Ziyou looked at the fifty-year-old man in front of him who was wearing Central Plains clothing. Gong Yangling's face was covered with wrinkles, but his eyes were particularly bright.
The reason why Gongyang Ling was in Ziyou's tent was because he met Huben on the way back to the grassland. Gongyang Ling's escape route was the same as Touman's. Dozens of people led by Gongyang Ling were directly captured by Huben. If it weren't for If Gongyang Ling calls out that he is from the Gongyang family, he will probably be captured on the spot.
Colonel Huben looked at Gongyang Ling and didn't know what to do for a while. A member of the Gongyang family was mixed with a group of Huns. This was strange no matter how you looked at it. After weighing it again and again, Captain Huben sent Gongyang Ling away. When we get to Ziyou, the Gongyang family is a Confucian family. If Gongyang Ling is a traitor, let Ziyou, who is a Confucian and a military supervisor, deal with Gongyang Ling's suitability.
"If my guess is correct, the old gentleman must be the person behind Touman." Ziyou poured a cup of tea for Gongyang Ling and said.
Gongyang Ling took a sip of tea and sighed.
"I haven't had such an authentic tea soup for a long time. My name is Gongyang Ling. I come from the Gongyang family and am now the prime minister of the Xiongnu royal court."
Although the soldiers escorting Gongyang Ling had already explained Gongyang Ling's identity, Ziyou was shocked to hear Gongyang Ling say it himself. The Gongyang family members had defected to the Huns, which was beyond belief. Accept that, in addition to the great revanchism, the Gongyang family also believes in respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians. Others still have the idea of threatening the barbarians, but the Gongyang family is not so patient. They firmly believe that those who are not our race will have their hearts broken. different.
"I know my two identities seem very contradictory. Do you want to hear my story?" Gongyang Ling said with a smile.
"But I heard the details." Ziyou said as he picked up the tea.
"Although I am also a member of the Gongyang family, my whole family has moved to Daidi since I was a child. Because at the beginning, the Gongyang family had a humble status and could only be regarded as an alternative among Confucianism. In order to strengthen the Gongyang family, my father brought The whole family came to Daidi and wanted to promote the Gongyang family’s ideas here. Everything was fine until I was 12 years old when the Huns came.”
When he mentioned Xiongnu's forehead, Gong Yangling's eyes were filled with coldness and hatred, and his fists were clenched tightly.
"The Xiongnu went south and swept through Dai. In order to fight back against the Xiongnu, my father led the young men from nearby villages to form a rebel army to defend the village. However, in the face of tens of thousands of Xiongnu cavalry, a few hundred people were just a drop of water. My father was also killed by Touman. My father, the leader of the previous generation of wolf clan, killed him with his own hands. My mother and grandfather also refused to be humiliated because my father died in battle. After giving me some money and food, they asked the guards to lead me to Qi State, and then set themselves on fire and took the family's savings. of food, grass and money." Gongyang Ling continued.
"Then how did you become the prime minister of the Huns again?" Ziyou asked.
"How did you become the Prime Minister of the Huns? Of course it was for revenge!" A cold smile appeared on Gong Yangling's old face, which made people shudder.
Ziyou did not interrupt Gongyang Ling, but motioned for him to continue.
"I looked at the burning fire and the raging Huns. I didn't let the guards take me to Qi. Instead, I went alone to the place where the Huns and the Central Plains people lived together. From the moment I arrived on the grassland, What I thought about was how to destroy the Xiongnu and let the entire Xiongnu be buried with my father, mother and grandfather. In order to realize my idea, I survived in the mixed area for forty-six years," Gongyang Ling said.
Looking at the Gongyang Ling, Ziyou was a little shocked. Not to mention anything else, the 12-year-old was alone in the area where Huns and Central Plains people lived together in the grassland, and this area lasted for forty-six years. This kind of perseverance is not what ordinary people can do. some.
"I wonder what the old gentleman is thinking of?" Ziyou asked.
"If there is a way to destroy a nation, I don't need to tell you. It is clearly recorded in Confucian classics." Gongyang Ling said.
Ziyou nodded and said
"The easiest way to destroy a nation is to destroy their spirit."
"Yes, fortunately, my father took away some classics from Gongyang's family. I found this method from these classics, so I started a forty-six-year plan. To destroy a nation, you must first destroy it. I wanted to get rid of their ruler, so I began to work hard to cultivate my reputation in the mixed area, and hoped that the Huns would come to plunder and take me away. I waited for forty-six years, and during this period I also tried to take the initiative to join the Huns. However, the Huns were invincible on the grasslands and they became very arrogant. I could only wait for an opportunity for the Huns to fail, and at the same time secretly cultivate the Gongyang family’s teachings and cultivate their own people.
