Judging from the records of Mengtian in the historical records alone, his border time lasted for more than ten years, and it took less than six years from the northern attack on the Xiongnu that established its historical status to the poisoning!
Sima Qian's "History of Meng TianLie" says: "The Great Wall was built, because of the terrain, and the use of dangerous plugs, starting from Lintao, to Liaodong, and extending for more than ten thousand miles." So he crossed the river, according to Yangshan, and went north with snakes. The tyrant was outside for more than ten years and lived in shang county. It was time for the Mongols to vibrate the Huns. ”
Shangjun (上郡, in present-day Yulin, Shaanxi) was first established by Marquis Wen of Wei during the Warring States period (i.e. between 446 BC and 396 BC), and in the tenth year of King Hui of Qin (328 BC), Wei Xianshang County 15 counties yu Qin, one of the thirty-six counties of the early Qin Dynasty, known as the first side county of the Qin state, has always had a heavy general to guard the imperial court.
Map of the State of Qin
"Hu the Qin Dynasty" is arguably the most famous proverb in history. It is said that this "Hu" refers to a person, that is, Hu Hai, the son of Qin Shi Huang, and Qin Shi Huang believes that it is the Hu people in the north, that is, the Xiongnu.
Meng Tian Shubian attacked the Xiongnu in the north
Sima Qian's "History of the First Emperor of Qin" says: "Because of the envoy Han Zhong, Hou Gong, Shi Sheng asked for the elixir of immortality. The First Emperor patrolled the north and entered from Shanggun. The Yan people Lu Sheng made the return to the sea, with ghost gods, because of the recording of books, known as "Hu Ye of the Dead Qin". The First Emperor sent the general Meng Tian to send 300,000 troops north to attack Hu and take Henan province slightly. ”
Therefore, in the thirty-second year of the First Emperor (215 BC), Pai Mengtian led an army of 300,000 people to the Northern Expedition against the Xiongnu, repelled the Xiongnu for more than 700 miles in less than a year, and seized the Xiongnu Henan (northwest of the present-day Yellow River Loop).
Monty was killed
Sima Qian's "Biography of Meng Tian Lie" (史史· Meng Tian Lie) says: "Meng Tian ran tai shu shu: "Why am I guilty of heaven and die without fault?" For a long time, Xu Yue: "Sin is a death sentence." From the Liaodong of the Tao dynasty, the city is more than ten thousand miles, and there can be no Jedi pulse in this? This idyllic sin also. "It's suicide by swallowing medicine."
In the thirty-seventh year of the First Emperor (210 BC), Qin Shi Huang fell ill and died at the Dune Palace (present-day Guangzong County, Xingtai City, Hebei Province) during his fifth eastern tour.
The Zhongche government ordered Zhao Gao to secretly plot a coup d'état with the chancellor Li Si and his son Hu Hai, and made Hu Hai the crown prince. After Hu Hai ascended the throne, he listened to Zhao Gao's words, gave death to the Meng brothers, and Meng Tian swallowed medicine to commit suicide.
The work of the blessed
In terms of Meng Tian's battle achievements alone, there are three:
- Broken Qi State: In 221 BC (the twenty-sixth year of the First Emperor of Qin), because of his meritorious service in breaking Qi, he was awarded the title of Neishi (the highest administrator of the capital of the Qin Dynasty).
- Attack on the Xiongnu from the north: Captured the Xiongnu in Henan (northwest of present-day Hetao, Yellow River).
- Capture of Hebei: Captured By the Xiongnu, Gaoque (northeast of present-day Hangjinhouqi, Inner Mongolia), Yangshan (present-day Wolf Mountain, Inner Mongolia), and Beizhuo (north of present-day Hetao, inner Mongolia, south of Yinshan, and west of Daqingshan) were captured.
Of course, the historical status of Montien is not only laid down by military merits, but also has the following historical merits:
- Meng Tian Pen:
The Taiping Imperial Records quote the Naturalist Chronicle as saying, "Meng Tian made a pen." Cui Bao also said in the "Notes on Ancient and Modern Times": "Since the beginning of Mengtian, that is, Qin Pen Ear." Dead wood is used as the pipe, deer hair is the pillar, and wool is the quilt. The so-called CangHao, non-rabbit milli bamboo pipe also. ”
Meng Tian led his troops to fight outside, and he had to write war reports on a regular basis to submit to Qin Shi Huang, but at that time, they were all written with bamboo sticks dipped in ink, which was very inconvenient. Legend has it that when I saw a rabbit's tail dragging blood on the ground during a hunt, I couldn't help but feel inspired, so the brush was born. The brush made by Meng Tian is called the Meng Tian pen, and later generations also respect Meng Tian as the ancestor of the pen.
In fact, the excavated cultural relics have proved that the brush existed long before MengTian made the pen, but Mengtian as a reformer of the brush production process, its contribution is also indispensable.
- Monty Kite
In the Han Dynasty, Ying Shao wrote the "Customs and Customs": "According to the Book of Ritual Music, (Zheng) five strings are built into the body. Nowadays, liang erzhou is like a kite, and I don't know who changed it. Or made by Mongtian. ”
However, this record has been questioned by many historical books, for example, in the "History of Mengtian Lie", the first general history of China, there is no record of Mengtian making kites. So this statement is doubtful.
- Refine the Qin Dao
Meng Tian was dispatched by the First Emperor to build the Straight Road of the World. From Jiuyuan County (southwest of present-day Baotou City, Inner Mongolia) to Ganquan Palace, cut off the mountain range, fill the deep valley, the total length of 1,800 miles, but unfortunately did not complete the repair.
- Build the Great Wall
Meng Tian presided over the construction of the Great Wall of More than 5,000 kilometers from Lintao (present-day Min County, Gansu) in the west to Liaodong (in present-day Liaoning) in the east, connecting the Great Wall of Former Yan, Zhao and Qin.
The Great Wall took advantage of the terrain and set up fortresses through natural dangers, effectively curbing the southward advance of the Xiongnu, making the Xiongnu look at the city with iron hooves and sigh, and the people in the north lived and worked in peace and contentment.
- Develop Northwest
After recovering the area south of Hetao, Meng Tian was ordered by the First Emperor to build 44 county towns near the Yellow River, including Fuping County, which was formerly located in the southwest of Litong District, Wuzhong City, Ningxia, and Yan County in fuping County, which is now Yanchi County, and relocated people from the interior to live in the Hetao areas of present-day Ningxia and Inner Mongolia, and implemented Tuntian, which enabled the northwest region, including the Ningxia Plain, to be developed for the first time.
Therefore, Mengtian is known as the earliest developer in the northwest of the mainland and the first person to develop Ningxia in ancient times.
epilogue
Beginning with the unification of the Six Kingdoms by Qin Shi Huang in 221 BC, General Meng Tian was stationed in Shangjun for more than ten years, threatening the Xiongnu and being respected and trusted by the First Emperor. The general Meng Tian and the crown prince Fu Su, two towering trees of the Qin kingdom, were stationed in Shangjun before their deaths, and fell to Suide. His exploits in driving out the enemies and stabilizing the frontier will surely be respected by future generations.