Dugu Yongye is recorded in a series of official histories such as the Book of Northern Qi in later generations, 'Dugu Yongye, the word Shiji. His surname is Liu, and he is also from Zhongshan, and his mother changed to Dugu's family, and Yongye was young with his mother, and he was raised by Dugu's family, so he followed his surname. ’

In other words, Dugu Yongye was actually not surnamed Dugu but surnamed Liu, but when Dugu Yongye was young, his mother remarried to the family surnamed Dugu for unknown reasons, so the young Dugu Yongye followed Dugu, which is said to have originated from Liu Xiu's son Liu Fu's grandson Liu Jinbo.

There are many reasons for Dugu Yongye's mother to remarry, but my personal guess is that the most likely is the early death of his father, otherwise it is impossible for a boy in a family to remarry with a widow, and as a widow's son, he doesn't even know what year he was born, so it is conceivable that Dugu Yongye's life in Dugu's family when he was young was not very good.

Dugu Yongye has an upright personality, and he talks to people less and returns, in today's words, this person is very stubborn, if ordinary people estimate that this life is like this, fortunately, Dugu Yongye when he was young was appreciated by Emperor Wenxuan Gao Yang.

After Gao Yang established the Northern Qi regime, he appointed Dugu Yongye as the Zhongshu Sheren, because Dugu Yongye was proficient in writing and calculation, and was very good at singing and dancing, so he was very appreciated by Gao Yang.

In the next few years of Gao Yang's reign, Dugu Yongye successively served as the Jeju Assassin and Heyang Xingtai Zuocheng, because Dugu Yongye had lived in Heyang Town, which was close to the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and was good at appeasing the people, and the Northern Zhou Dynasty was also very jealous of him, and soon after Dugu Yongye was promoted to the secretary of Heyang Xingtai.

In the ninth year of Tianbao, when the countries besieged the Northern Qi Dynasty, when the 100,000 troops of the Northern Zhou Dynasty attacked Luoyang and other places under the leadership of Wei Chi Hui and Yu Wenxian, Dugu Yongye sent the deputy general to stay in Heyang, and he led the army to cross the river to support Luoyang City, and assisted the defenders to defend Luoyang City before the veteran Wei Digan came to Luoyang to preside over the overall situation.

At that time, because the reinforcements had not arrived, Luoyang City was almost conquered by the Zhou army several times, and the most dangerous time in Luoyang City was after a fierce attack by the Zhou army, as long as the Zhou army continued to storm the city the next day, it would not be guaranteed, and at the critical moment, Dugu Yongye ordered Luoyang City craftsmen and soldiers to make two thousand mangers overnight.

This kind of manger is the kind of military horse trough with a very long volume, one is up to one zhang and can be used by at least two to four war horses at the same time, usually because there are too many cavalry war horses when marching and fighting, and it is used for emergency purposes.

At that time, the Northern Zhou Xizuo lurking in Luoyang City went through a lot of hardships to find out the information that Dugu Yongye deliberately let them know, and hurriedly passed the news to the hands of Wei Chi Yuan and Yu Wenxian outside the city.

Wei Chi Hui and Yu Wenxian, who received this news, were immediately shocked and thought that the Northern Qi reinforcements were coming, otherwise why did the Qi army quietly build a manger, which clearly showed that they were preparing to cooperate with the reinforcements inside and outside to attack us inside and outside! Two thousand horse troughs can be used by four thousand to eight thousand war horses, and according to this data, it is estimated that the Qi army that came to aid is at least tens of thousands!

No, you have to retreat a little way quickly, the Zhou army retreated twenty miles overnight and carefully held on for a few days, when Wei Chi Hui and Yu Wenxian found out through scout reconnaissance that they were fooled, it has been delayed for three or five days, the defenders in the city have had such a few days of rest have recovered their energy and continue to fight with the Zhou army until the arrival of the army led by the old general Wei Digan.

Since the Northern Qi Dynasty survived the siege of various countries with the strong national strength laid during the Gaoyang period, because the old enemy Northern Zhou withdrew and fought with Southern Chen Da after the withdrawal of the army, it was no longer able to spare the energy to attack the Northern Qi, and the Northern Qi was unwilling to attack the Northern Zhou because the Northern Zhou Dynasty had Hangu Pass, so Dugu Yongye, who originally guarded Heyang on the border of Qi and Zhou, was also very familiar with Jeju because he was good at leading troops and had served as the assassin of Jeju, so he was also transferred to the Jeju front line by the Northern Qi court.

Because Dugu Yongye's qualifications are not weaker than those of the Hu Lawyers Association, and even in the eyes of some new generations of nobles, Dugu Yongye's qualifications are deeper than the Hu Lawyers Association, but first, the Hu Lawyers Association is the nephew of the old general Hu Lvjin, and Dugu Yongye is just a child of a poor family, and the Hu Lawyers Association can be said to be an important help for this Gao Yan coup to ascend the throne, so the commander of the Qi army who came to attack Wang Yong can only be the Hu Lawyers Association.

