Chapter 20 The Eighteenth Chapter of the First Emperor's Banquet for Monarchs and Ministers to Xu Yi, Building Zhidao's Hometown and Worshiping Ancestors

Although the country is well supported by heroes, Meng Tian has a more complete and comprehensive plan to strengthen the border in front of the Xianyang Palace.In order to strengthen the frontier defenses and supply hundreds of thousands of troops and more than 100,000 laborers with living and war preparation materials, the idea of ​​building a straight road through the north and south lingered in Meng Tian's mind.Looking for a straight line, continue to build a fortress along the river, and start building the northern border; return to his hometown, preside over the Mengshan sacrifice; cut the establishment, immigrate to the village, and since then Mengtian has become the first person to develop the frontier construction...

It was already March in the spring of the following year when the group set off for Beijing Mianjun, and the dozens of people in chariots and horses were also quite spectacular.Meng Tian discussed with Ji Fengyi, and Liu Baili rushed to ask the emperor to grant the old general Ren Xiao to bring his family to Beijing to meet the king.The emperor was happy, and he only said "Yes!" In this way, Ren Xiao took his mother, beloved wife, and daughter on the road back to Beijing Mianjun. In the early morning, a round of sun rises slowly, rolling a few times on the horizon in the distance, and the sky in the north becomes clearer.The morning breeze blew slowly, and more than a dozen soldiers who were about to embark on the road to Beijing solemnly glanced at the faint outline of Jiuyuan City, and the soldiers lined up to see off their generals.Meng Tian said lightly: "Okay, why are you so nervous? Go back."

"Drive—" Following the shout, the chariots and horses drove forward slowly.Ren Xiao stayed behind the carriage and shouted: "Wu Yan, draw the curtains first, it's cold outside, don't freeze mother and child." "Hey, I got it." Wu Yan hurriedly pulled the car curtain tightly, but Ren's mother opened the curtain again, saying: "It's okay, we all come from a hard background, not so delicate, we still want to breathe, right, I Your good granddaughter?" The child said bluntly, "Yes." The grandparent and grandson refused to let her go, so Wu Yan could only smile at Ren Xiao at the curtain: "Forget it, but be careful about your bones..."

After driving for three hours in a hurry, the weather became hot.The sky in the north is like a baby's face, changing as it says, and suddenly a gust of wind blows up, rolling up a cloud of yellow dust and running east and west along the old course of the Yellow River.A group of people went to Fenglingdu, saw the ferry boat was waiting there, then boarded the boat and crossed the Beihe River, set foot on the Henan land, stayed overnight at Xiaoxing, and arrived at Hunhuaizhang on the morning of the fourth day.Meng Tian was filled with emotion.The tower of Hunhuai Zong is bathed in the sunshine, leaving Hunhuai Zang seems like a world away, haunting dreams.Beside him is the Yellow River winding its way north, and in front of him are the familiar faces of the soldiers of the Qin Army. The defenders there saw that it was General Meng Tian, ​​and happily prepared a feast for them.Meng Tian didn't allow them to spend money, and told them that when Mianjun came back from the capital this time, Hunhuaiyi would set up another camp to deal with the frontier affairs in the northern border, and asked them to tidy up.

It goes without saying that the pommel horse was exhausted all the way. The group went down to Anding, entered Xiaoguan, passed Jitou Mountain, worshiped at Qiuyuan, walked Jingxing, and arrived at the ground in Qinzhong.However, Qinchuan Mausoleum, which is eight hundred miles away, has low hills and dense forests; vast rivers, crisscross fields, neat fields, and lush green crops.Mao peaches and jujubes are already hanging on the branches.On both sides of the official road, the maple, tung tree, locust tree, and elm are tall and shoulderless; poplars, willows, Chinese oaks, and pine hold tall bamboos; , It's a good Beijing weather.Everyone was astonished and said: "Northern Xinjiang is still in the cold spring, and the frost has locked the country, but here, the willows are green, the peaches are green, and the flowers are like brocade!" Meng Tian answered for the generals one by one.Li Jian was appointed as an accompanying military officer, and he happened to be able to return to Beijing to visit his relatives.

Meng Tian and his party finally came to the northern suburbs outside the city, passed by the Altar of Worshiping Generals and the Wufeng Tower, and looked at the left and right sides of the city gate.The people here are busy with their own affairs, turning a blind eye to the soldiers from northern Xinjiang who are coming in a hurry.So these men who were on the bloody battlefield couldn't help but feel discouraged, and they risked their lives to protect others, but what they earned was such looks.Ren Xiao's daughter was so happy that she thought the window was too small, so she clamored to watch it on a horse.Ren Xiao had no choice but to ask Jin Wei to carry his daughter out of the window and let her sit in his arms.Going forward not far, there are no civilian houses around, but there is a dental room, a school yard, and a barracks. This is the nine gate guards and thousand households in the capital.A group of soldiers lined up to welcome the generals and soldiers who entered the capital. There was a small phalanx. Under the shout of an officer, they waved their long swords in order to show their welcome.Meng Tian and all the generals got off their horses and lined up with the accompanying sergeants.A military officer on the other side said loudly: "By the order of the emperor, I am here to welcome General Meng Tian and the generals of the Northern Xinjiang. You have worked hard all the way!" Ladies and gentlemen, please rise, you will stay at Longzong Camp which is very close to Xianyang Palace." The hatchbacks got up and walked together for about half an hour before arriving at Longzong Camp, exchanged greetings, and the officers led the team to leave.Here, as Li Jian said, the tall palaces meet the sky, the pavilions are grounded, the corridors seek straightness, and the lakes and rockeries are surrounded by water.The market is exhausted, and tall lintels can be found everywhere. You can tell at a glance that they are the residences of princes and ministers.

