A thousand-year-old family that began with the Battle of Makino

Chapter 448: The Book of the World: The Bai family becomes a minister and goes to the Old Testament to tell the story of the Bai Kingdom

The war in Shu was not mentioned in advance. Since Cao Pi replaced Han, named Liu Xie the Duke of Shanyang and established himself as emperor, the Bai Kingdom immediately announced its separation from the Xudu court and formally submitted a declaration of submission to Liu Bei.

He also sent envoys from Chaoge to declare his attitude towards the Cao family's replacement of the Han Dynasty to the people of the world, and issued the "Book of the White King to the People of the World".

"The Bai family of the Bai Kingdom, a prince for generations, a thousand-year-old country, a descendant of Xia Yu.

There was Emperor Gao first, and then there was Guangwu. The agreement was established and would not go against it for a hundred years. Bai Liu believed that Xia and Yi would obey each other. Those who serve as ministers are loyal and those who serve as kings are virtuous. They will be famous throughout the ages and can be praised forever.

It has been five hundred years since the Han Dynasty. Now Cao Dynasty has replaced the Han Dynasty. The national destiny has shifted, Xu Du has faked the imperial court, and the Bai family has left.

Xuande of the Liu family was a descendant of the benevolent emperor. He was a benevolent king with both political integrity and talent. The emperor was in trouble, the people were in trouble, but destiny came to him, and the fortunes of the Han Dynasty were revived.

The Bai family and the Liu family have been ministers and kings. They have cultivated faith for hundreds of years and are well-known in the world. The Liu family is the king and the Bai family is the ministers. Together they support China and conquer the barbarians. The sun and the moon do not change, the stars do not move, and all the disciples declare edicts. The salty messenger heard it.

On December 12, the 22nd year of Jian'an, King Bai fell and informed the people of the world. "

Once this letter leaked out, the world was in turmoil, and the reactions from all parties varied. Except for those who knew that Bai Guo was interested in Liu Bei, the rest of the people did not finally confirm until today that Bai Guo had bet on Liu Bei.

As a result, many counties and counties in South Korea began to experience turmoil. The news that was revealed when Cao Pi forced Liu Xie to abdicate caused a rebellion that was even greater.

First, civil unrest broke out in the counties of Nanyang. Although it was suppressed by Cao Pi, many rebels still fled into the mountains and continued to wreak havoc. They also despised Cao Pi's imperial edict and called Cao Pi a traitor and South Korea as a puppet dynasty.

The magistrate of Ruyin County in Runan took the lead in declaring to break away from Korean rule and accept the Han garrison in Jiujiang and Pei County, and almost half of the officials and scholars in Runan County responded accordingly.

For a time, Cao Pi almost lost control of Runan.

Just when Cao Pi was sending troops to pacify Runan, Chen Liuling announced that he was rebelling anyway, accepted the Han garrison, and became a vassal to Liu Bei.

In the end, this turmoil lasted for nearly half a year before ending. As a result, Cao Pi's strength was once again damaged, and half of Chenliu County and half of Runan County fell into Liu Bei's hands.

This is also one of the reasons why Cao Pi sent Cao Zhen to attack Hanzhong but failed midway.

Such a great influence on the area under Cao Pi's jurisdiction, and also on Liu Bei, not only made the people under Liu Bei's rule more loyal to Liu Bei, but also many celebrities who had not been exposed to the world also came out one after another to express their willingness to accept Liu Bei's recruitment.

Liu Bei was naturally happy, which caused the number of officials in the Han Kingdom to increase linearly. Especially those scholars who took refuge in the Bai Kingdom, almost all went to Yedu to seek official positions.

August
Bai Yi, the prince of the Bai Kingdom, received a tip that Liu Xie was not killed by Cao Pi, but was instead granted the title of Duke of Shanyang. He is now under house arrest in Zhuolu City by Cao Pi and is being guarded by soldiers.

Now King Bai is ninety years old and has retired to the background with very few directors.

Therefore, everything in the Bai Kingdom fell on the shoulders of the prince Bai Yi and Gongsun Baikang.

After discussing with Bai Kang, Bai Yi decided to send Bai Kang to lead the Bai Kingdom's 5,000 battalion to seize Hanoi County for Liu Bei, and at the same time rescue Liu Xie and bring him to live in the Bai Kingdom.

But this also means that Liu Xie will no longer have power. Although Bai Guo saves Liu Xie or not, the world will not say anything.