Since arriving at the front line in Jeju, although Dugu Yongye has obeyed the orders of the Hu Lawyers Association everywhere, anyone can feel the unconvincing in Dugu Yongye's heart, and the Hu Lawyers Association can also clearly feel what Dugu Yongye means when he looks at him, "Isn't there a good uncle with high authority!" ’

In fact, the Dugu Yongye Hu Lawyers Association is also very important, and he has also been wooed many times, who said that there is no mountainism among the Xianbei nobles, this time the Hu Lawyers Association sent Dugu Yongye through the entire mountainous area to attack Wang Yong's weak belly can be said to be well-intentioned.

On the one hand, he drove out a general in his camp who was not convinced of himself all day long, so as to establish his prestige, and on the other hand, it was also a gesture of goodwill to Dugu Yongye.

Of course, Dugu Yongye will not know these ideas of the Hu Lawyers Association, and even if he does, he will probably disdain it, and now he is standing in front of the Confucian Temple on Queli Street in Qufu City, and today he is going to worship the ancestor and saint Confucius.

To tell the truth, there is really nothing to see in Qufu during this period, the city that was relatively rich earlier was particularly depressed because most of the people in the city fled because of the war, and those famous scenic spots in later generations did not even have a shadow, and Shimen Mountain in later generations did not have Shimen Temple is still a dense forest.

Even the famous three holes in later generations are particularly desolate, and now Kong Lin is only a dozen acres of land as the cemetery of the Kong family, although the Confucian Temple has been established since the second year of Confucius's death, it has been eight or nine hundred years now, but it is far from the scale that later generations have seen, and it is just a house before and after.

As for the Confucian Mansion that has been praised by later generations, I don't know where to find it now, because the establishment of the Confucian Mansion in history will not be built until nearly five hundred years after the Northern Song Dynasty, and now there are so many people in the Confucian clan in Qufu, who knows which one of the descendants of Confucius is!

Dugu Yongye came to the Confucian Temple to lead the way for him was Meng Lingtong, a local chief bookkeeper in Qufu, because the local county order did not know where to go as early as the beginning of the war last year, and it can be said that it disappeared without a trace, and Qufu because of its remote location, the imperial court has not been able to take care of it and has not continued to send officials here.

Of course, if you want to send people, you have to be willing to come, so in desperation, Meng Lingtong, who is the chief bookkeeper of the county, is presiding over the government affairs of Qufu City, as the descendant of the sub-saint Mencius, he attaches great importance to the ancestor and sage Confucius, and the year before last when the war did not happen, he also led people to plant hundreds of trees in Confucius, and he also personally led people to repair the Confucian Temple in front of him many times. 2018

The history of the Confucius Temple in Qufu is very long, dating back to the second year of Confucius's death, that is, the 42nd year of King Jing of Zhou (the 17th year of Lu Ai Gong, 478 BC). According to the records of the "Historical Records", at that time, Confucius's disciples set up a temple to worship in their "former residence hall", and the three rooms of the temple house contained Confucian relics such as clothes, crowns, pianos, cars, and books.

The lofty status of Confucius was officially recognized until more than 280 years later, during the Liu Bang period of the Western Han Dynasty, in November of the 12th year of Gaozu of the Han Dynasty (195 BC), Gaozu Liu Bang killed the king of Jiujiang Yingbu and returned to Chang'an from Huainan to pass through Queli, and sacrificed Confucius in the ether prison, opening the emperor to worship Confucius himself.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty 'deposed Confucianism alone', with Confucianism dominating the court, Confucius's status became more and more respectful, and in the first year of the Yuan Dynasty (1 AD), Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty posthumously praised Confucius as "Baocheng Xuannigong".

In the fifth year of the Eastern Han Dynasty (29 years), the founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, also ordered to sacrifice Confucius from Guoqueli, and then Emperor Ming, Emperor Zhang, and Emperor An of the Eastern Han Dynasty all went to Qufu to worship. In the first year of Yongxing (153 years), Emperor Huan issued an edict to rebuild the Confucian Temple, appointed Kong He as the temple keeper, and erected a monument to remember, although the temple of the Han Dynasty has been renovated many times, but still takes the house as the temple.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in turmoil, and the Confucian Temple was difficult to stand alone in the chaos of the world, although no one dared to destroy the temple, but after the turmoil of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty and even the entire Northern and Southern Dynasties, the Confucian Temple gradually declined.

Although there are also people from the Kong clan who come to repair and take care of it from time to time, but in this chaotic era, even people can't survive, where can they have time to take care of these, these Kong clan people are just cleaning on weekdays, and they can't do anything to renovate the temple.

