Chapter 84: Making a comeback won't work
Moreover, Xiang Yu really likes to cook people. He cooked Xu Sheng, Zhou Ke, and even Wang Ling's mother who committed suicide. With these precedents, he wants to cook Liu Taigong , that’s really not just words.
Listening to Li Nian's talk about Xiang Yu's plan to cook Liu Taigong, Pei Gong asked Xiang Yu for a cup of meat soup. The First Emperor said: "This is Pei Gong's plan. Only in this way can Liu Taigong be saved from death, and Xiang Yu's Lift not only If you offend Pei Gong, you will also offend Liu Taigong. Lu Pheasant is also in Xiang Yu's camp, and he will also offend Lu Pheasant."
On the matter of cooking Liu Taigong, Xiang Yu went to Pei Gong, Liu Taigong and Lu Pheasant all at once. All made enemies.
What he wants to cook is Mr. Pei. If he is really cooked, even if Mr. Pei is really heartless, he will fight Xiang Yu until his death just to show off to the world.
As a food to be cooked, how could Liu Taigong not be afraid when he heard that Xiang Yu was about to cook him, and how could he not feel resentful afterwards?
Lv Zhi was also detained by Xiang Yu at that time. Would she think about who would be the next ingredient after Xiang Yu cooked Liu Taigong?
Li Nian nodded and said: "As the king said, I thought that Xiang Yu was finally surrounded and defeated like a mountain. Even if he surrendered, he would not escape death."
Not to mention Liu Bang, Liu Taigong wanted to kill him. Who among Zhang Liang, Wang Ling and Fan Kuai didn't want to kill him?
Han Xin probably wanted to go up and slap him twice: I call you a dog and look down on others. You didn’t listen to Han’s advice in the past, but now you are a prisoner, right? Overlord?
Xiang Yu had already been fighting for hegemony for three years when he cooked the mother of Wang Ling, and he still acted so casually, which shows that he had not grown much in these three years.
Listening again to Li Nian’s story about Xiang Yu’s defeat in Gaixia and his unwillingness to return to Jiangdong, so he committed suicide in the Wujiang River. The First Emperor commented sharply: “It’s not that he didn’t want to return to Jiangdong, but he actually knew that the situation was over and it would be difficult for him to go back to Jiangdong. How many talented people in Jiangdong can compare with the officials under Pei Gong? "
"Is there anyone who can compare with Xiao He, Han Xin, Zhang Liang, and Wang Ling? "< br>
"If he returns, it will only bring disaster to his Jiangdong elders. He is also a man. He knows that returning to Jiangdong will be a disaster, so he kills himself and dies."
Li Nian thinks that the First Emperor His evaluation is correct. After Gaixia's defeat, Xiang Yu's momentum was completely over. Even if he returned to Jiangdong, it would only push Jiangdong's disciples into a pit of fire. It was impossible for him to make a comeback.
What "Jiangdong's disciples are so talented, there's no telling how they will come back", he was facing the entire founding group of the Han Dynasty, and many important ministers wanted him dead. At that time, he could still pull a group of people from Jiangdong to fight against him. Can't?
After talking about Xiang Yu’s many deeds, the First Emperor’s hatred for Xiang Yu actually lightened. Xiang Yu didn’t look like an emperor at all, and even behaved like a normal person. He was too fussy with this kind of person. It will only degrade his status in vain.
The First Emperor said: "Even if Xiang Yu conquers the world, he will soon fall apart and perish. Although he has the courage of an overlord, he has no talent as a king. He can be a general but not a king. What will happen to him in future generations? What's the evaluation?"
Li Nian said strangely: "There will be many people in future generations who will insult Pei Gong but favor Xiang Yu. He believed that Pei Gong was despicable and a scoundrel, while the Overlord was kind and righteous, and was a heroic man. "
"Especially in the siege of Gaixia, he is different from Yu Concubine, and there is an allusion of "Farewell My Concubine" that has been passed down through the ages. Praise for future generations is often used to describe the end of a hero."
"'Farewell My Concubine' also has a poem that matches it, a poem written by Xiang Yu himself: The power is overwhelming, and the world is overwhelming. The times are not good, but the time is not going away. What can be done if the time is not going away, but there is nothing you can do if you are in danger!"< br>
"'Zui' refers to a horse that Xiang Yu often rides, and 'Yu' refers to 'Yu Ji'!"
Start The emperor commented: "He has reached such a situation because he did not do it by himself. What is there to lament and regret?"
When saying this, the First Emperor thought of the demise of the Qin Dynasty and Xiang Yu would fall into the position of "overlord" "Farewell My Concubine" and "Wujiang committed suicide" were mainly due to Xiang Yu himself. The death of the second generation of Da Qin was also due to Da Qin itself, isn't it the same?
