During the Spring and Autumn Period, the Jin state, one of the princely states, advocated force. Its power sharing is different from other countries, and it is the establishment of the six secretaries of state as a lieutenant general in the army.
And the position of the six secretaries that everyone was born of was hereditary by more than a dozen nobles of the Jin Dynasty. Wei shi is one of them. Wei Dai was born into such a prominent family.
Wei Dai stills, the picture comes from the internet, and the infringement is deleted.
In the early days of the Jin Dynasty, he ruled the country with virtue and righteousness. In the north of the Jin Dynasty, in the area of present-day Yuci in Shanxi, there were ethnic minority tribes headed by the Wuxian Kingdom.
The Wuxian tribe sent messengers to present precious tiger and leopard skins to the Jin state, and offered to form a friendly state with them.
At that time, the Duke of Jin and some ministers believed that these ethnic minority tribes were greedy and capricious and should be crusaded.
Only the far-sighted Wei Dai proposed that he could ally with the Endless Tribe, and expounded five reasons:
First, the Rongdi ethnic minorities lived on nomadic herding, valuing money rather than land, and the two families exchanged available materials for territory.
Second, the border is peaceful, and the people can cultivate with peace of mind.
Third, when other countries saw rong di coming to surrender, they would also be affected and close to the Jin state.
Fourth, good relations between the two countries can avoid the losses of war.
Fifth, we should learn the lessons of the former Xia Yi's abandonment of state affairs, so that the virtues of the Jin Dynasty can spread far and wide.
Although the diplomatic efforts in the early Jin Dynasty were very successful, many princes who were willing to be close to them were still waiting. "Reconciliation" can sit on the basis of benevolence. And the "crusade" will provide an excuse for those princely states that want to go to war.
With all the reasoning, Wei Dai's proposal was supported by the Duke of Jin and appointed him as an envoy to Herong.
Later, because of Wei Chen's efforts, wuxian saw the sincerity of the Jin state and summoned other tribes to ally with the Jin state.
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The Jin state's policy of peace and rong won the support of the surrounding ethnic minorities. At the same time, it also effectively guarantees the high concentration of human, financial and material resources when it chases deer in the Central Plains. As a result, the Jin Dynasty achieved great results of "within eight years, the nine princes".
Later history has many descriptions of Wei Dai and Rong.
Li Shangyin has a verse:
"Zhongni asked shyly, Wei Daixi and Rong."
Later generations also have poems praising:
"And Rong Pin Wei Chen, dispatched the envoys repeatedly Zhang Qian."
Wei Dai and Rong created a "peace" culture between the Chinese nation.
In recognition of Wei Chen's exploits, the Duke of Jin named the land of Yuci that he had obtained from Herong "Wei Yu". The common people also named the mountain peak where he had stopped in the process of Peace and Rong as "Dailing".