There is no doubt that Emperor Xuanwu of Taizong and Yuan Xi were talented and strategic, but his prisoner policy is very questionable - there should be limits to the preferential treatment of prisoners. Even if the whole world is your people, they should be divided into distant and distant subjects.
The orphans of the fallen soldiers had not yet been properly resettled, but Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Emperor Yuan Xi began to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to give preferential treatment to the Xiongnu and Wuhuan. On the issue of how to deal with the Xiongnu prisoners and Wuhuan surrenderers, Chen Qun, the successor of the first critic of the Jin Dynasty, questioned him twice. Emperor Xuanwu was silenced each time.
Chen Qun is a person who: defies the world and the earth, and the emperor in the middle. He is deeply admired by Shangshu Tian Feng and makes great efforts to train him.
As one of the most courageous ministers of the Jin Dynasty, Chen Qun never had fear in his heart, and there was never anyone he did not dare to antagonize.
Situ Gaorou defeated Si Nong Mi Zhu in a battle, and became the most powerful person in the government and the public. However, Chen Qun was not used to him: "Zhong came to pay homage to him with two thousand stones, but Gao Rou was not polite. However, Chen Qun never worshiped him when he saw him, and often bowed to him."
Sima Yi was the most popular person before Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Yuan Xijia. Chen Qun would start an argument with him whenever they disagreed with him in the court, and the argument was very unpleasant: "You have nothing to do with me." "The world says that officials with swords and pens cannot be officials, and it is true."
However, it is not known whether it was under the instruction of Yuan Xi. After all, Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian had also done it before, insinuating that court officials impeached the powerful minister Yang Su.
The Great Sima Yuan Mai was the fifth brother of Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Xi, Emperor Taizong, and the person whom Emperor Xuanwu relied on the most. Chen Qun did not regard him as an outsider: "The Great Sima Mai is respected and his brother is the emperor. However, Qun and Kang Li (divided against each other)" , that is, salute equally).”
Yuan Mai is a kind man. He knows that Chen Qun is doing this for his own good, so "the more virtuous Qun is, the more he asks the country and the court for his suspicions. The more he meets Qun, the more he lives." Yuan Mai, the great Sima, is a smart man.
Just like Sima Yan's younger brother Sima You, he knew the general situation and knew how to advance and retreat, at least when he was under Emperor Xuanwu of Taizong, Yuan Xi. Suspicions arose. . .
No matter he is a gentleman or a villain, Chen Qun grabs his beard and eyebrows and scolds whoever he catches. It seems that he has never been scolded by Chen Qun. He is embarrassed to say that he is an important minister of the court, just like the ministers of the Ming Dynasty who have not been scolded by Hai Rui. , can’t be considered celebrities.
For example, the extremely tactful Prime Minister Gao Rou was once pointed at the nose by Chen Qun and made disgraced. Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Xi sat on it and smiled silently: "This long article has to be scolded by anyone. We love scolding people." It’s better not to mess with him!”
Taizong Xuanwu Emperor Yuan Xi, here is actually covering for Chen Qun, otherwise Chen Qun would have risen many times.
Emperor Xuanwu of Taizong, Yuan Xi, was not very polite. He may have learned this from Emperor Wu of Taizu, Yuan Shao. His younger brother, Grand Sima Yuan Mai, could only remain silent (dare not get angry) about this.
Yuan Xi "sited in the toilet and looked at it", that is, sitting on the toilet and listening to Yuan Mai's military intelligence report. However, the side reaction showed that the relationship between brothers Yuan Xi and Yuan Mai was still good.
You can disrespect your younger brother, but you can't disrespect Chen Qun: "Shangchang was sitting in the military tent, and Chen Qun was playing in front of him. He was not crowned. When he saw Chen Qun, he stayed in the tent so that others could play. He saw So respectful." I remember that Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu also played this game.
The reason why Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Yuan Xi were in awe of Chen Qun was not only to support Chen Qun's spirit of being a direct minister, but also because this guy dared to say anything, and the emperor who was always angry at the slightest disagreement could not step down from power.
One time, Emperor Taizong of the Jin Dynasty, Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Xi, recruited Chen Lin and Yang Xiu to study the principles of governing the country in ancient times. This meant that he wanted to compare himself with Yao, Shun, and Yu Tang in front of ministers. Li Shimin had done this before. .
As soon as Taizong Xuanwu Emperor Yuan Xicao opened his mouth, before he could get to the point, Chen Qun straightened up. ): "Your Majesty has many desires at home but is benevolent and righteous outside. Why do you want to imitate the rule of Tang and Yu!"
