The great man will live forever

Chapter 290 History doesn’t stop for anyone

Jizhou, Zhending,

"kill!"

Ayimei commanded the army and began to kill Guo Kuang's army. Most of her men were Youzhou cavalry, and they were overwhelming.

"Boom boom boom!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"

Thousands of tall horses charged together with the loud sound of horns, roaring across the plains, causing the ground to tremble.

They seemed invincible. All-powerful, no one can stop their progress!

The yellow sand is flying, and the cavalry goes out to fight. Against the backdrop of the golden sunset, those bright red battle flags swayed and fluttered in the wind.

Guo Kuang's rebels looked at the military formation in front of them and saw thousands of cavalry rushing over like a flood. They were afraid and trembling.

"run!"

Many turned around and started running away.

"what!"

"Anyone who escapes from battle will be killed without mercy!"

A rebel general grabbed the fleeing man's head and roared. He knew that his army was defeated like a mountain, and once he escaped, he would be defeated.

Probably his ferocity temporarily stopped the fleeing soldiers.

"Oh no, the flying army will disappear!"

But not long after the soldiers stopped escaping and collapsed, bad news came. Guo Kuang disappeared and he called himself Feitian General.

"run!"

In an instant, the soldiers began to gradually collapse and ran away one after another. However, before they could run far, the Youzhou Iron Cavalry came over to kill them.

"what!"

"Help!"

The Youzhou cavalry wield inch-long swords, full of blood and courage. They killed like crazy, defeated the enemy, and broke into the core of the rebels at all costs.

A cavalryman struggled to cut off the head of a rebel thief, "Pfft!" Blood spattered on his cheek, hot and sticky, like a wave of scarlet blood.

There was a crazy light in his eyes, his beard hung down on the corners of his mouth, and his lips were pursed tightly, not giving the enemy a chance to breathe.

After a while, shrill screams sounded. They became murderous and used their powerful attack power to instantly collapse the rebels.

There seemed to be 100,000 rebels, but their morale had long been disorganized and they were overwhelmed. They fell to the ground one after another, and the beacon fire of plunder was about to be extinguished.

Almost a one-sided massacre, this is the difference between the elite and ordinary peasant armies.

The entire scene was covered in the breath of battle, as if even the wind in the sky had stopped breathing.

"Those who lay down their weapons will live!"

Seeing that the time was almost up, Ayimei shouted, and her Youzhou cavalry also slowed down their pursuit horses and shouted: "Put down your weapons!"

"I surrender, spare my life!"

"Spare my life!"

One by one, the rebels began to throw down their weapons as quickly as possible, and began to kneel down and beg for mercy. Some buried their heads in the soil, like ostriches, "Spare my life, spare my life!"

……

In less than half a day, the nearly 100,000-strong army collapsed. He profoundly explained a truth, that is, the army is more capable than more.

It's useless no matter how many people there are, they are vulnerable to the elite.

For example, the Battle of Changshao during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the Battle of Chenggao between Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, the Battle of Kunyang between Liu Xiu and Wang Mang's army, the Battle of Guandu between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, the Battle of Yiling between Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and the Battle of Cao Cao and Sun Liu The Battle of Chibi, the Battle of Feishui between Fu Jian and the Jin Dynasty, the Battle of Hulao Pass between Li Shimin and Dou Jiande in the Tang Dynasty, the Battle of Mobei by Li Jing, the Battle of Yehuling in Mengjin, the Battle of Sarhu in Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Battle of Mongolia and Song Dynasty The Battle of Diaoyutai...

"What? Guo Kuang is missing?"

Ayimei looked at Fatty Liu. At this time, Fatty Liu was more energetic.

"I searched several times but couldn't find it. He is indeed missing. He abandoned his army long ago and left with his guards. Do you want me to lead someone to chase him?"

"No hurry, wait!"

"What are you waiting for?"

"Waiting for news from Luoyang."

"The prince returns to Luoyang?"

