Video Clip: Opening Inventory of the Ten Emperors

Chapter 180 Soldiers Saint Sun Wu
Yasheng Wu Qi's inventory has come to an end.

At the end, the reward finally came.

The sub-sage Wu Qi, whose excellent thoughts and military theories have been passed down through the ages, has been recognized in later generations.

He has made outstanding contributions and achieved outstanding results, and he deserves to be on the list.

So give a reward.

One of the rewards is a substitute talisman, the effect is the same as the reward given before.

The second reward is a Shouyuan Pill, which can increase the lifespan by three years.

As soon as the reward comes out.

Some are happy and some are sad.

As the protagonist, Wu Qi is naturally happy.

After all, Shouyuan Pill and Substitute Talisman are the treasures of treasures.

But for those nobles who hated Wu Qi deeply, their faces were very ugly.

"Damn! Really damn!"

"Why did you give Wu Qi a substitute amulet!"

"With the avatar, it will be even more difficult for us to kill him."

"And Wu Qi already knows that we are going to kill him, so he will definitely take precautions."

"How about we don't kill him?"

"Don't kill him? How is it possible! If it violates our interests, even if the Heavenly King Lao Tzu comes, he will die. Although it is more difficult to kill Wu Qi now, no matter what the price is, we must let him die. Ours Interests shall not be violated by others."

"Yes, Wu Qi can't afford it, I will never have a peaceful day."

Countless nobles of the Chu Kingdom were discussing.

They already hated Wu Qi so much that they couldn't let it go.

Wu Qi, they must be killed.

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Even Wu Qi's reputation outside the world could not change the nobles' murderous intentions towards him.

Why?

Just because the nobles in ancient China were too powerful.

Chinese aristocratic culture had two prosperous eras.

One is the feudal aristocrats in the pre-Qin period, representative figures such as the four princes of the Warring States period.

The other is the aristocracy of the gentry in the Wei, Jin, Sui and Tang Dynasties, represented by the so-called "five surnames and seven families", namely the Cui family of Boling, the Li family of Zhaojun, the Cui family of Qinghe, the Lu family of Fanyang, the Zheng family of Xingyang, the Li family of Longxi, and the Taiyuan family. Wang.

From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Han scholars emphasized family background, and this influence spread to the Hu regime, so that Xianbei established the Northern Wei Dynasty. Out of the consideration of reaching political cooperation with the Han Gaomen, they also attached great importance to family background.

In the era of Emperor Xiaowen, he paid a grand visit to the hinterland of the Han people - "Shandong" area".

It refers to the east of Xiaoshan Mountain, including a part of Shanxi, Shandong, most of Hebei and Henan.

Ranking of the gentry: When ranking the surnames, the Li family in Longxi (its representative was the later Li Tang royal family) worried that they would not be in the dignified position, so they went to Luoyang by camel star night, but by then the "four surnames" had been determined: Cui family of Qinghe, Fan Yang Lu family, Xingyang Zheng family, Taiyuan Wang family—there is no Longxi Li family.

In fact, at that time, the Li family in Longxi was also very distinguished. Emperor Xiaowen established the family of scholars. Although the Li family in Longxi (although its housing branch had moved to various places in "Shandong" at that time) did not list the "four surnames", its Li Bao branch It was also designated as the Jia family, and eventually became one of the "universal surnames".

But whether it was the Northern Wei Dynasty or the Tang Dynasty, the Cui family always ranked first among the gentry in the world.

During the Zhenguan period, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty could not bear the arrogance of the aristocratic family and ordered his important ministers to compile the "Clan Records".

Later, under the intervention of Emperor Taizong, the "Clan Records" elevated the royal family and suppressed the "Shandong gentry", but no actual effect was achieved. Look down on it, even wanting to marry the princess to a "Shandong gentry" has become an "impossible task".

After the "Anshi Rebellion", Tang entered the mid-Tang period. The political center of the Tang Dynasty was rebuilt. The children of the "five surnames" entered the court and served as high-ranking officials as prime ministers, controlling the government. For example, among the Cui family mentioned above, there were eleven prime ministers from the Cui family in Qinghe, and twelve from the Cui family in Boling.

In this way, the concept of aristocratic and powerful families of the ancients in the Middle Tang Dynasty was further strengthened, "five surnames and seven families", "relying on their family prestige, ashamed to marry all surnames", arrogantly carried out internal intermarriage to maintain noble blood.

In the late Tang Dynasty during Wenzong's era, people's concept of family status not only did not weaken, but became more serious. The "five surnames" even developed to the point where they could not look down on marriage with Li Tang's royal family.

During Tang Wenzong's time, the emperor proposed to the prime minister Zheng Qin, hoping that Zheng Tan could marry his granddaughter to the crown prince, but Zheng Tan would rather marry his granddaughter to Cui, who was a ninth-rank official at the time.

For this reason, Wen Zong was speechless: "People who practice marriage, regardless of official rank, go to the top to read it. My family has been the emperor for 200 years, and I don't care about Cui and Luye?"

