Actually, there was nothing wrong with Yi Nan's earlier analysis. For thousands of years, the dynasties of the Central Plains had been replaced. There had been emperors throughout the ages, and there had also been muddle-headed emperors. However, there had never been a case where the Central Plains had complete control over the grasslands!
On the other hand, the nomadic tribes in the north had always been a formidable enemy of the dynasties in the central plains. Sometimes, they would make peace with the dynasties in the central plains to obtain large amounts of living materials. Other times, they would go down south to plunder and bring great disasters to the dynasties in the central plains, sometimes even annihilating them.
Back then, when Qin Wang swept through the six directions, how majestic was he? But facing the grassland, Qin Shihuang could only look on and sigh! Even though Meng Tianbei was 700 miles away from the Xiongnu Empire, which greatly reduced their morale, the Qin Empire still built the Great Wall.
The Great Wall symbolized defense. Usually, only when offense was not enough would one build a defense. The Great Wall also symbolized a boundary. The Great Wall was the boundary of the Central Plains Dynasty in the north!
Although the southern server was located in Lingnan, the Qin Empire's strategy in the north was to defend and stabilize their borders. Since the Qin Dynasty had followed the Qin Dynasty's political system for a hundred generations, the later dynasties of the Central Plains could only follow suit. It could be said that they relied on the route, but it could also be said that they copied it because of the ambush. However, the Central Plains dynasty was unable to break through the Great Wall and had always been in a defensive position in the north.
Emperor Wu of Han was like this, and the Western Han and Eastern Han after him were also like this!
Later on, the Northern Wei Dynasty appeared and unified the entire Northern Grasslands. However, the Northern Wei Dynasty was established by the nomadic Xianbei people. Furthermore, the Northern Wei Dynasty also started to build a Great Wall in the North. Hence, the moment Northern Wei became a dynasty, they would have to play according to Qin Shihuang's plan.
Following the long river of history, according to the original historical "script", the Tang Emperor Li Shimin was the Emperor of the Central Plains and the Heavenly Khan of the grasslands. The Tang Empire opened up the Yenisei River and the Ten Thousand Li Grasslands!
However, the Tang Empire's strategy in the grasslands was not to rule the grasslands completely. Instead, it was to support the pro-Tang forces and gradually assimilate the grassland tribes!
Li Shimin's strategy was wise, and his method was correct. However, the Great Tang's progress had already come to an end when Emperor Xuanzong arrived …
Not to mention the Song Dynasty after the Tang Dynasty. The Northern Song Dynasty even lost the land of Henan, which was the modern Ningxia, which was taken by Emperor Wu of Han. Therefore, the Northern Song had basically returned to the era of the Qin Empire.
Nuzhen Daijin was also a nomadic tribe. Before they entered the central plains, they were the overlord of the grassland. But what about after they took over the Central Plains? The Nü Zhenren quickly became Chinese. She didn't even go back to her hometown in the northeast. She slaughtered the grasslands in the north at first. Then, she relied on the Tata people to restrain them. In the end, she still built the Great Wall.
The Mongols were the fiercest, but the Yuan Dynasty was only a part of the Great Mongol Empire. Hence, the Mongol nobles did not totally become Chinese and maintained their grassland nature. Therefore, although the Emperor of Dayuan was in the Central Plains, his heart was tied to the grasslands. As a result, the Yuan Dynasty's rule over the Central Plains was as rough as it could be. It was so rough that they even forgot to collect taxes after conquering the Southern Song Dynasty.
However, once the mid plains was reorganized, the Mongols could only retreat north. Because these people had never treated the Central Plains as their home. Since the master of the Central Plains did not welcome him and even tried to chase him away with a stick, then he would quickly run back to the grasslands to sing and herd the horses!
After the nomads conquered the Central Plains, they would definitely encounter two choices. It was also a dilemma. One was to quickly assimilate into the Chinese and then successfully take over, but they would have to give up on the grasslands. The other was to refuse to assimilate into the Chinese and then find it difficult to gain a foothold. Sooner or later, they would be chased away.
Why did the Manchus achieve the unification of the Central Plains and the grasslands?
