Chapter 141 The Chinese Nation
Under the guidance of Li Yang, the Education Department quickly got on the right track, and the textbooks for three subjects were also being compiled.
Originally, Li Yang wanted to invent simplified Chinese characters and pinyin, but when he thought that the time was too tight, it was difficult to do it in a short time, so that teachers from the township pavilions in various places could master it.
Just imagine, even the teachers who teach students in each township are not proficient in the newly created simplified Chinese characters and pinyin. How can you teach students with such teaching materials?
Therefore, Li Yang decided to set up a text reform group in the future, and then let the group master simplified Chinese characters and pinyin first, and finally the text reform group organizes public teachers in various counties to study, and then the teachers who have studied in various counties and counties will return to their respective counties to teach other teachers.
In this way, simplified Chinese characters and pinyin can be promoted smoothly.
Under Li Yang's instruction, the content of the first lesson of the Chinese textbook is: I am from Qin, I love my country, we shed the same blood, we are all descendants of China.
The Huaxia tribe is the Yanhuang bloodline and has been unified into the Huaxia tribal alliance since the time of Emperor Huang.
The earliest history of Chinese civilization can be traced back to the Dadiwan civilization and Peiligang civilization in the Yellow River Basin 8,000 years ago. The ancestors of China were divided into many tribes, among which the more famous leaders were Taihao (Fuxi), Shaohao (Baidi), Zhuanxu (Black Emperor), Xuanyuan (Yellow Emperor), Shennong (Yan Emperor), Emperor Ku (Gao Xin), Yao, and Xia Yu.
The descendants of Yan and Huang were very glorious in ancient times. Many strong people in the ethnic minorities rushed to get involved with the two emperors of Yan and Huang. If anyone goes to the ethnic minority and says that they are not descendants of Yan and Huang, they will definitely search the guys and beat you continuously so that they don’t even know your mother.
In fact, for thousands of years, the concept after Yanhuang has long surpassed the cultural concept of ethnic groups. Therefore, there is nothing wrong with saying that everyone has been after Yanhuang. This is the result of many years of struggle among ethnic minorities.
Therefore, in Li Yang's view, there is no need to subdivide ethnic groups in the Great Qin Dynasty. The four barbarians (the Huaxia clan's collective name for ethnic minorities in all directions, such as the Baiyue in the south) as long as they are incorporated into the territory of the Great Qin Dynasty, they will be the Yanhuang bloodline and the Huaxia clan. This is also more conducive to uniting people's hearts and is even more beneficial to future generations. At that time, China was a nation, without distinction between noble and humble, and without preferential welfare policies, and there will be no conflicts between the Chinese people because of the nation, and everyone regards equality.
Such a politically correct textbook will naturally be highly praised by Emperor Ying Zheng.
It can be said that this kind of textbook is what he dreamed of and used to teach the people of the world.
Not only must countries in the territory and the country must be unified, but also the minds and people must be unified, and the nation must be unified.
Of course, other ministers naturally dare not object to such "excellent" textbooks. If anyone opposes, it will probably end up like those ministers who oppose the reform of the new law and will be directly pulled out and cut down.
Just as the textbook compilation was almost over, several major events occurred in the military and political aspects of the Qin Dynasty.
First, Nei Shiteng retired and returned to his hometown. Han Xin officially took over the position of lieutenant of the capital garrison, and Zhou Bo was the deputy general.
Second, the 300,000 troops guarding the border of the Great Wall were led by Wang Li, and became a general who had heavy troops to guard the border.
Third, Meng Tian was transferred back to Xianyang and served as the Taiwei, and was in charge of the military and political temple.
The position of Taiwei is the highest military commander in the country. This position has been vacant before, but now Meng Tian has finally taken this position, which is well deserved.
Qilin Palace.
Today is Meng Tian’s first morning court when he returned to Xianyang and served as the Grand Marshal.
"Meng Tian, can the frontier be peaceful?"
Ying Zheng finished discussing government affairs in the morning court and turned to Meng Tian to learn about the situation in the border.
Meng Tian said: "Go back to Your Majesty, 300,000 Qin soldiers guarding the border, no one dares to attack! What's more, the Huns now kill their father and establish themselves, and their internal regime is unstable, which is even more fearful."
"Well, it's good if you don't have any worries." Ying Zheng nodded, feeling very good.
At this time, Li Yang frowned slightly.
Because he heard a very familiar name, Maodun.
Maodun Shanyu, for the first time in history, he unified the northern grasslands and established the huge and powerful Hun Empire. He was a talented and strategic military strategist and military commander among the Huns.
In history, he killed his father and became independent shortly after he became accused of his unstable foothold and sent envoys to ask for a thousand-mile horse of Shanyu.
