"Emperor Han Wu of Qin, slightly lost literary talent; Tang Zong Song Zu, slightly inferior, a generation of heavenly pride, Genghis Khan, only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the big eagle." Count the popular characters, and look at the present dynasty! From Chairman Mao's poem, we can see that the Period of the Han Dynasty in China, especially the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, was in a rather prosperous state. Behind this strong situation, we have to mention two people: Huo Fuyi and Wei Qing. They laid this foundation for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and their military achievements were great and admired by future generations.
Huo went ill at the age of 18 with the general Wei Qing on a campaign against the Xiongnu, and won many battles. Especially in the Hexi Corridor, the Qilian Mountains stretched across the river, fought a decisive battle for thousands of miles, swept the main force of the Xiongnu completely, thus completely opening up the Silk Road to the western region. He made brilliant achievements for the han wu dynasty to consolidate and open up the northwest frontier. Unfortunately, in 117 BC, the 24-year-old general Huo Fu of the Great Sima Hui died of illness. Emperor Wu of Han was very saddened by Huo's death, and he sent in the Xuanjia army and lined up along Chang'an all the way to Maoling Huo to go to the sick cemetery. In order to recognize his merits, he was repaired like "Qilian Mountain" to recognize his immortal merits. And Wei Qing was Huo's uncle, the great general of sima during the Han Wu Dynasty, who dared to go deep with his troops, was good at qizheng and good at it, and was undefeated in seven Xiongnu, and was called 'The Double Wall of the Empire' with Huo Qiyi. Wei Qing opened a new chapter in the Han-Hungarian war, and the pioneer of the Han Dynasty's first long-distance cavalry attack tactics made great achievements. Although Wei Qing had distinguished himself in battle and his power was tilted toward the opposition, he never formed a party. He has more compassion for the soldiers, can share the hardships with the soldiers, and has a high prestige. In the fifth year of the Yuan Dynasty, Wei Qing died, and he was given the title of Marquis of Liehou and was buried with MaoLing, next to his nephew Huo's tomb.
Not only were they admired by the world, but in the hearts of Emperor Wu of Han, the two of them really had a pivotal position, as can be seen from the three tombs lined up in turn a thousand meters east of Maoling. These three tombs were approved by The Western Han Dynasty Emperor Liu Che and buried in the nearest place to him, from west to east were the Great Sima General Changping Marquis Weiqing; the Great Sima Horse Riding General Champion Hou Huo Went ill; and the Horse Du Wei Guanglu Doctor Jin Riju. However, although the two tombs are only separated by a wall, one admires the incense and fire, and the other is desolate and miserable.
Some people have compared it like this, after nearly 30 years of development, although the current Maoling is still the same, nothing has changed, the only change is that the ticket price has appreciated from the earliest free ticket to 1 yuan to the current 80 yuan. In fact, the tomb of Huo Zhiyi is still well managed, and a museum has been built, which is magnificent and atmospheric, and the flow of people is relatively large. On the contrary, the Wei Qing tomb across the wall was much deserted. Almost most of the people who went in came out were even deceived, Wei Qing's tomb was not yet the size of a blue court, the mound inside was less than 20 meters high, and it took 5 minutes to switch.
The same hero saw the glory of Huo's tomb and also saw the desolation in front of Wei Qing's tomb. Suddenly I felt that this was very similar to their style of behavior, Huo Shao had always been flamboyant and outward, giving up who I was, and the wei shuai, however, preferred to be low-key and humble, remembering that after the great victory of Heshuo, Emperor Wu gave him a horse to ride in the palace, and the guard commander on the horse said to Chuntuo who was leading the horse: It is really eye-catching, it is better that you ride me down on it, and the general does not like too much noise and floating name.
Looking at the crumbling bricks on the tombstone, looking at the mess of graffiti on it, many people said they would donate money to repair the tomb. However, he was also afraid of more modern atmosphere, losing the low-key and humble nature of the wei shuai, and disturbing his purity. Perhaps all we should do is to go to the Maoling Tomb or climb to the top of the hill, and silently experience the taste of time that has passed through two thousand years in the air full of wild jujube thorns.