"What about the other people under his command?" Princess Jeanne asked.
"Wang Liangchen like that? That's even more unclear." Guo Kang said: "Strictly speaking, he is a member of the Wanggu tribe who was culturally assimilated by the Jin Kingdom."
"I have heard of this tribe. What are their characteristics?" Little Jeanne said, "Aren't they Mongolians?"
"It's different." Guo Kang said: "On the Mongolian grasslands, even according to the most rough division, there are at least two groups of people: the Tatar-speaking tribes in the east, and the Turkic-speaking tribes in the west. People like Naiman and Wang Ancient people, and possibly some Kle people, can be classified into this category. No one can tell whether these people are Mongolians or not."
"What did the Yuan Dynasty say?" Princess Jeanna asked again: "Who are the Han people and who are the Turks? Are they not classified?"
"How could the Yuan Dynasty understand this?" Guo Kang complained: "From the beginning to the end, they couldn't even figure out who the Mongols were. Let's forget the rest."
"Tribes like the Naiman and Wanggu were considered by the Jin Dynasty to be Mongolian tribes, but because they spoke Turkic language, they were specifically called 'White Tatars' to distinguish them from the later 'Black Tatars' who were the core of Mongolia. He contrasted: "We all know that language is a major way to distinguish between nations, but their languages are indeed different. I don't know how to calculate it."
"What about culture?" Princess Jeanne asked.
"It's more troublesome culturally. These tribes were deeply influenced by the Jin Kingdom. For example, the leader of the Naiman, 'Sun Khan', actually has nothing to do with the title of the sun. It is just a corruption of 'king'." Guo Kang replied.
"The Kingdom of Jin gave these grassland leaders who accepted the imperial edict the title of king to win over them. Maybe they thought it was more high-end, so they liked this kind of title very much. Including King Khan of the Kelie tribe, the title came from this way."
"The Wanggu tribe is even closer to the Jin Kingdom than they are. They are the southernmost tribe and help the Jin Kingdom guard the border wall. Therefore, their culture is greatly influenced by the Jin people."
"Then they are half-gold and half-gold?" the princess asked.
"But the 'Jin culture' is not compatible with the nation." Guo Kang pointed out the problem again: "The Jin Kingdom is a Jurchen country, but the mainstream culture of the Jin Kingdom at this time is Han culture. Their cultural influence on the Mongolians is also Han culture Cultural influence, not Jurchen culture.”
"So, upon closer inspection, it turns out that the Jurchen rulers used the common methods of the Central Plains dynasty to Chineseize the half-Mongolian, half-Turkic people - just count how many elements there are."
"I have heard about the situation in the Kingdom of Jin." Zhu Wenkui also interjected: "They later decided to settle in Bianliang, and at this time, the style of the court was similar to that of the Northern Song Dynasty. Even the emperor liked to write about thin gold. Body."
"Is this intentional, or is it a subtle influence?" Little Jeanne asked curiously.
"As for art, I really don't understand." Guo Kang shook his head: "But I heard that their attainments are indeed good."
"It is said that there is an inscription and postscript written in thin gold script in the "Pictures of Admonitions of Women" handed down from ancient times. For a long time, it was believed to be inscribed by Song Huizong. Later, someone did careful research and found that it was actually imitated by Jin Zhangzong."
"Moreover, he not only imitated Song Huizong's calligraphy, but also imitated his seals. The two seals of Song Huizong "Zhenghe" and "Xuanhe" on "The Picture of Women's History" were copied and stamped by him, not It is an authentic work by Song Huizong himself. But it has not been recognized for so long, which shows that his skills are indeed superb."
"Actually, what I don't understand is why they copied this." Zhu Wenkui shook his head: "After the declaration of peace, wasn't it Jingkang? Didn't he think it was unlucky?"
"Who knows, maybe he also likes the scene of Fengheng Yuda." Of course Guo Kang didn't know either.
"In fact, this is not surprising. If you look at history, it is not difficult to find that the Jurchens' consistent characteristic seems to be that they corrupt extremely quickly." He thought for a while and commented:
"Aguda, the first generation of the Jin Kingdom, insisted on not wanting to be hostile to the Northern Song Dynasty, and even left a legacy not to start a war with the Northern Song Dynasty. Therefore, the move south started from the second generation. But this generation, All kinds of civil strife began - in just half a generation, they have become corrupted faster than the Mongols."
"We know about the Southern Song Dynasty's policy of 'returning northerners to the north'. In fact, the Jin Kingdom also did 'returning southerners to the south'. Because at that time, in the upper echelons of the Jin Kingdom, the two giants Talan and Nianhan were hostile to each other. Talan was more shrewd and had been He recruited Liu Yu in a planned way. He also contacted people within the Song Dynasty who advocated surrender, and tried to force them to surrender without bloodshed."
"But these achievements aroused dissatisfaction among Nianhan and others. At that time, Nianhan controlled the newly occupied Central Plains area and had the strongest military power. When Song Gaozong wrote to him, he did not dare to call himself emperor, and only dared to sign "Song Kang Wanggou". He He believed that these were all his own merits. As a result, these Song people who came to surrender actually came under Ta Lan's command and strengthened his power."
"So, the Nianhan side simply used the peace treaty to forcefully send back a number of Talan's subordinates, Southern Song Dynasty officials and generals who had surrendered, causing Talan's business to be damaged."
"And Nian Han has a grudge against Qin Hui. Qin Hui originally took refuge with him, but because he was too lazy to find better conditions, he turned against him and joined someone else's family. The relationship between them is so good that...there are rumors that this The two share Qin Hui's wife, the Wang family." Guo Kang organized his speech: "In short, that's it."
"Nianhan hated Qin Hui for this. Unfortunately, their faction lost power within a few years. Nianhan himself died of anger, and most of his close associates were killed. Otherwise, based on the virtue of these people, Qin Hui would have been killed sooner or later. "
"It seems like it's really hard to tell the two sides..." Zhu Wenkui shook his head.
""Han Feizi" said, 'Two Yao cannot be kings of each other, and two Jies cannot destroy each other.'" Guo Kang said: "If the two regimes are about the same size and have fundamental conflicts with each other, they can only coexist and cannot be eliminated. As for the other party, it can only be said that their level is about the same."
"The Jin Kingdom was militarily stronger than the Southern Song Dynasty, but there was no qualitative change. After the fall of Nianhan, the Talan faction also lost their enterprising spirit. They formed path dependence, and in order to keep the theme of peace talks unshakable, they controlled the government. , and even promised to cede the land of Henan and Shaanxi to the Southern Song Dynasty behind the back of the emperor and the court."
"This behavior aroused great resentment within the Jin Kingdom. In the end, Wu Shu launched a coup, killed Ta Lan and others, and purged these 'peace negotiators'."
"However, although it seems that the policy change has made Daikin energetic again, it is their turn and they can't do it. The biggest reputation of these main war factions is that they cooperated with Yue Fei and others to fight a series of well-known Battle..."
"After that, the Jin Kingdom struggled a few times and finally lost momentum. The imperial court was content to enjoy the prosperity of Bianliang, and fell into a long-term state of turmoil with the Southern Song Dynasty. I feel that the two of them can't kill each other." typical."
"So, the Jin Kingdom in the middle and late period is not even a matter of Sinicization - it is a 'Song-hua' country." Guo Kang spread his hands: "If we look closely at its cultural attributes, this is it..."
(End of chapter)