In order to paralyze the Donghu, Maodun gave the Thousand-mile horse to the King of Donghu despite the opposition of the ministers. The King of Donghu made a fuss and proposed to ask Maodun’s favorite Yan family. Maodun’s ministers were all very angry and asked to send troops to attack Donghu, but Maodun still met the King of Donghu. At this point, the King of Donghu believed that Maodun was weak and could be bullied and no longer took it seriously.
Maodun took the opportunity to consolidate his rule, expand his military, and sent troops to raid the Donghu. Donghu was caught off guard, and the Donghu King was killed. All his people and livestock were obtained by the Huns, and the Donghu was destroyed. Maodun took advantage of the victory to attack the Yuezhi in Yongzhou, Hexi Corridor, and forced him to move westward. Thus, he eliminated both threats.
Subsequently, he led the Huns to conquer more than 20 countries including Loulan, Wusun, Hujie, etc., and controlled most of the Western Regions. To the north, they conquered Hunqian, Qushe, Dingling, Gekun, and Xinli, and to the south, they merged Loufan (now northeast of Shanxi) and the jurisdiction of King Aries of Henan, and re-occupied the land south of Hetao. The Huns lived in a vast area that started from Yinshan in the south, reached Lake Baikal in the north, reached the Liaohe River in the east, and exceeded the Pamir Mountains in the west. They claimed to have combined the people who led the bow into one family, had more than 300,000 string control men, becoming the most powerful nation in the north.
It even became a major disaster in the Central Plains.
Even Emperor Wu of Han fought all over the Han Dynasty and did not destroy it, so that the war between the Huns and the Central Plains never stopped for hundreds of years.
It was not until the Sui Dynasty that the Huns integrated into various ethnic groups during this period. The Five Barbarians Invasion of China and the Southern and Northern Dynasties became the last performance of the Huns on the Chinese historical stage.
As a time traveler, the Huns suffered a great harm to the Central Plains.
Especially the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, it is a very important tragic history in Chinese history, and the Han people were almost destroyed.
Although the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, and Qiang were eventually exterminated or integrated into the Han people, now that Li Yang has come to the Qin Dynasty, he naturally does not want to see the Xiongnu. Donghu and other tribes become bigger and will cause harm to China in the future?
So when he heard the name Maodun, the first Shanyu in history to establish a huge and powerful Hun Empire, Li Yang's sensitive nerves stinged.
In particular, when he heard Meng Tian despise the Huns and Maodun's words, Li Yang immediately realized that if the Qin Dynasty allowed Maodun to govern with a powerful commander, it would be a disaster for raising a tiger in the future.
He felt nervous, so he immediately stepped out and said, "Your Majesty, this man Maodun should not be underestimated. If he allowed his stable rule to continue to develop, the Huns will inevitably suffer! I believe that it is better to take advantage of his current unstable foothold and internal injustice to destroy the Huns in one fell swoop."
As soon as these words came to an end, Ying Zheng and Meng Tian looked at Li Yang in surprise.
Meng Tian smiled and said, "Prime Minister, are you... too highly regarded by the Huns?
In fact, it is not a big deal that Meng Tian and Ying Zheng were so surprised.
Because since the Warring States Period, when the Huns attacked the Central Plains, there was a general named Li Mu in the Central Plains who killed the Huns many times and killed more than 100,000 of them, making the Huns afraid to get close to Zhao State.
After that, the Huns were always bullied, first being educated by Qin, Zhao and Yan. Especially after Ying Zheng unified the six kingdoms, Meng Tian forced the Huns out of the Hexi Corridor area directly.
That's true, so Meng Tian felt that Li Yang's words were a bit alarmist.
However, Li Yang knew in his heart why Qin could defeat the Huns and run away with their heads, but the Western Han Dynasty was defeated many times?
In fact, the reason is this Maodun.
Before Maodun, the development of the Huns was very weak, and they were not the ones who dominated the grassland at that time. There were many ethnic minorities on the grassland, such as Donghu and Dayuezhi.
However, Maodun changed the situation. He directly unified the Donghu, drove away the Great Yuezhi, and established a powerful Hun Empire, with more than 300,000 string control men, becoming the most powerful nation in the north.
In addition, they were cavalry, and in the words of later generations, they were mobile troops, so it was difficult for the Central Plains to defeat them again at that time.
In other words, if you want to avoid raising a tiger, you cannot give Maodun the opportunity to stabilize the regime and develop the Huns now. Only in this way can it be the safest.
Li Yang said seriously: "The Taiwei doesn't know anything. Maodun is a man with great talent. If he underestimates him, he will definitely become the overlord of the north in the future. Jie Shi will not be so easy to deal with."
