The five counties of Xuzhou, Langya, Donghai, Xiapi, and Pengcheng were all patronized by Cao's army, but Guangling in the south was not plagued by soldiers. How do you know that the disaster is not a one-way street, Guangling County was harmed by Zhenrong.

In a few months, the five counties collapsed, Tao Qian worked hard for several years, all the mounds and ruins, and Xuzhou Dun turned from a happy land to a Shura field.

Zéróng is a very contradictory person.

He combines good and evil, and has the heart of a bodhisattva and a demon. First of all, he is a famous leader in the history of Chinese Buddhism, and has made great contributions to the promotion and spread of Buddhism in China. Secondly, he is a demon who picks on those who trust him and are kind to him, and he is a standard white-eyed wolf.

In the sixth year of Emperor Ling's reign (189 AD), the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out again, and the Danyang people gathered hundreds of people to defect to Xuzhou Mu Taoqian to participate in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Uprising. Because of his fellow villagers, he was appointed by Tao Qian as the minister of Xiapi, and was responsible for transporting grain from Guangling, Xiapi and Pengcheng counties to Tan County, the seat of the state government.

First of all, let's talk about his achievements in Buddhism. He inadvertently created many "firsts" in the history of Chinese Buddhism, and was the first to build Buddhist temples and Buddha statues, hold Buddhist bathing pujas, and hold classes to chant sutras.

It was also he who really separated Buddhism from the Huang Lao ancestral shrine, ended the history of Huang Lao and Futu worshipping together, and made Buddhism develop independently, which made great contributions to the spread and development of Buddhism in China.

After Zhenrong took office, the first thing he did was to detain all the materials to be transported to Tan County. Zhenrong did not embezzle this huge amount of money, but took advantage of it to build temples, Buddha statues, and stupas on a large scale.

In the fourth year of Chuping (193 AD), Di Rong spent a huge amount of money to build the Futu Temple in Xiapi. The temple is large-scale, the temple can accommodate more than 3,000 people to read Buddhist scriptures at the same time, and there are tall Buddha statues in the temple, all made of copper, coated with gold on the outside, and draped in splendid robes.

The most famous is the "Nine Mirror Tower" in the Futu Temple, the tower is nine layers high, eight corners, each side is inlaid with a copper mirror, and the top of the tower also has a bronze mirror facing the sky, so it is called "Nine Mirror Tower". The Nine Mirrors Pagoda is a structure of "the upper accumulation of gold plates, and the lower is the heavy building".

This floating temple has a pivotal position in the history of Chinese Buddhism, and has become the basic tower type of the early pagoda in China, and should be the germ of the Chinese pavilion-style wooden pagoda. The so-called "upper gold plate" is a phase wheel made of metal according to the Indian wave blocking style on the upper layer, and the number of phase wheel layers is one, two, three, four and even thirteen; The so-called "lower is the heavy building" is that the lower floor uses the original Chinese so-called "Wangxian Tower" multi-storey pavilion-style wooden structure as the tower body, and becomes the center of the temple.

The Nine Mirror Pagoda of one of the eight views of Pi in Suining, Jiangsu Province is one of the Buddha shrines built by Zhenrong, the nine bronze mirrors on the tower are the copper plates on the tower brake, in addition to the pagoda, there are the Daxiong Treasure Hall and the lakeside promenade under the mountain.

The gold statue of the Buddha in the Futu Temple is also the earliest record of the casting of the Buddha statue in the Chinese literature. It is a great contribution to Buddhism.

He accepted believers in Buddhism in the country, and Zhenrong also used the exemption from forced labor to attract people at home and abroad to come to Futu Temple to listen to lectures and preach.

Zhirong decreed that all Buddhists in Xiapi could be exempted from forced labor. Zhen Rong then ordered that all nearby counties and counties could be exempted from forced labor and taxes. Before and after, more than 5,000 families migrated to Xiapi.

He also carried out a large bathing Buddha meeting, every time he held a grand meeting, he set up a banquet on the side of the road for dozens of miles, and set up wine and rice for people to eat, and the cost was huge, unimaginable, and each time it cost hundreds of millions of dollars. The people came to see and eat, and as many as 10,000 people came.

The exemption of the levy tax for Buddhist believers has also become one of the official measures to support Buddhism in successive dynasties.

Let's talk about his ruthless demonic side.

Soon after the temple was built in Zhenrong, in the autumn of the same year (193), Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou on a large scale and defeated Tao Qian several times. Zhen Rong was afraid of Cao Cao and fled without a fight.

He left Xiapi with his faithful followers and tens of thousands of men and women, including soldiers and horses, and there were 3,000 horses alone.

The first stop of Zhenrong's southern escape was Guangling. Guangling County Taishou Zhao Yu is not bad as an official, honest and self-controlled, and implements education, and is a generation of celebrities.

Because Zhenrong is Tao Qian's hometown, and is a well-known good person in the world, not long ago he built a Buddhist temple, and the Buddha bathing meeting is a sensation throughout the country. Therefore, Zhao Yu was very happy to hold a large banquet for Zhenrong, entertained him warmly, and regarded Zhenrong as a guest.

Seeing that Guangling was rich in products and the people were rich, Zhenrong was excited. At a banquet, he took the opportunity of toasting to kill Zhao Yu with a knife, and then ordered his subordinates to loot in the city, looting countless treasures and continuing to flee south.

He then crossed the Yangtze River and fled south, ending at Moling (now Jiangning County, Jiangsu Province), where he took refuge with his former colleague Xue Li in Xuzhou. Xue Li also regarded Zhen Rong as an old friend and warmly welcomed his arrival.

Coincidentally: Sun Ce then crossed the river to attack Xue Li, Xue Li abandoned the city and fled, Sun Ce came to attack the lone Zhen Rong again, fortunately Zhen Rong still had the ability to defend the city, and he annexed Xue Li's financial troops. In addition, the terrain of the garrison was dangerous, so Sun Ce had no choice but to give up his fortune and go to seize the territory of Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou.

After Sun Ce went, Zhenrong knew that he would not stay here for long, so he fled along the Yangtze River to Yuzhang (in the area of present-day Nanchang County, Jiangxi Province). On the way, he met Xue Li, who was alone and fled to Yuzhang, and for people who had no use value, Zhenrong unceremoniously killed Xue Li, who had helped him, and became a white-eyed wolf again.

Later, Liu Xuan, the assassin of Yangzhou, competed with Zhuge Xuan, the general of Yuan Shu, and ordered Zhu Rong to assist Zhu Hao, the magistrate of Yuzhang, in attacking Zhuge Xuan.

Xu Shao (the one who commented on Cao Cao's "capable minister who rules the world, and the traitor of troubled times") suggested to Liu Xuan: "Zhu Hao is too loyal, and Zhu Rong never cares about reputation and morality, so Zhu Hao should be careful to beware of Zhen Rong." ”

Although Xu Shao pointed out to Liu Miao that Zhu Rong has a bad nature and is a person without faith, and Zhu Hao has always treated people with integrity, compared with the two, he is afraid of being poisoned by Zhu Rong, so he is Zhao Yu's second, and Zhu Hao should be notified to prevent Zhu Rong. However, it was too late, and Zhen Rong still killed Zhu Hao by fraudulent means and seized Yuzhang. Once again, he betrayed his friends and betrayed his friends.

Liu Miao was furious and led his troops to attack Zhenrong. Zhenrong was defeated and fled again, this time he had no city to escape, so he had to flee into the mountains and was killed by the local people.