Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 1469 Monument of Holy Virtue

But this only initiative was not successful.

After that, Gongsun Shu even hid in Shu for stability. He liked to change the official positions in the county. He followed the example of the Emperor of the Han Dynasty. He made his younger brother Gongsun Guang the Great Sima, Gongsun Hui the Great Sikong, and appointed his second son as the Great Sima. King, Shi Jianwei and Guanghan several counties.

The ministers tried to persuade them, thinking that success or failure was still unknown and the army was exposed. They should not be unambitious and dampen the hearts of their supporters.

But Gongsun Shu refused to listen. This is because it is clear that character determines destiny. He is a frog in the well and is arrogant.

Gongsun Shu repeatedly reiterated Liu Xiu's proposal to surrender. After being attacked and defeated by Emperor Guangwu's Han general Cen Peng, he began to reverse the strategy and told his subordinates, "Whether it is good or bad is fate. There is no way to surrender." Where is the Emperor!" He is determined to resist to the end. He is a very stubborn person.

Unable to defeat the Han army, he sent assassins, and actually succeeded in assassinating two Han army generals, Lai She and Cen Peng.

While Liu Xiu wrote to continue to recruit Gongsun Shu, he changed his generals to Wu Han and Zang Gong.

Then they won a great victory all the way and surrounded Chengdu.

At this time, Gongsun Shu only had one Yancen left who could be used. So on Yancen's suggestion, he took out all the gold and silk and recruited more than 5,000 death squads. He invited the battle head-on, but secretly sent this strange army to surround him. , defeated the Wu Han army.

That battle caught Wu Han off guard. Even Wu Han himself fell into the water and survived by holding on to the horse's tail.

However, these tactical victories could not change the strategic failure. On the other side, Zang Gong led the Han army to defeat the Shu army and reached Xianmen.

So Gongsun Shu calculated another hexagram, and the result was that he was "captured and killed under the city", and he was very happy. Then he asked Yancen to fight against Zang Gong, and he personally led tens of thousands of people to attack Wu Han again.

Yancen's side won three out of three battles, while Gongsun Shu and Wu Han's side were exhausted from early morning to noon.

At this moment, an elite force suddenly broke out from Wu Han's army and attacked Gongsun Shu.

This is called tit for tat. It turns out that Wu Han learned what he had learned and sold it. He imitated Gongsun Shu and secretly hid a death squad to defeat the enemy at the critical moment.

This time, Gongsun Shu, who was known as the White Emperor, did not have the luck of Wu Han, the second general of Yuntai. He was stabbed in the chest by the guard Gao Wu and fell off his horse.

The left and right men rescued Gongsun Shu into the city. After Gongsun Shu handed the remaining soldiers to Yancen, he died that night.

Early the next morning, Yancen surrendered to Wu Han, but Wu Han was so angry that he killed Gongsun Shu and the entire Yancen clan after entering the city.

Many people know about Baidi City because Liu Bei asked Zhuge Liang for help in Baidi City, but they don't know the historical origin of this city.

As a qualified cultural tourism guide, Zhou Zhi of course has to explain things in more depth and detail to his friends.

Starting from Baidi City, we entered the Qutang Gorge. The Qutang Gorge is only a short eight kilometers long, but its pass "Kuimen" is known as the most majestic in the world. There are cliffs on both sides of the bank. The ancients described it as "the bank is connected to the sky pass, and the boat travels from the cave." ".

It is the most dangerous and majestic of the Three Gorges. Thousands of years of history have been engraved on the cliffs by the literati and poets who passed by, and the talented and famous generals who guarded it. In addition, there are planks on the stone walls along the river, and between the cliffs. The stacked hanging coffins constitute the famous cultural landscape of "Qutang Cliff Carvings".

After the Three Gorges Project, this landscape will be submerged below the water level. Among the currently determined plans, except for the most famous one, the "Ode to the Holy Virtue of Emperor Zhongxing" in praise of Emperor Xiaozong of the Southern Song Dynasty, will be cut and relocated. All the stone carvings below will be protected in situ and sunk underwater.

In other words, future generations will no longer be able to see the scenes that Zhou Zhi and his party can see now.

