【0942 The Difficulty of the Central Plains】

The more people who despise the lives of others in this way, the more they fear death if they cherish their own lives.

Great heroes also have moments of timidity.

Blindly cowardly is not a heroic attitude.

Great heroes are often both brave and timid, sometimes brave and sometimes cowardly. You don't see Han Guangwu Liu Xiu is also "cowardly when you see a small enemy, and brave when you see a big enemy".

At some point, Wei Xiaobao behaves very boldly, which is beyond the reach of you and me.

In the book, it was written, "Wei Xiaobao saw that the situation was critical, and he thought that he would sacrifice his life today to save his master", and Wei Xiaobao did not hesitate to sacrifice his life to save his master Chen Jinnan.

For another master, 'Emperor Master' Kangxi, Wei Xiaobao also sacrificed his life to block a sword without thinking.

Again," Wei Xiaobao couldn't help but glance at Zheng Kexuan, who was lying on the ground, and said in his heart: "You are the prince of the palace, who is the hero compared to my son of a bitch?" Fuck, do you dare to stand here and have someone slash in the head? ’”

It's not Zheng Kexuan, I also weighed myself, "Do you dare to stand here and let people slash their heads?" ”

The answer is clear: I don't dare!

You may also ask yourself: Do you have the courage to do so?

Wei Xiaobao was praised by Wu Lishen as "the little hero is clean and neat, responsible, and courageous, and he is really a great character", Chen Jinnan hurriedly thanked him on his behalf: "Brother Wu, don't praise it too much, spoil the child." ”

As Wei Xiaobao's master, this is very appropriate for Chen Jinnan to say.

"Don't praise Wei Xiaobao too much, otherwise, you will spoil the child."

In China, Jin Yong has the same attitude towards Wei Xiaobao.

is also decent, because Jin Yong is the creator of Wei Xiaobao.

repeatedly emphasized that he didn't know who Wei Xiaobao's father was, and the author was just playing tricks.

Wei Xiaobao's father is none other than Lao Jin himself.

"Don't praise the children too much, spoil the children", his master said. His father, naturally, said it too.

Min Fu, the English translator of The Legend of the Deer and Ding, described Jin Yong's narrative style as 'deceptively fluent'.

Similarly, portraying Wei Xiaobao and his person, Jin Yong is out of a playful tone.

Whenever Wei Xiaobao does something to show his face, Jin Yong will inevitably ridicule and crack down on it, in order to dispel the noble meaning of Wei Xiaobao's behavior, "Don't spoil the child."

For example, in the plot of "Standing here and letting people slash their heads", it is first written that "He dared to test the knife with his head, (Nine Tribulations Shitai and Ah Ke) couldn't help but admire his courage." Then he took a sharp turn, "It's just that Wei Xiaobao was so scared that he was urinating for a long time just now, and his crotch was dripping, but no one knew except himself." ”

Since "no one knows except Wei Xiaobao himself", how could Jin Yong know? Because he is the creator of Wei Xiaobao.

The author, if he wishes, can see and describe the whole psychology of the characters in the book.

Xiaobao, this kid is amazing and promising!

Chen Jinnan thought to himself: 'I don't know how many famous heroes and heroes in the world are respectful in front of me, and I don't dare to say a word about the atmosphere, this unruly and eccentric naughty boy has so much nonsense. ”

In the face of the world's 'first person in the rivers and lakes', Wei Xiaobao behaved very abnormally, but what about Wei Xiaobao, who was once considered the center of the entire universe - the emperor's throne?

"(Wei Xiaobao) walked to the desk and saw the chair draped in embroidered dragon brocade, and suddenly had an irrepressible impulse: 'Fuck, this dragon chair emperor can sit, Lao Tzu can't sit down?' He took a step diagonally and immediately sat down in his chair. When he first sat down, his heart was pounding, and after sitting for a while, he said to himself: 'This chair is not very comfortable, and it is not a great deal to be an emperor.' After all, I didn't dare to sit for a long time, so I went to the bookshelf to find it."

"The emperor of this dragon chair can sit, but Lao Tzu can't sit down?"

The monk can touch it, why can't I touch it?

