Zhu Wenkui was serious all day long. It was rare to see him with such an expression, and Guo Kang was also very happy.
"I don't think it's necessary." Zhu Rongna was not worried about this: "Why do you have to pretend to be a bloodline? Whether the bloodline is noble or not, the nobles claim that it was appointed by the Heavenly Father. But has the Heavenly Father really certified it for them?"
"If there is, then wouldn't it be enough to just claim that one is also authenticated? If not, then does it make sense to pretend?"
"Then if we analyze it this way..." Li Xuanying thought for a moment and made an inference: "Is it better to simply claim that the Heavenly Father himself has descended to earth?"
"That's not impossible." Guo Kang muttered.
He looked at Jeanne and suddenly thought of a possibility. While she and Li Xuanying were arguing about the possibility of descending to earth, Guo Kang walked to the side and pulled Zhu Wenkui.
"Your Majesty," he whispered, "Does your sister really believe in Heavenly Father, or is it because she has been taught since she was a child that this is more in line with her human nature?"
"Human archery? What is that? She is not very good at archery. Mr. Qi taught us archery before, but her performance was not very good." Zhu Wenkui was confused and replied.
"Uh... that's it." Guo Kang felt it was inconvenient to ask too deeply, so he just went through it perfunctorily.
"You are worried that the education she received is too confusing." Zhu Wenkui himself continued: "I have also thought about this problem. I always feel that we have been living outside for a long time, and we have become stupid. It's okay to just look at myself. But her appearance made me clearly feel the change."
"As time goes by, will our family slowly become like her, and then slowly become complete Franks?" He half asked himself: "I don't know what the consequences will be if this continues, and I don't know what the outcome will be. Know if there is a way to recover.”
"I don't object to letting her dance with guns and sticks. The situation here is special. If she is like her mother and just settles down to be a lady, she may not even be able to protect herself in the future. But in this way, I always feel that she is leaving. The Han people in everyone’s impression are further apart. Is this a good thing?”
"I can't tell myself. And father...well, father probably won't think so much." He was halfway through, scratching his head in embarrassment.
"I can only think of ways to ask her to go to school, read and write Chinese characters, and even read the Four Books and Five Classics with her husband. I also know that this is not what a woman should ask for, and it far exceeds the responsibility they should bear. But Other than that, I really don’t have any better way.”
"So, I am also very interested in your thoughts." He said and asked Guo Kang: "What do you think? How do you think that the Han people are Romans and Mongolians are also Romans? How can you maintain this for a long time? This kind of view? To be honest, if my sister was in this state, I would have thought that you had forgotten your identity a long time ago."
"The situation here is rather special. I think..." Guo Kang thought for a moment and looked at Li Xuanying next to him: "Oh, yes, our current situation is actually like the Shatuo people back then."
"Shatuo people?" Zhu Wenkui was a little surprised.
"Yes, I heard it from the Li family and his son." Guo Kang nodded.
"Their ancestors are said to be Shatuo people, but in fact they can't tell where they come from, and there is no taboo about it. Because the so-called Shatuo tribe was originally a small tribe living next to Tingzhou City, belonging to Chuyue A branch of the tribe is not a well-known force; the ancestors of the Shatuo Li family also used the tribal name in their early years, including Shatuo and Zhu Xie, which makes people wonder if they are the same family."
"The ancestor in their genealogy, Shatuo Jinshan, was awarded the title of military envoy because he followed Xue Rengui in the conquest of Tiele. The family's clearly recorded history only begins here."
"After Shatuo Jinshan passed away, he was buried in Longshouyuan outside Chang'an City. His son Shatuo Fuguo, daughter-in-law Ashina, etc. were also buried in Longshouyuan cemetery according to etiquette after their deaths. Therefore, his family is now The ancestral grave I recognized is in Guanzhong, not Chuyue's hometown in Tingzhou."
"After the Anshi Rebellion, the connection between the Central Plains and the Western Regions was severed. The Shatuo tribe in Tingzhou relied on the Uighurs in order to protect themselves. However, Tubo was powerful and the Uighurs could not defeat them. Seeing that the situation was not good, the Shatuo tribe wanted to seek refuge with Tubo."
"But the Tubo people treated their subordinates too harshly, and no one could stand him. The leader Zhu Xie Jinzhong decided to lead his tribe to escape to the Tang Dynasty-controlled area and escape from the Tubo people. During the migration, the tribe was hunted down by the Tubo people, and both sides There were many battles. Most of the people under Zhu Xie were killed in the battle, and of the tribe of more than 30,000 people, less than 10,000 people finally made it to Lingzhou."
"Before this, Shatuo was a tribe that relied on the Tang Dynasty. Compared with other tribes, it was actually considered loyal, but at the moment of life and death, it would still give priority to its own tribe, which would cause swings."
"After that, the nature of the Shatuo people has changed." Guo Kang reminded: "Have you paid attention to this number? At that time, the Shatuo people were less than ten thousand in full. They met the requirements of the Tang Dynasty and were capable of fighting. , there were only a few hundred. But after that, it didn’t take long for ‘Shatuo’ to expand into a powerful military group.”
"There probably aren't many Shatuo people here." Zhu Wenkui understood what he meant.
"Yes. In this 'Shatuo Group', the number of real Shatuo people is very small. Most of the so-called Shatuo people later were local Ban and Han residents who were absorbed after being resettled by the Tang Dynasty."
"Moreover, unlike other naturally formed Jisu tribes, the new Shatuo 'tribe' was rebuilt in the form of a Tang Dynasty vassal town, so the organization method is of course more like a border town. The people within this group come from very mixed origins , and like various military towns in the Five Dynasties, it has been inherited by adopted sons for a long time, so that it may not make much sense to recognize the bloodline."
"After the establishment of the Later Tang Dynasty, the first emperor Li Cunxu was from Shatuo."
"The second emperor Li Siyuan was the adopted son of Li Keyong and the adopted brother of Li Cunxu. We don't even know his surname or origin. We only know that his nickname was 'Miao Ji Lie', and he was probably an unknown Hu."
"The last emperor, Li Congke, was the adopted son of Li Siyuan. His real surname was Wang, and his nickname was 'Twenty-Three'. He was probably a Han Chinese, but with this name... he must have been a person of low origin."
"So if you look at it, the relationship between Shatuo and Han is very complicated. I'm not a historian. As far as I know, I don't even know if there is a clear identity boundary between the two."
"So I think that at this point, it may be more than just 'Chinese'. And the Han people and the Romans here actually have the same relationship - and even go further."
"What kind of statement is this?" Zhu Wenkui asked.
"There are actually no real 'Romans' here. The identity of this group is constantly declining and slowly disappearing from various places. Without us, Rome may soon be a historical term." Guo Kang replied.
"I dare say that if one day there is only the last Roman left in the world, he must also be a Han." He said firmly.
