Sleepwalking in the long river of history of Zheng Ji

Damai Rabbit Tourism Co-founders arrived in Lanzhou, ready to take a short rest here, and then travel all the way west to Xinjiang.

Lanzhou is a very important node on the Great Northwest Ring Road, and since ancient times, many people in Lanzhou have rested here.

As the capital city of Gansu, it is full of food, drink and entertainment, coupled with convenient transportation, and it is more suitable to use this place as a transit station.

From here to Dunhuang, Gannan, Zhangye and other places, are extremely convenient, it can be said that Lanzhou is a must for travel to the west.

The Great Northwest is really a place full of mystery, starting from the ancient Silk Road, Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, YumenGuan, Crescent Spring, Zhangye and other places have been endowed with many legends.

Along the ancient Silk Road, the monuments are the relics of the Silk Road, the desolate and magnificent natural scenery of the western region, and the legend of the Mogao Grottoes are all fascinating to us.

The trip to the western region of the backbone of damai rabbit tourism is not a simple play, but to integrate the scenery resources along the Silk Road and develop a unique cultural tourism and wealth creation product of damai rabbit tourism. For example, jointly explore the digital protection of millennium heritage, and work together with Dunhuang Research Institute and Tencent to release the first NFT (a non-homogeneous token), and use digital technology to innovate and transform western culture, bringing a new path for dissemination.

Let's talk about our final stop this time - Xinjiang

We have just learned from the Department of Culture and Tourism of the Autonomous Region

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival holiday

Xinjiang received 3.2015 million tourists

Achieved tourism revenue of 2.190 billion yuan

More than 50% of local tour product orders during holidays

The Altay region was also selected as a holiday destination for the 2021 Mid-Autumn Festival, and it can be said that Xinjiang has unlimited potential for tourism resources.

I flipped through the panoramic atlas of Xinjiang tourism, the vast territory, without sighing, we can now enjoy such a magnificent scenery, thanks to a figure in history - Zheng Ji.

Zheng Ji made great contributions to the stability of the Western Regions, and his exploits are comparable to those of Zhang Qian, the founder of the Silk Road, and Zheng Ji's evaluation may be the most appropriate sentence in the Book of Han: "The han's order Ban Xiyu yi began with Zhang Qian and became Zheng Ji."

There is actually very little information about Zheng Ji, my understanding of Zheng Ji, more or from a dream in the Gobi Desert homestay the night before, since it is a dream, it can not be true, only for entertainment and recreation.

The details are as follows:

The guest in the dream that night was also the first strategist in the world during the Qin and Han Dynasties, Mr. Zhang Liang.

I said, it's you again! What's going on with my old dreams lately? Never dreamed before.

He said, it may be that my master Huang Shigong picked you and awarded you sleepwalking, haha what do you have to blame, this is a great blessing Oh, after each dream, can you be tired?

I said, I am not tired, the next day the spirit is refreshed, that is, the real horror in the dream, I can copy the scene word by word.

He said, that's right, there's no doubt about sleepwalking, it won't be a nightmare, it's very nourishing.

I said, there are still doubts in the last conversation, in the early days of the Western Han Dynasty, several generations of emperors were fighting against the Xiongnu, and it was Li Guang and Wei Qing and Huo Toyi, so why didn't we just hit their old nest and cut them down and remove the roots at once?

He said that for a dynasty, the first five generations are considered to be a start-up team, and the most important mission of the start-up team is not to expand, not to expedition, but to stabilize the basic disk, relative to the Western Han Dynasty, that is, to stabilize the entire Yellow River Valley, the Han cultural life circle, to ensure that there is no civil unrest, so as to achieve National Peace and Security, so the harassment of the surrounding minority groups is mainly defensive, supplemented by close-range attack. What if the basic disk is unstable and the expedition is attacked? Maybe even the basic disk has been lost, I will tell you about the Sui Emperor later, his basic disk is lost in this way, there is an old saying how to say? Outside must first be inside!

I asked, is it difficult to fight the Huns?

He said, have you ever played with gophers? Fighting the Xiongnu is to fight gophers, the geographical area controlled by the Xiongnu is too large, east to today's Mohe, west to today's Middle East, there are grasslands where there are them, although they are called Xiongnu, but they are family-oriented, chicken nest-like distribution, such a large area, such a dispersed force, if you take the initiative to attack to encircle and suppress? It's a completely fiscal black hole, and even if one or two races are eliminated, new races will soon emerge.

I asked, are the Huns afraid of us, or are we afraid of the Huns?

He said that whoever built the Great Wall was afraid.

I asked, which of our expeditionary combat capabilities was stronger against the Huns?

