Chapter 308 Sun Jian and Guan Yu
"The Eastern Han Dynasty moved the capital to Chang'an, but Dong Zhuo did not go to Chang'an immediately. Instead, he stayed in Luoyang to fight against the anti-Dong coalition. Since Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were both among the coalition forces, and Yuan Shao was elected as the leader of the coalition, Dong Zhuo ordered the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei , Tai servant Yuan Ji exterminated the clan."
"I think back in those days, Dong Zhuo once worshiped the Yuan family and was one of the former officials of the Yuan family. When he was dismissed, if Yuan Wei hadn't promoted him, even if Dong Zhuo could make a comeback, I'm afraid it wouldn't be so fast. Yuan family thought that Dong Zhuo It’s a capable dog, but who knew it was a wolf?”
Li Nian said with a smile: "It is the Yuan family's own fault. Not everyone knows about Dong Zhuo's nature, but the Yuan family is arrogant and thinks that Dong Zhuo will never be able to turn it out of their hands and deserves to be exterminated. He spends his days hunting geese. , and was eventually pecked by geese!”
Meng Tian asked a question at this time: "Since the clan members are still under Dong Zhuo's command, why do Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu dare to blatantly participate in the rebellion against Dong?"
Li Nian smiled and said: "Regarding this issue, some people in later generations thought that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu rebelled against Dong, and even Yuan Shao was willing to accept the recommendation and become the leader of the alliance because he wanted to use Dong Zhuo to get rid of other Yuan family members, especially Yuan Ji, because compared to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and Yuan Ji have a more distinguished position in the Yuan family. ”
"If Yuan Ji escapes, he will definitely lead the Yuan family and unite the Yuan family's power, and Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu will both be vassals of Yuan Ji. If they don't want to become the ones who conquer the world for Yuan Ji, As a pawn, it is best to send Yuan Ji to death. Only when Yuan Wei and Yuan Ji die can Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu truly take over the huge manpower and material resources left by the Yuan family."
"Moreover, at that time, many people in the world were against Dong, and opposition to Dong was the general trend. As the example of a famous family, the Yuan family, if they did not stand up to oppose Dong, how would people in the world view them? On the contrary, if they came out to oppose Dong, they would gain fame in the world. , you can also use Dong Zhuo's help to get rid of Yuan Wei, Yuan Ji and others, and you can win in one fell swoop, why not?"
"However, although the anti-Dong coalition was powerful, they had different ideas. There were people like Sun Jian who really wanted to rebel against Dong, and there were also people like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu who just wanted to use others' strength instead of their own bodies."
"It's a pity that in the romance novels, Sun Jian's deeds were deleted, and Sun Jian's contribution was attributed to others. In the end, everyone knew that 'Guan Yu warmed the wine and killed Hua Xiong'. Who didn't know that in this anti-Dong war, Guan Yu It’s unclear whether he will go or not.”
The First Emperor asked: "Who are these Sun Jian and Guan Yu?"
Li Nian gave a brief introduction: "Sun Jian, courtesy name Wentai, was from Fuchun, Wu County. He was also the founder of Wu, one of the Three Kingdoms. He was extremely brave as a young man and gained momentum with his army. He participated in putting down the Yellow Turban Uprising and served in various fields. When the troops rebelled against Dong, Sun Jian also responded."
"Sun Jian is different from those who just shout slogans but do nothing. He is a real officer. After being defeated by Dong Zhuo's subordinate Xu Rong, he organized his army to challenge Dong again. Not only did he avenge his previous humiliation, he also forced Dong Zhuo to abandon Luoyang and retreat. Go to Chang'an. Hua Xiong also killed Sun Jian when he attacked Dong again."
"But except for Sun Jian and Cao Cao who were really challenging Dong, the rest of the heroes who were challenging Dong had long forgotten about it, and even started to engage in intrigues and intrigues in order to seize power and territory."
"For example, at that time, Sun Jian was under the command of Yuan Shu. Yuan Shu reported that Sun Jian was the governor of Yuzhou. However, Sun Jian led his army to attack Dong Zhuo and failed to return. Yuan Shao instead sent Zhou Zhe from Kuaiji as the governor of Yuzhou. How can he achieve great things by working with a group of insects?"
