Spoiling History: Starting from the Three Kingdoms

[An important measure related to clans in the early Tang Dynasty was the promulgation of the Chronicles of the Clan.

From the end of the Wei and Jin Dynasties to the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic families were cut into pieces by strong soldiers and horses. On this basis, the aristocratic families gradually transformed into gentry surnames, and on this basis four interest groups were formed.

After the Yongjia Rebellion, the nobles who traveled south still used their Central Plains names to call themselves overseas surnames. Among them, the more famous ones are Langya Wang, Chenjun Xie, Lanling Xiao, etc.

As for the local surnames in the south, we are relatively familiar with them. The fourth surname of Wu, Zhu Zhang and Gu Lu, who fell in love with and killed Brother Shiwan, also flourished at this time.

The people from Jiangdong looked down upon the overseas Chinese from Nandu, calling them Huang Gan and Gan Fu, and ridiculed them as savages who should be ridiculed by the world.

But in the end, the two sides still had a common language in terms of interests, and both sides were collectively referred to as the Jiangzuo gentry.

The two parties spent about 240 years of honeymoon. During the Southern Liang Dynasty, Hou Jing once proposed to marry King Langya and Chen Junxie, but Hou Jing was humiliated because of his identity as a Jie tribe, and they became enemies.

Later, after Hou Jing went south to capture Jinling, he killed the wealthy nobles like dogs. After the Western Wei Kingdom captured Jiangling in the late Nanliang Dynasty, he captured the remaining noble nobles like pigs and took them to Guanzhong.

The Jiangzuo gentry existed in name only.

In the north, after the talented and ambitious Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty implemented the Sinicization policy, he made Henan County, Luoyang, Kyoto, the county commander. The Xianbei nobles also changed into a noble clan with Han surnames, and were called Daibei noble clan.

Among them, the prominent surnames include Changsun, Yuwen, Yuan, Dou and Yuan.

In addition, the ancestors of the Yuan family in China were Qiang people. During the Northern Wei Dynasty, they defected to Tuoba Tao, Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Tuoba Tao accepted this Qiang people and issued an order saying, You and I have the same origin, but we have different surnames due to circumstances. Congratulations on the name.

Four hundred years later, the Japanese treasury was empty. Faced with the fifty children he could not afford, Emperor Saga demoted 32 princes and princesses from imperial status to ministerial status. The surnames were copied from Tuoba Tao and given the surname Minamoto. , so the Japanese Genji has nothing to do with the Chinese Genji, and it is four hundred years later in history.

Forty years after Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty Taihe was restructured, the powerful minister Erzhu Rongxiao referred to history and launched the Heyin Revolution, massacring the Northern Wei royal family and the Daibei gentry.

The Daibei gentry fell into despair.

The other two are the Guanzhong gentry and the Shandong gentry, both of which are relatively simple.

During the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, the six surnames of Yang and Du in Guanzhong merged with the Hedong aristocratic clan to form the Guanzhong gentry clan. In the Northern Wei Dynasty, it further transformed into the Guanlong Jungui Group, where both Yang Sui and Li Tang were born.

It is natural for imperial power to suppress local power, so conflicts between the two parties became apparent during the Sui Dynasty. By the early Tang Dynasty, the Guanlong Group had relied on imperial power and transformed into Guanlong Xungui.

From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the Shandong gentry maintained the tradition of preaching classics and emphasizing Confucianism. As a representative, the Five Surnames and Qiwang survived the chaos and prospered more and more because of the stable environment of the Tang Dynasty.

Erfeng's suppression of the Shandong gentry can be seen in the Chronicles of the Clan. Erfeng criticized it by name when it was completed in the twelfth year of Zhenguan:

The Shandong gentry all made their fortune by selling their daughters, and you are praising them like this. Can you be a little ambitious?

Some people are confused about this, saying that Erfeng is so vain, what's the use of this? He was also jealous that Bolingcui was ranked in the first rank, and the secret operation was demoted to the third rank.

Is it because he has a grudge for not being able to marry his daughter? And can this ranking affect the success of being an official?

But you are right, Clan Chronicle can really influence officials. 】

Light Screen made it clear, but Zhang Fei also knew very clearly about such things.

I saw him clasping his fingers and saying:

Then Sima Yi used dirty tricks to kill the old Cao family, and a group of aristocratic families got together and became Jin, right?

As a result, during troubled times again, the aristocratic families were divided into four groups.

The one in the south was killed by Hou Jing, and the one in the north was killed by Er Zhurong.

