Riding the wind of rebirth

Chapter 869 Stories and Customs

"However, even after Liu Zheng surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, Diaoyu City was quickly taken back by the Song army, and in the ensuing battle, he showed indomitable and loyal."

"In the first year of Song Deyou, the Yuan army aggressively attacked Sichuan, and when the cities along the river heard the wind and surrendered, Mei Yingchun, who was the Minister of Rites of the Southern Song Dynasty at that time, served as the 'pacifier of Tongchuan Road, Zhijiang Anzhou' surrendered again without a fight;"

"The following year, the righteous men Xian Kunpeng and Liu Lin in Shenarm City raised their righteousness. With the support of [-] infantry from Diaoyu City, they opened the city gate together from inside and outside, wiped out the Yuan army in Shenarm City, captured Mei Yingchun alive, and beheaded them on the spot. Take back God Arm City."

"Two years later, the upstream cities such as Jiading and Xuzhou, which protected Manzhou's safety, had already surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, and Manzhou had become an isolated city."

"In the second year of Jingyan, Emperor Duanzong of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan army completed the iron wall encirclement of the defenders of Shenarm City. The focus of the siege was on the east gate and the south gate of Shenarmzui. Shenarm City was besieged for several months. The reinforcements in the city were also ambushed by the Yuan army on the way and could not be reinforced."

"At this time, the solitary army in the city has been defending for several months, 'eat all, people eat each other', but the army and the people vowed not to surrender, bloody battle to the end. In November, the Yuan army launched a fierce attack, the east gate was breached in the fierce battle, like a tide The Yuan soldiers fought street battles with the weak, hungry and exhausted defenders."

"Following closely, the navy of the Yuan army broke through the south gate again, and began to attack from two directions."

"The flames in the city shot up to the sky, the sound of killing shook the ground, and it was plunged into a sea of ​​blood. In the end, the guard of the God Arm City Wang Shichang died in battle, and the isolated city fell."

"Wen Tianxiang heard that the city of God's Arm was lost, and wrote the poem "General Luzhou" in prison to express his condolences to Wang Shichang: "The general lost in the southwest, with armor all over the world. The master is worried about the misfortune, and sighs and sighs!""

"On the night after the fall of Shenarm City, the people risked their lives to smuggle out Wang Shichang's body and buried it in Foyin Town, Jiachuan County, which is now the 'General Lake'."

"And now in God's Arm City, in addition to this huge Xuanwu statue, there are two statues full of contrast and irony..."

"Here's the elbow? Are you talking about ancient times here?" A handsome guy wearing a straw hat walked over from the edge of the open dam. It was Zhou Zhi's classmate, Xiang Yu, who was in Class [-] led by He Xiu.

"I heard from my uncle that a group of people the same age as me came, so I guessed it was you. They came to play with me on the agreed holiday, but told me to wait!" Xiang Yu was very happy, and greeted everyone one by one.

"The aborigines are here." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Hurry up, take us to see Grandfather Dadi and Grandma Da'er."

"What's so good about that? It's almost weathered." Xiang Yu said, "Why don't you go to my house to eat plums and grapes, or we can make jelly and cold cakes now, first agree to stay at my house tonight and don't leave!"

"Don't make trouble!" Zhou Zhi said, "I came here to receive patriotic education, so I have to leave anyway, eat jelly, etc. I have seen that it is not too late to eat at these two places."

"Let's go then, let's go back quickly." Xiang Yu has no feeling about this "patriotic education base" at all. He has played everywhere since he was a child and has no sense of surprise at all. I couldn't stand the seriousness like that, and waved my hand and turned to lead the way: "By the way, when we were young, we used to throw mud at Da'er mother-in-law, and the adults didn't stop it, but throwing mud at the big land is not acceptable, and you will be beaten. Do you know the reason?"

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I'll tell you when it's over."

There are two statues, one at the northwest corner of Xiaochangba and the other on the cliff outside the west gate.

The statue engraved on the boulder at the northwest corner of Xiaochangba in Shenarm City is a statue of a square-headed, big-eared, burly and dignified official in court clothes. It is well preserved, with its back facing east and west. Only the half body is nearly two meters high. "

"Even Xiang Yu probably doesn't know the origin of this statue." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "Real statues of the Lord of the Earth rarely have such a large statue. That's why people here call this statue 'Big Land'. "

"Actually, this is an official of the Southern Song Dynasty. I don't know his name anymore. I only know that he is a Hucao."

"When Liu Zheng rebelled and the city fell, this unknown household Cao, under Liu Zheng's butcher's knife, "stand up in the east verandah and worship the palace to the east" alone, and then died in a righteous way."

"Later generations were grateful for him, and specially carved his statue here. Later, in the Yuan Dynasty, in order to protect the statue, the local people claimed that he was the father-in-law of the land, so that it could be preserved."

"Actually, there is such a tradition in China. The legend of a loyal man becoming a city god after death is recorded in many ancient notes. Although Cao, a barbarian householder, did not leave his name, he still left an image. For our gratitude today."

"Let's bow down three times for this righteous man. Loyalty and patriotism cannot be lost." Zhou Zhi thought of the "calm patriotic" stalks that prevailed on Douyin in later generations, and those who posted "patriotic anchors" I can't help feeling a little bit emotional about the behavior of such labels.

In another 30 to [-] years, speaking irresponsibly has become a strange situation. All kinds of distorted and misleading remarks are even popular in some big media, which is really speechless.

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Liu Zheng rebelled against the Song Dynasty, at least he was sorry by the court. These people picked up the bowl to eat and put down the bowl to scold their mothers.

After bowing to the "big land", everyone went around the foot of the mountain and returned to the lotus pond. On the cliff outside the west gate, there are two cliff carvings.

These two stone carvings are somewhat weathered, and it can be seen that the stone carvings were excavated in an arched stone niche about 1.5 meters above the ground. In the middle of the picture, a large man sits in the south, nearly two meters high, with his head tilted. The back is raised like a hair knot, and the hands are placed on the knees, like an old woman, with an arrogant expression.

On the lower left side is a small person kneeling in front of his knees, but his height is less than one meter, and he looks like a urchin.

There are waiters on the left and right behind the sitting statue, and they are even shorter, only [-] centimeters.

Zhou Zhi said with a smile, "This statue is the legend of 'Sun Sun Da Po, change states and counties'."

"Yes." Xiang Yu said: "There is also a name 'Da'er mother-in-law'. I heard that a mother-in-law was resting outside the door with her grandson in her arms. beat'."

"A stupid official happened to pass by and thought it was a serious crime of disobedience without filial piety, so he reported it to the emperor."

"The emperor was furious when he learned of this, and ordered that Manzhou should not be established as a prefecture, and was reduced to Jiangyang County.

"In fact, the statue here is the historical record of Liu Zheng's surrender to the Yuan Dynasty." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "'Liu Zheng's descent to the Yuan Dynasty, the people of Lu are ashamed of it', the soldiers and civilians of Shenarm City have a gnashing hatred for Liu Zheng, the 'destroyed Song Dynasty traitor' , so in the form of cliff statues, Liu Zheng was chosen to kowtow to Kublai Khan, and the subject of slaves to take refuge in their masters, and nailed Liu Zheng to the pillar of shame in history."

"But at that time, under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, the local people had to cover up the stone statues cleverly to avoid unforeseen misfortunes. There was a saying of 'Sun Sun Dapo, change the state and change the county' with the image of the stone statue."

"Now everyone knows why the local custom is to throw away 'mother-in-law' instead of throwing land."

(End of this chapter)