"It has been confirmed that the so-called Linhu Prince Mao is Maodun, the son of Touman, the Xiongnu Chanyu."
Sitting in the mansion, Gan Luo looked at the report in his hand and was a little surprised for a moment. Although he had already guessed that the identity of the pretender was not simple, but he really never thought that the other party would be Touman.
A son, or even an eldest son, then this proton is really interesting. What did Touman want to do by sending his eldest son to Xianyang? Gan Luo couldn't help but start thinking about this problem.
To assassinate Marquis Wu Cheng?
This makes no sense. Wu Chenghou is old and cannot go out to fight now. What is the point of sending someone to assassinate him? What are the benefits? Even kidnapping him and taking him to the Xiongnu is more reliable than assassinating him.
, and when Maodun came to Xianyang, he did not intend to get close to Wu Chenghou. It was Wu Chenghou who decided to keep this person by his side. His purpose should not be Wu Chenghou.
So, is it to sneak into the top brass of the Qin State and become a high-level spy?
This is somewhat convincing. After all, judging from the reports of the spies, this Touman Chanyu is an out-and-out cultural man. He can even tell many allusions. Zhao can speak with a fluent Handan accent.
Yu Yu, his domestic and diplomatic methods are very good, sending spies is a bit unreasonable to put on other tribal leaders, but Touman Shanyu may really have such an idea.
Or maybe he sent his son to Qin to study so that he could take charge of the Huns in the future? Gan Luo felt that this was a bit unreliable. He thought that since he came to Qin, it would not be easy to go back.
What's more, what could Maodun learn at that age? Gan Luo thought about it again and again, but couldn't guess what Touman was thinking. He simply stopped thinking about it and ordered his retainers to put them in the study if there were any letters.
But he left home.
Soon, Gan Luo came to Zhao Kuo's mansion.
The passage of time overwhelmed this general who had conquered the north and south without defeat. Zhao Kuo was sitting under the big tree as always, writing with a pen. He was writing very seriously, and the wind blew gently.
Locks of white hair were blowing in the wind. Zhao Gao knelt down beside him, while Mao stood behind Zhao Kuo, gently beating Zhao Kuo's shoulders. Gan Luo looked at Mao deeply, and then came to pay his respects.
Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo stopped writing, raised his head, looked at Gan Luo in front of him, and quickly recognized him.
Today is the thirteenth year of the First Emperor. Because he was unified earlier than the original historical line, in the thirteenth year, the First Emperor was still in his prime and had no intention of getting old. His heart was full of burning ambitions. General Zhao Kang was about to
He has ushered in his peak period and embarked on the road to become the Almighty God of War. His son Fusu has grown up and is preparing to get married and have children. Zhao Xiu has just completed his primary school studies and is preparing to enter middle school to continue his studies with Mao Dun.
Only Zhao Kuo, who is nearly sixty years old, is already very old in this era. Not everyone can witness several eras like Pang Gong and Xunzi, especially as the generals who fight at the forefront.
In this way, the Lao Lian Po we know actually lived to be about seventy years old. Some people who say that he is still fighting in his eighties are just lies concocted by marketing accounts.
Pang Gong was able to live to that age as a military commander, probably because he was a late bloomer. Pang Gong started fighting when he was old, and at that time he could no longer charge forward, while Lian Po was not a late bloomer.
When he was young, he fought all the way to his old age. However, such generals are still in the minority after all. Zhao Kuo rushed into battle many times when he was young. From the very beginning of the crusade against the Yan Kingdom, he was basically at the forefront of every battle, and he was not even injured.
few.
Even his disciple Zhao Fu became a surgical expert during the Warring States Period because he wanted to help him treat his injuries. He even wrote a book about battlefield bandaging. In the past, when Di was still alive, he often laughed at Zhao Fu and called him
Zhao Kuo was the doctor. This shows how frequently and seriously Zhao Kuo was injured in the past. When he attacked the Yan State, when he attacked the Qin State, and later when he conquered other countries, Zhao Kuo repeatedly emerged from the mountain of corpses and the sea of blood.
