The past is not like smoke —— Wan Quan visited Xue Tongcheng

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At a fork in the south of Wanquan Village, Wanrong County, stands a earthen platform. Some locals call it Jiang Tai, others call it the ancient city wall, and some researchers call it Xuetongcheng site. There is no agreement. But no matter what it is called, it should be said that this platform has a sense of sacredness and mystery. Otherwise, the surrounding land will be built into houses and planted into crops. Why is this home-made platform unattended?

I have been to this platform countless times, although it is too shabby to be a cultural relic at all. The scale of the platform is very small, only two or three meters high and three or four meters square. The position of the platform is very strange. On a steep slope, looking south is Gufeng Mountain and looking down is Shenxi. I think it is a well-documented "Xue Tongcheng" in history. It should be said that this shabby earthen platform has stood here for over 1700 years.

Xue Tongcheng was built by an awesome family-the Xue family in Hedong during the Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. Since the end of the Western Han Dynasty, local strongmen have become an important force affecting the state power, and the court often has nothing to do with the aristocratic families at the gate. Originally living in Shu, the Xue family in Hedong was moved to Fenyin (now Wanrong County) by Cao Wei because of its powerful influence. This alien family from afar, relying on the family tradition of worshipping Wu Zun culture, gradually multiplied into three branches: the west, the north and the south, and actually developed step by step, becoming one of the "six surnames in Guanzhong" at that time. During the hundred years from Shu Han to the Western Jin Dynasty, this family was an official for generations and became a prominent official.

However, happy days are always short-lived. Soon, the Hu people's jinge iron horse tore this quiet soul. Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, this is a turbulent era. Since the Yongjia Rebellion in the Western Jin Dynasty, sixteen countries have risen side by side, courageously riding the north, the state power has changed in turn, the Han family has fallen, and the home country is no longer there. The Jin people were forced to move south to Jiangzuo, or surrendered to the establishment of Murong Xianbei people in Liaodong. Once brilliant, the Xue family in Hedong once again faces a difficult choice.

At that time, the helmsman of the Xue family in Hedong was the third generation ancestor of the West Branch who moved from the middle of Shu to the north. His grandfather, Xue Xing, was the ancestor of Xike. He used to be the right servant of Jin Shangshu, the secretariat of Jizhou, and the public of Anyi, saying: Zhuang. His father, Xue Tao, attacked the knight and was the secretariat of Liangzhou, praising loyalty, righteousness and interests. After the Eight Kings Rebellion, Kyoto was overthrown, and both father and son were famous for their benevolence and righteousness. In the face of the galloping of Hu Qi, most of the Han people at that time thought of the family of the portal, not the country and the nation, and defected to the Hu nationality. Few people celebrate this festival. Facing the war at that time, Xue Qiang built "Fort Xue Qiang" at the foot of Gufeng Mountain to ensure the security of local separatist regime. The embryonic form of "Xue Tongcheng" was thus formed. Later, his successor Xue Tong led more than 1000 families to live here. What is the concept of more than 1000 households? If there are five people in a household, it is about 50 thousand, which is really an amazing force.

There are three reasons for Xue's self-respect and self-love: first, relying on an impregnable castle; Second, have a good leader, from Xue Qiang to Xue Tong; Third, it depends on the unchanging integrity of its family.

As for Xue Tong, both Zhou Pu Prefecture and Wanquan County Records recorded about "fifteen miles and thirteen steps". "According to Tuoba Gaofu, the south is isolated and helpless, sandwiched by two streams, and the danger is endless." At a high place, it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. "The isolated mountain is half, and the left and right rocks can belong to its side, divided into two streams, east and west, which are deep and deep." There are steep cliffs on the east, west and south, but the north is also isolated by oblique stems. People can't be thin, horses can't be combined, and there are many narrow slopes and valleys in the four townships. In autumn and winter, the mountains are high and windy, the ice looks muddy, and the hoof marks are not paid. Although there are no solid rivers and mountains, it can also be planned as a cloud in an iron urn "; Two streams, east and west, are suitable for farming. When Tang Wude set up the county government in three years, "the city is close to a mountain stream and there are many springs, so it is called Wanquan." These two conditions meet the needs of self-protection. Therefore, the Xue family in Hedong sticks to this road, the enemy will block it, and the water can hide it. When he leaves, he will become a soldier, when he enters the farm. No wonder he talked about the Xue Tong era and the fact that the late Qin Dynasty called up many times instead of serving in Korea. In fact, in a sense, Xue Tongcheng itself is an independent kingdom, a paradise and a maverick small court.

