As early as when the Qin Dynasty was first established, there were not so many counties in Shu, only two, one Shu County and one Ba County. If you add Hanzhong, there are only three.

Shu County is in the west, with Chengdu as the center.

Ba County is to the east, bordering Hanzhong to the north and Jiangzhou (Chongqing) to the south.

The predecessors of Shu County and Ba County were the ancient Shu Kingdom and the Cuban State.

In the early days of the Qin Dynasty, in order to strengthen the control of Shu, the land of Shu County was divided, and several areas along the passage into Shu such as Yinping Road and Jinniu Road were taken out separately, plus some areas where Baimayi lived, and Guangqin County was set up.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, Guangqin County was changed to Zitong County.

Zitong is a county name.

After entering the Golden Bull Road, the mountain road is rugged, and in some places it is even a plank road, and it is still reluctant for one person to pass, let alone the car, so Tang Ai had to temporarily endure the pain to get rid of the elegance of riding the ox cart, and he could only ride a horse.

He carefully tugged at the reins and slowly followed Xin Er's side.

Although the road is difficult to walk, in the end, "the trouble of people is good to be a teacher", or can't hold back the erudite and talented show off to their own family, Tang Ai asked Xin Er and said: "Ming Gong, do you know the origin of the word Zitong?" ”

Xin Er's riding skills are far stronger than Tang Aiwei, he is riding on a horse at this time, his posture is calm, but when he turns his eyes far and near, looking at the four directions, he can't help but beat his heart, he sighed: "Hanzhong I thought it was dangerous enough, but I didn't mean that this Golden Bull Road, but it was more dangerous than Hanzhong!" ”

Walking along the narrow mountain road, the side of the road is an unfathomable cliff, and a glance down makes people dizzy and weak.

Across a valley that is not very wide, on the opposite side of the cliff is a long mountain.

Xin Er casually caught a glimpse of what seemed to be something on the steep wall of that mountain. He looked closely and found that it was actually a few coffins with colored paint. The lower edge of the coffin should be supported by two or more wooden stakes, which are fixed in the hewn holes.

Xin Eryao pointed and asked, "Qianli, that's a hanging coffin, right?" ”

Tang Ai turned his eyes to look, nodded, and said, "Yes." ”

Hanging coffin burial is a popular burial system in Shu. In ancient times, the Ba people, the Shu people, as well as the descendants of the Ba people and the Shu people, and today's Ban Yuman, etc., all prevailed in this kind of burial system. Similar to the hanging coffin burial, there is also a "hidden rock burial" where the coffin is put into the natural rock wall cave and the crevice of the rock wall, and the "hidden rock burial" is suspended in the air; It is chiseled into ** on the hanging rock, and the coffin is contained in it, revealing half of the coffin's "rock cave burial". In several forms of burial, the coffin is placed on the overhanging wall of the mountain cliff. This is related to the beliefs and customs of the Ba people, Shu people, Ban Yuman and other races.

In his previous life, he had heard of hanging coffin burials, but he had never seen them, but he saw them with his own eyes and sighed.

Tang Ai said: "Ming Gong, are you surprised why the Ba people and Shu people have such customs? The people of Shu in Cuba are contemptible and rude. On the occasion of the Warring States Period, the King of Qin wanted to cut down Shu, and the Shu Road was dangerous, and it was not easy for the soldiers to walk, so he made five stone oxen, put gold under the tail, and falsely claimed that the stone ox could be gold; The king of Shu actually believed it, in order to seek the stone ox, because he sent Wuding to open the mountain, so he had this golden bull road, but was attacked by the Qin army along the road and destroyed it in one fell swoop. The foolishness of the people of Cuba can be seen here. It is not surprising that they have the custom of hanging coffins. ”

Xin Er heard Tang Ai's words, and a little vigilance suddenly rose in his heart.

He thought: "Fangjin Beidi, Tang and Yi live together, Pu Qin, Murong Wei don't say, just say that I Longzhou, Xianbei, Lu Shuihu, Rong people, Western Regions Hu and Zhuzahu and other departments, hundreds of thousands of people, almost the number of Tang people in my Longdi; In the central part of Shu, the Tang people withered, and the population of Xiarong, E, and bureaucrats accounted for more than half of the population of Shu.

"My soldiers and horses in Longzhou were originally quite elite, after the reform of my martial arts and athletes, a large amount of fresh blood poured into the army, and the strength was even higher, only compared to the military, now it is not lost to Qin and Wei.

"Now in front of us, the only problem is: how to mediate the contradiction between Tang and Yi, so as to achieve, to put it closely, so that Longzhou and the newly acquired Huyi of Hanzhong can be used by me; Far from it, in the future wars with Qin and Wei, the two purposes are to alleviate the rejection and resistance of the Rong people and Xianbei to our Longzhou, and even attract them to take the initiative to join us.