The imperial envoy who came to greet them said: "Everything is ready here, so you don't need to worry about it. If there is anything missing, just tell the steward here, we should go back and report!" People also return gifts to others.Meng Tian suddenly remembered a crucial link, and asked again: "Does the imperial envoy know when the emperor will see me?" The imperial envoy said very politely: "I don't know very well, I guess it will only be a day or two. See you later!" Three days later in the morning, at the court. "Chen Mengtian led his generals to meet the emperor, long live my emperor!" The last sentence was shouted by everyone, obviously not a minister who often went to court, and the shouting was not neat at all.The other ministers stood on both sides, showing the same expressions as ordinary people on the streets of the capital, and a bit like watching monkeys in the zoo... Shihuang was very happy and said straightforwardly: "My dearest relatives, please sit down."

At the left end of the court hall, bamboo mats and noodle tables were specially prepared for the ten generals in northern Xinjiang.Everyone sat down together.Li Si came out at the right time, and said with deep emotion: "Your Majesty's merit is better than that of the three emperors, and his virtue has penetrated all nations. Today, the northern border is peaceful and the world is at peace. It is my great Qin's fortune. Meng Tian has completed his mission, and he can return to his family and live in seclusion for the rest of his life." .This is a blessing for the monarch and his ministers. Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations!"

"Otherwise..." Before Meng Tian could respond, the first emperor said in advance: "The prime minister is right, but the northern border has been calm for the first time, people's hearts are fluctuating, and the Xiongnu's wolf ambition is still alive. Besides, they are called to Beijing to face me now, a large area of ​​land Returning to our court, it must not be abandoned forever, Meng Tian, ​​don’t you think so?” The first emperor focused on Meng Tian and other generals, and he thought in his heart: If the northern border is managed well, the country of Great Qin will be stabilized.

How could Li Si and the others fail to see through their minds?It was nothing more than that Meng Tian had already achieved great success, so there was absolutely no need to control 300,000 troops.How could the first emperor not consider these things?But what he values ​​more is the development of Daqin.In that year when worshiping Chaona Qiuyuan, the First Emperor once climbed Jitou Mountain to look at the land occupied by the Huns. Although it is not far away, the mountain is not high, and the Sichuan plateau can be seen.It seems that it is time to take a good look at this Henan land. "Your Majesty, I have made some preparations when I returned to Beijing this time. The land of Henan and the whole Dahetao have now belonged to Daqin. There are seven hundred miles along the river, the riverside and the sea, the lakes are connected, and the land is moist and fertile. , the Huns also used to farm millet, and the harvest was quite rich, so they also knew that settling down and farming is a major plan for the people's livelihood, and they wanted to dominate for themselves. Now, after the defeat of the Hun army, many Hun farmers are unwilling to leave and are willing to surrender Our dynasty is unwilling to abandon the land, which shows the fertile and rich land in Henan. Now I present the "A Brief Discussion on the Management of Northern Xinjiang", and I invite the emperor to read it and make a decision."