He fought his way out, and every fight brought irreversible illness to his body.
These injuries and diseases were hidden when Zhao Kuo was the strongest, shivering and afraid to come out. But when Zhao Kuo became old and weak, all these "little people" rushed out and began to torture Zhao Kuo.
Zhao Kuo's body has never been so heavy. Zhao Kuo knows this change best. It's like he has put on a pair of heavy armor that cannot be taken off. His whole body is so heavy that he can't walk.
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But inside his body, there were all kinds of ailments. Whenever Zhao Kuo moved his left arm, he would feel excruciating pain. He remembered that it had been penetrated by arrows many times, and Zhao Kuo could not bend down because his back was extremely stiff.
, every time he wanted to move, there was always severe pain in his back, as if nothing was intact throughout his body, and even his mind would be affected.
Zhao Kuo's memory is no longer as good as before. Sometimes, he was horrified to find that he could no longer remember many people's faces and names. This made Zhao Kuo blame himself and feel very guilty.
One time, Zhao Kuo was sitting in the courtyard in a daze. He suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked Zhao Gao next to him, what was the name of the young man who died in the battle with him when he went to war with Yan State? Zhao Gao was confused, how could he know?
Zhao Kuo seemed to have lost his soul, asking questions everywhere, but no one around him knew about it, including people like Li Si and Han Fei, and they couldn't answer. Zhao Kuo had tears in his eyes and lowered his head.
, without saying a word.
At this critical moment, the emperor personally came forward and wrote to Dong Chengzi in Handan, from whom he learned the name Handan Zao. When the emperor told Zhao Kuo the name, Zhao Kuo seemed so self-blame
, he shook his head and asked over and over again: "How could I forget him? How could I forget him?"
Zhao Kuo spent more time in a daze than before, but he was not idle either. In these years, Zhao Kuo wrote a lot, including many arguments, academic articles, and advice to the king.
There are requirements for the people of the world, and profound contents such as nation-state... Zhao Kuo has forgotten a lot, but he seems not to have forgotten his mission or his deep love for this land.
When he started writing these articles, he became like the old Ma Fujun. As soon as his "Ethnic Theory" came out, it caused a stir in Xianyang. Zhao Kuo proposed the term "nation" for the first time and also established the concept of the Chinese nation.
, he used various dialectical methods to prove the commonality of the nationalities in the Chinese land, and put forward the concept of Greater China nationalism based on cultural identity. According to Zhao Kuo's concept, anyone who accepts Chinese culture and recognizes himself as a Chinese nation
Yes, that is the Chinese nation.
Zhao Kuo proved this through history. He sorted out the theories of origins from ancient times, successfully tied the origins of people from various countries together, and intentionally increased national pride and national identity. The emperor saw this argument
At this time, I almost jumped up with surprise. Zhao Kuo's national theory finally gradually perfected the theory of seven nations as one. This was something that Han Fei had never been able to do.
Another point is the question that Zhao Kang struggled with at the beginning: why attack the Yue people? This is still a war of unification. Well, it is not a war of unification of the country, but a war of national unification. According to the "Ma Fu Shu"
According to the origin theory, the Yue people here are also members of the Chinese nation... Zhao Kuo certainly wanted to avoid future civil war by cultivating nationalism early.
And Zhao Kuo's nationalism is not in a narrow sense. Based on the idea of "the seven countries are all integrated, forget about the others", he directly included the outside of the Great Wall, the Western Regions, South Vietnam, and even outside Liaodong...Chinese civilization
It was already extremely tolerant, but Zhao Kuo just wanted to develop this inclusiveness earlier. The saying "When the Barbarians enter China, they will be followed by China, and when China enters the Barbarians, the Barbarians will follow" was reinterpreted by Zhao Kuo.
In addition, Zhao Kuo also completed the historical materialism that he originally wanted to complete, giving historians of this era a new way to study history. The most exaggerated one is Zhao Kuo's "Future".