"Confused, didn't he throw himself into a trap?" Obviously, Fatty Liu already knew some of the recent events and had guessed what was going on.

"What should we do? The son rebels against his father? Beat him again?"

Fatty Liu was silent. In Han Dynasty, parents can not want their children, and they can even kill their children when they make mistakes. When the fake Wang Mang killed his own children, his hands were not weak at all, and he was still praised for his life. He killed relatives in a righteous way, but children cannot kill their parents. , this is absolutely impossible.

Fatty Liu was silent for a moment, and then asked: "Then what should we do?"

"Find a way to hibernate. We have plenty of time. In the past, they were in the dark and we were in the light. Now we can also be in the dark. With the elixir of life, we don't have to rush. We take our time and cultivate our foundation. At worst, we can wait for him in the next life."

Fatty Liu sighed with emotion, "I'm afraid it will be the same in the next life. With such a good status, I won't succeed."

"The status of a prince is good, but it is also not good and has many restrictions."

"Well, I've been waiting for this for so many years anyway."

……

Luoyang, the imperial palace, in a side hall,

"Where's Qiang'er? What did you do to him?"

"And with my face, who is sitting in the court now?"

It was Liu Xiu who spoke. After he woke up, he found that his face had changed.

Now there is Liu Xiu in the court, but it's not him, it's Guiguzi and the others' work.

Yin Lihua comforted him, "Your Majesty, don't be anxious. Back then, during the Kunyang War, fire fell from the sky and the earth trembled. Your Majesty thought it was all luck? Also, on the Xutuo River, it suddenly froze, and when you passed by, it melted again. , is it also God’s will?”

Liu Xiu's expression changed, as if he had guessed something, "Is it possible?"

"I think your Majesty already knows, that's it. How can a mortal defeat them? Everything is already determined. You are the son of destiny, and Qiang'er, how come you have so many fantastic ideas and are so smart since you were a child? Invented paper, came up with the imperial examination system, and the three provinces and six ministries system?”

"Isn't he my child? It's impossible. I watched him grow up little by little."

"Yes and no. More than a hundred years ago, he had another name, Liu Han!"

"The Han God of War, Lanling Marquis Liu Han, the one who was poisoned? The one who forced Emperor Wu to abdicate?"

Liu Xiu had people break into Chang'an, and he was the emperor. Naturally, he collected many secret royal secrets, as well as Sima Qian's complete set of historical records, and he also knew about Liu Han.

Seeing Yin Lihua nodding, Liu Xiu was shocked, "Impossible, then he is over 170 years old now, how could someone live for such a long time? And I personally watched him grow up..."

"They are all the same people. They cannot die. They will be reincarnated. There will be an afterlife. Maybe we have it too, maybe not. Your Majesty, just stay here. I will always be with you..."

As if thinking of something, Liu Xiu said in an almost begging tone, "Don't kill him, okay? The throne can be given to you, and I can accept it. I'm tired too."

"Already killed, but he has an afterlife and is destined to be different from us."

"Hahahaha, knowing that there is nothing you can do about it and being at peace with it as if it were your destiny is the ultimate virtue; realizing that it can be done freely and horizontally without restraint is the ultimate virtue."

Liu Xiu smiled, shed tears, and looked out the window. He knew that he might have to stay in this room for the rest of his life, or he might die.

"If there is an afterlife, don't be father and son, be brothers, eldest brother, second brother, mother, third sister, Heng'er... I miss you!"

……

In the same year, the 21st year of Jianwu, Emperor Liu Xiu issued an edict to abolish the Three Provinces and Six Ministries system and the imperial examination system, and continue to use the original system. All books and records about the Three Provinces and Six Ministries system and the imperial examination system were burned. The prince Liu Qiang rebelled and was imprisoned and abolished. He did not offend the Guo family and spared Guo Kuang. Everything was the prince's fault. He made Liu Yang, the son of Yin Lihua, the prince.

