Tracing China: Through history, dialogue between ancient and modern

Chapter 148
Chibi South Bank.

In the central camp where Liu Bei's army is located, the candles are flickering, and three people separated by 800 years are having a conversation.

"From commoner to Weiping, a hundred battles will eventually be successful. The power is divided into three parts, and I hate Xiaoting Road."

"The virtuous man knows what he wants, but he can't do anything about Luoyepo. The sad and sad homeland dances, and he doesn't think about Shu."

"Empty sadness, eternal sorrow, only heroism, left for ancient and modern comments."

Under the dim light, everything in the outside world was empty and silent, like the calm before the storm. Lin Feng raised his glass and recited alone, and gave Liu Bei a poem face to face.

A few words are enough to sum up Liu Bei's life.

His life has been magnificent, he went against the trend, and forcibly continued his life in the great Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, time waited for no one. In the era of the Three Kingdoms, when heroes and heroes were born, he finally failed to complete the great cause of unification. His hair was gray and he hated Huangquan.

however.

Liu Bei was not reconciled, and suddenly raised his thick eyebrows, his eyes flashed coldly, and said with a tangled expression:

"Sir, you look at it from the perspective of future generations, why is Xuande unable to unify Kyushu in this life?"

"In the land of the ancestors of the past, Emperor Guangwu also grew from small to strong, and at the point of the front of the army, he unified the rivers and mountains."

"Xuande knows that he can't compare, but the hearts of the people in the world still belong to the Han Dynasty. Xuande hopes to continue the glory of the Han Dynasty like his ancestors."

Liu Bei is ambitious, and his dream in this life is definitely not the Three Kingdoms.

His two ancestors, Liu Bang, Emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, both completed counterattacks from small people hundreds of years ago, and then dominated the eastern land.

As a clan member with the surname Liu, why can't he, Liu Bei?

"Time is running out!"

Lin Feng's words made both Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang startled. They may have thought of thousands of reasons.

but.

How could it fall on the question of "time"?
"Please advise, sir!" Liu Bei asked.

"Uncle Liu Huang, what have you been doing for the first 20 years of your adulthood?" Lin Feng asked calmly.

"This……"

Liu Bei didn't know where to start for a while. His first half of his life was a failure and inaction, so that by the time of the Battle of Chibi, he didn't have a stable territory, and his subordinates were only 5 people.

Lin Feng explained.

If Liu Bei had Liu Bang's luck, he would have obtained Zhang Liang and Xiao He at the beginning of the incident, just like when Liu Bei was dormant in Hebei, he had met Zhuge Liang and Fazheng. With the help of these two people, with the help of Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Bei Why did you lose Xuzhou?
If Xuzhou is not lost, he has the ability to compete with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao for the north, or move to other places to compete for Jingzhou and Yizhou early.

In fact, Liu Bei made almost no progress in the first half of his life. It took him more than 20 years from the beginning of the army to the establishment of Jingzhou.

How many 20 years are there in life?
time oh time!
This is undoubtedly the most precious thing for achievement. It took Liu Bei 25 years to meet Zhuge Liang, to meet Fazheng, and to leap into the dragon's gate.

When Liu Bei raised his army, he was a standard poor man. First, he had no money, second, no official, and third, he had no influence. Two businessmen lent him the money to pull up the army. Liu Bei and Liu Xiu are comparable. They cannot be compared. I'm going to be depressed.

From the starting point, Liu Bei's final achievement is already a miracle.

But Zhuge Liang questioned and said, "When Emperor Gaozu was the King of Han, he was 50 years old. Four years later, the Chu-Han struggle for hegemony ended. Whoever ascended the throne at 54."

Unspoken.

Liu Bei's time is actually not too little.

Liu Bei is only 48 years old now, and compared with Han Gaozu, he still has an advantage in age.

Lin Feng sighed and said with regret:
"Chu-Han struggle for hegemony and the Three Kingdoms stand together, the two eras have completely different backgrounds!"

The background of Liu Bang's era was the era when the world suffered from the Qin Dynasty for a long time. As long as he shouted to punish the Qin Dynasty, countless people would gather to respond. Among these countless people were the oppressed poor people and the once noble old aristocrats.

With this background, those who are committed to rebellion, as long as they are courageous enough, their achievements will not be too low.

What is the background of Liu Bei's era?

The answer is——the Han Dynasty is still there, Liu Bei can’t say bluntly that he wants to overthrow the Han Dynasty and establish a new one. Loyal minister, but this makes him unable to win the support of the people.

Although the emperor of the Han Dynasty was a puppet, he still existed at the beginning. What is it that you, a remote clan member, devote yourself to making troubles?

"Uncle Liu Huang, although you are now using the slogan of helping the Han Dynasty to win the hearts of the people, is it effective?"

Lin Feng asked a question.

"The world has been in chaos for a long time, and the soldiers are in chaos. The common people only want to have a full mouthful of food. How can they have faith?" Liu Bei said decadently.

"Actually not, the Han Dynasty has lost popular support." Lin Feng pointed to the root cause.

Military strategist Zhuge Liang nodded slightly. As the number one military strategist in the Three Kingdoms era, he must be able to see the root cause.

"Uncle Liu Huang, now is the era of the nobles."

"Because of the party ban, the Han Dynasty lost the loyalty of the gentry, and the civil forces were also affected. Many of them lost their loyalty to the Han Dynasty."

"This is also the reason why the princes did not take the emperor seriously when the princes were fighting for hegemony.

"Yuan Shao wanted to change the emperor, and Yuan Shu made himself emperor. Even Lu Su said to Sun Quan: The Han Dynasty cannot be revived, and Cao Cao cannot be eliminated."

