Han Khan
Chapter 38, Broken World
Chapter 38, Broken World
Zhang Sheng looked at the crowd, his heart full of pride. These people would be the pillars of the Jinhan tribe, not illiterate and ignorant people.
Only these knowledgeable people can complete the faith in the Holy Religion and the God of Heaven.
So he continued:
“I hope that Your Excellency the Cardinal Archbishop and all the holy warriors will announce to all the people in the tribe that they are no longer barbarians, but that they are the same as us, all created by God, and we are all descendants of Yan and Huang, and the descendants of the Xia people.
It’s just that we were separated before, and they forgot the true faith. Now it’s time to return to the embrace of God of Heaven, convert to and believe in the sacred teachings of God of Heaven and the teachings of the saints. ”
Everyone in the tent obeyed the order.
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After the Xiongnu defeated the Wuhuan and the Yuezhi and unified the grasslands, they declined along with the decline of the Han Dynasty.
Afterwards, the Xianbei among the Wuhuan occupied the grassland. After the Xianbei moved to the Central Plains, they established various Xianbei states.
The large number of Xiongnu and Xianbei tribes that remained on the grassland became subordinate to the newly rising Rouran.
However, the Turks who had forged iron for the Rouran were unwilling to be enslaved, so they fought back and established the Turkic Khanate, creating a grassland empire stretching from the Great Xianbei Mountains in the east to the Black Sea in the west.
Later, with the division of the Turks, both the eastern and western parts were overthrown by the vassal tribes under their rule, and thus the Uighurs and the Turgesh emerged.
Then, the hegemony of the Uighurs was overthrown by the alliance of the Kyrgyz from the Cam River and the Uighur vassal tribes in the desert.
The Turgesh's hegemony over the Seven Rivers region was divided due to internal struggles between the Yellow and Black clans. The Seven Rivers region was then occupied by the Qarluk people who migrated westward from the desert, and they joined forces with the remnants of the Uighurs who also migrated westward to establish the Karakhanid Khanate.
In addition, a large number of tribes that failed in battles followed the example of their predecessors such as the Xiongnu, Rouran and Turks and migrated westward to the central Eurasian steppes, where people were easier to conquer and rule.
For a long time, the powerful nomadic empires on the grasslands used the tribal system to rule and manage the vast grasslands.
However, the defects of the tribal system are very obvious, that is, it is too loose and lacks sufficient centripetal force and sense of identity.
If the Khan's tribe's interests are inconsistent with those of other tribes, the grassland will fall into complete chaos. When foreign enemies attack, many dissatisfied tribes will even become guides to the enemy.
The reason why Huo Qubing and Li Jing were able to march straight into the heartland of the Xiongnu and Turks was certainly because of the division and civil strife in the grassland, but the role of the guide should not be underestimated.
Today, in the Western Regions and the grasslands north and south of the desert, there are clans and tribes organized based on blood ties. Such tribes are spread all over the Eurasian steppes and are numerous.
These tribes were led by the wealthiest people in the tribe and the strongest people in the noble clans, and then they increased their population through frequent plundering and annexation.
However, since these clans were established based on the personal strength of their leaders, they are easily subject to rise and fall with the ups and downs of the leaders' personal strength and do not have long-term stability.
Today's grassland is just like the Central Plains, without a unified force. It is a divided and scattered world. For nearly half a hundred years, there has not been a Khan with the title. Each tribe acts on its own, and no tribe can unify the tribes on the grassland.
They were united because of the unification of the Central Plains, and they were divided because of the division of the Central Plains.
Zhang Sheng didn't want to establish such a country. Otherwise, even if Jin Han became strong enough to conquer many tribes in the future, Zhang Sheng could only become the leader of a tribal alliance.
If he died, although the Jinhan tribe would be inherited by his descendants, the alliance formed by the Jinhan tribe through conquest would be broken. At that time, each tribe would force their descendants to re-elect the Khan, and their descendants might be inferior to others, or directly break away from the Jinhan alliance and become independent.
This is what he doesn't want to see. He is a descendant of the Han people, he possesses a wonderful soul and insight, and he has a choice.
In order to change this situation, Zhang Sheng, the leader of the Jinhan tribe, decided to break the previous practices of those grassland tribes.
After much thought, he imitated and referred to the idea of the proud son of heaven, the great Archer of the Condor Heroes, who had not yet appeared.
He established a system of one hundred households for the Jinhan tribe, organizing the army and the people into groups of ten or one hundred households, and appointed 30 centurions based on their talents and loyalty to him, rather than their bloodline.
The purpose is to build a unified, stable, new group and collective.