Between the splashing monkey "the emperor takes turns to do it, and he will come to my house next year", it can be seen that Wei Gong was already ambitious when he was young.

Not every child has such an "irrepressible urge".

Not only is this impulse, and dares to sit on the throne in earnest, who is Shewei Gong?

That's right! Wei Xiaobao "felt pounding in his heart when he first sat down" and "didn't dare to sit for a long time", after all, he was still afraid!

In the face of the chariot of the first emperor, Xiang Yu and Liu Bang respectively said "He can take his place" and "the husband should be like this", if they really said this, Liu Xiang did not feel the slightest fear when he said this and after saying it?

Wei Xiaobao, the spirit is immortal, and there are countless incarnations.

This kind of person can eat well in any era in China.

Assuming that you and I are on an errand under a leader like Master Wei today, how sure are we that we can see through him and realize that this is also a ruffian?

"Later, everyone in the tent was bare-handed, just afraid that they would all die, and when they were in danger, they saw Wei Xiaobao and the enemy rolling the dice and gambling heads. This 'head' is Wei Xiaobao's own head, talking and laughing freely, and can't help but admire his courage. ”

When the three of them heard this, they were shocked and moved, and they all claimed to be. Xu Tianchuan said: "If it weren't for Lord Wei Xiang's reminder, we would have almost missed a big incident. In my heart, I admired this oily and smooth boy more and more. The three of them applauded together and praised the goodness, and even talked about clever plans. ”

"Seeing that the Earl, the deputy head of the guard, was majestic, commanding, loyal, and regarded death as home, all of them admired it from the bottom of their hearts, and they all thought: 'Although he is young, after all, he is superior'"

The same person, from different perspectives, has a very different face.

Home, looking down at Wei Xiaobao, what he saw was a little rascal, a little ruffian; The majority of the masses look up to the leaders and see great men and super geniuses!

Marx once quoted a famous saying: "The great man is great because we ourselves are kneeling, so let's all stand up!" ”

However, after reading "The Legend of Deer and Ding", what about still working under a leader like Master Wei?

In fact, although it is as hands-free as possible, it is still inevitable that the news will be slightly revealed, "Wei Xiaobao is used to seeing this kind of courteous situation." As the saying goes: 'Move the qi, nourish the body', he accompanies the emperor every day, what princes, Baylor, Shangshu, generals, see each other from time to time, and do not do anything for a while, so although he is young, he naturally has a majestic atmosphere. ”

'Majestic weather'? Isn't it broken?

At the end of "Lu Ding", Huang Zongxi, Lu Liuliang and other great Confucians persuaded Lord Wei to go further and 'be the emperor himself', which was considered incredible by most readers.

Jin Yong asked Lu Liuliang and others to persuade Wei Xiaobao to enter, this plot is regarded as absurd, is it because Wei Xiaobao's character is too bad?

After reading Lu Liuliang's posthumous works, Zeng Jing came to this conclusion: Since the Zhou Dynasty and onwards, the people who have been emperors "don't know how to learn, they are all heroes on the road of the world, and even old and cunning, that is, the so-called singles as the proverb." "Those who sit on the throne are not people of noble character," but they are occupied by Haoqiang. ”

This should be regarded as Mr. Lu Liuliang's inherent thinking.

And Wei Xiaobao is "deeply understanding the way of singles." ”

Just look at the first article of "Ming Yi to be Interviewed" "Yuan Jun", you can know how Huang Zongxi has a 'noble' evaluation of the virtues of the emperors of previous dynasties, especially the founding emperors.

If Mr. Huang and Mr. Lu Zhu take 'expelling the Tartars' as their first or even only consideration, and persuade a ruffian like Wei Xiaobao to 'become an emperor himself' for this purpose, the family's reasonable assumption is not outrageous.

Readers think that the suggestions of Lu Liuliang, Huang Zongxi and others are incredible, is it because Wei Xiaobao's ability is too poor?

Jin Yong portrayed Wei Xiaobao's image from a top-down perspective and omniscient views, which devalued Wei Xiaobao's political energy to a certain extent.

'I can only brag and pat the horse', this sentence reflects the "great modesty" of Master Wei.

