Zhao Xing stayed in Meiji City for several days. After meeting with the local officials who came to meet him, such as Yunzhong County Taishou Wangmen, Wuyuan County Taishou Guan Chun, and Shuofang County Taishou Geng Wu, they headed eastward and crossed the Great Wall several times, aiming directly at Daqing Mountain.

The reason why Zhao Xing's team crossed the Great Wall of Qin several times is because this section of the Great Wall in the northern part of the Jin Kingdom winds from Yanmen to Shangjun in the southwest, and from the map, many places are not from east to west, but from north to south. Zhao Xing's team therefore had to cross the Great Wall once from west to east in Dingxiang County, and then once from south to north in the area of Gaoliu in Daijung.

On the way to Daqingshan, Zhao Xing can always see the Great Wall not far away on the side of the road, and the outline of the vicissitudes of life seems to tell Zhao Xing the heavy memories of many eventful years.

As a traverser, Zhao Xing certainly knew that the Great Wall was a national symbol of the Chinese nation's tenacity and unyieldingness, but at this time, it was obvious that it had not risen to that height, and there was no need to rise to such a height.

The word "Zhonghua" was compounded by the philosophers who believed in the concept of "the unity of heaven and man" in the Wei and Jin dynasties in 300 A.D. from each of the two names "China" and "Huaxia". The concept of "Chinese nation" was only proposed by Liang Qichao in 1902 in "The General Trend of Changes in Chinese Academic Thought", which is a collective term for all ethnic groups living on the land of China and overseas Chinese.

The title of the Chinese nation, which is full of the vicissitudes of 5,000 years of history, has only been more than 100 years from its proposal to its later recognition by the Chinese people. Since there was no concept of the Chinese nation in the Han Dynasty, the Great Wall was just a conservative fortification, and did not carry more artificial spiritual connotations.

The formation or awakening of the nationalism of the Han people really began after they were repeatedly invaded and bullied by various ethnic groups in the north during the Northern and Southern Song dynasties. In the Qin and Han dynasties, there was no pure nationalism, and many foreign races could be absorbed by the empire and become full-fledged nationals as long as they expressed their obedience to the king's transformation and were willing to accept the advanced ideology and culture of the Central Plains.

金日 (mì) 磾 (dī), also known as Uncle Weng, was a minister who was very much loved by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He is the authentic Xiongnu Hun Tu Wang Crown Prince of Mu Wuwei, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was given the surname Jin because he was awarded the sacrifice of King Hugh Tu. When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was seriously ill, Tuo Huoguang and Jin Riyan assisted the crown prince Liu Fuling, and made him the Marquis of Qin (dú).

Regardless of Jin Riyan's immortal exploits in maintaining national unity and social stability, in terms of his ability to gain the trust and trust of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, if Liu Che and the ministers of the court and the central government were rampant with Han nationalist ideas, how could a person of a foreign race become the minister of the Han Empire?

Thinking of Jin Riyan, Zhao Xing turned his head and asked Zhao Gang, who had been accompanying him and guarding, and said: "Two years ago, you personally captured Jin Xuan, the general of the imperial court stationed in Hedong County, and it is said that the ancestor of this person is Jin Riyan, an important minister of the Han Dynasty?"

Zhao Gang recalled carefully for a moment, then nodded and said: "This person is difficult to distinguish between Han and Hun from his appearance, speech and clothing alone, but he is no different from those pampered old men in Luoyang City. However, Situ Huangwan personally said that this person is indeed the descendant of Jin Riyan, otherwise he would not be an official and a general, and he would be like a dog in Luoyang City. ”

Laughing all the way, Zhao Xing finally came to the foot of Daqing Mountain. In the past, this was the place where the Xiongnu and Xianbei people worshipped the sky, and it was called Danhan Mountain, but now it has become a scenic spot, for the people of all ethnic groups inside and outside the Great Wall to escape the summer heat. The reason why Zhao Xing included Daqingshan on the parade route was to see if there was still **** here.

According to the rules set by Zhao Xing, with Daqing Mountain as the boundary, the area from the east of the mountain to the Daxing'an Mountains is the animal husbandry area of the Yaoxing people, and the west side of the mountain to the surrender city is the animal husbandry area of the Yansheng people. As for the occasional crossing of the border between the herdsmen of the two ethnic groups to graze in each other's areas, it is not a big deal, and there are officials who are specially responsible for the management of grassland animal husbandry to mediate.

The problem of the pastoral area is easy to solve, but the ownership of Daqingshan is very sensitive, because the Xiongnu and Xianbei people have occupied this mountain, but it is difficult to determine who is right and who is wrong. Regarding this issue, a few years ago, it attracted Zhao Xing's attention, and he simply took Daqingshan back from Ulan's hands, and directly put this mountain under his name, so as not to cause **** caused by everyone fighting over each other.

On this day, next to a crystal clear river under Daqing Mountain, Zhao Xing asked people to organize a bonfire party here, inviting the nearby herdsmen of Yaoxing and Yansheng to come and gather together.

Among the people invited, there were several petty officials who were in charge of the management of the herdsmen in the grasslands, one named Yang Changgui, who was specially responsible for mediating the disputes between the Yansheng and Yaoxing tribes; one named Bazhadu, a member of the Yaoxing tribe in the eastern part of Daqing Mountain, who was responsible for conveying notices from the higher authorities to the herdsmen on weekdays, purchasing cattle and sheep raised by the herdsmen, and distributing money to the herdsmen; and another named Jiwang, a member of the Yansheng tribe in the west of Daqing Mountain, basically similar to Bazhadu's work.

Yang Changgui, Bazadu and Jiwang often meet by the river where King Pingxi holds a bonfire party today, and they often greet each other across the river, but they are also very familiar. But they never dreamed that one day they would be able to sit around the campfire with the "living version" of the god-like sculpture on the Daqing Mountain, eating roast lamb legs, drinking the long river Daqu, and chatting.

Zhao Xing asked Yang Changgui: "In the past year, how many disputes have you mediated, and what are the causes?"

Yang Changgui replied: "There are about two or three cases a month, most of which are caused by cattle and sheep running across the border, and a few are due to competition for water sources. ”

Zhao Xing asked again: "Has there ever been a matter of doing things directly without mediation, has there ever been a fatality?"

Yang Changgui was originally an upright person, although he was terrified in front of Zhao Xing, he still told the truth: "There was once an incident, the two families fought for the ditch where cattle and sheep drank water, and they started fighting without waiting for me to mediate, but they didn't kill anyone, they just hurt their flesh and skin." The two families who fought were severely punished by the magistrate in the Daqingshan area, and now their resentment has been eliminated. ”

Zhao Xing asked Bazhadu and Jiwang, the two "land lords", and said: "Since there have been disputes between herdsmen of the two ethnic groups over water sources, why don't you organize everyone to build water conservancy and improve the drinking water conditions for livestock?"

Bazadu and Jiwang replied with some embarrassment: "It's not that I don't want to build it, it's just that there is a shortage of young and strong labor, and the stone needed to build the canal is very huge, so I really have more than enough to do." ”

Zhao Xing pondered for a moment, then turned his head and said to Li Ru behind him: "Send notices to various places, saying that from now on, all those near the Great Wall who lack stones due to the construction of water conservancy projects can remove bricks and stones from the section of the Great Wall in the territory for civilian use!"

Li Ru almost thought that there was something wrong with his ears at that time, this lord was too unbelievable, right?