It was easy to wait until the Northern Wei Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Wei Wen, because Emperor Wei Wen admired Han culture, implemented a comprehensive sinicization policy, "ordered Lu County to build an old temple", and placed hundreds of guards in the army; He also built a house outside the temple to facilitate the residence of scholars, but in the subsequent turmoil at the end of the Wei Dynasty and decades of war, the Confucian Temple was once again dilapidated.

Although the Confucian Temple in the first year of Emperor Xiaojing of the Eastern Wei Dynasty (539), the first year of Tianbao (550) and the ninth year of Tianbao (557) of the Northern Qi Dynasty were repaired by the local government, and the statues of Confucius and his disciples were sculpted for the first time, but in the war that followed, due to the extreme weakening of national strength, the Confucian Temple was once again left unattended.

It turned out that the hundreds of soldiers sent by the imperial court to guard the Confucian Temple here had escaped, and now the young and strong team responsible for the security of the Confucian Temple was all composed of young and strong people from the Confucian clan organized by the Qufu government itself.

"Master Meng, the saint's achievements in spreading culture and education back then are incomparably great, and this saint's temple must be guarded!" Looking at the Confucian Temple in front of him, Dugu Yongye is also very respectful to the statue of Confucius, incense, as a military general who is good at literary affairs, his respect for Confucius is also incomparable to other Xianbei nobles.

"The general also respects the saint and the ancestor so much?" Meng Lingtong was a little surprised that Dugu Yongye was so respectful to the statue of Confucius, although during the Northern and Southern Dynasties, in order to win over some Han scholars and scholars, the Northern Dynasty court gave many rewards to Confucius on the surface, but more Xianbei people who did not learn and did not know how to do it were indifferent to Confucius, and even very disdainful.

Looking at Meng Lingtong's surprised expression, Dugu Yongye smiled and said: "The saint is proficient in literary affairs, regardless of the hardships to spread culture and education, he should be the teacher of eternity, Shiji (Dugu Yongye character) of course has to be respectful to the saint, so as to bless the sons of my family who are not successful to learn a little more about the saint's poetry and books." ”

"Hehe, the knowledge of the saint is not just poetry and books, doesn't the general know that the saint was also a brave warrior with superior military strength back then?" Hearing Dugu Yongye's words, Meng Lingtong smiled on the side.

Confucius's father's uncle Liang Su was a very famous warrior in the Spring and Autumn Period of the Lu State, and Confucius, who inherited his father's martial arts, was more than nine feet long, powerful, good at shooting, and proficient in riding chariots and horses.

"Although the master is a saint, where can he seek the life and death of the battlefield!" Dugu Yongye sighed and shook his head, although this time the tens of thousands of soldiers and horses under his command were all border towns and towns that had experienced battles with Rouran and the Turks, but in the face of the continuous logistics line, in fact, the pressure he faced was not small.

Hearing Dugu Yongye speak like this, Meng Lingtong's face calmed down, as if he was making some determination, so he raised his head and said to Dugu Yongye: "Please also ask the general to forgive the official for being blunt, although the general will have many twists and turns in this attack, but it will definitely make great contributions. ”

"Oh?" Dugu Yongye glanced at Meng Ling strangely, he didn't have a deep impression of this scribe who was not very tall, only seven feet three inches, with a pale face and was more than forty years old, and he was just treated as an ordinary scribe, and he didn't expect that he still had the ambition to follow him to the battlefield to make meritorious contributions.

"Master Meng, you have to know that there are no eyes on the battlefield, even as the commander-in-chief, I am in danger at any time! You have to think before you decide! For the sake of the other party's courage, Dugu Yongye admired him very much and decided to explain the situation to Meng Lingtong clearly, so as not to lose his life.

But Meng Lingtong had already figured it out, and he said to Dugu Yongye: "General, I was a scribe in Qufu City at the age of twenty, and I have been forty-six this year, but now it is just a small master book. If it weren't for the fact that the county magistrate of this county was missing, I'm afraid it wouldn't be my turn to stand in front of you now, and it would be impossible to be promoted in the future! This time the general led the army to pass by, I'm afraid it will be my last chance, if I miss it, I'm afraid there will be no more! ”

Saying that, Meng Lingtong hugged his fists and said, "The general will accept me!" ”

Dugu Yongye thought for a long time before replying: "Well, since Master Meng is willing to follow me to make meritorious contributions on the battlefield, go with me, and the battlefield can only be the destiny of each other!" But since you are going to join our army, what advice do you have for my army this time? ”

Meng Lingtong lowered his head and thought about it carefully before raising his head and said: "The lower official thinks that if the general is still moving forward like this, even if the time and place are favorable, he will be defeated, and he will even worry about his life!" ”