Liu Yu was so shocked that he stood up, took a step forward, and looked at Qinglong's face carefully. Although this face, except for a pair of eyes, could be said to be completely rotten, it would be most appropriate to describe it as battered. , but that white belly-length beard, although made of deer hair, was braided into three long beards, looking like a fairy. Liu Yu once saw Xi Chao's portrait at Xie Xuan's home, and it was also related to This is exactly the same, and the sharp eyes are exactly the same as in the painting. It turns out that every time I see Qinglong, I look at his eyes that are sunk deep in the eye sockets, like an eagle, and I feel that I have seen them before. , only now did I realize that it was Xi Chao.
Qinglong looked at Liu Yu calmly: "Are you surprised that a person who has been dead for many years came back to life again?"
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "It's not surprising that he faked his death under the name. What really shocked me was my impression of Beard joining the army. He was a hero who followed Huan Wen in three Northern Expeditions. He was a peerless strategist who could almost regain the north. Logically speaking, You will not be inferior to me in your desire for the Northern Expedition and your ambition to regain the lost territory. This is what you have been fighting for all your life. Why did you become Qinglong and in turn become the biggest resistance to the Northern Expedition?!"
Qinglong smiled slightly and looked at Liu Yu: "Liu Yu, do you want to hear a former hero of the Northern Expedition, a senior of yours, tell you about his life? Maybe after listening to my experience, you will have a new understanding of life. I will gain more understanding and think more about the future.”
Liu Yu gritted his teeth and said solemnly: "I would like to hear the details!"
Xi Chao said slowly: "I was born in a wealthy family since I was a child, and our Xi family is a wealthy family that started in the late Han Dynasty. Our Xi family started from Gaoping, Qingzhou. Our ancestor Xi Gong was a courtier in the late Han Dynasty. , he was a Confucian master at that time. He studied under Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian of the generation, and became his favorite disciple. He was famous all over the world. Later, he became an official in the late Han Dynasty and became a servant. Although he became an official in troubled times, he was still regarded as a glorious ancestor, which made us The Xi family has become known to everyone in the world."
Liu Yu nodded: "I heard Fatty talk about the major families in this dynasty. When talking about your Xi family, he said that your family started to develop from Xi Lu. At that time, he worked under Cao Cao and became the censor. Doctor, Empress Fu of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty later conspired to assassinate Cao Cao. It was Xi Lu who was personally responsible for his execution and the execution of hundreds of members of the Fu family. From this incident, the reputation of your ancestor is not too bad. good."
Xi Chao gritted his teeth: "My ancestors were loyal to Cao Cao at that time, because our ancestors started from a young age. If we are talking about family background and pay attention to the method of inspection and promotion of the Later Han Dynasty, it is impossible to get ahead. Cao Cao can only use people with integrity and without restraint. I was so grateful that I had the opportunity to be an official. I did not hesitate to destroy my reputation as a great scholar and did the evil thing of killing political enemies and beheading everyone in my family for Cao Cao. But what was the result? It was obviously Cao Cao who ordered the killing, but... In order to avoid being scolded by the scholars in the world, he used his ancestor as a scapegoat and dismissed him from office. Unfortunately, his ancestor was loyal to the Cao thief, but he was cooked to death by a rabbit and a dog. From then on, he completely understood the true face of the Cao family and warned him. Children and grandchildren should accompany the king like a tiger, and the king’s power must be controlled.”
Liu Yu said with a smile: "Last time I heard Zhuque talk about the origin of the Mafia, saying that it was a group of nobles who were dissatisfied with Cao Cao's punishment and wanted to protect themselves. Initially, it was to seize the Cao family, and later it became He has become the mastermind behind all dynasties, so Lingzu must have participated in the formation of this organization back then."
Xi Chao sighed: "Yes, that's right. There were two things that our ancestors saw about Cao Cao's hypocrisy and treachery, as well as his wolfish ambitions. One was for the sake of power, he went to kill Empress Fu's whole family, and then blamed his officials, Cao Cao. He claims that he is a true-hearted man and would rather be a villain, but when he is really asked to bear his own evil deeds, he does not dare to be such a bad person, and instead wants his subordinates to take responsibility for himself. This is extremely hypocritical."
"But compared with this hypocrisy, what alarmed our ancestors even more was that in order to unify the world, Cao Cao did not hesitate to destroy the defenses of Yixia and lure the Huns into the Central Plains. He successively moved the five southern Xiongnu tribes in Monan, as well as Hanzhong and Long On the right, more than 100,000 households of Qiang and Di people entered Bingzhou. In the core areas of the Central Plains such as Guanzhong, the barbarians who had been expelled from the Central Plains for thousands of years since the Spring and Autumn Period were chased and killed by Liu Bei in Changbanpo. Zhuge Liang's campaigns were filled with these barbarian soldiers. It can be said that it was Cao Mengde who allowed the Yi and Di to enter the Central Plains and planted the seeds of future chaos!"
Liu Yu opened his eyes wide: "It's actually Cao Cao? It's just that we have naturalized many barbarians before, and Cao Cao is not the first one."
Xi Chao shook his head: "In the past, the naturalization of the Hu people was just to let them stay as nomads. They were still outside the Great Wall. Only a few Hu nobles who had made great contributions to the Han Dynasty and obtained titles could join them. There were only a few of these people. Thousands or tens of thousands, the number is very small. Over time, they will be no different from us Han people in the Central Plains. It will not constitute a big crisis."
"But Cao Cao is different. He brought these Hu people into the interior just to serve as military households for generations to help him conquer the world and protect the country. Therefore, after moving these Hu people into the fortress, he did not follow the previous practice and disperse them. Instead of relocating and reorganizing the people into households, they still retained their original tribal pattern and used the original tribal leaders to continue to manage them. Even their production methods still retained their nomadic habits. In the mountainous areas in the north of Bingzhou, In places such as Xiurongchuan and Lishibao, there are large areas of grassland for their nomadic pastures. It can be said that these Hu people have retained their original organizational model and their original production methods. They cannot be replaced by our Central Plains people. Assimilated by the farming Han people.”
Liu Yu nodded thoughtfully and said: "No wonder even a hundred years later, when the Eight Kings were in civil strife, the princes of the Sima clan still had the idea of these barbarians."
Xi Chao sneered and said: "Yes, when Cao Cao was alive, he was wary of these barbarians causing rebellion. He would disband after the war and would not let them form an independent army. He also left a lesson to his descendants. Do not use barbarians unless absolutely necessary. In addition, for the Huns and other Hu leaders, it is necessary to directly go to the capital to serve as officials, leaving the nephews of the chiefs of each tribe to monitor and put them under house arrest in the name of going to school, so as to alienate the connection between their leaders and their tribes, so that they are less likely to cause chaos. . It must be said that from Wei to Jin, for a hundred years, this policy was implemented fairly well."
"But our ancestors have long seen through that the Han people make a living by farming, while the Hu people make a living by nomadic life. Their ordinary production is accompanied by riding and hunting. They are born without training. It can be said that they are warriors when they are pulled out. In addition, the tribal form will always exist, as long as If someone returns to the tribal organization, we can build a large army at any time."