But now, Da Qin will definitely avoid the death of his second generation, and Xiang Yu does not have to worry about saying goodbye to Yu Ji. Even if he kills himself in Wujiang River, he will never have the chance to meet Yu Ji again.
This time, the First Emperor did not ask Li Nian how to deal with the Xiang family. He had already made a decision in his heart and did not need Li Nian to refer to him again.
Li Nian knew that the First Emperor must be full of murderous intentions towards the Xiang family, but he never thought of admonishing the First Emperor. He had a good impression of Pei Gong, Zhang Liang, etc., but not much towards Xiang Yu.
The First Emperor thought of a question at this time and asked: "Why do later generations like Xiang Yu more but hate Peigong?"
Although Li Nian did not deliberately discredit Xiang Yu, the First Emperor still looked at it It shows the difference in his attitude towards Pei Gong and Xiang Yu.
Li Niandao: "Although most people in later generations go to school, not everyone knows the history. Instead, there are some allusions, such as 'Farewell My Concubine', which almost everyone knows, and 'Farewell My Concubine' is a tragic sentiment. , often makes people feel more empathetic.”
"Furthermore, historical materials are written by people. Everyone has feelings and will naturally have likes and dislikes. Most of the historical facts mentioned by me come from the "Historical Records" written by Tai Shigong. As for Tai Shigong, I look down on Pei Gong a little bit, and he is Xiang Yu. "It means injustice." This is not Li Nian's nonsense, but it is indeed recorded in "Historical Records".
Tai Shigong described Xiang Yu's experience before his death in a large amount of pen and ink, as if he had witnessed it with his own eyes, portraying him as a tragic hero.
In "The Chronicles of Xiang Yu", Xiang Yu's cruelty may not be mentioned, or it may be mentioned briefly, but the good deeds Xiang Yu has done will be written down in great detail.
Although "Historical Records" records historical facts collected and compiled by Tai Shigong, Tai Shigong probably did not modify the historical facts due to his personal wishes, but his preferences are obvious!
The First Emperor nodded. Historians are also human beings. When recording history, they may record historical facts truthfully, but they may contain personal emotions when recording specific details.
After nodding, the First Emperor looked at Li Nian and asked: "How did the history books record the widows in later generations?"
After asking, without waiting for Li Nian to answer, the First Emperor asked himself again Answer: "If it is not a good review, it will probably be written that I am a violent and stupid king."
Li Nian never told him directly how he would be evaluated in later generations, but how could Ying Zheng not guess it? , if it was a good review, would this guy not take the initiative to mention it?
Furthermore, from what Li Nian said about the death of the Second Emperor of Qin, when he analyzed that the main reason for Qin's death was him, he knew that he probably had a bad reputation in history, and he probably could get along with Jie and Zhou. Go to a table.
After all, the huge Qin Dynasty died more than ten years after he became emperor. Although it did not directly die in his hands, it died a few years after his death.
He didn't want to ask, but today he heard Li Nian talk about Pei Gong, the "Three Heroes" of the early Han Dynasty and Xiang Yu, and he was really curious.
Li Nian also knew that the First Emperor would ask sooner or later, and made preparations in advance. He said truthfully: "The opinions of the king in later generations are mixed, and generally speaking, the king is not considered a foolish king."
If you are not a foolish king, then you think that a humble man is a tyrant, right?
"Although the king has made great contributions to China, at the same time after unification, he frequently carried out large-scale construction projects and abused the people's power, making the people of the world miserable and laying the groundwork for the death of the second generation of Qin Dynasty."
"Burning books and harassing Confucians, building the Afang Palace, building the Great Wall, and building the tombs in Lishan Mountain are all considered to be manifestations of the king's abuse of people's power and cruelty."
"The king knows that when Zhang Han faced Chen Shengjun, How many prisoners are there in Lishan?”
< br>The First Emperor glared at Li Nian and said: "If I know this, do you still need to tell me?"
Li Niandao: "It is said that there are 700,000 prisoners!"
The whole hall was shocked. The emperor fell silent, and the First Emperor himself fell into silence.
He had thought it would be a lot, but 700,000 prisoners was too large a number.
Even if not all of them were obtained from Lishan when he was alive, most of them were obtained by him. How many years did Hu Hai bring disaster to the world?
Ignoring the silence of the First Emperor, Li Nian continued: "Before I burned books and harassed scholars, I told the king that there was a poet in Afang Palace in later generations who wrote an "Ode to Afang Palace"."< br>
“I think back when I was a student, this Pianfu is still one of the ancient texts that must be memorized. I heard that the king would memorize it. "
"The six kings are all in one place, and the Shu Mountain is Wu. It covers more than three hundred miles and isolates the sky. It starts from the north of the mountain and turns to the west, going straight to Xianyang..."
The entire Zhangtai Palace was extremely quiet, except for the sound of Li Nian's recitation.
(End of this chapter)