Chapter 77 [Tragedy]
There were too many cattle at the end of the Sui Dynasty, and it is estimated that this is the case every time the dynasty changes, because this is a process of reshuffling power and wealth, giving the cattle more opportunities to choose to show their faces again. Fierce people are certainly easy to attract, especially Chinese with heroic plots. But I like Zhang Xutuo more. The man was a little bit of a talker.
The folk image of this buddy is a blue-faced fanged man who followed the boss Comrade Yang Guang to brutally persecute the rebels. Historically, this is not the case at all, and I have ink in my work. It is recorded in the history books that this guy is "strong and courageous" ("Book of Sui. Zhang Xutuo Liebiography) went south to quell the rebellion of the Qiang people in Yunnan, and went north to quell the rebellion of Yang Liang, defeated Wang Bo, retired Pei Changcai, went to Guo Fangpre, counterattacked Lu Mingyue, shocked the Eastern Xia, and made countless military exploits for the empire.
Especially in the battle of Pei Changcai, when Brother Zhang Meng was unable to transfer troops and Pei was already under the city of Licheng (now Jinan), only five of his retinue went out of the city to meet the battle, how many people did Pei Changcai lead at this time?
You're on your feet! A full 20,000 horse paces! Zhang Xutuo has no fear in the face of a strong enemy, and is surrounded by hundreds of "handsome five horsemen and battles, thieves compete to it, surround more than 100 heavy, several wounds in the body, and the courage is strong." Later, after the reinforcements in the city arrived, the rebels retreated slightly, and Zhang Xutuo supervised the army to fight again and defeated Pei.
If you think this guy is a martial artist, then you really blame this Zhang Ye. It is said that in the sixth year of the Great Cause, Comrade Sutuo was promoted to the governor of Shandong Province and the commander of the Jinan Military Region (Qi Juncheng), and the situation at that time was relatively tense. "The battle of Liaodong will be prosperous, the people will be unemployed, and it will be a year of hunger, and the grain and rice will be expensive."
As a local military and political chief, Zhang Xutuo, who loves the people like a son, is ready to open a warehouse to release grain. The subordinates who are usually cared for and loved by Zhang Xutuo can't see it, they are not rare with this bit of food, but they are worried about the safety of Chief Zhang.
The official said: "You must wait for the edict, and you can't do it without permission." "It's better to call Comrade Yang Guang, chairman of the board of directors, urgently, if the leader blames him, you will be dismissed from office and go home, and it is not impossible for your head to move at worst.
Gao Xi, such a bullish master, was beheaded with just a few complaints, is your head harder than that of Gao Da? However, the cattle man Zhang Xutuo didn't care, he said something. Sutuo said: "The emperor is far away, and if he sends envoys back and forth, he will drown the order of the years."
The people are in an urgent situation, and if they are to be reported, they should be in a ravine. If I am guilty of this, I will die without hatred. "The emperor is far away in the center, and now the emergency call is too late, and the lives of the people can't wait, if you go back and forth such a procedure, it is estimated that all the games will be over, if I am convicted for this, I am willing."
Zhang Xutuo did not study Lei Feng, Jiao Yulu, and Kong Fansen, still less did he join the party, nor did he receive advanced education and participate in special training in the important thinking of the "three stresses" and "three represents." However, he was able to stand up in the face of his own safety and duties at a time of crisis, and truly practiced what it means to sacrifice one's life for righteousness and righteousness. His ** hasn't come yet.
Since ancient times, heroes and beauties have not allowed to see white heads in the world. If such a big hero is under the end of his life, he must have no sense of beauty, he will not impress future generations, and fate must end with a tragic ending, although we are not writing novels in the form of fiction.
His terminator is the black boy Hero Li Mi. is very similar to Yuan Chonghuan, a scholar who had never led a soldier at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in Ningyuan City, who was invincible in his life. Li Mi is the Yuan scholar, and Zhang Xutuo is very much like the Qing Taizu.
In the twelfth year of the Great Cause (616 AD), the Great Sui Dynasty was already in turmoil. In the winter of this year, Zhang Xutuo, who was the commander of the Zhengzhou Military Region (Xingyang Tongshou), led the army to encircle and suppress the rampant main force of Wagang. I have introduced the details of the specific battle situation in the work, so I won't talk nonsense here.
Just talk about the results. The battle of Dahai Temple, Li Mi ambushed the soldiers in all directions, Zhang Xutuo's main force was cut, although brave and invincible, but after all, he was powerless, and he led the troops out of the encirclement to save his life, but in order to rescue the brothers, he entered the encirclement, so he counted four.
