"Knife In the Snow" has begun to be a hit, and as a history buff, I like to dissect the historical background of each story. At first glance, the historical background of "Knife Row in the Snow" is quite chaotic. What a mess? It can be said that it covers the history of the entire feudal era, and the span is quite large.
First, the novel mentions that Zhang Julu, the first assistant of the cabinet, asked Kai Enke for the world's cold soldiers.
Here mentioned the cabinet first assistant, this thing has seen "those things of the Ming Dynasty" or "Daming Dynasty 1566" friends, must be familiar with it, that is not the characteristics of the Ming Dynasty!
Therefore, many people regard Zhang Julu as Zhang Juzheng, the first assistant of the first cabinet of the Ming Dynasty.
But the problem is that Zhang Julu's background is very strange, first of all, he served as the Yellow Gate for 30 years, and in the 2 years after the death of his mentor, he was promoted to 11 levels in a row, and finally became the first assistant to the cabinet.
This is more interesting, the Yellow Gate is an official position that appeared during the Qin and Han Dynasties, also known as the Yellow Gate Attendant, which belonged to the close attendants of the emperor' side.
By the Ming Dynasty, Huangmen Shilang seemed to have been a high-ranking official from Erpin. Zhang Julu had served as a Yellow Door Attendant for 30 years, so how could he be promoted to the 11th level in a row to become the first assistant to the cabinet?
Besides, Zhang Julu asked For the cold soldiers in the world to open Enke, this matter is even more unreliable. The imperial examination is a product of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the Song Dynasty has reached its peak, so why could it appear in the Ming Dynasty?
In addition, the Ming Dynasty was a unified dynasty, and Zhang Julu's era had four-legged situations such as Liyang, Beimang, Beiliang, and Liuzhao, and there was no shadow of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, it can be basically ruled out that the Ming Dynasty is the main historical background of the novel. A cabinet chief assistant cannot resist so many rebuttals.
The Second and Sixth Commandments and the Northern Liang do have their names in history.
First, the Six Commandments.
When it comes to the Six Commandments, many people will first think of the Nanzhao Kingdom in "The Legend of the Paladin Sword". It is also true that the Six Commandments did exist in history, appearing in the Tang Dynasty, mainly distributed near the Erhai Sea in Yunnan.
The Liuzhao are the six major tribes formed by the many ethnic minority tribes near the Erhai Sea after experiencing mutual annexation, and these six tribes are:
The Edict of Mengwei, the Edict of Yue, the Edict of Lang Qiong, the Edict of Qiao Zhao, the Edict of Shi Lang, the Edict of Mengshe.
The names of several other edicts are not important, mainly look at the Mengshe edict. The Mengshe Zhao is located in the southernmost part of the Six Commandments, so it is also called the Nanzhao. The boss of the Mengshe Zhao, Pi Luoge, was a bit fierce, and in the twenty-sixth year of the tang Dynasty, he completed the work of unifying the six edicts, so he was crowned as the king of Yunnan by Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and moved the capital to Taihe City.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the Six Commandments were called nanzhao by later generations. The State of Nanzhao was built in the 26th year of the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of Tang and perished in the second year of Emperor Zhaozong of Tang's reign. It did not cross the reign of the Tang Dynasty at all.
Second, the north is cool.
Beiliang, this historical span is a bit large. In the last year of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings led to the Wuhu Rebellion. Since then, a number of princely states established by ethnic minorities have emerged in the north. This era is known as the Five Hu And Sixteen Kingdoms. In fact, there are more than 16 countries.
Among them, Duan Ye, the founder of Beiliang, used to be Jiankang Taishou who worked for Houliang. Under the tutelage of the Xiongnu people Mengxun and The Depressed Canal Mencheng, they resolutely raised an army and established the Northern Liang regime.
Unfortunately, it was not long before the three-person friend started an infighting, and Mengxun framed the depressed canal man for plotting rebellion, and Duan Ye did not say a word, and slaughtered the depressed canal man. However, Mengxun of the Frustrated Canal took a bite back, believing that Duan Ye had plotted to kill the heroes, so he raised an army to slaughter Duan Ye and inherited the great cause of Northern Liang, and set the capital Guzang.
During his reign, Yuqu Mengxun destroyed Western Liang and became the fiercest military force in the Liangzhou region (that is, the northwest region). After the death of Mengxun of The Depression Canal, his son Mu Qian succeeded to the throne, but was destroyed by the troops led by Emperor Taiwu of Northern Wei, Tuoba Tao, and Northern Liang was destroyed from then on, and the state was 43 years old.
Originally it was the story of the Tang Dynasty, in the blink of an eye, why did you run to the Wei and Jin Dynasties? And at that time, there was no such thing as a scientific examination! It can be seen that the Northern Liang in "The Sword Line in the Snow" is only the same name as the historical Northern Liang, and it is completely another military force entrenched in the northwest.
Third, the departure of the Sun, which emphasizes literature and light weapons, is very close to the Song Dynasty.