"The customs of Tang and Yi are very different, and to think that Hu Yi's customs are due to ignorance will be greatly detrimental to my idea of blending Tang Yi. I had to correct him. ”

Xin Er shook his head and said, "Qianli, what you said is not right. ”

"What's wrong?"

"My Xia people are buried in the earth, and the Shu people in Cuba are buried in hanging coffins, just because my Xia people live in the plains, and the Shu land is mountainous. Bo Ye sent Sheng Le to return, said that the Tuoba Department of hidden burial customs, this is Hu Mu's common burial customs, but also different from my Tang people, the reason is also because Hu Mu lives in a different environment with my Tang people, they nomadic grassland, whereabouts are uncertain, today their people die here, tomorrow their clans, tribes may move elsewhere, so they can not take care of the tomb, in order to prevent people from digging and stealing, that is, the system of hidden burial. As the proverb goes, 'Ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs', this saying is also, those who cover customs are born from place and time, and have nothing to do with being stupid or not. ”

Xin Er said at length, told Tang Ai, and said, "Qianli, you have read my "Theory of Contradiction", you should know where the main contradiction is at the moment, and how is it attacking? And it is in the battle between Xia and Yi!

"If Hu Yi can win the hearts of the Xia people, then Hu Yi wins; If the Xia people can win the Hu Yi suit, the Xia people will win. Pu Qin's Pu Mao, with Meng Lang's technique, carried out the government of the royal road, wantonly sold favors, and collected the Xia people, which is my strong opponent. At this moment, thousands of miles, you must not have the heart of contempt for Hu Yi, if this causes all kinds of Hu Yi in my Longdi to rebel against me from Qin, or gather people to make trouble, then I will die in Longdi! ”

Tang Ai is an open-minded person, not pedantic, after listening to Xin Er's words, he felt that it was reasonable, so he changed his opinion and said: "What Ming Gong said is very true. ”

Xin Er was still unfinished, and added: "Qianli, the general history that Yin Shi and many great Confucians in my Longdi are compiling, you have also read it, Xia and Yi are originally in the same vein, and they are both descendants of Yan and Huang.

"Take the people as an example, the king of Wu is defeated, and the people are obedient, which is also the hero of the founding of the Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, the difference between Hu Yijin and my Xia people is because of what I just said, it is nothing more than because of the different environments in which they have been in for a long time, the roads are blocked, and the communication with each other is gradually scarce, so this result is caused.

"However, thousands of miles, those who don't hear the words of Huaxia are Huaxia? Since he and I are in the same vein, I will caress him with kindness, teach him with his virtue, learn his strengths, and give me the advantages, although there is a difference now, if time comes, such as the convergence of ten thousand rivers, it is not impossible to still return to the first-class. ”

Tang Ai responded: "Yes." Not forgetting the previous question, he then asked, "In this case, why did Ming Gong sigh?" ”

"I sigh, the mountain cliffs are so steep, the Shu people can put the coffin on it. If I can get such 10,000 soldiers who are good at climbing, brave and brave, to attack Pu Qin, I will be like a tiger with wings! ”

Tang Ai didn't expect that Xin Er was thinking about this, and he was speechless for a while.

He immediately laughed and said, "What's so difficult about this! Hanzhong is now for me to have, to Qin De, Tang Shou, roughly calculated, can get Tang, Yuan, bureaucrats, Rong people tens of thousands, from which to choose good climbers to fill the army, the number of 10,000 is not enough, 5,000 can be obtained! ”

The matter of recruiting troops can only be talked about until after Qin De and Tang Shou are defeated.

Xin Er didn't continue the topic, asked Tang Ai, and said, "Qianli, you just asked me, you can know the origin of the word Zitong." I really don't know, I guess you do? ”

Tang Ai mentioned the spirit and replied: "Zitong County is Zilin in the east and Tongshui in the west, so some people think that the name of Zitong comes from this." Not really. The word Zitong, in Ai's opinion, that 'Tong' should be a child's child. ”

"Oh? Why is it a child? ”

"In the past, Yu ruled the water, so far, want to build a canoe, know that there is a catalpa wood in Chen Mountain, a diameter of one zhang and two inches, so that the craftsman cut it, and the catalpa tree is not ambushed, turned into a child, Yu is responsible for cutting it. Catalpa, Catalpa also; Tong, the boy who is transformed by the catalpa tree. It's for Azusa Tong. ”

Xin Er smiled and said: "Qing is knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he knows the world!" ”

Tang Ai shook the feather fan complacently, but forgot that he didn't take the ox cart, the mountain road was cold, the fan moved, and the cold wind blew on his face.

He quickly stopped his hand and tightened the placket of his neck,

Hearing the officers' orders to remind the soldiers to pay attention to their feet, Tang Ai subconsciously looked ahead and looked behind him.

In front and behind, there are all difficult marching horsemen, and there are servants pushing wheelbarrows to transport baggage, and there is no head or tail in sight.

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