The ancient cypress group of the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum is the oldest, largest and most well-preserved ancient cypress group in China, with a total of more than 80,000 trees, more than 30,000 trees over 1,000 years. www.biquge.info The "Yellow Emperor's hand-planted cypress" is said to be planted by the Yellow Emperor himself for more than 5,000 years, and is said to be the oldest cypress tree in the world, known as the "father of the world's cypress" and "the crown of the world's cypress".

The Yellow Emperor was a great tribal leader at the end of China's primitive society. The Yellow Emperor's surname is Gongsun, because he grew up in Ji Shui, and his surname is Ji. He once lived in Xuanyuan Hill (now Xuanyuan Hill, Xinzheng County, Henan) and was named Xuanyuan. The ancestral home has the Xiong family, and the number has the bear. And because of the admiration of soil virtue, and the soil is yellow, so it is called the Yellow Emperor. The Yellow Emperor went down in history for his great achievement of first unifying the Chinese nation. It is the ancestor who created the ancient civilization of the Chinese nation.

The mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor of Qiaoshan is said to have been created from the Han Dynasty, when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once led 180,000 officers and soldiers to worship here, Tang Taizong was at the west foot of Qiaoshan Mountain in the north of the city, not the current position of later generations.

Li Shimin attaches great importance to the protection and repair of the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum. There is a special management body, which is managed by a subordinate officer of the Ministry of Officials, and there is a 10-person escort force.

Before arriving at the dismounted stone, Li Su got off the carriage in advance in order to feel the atmosphere of the forest, along a stone road, walking through the ancient cypress group, the vigorous trunk, the canopy that covers the sky and the sun, and has not yet seen the Yellow Emperor's mausoleum, he has already felt his solemn solemnity.

It's time to get off the horse in front.

Cheng Chumo opened the way in front and had already entered the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum.

Suddenly, Cheng Chumo ran out and shouted: "Strengthen your vigilance and protect the prince!" ”

Du He, Yang Kang, and Wei Chi Baoqi hurriedly commanded the soldiers and protected Li Su in the middle. The soldiers were also on the lookout for the enemy, with their swords unsheathed and arrows on their bows, and they were on guard everywhere.

Li Su asked Ma Ming, the central county magistrate, and Niu Xiaolu, the county lieutenant, who accompanied him, and said, "Is the security here not good?" ”

Ma Ming, the commander of Central County, is 39 years old this year, with a medium build, an old man's face, less than 40 years old, and looks like he is in his early 50s. He shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It's not just bad, it's just terrible." For more details, let Lieutenant Niu report to you. ”

County lieutenant (from Qipin, the highest military officer in the county, equivalent to the director of the public security bureau) Niu Xiaolu is about 30 years old, lean and tall, looks very sturdy, and his face is full of dark red spots. He said: "Your Highness, it's hard to say a word, Rong Chen will wait for him to return to the county office, and then report to you slowly." ”

Li Su nodded and did not speak.

Soon, Cheng Chumo came over and said, "Your Highness, it's okay, please go over and take a look." ”

Li Su entered the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum and was happy, only to see that the officers and soldiers were surrounding a dozen people squatting on the ground, with ropes tied to their bodies. Funnily enough, they were all naked, with only a crotch cloth under their crotch.

Li Su asked, "Who are you?" ”

A twenty-seven or eighteen-year-old white man at the head said: "Your Highness, my name is Yao Guangming, and I am the mausoleum keeper of the Ministry of Rites, and the others are soldiers guarding the mausoleum. ”

Li Su ordered the restraints to be loosened and the soldiers to bring out a change of clothes for them.

It soon became clear that not so long ago, a group of bandits, about 60 or so, attacked them, snatched their weapons and household items, as well as their clothes, did not hurt anyone, and had left.

Du He said: "Bandits don't hurt people, what's the matter? ”

Yao Guangming said with a wry smile: "This is the second time, last time, we resisted and three people died, this time, alas." He shook his head.