But since the Bai family has the ability to save Liu Xie from suffering, Bai Yi thinks that it is better to help him, so that the relationship between Guangwu and the Bai family can be reconciled. No matter what, Liu Xie is Guangwu's descendant, and Guangwu The last emperor of the Han Dynasty.

Because of the special nature of the Bai Kingdom, the Bai Kingdom has mostly become a place for retired officials and princes who no longer intend to compete for the world.

When a person or a powerful official defeats the princes and declares to live in the White Kingdom, it proves that he has no intention to participate in the world hegemony and serve as an official.

Therefore, there are ten hermits in the world, and the Bai Kingdom has eight of them. Among them, Taihang Mountain is the first choice for these hermits.

However, the reason why there are many retired scholars in the Bai Kingdom and very few defeated princes is that one of them can successfully survive and cross the enemy territory and escape into the Bai Kingdom, but many of the two are unwilling to do so.

This also made the trend of seclusion in the Bai Kingdom very high. Even many of the Bai family members were influenced by this trend and chose to randomly choose a hilltop in the Taihang Mountains to live a pastoral life of working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

The reason why Bai Kang was asked to take action in person was because of Liu Xie's special status. Bai Kang also needed to have a good talk with him in person, lest he think that Bai Guo was backing him and do something irrational.

August 13

For the first time in more than a hundred years, the Bai Kingdom personally participated in this world turmoil. The five thousand battalions of the Bai Kingdom emerged from Chao Ge like tigers out of their cages, attacking cities and villages all the way, as if they were walking on flat ground.

Among them, in addition to the elites of the Bai Kingdom's five thousand battalions, there is also the Bai Kingdom's infiltration into Hanoi for ten years.

The South Korean governor in Hanoi was personally beheaded by his subordinates and sent to the White Army outside the city, and Kaicheng surrendered.

South Korean Zhenbei General Yu Jin, Chariot General Xia Houchun, Hussar General Cao Zhang and others who were stationed in Yewang Defense Hedong were all beaten by the White Army and fled in all directions.

Cao Zhang was killed by the formation, and Xia Houchun led several cavalrymen to seize a ferry and successfully fled back to the south bank. Yu Jin surrendered with only 3,000 men left.

Cao Pi's 10,000 troops stationed in Hanoi disappeared without causing any splash.

This battle only took half a month, and Cao Pi lost the entire north of the Yellow River, proving that Cao Pi's Northern Expedition had become a luxury.

Hanoi was temporarily managed by officials sent by the Bai Kingdom. They had already submitted a letter of handover to Yedu and did not mention it. They only looked at Zhuolu City. Five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry faced off against the White Guards of the Bai Kingdom. The five hundred men were unable to withstand the attack of a hundred White Guards, and they retreated steadily.

Bai Kang walked towards the room where Liu Xie was under house arrest as if he was leisurely walking, stepping over the corpses of tigers and leopards one after another in front of him.

The tiger and leopard knights were in despair when facing the White Guards. The Bai people on the opposite side did not look like human beings at all. Not only were they cunning with their swords, but they were not sloppy at all, and their swords were deadly.

Unlike the Hawpar Cavalry, warriors are selected from all over Korea.

There are only 500 Baizhi guards, and at first they were temporarily served by warriors selected from the Bai Kingdom's 5,000 battalions.

Later, the Bai family selected orphans from all over the world and handed them over to Bai Zhanwei for training.

They have been training step by step since they were six years old. It can be said that they are a group of natural killing tools, and they are specialized in fighting, capable of both civil and military skills, and their morale will never collapse.

When the Bai family recruited them, the condition given to them was that as long as they worked hard until they were thirty years old, they could choose their way out. Whether they continued to serve in the Bai Zan Guard or retired, it was up to them.

As for the waste of resources invested in them, the wealthy Bai believes that this is not important. As long as it can guarantee their loyalty and humanitarian spirit, Bai can still afford this investment.

It's not that Bai Shi is unwilling to force these people to serve Bai Shi for life, but because it is more cost-effective. After thousands of years of ups and downs, Bai Shi knows that the melons that are forced are not sweet, but can easily backfire.

I'm so kind, if you do something unkind again, don't blame me for trying so hard.

It is precisely Bai's habitual use of this kind of thinking that enables Bai to always hold the right in most matters.

