The great man will live forever

Chapter 246 The First Oath of Luoshui

In the first year of Jianwu (25th year), Guo Shengtong gave birth to the first prince for Liu Xiu, the later prince Liu Jiang, also named Liu Qiang.

In August of the same year, a fascinating siege took place in Chinese history.At that time, Liu Xiu, who had just proclaimed himself emperor, led an army of 20 and began to besiege Luoyang.

However, Luoyang city defense is extremely strong, and there are at least tens of thousands of elite troops in the city.Although Liu Xiu had the confidence to unify the world, the war situation unexpectedly fell into a stalemate.

A whole month has passed, but Liu Xiu has not achieved any major results. Instead, he has been holding back most of his main forces and is in crisis. This is all because Luoyang's general Zhu Kun is extremely determined to resist.

Liu Xiu asked Cen Peng to say to Zhu Tuna: "The Red Eyebrow Army has captured Chang'an, and your old leader Gengshi Emperor is dead. What's the point of holding on to the city?"

In fact, Zhu Tuna wanted to surrender because he couldn't win, but he didn't dare to surrender. He could only say helplessly: "Back then, Liu Xiu's brother Liu Yan was harmed by Emperor Gengshi. I participated in the plan, so I didn't dare to surrender."

Cen Peng came back and told Liu Xiu the whole story, and Liu Xiu said: "Let bygones be bygones. As long as Zhu Jun surrenders, his rank will remain unchanged, and he will never be punished."

Although Liu Xiu harbored thoughts of revenge against Zhu Kun, he was far-sighted and decided to make a compromise. Compared with the world and personal hatred, personal hatred seems not that important.

In order to make Zhu Tuna completely believe in himself, Liu Xiu made the famous "First Oath of Luoshui" in history. He pointed at Luoshui and swore: "The river is here, I will not break my promise!".

Zhu Tuna finally believed Liu Xiu, tied himself up, and sent him to Liu Xiu's Chinese army camp.

Liu Xiu did not break his promise. He immediately untied Zhu Kun and put him back to lead the army in Luoyang.

Following Zhu Tuna's leadership, the entire Luoyang surrendered completely.This siege was a heroic confrontation in Chinese history and a collision of beliefs.

This time, Liu Xiu won, and so did Zhu Tuna. Even though Liu Xiu wanted to kill Zhu Tuna very much, he resisted, and there was no need to settle accounts after the fall. Zhu Tuna and his descendants lived very well and were very rich.

The second Oath of Luoshui was committed by Sima Yi. It was a complete failure. It seemed that he succeeded, but in fact there was no winner.

In 249 AD, Cao Shuang accompanied Emperor Cao Fang to pay homage to Emperor Wei Ming's Gaoping Mausoleum. After they set off, Sima Yi launched the "Gaoping Mausoleum Incident".

Sima Yi took control of Luoyang with [-] dead men, and issued a message to attack Cao Shuang in the name of the Queen Mother. Cao Shuang, on the other hand, heard about Sima Yi's actions and was at a loss for a while.

In fact, Cao Shuang had his advantages at that time. First of all, he had the emperor in his hands and he had the righteousness of the world; secondly, he was the general of Cao Wei and controlled the military power of the world.It seemed that civil war was imminent and inevitable.

At this time, Sima Yi pointed out the Luoshui Alliance oath and gave Cao Shuang a guarantee: "Only seize power, not kill people! As long as you surrender, I will protect your wealth for the rest of your life."

When Cao Shuang was still hesitant, Sima Yi brought out Jiang Ji, a "highly respected" veteran of the three dynasties, with the implication: "I know you can't trust me, but you should always trust Jiang Ji."

So Cao Shuang surrendered, and the final result was that Cao Shuang's three clans were wiped out...

It's ridiculous. In fact, Sima Yi pointed at Luo Shui and swore that he was using his many years of popularity, political status, and even family reputation as a guarantee, not to mention that there were old men like Jiang Ji who also signed guarantees for you.