Seeing this situation, Li Su had no interest in visiting the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, and he asked people to leave some weapons and food and other materials, and gave them to Yao Guangming and others, so that they could continue to guard the mausoleum. He took his men and horses to the central county and county office.

Before entering the county office, I saw the dilapidated scene of the entire county office, and the dilapidated street scene outside was even more depressing.

Before, in order to escort the Qibi Wuyun sisters back to the grassland, he had stopped in Hanzhuang County, and the scene there was not as good as here. Poor, poor, poor! In Chang'an City, although it is unsatisfactory, but in places far away from Chang'an, especially in the border towns, poverty and dilapidation are the true portrayal of most places in the Tang Dynasty.

We have to redouble our efforts to let the people of Datang live a good life.

When I arrived at the gate of the county office, I saw Gao Qingmin, the assassin of Yanzhou, who rushed to hear the news. He was 41 years old, short, chubby, and a little out of harmony with the dilapidated landscape in front of him. He is Li Yuan's distant nephew and son-in-law, and he is a second-class earl.

Gao Qingmin said that he had a little affection with Li Su, but he didn't dare to climb high, and his attitude towards Li Su was very respectful.

Gao Qingmin invited Li Su to Yanzhou Assassin Mansion. Li Su said that he was just passing by, so he wouldn't bother. Because of the matter of the Yellow Emperor's Mausoleum, Li Su asked about the local bandits.

On the way, he used Baidu to check some information, and knew that since ancient times, because of poverty, it has been a place where banditry has been rampant, and it has been like this for thousands of years.

Sure enough, after the introduction of Gao Qingmin, the central county commander Ma Ming, and the county lieutenant Niu Xiaolu, his information was confirmed.

Yanzhou has a long history of banditry, especially in the late Sui and early Tang dynasties, where there was a long history of war. Two years before Zhenguan, this was still the place where the rebel Liang Division was divided.

After the defeat of the Liang division, a large number of remnants of the army became bandits, which aggravated the banditry problem. Over the years, the imperial court has also worked hard to clear the money, but in recent years, the border troubles on the grassland have continued, and the imperial court is unable to carry out large-scale clearance.

At present, there are ten counties in Yanzhou, including Central County, Fushi, Yanchang, Linzhen, Jinming, Fenglin, Yanchuan, Fuzheng, Yanchang and Yanshui. There are different bandits in almost all counties, and there are more than 1,400 bandits in Ma Yanxi in central counties, 900 people in Liang Bin in Yanchang County, 450 people in Zhao Danian's department in Fuzheng County, and more than a dozen bandits in small groups of less than 100 people.

Gao Qingmin said: "Not only Yanzhou, but also the ten provinces in the country all have bandits to varying degrees, but the degree is different. ”

He advised His Royal Highness King Liang not to go to Yinzhou, which was once the lair of Liang Shidu, and the banditry was even more serious.

Li Su inquired about the situation of the bandits.

Niu Xiaolu, the county governor, said: "Over the years, the imperial court has also organized many cleanups, but the effect is not obvious. The bandits in the Yanzhou area have several characteristics:

First, many of them are military officers, and there are many soldiers who follow them, and they are veterans of perennial combat and have strong combat effectiveness.

Second, the bandits had close ties with the local people, and even many officials had dealings with the bandits, and the officials and troops were able to carry out large-scale raids, and the bandits were often able to get the news in advance and avoid the main force of the officials and troops.

Third, bandits hide their troops from the people, and it is difficult for officials and soldiers to distinguish clearly between bandits and the people when they take up arms, and it is the people who lay down their arms.

Fourth, the bandits are very mobile, and the territory of Yanzhou is vast, and the officials and troops are chasing and suppressing here, so they run to other places, and when the officials and soldiers are gone, they return to their original places.

Therefore, the eradication of bandits is very difficult and ineffective. ”

After that, he told an example.

Last fall, Kannai Province organized a crackdown on bandits. A squad of officers and soldiers chased a group of bandits, who ran into a large town. The officers and soldiers chased after them, and as a result, all the bandits disappeared.