Chapter 52 postscript

Meng Tian is a celebrity in Chinese history. He was ordered to complete three arduous military projects: attacking the Huns, building the Great Wall, and building straight roads. He made great contributions to maintaining the Qin territory, the peace of the people, and counterattacking the Huns.In his more than 30 years of career, he was closely dependent on the soldiers and civilians on the frontier for eleven years, and was stationed in Binggou, Ningxia. This has become Mengtian's second hometown; The water level difference in the Qingtongxia section of the Yellow River, the construction of water conservancy, and the opening of canals for irrigation laid the foundation for the development of the northwest frontier and Ningxia.Meng Tian was the first person to safeguard the unity of the motherland and develop and build Ningxia, and he is also a famous historical figure in Ningxia.

Since 2002, the builders of Binggou Tourist Area in Ningxia and I, on the basis of doing a good job in the development and construction of the scenic spot, have focused on excavating the profound history and culture of Binggou, researched and discussed the famous Qin Dynasty general Meng Tian and the historical figures of the Qin Dynasty , historical events, and have the urge to explore the history of Ningxia Binggou, the famous Qin general Meng Tian, ​​and the continuous Qin and Han history around him. I always want to hear the stories buried deep under the yellow sand and thick soil. Write down this glorious historical evolution process. Over the past eight years, this has become the direction of my efforts. During this period, the book "Eternal Binggou" was published, which is the result of our work for a period of time. In 2008, the Propaganda Department of the Party Committee of the autonomous region proposed nine mainstream cultures in Ningxia, among which the frontier military culture refers to Meng Tian, ​​a general who opened the frontier, and listed it as one of the key projects of literary creation in recent years.In order to excavate and shape the historical figure of Meng Tian, ​​I worked hard to put it on the screen, which aroused my creative enthusiasm even more.As a native of Ningxia, I have had special feelings for my hometown since I was a child.In order to inherit Ningxia's long history and culture, fill the gaps in Ningxia's pre-Qin literature creation, enrich Ningxia's historical celebrities, contribute a meager force to Ningxia's grand blueprint of "a small province with a big culture", and also to let people understand Kaibian General Meng Tian had a strong desire to write a long historical novel.

On a snowy evening in the winter of 2009, the first draft was finally completed. Looking at the thick stack of manuscripts in front of me, I couldn't calm down with excitement for a long time.Meng Tian's life is a hero's life, a life of protecting the country and the people, but it is also a short life; the moment he died of injustice and hatred is like a meteor flashing away, echoing in my mind for a long time, this eternal hero This is how his life came to an end.With people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. With a kind of reverence and honest belief, I carefully scrutinized the manuscript, changed it several times, and finally published it.

To write a historical novel about General Meng Tian, ​​it is very important to grasp the historical background, character and psychological activities of the characters, all of which cannot be separated from the era he lived in at that time.At that time, the north of the Great Qin Empire was often plundered by the Xiongnu, which posed a threat to the Qin regime; Meng Tian, ​​who was trusted by Qin Shihuang, was obliged to take on the important task of "Northern Huns", which gave Meng Tian, ​​who was loyal to the emperor and patriotic, a great display. space.Meng Tian was a famous general in the Qin Dynasty, and there are very few works about Meng Tian, ​​which is one of the reasons for my creation.In order to better complete the creation of this book, and make the historical stories diffused between the lines and the analysis and rendering of human nature more in line with the perspective and taste of modern people, I have been to the hometown of Mengtian in Mengyin County, Shandong Province, and came to Shaanxi Province. In front of Mengtian's tomb in Suide County, I ran all over the places where Mengtian had been active during his lifetime, looking for clues about Mengtian's life, and tried to reproduce the "personality" of Mengtian in history in a true, accurate and multi-angle way; In the bookstore, looking up information related to Meng Tian on the Internet is really hard work.To be honest, it is difficult to write historical novels. If you "talk about history" or simply describe history without corresponding storylines, it will not work.The contradictions in this are conceivable, which requires us to grasp the scale and be just right in telling the history and the choice of the storyline.Ever since I came to Binggou, Meng Tian's shadow has been deeply engraved in my heart, and it often appears in my dreams, as if it is a kind of spiritual fit. Sometimes, when I wake up in the middle of the night, the scene in my dream Still vivid.

During the writing process of this book, Comrade Yang Chunguang, member of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region and head of the Propaganda Department, gave great support and help. He listened to my creative ideas many times and provided us with a lot of reference materials. Valuable comments and suggestions, and writing a preface for this book in person, are touching; thanks to the Yellow River Publishing and Media Group for their support in the publication of this book, Mr. Ma Ruofei spared no effort to spend his rest time, and put forward valuable suggestions on the layout structure of the manuscript and valuable comments.I would also like to thank those colleagues and friends who paid attention to the creation of this book and contributed directly or indirectly to the writing and publication of this book.Here, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to them.

During the development and construction of Binggou, I got to know Yuan Zhi, who also had the same feelings for Meng Tian, ​​so we wrote this long historical novel together.I hope this book can provide you with a channel to understand history and Mengtian.Although we have spent a lot of effort, due to the limited level, inappropriate parts in the book are unavoidable, experts and readers are welcome to correct.