Huantai comparison, the final chapter of "Guan Long Changfeng".
The eighteenth episode of "The Battle of Jade" has been unified with the follow-up style, and the flavor of the online post has been almost removed, so it will not be modified as the final chapter of the series.
Next, we will enter the creation of the third part of "The Great Cause of the Emperor". Gao Huan's family affairs and the story of the Northern Qi Dynasty coincided with the beginning of "The Great Cause of the Emperor", so it was told in the play.
Although the protagonists Gao Huan and Yuwentai of "The Tragedy of Eile" and "Guanlong Changfeng" are extremely popular, as two heroes in the world, they deserve to be in-depth. In order to say goodbye to this series, we will make a comparative summary in this article, from three dimensions: origin and struggle, ability and comprehensive achievement, personality and emotional characteristics.
Since these two dramas have already detailed their deeds, they will not cite too detailed arguments when comparing them, and will focus on opinions. Interested friends can flip through the collection of the first two on their own.
Gao Huan and Yu Wentai have similar backgrounds, but their backgrounds are very different. Gao Huan's father was a low-level general, and later his family fell into the middle, Gao Huan grew up in the low-level Xianbei soldiers, and was only the lowest-level soldier in the early days.
And Yuwentai's grandfather was a Han ** in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and was later demoted to Wuchuan for crimes, and his father was a senior general in Wuchuan. Yuwentai grew up in an aristocratic environment and entered officialdom as an adult.
Although they both grew up in the military towns of Biansai in the Northern Wei Dynasty, Gao Huan grew up in a more difficult environment, while Yuwentai was educated in an aristocratic environment. However, their struggles are very similar, they both gradually rose from the bottom, and eventually became important figures in the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Sui and Tang dynasties.
Gao Huan's rise did not start from the Six Towns Rebellion, but from the circumstances after the Hebei Gerong Rebellion. At that time, Gao Huan relied on his excellent communication skills to get acquainted with many rebel generals in Ge Rong's camp and accumulated a wide range of contacts.
Later, Gao Huan realized that Ge Rong was politically inadequate, and turned to Er Zhurong, and with the connections and excellent eloquence accumulated in the early days, he successfully persuaded Ge Rong's Nine Kings to surrender and helped Er Zhurong win the victory of the Battle of Fukou, thus becoming Er Zhurong's most important right-hand man.
After the death of Erzhurong, Gao Huan once again relied on his keen political insight to clearly see the crisis of the Erzhu family's rule, decisively launched a rebellion, and finally overthrew Erzhu ** with the support of the Xianbei of Liuzhen and the Hebei clan, stationed in Luoyang, and reached the pinnacle of his life.
In contrast, Yuwentai's background is even more prominent.
Yuwen served as a general of Wuchuan in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was a senior military attaché. In addition, his family has been prominent in the court for generations, such as Yuwen Measure, Yuwen Shen, Yuwen Xianhe, etc., when Xiaowu moved west, all of whom were close ministers of Emperor Xiaowu.
Compared with Gao Huan, Yuwentai also has a big advantage - the mother family. Gao Huan's mother, Han Qiji, was from the Xianbei side branch of the Great Khan clan and died at an early age. And Yuwentai's mother came from the top Han dynasty of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, Gaomen Taiyuan Wang's Liaodong Yifang, who was well-read and proficient in scripture and history.
Therefore, unlike Gao Huan, who has been "mixed with society" since childhood, Yuwentai has a wealthy family, has received a good education since childhood, and his understanding of Confucian culture far surpasses Gao Huan. This paved the way for the two to take different attitudes on many issues.
The rise of Yuwentai was in the era of Er Zhurong, slightly later than Gao Huan.
Yuwentai rose to prominence in the battle of pacifying Guanzhong with He Batyue, and gradually became He Batyue's right-hand man with his keen political acumen, outstanding military ability, and capable work style.
Yuwentai's political journey has just begun, and it is not within the scope of Gao Huan's opponents. Gao Huan has become the prime minister and has become the de facto ruler of the Northern Wei court. Gao Huan killed He Bayue with a divisive strategy, and Yuwentai was elected as the leading brother of the new generation when the dragons were leaderless.
Faced with the panicked situation, Yuwentai withstood the pressure and defeated Hou Mo Chen Yue, the enemy who killed He Bayue, by thunderous means, unified most of the Guanlong region, and officially sat down at the same card table with Gao Huan.
In terms of the starting point of the two, Gao Huan's starting point is lower, but in terms of the difficulty of rising, Yuwentai's difficulty is greater. Because Gao Huan's opponent is the Erzhu family, and Yuwentai's opponent is Gao Huan.