The first emperor was very happy to hear that, and said: "Submit it to me." The palace servants hurriedly presented it to the first emperor, and without saying anything else, they just looked at the catalog and praised it: "The mountains, rivers and swamps belong to the king; the land is reclaimed to recruit wasteland." , repair branches and Tianjin to irrigate the fields; repair the wharf along the river to connect the river with water transport, until Beihe Datao, and connect Fujizhou and Liaodong. Then the king will make good luck, and the rich side... good, very good!" The generals secretly rejoiced, the first emperor This test was finally passed, at least to give them face in front of the Beijing officials.The First Emperor asked again: "Should we build more barrier pavilions along the river and set up counties to open government?" Meng Tian hurriedly said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the barrier pavilions are under construction, and it is inevitable to establish counties and open mansions, but there is a vast area there. It requires a lot of manpower and material resources to develop it, and it cannot be completed overnight." "Of course," Shihuang immediately took over and said, "If you lack manpower, you can immigrate from the old country. As long as there are people, there will be a rich place there. I can imagine that you have done a good job. Come on. Ah, according to my decree, each will reward five bolts of cloth and silk weaving." Everyone knelt down and thanked: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward." "Ji Fengyi came out and let me have a look..." The first emperor could not forget this Northern Xinjiang military advisor.Ji Fengyi sat up calmly and came to the center of the court hall, bowed nine times and said: "The last general Ji Fengyi pays homage to the emperor!" "Hmm! Sure enough, you look good. I've seen your combat strategy, and Meng Tian just complements each other. It's very insightful. There is no reason why Touman will be invincible when he meets you. Implement the strategy of preventing and controlling the land. You go down and prepare, and leave in a month, okay?" Ji Fengyi said loudly: "Thank you for your trust, Ji Fengyi is willing to do the work of dogs and horses." "Very good! Sit back." Shihuang stared at Ren Xiao, and asked with a half-smile: "Ren Taishou, why are you hiding from me? Could it be that I will eat you?" Ren Xiao was very uncomfortable, and carefully replied: " ...No, Ren Xiao didn't hide from His Majesty." Shihuang chased after him: "Why not? You married a wife and didn't even say hello..." Ren Xiao asked straightforwardly in surprise: "Hey, Your Majesty, how do you know Should I marry a daughter-in-law? If the emperor is not willing, I, Ren Xiao, will divorce her..." "Shut up!" Shi Huang dissuaded: "Who do you think I am?" Then, Shi Huang asked: "I have granted you permission to bring your mother and family to Beijing, why don't you see them face me? Quickly pass..." Ren Xiao was even more moved, deeply impressed by Shi Huang's magnanimity, stepped forward and knelt in front of Shi Huang, and kowtowed again and again to thank him: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness, it is difficult for a minister to repay such a kindness." Shi Huang saw that Ren Xiao was pedantic and straightforward. He is so cute, I want to tease him more and more: "Whoever wants you to repay me and make your Jiuyuan well, I will thank you in person. I heard that last year Jiuyuan had a radius of several hundred miles, the millet was ripe, the people were rich, and life was good It was several times the year before. Since ancient times, I have never heard of Jiuyuan being rich, but you made it, how can I not know the rewards and punishments." Ren Xiao was thin and weak, looking sluggish, but his eyes were bright and sparkling, and then He replied: "Thanks to the great love of the emperor, and thanks to General Meng's all-out efforts to resist the thieves and keep the harvest, the Xiongnu failed. Therefore, I was able to open up five million stones of millet and grain to prepare for famine and famine." The first emperor said slowly again. "You have so much food in reserve, yet you don't have the money to entertain the soldiers who resisted the Huns, and you secretly slaughtered the cows fed by your old mother to reward the generals? Is there such a thing?" The ability to express is limited, so he muttered for a long time... Shihuang couldn't help laughing, which made all the officials laugh. Standing outside shouted one after another: "The emperor has a decree, let Ren Xiao's mother and family members go to the hall!" After a while, Wu Yan, the Aries woman, helped her mother-in-law and her daughter into the hall, knelt under Dan Chi and shouted: " Women of the people kowtow to our emperor, wish my emperor long live long live long live long live!" "I allow three generations of your grandparents to speak up." "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." The three girls, young and old, climbed up, scared by the majesty of the Emperor, still not daring to look up.The First Emperor looked at them for a long time, and said with a smile, "Aren't you angry that your son stole your cow?" The old woman heard that she was asking herself, and replied generously, "Your Majesty, I really don't know that he slaughtered the cow to thank you all." General, otherwise, how could the old man make such a fool of himself. It is time to reward the soldiers of the three armies, but my family Ren Xiao is pedantic and straightforward. year." "National scholar, national scholar!" Shihuang praised the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty with great emotion: "I would rather pay for it myself than use the money and