Zhao Kuo's "Future" is completely unlike his style. Many of it are prophecies and prospects for the future. Zhao Kuo wrote in all the things that are impossible to achieve today.
It includes not only water vapor, internal combustion engines, electric lights, etc., but also some brand-new social models and utopias. Whether in China or abroad, there are still many philosophers with such utopian ideas in the future. What they say is relevant in contemporary times.
It sounds very ridiculous, but often thousands of years later, when people look at it again, they will have inexplicable feelings. Zhao Kuo still had many things on his mind, and he wanted to write a lot.
Fortunately, he can still hold a pen now.
Looking at Gan Luo who suddenly came to visit, Zhao Kuo put down the pen and paper with a smile and asked him to sit next to him. Gan Luo lowered his head and knelt down beside him. He respected Zhao Kuo very much, even though he was in Zhao Kuo.
There is no restraint in front of Kuo, but this does not mean that he has no respect for the old man in front of him. The old man in front of him is the first contemporary sage who has unified the world and is unparalleled in benevolence and righteousness. Almost no one disrespects him, even those who have been
He also destroyed the people of the country.
"Why did you come to me suddenly? Are you preparing to go to Yuezhi?" Zhao Kuo asked curiously. What did Gan Luo want to say? He looked around and then said: "Your Majesty ordered that this
No one can know about this except you..." After hearing his words, Zhao Gao was the first to understand what he meant. Zhao Gao was not angry, so he took Moton and left here.
Zhao Kuo did not dissuade them. After they left, Gan Luo bowed again and said seriously: "I came here this time because I have something very important to tell you!" Gan Luo lowered his voice and looked at him.
He said sternly: "The Mao who is in your mansion now is the eldest son of the Xiongnu Chanyu Touman, Maodun!"
...
Gan Luo left Zhao Kuo's mansion quickly. No one knew what they talked about. When Zhao Gao came back in, he found something was wrong with Zhao Kuo's face. His face was a little pale and his eyes were dull. Zhao Gao hurriedly
Asked: "Is there any bad news?" Zhao Kuo came back to his senses. He shook his head, then looked behind Zhao Gao and asked: "Where are you?"
"He went to find Xiu."
"Alas...", Zhao Kuo suddenly sighed. The information brought by Gan Luo really shocked him. At first, he saw that there was something wrong with Gao. He might not be Lin Hu's prince, but Lin Hu's prince.
Hu randomly found a child to pretend to be, but he really didn't expect that this child was actually the eldest son of the Xiongnu Chanyu Touman, and the name Maodun seemed to become familiar in an instant.
The Xiongnu hero that Zhao Kuo was worried about a few days ago was actually by his side, accompanying him every day... calling him his great father. Zhao Kuo was a little dazed, and he began to recall his feelings for this hero in his previous life.
What the Lord knew, but he didn't remember it very clearly. He only remembered that he defeated Liu Bang in the future.
In the original historical line, after Mao Dun grew up, Tou Man wanted to make his youngest son king and wanted to kill Mao Dun. However, when he grew up, Mao Dun won the respect and love of the tribesmen because of his bravery, and Tou Man could not
Wanting to kill him by force, he sent Mao Dun to Yuezhi as a hostage. As soon as Mao Dun arrived at Yuezhi, Touman directly led his army to attack Yuezhi. Yuezhi was furious and wanted to kill Mao Dun. Mo Dun snatched a horse.
He fled back to the Huns, but Touman's plan to kill someone with a knife failed.
Maodun returned to the Huns and led 10,000 cavalry. He made a kind of sounding arrows and trained his men in horseback archery. He ordered: "Any target that my sounding arrows shoot at will be shot if anyone does not follow me and shoot it with all his strength."
, and beheaded them." First he shot at birds and beasts. If some people did not shoot at the target of the rattle arrow, Mao Dun killed them. Soon, Mo Dun shot his beloved horse with a rattle arrow. Some people on the left and right did not dare to shoot. Mao Dun
Kill them immediately.