After reaching the age of thirty, if they are still willing to continue to work for the Bai family, the Bai family will marry them and give them the main house. As for the salary and other things that have always been there, I will not talk about it.

After dealing with the tiger and leopard knight outside the door, Bai Kang followed the door opened by his men and walked into the slightly dark room.

Liu Xiezheng was hugging Cao Jie. Hearing the screams and fighting outside, he was trembling, thinking that Cao Pi was coming to take his life.

Cao Jie is the daughter of Cao Cao, also the sister of Cao Pi. She was originally married to Liu Xie by Cao Cao and became his queen.

Liu Xie had always treated Liu Xie as a husband. Ever since Cao Pi usurped her husband's throne, she would scold him whenever she saw him, which made Cao Pi very distressed.

It just so happened that the court decided to send Liu Xie to Shanyang. After the court, Cao Pi came to Cao Jie specifically and asked if he wanted to stay. Cao Jie said resolutely:
"Back then, I was the queen of the Han Dynasty and the wife of the emperor. Now that the emperor has become Duke Shanyang, I am his wife. The husband sings and the wife follows. Wherever Duke Shanyang goes, I will go. How could the emperor ask such childish questions? .”

Cao Pi wanted to say something more, but looking at his sister's determined eyes, he finally sighed and asked people to send him and Liu Xie to Hanoi.

These five hundred tiger and leopard cavalry, in addition to monitoring and imprisoning Liu Xie, also had the intention of protecting Cao Jie.

When Liu Xie saw the door open, he subconsciously closed his eyes, ready to accept his final fate, but Cao Jie was not prepared to be a coward like this.

She pushed away Liu Xie's arm holding her, stood up, and stood in front of Liu Xie. When Bai Kang came in and didn't have time to salute, Liu eyebrows stood up and he yelled angrily:
"It was Cao Pi who asked you to kill my husband. Go back and tell Cao Pi that if Duke Shan Yang dies, I, as his wife, will never live alone. Is the world so big that it cannot tolerate a deposed emperor?
If you want to kill Liu Xie today, you must first step on my bones. "

Bai Kang was shocked when he was scolded like this as soon as he came in. Seeing that his master was being scolded, Bai Kangwei behind him was about to draw his sword and attack.

Bai Kang stopped him quickly: "Hold on, step back and close the door. No one else is allowed in without my order."

Then looking at the angry and beautiful woman in front of him, he didn't understand. This was Liu Xie's queen and Cao Cao's daughter. She was quite like her father.

Although Bai Guo did not participate in the struggle for hegemony in the world, this does not mean that he does not understand the princes of the world and the current situation in the world.

Even for every prince, there is a very detailed background investigation and actions in the Baifu of the Bai Kingdom. Any major event in the world, in the Baifu, is like a live broadcast if time is counted.

Bai Kang did not get angry, but bowed respectfully with the most standard etiquette: "Bai Kang, grandson of Bai Kingdom, pays homage to Duke Shan Yang."

Although the Bai family members may not necessarily be the most talented people in the world, they must be people with the most standard etiquette in the world, and no one can find fault with them.

After thousands of years of development since the Zhou Dynasty, the Bai family has developed etiquette to its peak. Every move affects the minds of others, how they look and how they feel comfortable.

Therefore, as soon as others see Bai Shizi, they will be very friendly, and people can't help but want to come up and talk. This is also one of Bai Shizi's trump cards that makes him successful in everything he does.

Moreover, the ceremonial crown system of the Bai Kingdom makes the ceremonial style of the Bai Kingdom very prosperous. There is only one ceremonial crown for each term, and it is lifelong.

Now the Bai family has been the holder of the ceremonial crown in the three realms continuously. It has been nearly a thousand years since the establishment of this system, except for a period of time in the late Qin Dynasty.

Moreover, this ceremonial crown has been cared for by successive ceremonial masters. In addition, the entire ceremonial crown is made of gold, silver, copper and jade, which is not easily damaged. In addition, the worshipers sent by the Bai family follow the ceremonial masters to maintain it. Therefore, this ceremonial crown has been passed down for thousands of years. But there are only some traces of time.

The people who wore this crown were all celebrities at that time, such as Confucius, Mencius, Xunzi, Liu Xiang, Kong Guang, Zheng Xuan, etc.

The person who wears the ceremonial crown today is Bai Kang's fifth grandfather, the most rigid and stubborn old man in Bai Kang's eyes.

(End of this chapter)