2. Ability and comprehensive achievements. Yuwentai and Gao Huan both have high abilities and achievements, but in different ways. When Ge Rong's career was at its most rapid, Gao Huan could clearly see that Ge Rong did not understand unity, only knew how to kill, did not produce, and only knew the fatal flaw of plundering, and resolutely left him.
After Yuwentai became the first brother of Guan Long in He Batyue, Yuwentai analyzed the situation in Guanlong for He Batyue and established the determination of He Batyue and Gao Huan to compete for power. Gao Huan's way of dealing with this problem was to reconcile and check and balance, he bitterly persuaded the Han people to tolerate the Xianbei people, persuaded the Xianbei people not to bully the Han people, and at the same time supported Gao Cheng to appoint the Han people to contain the Xianbei people in the name of anti-corruption, and personally stood up for him, hoping to achieve peaceful coexistence by making the Hu and Han balance of power.
Yuwentai adopted Yu Jin's suggestion, first, to establish a government military system, so that the Han people and the Xianbei people could serve as soldiers together, fight together, and establish a love of robes in the bloody battlefield.
In order to cater to the old customs of the Xianbei people, Yuwentai imitated the system of the eight Xianbei nobles, established the system of the Eight Great Pillars, and restored the Xianbei surname that was banned by Emperor Xiaowen, which made the Xianbei generals happy.
At the same time, Yuwentai only ordered the Six Pillars State to be in charge of the army, claiming that this was in line with the ancient rites of the Son of Heaven in charge of the six armies in the "Zhou Li", which made the Han people feel admired. In addition, Yuwentai also creatively gave the surname Xianbei to the Han generals, learned the lesson of hurting the feelings of the nation when Emperor Xiaowen changed his surname, and selectively gave the surname Xianbei to the Han generals who had made great contributions, and accompanied by official promotions and a large number of financial rewards, so that the Xianbei surname became a symbol of honor and achieved this goal.
In addition, Yuwentai encouraged Han generals from the Han nationality to posthumously recognize their ancestors as Han family masters and improve their family ranks, as was the case with Yang Zhong and Yang Jian's Hongnong Yang clan and Li Hu and Li Yuan's Longxi Li clan.
Yuwentai also carried out extensive intermarriage, through the marriage of children, the formation of a constant shear, rationalization and chaos between the various gates, you have me, I have your in-law relationship, so that the Hu and Han gradually from hostility and confrontation to integration.
Although Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty Yang Jian later restored the Han surname, the Sui and Tang Emperors suppressed the Guanlong clique, and the military system collapsed after the Anshi Rebellion, this does not negate the great role of these measures in promoting national integration at that time.
After all, no political system lasts forever, and it would be historical nihilism to deny the positive role it once played because it disappeared.
From the treatment of the issue of national integration, we can see that Gao Huan was treated with traditional political conspiracy, although it cannot be said that he did not do well at that time, but he did not focus on system construction, but through the means of conspiracy to achieve the goal.
Yuwentai, on the other hand, was able to carry out top-level design from the system, spend decades to fundamentally solve the problem, and finally achieve the goal with sustained efforts, laying a solid foundation for the prosperity of the Sui and Tang dynasties.
From this point of view, Yuwentai is indeed much stronger than Gao Huan, so history's evaluation of Yuwentai is a "politician", and Gao Huan is an impressive "minister".
Of course, some people will say that the strength of the Xianbei people in the Western Wei Dynasty was not as strong as that of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, and the resistance to ethnic integration was lower than that of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. I do not deny the existence of this factor, but the strength of the Xianbei people was not an advantage at that time, and Yuwentai was able to find favorable factors in the unfavorable situation and promote national integration just right, which just shows his cleverness.
Successful people can always find opportunities in disadvantages, and those who fail will only find reasons for failure, I believe that with Yu Wentai's background, vision and political wisdom, even if he is in the Eastern Wei Dynasty, he can also walk out of the road of national integration in line with the national conditions of the Eastern Wei Dynasty.
In terms of military capabilities, Yuwentai is also superior. The battles he experienced mainly include the Battle of Fukou, the Battle of Guang'a, the Battle of Yecheng, the Battle of Hanling, the Battle of Xiurongchuan, and the five large-scale battles of Tongguan, Shayuan, Heqiao, Bishan, and Yubi between the Western Wei Dynasty.
Among them, the Battle of Fukou and the Battle of Guang'a were victories achieved through stratagem, while the Battle of Hanling and the Battle of Yecheng defeated the enemy through hard strength, which proved Yuwentai's military talent and leadership.
