Reading the Fourteenth Book of Jin, Volume 14, there is an interesting record: "Huan Wen entered the pass, and was browned out, talking about the affairs of the world, as far as the lice were concerned, there was no one around." ”
The above passage is in the vernacular, that is: In the tenth year of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (354), the Eastern Jin general Huan Wen led his troops into Guanzhong. "Meng" was Wang Meng, and when Wang Meng heard that General Huan Wen had led his troops to Guanzhong Bashang, he wore a tattered shirt and went to see him. As a result, the two began to discuss domestic and international events. The interesting thing is that this Wang Meng, while catching the lice on his body, he gushed his views on the world's affairs, and looked like no one around.
Huan Wen saw Wang Meng talking so calmly and calmly, and felt that this person was a bit interesting, but asked Wang Meng: "At the behest of the Son of Heaven, I led a sharp division of 100,000 people, and the staff was righteous and rebellious, and the remnants of the thieves were removed for the people, and what if the Three Qin Haojie did not arrive?" "Meaning, this time our army has recovered Bashang, why don't we see people of insight in the Land of The Three Qins coming to offer condolences?"
Wang Meng said that the general was thousands of miles deep into the enemy's territory, and Chang'an was within reach, but you did not cross the Bashui River to restore Chang'an, and the common people did not know what the significance of your coming here was, so they did not come to comfort you.
Wang Meng's remarks, although Huan Wen was speechless, made his eyes light up and he said, "Jiangdong Wuqing Biye!" He asked Wang Meng to go south to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but he refused.
Who is Wang Meng? Even the invitation of Huan Wen, the general of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Great General of the Western Expedition, refused, so how powerful was his intelligence?
Wang Meng, character Jingluo. He was a Shouguang man from Shandong, born in 325 AD, who had been good at reading military books since childhood, good at strategizing and using soldiers, and was both literate and martial, and according to historical records, others also looked "magnificent and handsome", and later lived in seclusion at the foot of Mount Hua to study, waiting for the appearance of the Ming Lord.
Wang Meng lived in an era in which wuhu was chaotic, the various ethnic groups in the north had established and destroyed the country one after another, and the situation was changing rapidly, and it was indeed quite boiling to find the appearance of a bright lord.
In 357 AD, Wang Meng finally waited for the appearance of the Ming Lord, who was Fu Jian, the Former Qin Heavenly King.
In this year, because fu sheng, the second emperor of former Qin, was "jealous and cruel, tyrannical, and centrifugal at home and abroad", his cousin Fu Jian, the king of the East China Sea, replaced Fu Sheng with everyone's support and became the former king of Qin. One day, Shangshu Lü Polou recommended Wang Meng to Fu Jian, saying that "there is Wang Meng in the servants, and his people are not born in the world, and His Highness should ask for advice" (Zizhi Tongjian Vol. 100).
Therefore, when junchen saw it as usual, he talked about the great event of revival and destruction, and speculated every sentence, which made Fu Jian feel that it was like Liu Bei met Zhuge Liang.
Of course, Wang Meng's talent and wisdom were by no means inferior to Zhuge Kongming's.
Fu Jian first appointed him zhongshu shilang, and then sent him to a county that was more difficult to administer as a county order. Wang Meng was a county commander, he was not afraid of offending people, and at the beginning of his term of office, he clearly and severely punished him, prohibited violent rape, and acted vigorously. Therefore, someone went to sue him, and the imperial court sent someone to escort Wang Meng to fu jian. Fu Jian asked him, to govern the country, we must give priority to the rule of virtue, why did you kill so many people as soon as you took office?
Wang Meng replied, "The subject wen ZaiNing guo is courteous, and the chaotic state is ruled by law." "Meaning, I have heard the saying that a kingdom of peace and security can use etiquette, and a state of chaos must use it. After listening to Wang Meng's words, he did not sigh: "Wang Jingluo is Yiwu and Zizhi Liye. (Yiwu is Guan Zhong)
Soon after, Wang Meng was promoted to Shangshu Zuocheng (尚書左丞), Xianyang Neishi (仙内史), and Jing Zhaoyin (京兆尹), and within a few days he was promoted to Shangshu Zuo Shu (尚書左仆射), Auxiliary General (Auxiliary General), Lieutenant colonel (司立校尉), Lieutenant (加骑都尉), and Zhongsu Wei (中宿衛) at the age of 36.
Former Qin Tianwang Fu Jian, also assisted by Wang Meng, became increasingly powerful, and within ten years (366-376 AD), the north was unified, and Wang Mang later became Former Qin's chancellor, overseeing all Chinese and foreign militaries.
Former Qin was strong because of Wang Meng's assistance, and also declined due to Wang Meng's death.
Wang Meng died in June 375, and before his death, he said to Fu Jian: "Although the Jin Dynasty is secluded and ugly, Wu and Yue are inherited by Zheng Shuo. Kindness and good neighborliness, the treasure of the country also. After the subject is gone, he is willing not to take jin as a picture. Humble and humble, my vendetta, will eventually be afflicted, and it is advisable to gradually get rid of it so that it can be community-oriented. "Roughly speaking, after my death, the great king should not have the idea of attacking the Eastern Jin Dynasty, after all, the Eastern Jin Dynasty is an orthodox imperial court, and the Xianbei and Western Qiang subordinate nobles and thieves are not dead, they are enemies of the state, sooner or later they will become a scourge, and they should be gradually eradicated to benefit the country."
However, in the end, Fu Jian still did not listen to Wang Meng's last words, and eight years later launched a southern invasion of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his family was destroyed shortly after the Battle of Shuishui.
On Wang Meng's talent and wisdom, can he be compared with Zhuge Kongming, but he is little known?
It is not only believed that the reason why Wang Meng is not as popular as Zhuge Liang is first of all because the regime he serves does not belong to the Chinese orthodoxy, and the history books generally call it a pseudo-regime, so even if his talent is higher than Zhuge Liang, it is not appropriate to advocate in the past dynasties; second, Zhuge Liang has the impetus of the literary work "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which is known to everyone for generations, while Wang Meng only exists in the history books and is not widely disseminated.
What do the readers think?