Chapter 52: The Rise of the Shadow
Liu Bei walked out of the camp, his mood was never raised, he didn't expect Brother Bo Gui to become such a mercenary person now, he finally understands now, why the teacher agreed to learn the art of war, but did not agree to Brother Bo Gui to learn the art of war, the reason is that Brother Bo Gui is too paranoid, everything must be based on himself, he can't allow others to infringe on his own one-third of an acre, he can't tolerate others to have the slightest disrespect for him, and he can't tolerate others to look down on him, such a person, it is very dangerous for him to come into contact with the art of war. It is precisely for this reason that he always fights bravely on the battlefield, in order to let others know that he can do it, that he is not worse than others, but that he can be better than others everywhere.
Since he was recommended as filial piety, his career can be described as smooth sailing, soaring, first served as the governor of Liaodong, and then because of his military exploits, he was appointed as the county commander of Zhuoxian County, and then pursued Zhang Chun and other traitors with 3,000 cavalry, and made military exploits, promoted to cavalry captain, and then in the battle of Shimen of Liaodong vassal country, he made military exploits, and was promoted to the captain of the captive school, the marquis of the capital pavilion, and also led the history of the governor of the country, etc., along the way, so many successes, so many victories, he began to swell, he became proud and complacent, The source of all evil is that he succeeded too quickly.
Until he was unable to conquer Qiu Liju and other foreign tribes, he also stubbornly fought with them for four years, but later Liu Yu's appearance and when he learned that Liu Yu easily put down the foreign rebellion, he suddenly felt insulted, he was invincible all the way, but was completely trampled under Liu Yu's feet in just a few days, he spent four years and Qiu Liju and other foreign tribes desperately, but Liu Yu robbed him of his results, he felt that Liu Yu was ignoring his efforts and laughing at his ability, He could not have accepted such a fact.
At this time, Liu Bei felt that society was really a big dye vat, and a person who was originally pure and flawless would become colorful when he entered this society, not to mention a person with congenital psychological disorders like Brother Bogui. In such a society, how difficult it is to be able to maintain one's original intention, and I wonder if I will be able to stick to one's original intention in the future.
"Big brother, what's wrong with you, your face is so ugly, don't Qiu Yi bully you, his grandmother's, see if I Zhang Yide doesn't kill him." After speaking, he walked directly to Wuqiu Yi's tent with a snake spear.
Liu Bei saw that Zhang Fei was so reckless, and he always made himself uneasy, so he hurriedly shouted: "The third brother is back, don't make a mistake, people are good to me, I just think that this time we came to join the army, not to fight, but to cooperate with the officials of the court to play a farce, I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing." Liu Bei knew in his heart that Gongsun Zhan's matter naturally couldn't be said outside, and this kind of insulting thing would be bad luck for him to say it.
At this time, Guan Yu said: "There are clouds in spring and autumn: 'Be prepared for danger in times of peace. 'Think and be prepared, be prepared. The eldest brother thinks far, and the younger brother also admires, since I am waiting to join the army, Qiu Yi is ordered by the imperial court to raise the army, as long as I do my duty, there will not be too many disadvantages. ”
"Haha, what a good one is prepared, with my brother Liu Bei here, how dangerous it is, it will turn the corner, Yun Chang's "Spring and Autumn" is really good to read." Liu Deran said with a smile.
"Spring and Autumn contains a large number of Confucian classics, and my favorite book in my life is it, and I never get tired of reading it and can't put it down." Guan Yu said with a smile.
"Spring and Autumn have great righteousness, and Yun Chang also has great righteousness." Liu Bei listened to Guan Yu's words and said.
"Big brother, what are you holding in your hand?" Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei holding a yellow thing in his hand.
"Oh, this is an orange, it's said to be delicious, let's share it!" Liu Bei handed it to Zhang Fei and said.
"Oranges? When I heard that Yan Zi made Chu, he mentioned this orange! Zhang Fei lifted the orange, turned around, looked at it, and sniffed it.
