"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the four famous works in China, its artistic attainment is extremely high, the scope of dissemination throughout the ages is wide, and it is a book that the world likes to read. Many of the classic passages in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are talked about, and there is little talk after dinner. Among them, there is such a bridge section that has been compared with the IQ of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi, that is, "Zhuge Liang's empty city plan", so posterity summed up a sentence that "dead Zhuge scared away the living Sima ", however, this matter, after all, is a fiction, not a real event.
Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi character film and television image stills (photo)
Although the incident of "the death of Zhuge scaring away the living Sima is false, it is not mentioned in the history books. So does it mean that similar events in history didn't happen? The answer is clearly no. Not only in history, but also the famous names of the characters involved are no worse than those of Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi. So who are the people involved? And listen to the author's remorse to continue:
Yao Chong, a famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, was a famous politician of the Tang Dynasty; Zhang Shu (yue), also the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, and was a third-degree prime minister, was a politician and writer of his Tang Dynasty, and a generation of Wenzong in the early kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty, but this person was more greedy for money.
The protagonist of the event story similar to "Dead Zhuge Scared Away the Living Sima" happened on these two historical figures.
The author repents of what he said in the past, from the "Miscellaneous Records of the Ming Emperor" in the notes of ancient Chinese historical materials, which is divided into three volumes. The author is also a Tang Dynasty man named Zheng Chuyi, so the historical records are extremely credible.
Yao Chong's character film and television image stills (photo)
It is said that this Tang Xuanzong wanted to make Yao Chong's prime minister, but Zhang said that he was not happy, and instigated others to impeach Yao Chong in front of the emperor in a vain attempt to prevent Yao Chong' appearance, but unfortunately, Emperor Xuanzong knew that Yao Chong's personality was a person, and his intentions had already been decided, and yao Chong's appointment was made as the prime minister. Zhang said that instead of preventing Yao Chong's appearance, he himself was demoted to the rank of Xiangzhou Assassin, and also degraded the History of The Assassination of Yue Prefecture, so that the contradiction between Zhang Shu and Yao Chong, thus deepening (according to the Zizhi Tongjian, there was a gap before the two.
Later, after Yao Chong's reign as prime minister for several years, he retired at home. In the ninth year of the new century, when Yao Chong was ill and was getting thinner and thinner, Yao Chong thought of Zhang Said this enemy, and when he died, he would inevitably retaliate against himself and his descendants, so he wanted to calculate Zhang Again after his death to ensure the safety of future generations. He said to his son: "After my death, the tombstone text needs to be written by someone with a big hand (literary hero), so that it can be passed on for hundreds of generations, but looking at the present altar, only Zhang Shu can really be regarded as a great master of literature." However, I have never been in harmony with him, and if he is asked to write the text of my tombstone, he will not be willing. Son, when I die, you'll need to arrange my favorite collection (antiques) on the side table. At that time, Zhang said that it must be because his colleagues will come to hang the sacrifice, if he does not care about these antiques at all, and does not even look at them, then, you wait to leave quickly, I am afraid that there will be a disaster of extinction, if he looks at the eyes, son, after the sacrifice, you quickly pack these items and send them to Zhang Shuofu to ask him to write a tombstone, after he writes it, he immediately sends it to the emperor to appreciate, and immediately find someone to carve, remember, remember! ”
Sure enough, after Yao Chong's death, Zhang said to come to the sacrifice, and he loved antiques in his life, and when he saw the antiques set up in front of the coffin, Zhang said that he did not turn his eyes and loved them very much. After Yao Chong's son saw it, he immediately said to Zhang: "If the gentleman is not contemptible, he should be the head of the tribute desk." Zhang said that when he heard it, he was overjoyed, but he couldn't show it, he said, how good is that, a gentleman does not take the love of others.
When Yao Chong's son saw the drama, he quickly said to Zhang: "Mr. Wang is a close friend of his father, and his father once had a last word, and he wanted Mr. Zhang to write a large pen for an epitaph inscription." If you don't stingy with pearls and jade, then your father is dead and immortal; if you play well, you can repeat the tao. Zhang said and thought to himself, I just need to write an article to get such a valuable thing, this is not a pie in the sky, so I immediately agreed.
Zhang said that when he returned to the palace, Yao Chong's son sent someone to send things to Zhang Shu, who was very happy, had long forgotten his hatred with Yao Chong, and with a big stroke of his pen, he praised Yao Chong's life to the fullest, and also wrote his admiration for Yao Chong, and the tombstone text was handed over to the people of Yao Chong.
After Yao Gongzi got the tombstone text, he quickly sent someone to carve it, and entered the palace to present it to the emperor for preview, and the emperor was very happy after reading it, saying that this person (Yao Chong) was not enough to praise this article!
Film and television image stills of Tang Dynasty officials (photo)
The next day, Zhang Shu, who had calmed down, suddenly thought of his hatred with Yao Chong, how could he praise him instead of disparaging him? He thought that the article he wrote, Yao Fu should not have been carved, if the hypothetical article still needs to add some content, retrieve it in time, and then tear it up and write another article that deprecates Yao Chong. The idea was decided, Zhang said to quickly send someone to Yao Mansion to get the article, which one of the subordinates soon returned from Yao Mansion and told him that the article was immediately engraved into an inscription, and it was also presented to the emperor for appreciation.
After Zhang said that after listening, he was dumbfounded on the spot, and sighed to himself: "I didn't expect that I was a living person in a grand manner and also hit the calculation of dead Yao Chong, my wisdom is really not as good as his!" ”
Seeing this, does The Rank feel that this historical deed is similar to the "Dead Zhuge Scares Off the Living Sima" in the Renyi novel?
Repentance said: Exactly: before there was "Dead Zhuge scared away The Living Zhongda", after there was "Dead Yao Chong's Calculation live Zhang said"! Therefore, the regret of the past sighed: the world only knows that "the death of Zhuge scared away the birth of Zhongda", but they do not know that the Tang Dynasty is similar to it, more brilliant and more real! (Text: Pan Xiexi)