When Guo Shengtong learned about this, he said, "I want to see His Majesty, how could she treat Qiang'er like this?" He clamored to see Liu Xiu, but Liu Xiu didn't see him, so Yin Lihua went to see him.

"You have succeeded now. I just want to see Qiang'er. What did you do to her?"

Looking at Guo Shengtong, who was looking crazy and with tears streaming down his face, Yin Lihua flashed a hint of unbearability, but then disappeared again.

"My mother, my brother, my people, my child Heng'er, my maid Pearl, each one, one village, one piece, have nothing to do with your Guo family?"

"If you blame me, that's fine. It's all my doing. Now that I'm dead, can you be satisfied? = What's wrong with Qiang'er? Why did you treat him like this?"

"There is no right or wrong in many things. If you have an afterlife, you will see him."

Yin Lihua left some incomprehensible words, turned around and left.

"Don't go, don't go, tell me clearly, what happened to him?"

Unfortunately, history will not stop for anyone.

In the 47rd year of Jianwu (th year), Yin Xing died in Yin Lihua's arms. Before he died, he took the handkerchief Zhenzhu gave him and said, "I'm coming, Zhenzhu!" at the age of thirty-nine. Later, He was posthumously named Yihou.

Some people in later generations said: "Qieyin Weiwei is known throughout the world. The governor in the province comes to the door and cannot get out. This is the respect of Zang Boyu. Although the Marquis of Xinyang is strong and slightly unreasonable, he still has strategies and talks based on the ground." , once unparalleled; Yuan Lu Zhenhou, brave and honest; these three people, the world's elected ministers, how can they be matched!"

In the 50th (th year) of Jianwu, Yin Lihua's mother Guo Zhu died.

Guo Shengtong died on Ding Mao in June of the 52th year of Jianwu (AD ) and was buried in Beimang.

In later generations, Fan Ye said: "The rise and fall of things and the ups and downs of emotions are natural. But those who worship the past and come, must they only be favored and confused?"

When he takes the bed and accepts the favor, even if it is a dangerous situation, it is not virtuous. When it comes to love and analysis of selfishness, although the heart is kind and beautiful, it becomes more and more ugly.

If you love promotion, the world will not be able to accommodate you; if you love the team, there will be no escape from your life. What a man of sincerity and lofty ideals indulges in, and what a gentleman suppresses, are those who fail to do so or violate them.

Empress Guo was demoted due to her decline and separation, and became extremely resentful. However, she was still kind enough to add a villa and favor her party relatives. When it comes to patrolling the East China Sea, you should be polite when you go, so that future generations will not see the gap between advancement and retreat. Isn't it just like the ancients! "

On the Wuxu Day in February of the second year of Jianwu Zhongyuan (March 57, 3), Liu Xiu passed away in the front hall of Nangong at the age of sixty-two.

The posthumous edict said: "I am of no use to the people. My future affairs shall be in accordance with Emperor Xiaowen's system and must be frugal. The governor and the two thousand chief officials should not leave the city where they are, and do not send officials or send letters of condolence via post."

Shortly after Liu Xiu's death, his son Liu Yang succeeded to the throne. On Dingmao Day in March of the same year, Liu Xiu was buried in the original mausoleum, and he was named Shizu in the temple and his posthumous title was Emperor Guangwu.

There is a saying in later generations: "Guangwu's benevolence and righteousness are the kings who seek kings; the emperor's punishment name is the master who seeks hegemony. These two emperors both revived their forefathers and enlightened the king's career. Their names are the same, but in fact they are different. Who is it?

In the age of Guangwu, by taking advantage of the people who wanted to be in chaos, they punished the reckless thieves and brought chaos and insult to death, which was the result of poor success. As for Shaokang, the Xia family has been extinct for two generations. The body is still in the womb, and the mother's family has fled. He was born in another country. He was not able to meet the training of the court. He had no close relatives. He was in trouble and was sheltered. Out of place. But those who are able to stay in the midst of mourning and chaos will achieve the goal of matching the sky, and will be called the leader of the Zhongxing Dynasty.

