Xianbei Mountain is not a mountain, but a collective name for a group of mountains.
In later generations, he should be in the southern foothills of the Daxingan Mountains within the bounds of the city of Heilongjiang.
At this time, this most beautiful grassland in later generations was still a primitive and wild scene.
The heavy snow covered the mountains and buried the lakes.
The tribes and their livestock that had been grazing on the grasslands in summer were now hiding in the mountains.
The Xianbei people discovered and hollowed out many stone caves in the mountains.
Some of these caves are so ordinary that even slaves and low-level herders can enter and exit at will.
But some are so solemn and sacred that only the adults and shamans of the tribe are allowed in and out.
The current Lord of Xianbei, the king of Xianbei who was conferred by the Xiongnu Chanyu, is the late Lord of Xianbei, his cousin who suffered a terrible disaster and his head was given to the Emperor of the Han Dynasty to calm his anger.
The Xianbei people do not have surnames, even the leaders and top leaders of the tribe.
Therefore, tribes generally use the name of their leader as their surname.
The current lord, the highest-ranking Xianbei king, is named Qiu Kegu.
Therefore, slaves and herdsmen in the tribe are generally called Qiu Kegu so-and-so.
Of course, like all nomadic peoples, Xianbei is not a unified centralized government.
In addition to Qiu Kegu, there are six or seven adults in the tribe.
Among these adults, Qiu Keju is the least powerful and the weakest in force.
If it hadn't been for last year, his cousin, the tribal leader named "Xianbei Tiger", the King of Xianbei who was canonized by the Xiongnu Chanyu, was killed by the Huns, this position would never have been passed to Qiu Kegu.
Qiu Kegu was elected as the leader of the tribe.
The fundamental reason is that other adults in the tribe want to take advantage of him.
If there is another problem, he can be killed instead.
But Qiu Kegu was obviously unwilling to accept such a fate.
Now, Qiu Keju is sitting in a stone cave that only tribal leaders are eligible to enter. This stone cave has been rearranged by him.
A layer of soft sheepskin was spread in the cave. A fire was lit in the cave. Qiu Keju was sitting by the fire, holding an object in his hand. If you look carefully, you will find that it is a scroll that has been worn out.
How many bamboo slips do you know?
Under the firelight, the words on this bamboo slip are still clearly visible.
In the cave, there was only Qiu Kegu at the moment.
His loyal and reliable guards stood at the entrance of the cave, standing guard for him, so he could recite the words on the bamboo slips loudly without any scruples.
"The Master said: How pleasant it is to have a friend come from afar. If a person does not know it but is not embarrassed, he is not a gentleman!" Qiu Kegu seemed to like this sentence very much and recited it over and over again. However, the language he recited was
There are many Xianbei dialects mixed into it. Therefore, it sounds very strange. It can even be said that no one in the world except himself knows what he is talking about.
But he was obviously very proud. He sat with his back straight and tried hard to imitate the appearance of a Han Dynasty scholar-bureaucrat who didn't know where to look from.
But unfortunately, his gonial shape and the obvious left side of his clothes betrayed him deeply.
On the contrary, it made him look very funny.
However, he didn't mind his current appearance at all. He put down the scroll of bamboo slips, kicked it into his arms, and hid it like a treasure.
Then, he shook his head and said: "I use the etiquette of a gentleman to invite friends from far away to my home. I believe these far away friends will not mind, even if these friends have objections!"
"They don't know my good intentions, so some of their opinions are normal. Zhongni said: If a person doesn't know but doesn't feel embarrassed, isn't he a gentleman? That's the truth!"
But hearing his tone, the two guards standing guard at the entrance of the cave were so frightened that their teeth chattered and their legs became a little weak.
In the past few months, everyone in the tribe has known that although the newly appointed master Qiu Kegu is not as brave as the previous master, he is not as strong as other adults.
However, he is moody and changeable.
Many times, you think he is smiling, but in fact he is angry. You think he is angry, but in fact he is happy. But at other times, he is just like ordinary people.
Therefore, what everyone in the tribe is most afraid of is that the adults are laughing or getting angry.
Because no one can guess whether the newly appointed adult is happy or angry?
Especially when this adult murmurs words that others have no idea of and have no idea of, it becomes even more difficult to guess what he is thinking.