"Yes, oranges are oranges born in Huainan, and oranges are born in Huaibei, and the leaves are similar, but the taste is different, so what? The water and soil are also different! "Gongsun Chan was still a very good person when he was in Songshan, and he has entered this world, and he has become a demonic figure, which shows how important water and soil are to a person's growth.
"Oops, I accidentally fell into my bookbag while eating an orange, haha....." Zhang Fei said with a smile: "How can I eat this, peel it or?" ”
"Look at Wu Qiu Yi just now was peeled and eaten, you peel the skin, the inside is still broken one by one!"
"Okay!"
At this time, I saw Jian Yong trotting over from a distance and said, "What are you talking about with a smile?" ”
As soon as Liu Bei saw Jian Yong, he deliberately said: "We were talking about whether you met a girl in the barracks just now, and you haven't seen a girl for most of the day." ”
"Harm! How can there be any girl, I just saw that those soldiers had just finished training, so I ran up and chatted with them casually, they said that this He Jin summoned Haojie, but not only summoned Bao Xin, Wang Kuang, Qiao Mao and Wuqiu Yi, but also Dong Zhuo who summoned Xiliang and Ding Yuanna of Bingzhou. ”
"What, people from these places are here too." When Guan Yu heard this, he said contemptuously. Liangzhou and Bingzhou are in the border area of the Han Dynasty, the local people and a large number of ethnic minorities live together, due to the long-term invasion of Qianghu and the Southern Xiongnu, the Eastern Han Dynasty regime is powerless, in order to maintain the stability and security of the interior, so the Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu ordered that all Liangzhou people should not move inward, but also treat them as untouchables.
At the same time, the courtiers of the Eastern Han Dynasty began to talk about the weak military system from Emperor Guangwu, so there were weak border county guards and no longer well-trained troops. In the face of the invasion of Qianghu, the border county Taishou and Changshi asked to migrate inward and not to fight. The imperial court even had public remarks of 'abandoning Liangzhou', which made the political status of Liangzhou and the state more and more declining, which is why Guan Yu questioned Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan.
At this time, Liu Bei said: "It seems that the Liangzhou forces and the Bingzhou forces also intend to squeeze into the core power of our Han Dynasty through the political struggle between the eunuchs, relatives and scholars." ”
"Oh, what do you mean?" took over Zhang Fei Tangerine.
"Liangzhou and Bingzhou have always been looked down upon because of their geographical location, and the people who live there have always been called untouchables. Take Liangzhou as an example, in order to prevent the invasion of Qianghu, Guangwu Ye ordered that all people in Liangzhou should not move inward, which led to bullying and discrimination against the people living there, and the famous general Zhang Huan even did not hesitate to use his military exploits in exchange for moving to Hongnong in the household registration, just to prevent his children and grandchildren from being bullied again. In the first year of Yongchu, the Qiang Rebellion broke out, and Pang Shen instructed his son Pang Jun to write a letter, asking the people of Liangzhou to move to the land of Sanfu. ”
"Abandon Liangzhou? We've heard a few of them before, but we don't know much about them. After Jian Yong finished speaking, he took Zhang Fei's orange and asked, "What is this?" ”
"Tangerine!" Zhang Fei continued to distribute it to others.
"In the fourth year of Yongchu, with the expansion of the war, the military expenditure became more and more extensive, and the grain was not covered for many years, and the price of grain skyrocketed. Therefore, Pang Shen once again proposed that 'those who cannot survive in the border counties should settle in the (Sanfu) Zhuling and Tianshu Ancient County', and there is no need to be trapped in Liangzhou because of the affairs of the Western Regions, and Sanfu should be trapped in Sanfu because of the affairs of Liangzhou. Therefore, he believed that it was necessary to give up not only the Western Regions, but also Liangzhou. And Deng Qiu also 'used the lack of national use to abandon Liangzhou and force the north' as the reason, so that the ministers gathered to give up Liangzhou. Liu Bei put the orange in his mouth.
