When liu bei is mentioned, many people will disagree. This rice bucket that can't be beaten and can't escape, and the rice bucket that can't escape is nothing more than luck picking up an emperor. Of course, this was the gift of Bai Luoguan, a stubborn han orthodox supporter who intended to highlight Liu Bei's benevolence, but unexpectedly left a weak excuse for modern people. In fact, Liu Bei, the so-called "rice bucket", really did several big things at the dinner table.
Chinese like to do big things at the dinner table, and it is often invited to dinner to show that you have face. However, Liu Bei, who is bumpy and displaced, does not like to be invited to dinner. For Liu Bei, being invited to dinner means that there is trouble. Among them, Liu Bei's most famous meal should belong to the "hero of qingmei boiled wine". Because the person who invited him to eat this meal was no one else, it was cao cao, the sworn enemy. At that time, Liu Bei was alone, pretending to be subordinate to Cao Cao, and fearing his political persecution, so he planted vegetables in Xuchang's mansion every day to obscure him. Cao Cao knew all the heroes in the world, and Liu Bei must have known how much ability he had. In order to test this potential political opponent, Cao Cao set up a dinner in his private club and invited Liu Bei to come over and drink wine. After a few polite words, Cao Cao began to throw bricks and lead jade to lead the topic: "Heroes of the husband, with great ambitions, good plans in the belly, the opportunity to cover the universe, and the aspirants who swallow the world." Liu Bei asked, who can be a hero? Cao Cao said bluntly: "When today's heroes, there are only you and me!" Liu Bei listened, was taken aback, and the chopsticks in his hand also unconsciously fell to the ground. It happened to be suddenly raining heavily, and the thunder was loud, Liu Bei moved, calmly lowered himself to pick up the chopsticks, and said that it was because he was afraid of thunder that he dropped the chopsticks. Cao Cao said reassuringly at this time: "Is the eldest husband also afraid of Thunder?" Liu Bei replied, "Even the saints will lose their attitude towards the thunderous and fierce wind, can I still not be afraid?" After this incident, Cao Cao thought that Liu Bei was a rat with no great ambitions, and he was no longer doubted.
From Cao Cao's "breaking the hero and killing people" to Liu Bei's "improvisation and belief like a god", we have to admire the great wisdom that Uncle Liu Huang calmly displayed in the face of danger. However, Cao Cao is not the only one who is alone in the Feast of The Hongmen Gate, and our uncle Liu Huang, who has been living under the fence for many years, often has to face the danger of "man is a knife trick, I am a fish meat". The Romance of the Three Kingdoms has a chapter on "Lady Cai listens to the secret words of Liu Huangshu's prancing horse crossing Tanxi" on the screen, which tells that at that time, Liu Biao was wavering in the choice of the heir of the family property, so he asked Liu Bei, who lived here, for advice. Liu Bei felt that the abolition of Chang Liyou would cause unnecessary family disputes, and advocated the appointment of Liu Qi, the eldest son of Liu Biao, as the "second-generation leader" of Jingzhou. Coincidentally, this was heard by the younger son Liu Chun's mother Lady Cai (Liu Qi Liu Chun's half-brother), so this woman killed Liu Bei. Lady Cai first used a divisive plan to ask Liu Biao to kill him, but Liu Biao did not agree, and then planned to feast on the officials of Jingzhou, pretending to ask Liu Bei to help Liu Qi and Liu Qi preside over the banquet, and secretly ordering Cai Mao Zhang Yun and others to ambush the soldiers and horses to kill him. For the risk assessment of this meal, Liu Bei's adviser Sun Qian and others gave the four words "not to go lightly". However, in order not to freeze the relationship between the two families, Liu Bei generously attended the meeting. At the dinner table, Yi Yuan sent a danger signal to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei immediately made a decision, pretending to go to the toilet and rushing out of the city, and Ma Yuetanxi Escaped from danger.
However, this kind of risk-related banquet is already a common thing for Liu Bei of Rongmajianghu. After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao retreated, and Liu Bei temporarily ruled Jingzhou, with Cao Cao in the north and Sun Quan in the south. In the awkward sandwich layer, Liu Bei felt that he had to fight for his own reputation as the lord of Jingzhou. Therefore, he decided to go to Jiangdong himself. This incident is mentioned in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" chapter "Wu Guo Tai Buddhist Temple to see the groom, Liu Huang Uncle Dong Fang continued to be a good couple". Zhou Yu offered a plan to Sun Quan, using his sister Sun Shangxiang as bait, set up a beauty plan, lured Liu Bei to Come to Jiangdong to marry and recruit relatives, and took the opportunity to take him as a hostage to return Jingzhou. Zhuge Liang made a plan to make Sun Liu's marriage come true, so that Eastern Wu lost his wife and folded his soldiers, Ganlu Temple recruited relatives, and the fake became true, Liu Bei got a cheap sell, Sun Quan was dumb and ate Huang Lian, and the two of them tacitly agreed.