In the end, the ones from the east and the ones from the west fought together for the entire Tang Dynasty, and were finally taken care of by Huang Chao and Zhu Wen?

Kong Ming was shocked:

Although what you said is a bit vulgar, Yide, but...

But it's quite right, right? Zhang Fei was smug.

Kong Ming nodded in admiration. He looked foolish, but in fact he had great wisdom. He should be talking about Ru Yide.

Then he looked at the Jiangzuo nobles again and again, and finally shook his head:

It seems that the four Jiangdong surnames finally sold the Sun family for a good price.

From what Guangmu said before, we only know that Jiangdong eventually died due to chaos, but no one knows where the chaos started.

However, a hundred years have passed and the four surnames have not seen the Sun family for a long time. If you think about coming to Jiangdong and returning to Jin Dynasty, you must have done something dirty.

Pang Tong had no nostalgia for Jiangdong, but was a little sad:

Jiang Biao's plan to swallow up the world ended up being a plan of private households with four surnames.

Cao's army was wiped out while talking and laughing at Chibi. A hundred years of storms passed by, and Hou Jingzhi was in chaos in the east of the Yangtze River.

Kong Ming patted Pang Tong gently to comfort him, while Pang Tong smiled and showed no concern.

Liu Bei, who was at the head, frowned when he looked at the origin of the Genji of the Japanese country:

This Japanese country across the sea can actually know the stories of our Han Dynasty four hundred years ago.

You admire the Central Plains so much, why don't you know anything about etiquette and justice, and are just evil followers with bull heads and horse faces?

Zhang Song said in a sharp voice:

My lord, this country is learning etiquette but not knowing justice. It's nothing more than a monkey wearing a crown with only appearance!

He must be admiring the greatness of China, so he feels ashamed of himself.

Of course! We can see his ambition from the arbitrary title he gave to himself! In the past, he admired the strength of China and could kneel to the ground, but in the future, China will be in chaos and he will have the desire to rebel!

Isn't this behavior just like that of Sima Yi?!

Ah... Liu Bei was silent for a moment. He shouldn't be comparing him to Sima Yi, right?

After all, Sima Yi is only in his thirties and Cao Cao is still alive, so he should not have any disobedience.

If he knew what the Japanese slaves were doing, they would definitely curse him.

But from the bottom of his heart, Liu Bei felt that Zhang Song was probably right.

Pang Tong sneered: It's like feeding a falcon with meat. When hungry, it is used, but when full, it is eaten away.

Zhang Fei scratched his head and wondered:

They behave like animals, and they don't have Buddhism like India.

There shouldn't be those kind of Japanese people in the future, right?

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What's good at the top must be good at the bottom.

Li Shimin slowly repeated this sentence, thoughtfully.

Wei Zheng gave Li Shimin some thoughtful advice:

The things below should be done according to their actions. Therefore, the likes and dislikes of the superiors should not be taken carelessly. This is the example of the people.

Li Shimin squinted with disgust: It's not like I haven't read the Book of Rites!

How can you admonish someone at every opportunity?

His thoughts just drifted a little too far for a moment. From the emperor's point of view, Buddhism and Taoism are just means. Who believes in that stuff?

Xiao Yan believed in Buddhism, and he didn't know whether he had prayed or not in the next life. It was true that he became a joke for future generations.

However, if the superiors control their strategies and the inferiors seek their results, if they do what they want, their words and deeds will be effective.

It seems that whether it is Buddha or Taoism, this imperial power must stay away from it, so as not to be used to bluff and deceive without knowing it.

As the Book of Rites says, those who are superior are the examples for the people.

However... Li Shimin's eyes froze again when he saw the text at the end:

The battle between the mighty powers of Guanzhong and Guandong? Is it that exaggerated?

Regarding the idea that the light curtain divided the noble clans from Wei, Jin to early Tang Dynasty into four families, Zhenguan ministers were also very surprised. They lowered their heads and thought for a moment before looking at each other, secretly judging in their hearts which group the other party belonged to?

Fang Xuanling didn't care that much, he just had one thought:

Isn't this ready-made material for writing Book of Jin?

Li Shimin couldn't sit still:

I was said to be petty before, but here you are slandering me for having a false reputation!

However, there was not much anger in his words.

Although these two words were not good words, he could hear the tone of light curtain when he said them.

This future generation does not treat him as a superior emperor, but talks about his great achievements, his life, and his merits and demerits with a level-headed attitude.

It is like chatting with someone about an elder of one's own, describing his merits without covering up his faults, and declaring his virtues while talking about his shortcomings.

