Chapter 108 Han-Hungarian Relations - Su Wu Shepherd

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The relationship between Han and Hungary entered a relatively short period of peace when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hit the Xiongnu hard, but the Han Empire itself was also greatly damaged by the great achievements of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and the recklessness of the army. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

In order to prevent the partially rejuvenated Han Empire from really inflicting a fatal blow on the Xiongnu, in 81 BC, the Xiongnu Huyan Shan finally decided to release Su Wu, who had been declared dead by them, and let Su Wu return to the Han Empire.

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In Chinese history, if you mention loyalty and integrity, many people will think of a person, and this person is the protagonist of the "Su Wu Shepherd" that has been handed down in history - Su Wu.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty continued to crusade against the Xiongnu, and the two sides sent envoys to scout each other many times. The Xiongnu detained more than ten groups of people before and after the Han envoys Guo Ji and Lu Chongguo, and the Han Dynasty also detained the Xiongnu envoys to offset them.

In the first year of the Tianhan Dynasty (100 BC), and the Marquis of Shan Yu ascended the throne, he was afraid of being attacked by the Han Dynasty, so he said: "The Son of Heaven of the Han Dynasty is my elder." "Returned the Han envoy Lu Chongguo and others who were previously seized. In order to praise him, Emperor Wu sent Su Wu as a Zhonglang general to escort the Xiongnu envoys who were detained in Han to return to China, and gave Shan Yu a gift to thank Shan Yu. Su Wu, together with Zhang Sheng, the deputy lieutenant general, and Chang Hui, the temporarily appointed envoy, and temporarily recruited soldiers and scouts to go together. When he arrived at the Xiongnu, he gave property to Shan Yu. Shan Yu became more and more arrogant, which was not what Han expected.

Shan Yu sent a decent envoy to escort Su Wu and others, and it happened that King Wu and Yu Chang and others rebelled in the Xiongnu, and secretly planned to kidnap Shan Yu's mother Yan to defect to the Han Dynasty. It happened that Su Wu waited for the Xiongnu. When Yu Chang was in the Han Dynasty, he had an old relationship with Zhang Sheng, visited Zhang Sheng in private, and said: "I heard that the emperor of the Han Dynasty hated Wei Lu very much, and I can shoot him with a hidden arrow for the Han Dynasty." My mother and younger brother are both in Han and hope that they will be rewarded by the Han Dynasty. Zhang Sheng agreed to him and gave Yu Chang a lot of property.

More than a month later, Shan Yu went out hunting, and only the Yan family and Shan Yu's children were there. Before Yu Chang and more than 70 people got up, one of them escaped at night and exposed their plan. Shan Yu's disciples fought with them, and the king and others were killed in battle, and Yu was often captured alive. Shan Yu sent Weilu to hear the case. When Zhang Sheng heard the news, he was worried that what He Yu Chang said would be exposed, so he told Su Wu what happened. Su Wu said: "It has happened, and it will definitely implicate me." If I am violated, I am even more sorry for the country. So he wanted to kill himself. Zhang Sheng and Chang Hui stopped him. Yu Chang really confessed to Zhang Sheng. Shan Yu was furious, convened the nobles to discuss, and wanted to kill the Han envoy. Zuo Yi Zhizi said: "If someone plots to kill Shan Yu, how can the punishment be increased? "Shan Yu sent Wei Lu to summon Su Wu to be interrogated. Su Wu said to Chang Hui: "Qu Jie is humiliated, even if he is alive, what face will he return to Han!" Saying that, he drew a knife and stabbed himself, Wei Lu was shocked, hugged Su Wu, and sent someone to ride a fast horse to find a doctor. The doctor dug a pit in the ground, lit a fire in the pit, put Su Wu on the pit, and knocked him on the back to let the bruises flow out. Su Wu had already lost his breath, and it took a long time before he had his breath. Chang Hui and the others wept and drove Su Wu back to the camp in a car. Shan Yu admired Su Wu's temperance, sent people to visit and inquire in the morning and evening, and imprisoned Zhang Sheng.

