Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 68
Thinking of the word "wugu", Liu Zhang thought of another character in the Three Kingdoms, Ma Di.

Different from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after Ma Di lost his street pavilion, Zhuge Liang staged a famous scene in which he beheaded Ma Di with tears.

In real history, after Ma Su lost his street pavilion, he was imprisoned to await his punishment, but he did not go through legal trial, but died after being imprisoned.

Pei Songzhi, the author who annotated the original text of the Three Kingdoms, added a very interesting sentence after the word "wugu".

Chen Song's case: Wei Tai visited the meaning of "wugu". Gao Tanglong replied: "I heard from my ancestors: things are nothing; reasons are things; words can't help things."

Wugu is explained as a euphemism for death. From a literal meaning, the person who has Wugu can't do anything. It is equivalent to a street attack, but it is a decent attack on the street, and the scene will not be too ugly.

As a rising star in Jingxiang who was favored by Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty, Ma Su was assigned the extremely important but very easy task of guarding the street pavilion. As long as he defended the city, it was a great achievement, and his future success would be immeasurable.

It's a pity that Ma Su insisted on showing off his skills and refused to defend the city. A scholar imitated the overlord of Chu and tried to destroy the boat, but the car overturned. The Jingzhou faction of the Shu Han Dynasty didn't know how to punish him according to the canon, so he was left behind in prison to save his dignity.

Not long after, Liu Zhang and a group of people arrived at the entrance of the main hall used by the State Mufu to entertain guests.

Pang Jing, the head of the mansion, has prepared everything, including fine wines, delicacies, singing and dancing, as a celebration of Bajun's pacification.

When everyone stepped into the hall, Liu Zhang took the seat at the top as expected. The first person on the right seat was not Zhou Biejia Wang Shang, but Liu Zhang's third brother Liu Hao, and then Wang Shang.

Although Liu Mao only held the position of a commander in another department, he was of high status and ranked first among those below Liu Zhang.

The seats on the left are headed by Hede Zhonglang General Zhao Wei, followed by Zhonglang General Yang Huai and others, who are seated in order of official rank.

When everyone was seated, Liu Zhang raised his glass to signal everyone present, and those present also picked up their wine glasses and faced Liu Zhang.

Liu Zhang first praised: "The pacification of Bajun is all thanks to your Majesty and others. I would like to toast you all first."

Although Liu Zhang could say this, the people in the audience naturally couldn't accept it like this, and they all said they didn't dare.

"Please." Liu Zhang motioned for everyone to drink.

"Ming Gong, please." Everyone responded one after another.

Liu Zhang was the first to drink up a glass. Since the alcohol content in the Han Dynasty was relatively low, one drink was one drink. If he did not drink up, he would be punished.

After drinking a glass of fine wine, Liu Zhang remembered the record in the "Book of Han": "Wine drinkers are the beauty of heaven. This is why the emperor nourishes the world, enjoys sacrifices and prays for blessings, supports the weak and recovers from illness, and is the gathering of hundreds of blessings." '

This shows that the people of the Han Dynasty valued wine. The reason why this wine reached such an exaggerated status was due to technological progress.

Before the Han Dynasty, wine-making technology was not developed enough. Wine was mainly used to worship ancestors and enjoy the enjoyment of royal family and nobles, and there was no widespread drinking from top to bottom.

By the Han Dynasty, due to the continuous improvement of wine-making technology and the rapid development of the wine-making industry, wine had penetrated into every class of society.

Whether it is the royal family, bureaucrats, powerful families at the upper level, or the humble families, heads of Guizhou, and slaves at the lower level, banquets are all popular. Wine can be seen in banquets, weddings, and traditional festivals. No banquet can be complete without wine. .

This fanatical drinking custom even led to a lack of food. Historically, due to frequent wars in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, food was not enough. Cao Cao and Liu Bei both issued a ban on alcohol to save food, but they still drank what they should drink. The ban was Can't help it.

Although the wine was in his throat, Liu Zhang's mind was not on the wine. His heart was on Hanzhong in the north. On his way back, he received news from Wang Shang, saying that Zhang Lu led the Yi Yi to defeat Pang Le and Li Yi. Two people.