> The prancing horse came to his rescue. There are four comings and goings, and everyone is defeated" again and again, but the main force cannot be rescued, and the army has long been broken up and cut. Zhang Xutuo sighed: "The defeat is like this, how can you see the Son of Heaven?" "Dismount and continue to kill the enemy, which is similar to suicide, and soon dies in battle. When they got the news of the death of the coach, the other soldiers wept bitterly, day and night.
& The soldiers wept all night, and they did not stop for several days. As soon as the "pillar stone" of this country fell, the Central Plains south of the Yellow River was basically swept away by Wagang, and the Great Sui was quickly finished. A hero born at the wrong time, a bull man who was fooled by the history of the times, if he lived in the world, would he still shine in the annals of history?
If he met the boss not Yang Guang but Li Shimin, what kind of life would he achieve? But history has no ifs, only results! What was his heart like when he was defeated and suicidal and dismounted? Helpless? Grieved? Regret? Or whining or even hate? Official, have you ever encountered a similar situation like Brother Zhang Meng? Do you have Li Sutuo or Wang Sutuo around you? I'm embarrassed!
Yang Liang was greatly frightened when he learned that Gao Bi was lost, and personally led an army of 100,000 to resist in Haoze (north of Fenyang County). Unexpectedly, it rained heavily, and the little prince of the Yang family could endure such suffering, and he used to lead the troops to fight, but others were rushing, and he was at ease in the military tent.
Rain? Haven't heard of it. This master immediately planned to retreat. This Wang Fei was anxious when he saw it, no, he was going to flee before he hit your boss? Hurriedly advised Yang Liang that our side is strong and strong, and waits for work, and Yang Subing's major general is exhausted, and the other party can be defeated in a battle.
But Yang Liang said that he would not do anything, and he would retreat after beating the horse. It didn't matter if he retreated, the people below followed the swarm to retreat, and the morale of the army quickly collapsed, and they scattered and fled without returning. This Yang Su was behind the butcher's knife raised high, chasing and killing.
Yang Liang was defeated again. Yang Liang retreated to Qingyuan (Qingxu County, Shanxi Province). How could Yang Su, the god of war, give him a little respite, and continue to launch a fierce attack, Yang Liang went out of the city to face the battle, and was defeated. This time, the number of people is recorded in the history books.
There is really no way, Yang Liang retired from the nest and the state city. Yang Su besieged the city on all sides, and Yang Liang saw that the general trend had gone, and he fell into poverty. In the end, like his younger brother Yang Xiu, he was imprisoned until Jiangdu was killed
& Emperor Yang Jian often shows affection with his wife, and boasts that all the five sons born to him were born to Queen Dugu. The previous emperors were often despised and disdained by Yang Jian due to the tragedy of the emperor's struggle for the throne, and his five sons and compatriots would naturally put an end to this tragedy. But the laws of history and the development of things do not change by the will of a certain historical figure.
Even if you're the emperor, that's not going to work. It is precisely he, the fifth son of his compatriot who seems to be the closest by blood, who staged the most tragic historical drama of seizing the heir. All five sons died. Ruthless is the most emperor's family! This is a human tragedy!
Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian became the emperor and had two era names, one was Kaihuang and the other was Renshou. The era name originated in China, and later Vietnam, Japan, Mongolia and other East Asian countries also borrowed it, and it is Japan that still uses the emperor's era name.
But the invention right of this era name belongs to the wise Shenwu Emperor of the Han Dynasty, Comrade Liu Che of the Han Dynasty. What is the era name used for? In fact, it is a condensation of the emperor's ruling thought and governing philosophy, representing the will of the emperor or the vision of governing for a period of time. Emperor Wen of Sui Emperor Yang Jian usurped Zhou Lisu, and after becoming emperor, he used a total of two era names.
It's kind of interesting. The first is the "Kaihuang", from 581 AD to 600 AD, a total of 20 years. During the opening of the emperor, Yang Jian put down the rebellion, destroyed Chen, surrendered Hu, conquered Liao, etc., made the territory vast, the household registration was prosperous, and the political government ended the great division of the northern and southern dynasties in China for 300 years, and established the system of three provinces and six parts of the political system, formulated the law of opening the emperor, created the imperial examination system, and implemented the Juntian system, etc., which was unparalleled in the world in terms of civil and martial arts, and made extremely important contributions to the progress of the nation and the prosperity of the country.
It is no wonder that Westerners think that the two greatest emperors in Chinese history, one is Qin Shi Huang and the other is our great Sui Emperor Wen Emperor Comrade Yang Jian.
Yang Jian took Kaihuang as the name of the era, which has a deep meaning. That is, like the three emperors and five emperors, to open up a new glory of the Chinese nation! How bold and courageous! At the same time, the heroic spirit of Emperor Wen of Sui and Yang Jian's ambition to open up his territory, expand his territory, and establish great achievements was fully revealed.