Emperor Taizong Xuanwu Yuan Xi, who was about to deliver a long speech, suddenly held it in and turned his face into a purple eggplant. Finally, he got up and left without saying a word. Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Xi, who ran back to the harem, was still angry, but he also knew that he could not punish Chen Qun. After all, Chen Qun and Tian Feng were the Cambodian ministers he single-handedly promoted.
Coupled with the persuasion of the imperial concubine Zhen Mi, Emperor Taizong Xuanwu Yuan Xi had no choice but to laugh at himself: "What's more, Chen Qun is so cruel!" This word "戆" has two pronunciations. When pronounced as "gong", it means stupid, stupid, and reckless. , when pronounced as "bang", it means honest and upright. Except for Chen Qun and Tian Feng, in the Jin Dynasty, no one else could make Emperor Xuanwu angry.
Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Emperor Yuan Xi sent Grand Sima Yuan Mai to march to the north and beat the Xiongnu to pieces. Although the Huns were brutal, they were not all bad guys. They knew they would surrender if they couldn't beat them, so they dragged their families and their families to the border of Shanxi and Huns. , requiring "included".
The so-called "included" means that I want a green card for the people of the Jin Dynasty and enjoy the treatment of the people of the Central Plains. Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Yuan Xi liked to put on a show, so when the King of the Huns came to surrender, he planned to send 20,000 carriages to pick him up.
As all readers know, the Three Kingdoms were in turmoil for a decade or two, and in the early Jin Dynasty there was a shortage of horses. Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Emperor Yuan Xi wanted to recruit 20,000 chariots, but he did not have that many horses, so he had to borrow them from the common people: " The county magistrate has no money and rides horses for the people."
The so-called county official was often used to refer to the court and the emperor in Jin Dynasty. It was not a county magistrate or a county magistrate. As for "贳", it meant lease and credit.
When the people heard that the imperial court wanted to take their carriages to meet the once extremely cruel enemy, they were naturally very resistant, so they took their horses and hid.
Emperor Xuanwu Yuan Xi was so angry that he wanted to kill the magistrate of Chang'an. At this time, Taizong Xuanwu and Yuan Xi had already followed the last plan of their teacher Zhang Hong and moved the capital from Luoyang to Chang'an. The purpose was to get rid of the influence of the Guandong aristocratic families. Moreover, due to the long-term war in the Guanzhong area, many aristocratic families had fled.
Therefore, Emperor Taizong Xuanwu of Guanzhong, Yuan Xi, was not afraid of being kidnapped by aristocratic families, just like Emperor Sui Yang's repeated eastward tours were to get rid of the control of the Guanlong Group. In addition, the Yuan family itself was the largest aristocratic family. Coupled with the relocation of the capital, the royal power led by the Yuan family will become even larger and more stable.
As the largest aristocratic family, the Yuan family has greater initiative when negotiating with other aristocratic families. In addition, fifty or sixty percent of the Yuan family's world is personally directed and participated by Emperor Taizong Xuanwu Yuan Xi, just like Emperor Taizong Li Shimin is the same, who dares to touch their brows and not want to live anymore?
"If you were not good in the previous life, you will be the county magistrate in this life; if you were evil in the previous life, the county magistrate will be attached to Guo. If you are full of evil, you will be attached to the provincial capital of Guo." To be the magistrate of Chang'an under the emperor's feet, that person must have suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck.
Seeing that the Chang'an County Magistrate was about to be killed, Chen Qun said to Xing Dafa: "If you kill the Chang'an County Magistrate, if you don't solve the problem, you might as well kill me. If you kill me, you will have a horse!"
Emperor Taizong Xuanwu Yuan Xi was confused: "Why do you get a horse after killing you?"
Of course, Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Yuan Xi did not discuss the issue of horses or no horses. He was the emperor and had whatever he wanted. Moreover, Chen Qun didn't give him a chance to think.
Chen Qun continued to argue: "The Huns (betrayed) their masters and surrendered to the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin and Xu counties were passed down. How could they cause turmoil in the world and harm China and serve the barbarians and Di!"
Emperor Taizong Xuanwu Yuan Xi did not pick up the fight at all, because he knew that he would lose if he continued to quarrel. So "Shang Moran", that is, Yuan Xi took the lead to stop fighting. Seeing that his opponent did not accept the move, Chen Qun had to leave angrily. Emperor Xuanwu of Taizong, Yuan Xi, still made a big show of extravagance and brought the Huns to the capital Chang'an.
