Cao Cao wrote in the "Zhi Ling of The County Self-Ming": "Every time Gu reads these two people's books, he does not hesitate to weep." The two people referred to in the words are Le Yi of the Yan Kingdom and Meng Tian of the Qin State. I felt sympathy for what had happened to these two people, and at the same time felt sorry for the demise of the Qin Dynasty. However, the world is uncertain, the rise and fall of dynasties is a very normal thing, and the life expectancy of the Qin Dynasty from the moment When Zhao Gao was a vassal and Qin Shi Huang pursued immortality, it was doomed to the path of decay of this once glorious dynasty. What exactly did Monty leave behind? Let Cao Cao watch once and cry once?
Meng Tian was born in Mengyin, Shandong. Because of his birth in the family, Meng Tian had great ambitions since childhood, and when he grew up, he directly joined the army, because of his high martial arts, courage and strategy, Meng Tian soon had his own position in the army, and later directly led the army to attack the State of Qi, made great achievements, and won the favor of Qin Shi Huang. After Qin Shi Huang unified the Six Kingdoms, Meng Tian led an army of 300,000 people to attack the Xiongnu in the north, recovered Henan and other places, made great military achievements, and was called "the first warrior of China" by posterity, becoming the earliest developer of northwest China and the first person to develop Ningxia in ancient China. Such a brave general should have left his name in qingshi, but a generation of heroes also committed suicide after the death of Qin Shi Huang.
In 210 BC, Qin Shi Huang encountered a sandstorm on the way to lead his troops to patrol, and after several months of boats and carts, he added a fierce sandstorm, and Qin Shi Huang died in this storm without waiting for the end of the sandstorm, and the first emperor in China's history died in a sloppy manner. After the death of Qin Shi Huang, the eunuchs Zhao Gao and Chancellor Li Si were afraid that the crown prince Fu Su would be unfavorable to them after inheriting the throne, so they forged the Holy Will, supported Hu Hai as emperor, and mentioned in the Holy Will that Fu Su commit suicide to ensure that Hu Hai could smoothly claim the title of Emperor. After the holy will reached the army, Meng Tian and others did not believe that Qin Shi Huang would make such a will, and vowed to protect Fu Su well so that he could ascend the throne as emperor.
What people did not expect was that as a prince, Fu Su did not have any opinion at all, and after receiving the forged holy will, he directly committed suicide with a knife, and when the next person reacted, Fu Su had no life. Meng Tian was grief-stricken after receiving the news of Fu Su's suicide, Fu Su was dead, Hu Hai was a confused person, he would not let him go, his chances of survival were also very slim, instead of returning to the court and letting them insult themselves, it was better to commit suicide and leave a whole corpse, so Meng Tian decided to go with Fu Su. Before committing suicide, Meng Tian looked up at the heavens and sighed: "Since my ancestors and descendants, I have accumulated faith in Qin III." There are more than 300,000 generals in jinchen, and their strength is enough to betray them, but those who know that they will die and keep righteousness do not dare to insult the teachings of their ancestors to forget the previous king. ”
Meng Tian's two sentences mean that as a general in the dynasty, with 300,000 troops in his hands, he can completely take back the imperial city and take Xianyang, but his heart does not allow him to do anything, his family has been loyal to the Qin Dynasty for three generations, and he himself is a vassal of Qin Shi Huang, such an approach is disrespectful to Qin Shi Huang and cannot do such a thing. After saying this, Meng Tian committed suicide. A generation of heroes passed away.
And this sentence he shouted has also been affecting thousands of descendants, even Cao Cao was touched by his determination to be loyal to the king and love the country, every time he saw this sentence in the book, he couldn't help but cry again to show his patriotic heart, no wonder history records that Cao Cao was a monarch who loved talent very much, this is his most sincere performance.