The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 6 The Treasure "Han Shu"

With Chu Jijiu's explanation, Liu Tai more or less understood the matter, and said goodbye to Chu Jijiu with a smile.

Again, Chu Jijiu was not of the same class as him, and even had a record of encouraging him to persuade Wang Mi to defect to the Jin court.

This made Liu Tai need Chu Jijiu to help him analyze certain things, but after letting himself see through the matter through Chu Jijiu's analysis, he needed to go back and sort out what he thought and gained instead of just listening to Chu Jijiu.

Because Chu Jijiu may not harm him, but he will definitely guide him. After all, the two of them are in different classes.

Chu Jijiu couldn't help but be stunned when he saw Liu Tai saying goodbye cleanly after understanding Wang Mi's methods.

"Is this guy so confident that he doesn't need me to continue to advise him?" Chu Jijiu didn't understand Liu Tai's farewell.

At least in Chu Jijiu's thinking, according to normal logic, he has already analyzed it so thoroughly for you. Don't you want to hear what you can do to get the maximum benefit from this situation?

Needless to say, at least in Chu Jijiu's opinion, Liu Tai's natural power can still be used to plan something.

As Liu Ling instigates the rebels to break away from Wang Mi, as long as Liu Tai takes the initiative to attack the large and small hills that follow Liu Ling, and fight them in a circle, he will show his loyalty to Wang Mi and help Wang Mi's subordinates vent their grievances. .

The most important thing is to show his own strength, maybe he can fall into Liu Yuan's eyes, and then Liu Tai's value will be great.

For Chu Jijiu, since he couldn't return to the Jin court now, it might be a pretty good choice to influence Wang Mi or even Liu Yuan through Liu Tai.

But he didn't expect that Liu Tai would not give himself such a chance and ran away after hearing the analysis. Is this guy a dog? ?

"Forget it, let's continue to boil the wine and drink it..." Chu Jijiu took pleasure in the pain and continued to drink.

Liu Tai returned to his tent, lit the fire, and then began to take out his carving knife and carve symbols on the bamboo slips.

"Uncle Wang took the initiative to join forces with Liu Yuan. His purpose was to completely grasp the essence of the rebel army and eliminate the forces that did not belong to him. As the team was purified, he could truly control the rebel army. , complete the transformation from the rebel army to the real army."

"And what benefits can I gain from this process, and what image should I create?"

Liu Tai thought for a moment, narrowed his eyes slightly, gestured with the carving knife in his hand, but said thoughtfully:

“When you can’t see the way forward clearly, you will return to the main contradiction in society.

Although Liu Yuan's country name is Han, he is still a Huns.

Although Uncle Wang seems to be convinced by Liu Yuan, he is still Han Chinese.

Although ethnic conflicts have gradually emerged, in fact, the main contradiction in the entire Jin court is not ethnic conflict, or even the conflict between the vast number of poor people and the wealthy noble families.

The real contradiction is the uneven distribution of spoils among class rulers within the Jin court.

If Uncle Wang can conquer Luoyang in one go, then as the capital of the Jin Dynasty is conquered, it will become a conflict between the ruling class of the Jin Dynasty and the broad masses of the people represented by the rebel army.

But Uncle Wang failed to do this, so the framework of the Jin court remains the same, the main contradiction in the entire world has not changed, and the general trend of the world has not changed! "

"Then the current alliance between Uncle Wang and Liu Yuan can be seen as the alliance between the ethnic minorities of the Han Dynasty and the common people of the Jin Dynasty...

No, not only that!

Uncle Wang was born in the Donglai Wang family, and his ancestors were also from aristocratic families, so he can even be regarded as a combination of the Han ethnic minorities and the aristocratic families, and the core point of their combination is... Han! "

Liu Tai carved a Chinese character on the bamboo slip and stared at the character. At this moment, Liu Tai suddenly felt enlightened.

It was as if the thick fog in front of him was suddenly cleared away at this moment.

"Yes, Liu Yuan is a Huns after all, and Uncle Wang would take refuge with him because of the Han Dynasty. This is not only because Liu Yuan has been baptized by Han culture since he was a child, but more importantly, the Jin Dynasty is really bad at it.

Therefore, the word Han will attract more Han people to join. The only way for ethnic minorities to rule such a large area of ​​Han people is to achieve Sinicization. It can be said that this is the only way for ethnic minorities to take over China. "

Liu Tai silently carved the bamboo slips, and finally slowly figured out his next situation.