When he and Wang Shang were riding in the same car just now, Wang Shang said that Zhang Lu had sent a document explaining the reasons for attacking Pang Le and Li Yi. The words in the document were very earnest and very humble.

So he didn't want to drink any celebratory wine now. He wanted to read the words in the document sent by Zhang Lu and discuss with everyone how to deal with Zhang Lu's behavior.

When drinking alcohol, you need to follow the drinking order.Drinking order was first born in the Western Zhou Dynasty. It is a fun game at the banquet.

As for the various types of gameplay, they not only inherited the pot throwing, dice orders, and congratulations from the pre-Qin period, but also continued to evolve, and many drinking games appeared, such as Liubo, Aipu, Zanggou, Shefu, Qianling, Various drinking games such as playing chess and dice greatly enhance the fun of drinking.

Drinking order can be said to be a very interesting game, but Liu Zhang has little interest at the moment and has no idea of ​​drinking order.

He picked up the wine glass, and Pang Que, who was beside him, immediately picked up the wine bottle and followed him.

Liu Zhang toasted to the important ministers and meritorious people one by one, then looked at Wang Shang, and on the pretext of going to the toilet, the two of them went to the meeting room of the Prefectural Mufu Mansion.

Wang Shang took out the document from Zhang Lu and handed it to Liu Zhang.

After Liu Zhang took the document, he read it carefully.

Zhang Lu wrote in the document that Pang Le and Li Yi were disobedient and wanted to separate Hanzhong. After being noticed by Zhang Lu, he led his troops to break down their camp and killed Pang Le. Li Yi was nowhere to be found.

It was continued that Zhang Lu, a rice thief, expressed his loyalty, saying that he was loyal to Liu Zhang wholeheartedly without any second thoughts. As long as he stayed in Hanzhong for a day, the north of Bashu would have no worries.

He also said that if the bandits from Guanzhong came with a large number of people, he would occupy them for Liu Zhang; if the bandits from Guanzhong came with ten thousand soldiers, he would swallow them for Liu Zhang.

'I don't believe you, you are a very bad old man. 'This was Liu Zhang's first feeling after reading this letter.

Then he felt a little emotional, Zhang Lu, a rice thief, was quite capable, and he actually defeated Pang Le and Li Yi.

Although Pang Le and Li Yi only brought 4000 people from their own tribe, these people were all well-equipped and accustomed to battle formations. They and Dezhonglang General Zhao Wei even deployed many elite Zhao family troops. Give him two.

However, Zhang Lu came out on top and won a complete victory. Liu Zhang's original thought of Zhang Lu, Pang Le, and Li Yi losing both sides did not appear.

No wonder Zhang Luneng relied on Hanzhong to fight against Bashu in history, and he dominated Ba and Han for more than [-] years.

No one can underestimate the heroes of the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

He pointed to the document handed over by Zhang Lu in his hand and asked Wang Shang, the other driver in front of him: "Wang Qing, what do you think?"

Wang Shang considered his words and said, "Zhang Sima believes in ghost ways and is not interested in Confucian classics. He is certainly not a good man."

"Both captains Pang and Li were sent by the Ming Dynasty to replace Zhang Sima in Hanzhong. Even if the two had different ambitions, Zhang Sima should have sent a document to notify them first, instead of attacking them on his own initiative."

"Besides, Pang and Li, the two captains, have been under the tent for a long time and have never done anything disobedient."

"What Zhang Sima said is just one-sided words and cannot be trusted. We have sent people to investigate the specific truth."

"I'm afraid it's not Pang and Li who have different ambitions. It's actually Zhang Sima who wants to separate Hanzhong and refuses to uphold the official decree."

There was no need for Wang Shang to say this. Liu Zhang, who was well versed in history, naturally knew that Zhang Lu was a traitor. He asked Wang Shang just to unify his views on Zhang Lu.

He nodded, agreed with Wang Shang's view, and then said to Wang Shang: "What Wang Qing said is true. Let's have a banquet today, and then we will gather together to discuss it in detail tomorrow."

The celebration banquet was still in progress. He and Wang Shang could not leave the banquet for too long. It was time to go back.

(End of this chapter)