Han Khan

Chapter 36: The Reason for Establishing the Hundred Household System

After a busy day, Zhang Sheng dragged his tired body back to the big tent. He waved his hand gently, signaling the guards around him to retreat, and then sat upright on the snow leopard skin rug in the center of the tent.

The big tent was brightly lit, with Zhang Zhongxian, Zhang Jinda, Zhang Xibao, Yin Shanxiong, Koza, Boniek, and several former centurions sitting on their knees on both sides. There was also a person who had always had a low sense of presence - cousin Li Shaozong.

Tea, meat and dried fruits were placed in front of everyone. They enjoyed the food while chatting casually.

Zhang Zhongxian looked at Zhang Sheng and summoned up the courage to ask him: "Your Highness is under the protection of His Majesty Haotian, and you are not an ordinary person. However, the Han population in the tribe is declining, while the Hu people are increasing... Just like the Tibetan rebellion yesterday, what if there is a bigger rebellion in the future!"

"The sage once said that there is no distinction between people in education. Anyone who can be educated and enlightened, no matter who he is, can become our people and become a Jin Han citizen.

Those who are stubborn, cannot be educated, and refuse to convert to Heavenly God and the Holy Religion are the heretics that His Majesty will punish.

They are my enemies, they are Jin Han’s enemies, so we Jin Han people and the holy believers will use our swords and guns to bring them down on these barbarians!” Zhang Sheng said.

Several people were listening to the conversation between the lord and the chief priest Zhang Zhongxian, and their blood was boiling after hearing the answers.

Zhang Zhongxian's expression changed and he continued to ask: "Using force to subdue the Hu people can indeed alleviate the difficulties of our Jinhan tribe. However, over time, I am afraid that the Jinhan tribe will become the Hu people with a heavy smell of fishy smell."

This is the arrogance of Zhang Zhongxian and other Tang people. Arrogance limited their vision and was not far-sighted enough.

There were few Tang people in Hexi, but many Hu people. After Zhang Sheng and others left Dunhuang and established a tribe named Jin Han, the Tang people themselves became even rarer.

Such a situation will definitely lead to a continuous increase in the number of Hu people in the Jinhan tribe, and in comparison, the number of Tang people will be less than that of the Hu people.

But if the Jinhan tribe is to be strengthened without the help of the Hu people, does it mean that they must absolutely confront them? If so, the Tang people in the tribe will eventually be overwhelmed by the Hu people and eventually disappear.

What makes Zhang Sheng better than Zhang Zhongxian is that he understands the general trend of history.

After the Hu people grew stronger through plunder and annexation wars, they occupied various grasslands and gradually moved south. Then they migrated in waves to Hexi, the Western Regions, and the West.

Now that the Jin-Han tribe has left Dunhuang and has no place to stand, can they return to the East with only six or seven thousand Han people? Can they rebuild their country in this bloody land? Can they resist the Huization?
The Jinhan tribe is weak, and now is the time when it needs fresh blood to join.

It is better to actively guide the Hu people to integrate into the Jin and Han and assimilate them than to be forced to assimilate by the Hu people through force, right?

Zhang Sheng laughed and said, "If we don't do this, can the Tang people survive? Can the Jinhan tribe avoid being assimilated into the barbarians?

In that distant era, after the monarch of Great Xia was overthrown by the monarch of the Eastern Shang, Emperor Tang, and Emperor Jie of Xia were defeated and exiled.

In order to avoid punishment from Shang Tang, Jie's son Chunwei led his people north and began to live a nomadic life on the grassland, establishing a mobile country. They were undoubtedly "descendants of the Xia Dynasty", authentic children of the Xia Dynasty, and brothers of the Han family.

Even Sima Qian once said that the Huns were descendants of the Xia Dynasty and descendants of Yan and Huang. Although they were not as outstanding as the Han and Tang people, they were also the people of Haotian and the hometown people of Kuafu who chased the sun. Their descendants are also our hometown people.

They simply forgot the teachings of His Majesty Haotian, and we, the Jinhan people, will pull them back into the arms of God Haotian.

No matter whether their ancestors were Huangdi or Yandi, they are still the descendants of the Xia people.

From ancient times to the present, the saints have never regarded them as outsiders. In the eyes of Haotian and the saints, the struggle between the Huns and their descendants and the descendants of the Xia people can only be regarded as a feud between brothers in the family.

The ancestors of the Xianbei, Rouran, and Turks all separated from the Xiongnu, so they are also brothers and sisters of the Han family and the people of the Lord Haotian on earth.

Even after their decline, they were still able to go to the West, defeat so many barbarians, and occupy the rich grasslands and lands.

As the most outstanding believers chosen by the Lord of Heaven, and as the most outstanding descendants of Yan and Huang, can't the Jin Han people rebuild their faith and their country? "

Zhang Zhongxian was originally a great scholar who was proficient in Confucian classics and Buddhist thoughts. Because of his superb knowledge and Zhang Sheng's trust in him, he was appointed as the Holy Church Cardinal Priest of the Jinhan Department.

He followed Zhang Sheng's orders and led the Jinhan believers who converted to the Holy Religion to pray to the God of Heaven, bringing the sacred teachings bestowed by the God of Heaven to many non-believers and disbelievers.

He saw that the Hu people in the desert grasslands were growing stronger and stronger, while the Central Plains was in constant chaos and gradually declining.