A few days later, Mao Dun shot his beloved wife with a resounding arrow. Some of the people around him were frightened and did not dare to shoot, so Mao Dun killed them again. A few days later, Mao Dun went out hunting and shot a single man with a resounding arrow.
Yu's horse, and the people on his left and right immediately followed him to shoot. So Mao Dun knew that the people on his left and right were all useful people, and then he went hunting with his father Touman Chanyu, and shot Touman Chanyu in the head with a ringing arrow.
The people on the left and right also shot arrows at Touman Shanyu, and Touman died on the spot.
Afterwards, Mao Dun killed all his stepmother, younger brother and ministers who disobeyed him, and established himself as Chanyu.
After Mao Dun became the Chanyu, Donghu was powerful and prosperous at this time. Hearing that Mao Dun killed his father and established himself on his own, he decided to pay tribute first and then fight. He sent envoys to Mao Dun to tell him that he wanted to get Touman's thousand-mile horse. Mao Dun asked the officials, and they all said:
"The Chollima is a horse belonging to the Xiongnu. Don't give it to me." Mao Dun said, "How can we be stingy with a horse even though we are neighboring countries?" So he gave the Chollima to Dong Hu. After a while, Dong Hu thought that Mao Dun was afraid of him.
, so he sent an envoy to tell Maodun that he wanted a clan named Chanyu.
Mao Dun asked the ministers on the left and right again, and the ministers on the left and right were all angry and said: "Dong Hu is unreasonable. He actually wants the Yan family. Please send troops to attack him." Mo Dun said: "How can you be the leader of the country with someone else but be stingy with a woman?"
So he gave his favorite Yan family to Donghu. King Donghu became more and more proud, and invaded and invaded westward. There was an open space between Donghu and the Huns, which was uninhabited. This place was more than a thousand miles away, and both sides were here.
Sentries were built on both sides of the open space.
Donghu sent an envoy to Modu and said: "You Xiongnu cannot go to the open space outside the border post with us. We want to occupy it." Modu asked the officials for their opinions, and some of them said: "This is an abandoned open space.
, you can give it to them, or you can not give it to them." So Mao Dun was furious and said: "Land is the foundation of the country, how can we give it to them!" So Mao Dun killed those who said that the land should be given to Donghu.
He immediately mounted his horse and ordered anyone in the country who retreated to be beheaded, so he led his army eastward to attack Donghu.
Donghu despised the Xiongnu at first, so he did not take precautions. When Maodun arrived and led the army, Donghu was defeated as soon as the battle began. The king of Donghu was also wiped out. The Xiongnu prisoners plundered the Donghu people, livestock and property.
Then he began to conquer all the disobedient tribes around him and successfully unified the northern grasslands. At this time, Liu Bang had completed the unification of the Central Plains. As King Xin of Han defected to the Huns, Maodun came to attack the Central Plains. The two sides fought. Maodun
He deliberately faked defeat, attracted Liu Bang to pursue him, and finally besieged him in Baideng. The most frightening thing is that at this time, Mao Dun was only in his early thirties...
Later, Liu Bang sent Fan Kuai to stop this man's invasion. It was not until the peace talks that Mao Dun stopped plundering. After Liu Bang's death, Mao Dun wrote to Empress Lu again. His words were very rude and nakedly teasing.
Empress Lu, who was at least twenty years older than herself... Empress Lu was furious and wanted to kill the envoy, but she did not do so because of the advice of the ministers.
When Emperor Wen came to the throne, Mao Dun was already old. Emperor Wen decided to solve the domestic crisis first, accumulate strength and then deal with foreign enemies. Therefore, Emperor Wen proposed a marriage, and Mao Dun readily accepted it. The two sides negotiated a peace and stopped fighting. The peace lasted until Mao Dun died of illness.
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He is cruel, cold, bellicose, brave, and a bit ruffian. He is indeed an out-and-out grassland tyrant.
Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Gao beside him and thought of Mao Dun who was playing at Zhao Kang's house, and he sighed again.