"After Sun Jian heard the news, he sighed with emotion and said: 'Together with the righteous soldiers, we will save the country. The rebels are defeated and each is like this, who am I to fight with!', Sun Jian had to return to the army to solve the rear affairs first. ”
This kind of behavior of leading his troops to fight against powerful enemies at the front while his own people poached behind made Meng Tian quite angry. Thinking that it was Yuan Shao who gave advice to He Jin to let Dong Zhuo enter Luoyang, Meng Tian was quite angry and said: "Yuan Shao, you are not good enough." Conspiracy!”
The First Emperor also felt sorry for Sun Jian and said: "Even if the coalition forces didn't give Sun Jian much support and just didn't hold him back, the result might have been different."
Some people are like this, unable to do anything, not eating enough, and holding back those in charge when others are doing their business.
But having said that, if there weren't people like this and everyone worked together, then Da Qin would probably have been divided among the six countries.
The six-nation coalition's crusade against the Qin Dynasty was not only because of their own agendas but also because of people like Yuan Shao, which led to their ultimate failure.
Li Niandao: "In the third year of Chuping, Yuan Shu sent Sun Jian to conquer Liu Biao in Jingzhou. While pursuing Liu Biao's subordinate Huang Zu, Zhong Huang Zu's general was killed by an arrow in the dark. Sun Jian was only thirty-six or seven when he died, but even though he died, he gained such a great reputation. , laid some foundations for his descendants. ”
After hearing that Sun Jian was gone like this, the three emperors all sighed. Such a hero died due to a hidden arrow. If he hadn't been hit by a hidden arrow, Sun Jian might have done more.
From the analysis of Sun Jian's military ability, this is really possible, but it is a pity that it is not possible. Sun Jian's bravery and good fighting skills are both advantages and disadvantages. His leading troops into battle to kill the enemy can certainly make his troops stronger, but it is also easier to die in battle.
Li Nian talked about another person: "Guan Yu, also known as 'Guan Gong', 'Guan Yunchang', 'Guan Erye', 'Guan Shengdijun', there are many rumors among the people. He is Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of the Shu Han Dynasty sworn brothers.”
"Regarding sworn ties, there is also a story in romance novels called the Three Sworn Brothers in Taoyuan. The sworn brothers were the eldest brother Liu Bei and Liu Xuande, the second brother Guan Yu Guan Yunchang, and the third brother Zhang Fei and Zhang Yide. At that time, the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out..."
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After listening to Li Nian's eloquent talk about the "Taoyuan sworn brotherhood", the First Emperor asked curiously: "Did these three people really fulfill their vows in the end, 'I wish to be born in the same year, the same month and the same day, and I only wish to die in the same year, the same month and the same day'?"
Li Niandao: "No, Guan Yu died first, then Zhang Fei and Liu Bei. Guan Yu died abnormally. He was captured in the battle with Soochow and later killed. This also affected Liu Bei. Liu Bei thought that Guan Yu would take revenge on him. The Shu Han army attacked Wu, but was defeated by Lu Xun of Dongwu, and eventually died of illness in Baidi City. ”
"As for Zhang Fei, because of his violent personality, he often whipped his subordinates, which made the generals resentful and was eventually killed by his generals."
The First Emperor nodded when he heard this. He thought that these three people had really "died in the same year, month and day on the same day", but when he thought about it, it was impossible. Unless the three people agreed to commit suicide at the same time, it would be difficult to achieve it.
But after the death of his brother, he was able to raise an army to attack Wu to avenge his brother. Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of the Shu Han Dynasty, was a bit interesting. Did he really want to avenge his sworn brother, or did he just want to use this excuse?
"Guan Yu's background is not high. Perhaps because of his background, Guan Yu's character is 'arrogant but not humiliating those below, bullying the strong but not bullying the weak. He values soldiers and underestimates scholar-bureaucrats'."
"He has excellent martial arts skills. He fled his hometown for committing crimes in his early years and lived in Zhuojun, Youzhou. There he met Liu Bei and Zhang Fei. Later, he followed Liu Bei to fight for the Yellow Turban and fought in all directions."
"When he was separated from Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, he did not forget to protect Liu Bei's family. Cao Cao treated him very well and tried to recruit him, but failed. Later, after learning about Liu Bei's whereabouts, Guan Yu granted all the gifts given by Cao Cao. , said goodbye and traveled thousands of miles to Liu Bei’s place.”