"Hahaha!"
Unexpectedly, Meng Tian laughed and shook his head and said, "The Prime Minister's words are very wrong!"
Li Yang frowned and said, "What do you say about Taiwei?"
Meng Tian said: "According to what I said, Maodun is extremely timid and afraid of things. He also kills his father and becomes independent, and he is even more unpopular with the hearts of the people. It is still unknown whether he can sit firmly on the Shanyu position. The northern overlord, haha, isn't it ridiculous!"
Ying Zheng also said: "Li Yang, my Qin army has 300,000 troops guarding the north. Are you too worried?"
Li Yang shook his head, not knowing how to persuade him for a moment.
Seeing that Li Yang didn't say anything, Feng Quji went out and smiled and said, "Prime Minister, I am very curious. You have never seen Maodun before. How could he say that he has great talent and will definitely become the overlord of the north?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at Li Yang curiously, and even Ying Zheng was very curious.
Because what Feng Quji said is indeed very reasonable. You have been in Xianyang and have never been to the Huns. How could you know that they have great talents?
Could it be calculated?
Seeing everyone's surprised gaze, Li Yang knew that he had fallen into the trap, so he had to just make a fool of himself and said, "I'm not hiding it, this is all a premonition of the true nature."
"Premonition?"
When everyone heard this, they immediately laughed.
Obviously, I think Li Yang is too ridiculous today.
At this moment, Feng Quji seized the opportunity and said, "How can I take the premonition seriously? It is a bit outrageous for the Prime Minister to discuss military and national affairs based on this!"
Sure enough, the emperor was not very happy, nodded with an unhappy look, and agreed with Feng Quji's words.
Meng Tian smiled and comforted: "Prime Minister, I have been guarding the north for many years. I know the Huns better than you. With my 300,000 troops on the border, the Prime Minister will be at ease. Even if he gives him ten years, he will be sure that they will not dare to offend my border."
Li Yang shook his head helplessly and smiled bitterly.
However, Ying Zheng is indeed a relatively superstitious person.
Seeing that Li Yang had found out about the name Maodun, he looked worried and said premonition, so he couldn't help but feel a little murmur in his heart, so he asked, "Li Yang, do you believe in your premonition so much?"
Li Yang shook his head. He didn't dare to say too much, because the history of the past is no longer the same as the history of the present. Before Qin was destroyed, Xiang Yu died. Liu Bang's three prime ministers in the Western Han Dynasty were now under his command, and even Han Xin followed him. So... No one knows whether the Huns in history will really become an empire on the grassland like the original history.
The only thing Li Yang believes is that Maodun is definitely a hero of a generation, and the other party's personality and wisdom cannot change because of his time traveler.
Thinking of this, Li Yang said, "For some reason, when I heard the Grand Marshal say that the Huns are not afraid, I have a bad premonition. If I guessed correctly, the King of Donghu also thought that the Huns are not afraid. Both the Qin and Donghu despise the Huns, which will give the Huns a chance to breathe and develop, and the time will raise tigers to be a disaster."
Hearing this sentence, Ying Zheng felt that what Li Yang said was quite reasonable.
If everyone despises the Huns and allows them to develop, it will inevitably give the Huns a chance to grow.
Ying Zheng turned his head: "Meng Tian, what do you think?"
Meng Tian smiled and said, "I still said that with my 300,000 troops guarding the border, the Huns would not dare to offend me even if they gave him time to grow. Moreover, what the Prime Minister said was just his premonition after all."
Speaking of this, Meng Tian chuckled and asked Li Yang: "Prime Minister, I dare to assert that if the Huns want to grow and grow, the Donghu will be the first to agree, so I, Daqin, don't worry."
Li Yang smiled: "Maybe, the King of Donghu believes that Maodun's foothold is unstable, and he also thinks that the Huns are not afraid. Maybe he will also send envoys to find Maodun for money and property. For example, if the King of Donghu sees Maodun's beautiful Yan family, he will probably even have to force Maodun's woman to go there."
"The King of Donghu asked Maodun Shanyu for the Yan clan?"
When Meng Tian heard this, he was speechless.
The civil and military ministers in the court completely felt that Li Yang was talking nonsense at this time.
Even if the King of Donghu bullies Maodun’s unstable foothold and despises the Huns, he will not be able to make trouble for the Yan clan who is so stupid that he asks Maodun? What is the status of the Yan clan? He is the queen of the Huns!
Unless the Donghu King really wants to go to war with the Huns.
At this time, even Ying Zheng felt that Li Yang's words were unreliable, so he immediately regarded his words as farts.
Of course, if another minister dared to talk nonsense, based on Ying Zheng's temper, he would probably beheaded directly.
Chapter completed!