Why are the ancient Baiyue people the ancestors of their Vietnamese?

Among the emperors of China's feudal era, Qin Shihuang was a very controversial one. He assumed the throne at the age of thirteen, became emperor at the age of thirty-nine, and reigned for thirty-seven years. In order to stabilize his political power, he concentrated all power in his own hands, so he eliminated powerful officials one after another. After that, the emperor put all his energy on unifying the six countries. Finally, when he was thirty-nine years old, he completed the great cause of unification and established the first unified dynasty in Chinese history---the Qin Empire. .

The reason why he is said to be the most controversial emperor in history is mainly because descendants have different opinions on him.

Some people think that it is already extraordinary that he was able to complete Ca Mau's great ambitions, ending the era of strife and division, and giving people all over the country a stable life. At the same time, he also achieved global unification in terms of academic qualifications and laid the foundation for traditional Chinese academic qualifications. However, at the same time, some people think that even though Qin Shihuang achieved the great cause of unification, the Qin Dynasty's harsh governance made the people suffer. In terms of traditional academic qualifications, the emperor left an eternal infamy for burning books and humiliating Confucians. Therefore, they feel Qin Shihuang's faults were greater than his gains.

The author saw a post a few days ago, the main content of which is: Vietnamese people have always believed that Guangdong and Guangxi are the territory of Vietnam, and even the ancient Baiyue area was the territory of Vietnam, just because of the name Vietnam. There is the word "Vietnam" in it, so today's Vietnamese believe that the ancient Baiyue area belongs to Vietnam, and the ancient Baiyue people are the ancestors of their Vietnamese. So what's going on? Don’t worry, guest manager, let’s analyze it step by step.

After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, at that time, there was a regime named Baiyue in South Vietnam that was still unwilling to surrender to the Qin Dynasty (pre-Qin ancient books describe the agricultural settlement tribes in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south) , often collectively referred to as "Yue". In fact, these "Yue" are not a single ethnic group, but a collective name for many tribes in the south. Each has a caste and does not belong to each other.) The Qin Dynasty, which had just completed its unification, did not want to restore firearms. Qin Shihuang, who had always hoped to resolve this issue through negotiation, sent many envoys to persuade him to surrender.

However, their attitude was still very stubborn. In the end, they directly executed the visiting Blue Bird envoy. This was an inhumane act in society. The two countries may have different political opinions, but they must not Rather than killing the envoys of the Blue Bird who had been negotiating with each other carefully, Baiyue's behavior was tantamount to provoking the powerful men of the Qin Dynasty.

So, how did this Baiyue regime come about?

In 306 BC, King Huai of Chu raised an army to attack Yue, conquered the Northern Yue Kingdom, and took all the territory east of the Yangtze River of the Yue Kingdom. Since then, the Vietnamese people have drifted to the south and divided into many branches. Therefore, from this time onwards, the new name "Baiyue" appeared in the literature.

Now, the angry Qin Shihuang ordered the Baiyue area to be pacified. He immediately mobilized an army of 500,000 to prepare to go south to attack Baiyue. Moreover, these 500,000 soldiers were almost all from the original Chu army. After being transferred, they are more familiar with Baiyue's terrain and sky.

In our opinion, it is easy for the 500,000 soldiers of the Qin Army to capture Baiyue. However, after all, it is far from being so smooth as people imagined.

The Baiyue region was still a place that had not yet been fully civilized. The people here fought as fiercely as savages. On the battlefield, they completely ignored their own lives and swore to die. Resist. Moreover, the rich local resources relieved them from worries, as long as they could concentrate on repelling the attacking Qin army on the battlefield.

In contrast, the situation of the Qin army was not optimistic. Due to the weather, many soldiers suffered from serious injuries due to the unsuitable soil and water, coupled with the lack of medical skills at the time. To make a fortune, some soldiers eventually died of illness. This was not the only thing that made the soldiers feel uneasy. Soon there were problems with the provision of food and grass, and they often fought on the battlefield hungry.

In the first battle between the two sides, the Qin army suffered a disastrous defeat with more than 200,000 casualties, which shocked both the government and the public.

However, at the same time, Qin Shihuang became more and more determined to destroy Baiyue. If this small regime does not take advantage of this moment to eliminate it as soon as possible, it will definitely be a disaster for the Qin Dynasty in the future.

It seemed that we had to fight a protracted battle with it, so Qin Shihuang ordered the construction of a spiritual canal as soon as possible to continuously transport grain and grass to the front to ensure that the soldiers in the front no longer went to the battlefield with an empty stomach.

In this way, it took the Qin Dynasty more than ten years and 300,000 troops to completely capture the Baiyue region.

After this, we have to mention a person, this person is Zhao Tuo.

Zhao Tuo was originally a general of the Qin Dynasty. Later, a widespread peasant rebellion broke out in the last years of the Qin Dynasty. Therefore, Zhao Tuo sent 200,000 Qin troops to the south to suppress the peasant rebels. However, not long after, the Qin Dynasty died. After the death of the Qin Dynasty, separatist forces spread all over the world. Zhao Tuo, a native of Hebei, was in Guangdong. Seeing this situation, he became king on his own initiative and established the Nanyue Kingdom in Guangdong and Guangxi. Later, this country was destroyed by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Nanyue Kingdom was merged into the Han Dynasty.

I believe you have all guessed it when you see this. This South Vietnam region is the Guangdong and Guangxi region that we often mention now. Two thousand years have passed, and this land of Yi and Di, which was not yet fully civilized, has Guangdong has developed into a modern international metropolis, especially the Guangdong region, which has ranked first in GDP in the world.

It can be said that South Vietnam and Vietnam have no relationship at all. However, just because of the "similar names", Vietnam has always regarded South Vietnam as the first country in Vietnamese history. Do you think the Vietnamese are shameless? Like the Koreans, the Vietnamese identify South Vietnam as their country's history in exactly the same way as the Koreans classify Goguryeo as their country's history.

So, who are the descendants of "Baiyue" more than 2,000 years ago?

The total number of contemporary Baiyue descendants is about 415.5 million, of which 255 million are Han, accounting for 61.3% of the total population of Baiyue descendants.

In the author's opinion, although this emperor has left a lot of infamy in history because of his eagerness for quick success, many of the things he did are indeed for the benefit of his children, and our descendants should be more objective. Treat this historical figure reasonably. The emperor is also a human being, and like us ordinary people, he will be affected by various influences from the outside world. What's more, he is in a high position and receives far more interference from the outside world than us ordinary people. As the king of a country, he deals with rewards and punishments. When doing a certain job, you need to think far more than any ordinary person.

We should also have reason to believe that a young emperor who ascended the throne in middle age and achieved the great cause of unifying the world will have the ability to make the most correct choice at the time after encountering something. However, we should not cover up the mistakes he made in the early days. We ordinary people also have emotions and desires, and as the emperor, he will naturally be tempted more.

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