pjbooks Chapter 573, Part 3: The Campaign Against Yan
Chapter 573, Part 3: The Campaign Against Yan
The emperors and ministers of other dynasties, especially those who diligently wrote history books, carried a lot of bitter tears. If the emperor's biographies didn't highlight them so much, how could they emphasize the divine right of kings?
When the people of the Jin Dynasty heard this, they were filled with mixed feelings. One day they would have enough to eat and no fear of death. To put it bluntly, who cares who is in charge at the top!
Unfortunately, in this chaotic world, someone can be emperor today and be deposed tomorrow. Who knows how long he can last!
At most, it will only last a few decades. Alas, as the old saying goes, troubled times produce heroes, but there hasn't been a hero to fulfill our little wishes!
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"On the other hand, governing a country is never something that can be accomplished in a short time; each generation has its own mission, and this was also true for Fu Jian of the Former Qin Dynasty."
"Wang Meng, whom he valued highly, came from a humble background and had once approached Huan Wen, but he believed that the Eastern Jin court was corrupt and could not be stayed, so he went to Fu Jian's side."
Eastern Jin Dynasty: You are corrupt, your whole family is corrupt!
"Later, due to the rampant power of local tyrants in Shiping County, the people were filled with resentment. Wang Meng was sent to govern the area, and his swift and decisive actions successfully incurred the wrath of the local tyrants and Di nobles."
"Immediately afterwards, the emperor and his ministers cooperated and learned from the Han people what it meant to be 'outwardly Confucian but inwardly Legalist.' After making an example of them, a group of noble ministers were forced to remain silent."
"This shows that Wang Meng's methods tended to be harsh; as the saying goes, in chaotic times, severe laws are used. Thus, with the rectification of officialdom and the rule of rites, construction was carried out."
"For example, even in poverty, education should not be neglected. Schools were built extensively, agricultural production was restored, and so on. Compared with other regimes, the social landscape of the Former Qin Dynasty can be said to be ahead of the curve and completely transformed."
"At this time, the situation in the North and South was that the Former Qin, Former Yan and Eastern Jin were the three kingdoms standing side by side. To put it jokingly, apart from the Eastern Jin, the other two had both had the ideal of unification to some extent."
Upon hearing this, the person in front of the screen had a look on their face: "Just as I thought!" They kept muttering to themselves, "They were driven to the south, and all they thought about was living in peace in a corner of the country! It's ridiculous that these barbarians even thought about destroying Jin!"
"The year is 367 AD. Murong Ke, a high-ranking official of the Former Yan, passed away. Before his death, he instructed that he could entrust the great responsibility to Murong Chui, but the court insisted on ignoring this and refusing to act, showing no regard for the overall situation."
"This was noticed by Fu Jian and Wang Meng, and within a month, they immediately decided to attack Yan."
"Therefore, they specially dispatched envoys to the Former Yan under the guise of paying tribute, to probe its strength and weaknesses. The result was hard to say whether these people were bold or too high-profile."
"The defection of Yan officials was so successful that even the emperor knew about it. One side remained silent, while the other went back to report, believing it was a lucrative opportunity."
In the Three Kingdoms period, Zhang Fei sneered, "Where the hell did they find this talent? His thought process is just extraordinary!"
"However, Fu Jian was not the only one who noticed the situation in the Former Yan, but also Huan Wen, the pragmatist of our Eastern Jin Dynasty."
"This campaign against Yan was also his last northern expedition. He had transformed from a young hero into the Grand Marshal, and he was no longer young."
"But some people, even in their seventies, can still collect taxes in large quantities. Huan Wen, who is nearly sixty, is nothing special; he is in the prime of his life to strive!"
"More than ten years have passed, and he is still the same man who [loves the Northern Expedition]. Speaking of the Eastern Jin court, after all these years, haven't any other people had similar thoughts?!"
Eastern Jin Dynasty court: ...Shut up...
Huan, the old man, Wen: (???) Time is a butcher's knife, each cut hastens our aging!