As the saying goes, "good women prosper for three generations".

A good wife and mother have an irreplaceable position in the family, and she is the key to the happiness of a family.

During the Three Kingdoms period, there was such a "good woman" who made her husband avoid a disaster and make the family prosperous.

This person is Xi, the wife of Li Heng, the minister of Wu of the Three Kingdoms.

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Li Heng, the word Shuping, a native of Xiangyang, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, he moved from Xiangyang to Wuchang, and was an ordinary person.

Although Li Heng was born in a poor family of soldiers, he was very talented.

Later, Yang 衜 (dào), who served as the Taishou in Cao Wei, had heard a prophecy before, saying that Li Heng would be promoted to the rank of Shangshu in troubled times.

There was a person named Xi Zhu, after hearing this, he immediately married his daughter Xi Yingxi to Li Heng, who was only a commoner at the time, and it was precisely because Li Heng married Xi Yingxi that a disaster was avoided later.

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Li Heng heard that Yang Ya was very knowledgeable, so he made a special trip to visit.

The two met and talked, and Yang Ya appreciated Li Heng very much, thinking that he had the talent to serve as Shang Shulang. It happened that at that time, Lu Yi, the school secretary, manipulated power in the DPRK and China, and acted arbitrarily, and the ministers of the DPRK and China were afraid of their power, and none of them dared to stand up and speak.

So, together with other ministers, in front of Sun Quan, the then lord of Eastern Wu, he tried his best to recommend Li Heng, and Sun Quan let Li Heng take the position of Shang Shulang.

Li Heng has a straightforward personality and dares to speak out, Sun Quan received him, he generously resigned in front of Sun Quan, counted Lu Yi's mistakes, and talked about thousands of words, so that Sun Quan was also ashamed.

A few months later, Sun Quan really killed Lu Yi, who arbitrarily took power. Because of this, Li Heng's reputation was greatly shocked and he was promoted by the imperial court.

Later, Li Heng served as Zhuge Ke's Sima and was in charge of the affairs of the palace for Zhuge Ke.

Unexpectedly, Zhuge Ke was soon killed by the imperial court, and Li Heng asked to be the Taishou of Danyang.

At this time, Sun Quan's sixth son, Sun Xiu (235-264 September 3), was crowned King Langya and lived in Hulin in Danyang.

Sun Xiu relied on his noble status and often did some illegal things. Li Heng did not avoid the powerful, and punished Sun Xiu many times in accordance with the law.

Li Heng's wife, Xi, was virtuous and insightful, and foresaw that Li Heng's doing so would inevitably bring disaster, so she advised her husband to be wiser. said that Sun Xiu was a nobleman after all, and he didn't have to be so serious.

However, Li Heng has an upright personality and refuses to listen to his wife.

Unexpectedly, in the first year of Yong'an (258), Sun Xiu succeeded Sun Liang, the king of Huiji, and was proposed to be the emperor, that is, the historical Emperor Jing of Eastern Wu.

This time, Li Heng thought of the scene of punishing Sun Xiu many times before, and with such an old grudge between the monarchs and ministers, he felt that the situation was not good, and he was very anxious. He said to his wife Xi with remorse: "I refused to listen to you at the beginning, so that I got to this point today, I really regret it." ”

After thinking about it, he felt that there was no way out, so he wanted to defect to Cao Wei, which was actually a last resort.

His wife, Xi, did not panic at this critical juncture, and strongly advised her husband not to go to Cao Wei.

Xi advised Li Heng: "You must not make such a decision. I think that at the beginning, the husband was originally a commoner, the first emperor promoted you, let you be an official, and his kindness to you is not heavy, you have been rude to the current emperor many times, and now you want to betray him in order to survive, what face do you have in the future, go to see the people of Eastern Wu! ”

Li Heng had no idea at all at this time, so he had to ask his wife: "In this case, what can I think of?" ”

Xi said to her husband: "King Langya (referring to Emperor Jing Sun Xiu) has always been kind and admired, and now he has just ascended the throne and wants to reveal himself to the world, he will never take revenge on his former suspicions and kill you at this moment." You can automatically be thrown into prison as a prisoner, state your past mistakes, and ask the court to punish you. If you take the initiative to do this, you will definitely get the emperor's leniency, not just to live! ”

At this time, Li Heng obeyed his wife's persuasion, immediately put on a prison uniform, took the initiative to throw himself into prison, and wrote to the court to ask for guilt.

