Spoilers for The Red Mansion, Daiyu’s mentality is broken

Chapter 74 The general trend of the world
Zhao Heng said to Jia Huan again: "Huan'er, after you gain the title of scholar, you will take the imperial examination and the imperial examination, and gradually you will enter the court."

"I'm afraid you don't know enough about the affairs of the court, so I will explain it to you in detail."

Hearing this, Jia Huan couldn't help but feel refreshed.

He traveled through the world of Red Mansions for nearly a year.In the past half year, he also learned some information about this world from various aspects, but it was not comprehensive enough.

It would be great if I could listen to the master explain it himself.

Jia Huan immediately sat upright and said respectfully: "Thank you, Master, for your guidance. I am all ears."

Zhao Heng said: "At the end of the Ming Dynasty, Manchu soldiers were stationed outside Shanhaiguan, and rebels from all over the country rose up. The entire Ming Dynasty was on the verge of collapse."

"Li Yan, the great ancestor of Great Xia, followed Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, in the uprising. After many battles, it finally grew stronger. However, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, died of illness accidentally, and finally, Li Yan, the great ancestor of Great Xia, became the new leader."

"He strictly enforced military discipline, upheld military power, and established an image. In the end, he successfully occupied the capital and established the Great Xia Dynasty."

"Then Taizu Li Yan used great sincerity to recruit Wu Sangui who was guarding Shanhaiguan to surrender, and successfully resisted the Manchu attack."

Hearing this, Jia Huan felt a storm in his heart.

He did not expect that the Great Xia Dynasty was actually established by Li Yan.

The fall of the Ming Dynasty and the invasion of Qing troops were the hatred of countless Han people.

The situation at that time was that the demise of the Ming Dynasty was actually inevitable. The Ming Dynasty's bureaucracy was almost collapsed, land annexation was serious, the Ming Dynasty's royal family had a huge support, and it was in the Little Ice Age.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty was riddled with holes and exhausted. Even if the Qing army did not enter the pass, the Ming Dynasty would be overthrown sooner or later.

However, the Qing army's entry into the Pass was an accident.

As for the culprit, Jia Huan believes that it should be Li Zicheng.

Since the rebellion, Li Zicheng, the king of Chuang, has destroyed everything along the way and exhausted the last trace of the Ming Dynasty.

And the most annoying thing is that you have clearly captured the capital and established the Dashun Dynasty.

At this time, the Manchu and Qing troops were watching eagerly outside Shanhaiguan. What did Li Zicheng do at this time?

He actually started to lose consciousness at this time. First, he started ransacking homes and killing families all over the city and plundering wealth.

Then he allowed his rebels to plunder everywhere, but could not control his subordinate Liu Zongmin. He sat and watched as Liu Zongmin killed Wu Sangui's father and robbed Wu Sangui's young wife Chen Yuanyuan.

When Wu Sangui led the Qing troops into the Pass, it was more to say that he wanted to protect himself than to get angry at the crown prince.

After all, Wu Sangui was also a traitor of his generation. It was said that he surrendered to the Qing Dynasty and sacrificed himself in Shanhaiguan for a woman. Jia Huan believed that this was inaccurate.

The key to this matter was actually that Li Zicheng personally blocked Wu Sangui's path to surrender.

If you think about it carefully, Li Zicheng's men killed Wu Sangui's biological father and snatched Wu Sangui's little wife. This was the hatred of killing his father and taking his wife.

Even if Wu Sangui ignored the past grievances and resolutely defected to Li Zicheng.

Could Li Zicheng not be wary of Wu Sangui?A person who indirectly shares your hatred for killing your father and taking away your wife is also a general who leads troops. Would you believe that he has no complaints against you?For this kind of person, would you feel comfortable using him?

Definitely not. This kind of person must find an opportunity to kill him quickly.

Even if Wu Sangui wanted to save his own life, it would be impossible for him to defect to Li Zicheng.Li Zicheng can be said to be a very good player.