1.The Battle of Bishan was thrilling, and although the Eastern Wei Dynasty finally won with great difficulty, it could only be regarded as a crushing victory; The defeat of Yubi was the most painful shadow in Gao Huan's life, and he even died of depression because of it.
Gao Huan had experienced many battles in his life, relying too much on strategy, but he was not as decisive as Yuwentai at critical moments, so his military talent could only be regarded as above average compared to his political talent, slightly inferior to Hou Jing.
And Yuwentai's military talent is obviously stronger than Gao Huan, when he took over the Pingliang camp, although the military strength was weaker than Hou Mo Chen Yue, but he still dared to take the initiative to attack and eliminate Hou Mo Chen Yue with the momentum of thunder, so that in the battle of Tongguan, Yuwentai was able to see through Gao Huan's actual intentions, avoid the real and attack the false, run long distances, and unexpectedly annihilate Gao Huan's ace army Dou Tai's department, and won the victory.
In the battle of Shayuan, in the face of the Gao Huan army twenty times his own, Yuwentai dared to make a desperate bet, fought against the water, gave full play to the spirit of the bright sword, and was able to skillfully use the terrain to fight the Eastern Wei army to the death, and finally won a valuable victory.
Although Yuwentai was arrogant due to consecutive victories in this battle, his courage and courage still led the Guanlong Iron Cavalry to show a strong impact when his comprehensive strength was insufficient.
From the perspective of facing the enemy's field battle, Yuwentai's military ability is still stronger than Gao Huan, only slightly inferior to Hou Jing. And Yuwentai's military capabilities are also reflected in the macro-strategic level, which others do not have.
For example, he adopted Wang Sizheng's suggestion to build Yubi City in Hedong, which not only solved the hidden danger of the Eastern Wei Dynasty attacking Guanzhong from Jinyang south through Pujin once and for all, but also laid a solid foundation for Yuwen Yong's later attack on the Northern Qi Dynasty.
During the Hou Jing Rebellion, unlike Gao Cheng of the Eastern Wei Dynasty, who was eager to prepare for the enthronement of Chan, Yuwentai decisively sent Yang Zhong, Da Xiwu, Wang Xiong, Yu Jin and others to continue to advance into Hanzhong, Bashu, and Xiliang, and frantically plundered the southwest territory of Southern Liang.
During the period between the outbreak of the Hou Jing Rebellion and the establishment of the Chen Dynasty by Chen Baxian, the territory of the Western Wei Dynasty almost doubled, the population more than doubled, the comprehensive national strength jumped from the bottom of the Three Kingdoms to the first, and the military strength also jumped from the third to the second, leaving a rich legacy for the later Yuwen Hu, Yuwen Yong and even Yang Jian.
Therefore, Yuwentai was crowned with the title of "military strategist" in history, which Gao Huan did not have.
The decline of the Eastern Wei Dynasty and the Northern Qi Dynasty was not only due to the frequent appearance of faint monarchs, but also mainly because of the backwardness of the concept of governance and the severity of the abolition of people. Since the late Gao Yang period, the national strength has been declining, and it was finally surpassed by the Western Wei Dynasty, which can also be said to be Yuwentai's victory over Gao Huan.
In terms of diplomatic ability, Yuwentai is also significantly better than Gao Huan. At the beginning of the establishment of the Western Wei Dynasty, he actively established friendly relations with Rouran and the Turks, and married the princess of Rouran Dayu Jiulu for Emperor Wen of the Western Wei Dynasty.
Therefore, Rouran and the Turks have always sided with the Western Wei and specifically attacked the Eastern Wei, which greatly distracted Gao Huan's energy.
The relationship between the Western Wei and the Southern Liang has always been very good, even surpassing that of the Eastern Wei. The Western Wei Dynasty and the Southern Liang Dynasty "hired" each other much more often than the Eastern Wei Dynasty, which is related to the Southern Liang's emphasis on the southeast.
The Western Wei Dynasty did not have a single war with the Southern Liang, except for the last time when Hou Jing's rebellion fell sharply. Gao Huan's reaction in this regard was relatively slow, and he didn't show favor to Rouran until before the Battle of Yubi, married the princess of Rouran, Xiao Yujiu Lu, and the war with Nanliang never stopped.
Gao Huan thinks that his family has a big business and his strength is superhuman, so he disdains it. But Gao Huan, as a political figure, should do his best to unite the majority, so as to concentrate on solving the biggest enemy of the Western Wei.
Yuwentai does surpass Gao Huan a lot in terms of personal ability and achievements. Personality and emotional characteristics cannot be divided into who is high and who is low, but can only summarize the characteristics of each person.
Gao Huan is a changeable person, very nostalgic, but rich in feelings. Yuwentai is a person, rational and extremely rational.