There is such a dynasty in history, which can be called the paradise of the literati and the hell of the warriors, which is the Song Dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, the same rank of wenchen was always one rank higher than the military general, and even if he encountered it in a palanquin, the military general had to let the civilians pass first.
Moreover, the command of the Song Dynasty army was always in the hands of the wenchen, and the military generals could only stand on the side. For example, the famous general Di Qing, although he made great military achievements, eventually died in fear under the impeachment of the civil servants.
Coincidentally, the country of the sun in "The Sword in the Snow" is also such a country. Moreover, at that time, the world stood on all four legs, like the Song Dynasty, dali, western Xia, dali four kingdoms.
Among them, the Song Dynasty corresponds to Liyang, Daliao corresponds to Beimang, Western Xia corresponds to Northern Liang, and the Six Commandments correspond to Dali. In terms of geographical location, it actually makes sense.
Daliao was in the north and was close to Beimang. Western Xia is in the northwest, and it is basically similar to Northern Liang. The Liuzhao is located in Yunnan, which also happens to be the seat of the Dali State.
Moreover, Beimang set up a north and south courtyard, which corresponds to the south and north courtyards set up by Daliao. In Jin Yong's novel "Eight Parts of the Heavenly Dragon", Qiao Feng was once established by the Liao Emperor Yelü Hongji as the King of the Southern Courtyard.
In addition, Emperor Murong Nu, the ruler of Northern Mang who admired Xu Xiao, corresponded to the same person as Empress Xiao of Daliao. This in turn reflects the story of the Song Dynasty.
The eleven states of Beimang should correspond to the sixteen states of Yanyun. Shi Jingyao of the Later Jin Dynasty, in order to win the assistance of the Khitans, ruthlessly ceded the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun to the Khitans.
After that, the Song Dynasty spent a lot of effort, but it failed to get Yanyun Sixteen Prefectures back from the hands of Daliao, which can be described as a regret for life. After all, this is a very important strategic place.
The most critical point is that Xu Xiao followed the old emperor of Liyang to the south to fight in the north, and successively ended the Spring and Autumn Wars in the Central Plains and solved the Shijia Gate Valve. This story is too similar to the story of Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty, who successively pacified the Later Shu, Southern Han, Southern Tang, and Wu Yue.
It can be seen that most of the historical backgrounds in "The Sword In the Snow" adopt the era of the confrontation between the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty. At best, it is the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period between the late Tang and early Song dynasties.
Fourth, the surname in the novel shows the story of the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Having said that, the historical background in this novel is quite complex, and we can generally infer that there is a shadow of the Song Dynasty. However, it also contains a relatively strong atmosphere of the Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties.
For example, the surname in the novel is obvious:
Murong Shi (慕容氏), which was the imperial family name of the Northern Yan state during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. The main characters were Murong Juan of Former Yan, Murong Chui of Later Yan, Murong De of Southern Yan, Murong Yun of Northern Yan, and Murong Hong of Western Yan.
Tuoba shi, that is the royal family name of the Northern Wei Dynasty of the Southern and Northern Dynasties. The main figures are Tuoba Jue, the founding prince of the country, Tuoba Tao, the Taiwu Emperor who unified the north, and Yuan Hong (拓跋宏), who carried out Sinicization reforms.
Yuwen (宇文氏), which was the royal family name of the Northern Zhou Empire in the late Southern and Northern Dynasties. The main figures were Yuwen Tai, the founder of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Hu, a powerful minister who had been in power for 15 years, and Yuwen Yong, the Emperor Wu of Northern Zhou who unified northern Qi.
In addition to the Northern Liang in the Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms, it can be seen that the Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties in "The Sword Line in the Snow" are quite strong, but they are only limited to surnames. The historical stories and era frameworks that are really involved are very different from those of the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Summary: Which regime should the powerful "Northern Liang" be counted as?
Those who have a heart will notice that Beiliang has been renamed "North Starling" on TELEVISION. Why? It is worried that the audience and friends will be biased by the novel.
After all, the Northern Liang in "The Sword Line in the Snow" is really completely unrelated to the Northern Liang in history. On the contrary, it is very similar to Western Xia. But after all, this is a historical overhead novel, and it cannot be directly stated that it is the Western Xia, so it can only be replaced by a non-trivial "Starling" as an alternative.
Historically, there have been many powerful regimes in the northwest. In addition to the Western Xia and Northern Liang just mentioned, there are also the Western Liang Ma Chao Han Sui Group in the Three Kingdoms period, and the five Liang States (Former Liang, Hou Liang, Southern Liang, and Western Liang including Northern Liang) during the Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties. There were also some divisions of military power, and that was even more, such as the later Ma brothers.
Therefore, in general, the historical background of "The Sword In the Snow" is mainly the historical story between the Tang and Song dynasties. It is a mixture of historical elements of the Wei and Jin dynasties.
References: Book of Jin, History of Song, Old Book of Tang, etc.