However, Luo Guanzhong mistook the sequence of events, and the time point when Liu Bei went to Jiangdong should be to return to his mother's house with his newlywed wife after marriage (Sun Shangxiang was sent to Jingzhou by Sun Quan on his own initiative). Of course, this is not important, anyway, Liu Bei went to Sun Quan's place for dinner. Moreover, the meal was extremely dangerous, and we can consider the situation at that time from the "Biography of Zhou Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms":
"Preparing for Jing to see the power, Yu Shangshu said: 'Liu Bei has the posture of a tyrant, and the generals of Yu and Zhang Fei will not be used by people for a long time.' Foolishly, it is said that the great plan should be prepared for Wu, and the palace should be built, and more beautiful women should play well to entertain their eyes and ears, and divide these two people and put one side on each side, so that Ruyu can be threatened and attacked, and major events can be determined. Now that the land is being cut off for the sake of capital, these three people are gathered together, all of them are in the frontier, afraid that the dragon will get the clouds and rain, and finally it will not be in the pool. ’”
This should be the artistic prototype of the Ganlu Temple to recruit relatives, telling that Zhou Yu knew that Liu Bei was a hero, afraid that it would be difficult to deal with the future when the territory became bigger, he suggested that Sun Quan use beautiful women and antiques to put him under house arrest, and at the same time place Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the two fierce generals, so as to ensure the peace of Jiangdong. We have to admire Zhou Yu's vision, this short-lived genius has long foresaw that if the tiger returns to the mountain, there will be a war between the Sun and Liu families. However, Sun Quan did not adopt this suggestion. Of course, Sun Quan is not a straw bag, so why didn't he adopt Zhou Lang's clever plan? Because, he knew very well what the main contradiction in front of him was, or rather, he looked farther than Zhou Yu. The Battle of Chibi was defeated miserably, although The Cao Cao clique was wounded, but the strength still existed, it was still the biggest threat in Jiangdong, and the house arrest of Liu Bei would cause the alliance to collapse, and the nest between Sun and Liu's two families would only be Cao Cao. If this is the case, Jiangdong Foundation may be wiped out in an instant. (Quan Yi Cao Gong was in the north, and when he was a hero, he was afraid of being difficult to make, so he did not include the "Biography of Zhou Yu in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms").
Another point must be explained, that is, the dinner of the trip to Jiangdong was requested by Liu Bei on his own initiative. As for Zhuge Liang, he didn't give any tips at all. If there is, it is Zhuge Liang who gave Liu Bei three words: "Don't go." (Shi Kong Mingzhi was lonely and lonely, and his meaning was unique, and he also considered this "Three Kingdoms Zhi Pang Tong Biography"). Knowing that there were tigers in the mountains that favored the tigers to travel on the tigers, Liu Bei's boldness was really great, because he grasped Sun Quan's psychology ("Lonely was defended by Zhongmou in the north, and when Lai Lonely was aided, he was determined not to doubt it", "The Biography of Pang Tong of the Three Kingdoms"). Of course, Liu Bei gave face to Come to Jiangdong to drink, and Sun Quan, who unloaded his psychological baggage, wanted to invite this meal to a beautiful place. "Liu Bei returned from Jingkou, Quan took the Feiyun ship, and chased him with Zhang Zhao, Qin Song, Lu Su, and more than ten other people, and the grand banquet recounted the "Biography of JiangBiao."" Interestingly, when Cao Cao learned that Liu Bei had come to Jiangdong for a meal, Sun Quan lent Jingzhou to Liu Bei and was so surprised that even the pen fell to the ground.