"They don't support the resurrection of the Han Dynasty, let alone the common people."

"This is also the root cause of why you have been calling for the revival of the Han Dynasty all your life, but there are still not many people echoing it. Everyone doesn't buy it."

……

This time, Liu Bei finally realized it suddenly. He clenched his fists tightly, the veins on his face swelled, and said word by word:

"The aristocratic family is in power, the people's hearts have changed, and the general trend is changing, what can Xuande do!"

It is the general trend.

This truth was in Liu Bang's era, that is, Wanmin hoped that Liu Bang would smash the rule of the old aristocrats and establish new political rules. This is the general trend of that era.

The truth of this was in Liu Xiu's era, that is, the wealthy clans hoped that Liu Xiu would restore the old rule of the Han Dynasty so that they could continue to enjoy their rights. This was the general trend of that era.

Liu Bang followed the trend, and he succeeded.

Liu Xiu followed the trend and united everyone, and he succeeded.

But what is the general trend of Liu Bei's era?The answer is that the aristocratic family is in power, and China has entered the era of aristocratic politics.

Liu Bei's dedication to the revival of the Han Dynasty cannot represent the needs of the era of aristocratic politics. Of course he will fail because he cannot unite the majority of forces that occupy the main resources of society.

Similarly, the Three Kingdoms are also losers, because none of them can adapt to the general trend of the powerful political era.

On the contrary, the Sima family, who replaced Cao Wei, became the spokesperson of the great family and the protagonist of the new era because of the birth of a powerful family and the advantage of breaking through and then establishing.

Liu Bei has worked hard enough, and his life can be regarded as a legend, but the bottom of the starting point and the difference in the background stop his achievements.

And the general trend of the world also doomed him and the regime he established to fail.

Liu Bei was still not reconciled.

The obsession remains undiminished.

Zhuge Liang took a lot of comfort to calm his lord's mind a little.

"Uncle Liu Huang, do you know how the descendants of Yan and Huang of our descendants call themselves?" Lin Feng said suddenly.

"Dynasties change, times change, you call yourself the dynasty of that era, right?" Liu Bei replied.

"no!"

"We are Huaxia, we call ourselves Han people, we call ourselves Han nationality,"

At this moment, Liu Bei was shocked, "After more than 800 years, your descendants still call themselves Han people?"

Even Zhuge Liang was also emotional, and he couldn't help himself.

their business.

It was Kuang Fu Han Dynasty. If people still call themselves Han Chinese and Han nationality after nearly 2000 years, all they have done will be of great significance.

"Han" originally refers to the Milky Way and the Milky Way in the universe.

"The Book of Songs" says: "Weitian has Han, and prisons also have light."

The old name of the Han nationality is Hanren, which was named after the Han Dynasty of the great eastern country. Before the Han Dynasty, it was called "Huaxia" or "Zhuxia".

Why not call them Qin people?Qin family?

The Qin Dynasty was too short-lived.

Why not call them Tang people?Tang family?

The Tang Dynasty was very powerful, but it was born after the Han Dynasty, and the principle of first come, first served.

Why not call them Song people?Song family?

At that time, the conflict between the Han people and the Liao people was sharp, and the status of the "Han people" skyrocketed unprecedentedly. A "discrimination between Hua and Yi" was labeled as a national attribute. After the Song Dynasty, no dynasty could challenge the title of "Han people".

If you go back to the source.

The Chinese people's consciousness of a country under heaven was formed in the Han Dynasty. The connotation of a country under heaven is culture, which supports economic exchanges, and another pillar is cultural unity. This is why Han is Han rather than Tang and Song. reason.

"Look at—"

Lin Feng tapped lightly, and a huge marching map hung behind him glowed brightly and jumped on the screen.

Not just for Liu Bei, Zhuge Liang.

It is also for all viewers who watch the show.

The marching map turned into a screen with jumping pictures.

"In the Han Dynasty, the northern border was pushed to Hetao and the north of Yinshan by attacking the Xiongnu in the north, and the northern border was pushed to the north of Yinshan; The kingdoms were conquered, and the borders were extended to Mount Ailao and Gaogongli in Yunnan; the Northeast region destroyed Wiman Korea, and established four counties in the Northeast, etc..."

As Lin Feng spoke.

On that map, scenes of real scenes of the history of the Han Dynasty appeared, and kept beating and emerging.

"Depose a hundred schools of thought, only respect Confucianism, and list Confucian culture as a unified feudal orthodox culture."

Confucius appeared on the screen, countless Confucian scholars, and countless famous sentences from classics appeared.

"The Han Dynasty opened up the famous "Silk Road. "

A brilliant passage like the Milky Way, running from east to west, with countless caravans marching, prosperity visible to the naked eye.

"Many commercial centers emerged throughout the country during the Han Dynasty."

Ancient cities sprung up like mushrooms after a spring rain and took root in the eastern land 2000 years ago.

"Sima Qian's "Historical Records" and Ban Gu's "Hanshu"; the study of ancient Chinese classics has developed; Yuefu was established to collect folk poetry; Han Fu was all the rage; official script replaced Xiaozhuan as the main writing style."

"Cai Lun improved papermaking, Zhang Zhongjing's "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", Hua Tuo was the first doctor in the world to use general anesthesia, invented porcelain firing, began to use the compass, Zhang Heng's seismograph, Luo Xiahong and others formulated the "Taichu Calendar" , Taoism was formed."

……

Scenes of changing scenes appeared in front of everyone amidst the soul-stirring sound of playing music.

to the end.

Lin Feng stood up and shouted almost with his real arms, his voice swaying, as if running through the thousand-year river:

"Opened up the world, governed China, and dressed in the clothes of a hot-blooded man, so he is called a big man."

(End of this chapter)