But in the middle and late stages of Kaihuang, Emperor Wen obviously felt tired and helpless. On the one hand, when you become famous, you naturally have the idea of relaxation and pleasure.
Let Yang Su go to build Renshou Palace, for the two old couples to go on a leisure vacation and enjoy life. In addition, the partisan struggles within the court were complicated, and he was tired and tired. Although he handled Yang Yong's deposition quite decisively and even ruthlessly, I think he must have been very conflicted in his heart. Some people will think that it was Emperor Wen Yang Jian who passed the throne to this absurd and unscrupulous Yang Guang, who directly led to the fall of the Great Sui Empire.
And if Yang Jian is wise and gives the throne to Yang Yong, then the Great Sui will be prosperous and eternal forever. Is that so?
Of course, history has no ifs, only results. There are a lot of brothers who think this way. Hehe, personally.
It's a bit of an afterthought. I was in a bit of a hurry to eat rice in the college cafeteria at noon today, but I accidentally bit a small pebble when I took a bite. A tooth is simply broken. From this, it is concluded that you should not eat today. The reason: if you don't eat, your teeth won't break. Similarly, if the crown prince is not replaced, the Great Sui will not be finished.
Readers of history and those who come after them must think about the problem from the perspective of the specific stage, background and the situation of the parties involved at that time, so as to draw conclusions. According to the comparison of the personalities, abilities and prestige of the two princes of Yang Guang and Yang Yong at that time, it was the right choice to replace the crown prince. I believe that Comrade Wen Emperor Yang Jian must be very conflicted in his heart.
The palms and backs of the hands are full of meat, on one side is the ancestors' thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, and on the other side is the son's incompetence and arrogance. The failure of the crown prince Yang Yong gave him a strong sense of crisis, and he was always afraid that he would lose his son's life if he lost the country.
But if Jiangshan Sheji gives Yang Guang, the second child who is super capable and gentle and frugal, on the one hand, he can keep his ancestral Sheji and ensure that the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will not change color, and on the other hand, he can also save the lives of other sons. So he recognized a reason to abolish Yang Yong.
It is precisely because I love you, Dad, that I am bent on abolishing you. Otherwise, if you are driven down by someone and your father drives you down, your ending will be different. This psychology is so similar to the inner thoughts of Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who abolished Li Chengqian, did not establish Li Tai, and replaced Li Zhi! I am also a father and understand these two brothers very well. Yang Jian has no reason not to love Yang Yong, they are all his own sons, and there is not much hatred.
On the contrary, he loved too deeply. Because of the depth of love, we are responsible! He believed that love for his son should not be expressed in outward words, but in the heart and true deeds.
He only pays attention to the results and not the process, which is the accumulation of his experience in political struggles for many years. So the coldness on the surface hides the great love of being a father. This is also consistent with his daily habit of disliking luxury, being diligent and simple, and paying attention to practical results.
It's just that no one understands, including the son and the ministers of the court. As the founding emperor, Yang Jian's heart is uneasy, like Zhu Yuanzhang, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Although Emperor Zhu often scolded his eldest son Zhu Biao, in fact, like all fathers in the world, his love for his son was deeply hidden under the superficial severity.
Once, because Zhu Biao was disobedient and objected to his cruelty to the heroes who fought with him, the beggar emperor took a whim, picked up the chair under his buttocks and threw it at Zhu Biao, although Zhu Biao was not hit, but he was also scared enough, and he couldn't afford to get sick after going back, and finally left his father early.
I believe that Zhu Yuanzhang loves Zhu Biao. For the early death of the eldest son Zhu Biao, the beggar emperor Zhu Yuanzhang was quite sad. So much so that the throne was passed directly to Zhu Biao's son-in-law, Emperor Jianwen Zhu Yunwen.
Once Zhu Yuanzhang ordered his son to pick up a bunch of thorns on the ground, and Zhu Biao replied that it was full of thorns and could not be picked up. Zhu Yuanzhang told his son, then I'll pull out all these thorns for you, and you can pick them up.
He wanted to indirectly sue his son for his good intentions in cutting off the heroes. Yang Jian, like Zhu Yuanzhang, loves his son, but only in terms of expressing love, outsiders generally can't really understand it. In addition, in the feudal hierarchical society, the father and son are originally very high and low-level, and "strictness is love, drowning is harm" is the holy precept of the godson.
Sternness is the duty of a good father. Yan Father is the standard title for Chinese fathers. But love has to be spoken. Yang Jian also wanted to speak, but there was no chance and no environment, let alone possibility. We have all misread Yang Jian as a father. Pity the hearts of parents all over the world. Knowing the truth makes me sigh.