From the above description, it can be seen that Su Wu's detention was entirely the result of being implicated in a conspiracy.

Next, Su Wu's injuries gradually improved, and Shan Yu sent an envoy to persuade Su Wu to surrender, and at the same time tried Yu Chang, hoping to make Su Wu surrender.

After Wei Lu killed Yu Chang with his sword, he said: "The murder of a minister close to Shan by the Han envoy Zhang Sheng should be a capital crime, but it should be a capital crime to recruit those who are willing to surrender and pardon their crimes." "Raise your sword to cut Zhang Sheng, Zhang Sheng, please surrender.

Wei Lu said to Su Wu: "The adjutant is guilty, and the supervisor should also sit together." Su Wu said: "I didn't participate in the plan in the first place, and I'm not his relative, why should I sit together?" Wei Lu raised his sword to Su Wu again, and Su Wu did not move. Wei Lu said: "Su Jun, I was fortunate to receive the grace of Shan Yu before the Han Dynasty to submit to the Xiongnu, and I was fortunate to receive the grace of Shan Yu, who was given a title and wealth, managed tens of thousands of people, and piled up mountains with cattle, horses and livestock, so that I was as rich as I am today." Su Jun surrendered today, and he will be like me tomorrow. Otherwise, it will be used as fertilizer for weeds in vain, who will know!"

Su Wu didn't react. Wei Lu said, "If you surrender to me, I will be a brother to you." If you don't listen to my advice today, it won't be so easy for you to see me again in the future. Su Wu scolded Wei Lu and said: "You are a courtier, regardless of kindness and righteousness, betray the monarch and your parents, surrender to the barbarians and become a prisoner, what do I see you do? The Nanyue Kingdom once killed the envoys of the Han Dynasty, and was finally eliminated by the Han Dynasty, and the Nanyue Kingdom also became the nine counties of the Han Dynasty; King Wan once killed the Han envoys, and was finally eliminated by the Han Dynasty, and his head was also hung at the north gate for public display; the Korean Dynasty killed the Han envoys, and the country was immediately destroyed. Only the Xiongnu have not suffered such a fate. You know that if I don't surrender, you want to kill me, so that the two countries will go to war, and the destruction of the Xiongnu will begin with me. ”

Wei Lu knew that Su Wu could not be coerced, so he reported Shan Yu. Shan Yu wanted to make him surrender more and more, so he imprisoned Su Wu, put him in a large cellar, and did not give him food and drink. It was snowing, Su Wu lay down and chewed the snow, swallowed it with the felt hair, and did not die for a few days. The Xiongnu thought he was a god, so they moved Su Wu to Beihai and asked him to let the ram goat, saying that he could return to the Han only when the ram gave birth to a lamb. At the same time, his subordinates Chang Hui and others were placed elsewhere.

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Su Wu was not a dignitary in the Han court, and he was not completely clear about the true situation of the Han Empire.

And the Xiongnu at that time and the Marquis of Yu only persuaded Su Wu to surrender, perhaps out of the premise of buying horse bones.

But Su Wu did not surrender because of this in the end, and chose a path that he himself did not expect to have any results.

And in the end, this evolved into the story of Su Wu's shepherding sheep.

When Su Wu arrived in Beihai, he had no food supply, so he could only dig the fruits stored by wild mice to eat. Su Wu shepherded sheep on the Han Festival, and held them in his daily life, so that all the hairs on the festival fell off. After five or six years, Shan Yu's younger brother Yu Jing went hunting in Beihai. Su Wu would weave hunting nets, correct bows and crossbows, and weigh him with weapons, providing him with clothes and food. More than three years later, King Yu Jing was seriously ill, and Su Wu was given horses, livestock, clothing, and a dome. After the death of King Yujing, his subordinates also moved away. In winter, the Ding Ling people stole Su Wu's cattle and sheep, and Su Wu was poor again.

When Su Wu was in the Han Dynasty, he and Li Ling both held official positions in the waiting.

In the second year of Emperor Wu Tianhan (99 BC), Li Ling surrendered to the Xiongnu and did not dare to visit Su Wu. Houshan Yu sent Li Ling to Beihai to set up a banquet and singing and dancing for Su Wu.