Xue Qiang, the founder of Xue Tongcheng, was born in a noble family and was very famous at that time. Fu Jian of the former Qin Dynasty longed for fame for a long time and wanted to surrender to Xue Qiang. Just as the army went to Hedong to crusade against Zhang Ping, it passed by Fort Xue Qiang, and Fu Jian led hundreds of people to ride under Fort Xue Qiang. At that time, Fu Jian reused Wang Meng, Xue Qiang's good friend and Han nationality, and adopted some policies to recuperate and make the people live in harmony and prosperity. Once unified the north, occupied Shu, and formed a good situation of confrontation between the north and the south with the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Fu Jian's ambitious army is in full swing. However, in the face of Fu Jian's fighters, Xue Qiang thought that the conference semifinals were not my race. As ministers and people of the State of Jin, how can it have anything to do with them? Not only did he not surrender, but he also disdained to talk to Fu Jian. Instead, he appointed the master book to come forward and confidently said, "There is no minister in this city, only one ear will die!" " In the face of strong enemies, not only Xue Jiatong was handsome and righteous, but even the main book was fearless, and his words were carried out, showing the unity spirit of Qi Xinhe Fort. This tolerance deeply touched Fu Jian. Fu Jian not only failed to take measures to storm Fort Xue Qiang, but also praised Xue Qiang's loyalty to the monarch, which made the historians go down in history. With this enthusiasm, Xue Qiang has waged many struggles with the ethnic minority regimes such as Houhan established by Huns and Houzhao established by Jiezu. In the end, he didn't surrender to Hu, and he stood on his own feet and made great contributions to Hedong. Since then, Xue Qiang also led his own tribe, relying on a corner of the soldiers, breached the Emperor Murong Yong of Chen Chuanxi. Yao Xing defeated Mao to detain, acceded to the throne, gaiyuanchu. Yao devoted himself to politics, governing the country and the people. Attach importance to economic development, build water conservancy projects and care about farming; Advocate Buddhism and Confucianism and build temples extensively. When Xue Qiang defeated Murong Yong, Yao Xingwen heard about it and was afraid. He sent tribute to Dr. You Guanglu and the minister of seven soldiers, named Feng Yi as the county magistrate and transferred to the minister of Zuohu. Xue Qiang was the most powerful military commander of the Xue family in Hedong in the early days, which established the Xue family's military and social status in Hedong. Xue Qiang died at the age of 98. Give it to the assistant general and the immigration department for declaration.

? The "Fort Xue Qiang" established by Xue Qiang is the foundation of military separatist culture. The core of its separatist culture is self-consolidation and self-protection, and the essence of its cultural spirit is to seek soldiers in troubled times and skillfully use the military weak links between countries to strengthen their own strength. Since then, Fort Xue Qiang has been built again and again. In the summer of the Sixteen Kingdoms, Xue Tong, a descendant of Xue Qiang, built it into Xuetong City. In the early Tang Dynasty, when Li Yuanxing visited Fenyin, he found that Xuetong City was in a dangerous terrain. In order to consolidate the security of the capital of the Tang Dynasty, Wanquan County was built here. The barrier used by a local strongman to protect himself has become the focus of national attention, and Xue Qiang's vision is unique.

During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, a group of ferocious wolves appeared in the northern Xiongnu tribe. His name is Helian Bobo.

Fox Summer, the founding hero of Helian Bobo, is known as the most wolfish monarch in history. The monarch is synonymous with willfulness. After the emperor, it is the easiest to expose human nature. Helian Bobo is a killer, bloodthirsty. He often stands on the rostrum of the capital, not to see the scenery, but to observe pedestrians with bows and arrows on the road. He bows and shoots arrows whenever he sees anyone who is not pleasing to the eye. If any minister showed disrespectful eyes, he ordered the minister's eyes to be gouged out; If the minister laughs at him, let people tear the minister's lips; If the minister admonishes him, he will cut off the minister's tongue for libel and then kill him in cold blood. This brutal and bloody rule has led to "the summer is rampant, and the people have no life to follow", and complaints are endless. This man is ambitious. His goal is "I will own everything on the east side of Lingbei River in less than ten years" and "unify the world and rule all countries". Even the name of the capital is called "Tongwan City" (now Jingbian County, Shaanxi Province).

On this day, he finally went to Xue Tongcheng.

As a descendant of the Xue family in Hedong, he inherited the gene of Xue Hero and became stronger. Compared with Xue Qiang and Xue Bian, ancestors who held important positions in the late Qing Dynasty, he adopted a violent and uncooperative system. He constantly strengthened the castle and trained soldiers. The war between Xue Tong and Helian Bobo is vague in history, only describing Helian Bobo's invasion of Xuetong City. However, according to Helian Bobo's brutal character recorded in historical books, the battle was definitely cruel in both process and result. Perhaps at that time, because Helian Bobo's Snow Tongcheng was famous and prestigious in China, it led to Tang Gaozu's admiration for it. A battle brought an ideal city. Since then, the name Wanquan County has existed for 1500 years, and it has not changed, but Xue Tongcheng has become history, leaving a vicissitudes. Starting from this castle, the Xue family in Hedong triumphed all the way, with prosperous literature and powerful military. For example, Xue, the first scholar in the Sui Dynasty, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, Xue Ji, the originator of Song Zixue, one of the four great calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty, Xue, a famous scholar in the Tang Dynasty, and many other celebrities all had bright starlight, which lit up the sky in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and set off an amazing whirlwind of Xue.

The past is like smoke, but it is not all smoke. Thousands of years later, the solid Xue Tongcheng no longer exists, but the long-established Xue Tongcheng still exists. Tutaizi is a witness. For thousands of years, it stood alone on the mountainside of the lonely peak. The vicissitudes of life have not been destroyed, and personnel changes have not been destroyed. Compared with a glorious monument, it may be so unbearable. However, on its mottled walls, there may be traces of arrows, smoke of war and blood of warriors. We can't see it, but we can feel it It is not tall, but it is mighty and unyielding, and it is proud of the sky. On its body, if you look carefully, it is just a few big characters: housekeeping, loyalty!