The Manchurian Emperor of the Qing Dynasty created a trinity. In the Central Plains, he was called the Emperor, in the Mongolian Grasslands, and in the Snowy Highlands, he was called the reincarnation of Manjushri. Therefore, the ruling methods of the Manchurian nobles were quite powerful. However, it was still the same question: Do you want the Manchurian people to become Chinese?
This was a must. If they did not become Chinese, they would not be able to gain a foothold in the Central Plains. However, if the Manchurian Manchurian people were to become Chinese, how would they rule the grasslands?
A lama temple was better than a hundred thousand soldiers!
This was the understanding of the Manchurian Emperor, and it was also the strategy of the Manchurian Emperor to rule the grasslands! The Manchurian Emperor's cost of conquering the grasslands was much lower than the Ming Dynasty's cost!
However, why did the ancient Central Plains dynasty not have a single emperor who dared to rule the grasslands? It was not that they did not want to, but that they could not!
Other than what the Chinese man said earlier, there was a deeper reason. That was that the Han dynasty of the Central Plains and the grassland dynasty had a fundamental difference in their underlying logic!
In ancient China, what was a Han?
A Han was defined according to culture. Specifically, it was the Confucian culture. As long as one accepted the Confucian culture and lived according to the Confucian culture, they would be regarded as a Han in ancient times.
The Confucian culture first existed as a standard of ethics for the masses. Individuals who followed the Confucian culture had to live in a specific structure of interpersonal relationships. The Confucian culture required these specific interpersonal relationships to have a relatively stable family structure. The prerequisite was that they had to settle down.
The prerequisite for settling down was farming. However, farming had a hard constraint, which was the amount of rainfall.
In ancient society, due to the requirement of rainfall for farming, if a Han wanted to live beyond the Great Wall, they had to become nomads. Otherwise, they would die. Once they became nomads, it meant that the Central Plains' interpersonal relationships would collapse. They could no longer live according to the Confucian way. As long as you lived a nomadic lifestyle, you would no longer be a Han.
For the Central Plains dynasty, it was fine to send troops to expel the nomads. However, to rule the north, they had to station troops. The logistics of the garrison could not be transported by the Central Plains. It was too far.
It was because of the Confucian culture of the Central Plains dynasty that the Central Plains dynasty could not go beyond the Great Wall. They could only develop in the Central Plains!
In layman's terms, it was probably a vast and boundless grassland. For the rulers of the Central Plains, it was a barren land that was not worth their efforts to attack and control. Even if they conquered it, it would not be of much use. Moreover, they would have to send troops to defend it. It was not worth it at all!
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After all the tribal chiefs of Tiele expressed their desire to resist Xieli together, the few of them briefly discussed their next plan, and then 'returned to their own homes, to their own mothers'!
Now was indeed a special time. These tribal chiefs gathered together for a long time and were easily discovered by Xieli's spies. Therefore, Qigong, Heli and the others did not delay in Xue Yantuo's tribe. After walking out of the tent, they disguised themselves and left Xue Yantuo's tribe.
However, although these tribal chiefs were very careful, they somewhat underestimated Xieli's spies. In other words, they underestimated Xieli's Wolf Guards!
"Ouch! Bull, watch for me for a while. I need to go to the outhouse! "
At the exit of Xue Yantuo's camp, a soldier suddenly clutched his stomach and cried out in pain. It seemed that he ate something bad and had a stomachache. This person shouted to his companions and then hurriedly ran away with his back bent.
However, he did not go to the outhouse. After making many turns, he came to the foot of a hill in the west of Xue Yantuo's tribe. He put his thumb and index finger in his mouth and whistled. After a while, not far away, a man in a black robe flashed over.
That soldier hurriedly went up to him and said directly, "Quickly go and report to the Great Khan. The tribal chiefs of Tiele nine tribes came to Xue Yantuo's tribe to discuss with the barbarian man. It seems that they are planning something. They stayed in Xue Yantuo's tribe for nearly an hour before leaving!"
"Good!"
The man in the black robe nodded and only said one word. Then, he turned and left. In a few breaths, he had already disappeared. Obviously, his martial arts were not ordinary!
As for the soldier, he surveyed his surroundings. After confirming that he had not been exposed, he slowly returned to his' post '.
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