Gradually, there was even a legend in the tribe that this man was the reincarnation of a god, and the language he muttered was the language of gods, which made people even more frightened. On the grassland, most gods also worked part-time as devils.
"It should be coming soon," Qiu Keju counted the time and muttered, his face becoming even more excited.
Qiu Kegu's life experience is very strange.
His father was a Xianbei man, and his mother came from the tribe of Lu Tazhi, king of Donghu.
Similar marriages are very normal on the grassland.
Therefore, this is not the important point. The important point is that he was originally married from Xianbei Mountain with his mother, and there were several followers.
Among these followers, there was a Confucian scholar.
At first, no one knew what a Confucian scholar was.
Everyone treated him like a slave.
When Qiu Keju grew up, he felt that this old slave's behavior was very strange, so he became curious and wanted to explore it.
What happened next was more outrageous.
This Confucian scholar who claimed to have been an attendant of the Han Dynasty mission became Qiu Kegu's teacher.
And passed on the precious books he collected to Qiu Kegu.
However, this old Confucian scholar died within a few years.
This made Qiu Kegu very sad, feeling that no one in the world could speak in common with him anymore.
A few years ago, Qiu Keju visited his mother's natal family and found a few Confucian scholars there. Unfortunately, after talking, Qiu Keju was greatly disappointed. The principles they upheld were completely different, but what the teacher said was completely different.
It's simply heresy.
But Qiu Keju still pressed his nose reluctantly. He used ten sheep and bought a Confucian scholar who was said to be from the same hometown as his teacher, and finally managed to have someone to talk to.
The only problem is that the other party seems to have a hard time understanding his and his teacher's philosophy.
"Hey, it's hard to find a confidant. I hope I can meet a confidant in this Han Dynasty mission," Qiu Keju sighed.
At the same time, escorted by hundreds of Xianbei people, the Han Dynasty envoy from the Korean mountains was trudging through the snow.
Zhang Weiyang walked beside the envoy Xu Jian, and next to Xu Jian, a Yi Di with his clothes left in his lap, disheveled hair and Chinese appearance, was talking to Xu Jian from time to time.
They spoke in Chinese, so Zhang Weiyang could understand their conversation.
"Xu Zhengshi, you must be careful when you go to Xianbei Mountain." The Yi Di with disheveled hair and left-sided clothes said in the tone of conversation between scholar-bureaucrats: "The current king of Xianbei, named Qiu Kegu, this man is moody.
There is a kind of lunatic who behaves wildly and wildly, speaks differently from ordinary people, and often makes unfair remarks!"
As he talked, even Zhang Weiyang could tell that this person seemed to have a hatred for the Xianbei King.
This made Zhang Weiyang confused.
Logically speaking, based on the current values of the world, being Zuo Zhen is tantamount to automatically giving up the identity of Zhu Xia, becoming a Yi Di, and no longer being a citizen of the country.
Lu Wan, Wei Lu, and Han Xin all did this kind of thing.
In other words, the person in front of me, whose skin color, appearance and even language are almost the same as the Chinese, is actually a Yi Di. Since he is a Yi Di, it is very normal for him to help the Yi Di do things and even make suggestions.
But he went behind his back and spoke ill of his master behind his back.
What is he going to do?
Not only Zhang Weiyang thought so, but Xu Jian also thought so.
So Xu Jian asked: "Brother, please tell me in detail, what kind of person is this King of Xianbei?"
Although China's scholar-officials and nobles have great disdain for these people who have abandoned their ancestors and country, but if these people are needed, the scholar-officials will not despise or insult them because of their status.
The current Chinese scholar-officials and nobles, especially those in the north, are basically pragmatists.
It doesn’t matter who you are who is useful to me? I won’t refuse anyone who comes!
Under the border fortress of the Great Wall, the Han army protected many Yi Di who had defected.
The Xiongnu nobles who returned to China in the past two to thirty years have also received heavy rewards and proper resettlement.
Even some tribes whose origins and whereabouts were unknown were protected by the imperial court and even granted land for them to cultivate.
Isn't there a Daxia County in Longyou County?
Now, aren't the people of this county already Han people, paying taxes and serving the imperial court?
But the man sighed and said: "The current King of Xianbei, his mother came from the Lu clan of King Donghu. She was originally a branch of the Lu family. When his mother married to Xianbei, she brought a crazy Confucian scholar with her. This person's thoughts are extremely blasphemous!
