Mythical Three Kingdoms

Just this one point is enough for Jia Xu; there’s no need for any other extraneous reasons. Even if there are indeed some verbose factions in the Central Plains now, these verbose factions are still quite different from those fools of later generations who couldn’t even discern the situation.

Simply put, during the time of Emperor Ling of Han, although the national situation was quite chaotic, it couldn’t change the fact that the Han Dynasty had formidable military strength. The Han was so powerful that any path of the Feudal Lords could teach the Outer Barbarians a lesson; it was this kind of strength that gave rise to the verbose factions.

Moreover, the verbose factions of this era actually came from quite high social classes and received considerable education. They weren’t entirely without judgment or unaware of power dynamics; accurately speaking, this group of verbose factions utilized this approach to attract attention.

After all, the Outer Barbarians were weaklings. It’s not just about using one hand; even just a hand could defeat them. Precisely because the disparity was so great, they would mockingly banter this way. If it were seven million Huns, leaving even one percent of the verbose factions would already be a miracle.

In this era, although aristocratic families placed the concept of family ahead of the nation, in certain necessary times, they were more aware of their duties than later generations.

For the aristocratic families, under the current situation where they can advance or retreat, with guaranteed economic interests, daily life improving with the strengthening of the nation, and their actions helping the country and people live better, no one would be foolish enough to destroy themselves.

No superpower desires another empire on its doorstep. For instance, with millions of Huns nearby, the ruling class of the Han Empire wouldn’t take it seriously. But if it were millions of Northern Huns, the Han Empire would absolutely not tolerate it.

If one day such a situation arises, the actual rulers of the Han Empire would rather risk halving the nation’s strength to resolve this hidden danger,

because when compared to the potential destruction of the nation and extinction of the race, those at the peak of the world understand which holds more value for resolution.

If the foundations of the nation are shaken, at most there will be internal chaos, resulting in a change of dynasties. But that would just mean another surname on the throne, still within the Huaxia orthodoxy. If a potential empire emerges beside you without elimination, perhaps it won’t remain as Huaxia orthodoxy in the future!

During the hundreds of years of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, when Zhao State destroyed Zhongshan, not only did no Feudal Lord intervene, but after destroying Zhongshan, all Feudal Lords congratulated Zhao State, saying Zhao did excellently because Zhao eliminated Zhongshan, a Di tribe, thus maintaining Huaxia’s orthodoxy.

From Spring and Autumn to Qin and Han, the concept of Huaxia orthodoxy was never surrendered, even when Liu Bang was besieged at Baideng. Why emphasize Xuanyuan Yellow Emperor, if not to prove ourselves as the legitimate owners of this land? Isn’t it to claim orthodoxy from ancient times?

The number of battles fought for this cause is beyond description. Aristocratic families, let alone in their peak period now, even if later they turn brain-dead under the Nine-Rank System by abolishing their martial powers, understand what core interests are.

Just this point is enough to keep all the aristocratic families—fine, the entire ruling class—mindful of potential threats nearby the nation. Once a threat emerges capable of overturning the Central Plains, it must be eliminated immediately!

Listing past achievements: whether it’s Qi destroying the Mountain Rong and Gu Zhu during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods, Yan breaking the Eastern Hu, Zhao destroying Zhongshan, Qin conquering the Huns, or the later Han’s victories over the Huns by Liu Bang moving north only to face defeat, Martial Emperor, and Zhao Xuan eliminating the Huns—the majority of leaders from that era had a clear understanding regarding the north!

Even though the Northern Grasslands can’t produce grains, they absolutely cannot breed potential threats capable of overthrowing the country; this understanding was shared by all rulers. Therefore, occasionally striking at the grassland tribes became a normal behavior—naturally, exterminating them entirely would be even better.

However, that was during a normal era. By the late Han Dynasty, it hardly remained a normal period. Although the numbers of the grassland tribes became large during the late Han, compared to the Han, they had no combat power and were so weak that any military dictator on the stage could defeat them.

As a result, the grassland tribes were naturally deemed as no threat to overturn the empire, and the Han Empire naturally wasn’t overly suppressive towards these Miscellaneous Hun.

Of course, that was within conventional perspectives. In Jia Xu’s view, especially after understanding the world’s concept, the vast steppes should be used for raising herbivorous animals so the empire can run faster and grow stronger.

However, you Hu People neither want to die off nor become like us, putting us in a dilemma. As a noble sage who has studied the essentials of the Confucian School and transcended petty desires, I decide you Miscellaneous Hun shall choose your own path.

What? You millions of Miscellaneous Hun have somehow allied with the Northern Huns to become like them, you rebel faction, Miscellaneous Hun foot soldiers...

This was basically Jia Xu’s entire thought pattern: Didn’t you verbose factions say the Miscellaneous Hun were harmless and pose no threat to the Great Han Dynasty’s rule? Look, they rebelled, and they even aspire to be like the Huns.

In such a scenario, all Jia Xu needs to do is watch from the sidelines. He can assure that even if he does nothing, the aristocratic families representing 90% of the ruling elites of that era absolutely would not allow such a thing to occur.

For Jia Xu, there’s no such thing as fighting life and death at the forefront while those aristocratic families idly watch the fun from behind. Do you think contributing such a small amount entitles you to a share of the cake? What a joke, you wanted a spectacle? I’ll give you a grand spectacle!

Under such circumstances, since Jia Xu can deduce the psychological resilience of people like Zang Ba and Guan Ping, how could he not predict the current situation of the Miscellaneous Hun? After all, the ongoing suppression of the Miscellaneous Hun by the Han Empire itself was unreasonable.

Jia Xu even speculates that if after revitalization, the Han Dynasty continues to let the Miscellaneous Hun residing in the north drift as they please, perhaps two hundred years later, at some critical point, the accumulated hatred from both sides might explode, even if the Han Dynasty is more powerful than the Miscellaneous Hun.

Jia Xu, using his Spiritual Talent, calculated that if such an explosion occurred, no one would be able to stop it, and at that time, the nation might truly be at its end.

Therefore, Jia Xu chose another path; since the Huns wanted to awaken the Miscellaneous Hun, why wouldn’t Jia Xu push a bit further to awaken them, only to crush them with reality afterward!

It seemed like such actions served no purpose, but the awakening of the Miscellaneous Hun happened under the witness of Liu Bei’s Faction, Cao Cao’s Faction, and the aristocratic families under heaven.

Thus, even if the Hu People lose spirit and cannot awaken again, they would be thoroughly purged, which is precisely the outcome Jia Xu desired. For the greater wars to come, he wouldn’t leave any hidden threats.