The emperor is with his master, the king is with his friends, the tyrant is with his ministers. The ministers of the ancestor of the Han Dynasty are the three heroes; the assistants of Guangwu are the twenty-eight generals. How can Deng Yu and Wu Han compare to Zhang Liang and Han Xin? However, the heroes of the Han Dynasty were all killed because of their strength; they were all responsible for their orders, and they all used their superior ranks to ensure safety. Between the king and his ministers, good things can be said. The strong points make up for the weak points, and the weak points are suppressed. "

Yin Lihua passed away on the 64th of the first lunar month (March 3) of the seventh year of Yongping (1 years) at the age of sixty. Her posthumous title was "Guanglie".

On the eighth day of February, he was buried in the original mausoleum with Liu Xiu. The funeral was extremely grand.

Yin Lihua was the first person in Chinese history to implement the posthumous title system for queens. From then on, the posthumous title of the queen was the emperor's posthumous title plus the original posthumous title, which became the custom of the past dynasties and was used until the early Tang Dynasty for six hundred years.

It is worth mentioning that in the 21st year of Jianwu, after Prince Liu Qiang was deposed, the rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty strictly prohibited private compilation of history, and almanacs could only be written by specialized historians sent by the court.

In the early years of Emperor Yongping of the Han Ming Dynasty (AD 58), a man named Ban Gu began to write the "Book of Han". Later, someone accused him of secretly rewriting the history of the country, and he was arrested and imprisoned. He was almost beheaded.

This man was a child prodigy. He came from a Confucian family. He received good education and influence since childhood. He was able to write and recite poems at the age of nine. He entered Luoyang Imperial College at the age of sixteen and returned to his hometown after his father died at the age of twenty-three.

Since the narrative in "Historical Records" written by my father was not detailed, I continued to write it with great concentration and strive to improve it. After he was released from prison, he had a capable younger brother, Ban Chao.

Ban Chao defended his injustice, and after he was released from prison, he was appointed as the historian of Lantai. He was ordered to write the historical events since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty. He co-authored "The Benji of Shizu" with Chen Zong, Yin Min, Meng Yi and others.

He moved to the position of Lang and was secretary of the school. He also wrote 28 biographies and records of meritorious officials, Ping Lin, Xinshi, Gongsun Shu, etc.

Emperor Ming ordered him to complete the book he had written before. He believed that it was inappropriate for the "Historical Records" to state that the Han Dynasty was "compiled at the end of the Hundred Kings and ranked among the items of the Qin Dynasty", and was determined to write the "Book of Han", which covers a total of 230 years of deeds starting from the emperor of the Han Dynasty and ending with Wang Mang.

"Book of Han", also known as "Book of the Former Han", is China's first biographical history and one of the "Twenty-Four Histories".

It is another important history book in ancient China after "Historical Records". It is also called the "First Four Histories" together with "Historical Records", "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and "Three Kingdoms".

In fact, the "Book of Han" not only wrote about Wang Mang's new dynasty, he also wrote about Liu Qiang, the prince's rebellion, the system of three provinces and six ministries, the imperial examination system, and even the rebellion of Guo Kuang's mansion.

These were either deleted or modified, and some Ban Chao refused to allow it, but after his death, he was naturally out of control. Someone was doing this secretly, and it was very secretive, and there was also the push behind it from the rulers of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

As a result, Guo Kuang rebelled and disappeared, and became: "Guo Kuang, a foreign minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the younger brother of Guo Shengtong, the first queen of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, and the son of Guo Chang, Marquis of Yangkang.

He is a cautious and respectful person. After Emperor Guangwu came to the throne, he successively served as Huangmen Shilang and Chengmen Xiaowei. As Guo Shengtong became queen, he was granted the title of Marquis of Mianman County.