Well! It’s blasphemy. He completely misinterpreted the meaning of Confucius’ Analects. What’s even more terrifying is that he taught these distorted meanings of the Analects to the current King of Xianbei, named Qiu Kegu!”
The man gritted his teeth and said: "This man's behavior and speech can be called an enemy of Taoism. I wish I could burn all his writings!"
After Xu Jian listened, he didn't care.
Confucius?
The founder of Confucianism!
But it has nothing to do with Xu Jian. Xu Jian is a Legalist, so he has nothing to do with Confucius.
Therefore, Xu Jian had no idea of empathy at all. Instead, he became excited as if he had discovered a new continent.
Did King Xianbei misinterpret Confucius' Analects?
What does this have to do with anything?
Aren’t you Confucian scholars the most misinterpreted?
Look at how far the Guliang faction and the Gongyang faction are competing with each other!
Therefore, it is completely unimportant whether King Xianbei misinterpreted Confucius’ classics!
The important thing is that this Xianbei king has read Confucius' Analects, which is very important!
This is just like in later generations, when Chinese diplomats heard that a certain country's prime minister, speaker, etc. were familiar with Chinese culture and could even speak Chinese, they immediately developed a good impression and felt that they could interact with each other. Even the media and the public did the same.
But they ignored it. According to past records, the most powerful people were these people.
It wasn't until after suffering many losses that people began to realize that those who know you well may not necessarily be friends, but may also be enemies. Those who don't understand you are actually easier to deal with.
It's almost like this now.
We are not afraid that the barbarians understand culture, but we are afraid that others are illiterate.
Scholar-officials always have a favorable impression of intellectuals, especially the intellectuals among the Yi and Di people, who are even more favored by the scholar-officials!
What can be more meritorious than 'conquering' a barbarian and turning barbarian into a desert?
If you are successful, you can get promotion and salary increase at your fingertips, and your name will be prominent in the history of the future, and your name will be respected and admired by thousands of future generations.
Thinking like this, Xu Jian couldn't help but tremble, and he had a good impression of the Xianbei King on Xianbei Mountain.
However, Xu Jian was happy, but the Wuheng people were not happy at all.
Ye Lizhi found an opportunity and secretly found Zhang Weiyang and said: "I don't know what these Xianbei slaves are planning, but it is definitely not a good idea. You must be careful and don't be fooled!"
"Huh?" Zhang Weiyang was immediately curious. He looked at the shapes, clothing and skin colors of the Xianbei people around him, and then looked at Ye Lizhi. He felt that the difference between the two was almost zero, so he asked: "I see that you are different from
The Xianbei people seem to be of the same race? But why are your relations so bad?"
"These despicable slaves!" Ye Lizhi grunted, and then explained: "We are Wuheng people, and they are Xianbei people!"
"Wu Heng's tone is like this." Ye Lizhi whispered a difficult-to-pronounce noun.
Then, he added: "Xianbei's pronunciation is like this" which is another difficult term to pronounce. Then he looked at Zhang Weiyang and asked innocently: "Do you understand?"
Zhang Weiyang shook his head, he had no idea what Ye Lizhi meant.
Fortunately, Ye Lizhi was very good to his brother Zhang Weiyang, so he explained patiently: "Wu Heng and Xianbei are just what outsiders call us. We don't call us that ourselves. Wu Heng means elder in the language.
The meaning of elders and adults, and Xianbei Hengheng, a clan of slaves!"
Ye Lizhi then explained to Zhang Weiyang the past and present lives and the grudges and grudges between the two clans.
After Zhang Weiyang listened, he immediately kept these things in mind silently and planned to record them later when he had a rest.
Because this information is so crucial!
Even Zhang Weiyang knows that once this matter is confirmed, it is very likely that he will be rewarded by the court or even promoted to an official!
The reason is that, according to Ye Lizhi, a long time ago, Wu Heng and Xianbei were from the same clan.
At that time, the Wuheng people ruled the Xianbei people and used them as slaves.
Later, the Huns defeated the ancestors of the Wuheng people and expelled them into this world of ice and snow. Xianbei and Wuheng were separated in the war.
The two have disliked each other ever since.
One person thinks, I am the master and you are a cheap slave. How dare you jump around and see if I don’t beat you to death?
The other party feels that you have been defeated and you still want to dominate? Just dream! (To be continued.)