grain of the treasury at will. What kind of integrity is this..." The court was suddenly silent.The First Emperor sighed and said: "Compared with those who are corrupt and bribery, Ren Xiao's 'pedantic and straightforward' is more admirable. I hereby declare that Mengtian, Ren Xiao, and Ji Fengyi will be named 'National Scholars', and Ren Xiao's mother and Meng Tian's mother She is the 'Mother of the National Scholars'. The others will pay respects as first-class officials." Hearing this, the three hurried forward to thank her.The First Emperor continued: "Give Ren Xiao and Ji Fengyi a residence each!" After all the ministers had gathered, the emperor hosted a banquet for the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty.The emperor has a decree that for those veterans who are hanging their chariots to serve, the emperor will give them a banquet together, and the local county government will bestow it on their behalf. Shihuang was happy and drank a few more glasses of wine, with Ren Xiao and Meng Tian sitting beside him.A little further away sat Ji Fengyi, Li Jian, Tian Huo, Feng Shifen, Zhao Gang and others.Seeing that Li Jian was still a child at such a young age, Shi Huang asked Meng Tian, ​​"This young man is definitely not someone to be taken care of by you!" He rationed Tian Huo as a military advisor, and Tian Huo really became like a tiger with wings added." Shihuang was also very happy when he heard this: "Oh, he is still so young, so he must have a bright future! I don't know where he is from?" There was a lot of voices, and Meng Tian was afraid that Shihuang would listen. It was not true, so he said loudly: "Your Majesty, you must not have imagined that he is the son of General Li Xin, and his name is Li Jian." Passing Li Jian, he asked, "How is your father?" Li Jian was startled at first, but immediately returned to normal, and bowed deeply: "Thank you for your concern, your health is fine, you have nothing to do all day, playing chess alone... " "Playing chess alone...it's amazing." The first emperor was full of admiration: "Go back and greet your father for me!" Li Jian hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "This day's great grace, the little one will definitely bring it." Get up and give it to Shi Shi Huang and Meng Tian filled up the wine.Shi Huang's face turned red from drinking, and he said to Meng Tian in a low voice: "Forget about the things mentioned in my letter, after all, there will still be people who say bad things about you..." Meng Tian was greatly surprised, and said to himself: After all, he still hasn't forgotten... The little girl Ren Na came to Ren Xiao, staring at Shi Huang in a trance.The First Emperor called her: "Come here, Ren Xiao's daughter? Come, come to me..." Ren Na was unrestrained, slowly rubbed into the First Emperor's arms, raised her head and asked, "May I call you the emperor's grandfather? Shihuang nodded: "Of course." Little Renna suddenly said: "Grandpa Emperor, Grandma said just now that the mother of this national scholar should be handed over to my mother. She said that she will hand over her father to my mother soon. She is The person who is leaving. Grandpa Emperor, where is Grandma going? I won’t let her go.” Chatting with this innocent little girl, Shi Huang found it very interesting and moved.Shihuang smiled and said: "Your grandma may be right. The mother of a national scholar can be hereditary. If grandma leaves, it will be your mother's turn." Xiao Renna understood: "Oh, isn't that so? If grandma leaves, there will be mother to take care of her, and if mother is leaving, I will take care of her, right?" Shihuang smiled happily and nodded: "Yes, that's what happened..." After Ji Fengyi was "poached" by the emperor, Meng Tian felt extremely uncomfortable for a long time.Ji Fengyi is one of his capable generals. No one else can compare with his intelligence and drive.Ji Fengyi didn't even go back to her hometown, so she was promoted to the Taiwei Mansion. The rank of general remained the same, but a doctoral rank was added, responsible for preparing books and anthologies for the emperor, consulting everything, and participating in court discussions.Soon, the Manmiao and other ethnic minorities in southern Guangdong gathered to cause trouble. The chieftain wanted to leave the imperial court, and the court held several days without results.The First Emperor was at a loss, and asked Ji Fengyi what to do, and Ji Fengyi said unceremoniously: "Actually, the court has discussed for a few days, and the central topic is nothing more than the two strategies of 'suppression' and 'pacification'. Although the last general has not been to the south, there is nothing more It is also the king of the world, 'strossing' is better than 'suppressing'." The first emperor remained calm, using stroking with his personality seemed to be contrary to his ambitions, and his face showed displeasure: "Why do you know that?" Heng decided to finish what he had to say: "The mountains are high, the ditch is deep, the land is wide, and the people are mixed. They are familiar with the terrain, but we are not familiar with it. They can't be suppressed. The chieftain is still the actual king. It's better to give him both kindness and power, and simply make him the lord of the county." , allowing him to be self-governing. If he is knocked out, the dragons will have no leader, and the place may be even more chaotic..." Shi Huang pondered for a long time, thinking in his heart, this is really the best strategy.Although I feel uncomfortable in my heart, I can still make sense, so I nodded frequently: "Very good! Then I will trouble you to go and tell me about the power of the empire, how about it?" Of course Ji Fengyi couldn't object, especially if the