King Huiwen's destruction of Shu was an important historical event for the unification of Qin, and it was precisely because of the important strategic rear of Bashu that the unification of Qin accelerated the pace. On the issue of cutting Shu and Han, King Huiwen of Qin organized a very famous debate, Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi as the two protagonists left a rare wonderful debate for later generations, and finally Sima Cuo's idea of cutting Shu was adopted by King Qin.
It is very coincidental that Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi are both from the same place, Sima Cuo is a native of Hancheng on the west side of the Yellow River, and Zhang Yi is a native of Wanrong County on the east side of the Yellow River, both of which belonged to the Wei State in the early Warring States period. What's more coincidental is that there is a Sima Qian Temple on the east bank of the Yellow River in Hancheng, there is a Sima Ancient Road in front of the Temple, there is a Houtu Temple on the west bank of the Yellow River in Wanrong, and there is also an ancient road Zhangyi Ancient Road behind the Temple.
The Zhangyi Ancient Road was an official road at the earliest, and the previous name is unknown, while the Zhangyi Ancient Road is the name of the later one, and there is no exact record of when it was renamed Zhangyi Ancient Road. The existing section of the ancient road has a great relationship with the Houtu Ancestral Hall, this ancient road passes through the famous Autumn Wind Tower, the Autumn Wind Building is famous all over the world because of the "Autumn Wind Fu" made by the Houtu Ancestral Temple of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and the Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty does not have the record of the Zhangyi Ancient Road in the Houtu Ancestral Hall, so the name of the Zhangyi Ancient Road should appear after the Han Dynasty.
Judging from the introduction of the Houtu Temple, when the beautiful queen Zhaojun of the Han Dynasty went out of the fortress, she passed through the Zhangyi Ancient Road, that is, Wang Zhaojun took this road when he married the Huns, so at least in the Han Dynasty, this official road was still an important traffic artery in Shanxi. Zhang Yi's hometown is not far from the Houtu Temple, the name of the village is called Zhang Yi Village, it can be seen that Wanrong people still respect Zhang Yi very much, with the name of the village and the name of an ancient road to commemorate, Zhang Yi as a representative of the Zongheng family, in the Qin unification of the big stage to show outstanding personal charm, enjoy such glory is not an exaggeration.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wanrong County was merged from Wanquan County and Ronghe County, and there are many famous people in history. Houhejin Tonghua Town is also included in Wanrong County, then the hometown of the famous educator Wang Tong of the Sui Dynasty is also Wanrong, according to legend, he is the teacher of the famous prime minister Fang Xuanling and others in the early Tang Dynasty, but his grandson Wang Bo of the four masters of the early Tang Dynasty is more well-known, Hedong Xue is even more brilliant, one of the four major calligraphers in the early Tang Dynasty and Xue Ji is out of this Wanrong Xue family, even in the famous crowd, Zhang Yi's brilliance can still not be concealed.
Vang Vieng also has a very famous property, jokes. For this reason, there is also a joke city built next to the Li family compound in the famous scenic spot of Vang Vieng, and it is said that there is a ritual when Vang Vieng County entertains important guests, which is to tell jokes, which may be the predecessor of today's talk show. Why was Wan Vieng able to develop jokes into an industry, and does it have anything to do with Zhang Yi? Zhang Yi has killed all sides with one mouth in his life, stronger than thousands of troops, as recorded in the history books, Zhang Yi once opened his mouth to ask people, see if my tongue is still there? If you are here, nothing in the world can stop Zhang Yi and stump Zhang Yi. This language art is probably the earliest of Vang Vieng's jokes.
Compared with the degree of attention that Zhang Yi received in Wanrong, Sima Cuo's status in Hancheng was a little embarrassing. In terms of historical contribution and personal ability, Sima Cuo is not worse than Zhang Yi, and even his actual merits are higher than Zhang Yi, and his military ability is one level higher than that of the later famous Qin general Bai Qi Wang Jian, but because his eighth grandson Sima Qian's popularity is too high, Sima Cuo's light is overshadowed.