Forty-six years, until the Battle of Yanmen Pass, Touman came, and I won his appreciation by helping Touman analyze the situation. After arriving at the Xiongnu Palace, I used the people I spread out to instigate the other two tribes in the Xiongnu Palace to be dissatisfied with Touman, causing them to start to despise Touman and even have thoughts about the position of the Great Chanyu. Naturally Touman began to panic and began to seek my help.
So I secretly signaled to my people to teach the two tribal leaders and nobles how to enjoy, pass on the Central Plains culture to them, let them like the Central Plains costumes, and start to become interested in and even pursue the Central Plains culture. When a nation gives up Inheriting its own culture, it began to frantically pursue the culture of other nations. It was only a matter of time before this nation was destroyed.
I was very successful in corruption, and I used etiquette to help Touman control these two tribes, and secretly taught them the etiquette of the Central Plains, allowing Touman to secure his throne once again. Later Touman asked his child Maodun to worship me as his teacher. Unfortunately, Touman still did not agree with the Central Plains culture, so I could only influence the future King of the Huns through covert influence. "
Gongyang Ling's voice was very calm, but it made Ziyou particularly frightened. Every step of Gongyang Ling's plan was to dance on the cliff. If he was not careful, he would lose everything and he would fall to pieces. Ziyou stood up and saluted Gongyang Ling. This was his respect for Gongyang Ling.
"It's a pity that I don't have much time. In order to quickly complete my plan, under my instigation, more and more Xiongnu tribes became dissatisfied with Touman, thus forcing Touman to start promoting etiquette and propaganda within the Xiongnu. Central Plains culture.
Maybe I was too impatient and let Touman see that something was wrong. Touman never let go, so I could only promote and pass on the news step by step. In ten years, I taught a large number of Xiongnu nobles etiquette and the struggle for power. , intrigues and intrigues, so that they no longer used force to fight for power, but used intrigues and intrigues to completely destroy the bloody spirit in the hearts of these Xiongnu nobles. "Gongyang Ling laughed, tears welling up in his eye sockets, and his eyes were full of hope, as if he had already seen the day when he would completely destroy the Huns.
"Sir, you are righteous." Ziyou said with emotion.
In Ziyou's view, Gongyang Ling's method was a plan to kill the entire family. By influencing and abolishing the bloody spirit in the hearts of the Xiongnu nobles, they turned them into only knowing how to fight for power. This was tantamount to abolishing the Xiongnu ruling class. After these Xiongnu nobles began to accept and be obsessed with the Central Plains culture, the ordinary Huns under their command would also follow suit and accept it. Once they accepted the Central Plains culture, their yearning for the Central Plains would never stop like a savage beast.
Compared with the Huns, who had a harsh living environment and backward civilization, the Central Plains was simply a paradise.
"It's a pity that I don't have much time. Otherwise, if I work slowly and steadily, I will be sure to completely destroy the Xiongnu within thirty years. I was too impatient but wasted five years of work. Fortunately, this cold winter, which is rare in ten years, allowed the Xiongnu to internally The instability again forced the Xiongnu to go south, making King Zuo Xian even more dissatisfied with Touman, so Touman began to relent for the sake of his own status. Now Touman does not care about the future of the Huns at all for the sake of his own power, hahahaha." The ram's face was filled with satisfaction.
When the monarch of a country only cares about his own gains and losses, regardless of the overall interests, it means the death knell of the country has sounded. If a monarch begins to fight for power and gain in this way, only caring about personal losses and forgetting the interests of the entire country, the people under his command will also imitate their monarch.
"Sir, please come back to the Central Plains with me." Ziyou looked at Gong Yangling with a flash of sympathy in his eyes.
Gongyang Ling spent his whole life seeking revenge, but he destroyed the Xiongnu and benefited the entire Central Plains. Gongyang Ling’s age was already considered a long life in this world. Ziyou didn’t want Gongyang Ling to die in a foreign country in the end, even unable to do so. The soul returns home.
"I have given up the idea of returning to the Central Plains ever since I took the first step on the grassland. I have been in the Xiongnu for so many years and have not married or raised any children."
Gongyang Ling's words completely blocked Ziyou. Gongyang Ling was now in a death chamber, a death chamber even crazier than that of Su Qin. He traded his own future for the whole Xiongnu to be buried with him.
"What do you need me to do, sir?" Ziyou asked seriously.
"I want to know whether Touman is dead or alive?" Gongyang Ling asked.
"According to the news passed back, Touman committed suicide and Meng Tian is escorting his body back." Ziyou said in a deep voice.
Gongyang Ling's eyes flashed with surprise, but then he said helplessly
"I didn't expect that in the end Touman would remember the blood in his heart, that's all. One Touman died, and another Mao Dun. The young Mao Dun will support my approach in order to stabilize his position."
