In the Eastern Han Dynasty, a court groom invented an ingenious method to feed horses with the urine of female monkeys, which effectively prevented horse plague, thus giving birth to the term "avoiding horse plague". Later, "avoiding horse plague" evolved into "Bi Ma Wen", which mostly refers to the petty officials who are responsible for feeding the horses.
In "Journey to the West", one of the four famous novels, Sun Wukong served as "Bi Ma Wen" in the heavenly court, and thought that he had a prominent official position. However, "Bi Ma Wen" has since become a mocking appellation.
However, there is one in history"Bimawen", because of his meritorious horse breeding, he was rewarded with a fief by the Son of Heaven. Unexpectedly, 600 years later, his descendants would become the greatest emperor in Chinese history.
In the book "Historical Records", we see the story of a Chinese people, who is one of the three emperors and five emperors. It is said that the descendants of Zhuan Fei once worked with Dayu to control the water, and was therefore given the surname Ying by Emperor Shun.
The Ying people were the nobility of the state in both the Xia and Shang dynasties, but by the Western Zhou Dynasty, they began to decline. It all stems from their ancestors' involvement in the "Three Prisons Rebellion" against Zhou Tianzi, who were stripped of their nobility because of their failures.
However, during the reign of King Xiao of Zhou, Qin Feizi, a member of the Ying clan, was sent to the northwest to raise horses and became a veritable "Bi Ma Wen".
In ancient times, the technology of raising horses was not mature, and it was a great contribution to be able to raise war horses well. At that time, Zhou Tianzi urgently needed a large number of war horses to fight against Xirong, and horses were scarce in the country, Qin Feizi continued to provide war horses for the imperial court, and Zhou Tianzi was very satisfied, and gave Qin Feizi a small piece of uninhabited land in southern Gansu.
Although this land is small and barren and no one cares about it, Qin Feizi led the people surnamed Ying to settle here. Because this land was called "Qin" at that time, Qin and the surname Ying were closely linked.
At that time, Qin Feizi was only a nominal vassal vassal and not a real prince.
Qin Zhong's heroic rescue won the princes of Zhou Ping, the founder of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty.
At the beginning, King Zhou Ping gave the land west of Qishan to the Ying family, but this land was occupied by the Dog Rong clan. Qin Zhong died heroically while fighting the dog Rong, and his son Qin Qi took over the throne, which was the Duke of Qin Zhuang.
The Duke of Qin Zhuang trained his army rigorously, fought fierce battles with Xirong, and finally succeeded in defeating them. At this time, Qin's territory had covered most of the northwest and Guanzhong, and it had become a veritable great power.
In the period of Qin Xiaogong, the Qin State hired Shang Ying as the chief of the left to implement reforms. In terms of military, agriculture, law, and politics, the Qin state made significant progress and became a powerful state.
Whether it is the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period or the Seven Heroes of the Warring States Period, the Qin State is the most powerful and competitive country among them.
Under the leadership of King Huiwen of Qin, the state of Qin always maintained an undefeated record in the struggle against other vassal states. In 260 BC, in the Battle of Changping between Qin and Zhao, Qin successfully defeated the most powerful Zhao state, and from then on began to exert strong pressure on the other vassal states.
After 40 years of hard work, King Yingzheng of Qin successfully unified China, realized the unification of writing, weights and measures, and put an end to the situation of wars among princes since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Ying Zheng founded the emperor system and became the first emperor in Chinese history, the First Emperor.
For thousands of years, only Qin Shi Huang has been recognized as the "First Emperor of the Ages".
from the unity of the country.
1. From the perspective of national unity and cultural exchanges, Qin Shi Huang's contribution to Chinese history is unparalleled, and he is definitely the greatest emperor in Chinese history.
However, looking back 600 years ago, the ancestors of the surname Ying herded horses in the severe cold of the northwest, and gradually grew stronger by the hard work of the whole family, and finally the descendants of the surname Ying dominated the world, which is inevitable in chance.