The previous episode was about Wuliang and Erzhao, and in this episode we talked about The Three Qins, Chenghan, and Xia.
Wuliang is basically located in the northwest region, and the strength is not strong. Therefore, it has little impact on the political structure in the north, nor on the historical process.
The Former Qin we are talking about today can be regarded as the most powerful regime in the sixteen kingdoms, with territories stretching from the sea in the east to the western region in the west, to Sichuan and Shu in the south, and to the desert in the north. If China's history ended before the Battle of Shuishui, then former Qin was the most powerful ethnic minority in China, and no ethnic minority had such achievements before.
Former Qin had a total of 7 lords, who enjoyed the kingdom for 44 years and was founded by the Yu people.
When Gong Hong rose, Zhi Jian reached his peak and perished at his hands. Former Qin once destroyed the Former Yan, Former Liang, and Dai regimes. People who know a little about history know that the Battle of Shuishui, that is, the unification war launched by Former Qin, not only failed, but also became a war of subjugation of Former Qin.
It was a pity that Former Qin perished, and the battle of Shuishui was lost in one war, and the country immediately collapsed. Emperor Jian Jian was the emperor who pushed Former Qin to the top and buried Former Qin. It is a pity that such an accomplished emperor. Short-lived dynasties abound throughout history, and there are countless monarchs who have been in the dark before and after.
However, with such high achievements as Jian Jian, there were too few countries in his own hands. Jian Jian has the mind of tolerating the world, has the ambition to unify the world, and has the manifestation of appointing sages. He reused Wang Meng and other Han courtiers, and there was no fault in the chaotic country. But he became the king of the fallen country. After the Battle of Shuishui, because the main forces of Former Qin were on the front line, the ethnic minorities in Guanzhong were on their own, and soon Jian Jian was killed by the rebel general Yao Cang, which was the most powerful Former Qin in the Sixteen Kingdoms.
Later Qin was founded by Yao Cang of the Qiang clan and experienced thirty-four years of the Three Emperors. After the Battle of Shuishui, former Qin Guanzhong was empty, and various ethnic minorities stood on their own. Former Qin collapsed, many new regimes appeared, and Yao Cang also took the opportunity to rebel and kill Jian Jian. After Yao Cang, his son Yao Xing succeeded to the throne and continued to destroy the remnants of Former Qin's strength, which also further expanded the territory and consolidated Later Qin's rule. After Yao Xing, Yao Hong succeeded to the throne, and Yao Hong, unfortunately, met Liu Yu, a ruthless man of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Liu Yu's Northern Expedition captured Luoyang Chang'an, yao Hong was Liu Yu's opponent, and Later Qin was destroyed by Liu Yu.
The Four Lords of the Western Qin Calendar, a total of forty-seven years. The strength is far inferior to that of Former Qin and Later Qin, the Xianbei tribe was established, and there are also Xiongnu.
During the Former Qin Dynasty, he was made a general of Zhenxi by Jian Jian, far away in the Qinghai area of Gansu. It had little influence, and like Later Qin, it was also self-reliant after the Battle of Shuishui. It also destroyed Nanliang, which was later destroyed by the Xia Kingdom in 431.
The Chenghan regime is similar to the former Cool mentioned in the previous episode. But Chenghan did not build a country smoothly as before Liang. After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the Central Plains was in chaos, the Qiang tribe Li Te led the displaced people to the south to force disaster, Li Te led the displaced people to attack Chengdu, the result was not fought down and died, his brother Li Liu continued to fight, and died in battle, under the leadership of Li Xiong's son Li Xiong, he attacked Chengdu, Li Xiong attacked and became emperor, the state name Cheng, the history called Cheng Han, and like the former Liang, later the Li family fought for power and profit, and the national strength was greatly reduced. Later Qin encountered the fierce liu yu and was destroyed, and Cheng Han met another fierce man in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Huan Wen, who was destroyed by Huan Wen, and the Eastern Jin Unified the South.
During the Sixteen Kingdoms, Xia was founded by the Huns and existed for twenty-six years. He was a descendant of Shan Yu of the Southern Xiongnu, a tribe that initially became dependent on Liu Yuan and later on Former Qin. It was the regime established after the fall of Former Qin, which also destroyed Western Qin and captured Chang'an, but the good times did not last long, and Northern Wei began to rise, and Northern Wei unified the north. The era of the Sixteen Kingdoms was coming to an end, and the Northern Wei Dynasty achieved higher results than former Qin.
Three Qin Chenghan and Xia, we are finished, the next episode we talk about the last four Swallows in the Sixteen Kingdoms, to see the humble heroes in that period of history.