The descendants of the Shandong gentry headed by the "five surnames" are unwilling to marry the royal family. In addition to their noble family status, they can see that the Shangli Tang Dynasty was born in the Six Towns Army Han, and more importantly, they do not agree with the royal family's culture. To put it bluntly, they think that the royal family (Longxi Li family) is uneducated.

Under the patriarchal system, social status was determined by marriage.

At that time, what was valued was 'Qing' and 'cultural tradition'. The aristocratic families of the Guanlong Group, including the royal family of Li and Tang (Longxi Li's family), did not have this condition.

Their ancestors were all uneducated Hu people or Huhua Han people. From Tang to Zhou, in just a hundred years, their culture had not reached a high level, so they were still not valued by culturally prominent people. "

Therefore, the Guanlong Group gained the highest political status, but its social status was lower than that of the Shandong gentry.

Liu Fang from the Tang Dynasty said: "The hostages in Shandong are married to Ya."

They were originally "ashamed to be married to other surnames", coupled with their contempt for the cultural traditions and family traditions of the royal Xianbei family, so they did not want to marry the royal family, nor did they want to marry a daughter to the royal family, nor did they want to marry a princess .

In addition, in the Tang Dynasty, some princesses were extravagant and arrogant, some were domineering and lascivious, and there were more jealous and cruel ones. Not only did princesses not practice women's etiquette, but it was not uncommon.

The princess does not practice the etiquette of women, and even is domineering, lewd, and cruel, which makes the noble family fearful, and it is also one of the important reasons why the noble family is unwilling to marry the royal family.

Therefore, the "five surnames" gentry and nobles regarded themselves as noble, and the story of refusing the marriage of Princess Li Tang was staged more than once in the middle and late Tang Dynasty.

With the beginning of the era of Emperor Xizong, Huang Chao broke out, Guangming was in chaos, and even the "White Horse Change", Zhu Wen, who cleaned up the remnants of the Tang Dynasty, threw Cui Yuan, Pei Shu and other high-ranking courtiers into the rolling Yellow River; thus, the 800-year-old clan The era of the aristocratic family was really washed into the depths of time by the torrent of history...

The Spring and Autumn and Warring States had laws, but no culture, and it was impossible to talk about unifying the concept of culture.

The great powers of the Warring States Period gained real national power in the war and had a relatively independent will.

Although it is not necessarily correct, true, and complete, there are traces to follow.

Their attitude towards civil rule is more like a conquest by force, and the common people also have a part of their willingness to rule.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the nobles and scholar-official nobles were all controllers of their own interests. These people controlled the state's right to speak and the direction of domestic public opinion.

They have a systematic and complete set of aesthetics and political analysis capabilities. These people praise political figures in different directions, but the evaluation of figures at different levels has its own characteristics and tendencies.

Therefore, in the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, the nobles had too much power, and they would never allow Wu Qi to exist that violated their interests.

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After Wu Qi's video inventory is over.

The commanders of each parallel world are also looking forward to the next character to appear.

After all, there are not many places left.

But on the other hand, they are also very anxious.

Because look at who are the people on the list?
Bai Qi, the God of Killing, Xu Huo Qubing, the God of the Wolf, Li Jing, the Army God of the Great Tang Dynasty, Han Xin, the Soldier Fairy, Wei Qing, one of the Empire's Double Bibi, Wang Jian, one of the Four Great Generals of the Warring States Period, and Wu Qi, the sub-sage of military strategists...

Take any one of them out, they are all famous characters.

So, they lost their confidence again.

After all, if you compare yourself with them, what can you compare yourself with?
record?

reputation?

Impact on future generations?

or something else?

They have no confidence.

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Just in the anticipation of everyone, the inventory video continued.

What caught my eye was a familiar poem.

In order to worry about playing with sex and falling into the army, he pretended to be Chen Bing and went to Erji.

But he hates this opportunity so deeply that he cannot comprehend it, and later generations will not remonstrate and accept Xi Shi.

Take stock of China's top ten marshals.

The person on the list-Sun Tzu.

The dynasty it belonged to - the late Spring and Autumn Period.

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"It turned out to be Sun Wu?"

"I thought he'd be the last one on the scene."

"The last one? It's said that there is no order in the ranking. Sun Wu's first and last ones are the same."

"Yes, as a famous military strategist and statesman in the history of China, Sun Wu, a man honored as the "sage of soldiers", also known as the "sage of military strategists", known as the "master of a hundred generations of military strategists" and "the originator of oriental military science", no matter what When he comes out, his fame will not be avoided."

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The exact lineage of Sun Wuzu started from Yu Yanfu, a descendant of Shun.

When King Wu of Zhou defeated Zhou, Yu Yan's father was the pottery official of Zhou State, in charge of making pottery and managing all the pottery workers.

Because of its good management and complete equipment, King Wu of Zhou married the eldest daughter Daji to Man Man, the son of the patriarch, and sealed him to Huaiyang County, Henan Province, and established Chen State. King Zhou also gave Man Man the surname.

Known as Hu Gong, he became the first monarch of Chen State.

Sun Wu was born in an aristocratic family, but found another place to gain a foothold.

Sun Wu's ancestor was GUI Man, who was canonized as the king of Chen Guo by the emperor of Zhou Dynasty.