Wei Xiaobao's achievements, how many percent of them rely on blowing and shooting?

Wei Xiaobao's career was indeed due to patting the horse's ass at first, but 'patting the horse' only created a 'platform' for him to play himself.

Kangxi laughed and said, "You don't have to be afraid, even if your eunuch is real, and I am not a faint monarch like Yingzong of the former Ming Dynasty, will I let you come nonsense?" ”

Wei Xiaobao really only brags, and Kangxi will repeatedly entrust him with important tasks, 'let him come nonsense'?

It doesn't hurt to talk big.

A low-level civil servant in the Great Qin Empire back then, Liu Bang was not the same in Xiao He's eyes, 'how much to say, how little to achieve'?

Sima Qian, who was tortured by the palace, still endured the pain of disability, and completed the "Historical Records" for decades, which was called by Zhou Shuren: the swan song of the historian, and the rhyme of separation.

A person who persistently does a very difficult thing, fails repeatedly, and finally succeeds in it, is a very contagious thing in itself.

In Chinese history, there are also some grand goals that have been achieved through the efforts of several generations: for example: Yu Lie, the sixth emperor of Fen, from the Shang Dynasty to the final unification of the world by Qin Shi Huang, has experienced six generations of monarchs of the Qin State for more than 100 years.

In the end, this period of history was made into the TV series "Great Qin Empire", and many people burst into tears after watching it.

Zhuge Kongming, six Northern Expeditions, finally died of illness in Wuzhangyuan.

These deeds are enough to move people to their hearts, and countless poems and articles have been written to commemorate them.

But all these stories are much inferior to a great story of perseverance and ultimate success.

The sixteen prefectures of Yanyun are parts of present-day Beijing, Tianjin, Hebei and Shanxi.

A large number of lofty mountains to the north and west.

There is a long Great Wall on these mountains, and there are various steep passes, Shanhaiguan.

In the long history of the Han regime, the north has always been harmed by nomadic peoples, with the Xiongnu in the Han and the Turks in the Tang. What is the greatest advantage of nomads, of course, is the horse.

Why are horses so powerful, because horses have four legs and run fast, whereas people have only two legs and run slowly.

In the era of cold weapons, horses were tank troops.

And the hoplites, when facing the infantry, are almost as casual as chopping melons and vegetables.

Horses run fast because they are on flat ground. But horses can't climb mountains.

There are lofty mountains, high mountains and cliffs, there are Great Wall, and there are passes. There's no way to fly over.

In the long history, the farming peoples of the Central Plains have always relied on these mountains and the Great Wall above, and the passes have resisted the cavalry from the north.

Until 938 AD, Shi Jingjiao shamelessly ceded the sixteen states of Yanyun to the Khitan.

The mountains are gone.

The cavalry of the nomads could go directly south to the Central Plains.

On the land of the Central Plains, the speed and impact of the cavalry tore apart the dream of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The history of the tragic use of infantry against cavalry began.

The great Chinese nation came up with countless ways to defend against cavalry on the plains.

Go dig the Yellow River, let the Yellow River burst its banks, and the water of the Yellow River flows out, forming a swamp of dozens of kilometers on the plain.

In the plains, which are not suitable for rice cultivation at all, a large number of rice fields are built and rice is planted in them.

The purpose was not to harvest rice, but to prevent horses from running in the rice fields.

In 959 AD, Chai Rong of Zhou Shizong announced that he was about to make a northern expedition to the Khitan, and the goal of this northern expedition was the sixteen states of Yanyun, which had been lost for 21 years.

Chai Rong's Northern Expedition was very smooth, and he first took Yijin Pass, Waqiao Pass and Guannan Prefecture.

At this moment, the distance from the last Youzhou is only 1 millimeter.

All of them were excited and worried.

Prior to this, the Northern Expedition had never been successful, and even Zhuge Wuhou's talent was ultimately regretted for life, stopping at Wuzhangyuan, which was only more than 100 kilometers away from Chang'an.

And on this day, no one knows whether Chai Rong's Northern Expedition can break the curse of "the Northern Expedition will be defeated".

