Chapter 9 Taurus Road

The trip was blocked by heavy rain for a whole day, which did not affect the mood of the eldest grandson, first, to figure out some things, and secondly, to accept a subordinate who did not know whether it was good or bad and was quite malleable.

Speaking of this Wu Jiangdong, after waking up from alcohol yesterday, Changsun Tang asked Zhang Zhong to give another five guan money to settle his wife, so that after she recovered from her illness, she would find the steward of the Changsun family here, and follow the convoy of the Changsun family to find the Fu Bo family. Originally, Changsun Tang felt that Wu Jiangdong was not needed now, and he planned to use it when he returned to Chang'an to show his strength. However, in the process of sending Wu Jiangdong to move, Wu Jiangdong said that the problem of the road guide was solved, and this problem was solved by Zhang Zhong going to the government office. Many times we find it very difficult, change the level, it is not a problem, although the eldest grandson is just a concubine with no political future, but even so, relying on the big tree of the eldest grandson's family, can still solve many problems, which is also the main reason for the prevalence of gate politics in the Tang Dynasty.

Early the next morning, when the three of them set off, Wu Jiangdong was waiting at the door of the inn in new clothes.

The eldest grandson didn't say anything, but asked Zhang Zhong to buy another horse, and a group of four people went out of the south of Hanzhong Mansion from the west gate and headed towards the Golden Bull Road.

The road into Shu is not too much, starting from Hanzhong to the south along the Micang Road can reach Bazhou, and to Yizhou one is the Golden Bull Road, and the other is the green mud road of "green mud He Panpan, one hundred steps and nine folds lingering rocks".

The Golden Bull Road is said to be the Warring States Period Qin State wants to destroy the Shu State, but the Shu Road is difficult to do, so put five stone oxen, send people to stuff the gold into the butt of the cow every day, send people to Shu and say, I have five golden oxen to send you, you send someone to transport back, the Lord of Shu sent five strong men to open the road in the mountains, and the stone ox was transported back by building a bridge in the water, and the Qin army followed and destroyed the Shu State. This is the legend of the Golden Bull Road, although the dim-witted Shu lord became the king of the dead country, but Shu is closely linked with the Central Plains, and has also become an important trade route and military location.

There are a lot of ancient battlefields on this road, the most famous is the Wuhou Temple and the Wuhou Tomb, according to legend, Zhuge Liang died of illness in Wuzhang Yuan and was buried at the foot of Dingjun Mountain. A few hundred meters away, Ma Chao also rested here.

Since it is passing by, this place should be a visit. But I saw that the cypress was deep, a low tomb stood in it, and an inscription was full of Han Li, at this time there was no "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that had been passed on to the world, Zhuge Liang and Guan Yu were not mythologized, and some dilapidated scenes could not help but make people a little sentimental.

Speaking of Zhuge Liang's body, it can be said that he really achieved what he said about bowing and dying, and Shu Han's can be said to be Zhuge Liang in the post-Liu Bei era, and Zhuge Liang in defeat.

If Zhuge Liang only acted as the prime minister and dealt with the internal affairs of Shu and did not interfere too much in military affairs, the situation of Shu might be much better. When we evaluate Zhuge Liang, we always mention the unaffordable Adou - Liu Chan. Liu Chan, as the king of a country, the evaluation of later generations is almost one-sided, the most famous is the famous sentence "Here is music, don't think about Shu", but look at another post-master Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, a sentence "When is the spring flower and autumn moon" gave himself. Even if you look at the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that put Zhuge Liang on the altar, you can also see how smart Liu Chan was when he attacked Shu on the fifth road, and why Liu Chan was so young, it was not good. It should be because Zhuge Liang has dealt with everything that should be handled, Liu Chan can be a rubber stamp, so it is not possible to mix up a famous hall for a long time. Of course, this is from the standpoint of Shu, as far as Zhuge Liang himself is concerned, he can say that he is sorry for himself, and what should be right is right.

There were many reasons for the defeat of Shu, and the role played by Zhuge Liang was not decisive. Later generations commented that Zhuge Liang's six exits from Qishan were wrong, and they wasted the national strength of Shu. As everyone knows, the world of Kyushu, Shu only occupies a Yizhou, Wu occupies Jingzhou plus half of Yangzhou, if the three develop peacefully, it will not be more than 40 years, and Shu will die in ten years. The Three Kingdoms also suffered from years of conquest and warlord warfare in the early stage, and the population of China dropped from 56 million at the peak of the Eastern Han Dynasty to 9 million.

Zhuge Liang's death also had some problems with the social atmosphere at that time, during the Three Kingdoms and the Two Jin Dynasties and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, alchemy began to be popular among scholars and doctors, and the great alchemist Ge Hong was in this period. This can also be found from the archaeological work of later generations, that is, the lead and mercury in the remains are seriously exceeded, these heavy metals are important raw materials for alchemy, and taking projectiles has also seriously damaged Zhuge Liang's health. These doctors do not take pills for immortality, but more for chronic poisoning caused by rheumatism. In later generations, the two lakes and Sichuan liked chili peppers because they could reduce joint pain caused by rheumatism to a certain extent.

Packed up all kinds of thoughts about Zhuge Liang, the four of them came out of the Wuhou Temple, but it was already the afternoon of the second day after leaving Hanzhong, and the Hanshui Valley at this time was getting narrower and narrower, and the mountains were getting closer and closer.

On the same day, we arrived at the ancient battlefield of Yangping Pass, although this place is the throat place, but after all, it has not experienced war for many years, a section of the wall has fallen, the city gate also looks a little dilapidated, and the traces of the war have been smoothed out by the years. The eldest grandson didn't feel anything too much, and a lot of words came to his heart, but they disappeared without a trace in the next moment.

After Yangping Pass, the mountain is getting closer and closer, some sections of the road are mountains on one side, and the river is on the other side, the river is still a little dim because of the heavy rain just now, and the road is getting more and more difficult to walk.

Two days later, the four of them arrived at Wuding Pass, which is named after the five strong men sent by the King of Shu to build the road. The endless mountains are bisected by a clear stream, and the mountains are not high enough to see the light of day. The four of them had to lead their horses on foot, and from time to time walked from one side of the river to the other side of the river.

The eldest grandson used to think that the idiom that one husband should be a key to ten thousand people was a bit exaggerated, but the terrain here can be used as a thousand troops without one husband. The white limestone has been eroded by the flowing water, and over time the canyon has been formed.

The four of them walked through the canyon for about half an hour before they found a place where they could see the sun and prepared to eat some dry food.

At the moment when the four of them were eating dry food, a messenger with a red feather on his back galloped away regardless of the horsepower, and the four of them were all guessing what was going on.

After a short rest, the four of them continued on their way, and after a short time the canyon finally came to an end and began to ascend the mountain. The trail generally follows the trenches washed out by the rain, and in some places where the difference in height is too large, it also makes a few detours.

In the process of going up the mountain, the excited Wu Jiangdong has been walking in the forefront, and even found a wild boar, but when he was about to hunt, he was stopped by Wang Tiedang, and Wu Jiangdong was unwilling.

It wasn't until the eldest grandson sent a message that Wu Jiangdong stopped complaining. Changsun Tang knew that the danger of wild boars in this kind of place was very high, and in later generations, because of the extinction of large predators such as wolves, wild boars became a pest, and many places reported that hunters were chased to death by wild boars for illegal hunting.