Li Ling said to Su Wu: "Shan Yu heard that I have a deep friendship with Ziqing, so let me persuade you, he really can become a courtier of the Xiongnu." You can't return to the Han until you die, and you let yourself suffer in a place where there is no one in vain, even if you stick to your faith, who can see it? In the past, Changjun was the captain of Fengche, and he drove to Yong's Yanyang Palace, and the emperor helped him to get rid of it, hit a pillar and broke the wheel, and was accused of great disrespect, and killed himself with a sword, and the emperor gave 2 million money as funeral expenses. Ruqing followed the Holy Driving Shrine to the east of the river, and the eunuch rode with the Huangmen horse to fight for the boat, pushing the horse into the river and drowning. The eunuch fled, and the emperor issued an edict to let Ruqing chase him, but he was not caught, and Ruqing committed suicide by taking poison in panic. When I came, your mother had unfortunately passed away, and I was buried in Yangling. Your wife is young, and I heard that she has remarried. There are only two younger sisters, two daughters and a son, and it has been more than ten years since you left home, and I don't know if you are still alive. When I first surrendered, I was also like going crazy, hating myself for betraying the Han Dynasty, and my mother was taken in the palace. Besides, Your Majesty is old, the laws and regulations are impermanent, and there are dozens of families whose ministers have been exterminated without committing crimes, and you can't even guarantee your own safety, can you still take care of others? Please follow my advice and don't say anything else. ”

Su Wu said: "Our Su family father and son have no credit, it is because of His Majesty that he can be ranked as a general, won the title of marquis, and his brother is a close minister, I have always wanted to repay his kindness." Now I can kill to repay my kindness, even if I go up and down the oil pot, I feel happy. A courtier serves the monarch as a son serves his father. There is no regret for the son to die for his father. I hope you don't say any more. Li Ling drank with Su Wu for a few days, and then said, "You just listen to me!" Su Wu said: "I have already died! If the right school king (Li Ling's title in the Xiongnu) must let me surrender, please stop today's feast, and I will die directly in front of you!"

Seeing that Su Wu was so sincere, Li Ling sighed and said, "What a righteous man! The sins of me and Wei Lu are all over the sky!"

Later, Li Ling went to Beihai and said to Su Wu: "The district has caught a live mouth in the clouds, saying that the officials below the Taishou are wearing white clothes, and that the emperor has died." Su Wu cried loudly when he heard this, vomiting blood, and crying every morning and evening for several months.

In the second year of Emperor Wu (87 BC), Emperor Zhao ascended the throne.

A few years later, the Xiongnu and the Han Dynasty reached a peace agreement. The Han Dynasty sought Su Wu and others, and the Xiongnu lied that Su Wu was dead. Later, the Han envoy went to the Xiongnu again, Chang Hui asked the guards to go with him, met the Han envoy at night, and originally described the situation in the Xiongnu in recent years. Tell the Han envoy to say to Shan Yu: Han Tianzi shot hunting in Shanglin Garden, shot a wild goose, tied a silk book to his feet, and said that Su Wu and others were in Beihai. Han was very happy, and asked Shan Yu as Chang Hui said. Shan Yu was very surprised to see the people around him, and apologized to the Han envoy and said, "Su Wu and the others are indeed still alive. ”

So Li Ling set up a wine banquet to congratulate Su Wu and said: "Today you return, you are famous among the Xiongnu and have made outstanding achievements in the Han royal family." Even if the deeds recorded in the ancient history books and the characters depicted in the pictures can surpass you! Although I, Li Ling, am incompetent and cowardly, if Han Ting forgives my sins and does not kill my old mother, so that I can realize the wish that I have accumulated for a long time under the great shame and humiliation, this may be similar to Cao Mo's alliance in Keyi, which I have never forgotten before! Arresting and killing my entire family has become a great shame in the world, what should I care about? Forget it, let you know my heart! I have become a foreigner, and this farewell will be cut off forever! Li Ling danced and sang: "After a journey of thousands of miles, I have passed through the desert, and I have led troops to fight the Huns for the king." The way back is cut off, the swords and arrows are destroyed, and the soldiers are all dead, and my reputation is ruined. The old mother is dead, although she wants to repay her kindness!" Li Ling burst into tears, so he said goodbye to Su Wu.