This attitude actually made him feel a little more comfortable, so he smiled and said to his left and right:

Sometimes I really want to catch this junior from the light curtain and beat him up a few times.

Changsun Wuji also smiled and said:

Isn't it just everyone who thinks this way?

If there hadn't been a thousand years apart, I would still like to sit with him, talk, drink, and hear about the prosperity of future generations.

I feel so happy just thinking about it.

[First of all, we must correct the first misunderstanding: the five surnames and Qiwang of the Shandong gentry in the early Tang Dynasty were not the later forbidden marriage families.

The five surnames and Qiwang are Longxi Li, Zhaojun Li, Boling Cui, Qinghe Cui, Fan Yanglu, Xingyang Zheng, and Taiyuan Wang.

Among them, the Li family and the Cui family each have two surnames, and they have five surnames in total, so they are called Five Surnames and Seven Wangs. This shows how strong the Cui family is.

In the early days, the five surnames Qiwang were also very willing to marry the royal family, and they even had a flattering attitude. After all, Erfeng's sword was too fast at this time.

Before the year of Zhenguan, Cui You of Qinghe sent a daughter to the palace. Erfeng made her a talent in a hasty manner, but did not pay much attention to it. This Cui talent did not leave any more records.

About the eighth year of Zhenguan, there was a folk rumor at that time that Zheng Younu of Xingyang had a beautiful appearance. Queen Changsun sent people to look for her and asked Erfeng to confer her as Chongyuan. Erfeng quickly issued an edict.

Chongyuan was the last of the nine concubines. There were four wives and a queen above her, and the harem was the thirteenth. It can only be said that the starting point was okay, but it was not taken very seriously.

But at this time, Wei Zheng stood up and said that he had heard that the Zheng family had received a betrothal gift from the Lu family, Lu Shuang, and that the marriage contract had been concluded, but they had not yet married, and asked Erfeng to cancel the edict.

In the end, Lu Shuang came to Chang'an to plead guilty, saying that the wealth given to the Zheng family by the Lu family was just a red envelope, and the betrothal gifts and engagements were all false.

But the princes and nobles at the time ignored him, because the incident spread into a debate about the emperor's rituals and music. In the end, Li Shimin canceled the edict and ordered Zheng to marry Lu Shuang.

From these two incidents, it can be seen that the so-called Qiwang of the Five Surnames at that time was almost standing like a minion in front of Erfeng.

The main reason why the impression left to us in later generations is that gentry members of a noble family looked down upon Li and Tang and were unwilling to marry was because Erfeng was too powerful.

Before the Song Dynasty, the logic of the power struggle of the aristocratic class was the struggle between imperial power and the common surname. In the early Tang Dynasty, if the gentry and the common surname were weak, then the imperial power would be strong.

The result of the strong imperial power was that most of the princesses in the Tang Dynasty had a reputation for acting unscrupulously. For aristocratic families, marrying a princess was equivalent to bringing the imperial power into the family to fight, so naturally they were unwilling to do so.

Princess Pingyang, who acted toughly, led troops and horses to guard Weize Pass in Shanxi when she conquered the world. Therefore, this pass was later nicknamed Niangzi Pass.

She acted absurdly like Princess Yongjia, who married Dou Fengjie, but soon had an affair with her nephew Yang Yuzhi. Yes, Yang Yuzhi's mother, Princess Changguang, was Princess Yongjia's biological sister.

Later, Princess Changguang died young, and the two remained inseparable during the mourning period.

However, Dou Fengjie was a military general in the early Tang Dynasty and had great martial virtue. Later, after catching the bag, he killed Yang Yuzhi with five punishments and reconciled with the princess.

Even more powerful is Princess Taiping, who blatantly kept a male favorite in her house, and later even controlled the government and seized the throne in a coup, but she failed and was executed.

Later ones such as Li Guoer, Princess Yuzhen, Princess Shengping, Princess Xianmu, etc. will be mentioned later when I have the opportunity.

And the topic returned to the Zheng family in Xingyang. When Empress Changsun acted like this, we descendants all guessed that she must have arranged her funeral in advance.

After all, he died just two years after this incident, so he probably had some speculation about his health.

After the death of Queen Changsun, Wei Guiren wanted to imitate Queen Changsun and fill Li Shimin's harem with beauties.

Then Wu Cairen entered the palace because of this, but this is another matter. 】

There will be more tonight. I will try to write more today to express my gratitude to my grandpas for their love.