Later, due to a coup d'état in Chen State, Sun Wu's immediate distant ancestor GUI Wan fled to Qi State with his family and defected to Duke Huan of Qi.

Duke Huan of Qi had heard of Chen Gongzi Gui Wan's name a long time ago, and knew that although he was young, he was very talented, so he appointed him as Gongzheng in charge of all the affairs of the craftsmen.

After GUI Wan settled down in Qi State, he changed his surname from GUI to Tian, ​​so he was also called Tian Wan.

More than 100 years later, the Tian family has produced many talents. After several generations, it has become a big family in Qi State. Its status is becoming more and more prominent, and its territory in Qi State is also growing.

Tian Shu, the fifth grandson of Tian Wan, became a doctor of the Qi State and was very talented in military affairs. Because of his meritorious service in leading the army to attack Ju, Duke Jing of Qi granted him a piece of mining land in Le'an.

The feudal lords bestowed on their subordinate ministers and officials the lands and euphemisms of Shilu, which is also known as the "Food Emporium" in the "benefit" style.

And given the surname Sun.

Therefore, Tian Shu is also called Sun Shu.

Sun Ping, the son of Sun Shu, became Minister of Qi and became the highest official below the monarch of Qi. Sun Wu was Sun Ping's son.

Sun Wu was born in an aristocratic family. The superior family conditions provided him with a good learning environment, enabling him to read ancient military classics, and also understand the combat experience of the Yellow Emperor defeating the Four Emperors and the historical facts of Yi Yin, Jiang Taigong, and Guan Zhong.

In that era, wars were frequent and mergers were fierce. His grandfather and father were generals who were good at leading troops in battle. He also heard and witnessed some wars since he was a child, which provided more favorable conditions for the cultivation of Sun Tzu's military talents.

It can also be said that Sun Tzu is a lucky one.

At that time, there were many internal contradictions and crises in Qi State.

In the early years of Qi Jinggong, Zuo Xiang Qingfeng killed the right minister Cui Zhu.

Then the four big families Tian, ​​Bao, Luan and Gao joined forces again and drove Qing Feng away.

Later, the civil strife became more and more serious, and the struggle for power and profit intensified.

Sun Tzu was extremely disgusted with this kind of internal struggle and was unwilling to participate in it.

In order to get rid of the chaotic environment, he had the idea of ​​going far away and finding another way out to display his talents.

At that time, since Shoumeng became king in the south, the state of Wu joined Jin and conquered Chu.

Therefore, Sun Tzu believed that Wu State was his ideal place to display his talents and realize his ambitions.

Around the 31st year of King Jinggong of Qi, Sun Wu was in his youth. He resolutely left Le'an, bid farewell to the state of Qi, and traveled long distances to the state of Wu.

After Sun Wu arrived in Wu State, he got acquainted with Wu Zixu who came from Chu State. Wu Zixu was also a very capable person. He was originally a famous minister of Chu State.

In 520 BC, because his father Wu She and elder brother Wu Shang were killed by King Ping of Chu, he fled to Wu State.

He determined to raise troops to attack Chu and avenge his father and brother.

Both of them had the desire to achieve great things, so they talked very speculatively and became friends.

At that time, the situation in Wu State was also in turmoil, so they decided to take refuge in seclusion for the time being, and then look for opportunities to display their abilities to realize their ideals.

In 510 BC, Prince Guang of Wu State took advantage of the opportunity of Wu State's attack on Chu and the emptiness in the country, sent assassins to kill King Liao of Wu, and then proclaimed himself king, called Helu.

Because he ascended to the throne by improper means, he was extraordinarily respectful to the corporals and recruited talents.

Knowing that Wu Zixu was originally a famous minister of Chu State, he sent someone to find him and entrusted him with important positions.

He Lu was also sympathetic to the people's sentiments, he was not greedy for delicious food, and he was not close to women's sex. He paid attention to the development of production, built city walls, and trained the army, so he won the hearts of the people.

After a period of hard work, Wu Guo presented a thriving scene.

Although Sun Wu lives in seclusion in the outskirts of Wudu, he is also very clear about what King Wu has done, and he has a clearer view of his future.

In a place where he lived in seclusion, he irrigated the garden and cultivated, while writing the art of war based on the knowledge he had accumulated in the past, and asked his friend Wu Zixu to recommend himself to the king of Wu.

Three years after Helu ascended the throne, the state of Wu was stable, with sufficient granaries and strong troops. It was decided to march westward to conquer Chu, and the preparations were basically completed.

Wu Zixu suggested to Helu that such a long-distance expedition must not be taken lightly, and only a military strategist who is well versed in strategy can plan and command to be sure of victory.

He recommended Sun Wu to King Helu of Wu.

There is also an allusion of Wu Zixu's "seven recommended grandsons" in later generations.

Unable to withstand the other party's hard work, King Wu agreed to meet Sun Wu.

After all, the other party boasted about Sun Wu so much, he also wanted to see if Sun Wu was really as capable as Wu Zixu said.

And this meeting also gave Sun Wu a chance to show himself.

(End of this chapter)