His approach directly broke the tacit understanding of struggle between the gentry since the Han Dynasty.

This tacit understanding is the bottom line, face, and order; although it is invisible and intangible, it still does not hinder its sanctity among the nobles.

When this order is broken, the successors of the Sima family can only pay a greater price to make up for it.The people of the same clan are granted great titles, and the titles and money are greatly rewarded, which win over people's hearts.

Of course, the Sima family had to bear the price. At the beginning of the Western Jin Dynasty, its political ecology rarely showed a scene that could only be seen at the end of the dynasty.

What's more important is that once the bottom line is broken, it will only get lower and lower in the future.

What follows is regicide in the street, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, and the march to the south in robes.

Therefore, when Wuhu was in chaos, all kinds of demons and ghosts appeared, and the emperor's sanctity was no more than a chicken in the eyes of the warlords.

In the 300-year-old Shura Field, I don’t know if the nobles were so moved that they would think of that warm afternoon when Sima Yi pointed at Luo Shui and swore a sincere oath.

The originator has no future.

First of all, Sima Yi made future generations understand that politics is a life-and-death struggle. Political opponents must not only fight to the death, but also eradicate their roots, otherwise the spring breeze will blow and they will reappear.

Secondly, Sima Yi made it clear to future generations.Loyalty is just an illusion and a luxury.Liu Bei relied on the whole country to support him, and Zhuge Liang died after exhausting himself. This is not the norm at all.The loyalty and belief that Zhuge Liang had built up throughout his life was instantly destroyed by Sima Yi's evil deeds.

What's more serious is that Sima Yi destroyed "credibility".And "credibility" is the basis of political stability.

Only with trust can people eliminate grudges and cooperate sincerely.And Sima Yi's betrayal of "pointing to the river as an oath" revealed the last fig leaf - it is impossible for people to be honest with each other, only mutual suspicion and struggle.

Sima Yi's breach of trust made his comrades Jiang Ji, Chen Tai and others feel ashamed.Both men died of melancholy shortly afterwards.

Sima Yi is indeed powerful. It only took him one day to completely destroy the faith and loyalty that had been established for more than 2000 years from the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. It took 300 years to rebuild the faith and order, and there were countless more Human blood.

So much so that the Jin Dynasty was a dynasty that was unwilling to be written about in history books, and many TV dramas in later generations were unwilling to be filmed. Such a dynasty was unfaithful, shameless and unjust...

There are many things you can do, but you can’t put them in the open. Just like in a swimming pool, you can pee in it and pretend you don’t know if others can’t see it. But you can’t stand up and run to the edge of the pool to pee openly. This is not pure. Insulting people?

Sima Yi can kill Cao Shuang, think of a way to poison him or something, but he can't swear it off with his front foot, and kill the three clans openly and justly with his back foot. He can also kill the emperor, but he can't kill him in the street. You can think of a way to poison him, quietly, at least do it. It's just a fig leaf, it's okay to say that the emperor fell into the water...

So, later, when Li Shimin attacked Goguryeo, he wanted Li Jing to go with him, but Li Jing would be seriously ill and old, so he was unwilling.

Li Shimin said something that probably meant that Li Jing was as old and strong as Sima Yi, and he was able to fight and resist. Li Jing was so frightened that he asked others to carry him over.

When there was Zhu Yuanzhang, facing the founding hero Li Shanchang, Lao Zhu felt that this guy could survive, and maybe the next Sima Yi would kill him. Li Shanchang was already 77 years old at that time.

I have to say that Sima Yi is alive. If he had died 10 years earlier, it would have been a different story. But Li Shanchang is more damn alive than Sima Yi. Lao Zhu felt that he was afraid that he would not be able to survive him, so he could only think ahead. The solution is done.

In the winter of October of the same year, Liu Xiu took control of Luoyang. Soon he sent Fu Jun and 300 troops to take Yin Lihua to his side.