It must be the Huns, he said. First, they can eat air-dried beef jerky on their backs for months. And we are carrying steamed buns, and now there is a specialty in Inner Mongolia called marching grain beef jerky. Second, they are a nation on horseback, the speed of advance is faster, we also have cavalry, but still mainly infantry, infantry expedition distance is limited by the safety of the logistics supply chain, the farther away the supply chain is more fragile, the higher the risk, once the supply chain is cut off, it is equivalent to being pierced through the main artery, starvation will starve to death, which is why Wei Qing and Huo Goyi like to travel long distances to blitzkrieg, go back quickly, and use the zero logistics combat method. What the expedition needs is a combat space station, such as islands on the sea, aircraft carriers, are the role of the space station, in the past we patrolled the South China Sea need to take off from Hainan, it takes more than a thousand kilometers to fly over, and it takes more than a thousand kilometers to fly back, which is beyond the mileage of our fighter jets, and when we have aircraft carriers and Sansha City? Then we have the ability to control the entire South China Sea.

I asked, I have always been curious, the Huns do not know how to cultivate, why do they have a special affection for us?

He said that the two points, first, the commercial civilization, scientific and technological civilization, and spiritual civilization of the Central Plains are all high concentrations, which is very attractive to them. Second, it doesn't matter if they don't farm, they are good at enslavement, you can just plant, and you will know in the later dynasties.

I said, you have seen the Tianlong Eight Parts No, Xiao Feng Yanmen Closed cliff jumping section.

He asked, I have seen it during this time, but I have not been to Yanmen Pass.

I said that I just went some time ago, saying that I was preparing for a new project, setting up a bungee jumping project at Xiao Feng's cliff jumping cliff, launching The same bungee jumping experience of Xiao Feng, and a purple girl to dance with, Yanmen Guan is now the main martial arts IP.

He asked, what do you feel when you see the Wild Goose Gate closed?

I said, farther south than I thought, I thought it would be at least on the border of Inner Mongolia, but I didn't expect it to be very inland, and the location in the middle of Taiyuan and Datong shows that the central plains we used to say was very small.

He said, yes, in the past, out of the Yanmen Pass, it was almost to the territory of the Xiongnu, and today when Datong is mentioned, it feels as if it is also an inland city, and in ancient times, Datong was already a border fortress.

I asked, who else did the Huns bully besides us?

He said, next to who bullies whom, we belong to the relatively tough, the national gate guard to death, but not all countries, tribes have this ability to guard the gate, for example, at that time, the small countries in the western region were controlled by the Xiongnu, I say a name you must know, LouLan.

I said, you know, how many countries were in the Western Regions at that time?

He said that there are thirty-six countries, in fact, there were originally fifty or sixty countries, they were also big fish eating small fish, annexing each other, and eventually there were about thirty left, but they were all under the control of the Xiongnu, and the enemy of the enemy was a friend, so in the early days of the Western Han Dynasty, we have also been trying to get in touch with these countries and strive to reach a strategic alliance, as long as there is a strategic alliance, then we can cooperate in garrisoning troops.

I asked, who will be sent to connect with feelings?

He said, Zhang Qian.

I asked, what kind of official was Zhang Qian in the DPRK at that time?

He said that the attendant officer could be understood as an office worker.

I asked, why was Zhang Qian selected?

He said that it was not chosen, it was self-recommendation, the Han Dynasty at that time knew very little about these countries in the Western Regions, after all, it was almost physically isolated, only knew that there was a Hexi Corridor that could pass through the Western Regions, this was not a good task, the fierce multi-ji was less, including Emperor Wu of Han himself did not hold out much hope, just try, even if it was to send a death squad out, which is why everyone did not sign up enthusiastically.

I asked, was there any opportunity at that time?

He said that the opportunity was that the Great Moon Clan had fought with the Xiongnu, and lost, the head of the Great Moon Clan boss was taken to make a wine cup by Shan Yu, which was not a common heavenly vendetta, and Emperor Wu of Han felt that this was an opportunity, and the enemy of the enemy was a friend, so it was completely possible to join hands and fight against the Xiongnu together.

I said, then there is a BUG here, since we know very little about the Western Regions, why do we know that they have fought one?

He said that on the Hun side, we were the people, and we all got this information from the Hun side, including the man's head wine glass.

I asked, does that Zhang Qian know where the Ōtsuki clan is?

He said that he did not know, and needed to go to the Western Regions to inquire again.

I asked, did he go alone?

He said that it is definitely not, it is a team, and it will also bring a translator, this translator is still quite famous, called Ganfu, belongs to the obedient Huns, should belong to the earliest translator in our country, many film and television works have him.

I said, isn't it cruel to just use the head of the boss of the Ōtsuki clan to make a wine glass?

He said that the first is to relieve hatred. The second is deterrence. Later I will tell you about an emperor who usurped power and ascended to the throne called Wang Mang, after he was killed, his head was wrapped up by the successive generations of emperors, and even when he went to the dynasty, he carried it, that is, to tell the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu that he wanted to rebel? That's where you end up.

