mtlumby2d Chapter 538 Liu Can: What's my dad's is mine!
Chapter 538 Liu Can: What's my dad's is mine!
Chapter 538 Liu Can: What's my dad's is mine!
Western Han Dynasty
Liu Che frowned, his face instantly turning grim, then he said coldly, "Is this how the Sima family ceded the northern lands of the Central Plains to those barbarians?!"
"Abandoning our ancestral lands and cowering in the south, isn't that just like the weak Song dynasty, clinging to a corner of the country?"
Wei Qing also looked solemn. The Han people had suppressed the Hu people for many years, and now that they had turned the tables and become the masters, he did not believe that the Han people could live peacefully under the rule of the Xiongnu!
Moreover, the Han people viewed the Hu people as barbarians, and in other words, the Hu people viewed the Han people as foreigners. The conflict had a long history, so how could it not erupt one day?
Just as Wei Qing was about to say something, Lin Ke, who was narrating on the other side of the screen, reached a crucial point, so Liu Che suppressed his anger and continued listening.
Liu Che smiled and said: "It's nothing serious. If you've had enough of today, go find their ancestors to vent your anger."
"Then, the Western Jin Dynasty fell. One of the men, carrying the imperial edict of Sima Ye, traveled with great difficulty from Chang'an to Jiangdong. He publicly read out that Emperor Min of Jin had designated Sima Rui as his successor. Thus, in 317 AD, Sima Rui ascended the throne, which is known in history as the Eastern Jin Dynasty."
"However, Sima Ye's treatment was similar to Sima Chi's; he suffered countless humiliations before being killed. This also shows that Liu Cong's tolerance was not high."
"But it doesn't matter, the Han Zhao dynasty will also follow the same path as the Western Jin dynasty: internal strife."
"Because history always repeats itself. For example, Liu Cong killed Liu Yi, the son of the late Emperor Liu Yuan, and then indulged in sensual pleasures in his later years, establishing three empresses, one on the left, one in the center, and one on the right. In short, it was very outrageous."
"And his son Liu Can is even more ruthless. As soon as he ascended the throne, he set his sights on his stepmothers, staying in the inner palace and ignoring state affairs. Well, well, you've mastered the art of stepmother literature!"
Yuan Shao of the Eastern Han Dynasty: Oh wow, isn't this Cao Mengde's hobby?
Boss Cao: So what?!
"However, it's not that I don't understand; although the Xiongnu people have become much Sinicized, these kinds of customs still exist."
"But in the subsequent developments, or rather the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the internal strife and bloodshed of the Western Jin Dynasty were more or less repeated. Everyone involved was ruthless, capable of striking hard even against their own people!"
Wan Chao's people: They're all fighting amongst themselves!
"Therefore, under this trend, the Xiongnu-Han alliance founded by Liu Yuan was bombarded by Liu Can's father-in-law."
"As a result, a shocking change occurred in the Han-Zhao state, and Shi Le seized the opportunity to ascend the throne, declaring himself King of Zhao, which is historically known as Later Zhao."
"Such separatist regimes sprang up like mushrooms after rain during the period of the Five Barbarian Invasions."
"As for the Central Plains, it was once in a thousand years that the Hu people conquered it, and even the emperor was captured or killed. Those who survived, such as Zu Ti who rose at the crowing of the rooster, also led their people to flee south."
Zhu Qizhen, the Great War God of the Ming Dynasty: It doesn't matter, I will take action!
Emperors Huizong and Qinzong: We'll see each other much more often in the future!
"However, although the Eastern Jin Dynasty continued the Western Jin Dynasty, it cannot be said that this had no significant impact, because the reasons for the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were not simple."
"His rise was influenced by powerful clans and aristocratic families, so he, as emperor, and indeed the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty, were constrained by these clans and aristocratic families."
"Therefore, based on this fact, when Zu Ti, full of ambition and shouting the slogan of 'Supporting the Jin Dynasty,' came before Sima Rui, he was utterly disappointed by the cold water he was given!"
"Jiangdong is incapable of launching a northern expedition, and Emperor Sima Rui himself has not even secured his position. What can he offer?"
"However, I still admire Zu Ti's integrity, even though the situation in the north was complex and precarious."
"But driven by his ambition, he insisted on leading his clansmen and the few thousand men given to him by Sima Rui to launch a northern expedition."
"Unfortunately, they were born at the wrong time. The Jiangnan gentry, who were content with their corner of the country, had no intention of launching a northern expedition. Like the story of the Southern Song Dynasty, they eventually fell ill from grief and indignation."