idea was still He made it himself, so he had to say: "I obey!" Ji Fengyi was thinking about Meng Tian's order to repair the straight road, so she didn't have time to go back to Beihe to have a deep talk with Meng Tian before leaving, so she handed over a handwritten letter to Li Jian to Hunhuai Barrier, and gave it to General Meng Tian. At this time, at the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the Yellow River is heading northward, the current is turbulent, the tide is flooding the grassland, the pasture is rich, and everything is recovering.Meng Tian issued an order to build Qin Zhidao.If this straight road is completed, it will connect to Qinzhong Ganquan in the south and Beihe in the north, and set up Fenglingdu to cross the Beihe and go straight to Jiuyuan, in order to provide food, fodder and other materials for hundreds of thousands of soldiers and laborers there.The straight road design has a total length of 1,800 miles.The wide straight road overcomes the plight of traffic congestion in Jiuyuan.After the opening of the straight road, the time for grain transportation and transshipment of various materials will be greatly shortened.The rainy season in the north is coming early. In the north, which is always dry, the air feels moist and greasy. It rains non-stop, with light rain for three days and heavy rain for ten days.On a section of straight road that has just been completed, the subgrade has been damaged by the rain in several places. Wherever there is a gully and a plateau, the mountain rain has restored it to its original state. Muddy and handicapped, Meng Tian sat alone in the lobby of the Chinese Army, looking at the mountains and rain outside the window, feeling infinitely melancholy.In the past few days, a question has been bothering him: as long as the mountain rains come, the roadbed will be difficult to protect, that is for sure, so what will happen to the rainy season next year?The southeast wind was blowing, although it was a rainy day, but Meng Tian didn't feel cool at all. In the afternoon, the sky finally cleared, and a rainbow was erected across the Nanyuan plateau, and the entire eastern grassland was blooming with girlish tenderness.Jinwei brought a plate of sliced ​​early-ripening melons from the New Reclamation Area, Meng Tian ate a piece, the melons were very sweet, and his mood improved a lot.Jiang Ion came in from the outside, picked up a piece of melon, and said after eating a mouthful of melon, "The weather is really tormenting. If you can't be happy, you will be bored..." Behind, Tian Huo, Zhao Gang, Feng Shifen and other main When the sergeants saw that the rain was over and the sky was clear, they all rushed to the lobby of the Chinese army.Meng Tian ordered the guards to bring more. "Heh, I didn't expect the general to eat cantaloupe here..." This is Yang Jin who has recently come to Mengtian.Meng Tian had already washed his hands, looked at the report sent by the imperial court, and told everyone: "Eat first, after eating, we will discuss straight talk, no one expected that it would be so troublesome." Everyone now has a headache when talking about straight talk , Shouting one after another: "Oh, it seems that this cantaloupe can't be eaten for nothing." "Of course..." I don't know who just answered this sentence, Li Jian swaggered in, looked at the table of cantaloupe skins like leftovers, and regretted: "...Why, you have to save some for me!" Meng Tian was stunned : "Hey, when did you come back? Why didn't you come to me to answer?" Li Jian picked up the last piece of cantaloupe, took a bite, and replied: "I just came back last night. What kind of broken road was repaired? Let's go!" After ten miles, the road is cut off, and we have to go over the mountains again. It is better to take the original mountain road... Oh, there is a letter from the general." Meng Tian didn't care about Li Jian's complaints, and he didn't even open the letter Li Jian threw on the table.Suddenly, he felt that the handwriting was so familiar, so he tore off the wax paint and saw that it was written by Ji Fengyi.After reading it carefully, it turned out that it was Ji Fengyi's own handwriting when he entered Beijing in early spring, and it explained in detail that the site for the construction of the straight road should not be chosen at will, but should follow the natural environment.He also said that there is an east-west landscape poncho line running from north to south in the eastern plateau of Henan, and you can start from there... Meng Tian slapped the letter on the table and looked directly at Li Jian: "I ask you, this letter from General Ji When did you give it to you?" Li Jian knew that he had caused a catastrophe, so he was too frightened to look up. He lowered his head and said, "After you all returned to Beihe, he asked me to hand it over to you. The problem is that my grandmother passed away the next day. , I have to stay at home again, and I can't get away. I am also anxious to hand it over to you as soon as possible, but..." Seeing that Meng Tian was angry, Jiang Ion approached Meng Tian and said, "General, it's not too late now..." Meng Tian calmed down, and said to Li Jian, "It can't be all your fault..." "The east-west boundary line that runs through the north and the south that Ji Fengyi said is actually a central axis of the entire land. None of us thought of this." Jiang Ion spread out the sketch drawn by Ji Fengyi and compared it. "The Yellow River created the West River and the East River in our geographical environment in Henan, but it is actually a pattern formed by one river. For thousands of years, the trend of mountain rain must flow to whichever side it is close to. It is natural. The ground forms a central axis. As long as we find