Sure enough, as Xi said, Sun Xiu saw that Li Heng took the initiative to do this, and in order to show his magnanimity, he did not treat Li Heng's crimes. He deliberately issued an edict and said: In the past, Li Heng was under the first emperor (Sun Quan), of course, he had to be loyal to his affairs and serve him faithfully.

The implication is that he does not blame Li Heng for what he did before.

In this edict, it is clearly stated that Li Heng can still go back to be his Danyang Taishou, and do not be suspicious. Not only that, Sun Xiu also simply did a good job to the end, and simply added Li Heng the official position of "Weiyuan General" to show his imperial bearing.

In this way, Xi helped her husband through this difficulty.

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Later, Li Heng often wanted to buy some properties, but his wife Xi never agreed.

Li Heng did not give up, and secretly asked people to build a house in a place in Hubei and plant thousands of citrus trees.

When Li Heng was dying, he called his son and said to him: "Your mother always refused to let me run the family property, which is why our family is so poor. Now don't be afraid, I will buy these houses and fruit trees, and it will be enough for you to live. ”

More than 20 days after Li Heng's death, the son told his father his mother Xi.

After Xi learned that Li Heng had quietly planted a thousand citrus plants, he taught his son: "People suffer from virtue and righteousness, and they do not suffer from wealth." If you are expensive and can be poor, you have good ears! What is it for? ”

It means that people are afraid of not being virtuous and moral, but they are not afraid of not being rich. If you are noble and can keep the poor, this is good, what is the use of these fruit trees and the like!

From these words, it can be seen that Xi's character and insight far surpass her husband Li Heng.

266 Dare to say that the emperor has a problem with his life style?!

During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Yan of Shu Han could be called a character, but he had no ability.

Liu Bei was in Yuzhou at the time, there was a shortage of generals, and there were few strategists, and Liu Yan, who was a native of Lu, was well versed in Confucianism and Taoism, and was favored by Liu Bei, who was eager to seek talent.

Liu Yan (?-234), whose name is Weishuo, was a native of Lu State in Yuzhou (now Qufu City, Shandong Province), and an official of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period. Liu Yan is a celebrity and good at talking, and he is deeply treated by Liu Bei; The official is in a high position but does not participate in political affairs, and only talks sarcastically with Zhuge Liang, but he is paranoid and aggressive.

During Liu Bei's stay in Yuzhou, Liu Yan was recruited to engage. Because Liu Yan and Liu Bei are of the same clan and surname, and they are very personable, good at talking and discussing, they often follow Liu Bei as a guest to socialize.

In the summer of 214 AD (the nineteenth year of Jian'an), Liu Bei defeated Liu Zhang to obtain Yizhou and appointed Liu Yan as the Taishou of Guling County.

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Under the protection of Liu Bei, Liu Yan has become a master step by step from an ordinary job.

After Liu Bei's death, Liu Chan ascended the throne, and Zhuge Liang and Li Yan assisted the government, and Zhuge Liang was still in power.

Under the influence of his father, Liu Chan continued to treat Liu Yan, an uncle-level elder, and named him the Marquis of Duxiang, and his status in the court was second only to Li Yan ("Class Rank Every Asia Li Yan"), that is, the number three person among the ministers of Shu Han.

Soon, Liu Chan promoted Liu Yan to be the general of the Guard Lieutenant Division, and later promoted to the general of the Che Cavalry.

Although Liu Yan is in an important position, this person doesn't do anything specifically, it is a false title, leading more than 1,000 soldiers to run here and there all day long, whenever he is discussing matters in the court, all he can do is agree with Zhuge Liang's opinion like a sound worm.

In addition, Liu Yan also has a characteristic, that is, he lives a luxurious life, likes sound and color, "cars and food, the number is extravagant, and there are dozens of maids, all of which can be vocal music". There are dozens of maids and maids in the house, all of whom can sing, dance and play music, and Liu Yan taught them to recite the famous work "Lu Lingguang Dianfu" by Wang Yanshou, the Eastern Han Dynasty Ci Fu family.

Even he said that he was "empty in nature, weak in conduct, and suffering from a shortage of alcohol,...... He is drunk, and his words are contrary to the truth."

Liu Yan quarreled with Wei Yan, the former military advisor of the Shu Han Dynasty, and his words were arrogant and absurd, and he was reprimanded by Zhuge Liang.