"Ode to the Saintly Virtues of Zhongxing in the Imperial Song Dynasty" is more than four meters high, more than seven meters wide, and covers an area of ​​nearly 30 square meters. There are a total of 948 characters on it, each character is 20 centimeters in diameter. It was written by Zhao Buyou in the Southern Song Dynasty. , written by Zhao Gongshuo, a famous calligrapher. Zhao Buyou was a member of the Song Dynasty clan. He ascended the throne in the 27th year of Shaoxing and entered the official career. He became a famous capable official and a great upright official in the Southern Song Dynasty.

Successive prefectures and counties have made great achievements and were able to govern the local area to the extent that "the people fight without closing their doors at night".

When he was transferred to Kuizhou Road, the people were grateful for his virtue and blocked the city gates to prevent him from leaving. The imperial court allowed him to be transferred to Chengdu Road.

During his tenure, rice prices were pacified, Dujiangyan was repaired, and hunger in Sichuan was turned into prosperity.

Run a school in the family, conduct regular inspections, and promote outstanding talents. At the same time, a "self-litigation studio" was also set up, and the children who made mistakes were also sent there to study and reflect. Everyone in the clan was grateful for his virtue.

Every time the emperor drank with him, he would introduce him to the prince: "This is a virtuous minister." After his death, he was given the title of Kaifu Yitong Sansi and was granted the title of Chong Guogong.

Zhao Gongshuo was also a member of the clan, the sixth grandson of King Zhao Tingmei of Wei. He served as the general consul of Sichuan during the reign of Emperor Xiaozong and had known Ningguo Mansion and Bazhou. Outstanding calligraphy.

The official careers of the two Zhao clans intersected here, so each article and one book left this masterpiece in the history of calligraphy here.

In order to protect this cliff stone carving, later generations specially placed a large bowl on each word, glued it with glutinous rice lime mortar, and then painted it with mortar. The boat people looked at it from a distance and called it "white powder wall".

It was not until a long time ago that the buckle bowl fell off and the writing underneath was revealed. It is also one of the best-protected cliff stone carvings in China.

Since Zhezong, the Zhao Song clan and even the whole world have been called fans of Su Shi. The "Su flavor" in Zhao Gongshuo's calligraphy is very strong.

Different from the Tang Dynasty steles that prefer to use block letters, many famous Song steles have very prominent personalities. For example, the current cliff is written in running regular script, and the writing is free and unrestrained, and hearty.

However, unlike Su Shi's foundation in Jin calligraphy, which he took from King Fa Zhong, Zhao Gongshuo's foundation is obviously from Yan Zhenqing's Tang Kai script, so his writing is less of Su Shi's unrestrained and wanton, and more of restrained and steady.

This kind of calligraphy style made Zhou Zhi appreciate it even more. If Li Laosan hadn't urged him too hastily, he would have wanted to stay under this cliff for a whole day and seriously try to figure out this calligraphy style that is both condensed and lively.

"This cliff stone carving will be moved to the Three Gorges Museum to be built in Yuzhou." Li Laosan said: "Before it is dismantled into eight pieces, there will definitely be some units that have taken over it. Then we will ask about it and find the relevant units to get a copy. That’s it?”

Zhou Zhi couldn't help but feel heartbroken after hearing these words: "If you don't know the idiom, don't drop the book bag. It's cut into eight pieces and moved as a whole."

"Then tell me what's the difference between cutting it into eight pieces and cutting it into eight pieces?" Li Laosan expressed dissatisfaction.

Unable to argue with this sinology scumbag who graduated from Stanford University, Zhou Zhi had no choice but to give up: "I will remember this matter. You agreed. I won't see the inscription by then, so I will just ask."

Next, we entered a beautiful world where natural landscapes and cultural landscapes overlap.

The beauty of the Three Gorges is difficult to describe with brushstrokes. Only great poets and writers may be able to describe it.

A greater advantage of the research boat is that you can stop and go as you like. There are countless waterfalls and streams along the Xiajiang River. The beautiful scenery among them is something that ordinary tourists cannot experience, but the research boat can.

If they show their interest, Li Laosan will even ask Li Laosan to stop by a waterfall near the river. Everyone can collect spring water, make tea, take photos, even swim and catch crabs, and have a great time.

(End of this chapter)