Ma Mo lost the street pavilion and was defeated by Sima Yi and Zhang Guo, completely disrupting Zhuge Liang's layout, Sima Yi took advantage of the victory to pursue, and Zhuge Liang staged the "empty city plan" in desperation. Ma Mo knew that he had disobeyed the military order, and tied himself to Zhuge Liang, where he was beheaded by Zhuge Liang in tears.
This is the bridge section we are familiar with, but this "history" comes from the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, not the canonical history. The real situation is not small.
He knelt before the tent. Kong Ming changed color: "... After Ru's death, Ru's family was small, and I gave Lu grain on a monthly basis, and Ru didn't have to worry about it. "Push out the slash left and right." ...... The samurai offers horses and horses at the first level below the steps. Kong Ming cried unceasingly. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
Truth One: Ma Mo did not come back voluntarily, but was arrested
Ma Mo was not falsely punished by Zhuge Liang, but this instrument was not heavy enough to avoid the "capital crime" of losing the street pavilion. The street kiosk has strategic significance, but what is important is that zhuge liang has more political significance above the court, which is described in detail below.
Therefore, the extremely clever Ma Mo directly chose to escape, and the farther away he was from Zhuge Liang, the better.
But unfortunately, he was caught by Zhuge Liang before he could escape.
Zhuge Liang not only arrested Ma Mo back, but also cleaned up those who knew that Ma Mo had run away, but did not tell him. From this point of view, Mr. Zhuge does not seem to be as elegant as he imagined.
"Lang Su and Ma Mo shan, Chen fled, Lang did not know, brightly hated, and spared the official to return to Chengdu." (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
Truth Two: Ma Mo was picked up, not only because of military orders and disobedience
Ma Mo did brag about the military order before setting out, but the military order was not that he had to hang himself on the southeast branch if he could not do it, so that no one could survive.
Military orders are mostly just words, similar to today's promises to leaders to "guarantee the completion of the task", but occasionally do not complete and will not be fired.
It was not only because of disobedience, the orders of the foreign monarchs were not given, the situation on the battlefield was changing rapidly, there was no telegram at that time, and the speed of the order was worrying. There is no need to completely follow what Zhuge Cheng xiang said.
The reason why Ma Mo was slashed was that the focus was to break Zhuge Liang's overall layout, almost all of them lost on the battlefield, and in politics, they were even more discussed by the court.
Zhuge Liang was not as trusted by the Liu clique as he was in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and his temptations against him were never stopped. This defeat caused the four major political forces of the Shu Han Dynasty (the Northern Group, the Jingzhou Group, the Dongzhou Group, and the Yizhou Group) to move, directly threatening Zhuge Liang's prestige.
Therefore, in order to protect the interests of Zhuge Liang's Jingzhou clique, Ma Mo must be cleaned up. He himself had to lower his identity and calm the wrath of the people.
More than a thousand families in the county, still in Hanzhong, slaughtered to thank the public. Shang Shu said: "The subject is weak and talented, and the snag is not based on ... The minister does not know the person, the compassion is dark, the "Spring and Autumn" is responsible for the commander, and the subject's position is dang. Please demote yourself to the third rank to blame. So With Liang as the right general, he did the same thing, and the president was as before. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
Truth Three: Ma Mo was not killed by Zhuge Liang
After Zhuge Liang captured Ma Mo back, he did not click Ma Mo in front of the generals of the three armies. Instead, he first sent Ma Mo to prison.
After all, if you are too cruel to your own people, who dares to follow Zhuge Liang, the Jingzhou Group will collapse.
Therefore, the handling of Ma Mo is a major difficulty for Zhuge Liang, and it is a very test of political wisdom.
Ma Mo can't keep the street kiosk, but it's good to give others steps. Without bothering Zhuge Liang, Ma Mo died of illness directly in prison. Then Zhuge Liang left a sad tear and put Xianghe in place on time.
"When you go to jail, you will weep for it." (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
Truth Four: Tang Dynasty Famous Xiangfang Xuanling reveals that the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms was implicated by Ma Mo
Chen Shou, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, is often regarded as a historian of the Western Jin Dynasty, but in fact he was also a Shu Han, and the Shu Han at that time had not yet been destroyed. Therefore, for Chen Shou, "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is not like writing history, but more like looking back at what he saw and heard when he was young, and the authenticity is extremely high.
Coupled with the fact that the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a non-official revision history book, there is no question of political stance, and most of the events are recorded relatively objectively.
But Zhuge Liang was a special case for Chen Shou.
Zhuge Liang is blown into an immortal in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but Zhuge Liang is not too cold to Zhuge Liang in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. On the one hand, because the historical narrative is generally relatively flat, on the other hand, Zhuge Liang's cleaning up of the horse rumors implicated Chen Shou.
When the Tang Dynasty minister Fang Xuanling was revising the Book of Jin, he conducted an investigation of Chen Shou and found that Chen Shou's father was a member of Ma Mo's army, and because of Ma Mo's defeat and escape, he was "tortured", that is, shaved his head.
Today it seems like just a change of hairstyle, but at the time it was a great insult. Think about how much hurt a woman would have in her heart if she shaved her head today, and the men of the Three Kingdoms period also had long hair, and they could empathize.
Shou's father joined the army for Ma Chen, and Zhuge Liang was reprimanded, Shou's father also sat on the beard, and Zhuge Zhan was light on life. Shou wei Liang Li Chuan, said that Liang will be slightly not long, no enemy talent, words and works, the name is exaggerated. (Book of Jin)
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References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Jin