If you put any strategic person in Li Zicheng's position, such as Cao Cao, Liu Bang, Li Shimin, Zhao Kuangyin, Zhu Yuanzhang, etc., they will never let the Qing army enter the pass.

Sure enough, history took a turn in this world. Li Zicheng died of illness. It was Li Yan who made a brilliant appearance, and he successfully resisted the Qing invasion.

Zhao Heng continued: "After Taizu established Daxia, he gradually pacified various places, made corvee services lighter, taxes lighter, and penalties more lenient. After 20 years of recuperation, Daxia Dynasty finally calmed down."

"The Manchu Qing Dynasty outside the pass was caught in internal fighting. The banner leaders of each banner were brave and good at fighting, but they were not convinced by each other. They fought against each other, and in the end the Manchu Qing Dynasty almost fell apart."

Hearing this, Jia Huan felt extremely happy.

In fact, if the Ming Dynasty could resist for more than ten to twenty years at that time, it could probably wait until the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were in civil strife and let them perish on their own.

During the period before the Qing army entered the Pass, chaos had arisen within the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it was irreconcilable.

Nurhaci had sixteen sons, six of whom were very good at fighting.

The Qing Dynasty's territory is too small, and the cake is only so big. If there are no external factors, they can think out loud.

At this time, Wu Sangui surrendered at the Pass and the Manchus entered the Pass.

This time, the cake is getting bigger.

The piece of cake in Zhongyuan is really too big, so big that even if they work together, they may not be able to swallow it all.

It was precisely because of this change that the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were twisted into a rope, allowing them to eliminate civil strife and finally stabilize the Central Plains.

Zhao Heng continued: "The Manchu Qing Dynasty was eventually destroyed by the newly rising tribe. This tribe established a new dynasty, the Jin Dynasty. However, the Jin Dynasty had a weak foundation. In front of me, Daxia, it was obedient."

"Then the Daxia dynasty was passed down from generation to generation, and after five generations, the Jin Dynasty slowly grew stronger. But I, Daxia, once again fell into the same predicament that the Ming Dynasty encountered. Land annexation was serious, corrupt officials were rampant, and the royal family had a huge support. The state’s finances are depleted.”

"At this time, the Jin Dynasty invaded on a large scale, but our Daxia army was retreating steadily, and the capital was lost, so we had to move the capital to Jinling. Seeing the moment when Daxia was about to die, the Supreme Emperor stood up."

"He strengthened the centralization of power and held all the military power, political power and finance in his hands. He expanded the army aggressively and personally led an army of 50 people. With the power of the whole country, he won consecutive battles and finally drove the Jin Dynasty out of our territory in Daxia."

"The Supreme Emperor is known as the Master of the ZTE. He single-handedly turned the tide and saved our country, Great Xia. The generals who followed the Supreme Emperor in the expedition were all granted the title of marquis and the Prime Minister. There were four princes, eight princes, and twelve princes in total."

"Because their achievements are similar to the founding of the country, they are praised as the founding merits of the country. Your ancestors of the Jia family occupy two seats among these eight princes."

Hearing this, Jia Huan suddenly realized that this is how the founding lineage of martial arts, the four princes, eight princes and twelve princes came to be.

"However, this has also led to the dominance of the founding line in the military. Almost [-]% of the army is in the hands of the founding line."

"After that, in order to check and balance the founding line, the Supreme Emperor began to suppress the founding line. And he supported another line, which was called the Yuanping line."

"Since then, all major and small battles have basically been fought on the battlefields of the Yuanping line. Although the Yuanping lineage is not as successful as the Kaiguo lineage, they have real power and can compete with the Kaiguo lineage."

Well, that Zhou Tong from last time was a member of Yuan Ping's lineage.

What happened last time was a bit weird. I don’t know if there was any handwriting from the Supreme Emperor.

(End of this chapter)