"This has also been turned into a well-known story in romance novels, 'Riding a Thousand Miles Alone', 'Crossing Five Passes and Killing Six Generals'."
The First Emperor said: "This is a loyal and righteous person. It is very rare to be loyal to the old master without being obsessed with power and wealth!" Li Nian nodded and said with a smile: "Guan Gong is indeed loyal and righteous, so he was promoted and posthumous by many generations of emperors in later generations. In the end, He has even become a god. There are very few people in China who don’t know Guan Gong, and there are even those in foreign countries who believe in him. ”
"In later generations, even ferocious gangsters will pay homage to Guan Gong and respect his loyalty. It can be said that he is the completely opposite example to Lu Bu."
One "Fang Tian drew a halberd and stabbed his adoptive father", the other "rided thousands of miles alone to find his old master", which one is better and which one is worse is clear at a glance. No one would think that one day he would be stabbed twice by his brothers or subordinates.
"There are many rumors and stories about Guan Gong, such as 'Three heroes fighting against Lu Bu', 'Flooding seven armies', 'Going to the meeting alone', 'Scraping the bones to cure poison', 'Beheading the good and the ugly', etc., but this 'warm wine and kill' Hua Xiong' is one of the many stories about Guan Gong that best demonstrates the power of Guan Gong."
In fact, it was made up for Guan Yu to show off, but in front of the First Emperor, it was not easy to use words such as "powerful" and "pretentious", which was insulting to the emperor.
Li Nian continued: "Whether there were Liu, Guan, and Zhang in the anti-Dong coalition was rarely mentioned clearly in later history books, but the romance novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was designed to allow Liu, Guan, and Zhang to appear reasonably in the anti-Dong coalition. Some fiction.”
"For example, there were only eleven princes in the original anti-Dong coalition: Yuan Shu, the governor of Nanyang, Yuan Shao, the governor of Bohai, Han Fu, the Mu of Jizhou, Kong Min, the governor of Yuzhou, and Liu, the governor of Yanzhou. Dai, the prefect of Hanoi Wang Kuang, the prefect of Chenliu Zhang Miao, the prefect of Dongjun Qiao Mao, the prefect of Shanyang Yuan Yi, the prime minister of Jibei Bao Xin, and the prefect of Guangling Zhang Chao."
"Actually, Sun Jian and Cao Cao were also among them, but these two were not considered princes at the time. Sun Jian was under Yuan Shu, and Cao Cao was under Zhang Miao, so they were not counted separately."
"But in the novel, the eleventh route was expanded to the eighteenth route. The seven more routes are: Kong Rong, the governor of Beihai, Gongsun Zan, the governor of Peking, Zhang Yang, the governor of Shangdang, Sun Jian, the governor of Changsha, the Marquis of Wucheng, Cao Cao, the commander of the Xiaoqi school, and the governor of Xiliang Ma Teng and Tao Qian, the governor of Xuzhou."
"The reason why Gongsun Zan, the governor of Peking, was added is to allow Liu Guanzhang to appear smoothly, because according to the novel, Liu, Guan, and Zhang were under the command of Gongsun Zan at this time."
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The First Emperor said: "Why did the person who wrote "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" do this? Is it to promote Liu, Guan, and Zhang?"
Li Nian nodded: "Exactly, although "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" was borrowed from history, it is not history. It is just that it has been spread so widely and has such a great influence that many people think it is history. And the person who wrote this book just wanted to promote the orthodoxy of Shu Han , Cao Wei’s injustice.”
"Of course, the person who wrote this book was not from the Three Kingdoms period, but from the early Ming Dynasty..."
After saying this, the First Emperor immediately understood that the guy who wrote the book wanted to use the past to satirize the present, and deliberately praised the Shu Han in the book to ridicule the Ming Dynasty's improper position at that time.
Seeing that the First Emperor stopped asking, Li Nian continued: "In the romance novel, the coalition of eighteen princes arrived at Sishui Pass and was blocked by Dong Zhuo's cavalry captain Hua Xiong. Hua Xiong was very brave and killed Ji first. Bao Zhong, the younger brother of Bao Xin, the Northern Minister, killed Yu She, a general under Yuan Shu, and Pan Feng, a general under Han Fu, the prefect. The princes were so frightened that they no longer dared to send generals to fight at will. "
"At this moment, Guan Yu, who was a horse archer, took the initiative to invite a fight. Cao Cao poured a glass of wine for Guan Yu to support him. However, Guan Yu did not drink it immediately. Instead, he said: "Pour down the wine. I will come when you go." After that, he left the tent. Pick up your knife and mount your horse.”