this central axis and build a straight road on the central axis, the rainwater from the east will not flow to the west, and the rainwater from the west will not flow to the east. This is the law of nature. It can be changed." After Ji Fengyi left, that is, Jiang Ion still knew some techniques of geography and hexagrams.Meng Tian really realized the practical difficulty of the scarcity of talents. He entrusted Jiang Ion with the task of re-surveying the straight road line, and he was in charge of the entire straight road project under his command.Not long after, a few artisans came from the south, carrying Ji Fengyi's letter of recommendation, and walked into Hunhuaizhuang.Meng Tian was overjoyed after seeing it, and ordered Li Jian to find Jiang Ion as soon as possible.After Jiang Ion entered, Meng Tian solemnly said to him: "These three people must be respected by the superiors, and they must not be neglected." Jiang Ion said straightforwardly: "General, please rest assured, I will definitely fulfill my mission, and I will send someone to take care of the experts." One sentence reminded Meng Tian again, and he said in a loud voice: "Li Jian, come here..." Li Jian responded and came to the front: "What's the matter, general?" Meng Tian pointed to the three experts: "You put the matter of the Chinese army aside, Temporarily assigned to Jiang Ion. Be sure to take good care of these three, if you are on a business trip, I will ask you." Li Jian stuck out his tongue: "I understand!" In the golden autumn of August, Qin Zhidao was completely connected, and Meng Tian rode the Black Wind Sweaty BMW and personally led the food delivery team to reach Jiuyuan in just five days.Ren Xiao happily led his subordinates out of the city to greet him.The sergeant under his command revealed: "Prefect Ren is double-happy, and has a son!" Meng Tian was overjoyed when he heard that: "You old bastard, you don't hide this matter. Let's go home." Meng Tian came to see Ren's mother with a heavy gift.Wu Yan, an Aries woman, holds her son in her arms to express her gratitude, and she must accept Meng Tian's worship from her and her son.On the second day, the autumn rain was torrential, and the rain kept falling like splashing water.Meng Tian was thinking about the straight road, fearing that there would be another mistake, he insisted on taking advantage of the rainy day to investigate whether the straight road has broken down.Ren Xiao ordered someone to find a poncho, and a group of people braved the rain and returned to Huanhuaishang.What made him happy was that no place was washed away, so he rushed back to the Chinese army camp smoothly. The straight road is opened, and the left and right hatchbacks take the straight road as the central axis, either for cultivation or farming, or for animal husbandry, where the mountain goods come out, and the grain fodder enters here.The population of Henan is increasing, but it is far from keeping up with the needs of the development of the situation.At this time, Meng Tian reported to the imperial court that the first batch of old, weak, sick and disabled soldiers would be directly eliminated and then left in Henan to carry out organized reclamation construction.Then came the second batch and the third batch, which allowed the two-way coexistence of legion organization and garrison and common people, and reserved the designation, in order to meet the emergency needs in case of foreign enemy invasion in northern Xinjiang.Therefore, when Qin expelled the Xiongnu, the 300,000 troops were reduced to less than 100,000, which not only reduced the pressure on military supplies and food, but more importantly, temporarily solved the agricultural livestock resources, and many war horses were converted into farm animals.The 200,000 soldiers who retreated have reclaimed a large amount of land, but there are still not enough cultivators.Looking at these changes, Meng Tian was both excited and anxious. When will the villages and smoke beckon here? There are too many things to do. Once a large number of immigrants come here in the future, it is still unimaginable to set up a county to build a government, but suffer from no officials.Therefore, Henan is not only short of labor, but also officials and literati.Meng Tian asked Jiang Ion to make a signboard to attract talents, and wrote a letter: "Writing and ink do not distinguish between paint and paint, you can bet on the court; men and women are not afraid, just plow the fields!" I will not mention this last sentence, there is a saying in my hometown that women plow the fields and donkeys plow the land, but dolls work with a smell..." Meng Tian scolded with a smile: "If there is no old one, how can there be a young one, and filial piety is the first priority in everything; There are more women. Wow, we have so many old soldiers who can’t get married, and you see them being bachelors?” The sergeant suddenly said: “Oh, if you say that, you really can’t do without women…” Meng Tian said again: “Not only In this way, people from outside can’t come, so you have to go down to serve as officials.” A guard said, “General, Madam is here…” Meng Tian was a little surprised, and turned to see Ma Lianlian standing at the door with a smile.All the generals shouted in unison: "Hello Madam Sister-in-law, Madam Sister-in-law has worked hard all the way!" Meng Tian and Ma Lianlian came to their temporary mansion together, Ma Lianlian threw herself into Meng Tian's arms, jokingly said: "You still think you are married and forget about our wives..." Meng Tian hugged his beloved wife tightly and said with a smile: " What are you talking about! How about Meng Jing and Meng Xian?" Ma Lianlian said proudly, "Don't worry about that, I don't have any other skills, I can show