I asked, how long did it take Zhang Qian to go to the Western Regions?

He said that for more than ten years, this brother was actually quite unlucky, just walked to the Hexi Corridor, he was captured alive by the Xiongnu, after being captured alive, he wanted to domesticate him, marry him a daughter-in-law or the like, he also pretended to be at ease to live there, so after ten years, he did not forget his original heart, escaped, continued to travel west, he wanted to find the Great Moon Clan, persuaded them to unite with the Han Dynasty to fight against the Xiongnu, took a lot of effort, and finally found it, and the result was that the Great Moon Clan said, The past is the past, the present, the past we do have a vendetta against the Xiongnu, But today we don't violate the river water, each for its own peace, there is no revenge, you go back, so this brother again circled around the countries in the western region, but also persuaded several countries to be pro-Han, on the way back, they were captured by the Xiongnu again, and they were put under house arrest for more than a year before returning to Chang'an.

I said, then back to Chang'an, not become Hero?

He said that Yang Liwei is general, first, he does not forget his original intention. The second is to bring first-hand information, similar to the role of a scout.

I asked, Zhang Qian or Columbus, which makes more sense?

He said that all make sense, and it should be said that without foreign advanced civilizations, local races may never be able to develop new technologies and new civilizations. If there is no difference, it is that the three forces in the Western Regions are competing, and Columbus is exploring the unknown world.

I asked, Musk has been exploring Mars, is it the New Age Columbus?

He said that it can also be understood that the development of the times will continue to break through the ceiling of human imagination, how do you let the people of the Han Dynasty imagine the telephone? How do you imagine a spaceship? Don't even have to think so far, how to imagine a pistol? In the same way, the way of life of human beings in the future is unimaginable to today's people.

I asked, when Zhang Qian brought back first-hand information, what measures did Emperor Wu of Han take to advance?

He said that Zhang Qian has sent two missions to the Western Regions, on the one hand to transmit the information from the outside, on the other hand to export our Han culture, is a two-way emissary, so that there are many national reasons for pro-Han, since they are willing to be pro-Han, then they can reach a strategic alliance, Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty decided to set up a combat space station in the western region, station troops in the past, you can look at today's map, from Xi'an to Urumqi how far? 2500 kilometers, such a long distance if you transport materials from Chang'an to the garrison point is not cost-effective, so in the western region to open the Tun Tian model, that is, their own land, their own farming, similar to the construction of the corps, self-sufficiency, the more abundant food, then the number of garrisons can be more, the stronger the combat ability, the more small countries willing to submit to us.

I ask, when did the Western Regions officially belong to our territory?

He said: From the establishment of the Western Regions Capital Protectorate, the first boss of the Western Regions Capital Protectorate was called Zheng Ji, and the Western Regions Capital Protectorate has two major strategic significance. First, we have expanded our combat radius and are self-sufficient and growing. Second, the Silk Road was opened.

I asked, before that, was there no trade?

He said that there are very few, there will be between neighboring countries, but there is very little trade between large distances, too many small countries on the Silk Road, and small countries are short-sighted, thinking that it is more cost-effective to take some customs clearance fees and directly rob goods? With the Western Regions Protectorate, it is equivalent to having the boss to administer justice to everyone, and set up rules that you must abide by, thus ensuring the smooth flow of the Silk Road.

I said, Zheng Ji, this name is very strange.

He said that he was not as famous as Zhang Qian, but he was the one who really opened up the situation in the Western Regions, as the Book of Han said: "The Han Dynasty ordered Ban Xiyu to begin with Zhang Qian and became Zheng Ji. ”。

I asked, why not be famous?

He said that he has been in the western region for many years, just like today's ambassador to Africa, the domestic media has less contact, less natural description, and the probability of being selected into the textbook is also small, why is Zhang Qian so famous? It is because he has selected the textbooks of various periods, but Zhang Qian has only a false name, and Zheng Jiwei is not to say that he became the first governor, I am still the previous view, whether a person has a name depends on who writes, how to write, whether a person has the ability, to see if it is reused, there must be an extraordinary side.

I asked, where is he from?

He said that the place of birth is unknown, the cemetery is unknown, only that he is a judge.

I said, will ji shan there.

He said, no, it was Wu County, which is today's Suzhou, and the provincial capital of Huijian at that time was Wu County.

I asked, is Zheng Ji an aristocrat?

He said that this is really not true, he is a series of three series, starting from the ranks, step by step, and finally becoming the governor of the province, the technical term is called the first capital protector of the Western Regions, which can be understood as the first commander-in-chief of the construction corps.

I asked, how did he go from soldier to general step by step?