Taizong Xuanwu Emperor Yuan Xi's preferential care policy caused Chen Qun to be furious again. Yuan Xi had his own considerations, but he could not say them in public.
In fact, the reason why the Xiongnu king defected to the Jin Dynasty was because he was beaten to the point of being helpless. Yuan Mai and Sima Yi, the two gods of killing, ran north every year, and became more and more addicted to running. They killed all the young men, robbed all the cattle and sheep, and The tents were burned down, and the Huns had no way to survive.
Yuan Mai grabbed everything he saw and couldn't finish the two meters of meat he grabbed, so he set fire to burn it all. Sima Yi was even more ruthless, even the golden man who offered sacrifices to heaven was not spared. If Yuan Mai or Sima Yi come, half of the mice in the desert will starve to death.
If you can't defeat them, then surrender. The more brutal the people, the more cowardly they are. This sentence couldn't be more appropriate when applied to the Xiongnu.
In addition to asking for Dajin ID cards, these slaves also want to open a shop and do business. As all readers know, the Jin Dynasty emphasized agriculture and suppressed business. Especially doing business with foreigners was considered capitalizing on the enemy.
So all the 500 small traders in Chang'an City who were doing business with the Huns were arrested and wanted to be beheaded (more than 500 people from Jia and the merchants were left to die) - it is strange that the city management troops of the Jin Dynasty did not arrest them. Huns traders.
Upon hearing that Taizong, Xuanwu and Emperor Yuan Xi treated the Huns so favorably but were so cruel to their own people, the ministers headed by Chen Qun were naturally furious: "Barbarians who are too poor to wear trousers come to the Central Plains, how can they enjoy super-national treatment?" ? Is it possible that the local officials and the academicians should issue an order to match each slave with three beauties? "
Chen Qun angrily broke into the palace of Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Yuan Xi. He pointed at his nose and yelled again: "The Xiongnu attacked the roadblock and refused to make peace. China will send troops to kill them. The casualties will be incalculable. But The expense was huge. I foolishly thought that your Majesty acquired barbarians, and thought that they were all slaves and maidservants to be given to the families of those who served in the army and died in the army. I gave them to thank the world for their suffering and fill the hearts of the people. Even if it cannot be done now, it is The king came with tens of thousands of people to surrender, emptied the treasury of rewards, and sent good people to serve and support him, just like serving a proud son. Is it true that the ignorant people know the market and buy things from Chang'an, but the civil servants think that they are missing and give away the property to the border? Your Majesty can't win the Huns. I thanked the world for my talent, and then killed more than 500 ignorant people with a few words. This is the so-called 'protecting the leaves and hurting the branches', and I am stealing it because Your Majesty will not take it!"
Chen Qun's words were so powerful that if they were translated, they would lose their original momentum. Just summarize Chen Qun's main point: regardless of whether they are captured or voluntarily surrendered, as long as they are Huns, they should be distributed to the families of the sacrificed soldiers to serve as slaves to atone for their sins; all the property carried by the Huns should also be confiscated. Now you treat the rebellious son as the spoiled son. This is so unethical!
Emperor Xuanwu of Taizong, Yuan Xi, knew that he was in the wrong, so he still took the medicine according to the prescription and acted like a dumb gourd. However, he knew his mistake and refused to correct it: "Shang Moran, don't allow it." Emperor Xuanwu of Taizong, Yuan Xi, did not dare to argue with Chen Qun in person, but said strange things behind his back: "I have been silent for a long time." If you don’t listen to Chen Qun’s words, you will act rashly again.”
In fact, the preferential treatment policy of Emperor Taizong Xuanwu and Yuan Xi is actually the same as the current partition of India and Pakistan, as well as the partition of North and South Korea. That is, the prairie must be divided into four parts. Yuan Xi supported the Xiongnu and Wuhuan in order to use barbarians to control barbarians. Check and balance the increasingly powerful Xianbei.
Only when the steppe is decomposed is it safe for the Central Plains dynasty. Don't you see how huge a blow the unified Xianbei regime and the unified Mongolian regime would have on the Central Plains dynasty?
But this is all the art of the emperor and cannot be shared casually with foreign ministers. Only a divided grassland is a good grassland, right? For example, the half-dead Da Mao in the north today is the best Da Mao, right? Only the half-dead Yingjiang is the best Yingjiang, right?