Chai Rong ordered the Zhou army to build a pontoon bridge by the river and prepare sufficient food and ordnance. Everything is ready, just wait for an order, you can attack with a large army and take back Youzhou.

However, at this moment, Chai Rong suddenly fell ill.

The three armies had no commander, so they had to give up Youzhou, which was close in front of them, and withdrew unwillingly.

Soon after, Chai Rong died young.

This is the first emperor whose ambitions have not been rewarded, who died before he left the school, and who was both civil and military.

At this time, it has been 21 years since the 16 prefectures of Yanyun were occupied by ethnic minorities. In the following three hundred years, it was a weak Song Dynasty that was scolded by countless literati.

In 986 AD, Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, sent a large army to conquer the Liao State.

The beginning was surprisingly smooth, the Song Dynasty army won successive battles, but with the failure of the Northwest Route Army's attack, Zhao Guangyi hurriedly let the army retreat, and the commander Pan Mei made a major mistake in commanding the withdrawal, regardless of the life and death of the army and the success or failure of the strategy, and commanded indiscriminately, resulting in the broken Yang Ye was surrounded by the Liao army. Faced with a desperate situation, Yang Ye still resisted desperately, and was outnumbered and reluctantly captured by the Liao army. He went on a hunger strike for three days and was martyred. Yang Ye is also the prototype of the Yang family general who has been recited for thousands of years.

The blood of countless loyal martyrs has stained the yellow sand of the battlefield red, and it has become the bloodline of China.

This is the first general whose ambition has not been rewarded, who died before he left the school, and who is both civil and military.

And Zhao Guangyi, Taizong of the Song Dynasty, who was on the battlefield, was also hit by three arrows and was seriously injured, and finally died of arrow wounds.

This is the second emperor whose ambition has not been rewarded, who died before he left the school, and who is both civil and military.

Song Taizong died with hatred, and made an edict before he died: no matter who it is, whether it is surnamed Zhao or not, as long as it can restore the sixteen states of Yanyun, they will all be crowned kings. In China's feudal dynasties, it was generally forbidden for people who were not of the emperor's blood to claim the title of king.

But Zhao Guangyi died with hatred and made such an edict, and after more than a hundred years, he became a eunuch who became a king.

Although the Northern Song Dynasty was criticized by later generations, the Northern Song Dynasty has always been a dynasty that worked hard and could not afford to fall behind.

Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi's changes have also changed a lot of shortcomings. Until in the end, it was completely abolished by the person who smashed the cylinder.

The greatest tragedy came when a handsome, talented, romantic and cultured calligrapher became emperor.

He is Huizong of the Song Dynasty, the founder of the thin golden body, and the penultimate emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty in Yushu.

He was also the only two orthodox emperors of the Central Plains who were abused to death, the other being his son Song Qinzong.

This is one of the greatest catastrophes in the history of the Central Plains Dynasty, the Jingkang Disaster.

More than 3,000 people, including Song Huizong and Song Qinzong, the empress dowager, empress and other imperial relatives and ministers, were captured by the Jin State and announced the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Next, it is the national hero Yue Fei, Yue Wangye.

Angry hair rushed to the crown, leaning on the railing, Xiaoxiao rain rest. Raise your eyes, look up to the sky and roar, strong and fierce. Thirty fame, dust and earth, eight thousand miles of clouds and moons. Don't wait, the young man's head is white, empty and sad. Jing Kang is ashamed, and it is still snowing; When will the courtiers perish? Drive a long car and step through the lack of Helan Mountain. Zhuang is hungry for Hulu meat, laughing and thirsty for Xiongnu blood. To start from the beginning, clean up the old mountains and rivers, and face the sky.

Aren't you powerful horses in the north? Lao Tzu will fight with you. You are a grass mud horse, and Lao Tzu is a grass mud horse.

Yue Fei, this hero who was born out of nowhere, formed the cavalry corps of the Central Plains Dynasty. From the beginning of Yu Zongze's military service to 1141, in 13 years, Yue Fei has participated in and commanded hundreds of large and small battles. To sum it up in one sentence: Anyone who was beaten by Yue Fei personally tasted Yue Fei's power, and everyone who heard of Yue Fei knew that Yue Fei was very powerful.