In addition to those who had surrendered and died before, there were a total of nine people who followed Su Wu back.

In the spring of the sixth year of Emperor Zhao (81 BC), Su Wu returned to Chang'an. Emperor Zhao ordered Su Wu to bring a sacrifice to the Wu Emperor Yuan Temple. The official worship is a subordinate country, and he has 2,000 stones, and he has given 2 million yuan, 2 hectares of official land, and a residence. Chang Hui, Xu Sheng, and Zhao Zhonggen all worshiped Zhonglang and gave 200 pieces of silk each. The remaining six returned to their hometowns due to old age, and each was given 100,000 yuan and exempted from forced labor for life.

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Although the story of Su Wu's shepherd sheep has been passed down through the ages, what happened to Su Wu after returning to the Han Dynasty was no better than his place in the Xiongnu.

In the seventh year of Emperor Zhao (80 years ago), the left general Shangguan Ji, the hussar general Shangguan An and his son rebelled against the imperial historian Sang Hongyang, the king of Yan, Liu Dan, and the princess of Eyi, and Su Yuan, the son of Su Wu, was executed for participating in the conspiracy.

At first, Shangguan Ji, Shangguan An and the Great Sima General Huo Guang fought for power. Shangguan Ji's father and son repeatedly recorded Huo Guang's mistakes and handed them to Liu Dan, the king of Yan, so that Liu Dan wrote to Emperor Zhao and denounced Huo Guang. He also said that Su Wu sent the Xiongnu to refuse to surrender for 20 years, but after returning to the Han Dynasty, it was only for the sake of the vassal state. However, Huo Guang's subordinates had no merit, but they were promoted to the rank of captain of Sosu, and Huo Guang was authoritarian and presumptuous.

Until Liu Dan and others were executed, the conspirators were tracked down. Su Wu had an old relationship with Shangguan Ji and Sang Hongyang, and King Yan went to the book several times because of Su Wu's high martial arts, and his son participated in the rebellion. Captain Ting's letter requesting the arrest of Su Wu. Huo Guang put the chapter on hold and only dismissed Su Wu from office.

In the first year of Emperor Zhao's Yuanping (74 BC), Emperor Xuan ascended the throne. Emperor Xuan gave the Marquis of Suwu Guannei, and there were 300 households. Guard general Zhang Anshi recommended Su Wutong to learn about the code system and send envoys to hold the festival without surrendering. So Emperor Xuan summoned Su Wu to listen to the summons in the eunuch office, and went to see him many times. Worship the right Cao Dian vassal country. Because Su Wu was a highly respected minister, he was only ordered to enter the court on the first and fifteenth days of each month, and was honored as "sacrificial wine". Su Wu gave all the rewards he received to his younger brother and his neighbors and friends in the past, leaving no possessions at home. Mourning the Empress Wang's father Xu Guanghan, Emperor Xuan's uncle Pingchang Marquis Wang Wushu and Lechang Marquis Wang Wu, Che Cavalry General Han Zeng, Prime Minister Wei Xiang, and Imperial Historian Bingji, all respected Su Wu.

At this time, Su Wu was very old, and Emperor Xuan asked left and right: "Su Wu has been in the Xiongnu for so long, do you still have children?" Su Wu stated to Emperor Xuan through Xu Guanghan, Marquis of Ping'en: "In the past, when the Xiongnu were married, the Xiongnu woman who married happened to give birth to a son, whose name was Tongguo, and there was news that he wanted to send gold, silver, and silk through the Han envoy to redeem the boy. Emperor Xuan agreed. Later, Su Tongguo returned to the Han Dynasty with the Han envoy, and Emperor Xuan ordered him to be Lang. and let Su Xian's son be the right Cao.

Su Wu lived to be more than eighty years old, and died in the second year of Emperor Xuan's reign (60 BC). (To be continued.) )

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