Continuation of Qin and Han History Series
by Liao Boyuan
About This Novel
The thirteen articles collected in this book discuss the history of the Qin and Han Dynasties, which can be roughly divided into two categories: the first discusses the life, character, governance, policies and influence of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty on the politics of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The economy of ancient nomadic peoples could not be self-sufficient, so they had to rely on neighboring farming peoples. The main methods were to invade and plunder their food products, or the monarchs of farming peoples to give rewards to nomadic peoples. The cost of conquering the nomads was too high, so the Han Dynasty "moved the troops into the fortress" and placed the surrendered nomads in the border counties. This cost the least to relieve the famine, and they could also be used as soldiers to "use the barbarians to control the barbarians" to resist the nomads outside the fortress. Emperor Guangwu "moved his army into the fortress" and established his capital in Luoyang, no longer managing the Western Regions. As a result, after the middle of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the number of Han residents in the western and northern counties was too low, and the Han population was divided evenly between Chinese and Yi, which started the situation of the Five Indiscriminate Chaos in the future. The second is to use the new information of "Zhangjiashan Han Bamboo Slips" to discuss the history and official system of Qin and Han Dynasties.
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