"Although I am not very familiar with the history of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, I at least know about the reforms of Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

That means that the Sinicization policy of the Huns and Han Kingdom must have failed, so I kind of know what I should do! "

Liu Tai took a deep breath and became increasingly clear about the future situation.

"As I said before, I should always keep myself based on the Han Dynasty. The name of King Jing of Qingzhou must be called as long as it deserves!"

Liu Tai rolled his eyes when he thought of this, "It's best to promote Uncle Wang as Han's signature and hide himself behind him as much as possible.

In this case, Nahan will become my only position.

A person's methods can be vicious and majestic, but his stance must remain consistent throughout.

If your position wavers at every turn, you will never have the chance to become a true leader!
And when the Xiongnu Han Dynasty fails to be Sinicized, it is only natural to encourage Uncle Wang to revolt, or to revolt himself.

When Liu Tai thought of this, his thoughts suddenly became clear, and it seemed that it was not so difficult to accept working for Liu Yuan.

Since the Xiongnu-Han Kingdom is now called Han, then I will firmly be a supporter of Han.

When the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty fail to reform and cannot raise the banner of Han, then they will be able to leave.

After thinking about this, Liu Tai turned around and saw Wang Mi and Liu Yuan's performance this time, and couldn't help but smile.

As Uncle Zhang said, do I need to do anything too much?Not required.

All he needs is to stay with Wang Mi and accumulate his own strength.Even now that he is considered a regular army of the Han State, it is reasonable and reasonable to ask the Xiongnu Han State for some food, armor, weapons and other logistical supplies!

Then the next day, it was still dark, and Liu Tai, with dark circles under his eyes, had already gone to Wang Zhang.

"Ha!" Wang Zhang yawned, looking at the sky that was still gray, and said, "Tai'er, why do you want to come here so early to see Uncle Qi?"

"Second Uncle, now that we have surrendered to the Han Kingdom, should the Han Kingdom give us some food, weapons, armor, and salaries..."

Liu Tai was not polite. When he was a rebel, he lacked everything. Now that he has defected to the Huns and Han, they must take care of this. Otherwise, his defection to the Huns and Han will not be in vain.

When Wang Zhang heard Liu Tai's words, he couldn't help but look Liu Tai up and down, and he couldn't help but sigh,
"I know you are too late to gain anything. You go back and continue training. I'll go to your Uncle Wang and ask. I'll get back to you in the next few days."

"Thank you very much, uncle!" Liu Tai said with a somewhat embarrassed look on his face.

"Tell me, what else is there!" Wang Zhang said again after seeing Liu Tai squirming and refusing to leave.

"Now that I have arrived in the Han Dynasty, I want to find one or two scholars who are familiar with the "Book of Han" to come and teach me how to read and read. I wonder if you, my second uncle, have any recommendations!" Liu Tai quickly made his request to Wang Zhang. .

"Don't mess around!" Wang Zhang took the initiative to speak first after hearing Liu Tai's words.

After all, he knew where the Chu Jijiu in Liu Tai's camp came from. He had just captured Xuchang before, so he was naturally very arrogant, but now he had just arrived at Zuoguocheng, and Wang Zhang didn't want Liu Tai to mess with him. What's going on?

Wang Zhang thought for a while and then said to Liu Tai:

"Uncle Wang has taken this matter to heart. I will find you a scholar who is proficient in "Han Shu" when I have time. Don't make trouble in Zuoguocheng. This will cause trouble for you, Uncle Wang!"

"Tai understands!" Liu Tai agreed calmly after hearing Wang Zhang's words.

However, Wang Zhang suddenly came to his senses and said, "Why do you want to study Han Shu?"

"Now we are rebelling against the Jin Dynasty and restoring the Han Dynasty. If we don't know the history of the Han Dynasty and the etiquette of the Han Dynasty, how can we rebel against the Jin Dynasty and restore the Han Dynasty with peace of mind!" Liu Tai said naturally.

Having found his own position, Liu Tai started doing things more or less in a natural way.

And precisely because Liu Tai recognized this matter from the bottom of his heart, he did it in a frank manner and would not cause discord.

To be honest, despite Liu Tai's impassioned words now, in fact, last night, after thinking for a long time, he finally decided on the first edition of the textbook for his military camp, which was "Han Shu".

