..."

"real? Yami didn't hear anything unusual for a while, "Then you can meet them?" 』

The middle-aged Qiang woman smiled bitterly and said nothing.

Yami seemed to have thought of something and hesitated, "I mean...no, that...I mean..."

The middle-aged Qiang woman smiled and shook her head at Yami, "It's okay. How many years have passed... and I really want to see them... maybe this time, I will be like them, forever." They... will stay in Han Dynasty forever... Phew... but I think they... they might also want to go home..."

Kick-kick-kick, the little red horse walks on the road.

Gurgling, the wheel seems to be pressing on my heart.

Fluttering and fluttering, three-color flags fluttered overhead.

I don't know why, Yami suddenly shed tears.

"I...I miss home..." Yami's eyes were filled with tears, and she looked back to the west.

"..." The middle-aged Qiang woman was silent, then stretched out her hand to hold Yami in her arms.

Yami cried loudly, and stopped after a while, wiped the tears on her face with her sleeves, and then sat up. She originally felt that she was not very close to the middle-aged Qiang woman, but after this time, she suddenly felt that the smell of the middle-aged Qiang woman smelled very pleasant...

It's like the smell of her mother in the memory.

After a while, the middle-aged Qiang woman picked up the Qiang flute and started playing it with a sad tune. Yami also showed off her singing voice and sang a ballad in Qiang language...

"The continuous grassland is vast and vast. I can only hear the singing but no one..."

"The red sun is shining high, the white clouds are floating, and the Qiang girl comes to shepherd the sheep..."

"My father has launched a large-scale army, intending to seize Seoul..."

"Everyone in the clan dissuaded them, singing songs to express their thoughts..."

"Although the Han Dynasty is good, fighting will cost lives..."

"My father refused to listen and raised his troops to fight..."

"The voices of the clan are urging people to sing, and the songs are sad and sad..."

"My father, my father, I have not returned from the battle..."