"For the sake of the overall stability of the Han Dynasty, it is ruthless enough to give up the entire Liangzhou. But now that Liangzhou is here, there must have been many people in the imperial court who opposed it at that time. ”
"Yes, under the persuasion of Yu Xu, Taiwei Li Xuan resolutely opposed the move of 'abandoning Liangzhou' during the court meeting. Later, the ministers and officials also objected, and the proposal of 'abandoning Liangzhou' was finally aborted. Liu Bei spit out the seeds in his mouth.
"Why is there such a consensus?"
Yu Xu and others believe that there are three reasons why Liangzhou cannot be abandoned: first, the territory of the Han Dynasty was expanded by the ancestors of the past dynasties, and it was not easy to obtain. Second, in terms of topography, although the Eastern Han Dynasty built its capital Luoyang, the importance of the three auxiliaries was far inferior to that of the Western Han Dynasty, but Guanzhong was still the core ruling area. Therefore, if Luoyang is the center, in the west, Sanfu is the first barrier to ensure the safety of the Beijing Division, and Liangzhou is the barrier to defend the Sanfu, and at the same time it is the second barrier to ensure the safety of the Beijing Division. If Liangzhou is abandoned, Sanfu will lose an important barrier to the west, and Luoyang will also die. Third, Liangzhou 'approached Rong Di, practiced combat readiness, high strength, and gave priority to shooting and hunting', and mixed with the fierce Xiongnu and other ethnic minorities for a long time, making the Liangbu soldiers and people 'practice soldiers brave and brave over Yuzhou'. It is precisely because the soldiers of Liangzhou are brave and good at fighting and there are many famous generals that the Han Dynasty has always regarded Liangzhou as one of the important bases for enriching the Praetorian Guard. ”
"That's a good point."
"But of course, Liangzhou is still a place rich in fine horses, and the direct motive of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was to obtain Dawan's good horses and beautiful horses, and accumulate strength for the development and growth of the cavalry. And how can Liangzhou, an important military horse domestication base of the government, say no, don't want it, once you give up, the impact on the military combat effectiveness of the Han Dynasty is obvious. ”
"Then what does this have to do with what you said they were going to squeeze into the core power of the Han Dynasty?"
"Although this kind of 'abandoning Liangzhou' rhetoric has not been put into practice, it has a great sense of insecurity for the local people, especially the local powerful landlords, and they live in fear of being abandoned every day, so this 'danger theory' has spread throughout the Liangzhou area, and they have a sense of self-preservation, so in the next process of dealing with the Qianghu Rebellion, they may want to take this opportunity to protect themselves, or they want to win the trust of the Eastern Han Dynasty again, and enter the core area of their ruling power. Therefore, in the Qianghu Rebellion of the Eastern Han Dynasty since Emperor Huan, the army conscripted by the Han Dynasty took the Liang forces instead of the Kwantung forces, and the obvious representative was the 'Liangzhou Sanming'. ”
"I see, then Dong Zhuo and Ding Yuan this time should be here for the core power of the country. Big brother, you know so much, I Zhang Fei listened to my eldest brother's speech, I just felt happy, not only happy, but also gained a lot of knowledge, haha...... I, Zhang Fei, really didn't follow your big brother in vain. ”
"The third brother is joking, I only know a little bit of fur, and I listened to the teacher and me in Songshan."
"Anyway, this orange is delicious!" Jian Yong said, swallowing the seeds by the way: "Is there anything else?" ”
"No, next time we have a chance, we'll pick some by ourselves, this is what General Wuqiu Yi gave me just now!" Liu Bei clapped his hands.
"Oh, what is this, it's still sticky in your hands!" Zhang Fei sniffed the smell on his hand and said, "This orange peel smells so good, it feels so fresh!" ”
"I say you can even make tea!" Jian Yong said.
"Make tea, you won't lie to me, right?" Zhang Fei took the orange peel and said, "Do you want to trick me again, so as to avenge just now!" ”
"You don't want it, give it to me!" Jian Yong was about to reach over and grab it.
"What's the matter, this is mine, I'll make tea for my eldest brother later, what are you robbing!" Zhang Fei hurriedly ran away, and by the way, stuffed the orange peel into his pocket.