Before Yin Lihua's arrival, Guo Shengtong was not directly made a queen, but was made a nobleman. Liu Yang did not raise any doubts, indicating that they had long known that Liu Xiu had an original wife.

Yin Lihua parted ways with Liu Xiu more than two years ago and returned to Xinye. Later, she followed her brother to Deng Feng's office in Tuoyang.

In the troubled times, news was blocked, and there was no news of Liu Xiu's departure. She had already prepared for the funeral, but one day Liu Xiu actually sent troops to pick her up.

After two years of separation, things have changed. Not only has her former husband ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, but there is also a woman she has never met beside her, and this woman is their flesh and blood.Yin Lihua's mood at that time was full of emotions, and Liu Xiu's mood was even more indescribable. The two looked at each other in silence, and then hugged each other tightly.

Unlike many founding emperors who achieved unification after hundreds of battles, after Liu Xiu became emperor, he only occupied the Central Plains (today's Henan, most of Hebei and southern Shanxi), and the surrounding heroes were eyeing him.

Moreover, sometimes he was a little too arrogant in his employment and did not handle it properly, which led to many rebellions among his subordinates.

On the seventeenth day of the first lunar month of the second year of Jianwu, Emperor Jianwu Liu Xiu issued an edict to enfeoff 20 marquises and meritorious individuals. Among them, Deng Yu, the Marquis of Liang, and Wu Han, the Marquis of Guangping, had the most fiefs, even as many as four counties at one time. Yinshi was enfeoffed. He was the marquis of Yinxiang, and Yinxing was the servant of Huangmen. He was on guard as a servant and shot as a general, and as a general on horseback.

The funny thing is that Liu Yang didn't get any reward. He stood in the court, his nose was crooked with anger, but there was nothing he could do. The eunuch read the imperial edict: "If you are satisfied with human feelings, you will suffer from indulgence, and you will be quick to desire and forget the meaning of careful punishment." , but all the generals have far-reaching achievements and great achievements, and sincerely wish to pass them on to the infinity, they should be as if they are facing an abyss, as if they are walking on thin ice, and they should be wary and careful every day. If their effective results are not rewarded, and the people's nationality is not established, Dahong will hurry up, and I will send them to record. Of……"

This move was very generous, but this was not because Liu Xiu was generous, but because he was thinking liberally. Now that we are in a period of military struggle and the world is not at peace, it is still unclear whether the world belongs to me. It is better to entrust more land to meritorious officials.

Doctor Ding Gong failed to understand Liu Xiu's intention. He believed that "strengthening the trunk and weak branches" should be regarded as a governance strategy, and it was "illegal" to award too many fiefdoms to meritorious officials.

At this time, how could Liu Xiu listen to the doctoral student's profound but inhumane considerations? The most important thing at this time was to boost morale. What he was thinking in his heart is unknown.

"It has never been heard that those who have many meritorious lands will perish" was indeed Liu Xiu's attitude towards the issue of meritorious officials at that time. He also advised the meritorious officials not to be arrogant because of their merits, so that the feudal country could "pass it on to your descendants and grow up to be a Han vassal".

It didn't take long for someone to turn against him. The first one to jump out was Liu Yang. He made a prophecy and said: "After Chijiu, Ying Yang will be the main one."

It probably means that after Liu Xiu, my big-necked Liu Yang will become emperor.The Eastern Han Dynasty regarded itself as the virtue of fire, corresponding to red, nine, which is the ninth generation of the Western Han Dynasty royal family, and Liu Xiu happened to be the ninth generation.A gall is a sarcoma in the neck area.

Others had a big neck disease and were ashamed to see others. Liu Yang actually made this thing an "auspicious sign". He publicly challenged Liu Xiu through a talisman: "We are all descendants of the Han Dynasty. The emperor takes turns, and you should take turns after that." It’s my turn, Liu Yang!”