The reason why the Gongyang Order kept provoking the Hun tribes to provoke the Hun royal court was to force Touman to support and promote the Central Plains culture. Now that Touman is dead, there is no one left who can hold the power and fully support him in promoting the Central Plains culture. , although Moton is the heir to Touman, he has little prestige and is young, so it is not a bad thing if his rule is not overthrown by others.
"Do you need me to send someone into the Huns to help you?" Ziyou asked.
"No, I have already thought of this step, so I also placed a secret agent next to King Zuo Xian. If I fail, he will inherit my will and continue to eat away at the remaining spirit of the Xiongnu. And Mao Dun Unusually, although he is young, he has the support of the entire Langjuxu Mountain Xiongnu Sacrifice, and his strength is not weak." Gongyang Ling shook his head and said.
"The people around King Zuo Xian? The priests of Langjuxu Mountain?" Ziyou was a little confused.
For Mao Dun, the founder who unified the entire grassland, completed the first unification of the grasslands in history, and established the Xiongnu Empire that terrorized the Central Plains for decades, Ziyou also regarded him as a serious problem. Mao Dun can be said to be the luck of the grassland. His son, nearly half of the luck of the entire grassland lies with him.
"There was a Central Plains man next to King Zuo Xian, named Zhi Huan. He was a descendant of Uncle Zhi of the Jin Dynasty. By some mistake, he had studied with me for several years, and then he went to King Zuo Xian to help me. , but his methods are still too immature, and he only wants to use enjoyment and greed to corrupt the surrounding Xiongnu nobles, so that they can focus on enjoyment, thus causing the collapse of Xiongnu rule and causing civil strife." Gongyang Ling shook his head and said.
"Descendants of Uncle Zhi? Didn't the three families of Han, Zhao and Wei kill the Zhi family back then?" Ziyou asked in surprise.
Zhibo is also called Zhixiangzi, and Han Kangzi, Wei Hengzi, and Zhao Xiangzi are all one of the four ministers of Jin. In order to reduce the vassal state of Jin, Zhixiangzi was the first to contribute a city of 10,000 households. Later, Han Kangzi and Wei Because Hengzi was afraid of Zhixiangzi, he also dedicated a city with ten thousand households, but Zhao Xiangzi was more stubborn and stubborn against Zhixiangzi. Zhixiangzi led Han Kangzi and Wei Hengzi to attack Zhao Xiangzi, and then Zhao Xiangzi retreated to Jinyang, which also opened the way for the three families to be divided into Jinyang.
Zhixiangzi besieged Jinyang with water. Later, because Han Kangzi and Wei Hengzi were worried that Zhixiangzi would also attack them, they defected and defeated Zhixiangzi. Zhixiangzi was killed, and his head was made into a chief prince by Zhao Xiangzi. . Worried about the Zhi family's revenge, the three families killed the whole Zhixiangzi family together, and the territory was divided among the three families.
Later, in order to avenge Zhixiangzi, Jin Chugong borrowed troops to attack the three families. The three families defeated Jin Chugong together and forced Jin Chugong to flee. Later, Jin Chugong died of illness on the road, and the three families divided the entire Jin Kingdom.
"There must be some way for people to survive. The Spring and Autumn Period was not like today. People at that time still talked about etiquette and morality." Gong Yangling shook his head and continued.
"It doesn't matter what you do. I just need to implement it step by step within the Xiongnu. My only hope is that after Qin unifies the world, he will destroy the Xiongnu and conquer the grasslands. Don't let what I have done be in vain."
Gongyang Ling grabbed Ziyou's hand and his eyes were full of pleading. What Gongyang Ling did was to break the Xiongnu's spine from the inside, but external force was still needed to tear the Xiongnu's skin and kill the Xiongnu completely.
"I promise you that when the world is peaceful, the interior is in good condition, and the people have recuperated, the first thing to do is to destroy the Xiongnu. Even if the Xiongnu cannot be completely conquered, the Xiongnu must be beaten until they cannot stand up again." Ziyou said seriously. .
Ziyou felt that his generation would never see the complete conquest of the Huns. In order to govern the grasslands, the first thing needed was population. To restore the population, it would take time, but Ziyou believed that one day the Huns could be completely conquered.
"Okay. I need to return to the Huns now. The Huns cannot be in chaos now. The Hu people are ruined and the Huns are in chaos. The opportunity for the Dayuezhi will come. The Dayuezhi is different from the Xiongnu. Their smelting technology is no less than Central Plains." Gongyang Ling said.
"I see."
Under Ziyou's arrangement, Gongyang Ling left the Qin army camp with his cronies. In order to ensure Gongyang Ling's safety, Ziyou told Gongyang Ling the method of contacting the Xiongnu people caught in the net, and gave him Gongyang Order Command Power
(End of chapter)
