Section 7: Guangping Frustration

Historically, he was a martyr, a great martyr that modern people cannot comprehend.

Looking at his life, the biggest tragic root is undoubtedly the pearl of the dark investment, not meeting its master.

Even when it came to the Guandu front, before Yuan Shao took every step towards defeat, he always reminded him in time and provided correct advice, but Yuan Shao seemed to be bent on ruin, and he did not accept it. Frustrated, he had to sigh at the Yellow River: "The Yellow River, I don't go back (return)!" ”

After Yuan Shao's defeat, he fled in a hurry with 800 cronies and his entourage, leaving Fu Zhu aside, so that Fu Zhu was captured by Cao Cao. Cao Cao, who is extremely talented in general, can be said to have given enough face to frustration, not only stepped forward to personally untie him and extend his seat, but also commented in front of everyone: "Yuan Benchu has no plan, no need to frustrate the strategy, otherwise, how can we have today's victory." However, the first and last sentences of Cao Cao turned out to be: "If you don't surrender, you will be held by the army!" ”

Cao Cao left Fu Zhu in the army, hoping that one day he could use it, but Fu Zhu stole horses in the military camp and wanted to escape to Yuan Shao. Cao Cao was forced to kill him, and sighed: "Loneliness is early, and the world is not enough to worry about." ”

When he defected to Yuan Shao, he must have been high-spirited, thinking about establishing a meritorious career for a thousand years, but unexpectedly, he would be exchanged for a result of disappearing into the hands of a dead man. In terms of success or failure, he is a failure; And in the face of the test of personality, he eventually became the victor again. The more human dignity is insulted, the stronger the sense of human personality becomes. Benevolence does not change the temperament by prosperity and decline, and the righteous do not change their minds with survival and death, and regard personality as more important than merit, this is the ancients.

The concept of "death for the confidant" alone cannot explain the frustration of the teaching. When Yuan Shao coerced Han Fu to hand over Jizhou, he expressed his opposition and cited various reasons to persuade Yuan Shao to fight, which at least shows that Fu Zhu does not belong to the category of "protΓ©gΓ© and former official" of the Yuan family. Although Yuan Shao had a lot of trust in Fu Zhu at first, but his final behavior should have chilled Fu Zhu, so why did he go to an old master who was treacherous to him?

Thinking that the first thing Yuan Shao did after escaping home was to kill Tian Feng, the strategist who predicted the defeat of his Guandu battle, even if he was not captured and killed by Cao Cao, it was doubtful whether he would be able to survive in Yuan Shao's hands.

As a tragic figure in the Three Kingdoms, Fu Zhu, like Gao Shun, did not leave a table in history, considering that he and Gao Shun are both famous, it is impossible to have no table words, which can only show that history has ignored them, which is really a pity. History, it seems, is nothing more than a product used by the victors to show off future generations.

I thought that if I could see this wise man on this journey, I would call him to my door if I could. In that way, on the one hand, I can avoid the tragedy of my favorite hero, on the other hand, this person is also my lack of military talents, using his overall situation, military view, to conquer the world, even if I fight against a generation of heroes like Cao Cao, I also have confidence. When people have self-confidence, they have nothing to fear.

3 days later, Guangping was in sight, riding on a horse, I whipped and pointed at Guangping and said to Guan Ning: "You'an, there is a wise man in Guangping, and this person's view of the general trend of the world is amazing. I heard that you are compiling a book of 'Tao Ethics' and hope to sort out a set of moral norms that Confucianism should abide by in order to educate people's minds, can you stop by and visit this person and listen to his views on the virtues of Confucianism? ”

Guan Ning pondered for a while, and replied briskly: "Since the lord praises this person for his wisdom, then I can pay a visit, but Ning has not heard of a great Confucian in Guangping before." ”

Great Confucianism? The wisdom of this man is not comparable to that of Confucianism. When Zhuge Liang was fighting against Confucianism in Jiangdong, he once said, "I don't know what Guan Zhongle Yi's life system is", and I have my heart.

Looking for chapters and excerpts, how can you govern the country. Kong Rong is a great Confucian, and he only knows how to talk about the disadvantages of the times, and it is difficult to protect himself. Liu Biao was the eighth jun of Jiangdong, and Jingzhou was well governed, but as soon as Cao Cao arrived, his subordinates competed to surrender, which was a model of Confucian governance.

Later, the Song Dynasty was also a model of Confucianism, and in the end it could not escape the fate of being conquered. Zhao Pu, the first prime minister of the Song Dynasty, once said to Zhao Kuangyin: "Half of the Analects can govern the world", and a great man in modern times has further pointed out that in fact, why do you need half of the Analects to govern the world, and a sentence in the Analects can govern the world.

This is what it is: "The people may make it known, but they cannot make it known." ”

It means to say, "O common people, just use them, and don't let them know the truth." Knowing the truth, they will rebel.

Therefore, successive rulers have tried their best to use the policy of fooling the people, and "the people can be fooled, but they cannot be made to know" has become the consensus of all rulers. In order to keep the people from thinking, various ways can be come up.

For example: after work, let the people dig caves to work their bodies; In their spare time, let them criticize each other for entertainment and work their spirits; One movement after another, so that the people have a sense of freshness; Closing the country or banning news reports, so that ordinary people do not know the outside world; Wait, wait. In short, it is to give them no time to think, no place to compare, this is the root of Confucian governance.

Is this kind of thinking really good for the Chinese nation? I doubt it.

However, since Guan Ning agreed to come forward to meet Fu Zhu, it is inconvenient for me for him to argue.

Under the ethics and morality of Confucianism advocated by Dong Zhongshu in the Han Dynasty, it was not long after my mother's funeral, and it was okay to come forward to contact the martial artists, but it was not suitable to come forward to contact the Confucians. Therefore, if Guan Ning is willing to come forward to visit, and I meet with the Confucian scholars as an escort to Guan Ning's travels, it is in line with my original intention to keep a low profile. After all, the Confucians possessed the most advanced intellectual culture of their time.

Looking at the towering walls of Quang Binh, I thought, frustrated, will you let me down?