After that, Liu Yang no longer listened to Liu Xiu's orders, and even closed the gate of Zhending City and refused to accept the generals sent by Liu Xiu.

Liu Xiu had no choice but to send his former general Geng Chun to proclaim an amnesty order in Youzhou and Jizhou with a talisman. Along the way, he comforted the princes everywhere and secretly ordered the arrest of Liu Yang.

Geng Chun met with Deputy Chen and Deng Long at Yuanshi, arrived at Zhending Kingdom, and stayed at Chuanshe (inn).Liu Yang said that he was not ill because Geng Chun was Liu Yang's nephew, so Liu Yang was lax in his vigilance.

Liu Yang's younger brother Linyi Marquis Liu Rang and Cong brother Liu Xi had more than 1 troops, and Geng Chun responded calmly.Liu Yang took his subordinate officials to Chuanshe to meet with Geng Chun, and Geng Chun greeted him politely.

Ask Liu Yang to recruit Liu Rang and Liu Xi into the house.After the Liu Yang brothers entered, Geng Chun closed the door of the Chuanshe and killed Liu Yang and others, truly pacifying the situation.

His rebellion was actually reasonable, and his surrender to Liu Xiu was opportunistic and helpless.

Zhending Kingdom was surrounded on three sides by Changshan County, and its governor was Liu Xiu's second brother-in-law Deng Chen.The small Zhending Kingdom was actually besieged on all sides by Liu Xiu. It was under this situation that Liu Zhi was ordered by Liu Xiu to persuade Liu Yang to surrender.

In terms of numbers, although Liu Yang's number is large, due to the nature of the family's armed forces, they have never experienced a war at all, and their soldiers are all raw.

Liu Xiuze fought all the way from his hometown Chongling to Luoyang, and even the Kunyang God Conferring Battle. He had long been famous, and now he was winning consecutively. Liu Yang couldn't help but tremble!
Just like when Wang Lang was forced to surrender, he surrendered in words, as long as the territory and army were in my hands.

Faced with Liu Xiu's imminent threat, Liu Yang couldn't count on Wang Lang and couldn't defeat Liu Xiu. What should he do?The old method is to surrender first. Anyway, the military power is still in his hands. Besides, Liu Xiu also married his niece, which is full of sincerity.

Therefore, Liu Yang did not take the initiative to surrender to Liu Xiu, but sought advantages and avoided disadvantages under the pressure of the soldiers. The so-called dowry of a hundred thousand troops is nonsense. It would be good if he could dedicate some of his troops to show off with Liu Xiu. In essence, he was with him It's like surrendering to a king.

What Liu Xiu valued was not Liu Yang's men, but that Liu Yang could not stand against him. Disintegrating Wang Lang's alliance would be his victory.

Do the three forces of Hebei Wang Lang, Liu Xiu, and Liu Yang look like the Jizhou version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms?Wang Lang is in the south, Liu Xiu is in the east, Liu Yang is in the west, and the three parties are showing off their muscles in Julu.

It can be seen that Liu Yang's return to Liu Xiu was probably a borrowing effort - he used Liu Xiu's hand to kill Wang Lang and let them fight with each other, and he benefited from it.

For Liu Yang, Wang Lang was a greater threat than Liu Xiu. In addition to the number of troops, more importantly, he was "Liu Ziyu". With him around, Liu Yang would never have the capital to take the lead.

Liu Xiu was different. Firstly, he was just Liu Xuan's subordinate. Secondly, neither Liu Xuan nor Liu Xiu had any political weight compared to Liu Yang. He was once the true king.

Therefore, "Liu Ziyu" must be killed first. Once "Liu Ziyu" is dead, Liu Yang considers himself the boss of Hebei, and Liu Xiu is his nephew and son-in-law. If he can be Liu Xuan's subordinate, why can't he be his uncle's subordinate?
If this is the case, the two states of Youji and Hebei will be in his pocket. It is really a brilliant strategy to kill two birds with one stone!