Why is there no mention of "The Book of the Later Han"? It's because no one has written the book "The Book of the Later Han" yet.

As for history books, they are quite boring for children, but for adult men, everyone hopes that they can read more history books and then talk about them. At least it is barely acceptable in the army. Textbook.

Otherwise, would Liu Tai still have to find a way to produce the "Thousand-Character Classic" and the "Three-Character Classic"? Save it, Liu Tai can't do it.

For Liu Tai, since he was determined to fight with the Han as the core and needed to revolt in the future when the Xiongnu Han country's sinicization reform failed, he must have good ideological control over his army.

Because it can be said that this is the most different thing between Liu Tai's leadership of the army and other people's leadership of the army in this era.

In Liu Tai's view, ideological and political armament is the first element that needs to be grasped. A strong army only needs to follow orders, but a strong army with ideas can enable them to rely on their own willpower to become the last resort in desperate situations. the winner.

But thinking about things like this, first of all, you should not engage in personality worship, because if you do this, Wang Mi, let alone Liu Yuan, may not be able to tolerate you over time. At the same time, you will not be able to show that you have inconsistent positions. one.

For example, I have been preaching loyalty and patriotism in the past, but later I started an uprising to rebel against the Huns and Han Dynasty.

For such a duplicitous person, just look at the fate of Sima.

The front heel has Sima Yi swearing to Luo Shui, and from then on the oath became a fart. The back heel has Sima Zhao conniving his subordinates to assassinate the emperor in the street, completely creating a situation where the emperor takes turns.

Then the Sima family won the world, but the world was in despair from the beginning in the hands of the Sima family.

A country that doesn't even dare to promote "loyalty" and can only talk about filial piety reluctantly will perish if you don't perish.

Therefore, since Liu Tai wants to ideologically arm his army and enhance its sense of honor, he naturally does not advocate "loyalty" or "filial piety", but only "Han"!
At this time, Liu Yuan was in power in the Huns and Han Kingdom. Because I was not familiar with history, I didn't know what Liu Yuan was really thinking.

But no matter what, since he raised the banner of the Han Dynasty, the "Book of Han" promoted by the soldiers he fought against was the national history of the Han Dynasty, which can be regarded as a correct political stance.

At the same time, he promoted the history of the Han Dynasty so that his soldiers could have a unified ideology and culture, and this kind of nationalist thinking was not considered a backward culture that was eliminated even in the 21st century.

In this era, the Han nation is at the pinnacle of civilization and was the most advanced culture in the fourth century. With this kind of nationalism as an ideological arm, to be honest, Liu Tai feels that it is quite enough.

This is almost like using the weapons of the twentieth century to fight the enemies of the fourth century. At most, this invisible weapon is called thought.

Of course, if I can really seize the world in the future, and what stands in front of me is no longer an obvious enemy, but a wealthy family, Confucian culture, and even rules and regulations,
This "Han" culture established from the beginning may become a kind of "big family" versus "small family", "country" versus "aristocratic family", or even "Han culture" versus "Confucian culture". "The sharp blade.

After all, the roots of the aristocratic family's success were laid when Liu Xiu relied on the aristocratic family to conquer the world. However, it was only in the Jin Dynasty of the Sima family that this strain fully developed, causing the Wuhu chaos and Yi Guan's southward migration.

Now, if I really conquer the world in the name of "Han" in the future, my enemy will no longer be a specific opponent, but the aristocratic family class, the manor economy, the classics culture, the nine-level Zhongzheng system, it can be said to be a complete set of subordinates. The Chinese cultural system from top to bottom.

You must plant the seeds now and use time to water them and grow them. When you face the old Han cultural system in the future, you can eradicate it with all its might.

Instead of waiting until then, you need to rearrange the layout, wait for 20 to [-] years, and then reluctantly wait for your descendants to take the backup plan you have laid out, and complete it half-heartedly, or even waste the backup plan you laid out. Lose.

Back to the present, Liu Tai is very clear about his future path. As long as he knows that what he is doing is based on the Han Dynasty, no matter what he does next, others may be surprised, but they will not be unable to understand, and even other people may be surprised. People who want to be "big Han" might take the initiative to serve under him.

For Liu Tai, the "Book of Han" was the treasure that he used to unify the ideological and armed forces of his subordinates and lay eggs under the nose of the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty.

(End of this chapter)