Chapter 020: The Wandering Imperial Uncle (1)
【Young Uncle Emperor】
Liu Bei's father, Liu Hong, died when he was very young, and he grew up with the help of his mother and the elders of the clan, mainly selling straw shoes and weaving reed mats with his mother.
We all know that Cao Cao was very naughty when he was a child, and in fact, Uncle Huang was not much better when he was a child. Liu Bei didn't like to read when he was a child, but he liked to play with dogs and horses, and the rest of the time he made some tunes to listen to, or went to dress himself up, pretending to be cool and handsome. But as far as the result is concerned, Ah Pu almost dominated the world, and the imperial uncle also inherited the Han family in a sense, and they used their own personal experience to tell us that as a boy, how could he become a character if he didn't like to play and make trouble when he was a child (just jokes).
When Uncle Huang was a child, he used to say when he was playing with the children of the same clan: "When I grow up, I will definitely ride in the Yubao covered car (for the emperor)." His uncle Liu Zijing was so frightened that he hurriedly said to him: "Don't talk nonsense, this is a disaster to destroy the door!"
In fact, this kind of bridge has happened many times in history, before Liu Bang saw that Qin Shi Empress had already said "the husband should be like this", Xiang Yu even said "he can take his place".
Who of you didn't have big and beautiful dreams when you were a child? It's just that very few have persevered and succeeded.
Unlike most people, Liu Bei encountered many hardships and setbacks, and almost lost his life several times, but he finally persevered for his dream and did what ordinary people couldn't do. Therefore, Liu Bei, Liu Bang, and Xiang Yu have had this kind of ambition since childhood, which is called having great ambitions, and many people may have this kind of dream when they were young, but it is just obscenity, is this the difference?
According to the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", the emperor's uncle was seven feet five inches tall, his hands were above his knees, and he could see his ears when he turned his head. The height of seven feet five inches is equivalent to about one meter eight now, as for the latter two statements, whether you believe it or not, I don't believe it anyway.
When Liu Bei was fifteen years old, his mother ordered him to go out to study, and with the help of Liu Yuanqi, an elder of the same clan, Liu Bei was able to study with Liu Deran (Liu Yuanqi's son) and Gongsun Zhan, a native of western Liaoning, under the former Jiujiang Taishou Tong County Lu Zhi. Gongsun Chan and Liu Bei have a deep friendship, because Gongsun Chan is older, and the emperor's uncle treats him as a brother.
After Liu Bei grew older, he became taciturn, did not easily show his joy and anger, and liked to make friends with heroic people, treat his subordinates well, and seemed to be very leader-like, and many young people rushed to join him and use him.
Liu Yuanqi attaches great importance to Liu Bei, often supports him, and treats him and his son Liu Deran in general. Yuan Qi's wife said: "We are not a family, how can we always treat him like this." Yuan Qi was unmoved, and said: "This child in my clan is by no means an idle person."
At that time, it was not only Liu Yuanqi who was optimistic about Liu Bei, but also Zhang Shiping, Su Shuang, and others, who were wealthy in Zhongshan, and sold horses to and from Zhuo County.
【The Beginning of Wandering】
In the first year of Emperor Zhongping of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out, and the states and counties organized "volunteers", Liu Bei also organized a righteous army in his hometown Zhuo County, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei defected to Liu Bei at this time, and later Liu Bei led his team to follow the school captain Zou Jing to conquer the Yellow Turban Army, and was appointed as the county lieutenant of Anxi County, when Liu Bei was only twenty-three years old.
What kind of official position is the county lieutenant equivalent to? In fact, everyone should have an impression, it has been introduced earlier, think about what kind of official Cao Apu was the first to be, yes, the lieutenant of northern Luoyang.
During the Qin and Han dynasties, a county system was established, and the county set up county guards, county lieutenants, supervisors and other officials, who were in charge of administrative, military affairs, and supervision duties. The county is subordinate to the county, and the prefect has a county order or a county magistrate (the county is a large one, and the small one is a chief), and there are subordinate officials such as the county chief and the county lieutenant. The prefectural lieutenant is responsible for the security of a county and the arrest of thieves, and is subordinate to the prefectural magistrate and the prefectural magistrate (the highest administrator of a county). Roughly equivalent to today's director of the county public security bureau.
Since Luoyang was the capital of the Han Dynasty at that time, although Cao Cao's first official position was only a county lieutenant of the Luoyang branch, in fact, his status was still above the county lieutenant of a small county, such as Liu Bei's county lieutenant of Anxi County.
But the difference is that Liu Bei does not have Cao Cao's background. After quelling the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the imperial court issued an order: if anyone became an official because of military merits, they would be selected and eliminated. And the superintendent in charge of this matter at that time put Liu Bei, who had no background, into the list of elimination, and how many days did Liu Bei work at that time? I guess it's going to be a few days.
After Liu Bei knew the news, he wanted to save the matter, so he hurriedly went to the post station where the post supervisor stayed to ask to see him, but unfortunately people didn't give Liu Bei a chance at all, and the post supervisor said that he refused to see Liu Bei.
Liu Bei was angry, can a young man in his twenties not be angry when he encounters this kind of thing? If you don't let me do it, you won't talk about it, why don't you even give me a chance?
The resentful imperial uncle led people directly into the post station, tied up the post supervisor and whipped him 200 times, and untied the seal of the post supervisor to tie his neck to the horse stake, and then abandoned the official with Guan Yu and Zhang Fei and fled.
This also kicked off the prelude to the emperor's uncle's escape and wandering.
Soon, the general He Jin sent the commander Wuqiu Yi to Danyang to recruit soldiers and horses, Liu Bei accompanied him, and met the rebel army in Xiapi.
The county magistrate is the deputy of the county magistrate. Generally, there is one person, and there are two people in large counties, and the main authority is to manage paperwork, warehouses, and in a few periods, to manage local finances and public security. When the county magistrate is unable to handle political affairs, he can temporarily manage the place in place of the county magistrate. You can see the number two person in the county. But this official position was very unsuitable for the emperor's uncle, and Liu Bei soon gave up this official position.
Later, Liu Bei was appointed as the county lieutenant of Gaotang County and returned to his old job, this time Liu Bei did a good job and was soon promoted to the county commander. But the goddess of luck did not favor Liu Bei for long, the Yellow Turban Army came back from the dead and swept again, Liu Bei's Gaotang County was unfortunately breached, Liu Bei reluctantly escaped with some of his subordinates, and began a second fugitive career.
But this time it didn't last long, after Liu Bei learned from the pain, he felt that it would be impossible to live without a backer, so he decided to find an acquaintance and go to his senior brother Zhonglang General Gongsun Zhan.
Gongsun Zhan was still very good to his old classmates, and wrote to the imperial court to recommend Liu Bei as Sima of other departments, and later sent him to assist Tiankai, the assassin of Qingzhou, to resist Yuan Shao, the pastor of Jizhou.
In this way, the wandering Liu Bei came to the first stop under the fence in his life.