He said that the whole person, luck is also very good, he met the benefactor diplomat, military expert Chang Hui, from the small soldiers all the way, almost all recommended by Chang Hui, and later controlled the area of the western region of the Xiongnu Lao Shan Yu died, the Xiongnu internally because of the struggle for Shan Yu's position to fight each other, one of the backbone xiongnu day by day found that the situation was not good for himself, in order to avoid being liquidated in the future, resolutely decided to submit to the Han Dynasty, submitted a surrender letter to Zheng Ji, whether it was active persuasion or passive surrender, it was a great merit, and he won without a fight, this person has real ability Otherwise, Chang Hui would not have valued him so much.

I asked, what are the main achievements of Zheng Ji?

He said that the Tuntian Canal ploughed, broke the car division, welcomed the sun and chased the king, and served as the protector of the western region, summed up in one sentence, that is, xinjiang was included in the Chinese section.

I ask, as an old man who has witnessed the changes in Chinese civilization for more than two thousand years, how do you view historical deduction?

He said that history is not simply the change of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, but to deduce from a geographical point of view, from the Central Plains to the grasslands to the Western Regions to the Snowy Plains to the Ocean, is the linkage of the five major sections, one of the greatest achievements of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty is to open up the Hexi Corridor, to Zheng Ji later established the Western Regions Capital Protectorate, at this point, the Western Regions officially became China's territory.

I asked, in more than 30 countries in the western region, why is Loulan the most famous?

He said that there are two reasons, one is related to the oral narrator, the Western race, customs are described as mysterious, such as your current Xiangxi tourism slogan, mysterious Xiangxi, what is mysterious about this thing? Loulan was the smallest of many small countries, with a population of just over 10,000, similar to the size of a village, and the largest country at that time was called Wusun Kingdom, with about 600,000 people. Second, in all kinds of modern and contemporary works, I always like to write about what Loulan girl, and all kinds of adventurers like to find what Loulan ancient city ruins.

I said, mainly the name sounds good.

He said that at that time, the names were all translated, and they were all very good, Guizi, Kangju, Dawan, Khotan...

I asked, was it that in ancient times, when Country A invaded Country B, it would not be condemned by international public opinion?

He said there was a key node in World War II. Before World War II, it was basically such a state, that is, the weak eat the strong, the law of the jungle, who is strong and who expands, including World War II itself, but also Germany and Little Japan want to realize the dream of territorial expansion, from the end of World War II, the geographical map is basically fixed, and the war of aggression is difficult to launch.

I asked, is it understandable that in the future, there is no way to expand?

He said that it is still expanding, but the way of expansion has changed, for example, the United Kingdom exports English and local culture, the United States exports the US dollar, Japan exports technology and brand, South Korea exports entertainment culture, that is, the territory area is not the most important point of competition, you see Japanese brands, in the global factory, in the global sales, this is their expansion, why we are working hard to do the Belt and Road, but also cultural output, trade output, equal to invisibly expand the territory and culture in the global influence, There is also a kind of output, that is, the export of capital, for example, Norway is rich in offshore oil, the whole country is particularly rich, what to do if there is money? Can not spend in the country, easy to cause inflation, so chose to set up a Norwegian national sovereign fund to buy global high-quality assets. Territorial expansion can not be said to stop, but from 2D to 3D, now the major powers are engaged in space competition, the essence is a new round of Columbus, to see who discovers the new continent first.

I asked, after all these years, do you think the war has made progress?

He said that there is progress, in the future, almost all wars are decapitation operations, that is, the people should go to work, the tourism, the war has nothing to do with the people, this is like automatic driving, can make ordinary people safer, some time ago there was a video on the Internet, a building in Palestine was targeted by missiles blasted, the people have taken mobile phones to shoot, as if it is just a real performance.

I asked, when you go to Suzhou, can you find the clues of Zheng Ji?

He said that the only place where there are traces of Zheng Ji now should be Luntai County in Xinjiang, where there is a sculpture of him, and the museum also has relevant written records, and other places can hardly be found.

I asked, were there any more talented civil servants in the Western Han Dynasty?

He said, yes, Liu Xin.

I asked, he seems to have changed a lot of history books, is it more in line with the appetite of those in power to change the controversy of a hundred schools of thought?

He said that there are often people who yearn for the hundred families of the sons in the pre-Qin period, thinking that at that time, the atmosphere was enlightened and a hundred schools of thought were in contention. In the pre-Qin period, there were hundreds of countries, on average, it was almost one-to-one, and there were absolutely no one-country with a hundred, if there was such a country? It also perished long ago. In other words, in order to be unified, it is necessary to have a high degree of "thinking", which is why the core values are repeatedly mentioned, and if the core values are different, then they are not fragmented?

I said, tell me the story of Liu Xin when you have time.

He said, "Okay, when you're fully mastered sleepwalking, feel free to accompany you."

Wake up again,

Faintly heard a few desert wind chimes... sound...