He doubted the teachings of the sages he had learned, as if the teachings and theories of the sages could not save the fragmented Chinese nation.

He became the cardinal priest to assist the emperor who was inspired by the Lord of Heaven. Therefore, he attached great importance to the beliefs and traditional customs of the Jinhan people today, and led other priests to establish the value and core concept of the existence of the Jinhan tribe together with the emperor - the Jinhan people are the most outstanding people chosen by the Lord of Heaven.

Now, after hearing what his lord said and knowing the mission of the Jinhan Holy Church and the priests, he was extremely shocked and unfamiliar with everything in front of him, because no matter how much knowledge and ideas he understood, he had always been just a scholar, not a charlatan.

But when he really tried to do his duty seriously and devoutly, he found that what he did was to teach and educate people. The only difference was that the books he taught were the doctrines bestowed by the God of Heaven to mankind, and what he educated were more people who believed in and converted to the God of Heaven.

Before he could think more deeply, he heard Zhang Sheng say:
"Will the now isolated Jin Han people become barbarians or lewd people? Isn't this the responsibility of the priests of the Holy Church?
The saints once said that when the barbarians are educated, they will be called the people of the Xia Dynasty. So isn't it the priest's job to lead the barbarians to convert to the holy religion and God, let them recite the truth of God and the saints at all times, and let them learn to write sacred texts and elegant language?
In the pre-Qin period, the Zhou emperor enfeoffed his relatives, sons and meritorious officials, led his guards to conquer the barbarians, established princes' territories, implemented the system of Xia monarchs and Yi people, ruled the barbarians, and led the barbarians to naturalize the Xia people and convert to the God of Heaven, thus greatly expanding our Xia people. Is this wrong?
Also, the Qin State annexed the Qiang people, and weren’t those Qiang people the Qin people?
And now, I will lead you, following the will of His Majesty Haotian, to educate the Hu people and the barbarians, establish a country, and re-establish the system of Xia Jun and Yi people, so that the Hu people and the barbarians can convert to Haotian, and the descendants of Chunwei can return to the embrace of God Haotian.

My purpose is to establish a mission of faith for the people of Haotian, to convey the righteous will of Haotian God and to promote the teachings of the saints.

To spread the sacred teachings of God and the thoughts of saints, and to build a land for future generations to live and depend on, this is the mission given by the Lord of Heaven." Zhang Sheng told the story, and everyone listened with great interest.

Zhang Zhongxian was startled, muttering to himself: "Establish a mind for heaven and earth, establish a destiny for the people, inherit the lost knowledge of the ancient sages, and create peace for all generations... If the barbarians advance into China, then they belong to China; if the barbarians advance into the Jin and Han dynasties, then they belong to the Jin and Han dynasties..."

Zhang Geng smiled secretly in his heart, this is the advantage of being a time traveler.

Just picking up some random words on the Internet can become valuable advice in this era.

After a moment, Zhang Zhongxian knelt down and bowed to Zhang Geng, saying: "Well done, Son of Heaven, well done, messenger of the Lord of Heaven, may your wisdom convert all people!"

"The rapid increase in the number of Hu people has become an inevitable trend. I know very well that rebellion will happen sooner or later, so you must be careful.

Even priests have to carry swords at all times to protect their own safety. To convert the barbarians and barbarians, they need not only the will of God and scriptures, but also swords. "Zhang Sheng said.

“Therefore, the most important thing at present is to conquer, absorb and integrate more people to join Jinhan, strengthen Jinhan’s strength, and at the same time increase Jinhan’s food and livestock reserves.

This is the top priority and the most urgent thing we must do with all our strength.

Tell all the captains that in the future, if there are any Hu people among the captains who are difficult to control and prone to rebellion, they will be difficult to control and prone to rebellion.

Just cut off his fingers so that he can't hold a sword or a bow, and demote him to a slave and never release or promote him. This way, it won't be a waste of manpower."

"Your Majesty, I obey your order!" Secretary Zhang Jinda responded.

Then the four of them heard Zhang Sheng's question again.

"Then, do you know why I want to break up my troops and reorganize them into hundreds of households?" Zhang Sheng looked up and asked.

"I don't know!" everyone answered in unison.

Zhang Sheng smiled when he heard this and said, "I'll tell you.

We are all people who have lived in Dunhuang, Guazhou and Shazhou for generations. After we withdrew from the Guiyi Army, we lost our land.

Our Han people's traditional, settled, top-down neighborhood, village, and bureaucratic governance system and traditions have collapsed in the Jinhan tribe.

Today, everything seems to have returned to the Three Dynasties period of our Han ancestors, a society with clan slavery system.

What is the difference between the present-day Jinhan tribe and those nomadic tribes on the grassland? It seems that we are about to degenerate into barbarians.

The regimes of nomadic tribes and clans are often based on clans.

The so-called clan system is that many families lead their own tribes to form a tribe, respect the leader of the most powerful family, assist this leader in managing the tribesmen, obey his orders, live together, work together, fight together, and own property together.

However, in this tribe composed of various families, the subordinate families and clans all have considerable independence and command their own troops.

The leader must also rely on these subordinate family heads to manage the entire tribe. These subordinate clan leaders will choose to obey or betray the biggest leader for their own interests.

Think carefully, is Jin Han the same now?" Zhang Sheng sat cross-legged, tilted his head slightly, and asked everyone.

(End of this chapter)