you my son's ability." Meng Tian saw his wife lying around In her arms, she wanted to kiss her softly, and a sense of love for children spontaneously arose, but she tried her best to restrain herself, and then said: "You think it's enough to feed them and make them fat, but I'm asking if their studies have improved ?” The wife laughed and said, “You’re asking this…” Then she took out a scroll from her pocket and showed it to Meng Tian, ​​“Look, this is what I taught your son, he can write!” Meng Tian took it and read it carefully, and sure enough, the two sons each wrote a greeting to him. He hugged his beloved wife affectionately and said, "Thank you very much..." "How can you thank me?" Ma Lianlian asked mischievously.Meng Tian calmly said, "How about taking the three of you back to Mengyin, your hometown?" Ma Lianlian smiled sweetly, she kissed her husband, and then looked at him affectionately. Meng Tian was born and grew up in Xianyang. He said that returning to his hometown is just an excuse, and conducting public opinion surveys and finding out the current situation of the population are his biggest goals.A few days later, he took his beloved wife and two sons, as well as Tian Huo, Jiang Ion, Feng Shifen, Yongxia and others, across the Xihe River, walked to Zhongshan, went down to Handan, stopped in Luoyang, and went on a raft to help the river again. I went to the Confucian Temple to worship and walked for nearly a month before arriving at the foot of Mount Meng. The mountains in the distance faintly come into everyone's sight. Looking up at Mengshan Mountain, Qinglong Mountain is in the west, Hutou Cliff in the east, and the Yudai River flows in the middle.Meng Tian thought of his grandfather learning art as a young man, walking west to the Qin Dynasty, looking at the vastness of the world, playing the flute in the depression of Mengshan Mountain in Jishui, devoting himself to the revolution of the world without hesitation, and making immortal feats.In the golden autumn and August, Mengshan is colorful, bright and clear, red, fat, green and thin, and it is so beautiful.The mountain springs are tinkling, beating on rocks and rocks; kingfishers singing pine branches, and a slight mountain breeze makes a flute sound, as if welcoming a distinguished guest from afar.Meng Tian was pleasantly surprised to see the Meng's Ancestral Hall, and the old pine tree that grew vigorously and sheltered from the rain by the side of his grandfather's martial arts training ground.Grandfather has passed away for many years, but the old pine tree that accompanied him to practice martial arts is still the same.When Meng Tian and Meng Yi were young, they heard their grandfather mention this pine tree and their greedy master more than once.When he came under the tree, Meng Tian patted the old tree, as if he saw his grandfather's young and agile figure running around under the tree.The canopy of the tree stretches like an umbrella, and the stone for drying books is as neat as a table. My grandfather unfolds the martial arts books on it every day, and studies boxing and tactics while practicing. Brothers Meng Jing and Meng Xian looked at all this, then looked at their father with a solemn expression, and asked, "Father, you seem to be familiar with this place..." Meng Tian missed his grandfather, his eyes were moist, and he said, "Ah! Yes, yes Very familiar. My Montessori family deserves this mountain pine and this stone flat today. This is where your great-grandfather practiced martial arts." In the ancestral hall not far away, there were noisy voices.A group of people walked into the courtyard, and the following record was engraved on a table-sized stone tablet: In the past, Zhuanyu, the former king, was granted the title of Mengshan Mountain, and he began to have a country.The emperor believed that he was the Lord of Eastern Mongolia and presided over the sacrifice of Mount Meng.Year after year, I didn't slack off every year, so I took Mengshan as my family's surname.When King Zhuanyu died, he was buried in Mengyin Mountain in Mengyin. The temple where he sacrificed before his death was regarded as the Temple of King Zhuanyu, and it was replaced by the Mengshi Ancestral Hall... Meng Tian was filled with emotions. Only his hometown could see records like this, and even his grandfather never mentioned them.Zhuanyu's ancestor was also the king of a country, and the area under the jurisdiction of the king's city was at the foot of Mount Meng.Meng Tian hurriedly lit the incense sticks, knelt down and kowtowed to the great ancestor king.At this time, everyone in the hall saw a distinguished guest coming from the courtyard outside the gate... Meng Tian did not want to give his name, but only said that Chaoshan Jinci Temple happened to be passing by.More than a hundred men and women on the other side shot curious gazes, guessing and judging.The eight people in front of them, as well as the dozen or so horses and a carriage at the foot of the mountain, made it obvious at a glance that they were not from nearby people at all.Especially the Kansai accent aroused everyone's curiosity: "You seem to be from Tongguan, don't you?" Meng Tian cupped his hands and said with a smile: "It's true that I'm not close, so I'm bothering everyone." One of the middle-aged patriarchs was very polite, afraid of slowing down Guest: "Hey——everyone is a guest when you come here, please take a seat. Today is a coincidence, the children in the clan are going to be crowned as adults, this is also a great blessing for Ding Xingwang of my clan, how about asking the distinguished guests to express their congratulations?" Meng Tian Daxie: "Is there any reason why it can't be done? I'm just asking for it!" Then he took his subordinates into the hall