Is Hebei all within the scope of sixteen states?

For example, there is an Yishui River in Baoding, Hebei Province. South of Yishui is the territory of Song Dynasty. North of Yishui is the territory of Liao State.

This is a geographical boundary, and people on both sides of the river have long been integrated. But in everyday language, we can still catch the difference of clues.

For example, it is also called "brother-in-law", the people on the south bank of Yishui are called "shoulders" and the people on the north bank of Yishui are called "shoulders". They are all Baoding accents in Hebei, but the two words are reversed.

But people on the south bank will laugh at people across the street. In the Beijing area further north of the Yishui River, it is consistent with it. Only in the accent, it has become a Beijing dialect with a child's voice-"carrying a burden."

I used to be curious about this change. But when you unfold the map, you will find sixteen states, which Shi Jingtang gave to Liao, including this area. Starting from the late Jin Dynasty in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, it has gone south for four hundred years. Perhaps this concept of time is still a little strange, for example, it has been 400 years this year and it has reached the middle of the Ming Dynasty.

These areas are separated from the Central Plains. Although sometimes, it was captured briefly, but the long-term customs and habits really made the difference between the two places.

Beijing: Youzhou, Zhou Shun, Ruzhou and Tanzhou.

Tianjin: Jizhou

Shanxi: Yingzhou, Zhou Huan, Shuozhou and Yunzhou.

Hebei: Zhuozhou, Yingzhou, Zhou Mo, Xinzhou, Guizhou, Wuzhou and Yuzhou.

Among them, the current seven states in Hebei are: Zhuozhou, Hejian, Renqiu, Zhuolu, Huailai, Xuanhua and Yuxian. The seven regions of Hebei, except the four counties belonging to Zhangjiakou, are all within the territory of Liao State. The other three (Zhuozhou, Hejian and Renqiu) are in Baoding and northern Cangzhou, which are also the border areas of Liao and Song Dynasties.

The natural barrier that can defend the Central Plains lies in the North Great Wall (Beijing area) and has been incorporated into Liao country. Therefore, the northern fighters can reach Ma Pingchuan from the northern end of North China Plain, and reach the capital of song dynasty without going over mountains.

The vast North China Plain, a Ma Pingchuan, has no danger to follow, and can't stop the invading enemy. Therefore, from the very beginning, the Song Dynasty concentrated the whole country's troops near the capital Kaifeng. This is also a famous dilemma in the Northern Song Dynasty.

There are other efforts, for example, the earliest Beijing is now daming county, Hebei. At that time, it was called Beijing Daming House. It is also the northernmost territory of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is the outpost and bridgehead of the northern resistance to Liao.

In Water Margin, the prisoner was sent to Cangzhou to exile the army, that is to say, he was sent to the northernmost border to resist the Liao army.

So what now belongs to Hebei Province belonged to two imperial courts 800 years ago.