Liu Yan wrote to Zhuge Liang to review:

"I was born with an empty and incompetent nature, and I had a meagre moral character, coupled with the bad habit of indulging in drinking and debutilating things, so since the first emperor, people have been talking about me constantly, and I have almost collapsed.

"You can see that I am dedicated to the country, forgive me for my filthy habits, and help me to tide over the difficulties and obtain my current knighthood. Lately drunk, and confused, and speaking paradoxically, you have graciously tolerated my recklessness, and have spared me my life.

"I must rein myself deeply to restrain myself, to correct my mistakes, to repay my country with death, and to swear to the gods by this; But if there is nowhere to serve, I will have no face to see people again. ”

Zhuge Liang then sent Liu Yan back to Chengdu and kept his official position unchanged. But Liu Yan felt unwilling, so he behaved abnormally and looked in a trance.

From a member of one side to a Beijing official, although he was transferred at the same level, Liu Yan lost the economic source of greed and pleasure, became "discouraged and panicked", and it was inevitable that he would do some unusual things.

In the first month of the twelfth year of Jianxing (234 AD), at the beginning of the new year, the ministers sent their wives into the palace to congratulate the queen mother on the New Year.

Liu Yan inquired overnight, and other people's wives came back, but he dared to love his own wife who didn't come back.

Liu Yan was anxious, and the next day, he went to the palace to ask, saying that it was "the Queen Mother ordered the Hu family to stay with him" - let the Hu family chat with him.

When Liu Yan heard someone say this, he finally put his mind at ease, but after several days, Hu still didn't go home, waiting, waiting, and finally "menstruating and the moon is out" - Hu stayed in the palace for a whole month!

If Hu is a yellow-faced woman, Liu Yan doesn't care so much, but Hu is young and beautiful, and he is not a generation with the elderly Queen Mother, so how can he have so much to say.

Liu Yan was originally lustful, and couldn't help but "suspect that he (Hu's) had a private relationship with the queen".

Since ancient times, Chang'e has loved teenagers. At that time, Liu Chan was twenty-seven or eighteen years old, which was a good age, and he was also lustful, Liu Yan easily thought of Hu's splitting legs, and got together with Liu Chan like glue.

Liu Chan is the emperor after all, who dares to ask him for criticism? When Hu was pressed, Hu firmly denied the matter.

Liu Yan thought that he had suffered a dumb loss, and thought that Hu must have this matter, so he couldn't help but be angry, so he taught his wife Hu a lesson, "Hu (pawn) 500 Lao Hu, as for the face with the execution" - found 500 soldiers under his command to beat Hu Shi, and even slapped Hu Shi's face with the sole of his shoe - his mother's thorn was a little more ruthless, right?

After whipping Hu into a pig's head, Liu Yan was still angry, and finally drove Hu out of the house ("and then abandoned").

The Hu family is not a fuel-efficient lamp, it has the characteristics of a new woman, a complaint, sued the imperial court ("with a sue Yan"), the specific accusation, there is no record in the historical materials, probably "slander the emperor" and the like.

To slander or not to slander the emperor, this is a statement that no one has testified. After all, Hu is one-sided; But since Hu said it, it can't be completely denied.

Immediately, Liu Yan was imprisoned.

After interrogation, the judicial department gave such a charge, "The person who dies is not the wife of Laos, and the face is not the place to be subjected", which means that the soldier is not a person who beats his wife, and his face is not a place to be pumped with the sole of his shoe.

Weird, isn't it? Wonderful!

It is said that Liu Yan's crime did not lead to death, but the result was that "Yan abandoned the city" and was beheaded in the downtown area. At that time, Zhuge Liang, who was preparing for the Northern Expedition, was still in Chengdu, and whose face was slapped in this case? The word "actually" left infinite consternation and conjecture for future generations.

Liu Yan was sentenced to death for beating his wife, but in fact, behind this incident, he was not the only one who beat his wife.

At that time, the symbol of the Shu Han regime was the later lord Liu Chan, who was the feudal monarch of Shu. Liu Yan made a lot of nonsense, and even suspected that his wife was having an affair with the monarch, and he also made the city stormy.

This kind of insult to the current emperor and contempt for imperial power will naturally be tolerated by the feudal monarch, even if he has great military achievements and is an old minister of the two dynasties.

Liu Yan seems to be "the death of his wife", but in fact, he destroyed the emperor's reputation, and even committed the following crimes, in fact, his death was self-reaping.