Sima Qian Ancestral Hall was built on the side of the Yellow River in Nanzhichuan Town, Hancheng City, when the weather is fine, standing on the top of Sima Qian, you can see the Houtu Temple on the other side of the Yellow River from afar. And Sima Qian's ancestral hall in front of this ancient road Sima Po, history is also an important official road, at least in the Western Zhou Dynasty is the Hancheng to Chang'an transportation hub, named Han Yipo, the starting point of the slope is outside the south gate of Guzhichuan Town. Later, it was renamed Sima Po, and some people think that it was because Sima Qian was buried next to the ancient road after his death, but I prefer to believe that it is to commemorate the most famous Sima family in the history of Hancheng, Sima Qian is not only an outstanding representative of the Sima family, but also the proudest historical celebrity in Hancheng.
In Hancheng, there are not many historical relics about Sima Cuo, and because of Sima Qian, the respect of the people of Hancheng for the Sima family is much more subtle than the attitude of the Wanrong people towards Zhang Yi. At present, in addition to the tomb of Sima Cuo recorded in the historical books, the most closely related to Sima Cuo is probably the Sima Academy in Huachi Village.
Legend has it that Sima Cuo once garrisoned the army in Hancheng, during which he built Sima Academy, which is a family private school, for the education of the children of the family, and hired teachers to educate the children of the family. According to the preface of the historical records Taishi Gong, after the Sima family moved from the capital of the Jin Kingdom to Shaoliang in 621 AD, they lived in a very low-key manner.
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the most productive era of talents in our country, and Wei Wenhou of the Warring States Period hired Bu Zixia and others as teachers, and appointed Li Kui and others to take the lead in implementing the law change, creating a large number of very outstanding talents, Wei State relied on the law change to become a strong country in the Warring States Period, but unfortunately, the later talent policy of Wei State was not well inherited, so many outstanding talents of Wei State went west into Qin State and realized their ambitions in Qin State, Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi are such representatives, although the two of them have differences in their understanding of specific events, But from the perspective of the theoretical system, it is not unreasonable for later generations to attribute it to the Zonghengjia, but the specialties of the two are different, Zhang Yi is better at solving problems by diplomatic means, while Sima Cuo is good at solving problems by military means.
*Good is a successful model for China's peaceful development. This model is not limited to avoiding war through intermarriage, but also through exchanges to achieve common growth, in the process of exchange to form a community of interests, but also in the exchange to achieve the common improvement of cultural and educational level, for the growth of talent to provide a better environment, Sima Cuo and Zhang Yi, the two Qin king's two generals actually came from the same area, is the witness of cultural development on both sides of the Yellow River.
The year came to 1937. This year is the period of great disasters for the Chinese nation, and it is also an important period for the Chinese people to unite and engage in Japan, the main force of the Eighth Route Army led by the Communist Party of China, from the Sima Ancient Road in Hancheng to move forward, through the Zhichuan Ancient Ferry to cross the Yellow River to the east to make a question to engage in the day, crossing the Yellow River and stepping on the Zhangyi Ancient Road, two ancient roads, an ancient crossing, left a good story for the Eighth Route Army to cross the east to resist Japan, to this day, the momentum of exchanges and cooperation between Hancheng and Vang Vieng is still unabated, and the internal power of the best is still strong. Although there is competition between the people on both sides of the river, who grew up drinking the water of the Yellow River, they hope to strengthen exchanges and cooperation, which is very beneficial to the development of both places. In the past few years, the two places have planned to strengthen cooperation, including the joint construction of the Yellow River Bridge extending from Hancheng Taishi Street to Vang Vieng, and the handshake between Hancheng and Vang Vieng for hundreds of kilometers to shake hands across the river. There are difficulties and disputes, as long as there is a common goal, there is always a solution to the problem.
Hancheng is a new industrial city, Wanrong is a large agricultural county, Hancheng has Sima Ancient Road, Wanrong has Zhangyi Ancient Road, different development directions mean complementarity, means stronger attraction, two ancient roads connected into a new road, one plus one result must be greater than two.
* The good calls Sima Cuo, and also calls Zhang Yi.