together and sat cross-legged on the bamboo mat. Just as the coronation ceremony started, the young man was seen kneeling on the futon with his eyes slightly closed.The hair seemed freshly washed, glossy and black, and hung down to the shoulders.The two stable women combed his hair one by one, and while combing, they laughed and discussed the boy's facial features and head: "The sky is full, the earlobes are thick, he is not a cook, he is handsome!" ..." There was a roar of laughter in the hall, and the old man and the mother also laughed.The man was as shy as a child, his face was flushed with embarrassment, it doesn't matter if he is a mother, he smiled and said: "It's not like that, I'll be adulterated..." There was another burst of laughter in the hall.What he said made the young man blush and shy, sullen, and even lost time to glance at his mother.The two stable women pulled the boy's hair and said, "Little bastard, what are you doing? We have guests here." Then they tied their hair into a lottery.The host then shouted and sang: "King Zhuanyu and all the great ancestors are here, and today there is Xiangyun, a descendant of the Meng family, with hair tied and crowned, tall and vertical. From now on, Meng Xiangyun's name can be spread far and wide. In heaven, you can build a mansion near the sky; you can serve as soldiers in your home country, and you can go to the court in prison; you can be filial to your parents, respect your neighbors, treat your friends sincerely, and be kind to the weak; do not bully, do not steal, Not lewd, not crazy, not crazy, open-minded like a valley, like friends in the world! Hereby—kowtow—” Meng Xiangyun tied his crown and tied his belt, and kowtowed respectfully to the ancestors of the ancestral hall nine times.The coming-of-age ceremony is basically over.Meng Xiangyun's parents sincerely invited the elders and fellow villagers: "Elders and elders, sisters, nephews, and some thin wine and pasta at home, please take a seat." After that, they turned to Meng Tian and his party and said, "If you come, you are welcome, but I don't know Gao's surname." Big name? Could it be that I belong to the lineage of the Meng clan who recognized the ancestors and returned to the clan?" Meng Tian was afraid of being discovered by others and disturbed his interest, so he hurriedly said: "Ah, thank you for your kindness, I am waiting for business, and it is not convenient to stay here for a long time. That's it." The person who presided over the crown ceremony also came over and said, "Since you are here on official business, we are not inconvenient to make things difficult for you. It is just that we are destined to meet each other. Can you leave your family name so that we can contact you in the future?" Meng Tian was stumped.Seeing his embarrassment, the patriarch had no choice but to give up: "It's really embarrassing, so forget it, it's better not to do what is difficult for others. Then you do it yourself." After speaking, he brought Meng Xiangyun's father back to the village to entertain guests.Meng Tian hurriedly urged everyone: "Hurry up and offer incense. People in my hometown are more hospitable than those in Qinzhong, Guanxi. Let's try not to bother them." After finding the grandfather's spiritual seat, he lit incense and offered obeisance to King Zhuanyu in a hurry. Hastily left on the road. A group of people came to the Jade River and were about to wade across the water when they suddenly heard several people from the village rushing over and shouting: "Meng Gong, please stay here—" They saw Meng Ao's tablet with incense sticks before they recognized Meng Tian in front of them.A few soldiers had already crossed the river and waited on the other side, Meng Tian had no choice but to rein in the black wind sweat horse that was about to wade, and get off the horse.Ma Lianlian also said: "Just tell the truth and say hello to others, shall we?" Yongxia's pretty face scolded Meng Tian and said, "Brother is such a kind of person..." This Yongxia is an orphan who was discriminated against by others. Next to the street.At the age of thirteen, although his clothes were ragged, he was already very beautiful and attractive, which made all the beggars envy and jealous.One day, he was bullied in a small cave where he often stayed, and was rescued by Meng Tian who happened to pass by.From that day on, Yong Xia followed Meng Tian closely.Meng Tian wants to help Yong Xia find a good family and let her be someone else's daughter, Yong Xia shakes her head vigorously, and always serves Meng Tian like a maid wherever she goes.Meng Tian was very unaccustomed to her like this, so he took her in and named her Yongxia.因为是在落霞飞天的黄昏时刻救了她，故而取其名。 不一会儿，村里人纷纷赶到。族长带头跪地，惊得蒙恬不知如何是好，连连说：“万万使不得……快快起来！”蒙恬一一搀扶，抬着族长胳膊道：“族长，还是您说句话吧，让他们快起来，我蒙恬何时有功于故里，有何脸面受父老乡亲如此大礼……”族长见蒙恬终于开诚布公道出大名，这才站起来对村里人说：“大家都起来吧。”众人这才纷纷爬起。族长郑重道：“这就是宗祠里骜公爷的大孙子、北疆大帅蒙恬将军。”村人复又给蒙恬作揖祷告：“真是天神一般的人物……没想到，我蒙氏宗族出了这样的大官。”蒙恬窘得慌忙作揖：“列位千万不要这样看蒙恬，我没什么了不起的，只是国家一日用得着蒙恬，我绝不偷闲半日。反倒是你们祖祖辈辈恪守先祖聆训，习文课农，保我颛臾王地三山环抱、卧虎藏龙，实乃功高呀！” 族长心情激动，却还是嗔怪蒙恬说：“蒙公，早就听说你厚以待人，朴实无华，京城府邸仍然是骜公爷的旧宅子。所余皆周济了新老解甲归田的老兵，令当今皇上佩服，更令天下百姓敬仰。可您回到故里，都是您的父老乡亲，就这么生分？我作为一族之长还指望您指点一二，快随我们回村，我们也好尽地主之谊。”蒙恬拱手道：“你们的心意我领受了，蒙恬实在是受皇上重托，公务缠身，不敢就此耽搁。万望诸位谅解。”众人听他如此说，心知是难以挽留。 这时，一个六十多岁的老者，拄杖近前温言道：“蒙公，若论起辈分，咱俩是兄弟，能否听老朽一言？”蒙恬点头道：“兄长但说无妨。”老者咳一声道：“老哥我心知你胸怀天下，腹盛万民，乃天子近臣。如今，别的话我也不多说，就跟你掏掏心窝子。”蒙恬点头鼓励他：“愿闻其详……”那老者又道：“老朽敢问蒙公，可否就此在我颛臾王后辈子孙中招募子弟兵？”蒙恬一听原来是这事，北疆老兵解甲归田甚多，他正想申报朝廷补充兵员，于是昂然答道：“故里子弟只要愿意追随蒙恬，我定当欢喜不尽。”老者大喜，高声道：“大家都听见了吧，蒙公要招我们的子弟兵……”他这一嚷嚷，村人立刻响应：“我愿去……我愿追随将军左右……有我儿子一个……来，给蒙祥云也报上……”一时间，争着云集。蒙恬心知定然走不了，便施礼：“大家不要争，蒙恬向你们保证，只要年满十七岁，来者不拒。姜离子，你来……”那老者近身蒙恬，笑呵呵道：“蒙公，您还走得了么？” 蒙恬和他相视大笑，抑制不住内心的喜悦：“兄长，真有您的……好，那我们就小住一日。”老者高兴地喊族长：“族长，还愣着干啥，没听见蒙公说不走了……”全村人一片欢笑声。当日杀猪宰羊，款待蒙恬一行。第二日，蒙恬要带兵离去，村人不肯，又强留一宿，直到第三日方整装离去。 蒙山故里三十六位年轻人追随蒙恬来到边关。