"Ah, what a familiar plot." Zhu Wenkui said with emotion.
"So I finally recognized my great-grandmother." Guo Kang explained: "This is actually a very common way. You see, from Brother Tian to Hou Ji, everyone uses this term."
"This makes sense." Zhu Wenkui agreed: "So the concept of blood relationship may not be meaningful in the early stages of civilization."
"But every ethnic group has developed in this way from the early days. The origin cannot be clearly explained, and it is really unreasonable to want to distinguish them by blood."
"Can the identity of this servant be verified?" asked little Jeanne.
"Where can you verify the identity of a nomad from hundreds of years ago?" Guo Kang shook his head: "I can't tell whether he is a herdsman from the Boyawu tribe, someone captured by them, or someone who was on the run in the first place. Ma'alihei may be the changed pronunciation of Boyawutai, and the two names may mean the same thing, which is 'a man of the Boyawu tribe.' We only know so much about his life experience."
"Moreover, even if it is confirmed that he is a member of Boya Wu's tribe, it is hard to say who his ancestors are. The grassland tribes are very mobile, and people often leave the tribe or join other tribes."
"During the Tang Dynasty, the Daning area was where King Xi's tent was located. Later, the Xi people moved away from here with their close relatives, the Khitans, and the free space was occupied by the Boyawu tribe. So these tribesmen may have come from the forests of the northeast. They may be Shiwei herdsmen, the Xi people or Khitan people who stayed behind, or even the Central Plains people who went north."
"So complicated..." Little Jeanne could no longer keep up with these terms.
"I suggest starting to read the history of the Tang Dynasty. If you read earlier, you can put it aside for the time being." Guo Kang introduced his reading experience: "Because as long as you start from the Tang Dynasty and sort back bit by bit, then most of Asia and Europe Mainland China can be covered.”
"The Khitans were the auxiliary army that the Tang Dynasty placed in the Northeast. And unlike other tribes, they were not the kind who submitted the entire tribe to the Tang Dynasty through imperial edicts or conquests. These people originally had only a loose alliance and a unified tribe. It doesn’t even count. It was the Tang Dynasty who personally organized it for them."
"It can be said that the entire Khitan group was shaped by the Tang Dynasty. So from the beginning, the Khitan and the Xi people had a close relationship with the Tang Dynasty."
"However, during the Wu Zetian era, the imperial court used a series of magical operations to push the Khitans into rebellion, which was called the 'Yingzhou Rebellion.' In this war, the Khitans' combat effectiveness was outrageous, and for the same reason - they were originally Tang It is quite easy to defeat Wu Zetian's rogue auxiliary army with the regular auxiliary army that he has made out of his own hands."
"After the Yingzhou Rebellion, the Central Plains Dynasty's rule over Northeast China and Korea finally collapsed, and it has not been able to recover until now. However, Xuanzong made some efforts to set up the Pinglu Army in the hometown of Yingzhou and recruit the Khitan and Xi people again. "
"During this period, the Tang Dynasty's influence on the local area was still higher than that of other tribes. Although the various Jisu prefectures in Youzhou and Yingzhou are named Jisu, they actually belong to the 'Youban Jisuzhou', which means tribute edition , all submitted to the Ministry of Household Registration for registration.”
"Oh, it turns out they also have household registration." Zhu Wenkui suddenly realized.
"Yes, these tribes not only obeyed the Tang Dynasty in name. In other places, the Protectorate may call for people, and the tribal leaders would bring troops according to the situation-the relationship is similar to that of vassals and princes in Europe." Guo Kang An analogy said: "But in their Jisi Prefecture, there are also permanent troops sent by the Tang Dynasty central government. Because in wartime, it is necessary to quickly use the central army as the backbone and integrate tribal soldiers into the army to form a unified command unit to improve combat operations. Efficiency. There are many such examples in the Tang Dynasty's operations in the northeast."
"In addition, not only military management, the two parties also have administrative jurisdiction. Their superior is Hebei Province, and there will obviously be administrative contacts."
"No wonder they always seem so confident, and they always feel like they don't regard themselves as outsiders." Zhu Wenkui said with emotion: "It turns out that they also have hukou..."
"It's not just household registration." Guo Kang said: "After the Anshi Rebellion broke out, Anlushan coerced the local Hu people to participate in the rebellion. However, because Anlushan removed a large number of his close associates, the Pinglu Army was empty. Some officers loyal to the Tang Dynasty took advantage of This opportunity works anyway. A large number of Khitan and Xi people who were unwilling to surrender to Anlu Mountain also gathered in Yingzhou to confront the rebels."
"But the Tang Dynasty was defeated again and again, and these people were unable to support it in the end. In the end, Shi Siming captured Yingzhou, and the Pinglu army had no choice but to cross the sea and flee southward, settling down in Shandong."
"These Pinglu Army loyalists did not go back later, but stayed there and established the town of Ziqing. The Jizhou Prefecture that followed them withdrew was also temporarily placed in the Central Plains by the court. There were many vassal tribes before and after them, and they fled south to seek refuge. The Tang Dynasty. Ten states were settled in Henan alone, accounting for a small half of the total establishment. After the rebellion was put down, they returned one after another."
"So, the people in this area cannot be simple grassland herdsmen. Even if we don't take into account the usual migration and exile, the garrisons, officials, and the movement back and forth in the Central Plains and border areas are enough to cause an influx of tribesmen. There are a lot of people from the Central Plains.”
"This experience is really tortuous." Zhu Wenkui said with emotion.
"Yes, that's why I said that when it comes to bloodline, I'm afraid it's even more unclear." Guo Kang said: "The place where the Boyawu tribe is located has always been the passage between the grassland and the Central Plains. Who is Ma Alihei? …I can only say that it is possible for everyone.”
In his time, Iranian scholars examined the tomb of Ghazan Khan (Ghazan Khan began to believe in Tianfang religion and there is a clear tomb) and found that judging from his paternal genes, he was probably a Central Plains man.
This kind of ancient sample is more convincing, and the Persians are not a relevant party. But on the other hand, bloodline changes were actually the norm in ancient palaces, so a single sample may not be able to determine anything.
"We are not in the three generations of ancient times. We have seen too many historical cases." Guo Kang said: "Religion belongs to religion and history belongs to history. There is no need to get too entangled in these. Otherwise, there will be a lot of unexplainable things. It came out of nowhere.”
"Because not only the Mongols, the origins of other people may not match up. For example, the Zhao family's official family, they are actually from the Rongdi people around the Jin Kingdom. They may be the descendants of Guifang, and they are also relatives like Yiqu - they It may be the last traditional Rongdi still in power. And the Yelv family of Liao Kingdom comes from the Zhou Dynasty. How should this situation be calculated?"
"Is it true? Why haven't I heard of it?" Zhu Wenkui said in surprise.
"Because it's not important in the first place." Guo Kang spread his hands: "What the emperor looks at is not blood, but who can comply with God's will and possess virtue. Otherwise, we would still be in the Xia Dynasty until now."
"That's true..." Zhu Wenkui nodded.
(End of chapter)