With a foothold, the bold Liu Bei finally came to work. In the past, he always trembled and participated in other people's meals, but now, Liu Liu has the opportunity to be the master. This time, it was his brother Liu Zhang who participated in Liu Bei's meal. This Liu Zhang was cowardly and undetermined, and he had not made any achievements in the administration of Xichuan for more than ten years, and he also messed up the political atmosphere in this place. Later, Liu Zhang and the Tu Emperor Zhang Lu "next door" had a conflict. Of course, the weak Liu Zhang was not an opponent, so he wanted to find a backer. At this time, Liu Zhang's personal secretary Zhang Song gave him a bad idea: "Liu Yuzhou (Liu Bei), make the Emperor's clan room and Cao Gong's deep hatred also, make good use of soldiers, if you make it lulu, Lu will be broken." Lu Break, then Yizhou Qiang, Cao Gong came, powerless. Liu Zhang thought about it too, so he invited Liu Bei to enter the river.
Since Liu Zhang wanted to lure the wolf into the room, facing the fat flesh on the side of his mouth, Liu Bei, who was full of benevolence and morality, decided not to be merciful anymore. Just as Liu Bei took 30,000 "reinforcements" to Fucheng, it happened that Liu Zhang brought some small gifts to the army. Therefore, Liu Bei planned to set up a dinner on the spot to welcome the host who had "come from afar". Of course, Liu Bei did not have good intentions in setting up this meal, at least, his military master Pang Tong thought so. Pang Tong said to Liu Bei: "Set up a banquet in the coming day, invite Ji Yu (Liu Zhang) to the banquet; ambush a hundred sword and axe bearers in the wall coat, and the lord throws a cup as a trumpet, and he will kill them on the feast; as soon as he enters Chengdu, the sword is not sheathed, the bow is not wound, and he can sit down." ”
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms describes the dinner very wonderfully: the wine is half drunk, and Pang Tong and Fa Zheng discuss: "The matter has come to this point, and it is not up to the lord." He taught Wei Yandengtang to dance the sword and take advantage of the situation to kill Liu Zhang. Yan Sui drew his sword and said, "There is no pleasure in the feast, and I wish to dance the sword as a play." Pang Tong then summoned all the warriors to enter and ranked them under the hall, only to wait for Wei Yan to attack. Liu Zhang's generals, seeing Wei Yan dancing before the sword feast, and then seeing the samurai under the steps pressing the sword target, looking directly at the hall, engaged in Zhang Renyi's sword dance: "The sword dance must be right, and a certain person is willing to dance with General Wei." The two danced before the feast. Wei Yan looked at Liu Feng, and Feng yi drew his sword to help him dance. So Liu Xuan, Ling Bao, and Deng Xian each drew their swords and said, "I'll wait for the group dance to help you laugh." Xuan De was horrified, and hurriedly grabbed the sword he was wearing left and right, and stood on the seat: "My brothers meet and drink bitterly, and there is no doubt that they are jealous." And if it is not a Hongmen meeting, why use a dancing sword? Those who do not abandon the sword will be slashed! Liu Zhang also said: "When brothers get together, why bring a knife?" "Order the guards to take away their swords." Everyone went down to the church. Xuande summoned all the generals to the church and gave them wine, saying, "My brothers are the same as the blood and bones of the same sect, and they discuss important matters together, and they have no two hearts." Don't doubt it. "Thank you all. Liu Zhang held Xuande's hand and wept: "My brother's grace, I dare not forget!" The two of them drank and dispersed until late.
It can be seen that this meal is like the remake of the Chu Han blockbuster Hongmen Banquet that year, Pang Tong plays Fan Zeng, Wei Yan plays Xiang Zhuang, Liu Zhang plays Liu Bang, Zhang Ren plays Xiang Bo, everyone is seated, and the performance is wonderful. It's just that why did Liu Bei play the brainless Xiang Yu and let Liu Zhang's piece of fish meat to his mouth go? Of course, there must be a reason for this. First, Liu Bei believed that although Liu Zhang's political performance was not good, after all, he had been in power in Xichuan for many years, he still had a certain mass base, and moreover, he had just entered the Shu land and his foothold was unstable, and if Liu Zhang was killed during the banquet, the ministers loyal to Liu Zhang would inevitably fight back, and the situation would be quite embarrassing. Second, Liu Bei thought that doing so would smash the sign of benevolence and righteousness that he relied on to win people's hearts, and it was better to first thicken the tree of kindness to win the hearts of the people. Liu Bei also confessed this idea to Pang Tong: "Ji Yu is my fellow sect and treats me sincerely; even more, when I first arrived in Shuzhong, my faith was not established; if I did this, the heavens would not tolerate it, and the people would complain." Even if the overlord does not do this, he will not do it. It seems that strategically, the experienced Liu Bei is still more clever than his military division.
Of course, through the several dinners in Liu Bei's life, we can identify that Uncle Huang is not a crying rice bucket, at least, he is also a hero.