This is completely different from the nobility in the past tribal alliance era. Through the new organizational form of the hundred-household system, he will destroy the foundation of the old clan system.
This made him, Zhang Sheng, the core of Jin Han, and the only core of the military, politics and religion.
The best people were placed in the most important positions. If someone was incompetent or did not obey his orders, Zhang Sheng could remove him from his position and punish him at any time. Just as the land of the Xia civilization gave birth to Qin Shi Huang, the centralization of power would never stop.
Can't such a country be established on the grassland?
Yes, the 100-household system can be expanded to the 1,000-household system as the population grows in the future. This is his preparation for establishing a centralized government.
Of course, in the actual reorganization process, some hundred households will definitely be short of population, but it doesn’t matter, as they can be reorganized later through captured prisoners and plunder.
Therefore, all the Han people, Uighurs, Kyrgyz, Sai people, Tibetans, Qiang people, etc. in the Jin Han tribe will become Jin Han people. This is necessary and beyond doubt.
Of course, this process is definitely not smooth, especially the newly conquered Hu people from the Jinhan tribe will definitely resist again.
Because the Han military generals and intellectual elites who followed him in migration became his right-hand men and women, possessing the power of force and the right to interpret religion.
As fellow Han people, they are actually treated very well in the Jin-Han tribe, so Han people generally do not rebel.
What if the Hu people resisted and rebelled? The 100-household system, and the future 1,000-household system, were the general trend of the Jinhan tribe, and no one could stop it. Both military power and religious power originated from Zhang Sheng.
Rebellion and resistance will ultimately become a trial witnessed by all Jinhan people, after which everyone will become a "Jinhan person", whether voluntarily or forced.
Now Zhang Sheng has distributed all his subjects and slaves to 30 centurions. But he has not distributed the 18 centurions and 4 cavalry guards, which are his central army, or the imperial guards.
Moreover, when the tribesmen were assigned, no weapons or armor were distributed. How could the rebels resist him? As the vested interests of the centurion system, would the 30 centurions who had gained power allow them to rebel?
“Except for some of the centurion commanders and captains of the 18 centurions who were appointed by me as centurion heads, who were asked to manage the 30 centurion tribesmen.
In addition, there are 4 personal guards and members of other centurions, all of whom will be led by me personally and serve as Jin Han’s central guards.
Therefore, there is no need to worry about the Hu people rebelling. After all, who would dare to resist fully armed cavalry numbering up to 2,000?
If it really comes to the point where it’s absolutely necessary, the guards can just kill them all! If we need grazing, we’ll capture herders, and if we need farming, we’ll capture farmers…”
"Your Highness is wise!"
Hearing this, everyone echoed
Today, although the Jinhan tribe has a small population and is weak, it will be tightly bound together because of the establishment of the hundred-household system.
The centurion was the bureaucrat who managed the people in his department. What should be done if the centurion disobeyed orders? He would be replaced, beheaded, or even the entire rebellious centurion would be destroyed and reorganized into a new one.
Therefore, the tribal heritage of those conquered people in the Jinhan tribe was shattered by Zhang Sheng and the centurions. Their people were divided into different centurions and managed by different centurions.
Through such means, Zhang Sheng completely controls the present and future of the Jinhan tribe. A new ethnic group will inevitably be born because of the establishment of this system, and he will become the true father of the Jinhan nation.
Moreover, the establishment of the Hundred Households System eliminated the possibility from other forces through institutional design, recruiting guides within Jinhan or directly supporting agents within Jinhan.
Because the original tribes were all broken up and broken into hundreds of households. You can only deal with one or two hundred households at most. It is impossible to buy them off in batches.
Therefore, Zhang Sheng planned to use the system of one hundred households to control all the power of Jin Han in his own hands. His centralization of power was not impossible, but it could not be achieved in one day.
However, when that day comes, a new, stable race that integrates Han and Hu will be born, a race that has the same laws, worships the same gods, and writes the same characters.
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After everyone left, Zhang Sheng slowly put his feet down, then lay flat on his back with his body completely relaxed next to the shabby wooden cabinet. He raised his head slightly, staring at the arc-shaped top of the felt tent.
As if thinking about something.
At this moment, a slight noise was heard, and a graceful woman gently pulled open the curtain of the felt tent.
The woman was wearing a blue, chest-length skirt and had a light and elegant Tang-style makeup on her face, which made her look more elegant and outstanding.
The beautiful Hu woman, who was about 20 years old, asked softly, "My king, may I come in to serve you?" Her voice was soft, gentle and charming, like a spring breeze, instantly breaking Zhang Sheng's state of immersion in thought.
(End of this chapter)
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