In the 20th year of Jianwu's reign, he moved to Dahonglu and received numerous rewards. His family was known as the Golden Cave.

Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty succeeded to the throne and was promoted to Tejin. In the second year of Yongping (59 years), he died at the age of fifty-one. His posthumous title was Jie. "

In addition, the record of Prince Liu Qiang has also changed. Originally, he was abolished for treason and died after being placed under house arrest.

It became: "Liu Qiang, Prince Gong of the East China Sea, also known as Liu Qiang. The founding prince of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the eldest son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, his mother was the deposed queen Guo Shengtong.

In the second year of Jianwu (26th year), he was registered as the crown prince.

In the seventeenth year of Jianwu (41 years), following the deposedness of his biological mother Guo Shengtong, he sized up the situation and voluntarily resigned from the position of crown prince and conferred the title of King of Donghai.

He died in the first year of Yongping (58 years) at the age of thirty-four. His posthumous title was Gong. "

History is written by people. For this reason, they also found someone to quietly build a cemetery for Liu Qiang near the capital of Donghai Kingdom. As for who was buried, it is unknown.

It doesn't take a thousand years, or even a hundred years, but only fifty years. After the death of those who remember the incident, people in later generations will only believe what they read in the history books. Even in the archeology of later generations, they can find Liu Qiang's cemetery in the East China Sea.

Of course, it could also be stolen in advance.

They are history and they are also creating history. History is written by people.

But history is not meant to be cold, it also has warmth.

There is also a gentle touch in history books. There is such a record in "Book of the Later Han Dynasty":

"The Emperor Ming was filial and loving, and he admired him endlessly.

In the first month of the seventeenth year, when I visited the original mausoleum, I dreamed of the late Emperor and the Queen Mother at night as if they were as happy as ever.

After the death, I was so sad that I couldn't sleep, so I recorded my case and found out that it was an auspicious day tomorrow, so I led all the officials and old guests to the tomb. On that day, the manna was taken from the mausoleum tree, and the emperor ordered all officials to collect it and recommend it.

After the meeting, the emperor came down from the table and leaned down on the royal bed. He looked at the objects in the Queen Mother's mirror and was moved to tears. He ordered Yi Zhize to dress up. Everyone on the left and right was crying, and no one could look up. "

The general meaning is: "Emperor Ming was benevolent, filial and friendly, and missed his mother endlessly.

In the first month of the seventeenth year of Yongping, just after the lively Spring Festival, Emperor Liu Zhuang of the Han Ming Dynasty thought of holding sacrifices on his parents' graves.

He had a dream at night. He dreamed that when he was young, his parents were still alive and he was carefree. The dream is like going back to the past. My parents are no longer here, and I have grown up and become old.

But in the dream, I was still that child. After waking up, thinking about the past, I couldn't fall asleep again.

The next day, Emperor Ming led hundreds of officials to pay homage to his parents at Mangshan Mausoleum.

After the sacrifice, he went to the dressing room of his birth mother Yin Lihua's temple. He looked at the jewelry and toiletries that his mother had used before her death and burst into tears.

So I replaced the items in the dressing box with the latest models and packed them carefully, thinking that my mother would have to get up and freshen up tomorrow.

The attendants, officials and other people present shed tears when they saw this scene..."

In the second year after the dream, on Renzi Day in August of the 75th year of Yongping (September 9, 5), he died in the front hall of the East Palace in Luoyang. He was only years old and had reigned for years.

Temple name Xianzong, posthumous name Emperor Xiaoming, buried in Xianjie Mausoleum

No matter what great achievements he has done, no matter how he rules the world, no matter how old he is.

He is always the child of his parents. This time, he went to find his mother.

"Mother, mother!"

Before he died, in a trance, he saw his mother holding his father's hand and coming to pick him up.

If possible, he would not be an emperor, as long as he would always be happy at the knees of his parents.

History continues, it doesn’t stop for anyone!

(End of this chapter)