"All the princes heard the drums beating loudly outside the Pass, and they shouted loudly, as if the sky was shattering, the earth was falling, and the mountains were shaking. They were all shocked. Just as they were about to inquire, at the sound of the luan bell, horses arrived at the center of the army. Yun Chang mentioned Hua Xiong's His head was thrown to the ground while the wine was still warm."
Li Nian used the original text of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in this speech, and the First Emperor laughed and said: "What a 'warm wine and kill Hua Xiong'. This actually shows the bravery of Guan Yu. Others cannot kill Hua Xiong. But he can beheaded and take Hua Xiong's head to shock the princes. Presumably in the novel, when Guan Yu asked for war, he encountered suspicion and difficulty from the princes. "
Li Niandao: "Your Majesty clearly knows that the same is true for the 'Three Heroes Fighting Lu Bu'. In order to show that Liu Guan and Zhang can do things that other princes cannot do, in later generations, it is a reversal and shows the power of the three."
Pretentious writing existed in ancient times, not just now, so there is a market for cool writing from ancient times to the present.
"However, in actual history, Hua Xiong was beheaded by Sun Jian, but this credit was assigned to Guan Yu. Many people in later generations only knew that Guan Yu warmed wine and beheaded Hua Xiong, but did not know about Sun Jian, which is very sad."
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"Even though there were people like Sun Jian and Cao Cao who really wanted to defeat Dong, most of the others were just insects. The anti-Dong coalition did not succeed in the end. However, princes like Yuan Shao and others got what they wanted - making the world more chaotic. , only when the world is in chaos will they have a better chance of seizing the artifact."
"Dong Zhuo retreated to Chang'an at this time and continued his misbehavior, humiliating ministers, bullying the emperor, and torturing the people. He built a fort in Xi County for his enjoyment, where he stored the grain and jewelry he collected, and placed the beauties he collected Here..."
"Dong Zhuo's series of actions caused outrage and resentment. Even his staff were dissatisfied with Dong Zhuo and planned an assassination, but unfortunately they failed. At this time, Situ Wang Yun took action!"
"Wang Yun realized that it was difficult to kill Dong Zhuo from the outside, because although Dong Zhuo's troops looted and committed adultery, they were elites in hundreds of battles, and there were few in the world who could rival them."
"Since we can't do it from the outside, we can only kill Dong Zhuo from the inside by using the people around Dong Zhuo. This person must have good martial arts skills and be able to kill Dong Zhuo. He cannot repeat the assassination by Dong Zhuo's staff. Wang Yun also discovered this The suitable candidate is Lu Bu, who is 'specialized in stabbing his adoptive father'."
"Speaking of it, although Lu Bu joined Dong Zhuo's group and swore that he and Dong Zhuo were father and son, Lu Bu joined the group midway, and there must be a gap between him and the old men of Dong Zhuo's group. After he accepted Dong Zhuo as his adoptive father, his life was not as good as he thought. Well, Dong Zhuo even felt a little frustrated and pulled out his halberd and threw it at Lu Bu, making Lu Bu feel resentful."
"It should not be said that Lü Bu and Dong Zhuo can indeed become adopted father and son. At least the two of them have something in common in terms of lust. Dong Zhuo is extremely lustful. After taking power, he will certainly not forget to recruit beautiful women. Lü Bu often sees these when he is serving Dong Zhuo. Beautiful women come and go, and they will naturally fall in love.”
"So, Lu Bu acted on behalf of his father and had an affair with Dong Zhuo's maid when Dong Zhuo didn't notice. However, this kind of thing was extremely risky. Once Dong Zhuo discovered it, Lu Bu knew that he would die!"
The three First Emperors thought to themselves: No wonder the romance novel is about Situ Wang Yun setting up a beauty chain scheme with his adopted daughter Diao Chan. This Lu Bu is really audacious.
But this is actually okay. These two people are just righteous father and son, not real father and son. At least there is no adultery between the son and his father's woman, or the father and his daughter-in-law.
However, China has thousands of years of history and so many dynasties, so there may be a royal family in a certain dynasty that has such a spectacle.
(End of chapter)