It's a nice thought, but the reality is often not like this. To do this, two conditions must be met.

First, you have to be strong enough. Just having a bluffing number of [-] people is not enough.When Liu Xiu used Xindu County as his base and attacked the surrounding areas, Liu Yang should take the opportunity to attack, capture Changshan County, and even attack Zhongshan to the north.

Based on Liu Yang's popularity among the local people, as long as he is willing to do it, there is no shortage of support, such as Liu Zhi, who should be of the same clan as him, and Geng Chun, his nephew who later voted for Liu Xiu.

It's a pity that Liu Yang did nothing and waited for Liu Xiu to come and besiege the city.There is no fairness in the alliance under the city. At this time, Liu Yang no longer had an equal political status with Liu Xiu.

Liu Yang had the opportunity to sing the Three Kingdoms, but because of his inaction, he turned into Liu Zhang. If he wanted to make a comeback, the price would be much higher.

Second, the judgment of the opponent must be accurate and cannot be taken for granted.Obviously Liu Yang didn't understand Liu Xiu at all and regarded him as Liu Xuan's wage earner.When Liu Xiu became full-fledged and openly confronted Liu Xuan, Liu Yang was so surprised that he could not close his mouth, but it was too late.

Seeing that the plan failed, Liu Yang was unwilling to accept that he would still be rich and prosperous if he could turn the ship around in time.

Obviously, Liu Yang had dreamed of being emperor for a long time, and he once became the number one warlord in Hebei. "Operation errors" made him farther and farther away from his dream.

How could he be willing to give up what he had been pursuing all his life when he saw it slipping away from his hands?
I'm afraid a crazy fight is an inevitable choice, so Liu Yang died. Who said his opponent was Liu Xiu? The chosen one, a person with incredible luck and strength. With the planning and support of those people behind him, he was as good as the talented one. Strange.

Liu Xiu's actions instantly shocked the forces in Hebei where Liu Yang was located, so that the nobles of Hebei "no one dared to move".

According to common sense, Guo Shengtong's uncle Liu Yang committed a serious crime of rebellion and should be implicated to some extent. Yin Lihua had the status of the original wife and was favored by Liu Xiu. At this time, she should have an advantage and be made queen.

However, at the beginning of its founding, it was surrounded by powerful enemies, and there were also internal dissidents, so the regime was not stable.In the second year of Jianwu alone, many rebellions occurred in Liu Xiu's regime.

This also determined that it was impossible for Liu Xiu to implement the cruel methods of the Yi tribe like Emperor Taiping at this time. Only Liu Yang and Liu Rang were killed. Not only did not other Zhending tribe members be implicated, Liu Yang's son Liu De was also granted the title For the true king.

The Guo family was just the family of Liu Yang's brother-in-law. They did not participate in the rebellion and should not be implicated according to the law. What's more, Guo Shengtong had the great contribution of giving birth to the emperor's heir.

In the second year of Jianwu, Liu Xiu's only capital in the world was Hebei, and next to Hebei there was a rebellion by Peng Chong of Youzhou, and there were rebels from the Five Inner Yellow Schools. At this time, Liu Xiu faced multiple fronts in Guanzhong, Nanyang, Huaiyang and other places. The problem of simultaneous combat.

Although the Zhending clan no longer has much strength to confront Liu Xiu, if they join forces with Peng Chong to cause rebellion, Liu Xiu will not be able to mobilize enough troops to quell the rebellion. Faced with the intensified conflicts with the Zhending royal family and the unrest in Hebei, Down.

Liu Xiu had no choice but to make Guo Shengtong the queen and Liu Jiang the prince. This was all to appease the people of Hebei. In fact, what he wanted in his heart was his own Baiyue Guangyin Lihua, but reality forced him to make Guo Shengtong the queen because he It's the emperor.

This is the helplessness of the emperor. Even the founding emperor was like this, let alone the emperors of later generations?
(End of this chapter)