The story of "bearing the burden of jing and asking for sin" is well known to all the people of the country, and the incorruptible and honest who has distinguished himself from the battle, dissatisfied with his lowly birth, and the trickster Lin Xiang seems to be above himself, and vows to humiliate him in person.
Lin Xiangru started from the overall situation of zhao guo, avoiding everywhere, and later Lian Po knew Lin Xiangru's painstaking heart, took the initiative to go naked and carry a thorn to the door to ask for guilt, and finally the two of them were released from their previous suspicions. Many people also know from this story that Lian Po and Lin Xiangru are like these two people.
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Lian Po, one of the protagonists of the story, as one of the four famous generals of the Warring States, resisted Qin, attacked Qi, broke Yan, and attacked Wei, and achieved great military achievements;
Another protagonist, Lin Xiangru, has the story of the return of Bibi to Zhao, the meeting of the pond, and the five steps of blood splashing, and as a literary minister, it is also a legendary for thousands of years.
After the story of "Bearing the Thorn and Asking for Sin", these two became "neck-to-neck friends", and the opera of "Xianghe" has also been sung to this day.
The opera story is as good as Lian Po and Lin Xiang are like each other, and they will release their previous suspicions and talk about their hands until they are happy, but in real history, the end of the two extremely popular ministers is difficult to say.
Lian Po and Lin Xiangru were harmonious in wen and wu after the "guilt of the jing petition", and also gained the trust of king Huiwen of Zhao, who was reigning at the time.
Indeed, at the end of the Warring States period of war and strife, the protection of the Zhao state was peaceful for nearly two decades, until the "Battle of Changping", which killed the most descendants in Chinese history, broke out.
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Everyone who has studied the history of middle school knows that in the Battle of Changping, Zhao Guo was defeated, and 400,000 people were killed at one time, and at that time, Lian Po and Lin Xiangru were still in Zhao Guo, how could Zhao Guo be defeated so badly?
The gap in national strength between Qin and Zhao, the use of countermeasures, the mistakes of the generals who talked about soldiers on paper, the qin state quietly changing generals, and killing the gods and whites to fight were all reasons, but the most fundamental reason was the King of Zhao, or the new King of Zhao.
Four years earlier, King Huiwen of Zhao had died and his son King Xiaocheng of Zhao had taken the throne. The new king who is on the throne is obviously jealous of the former dynasty's important subjects, and the so-called one dynasty and one courtier, how to set up an unprecedented court of heavy subjects, it is estimated that the new king's heart is thinking of things.
The King of Qin also saw through the mind of the new King of Zhao, and used a counter-plan, saying that he was not afraid of Lian po, and he was afraid of Zhao Kuo, the son of another late Zhao Guo's famous general Zhao Hao.
King Xiaocheng of Zhao actually went down the slope to donkey, so that Zhao Kuo, a young man who had never fought a war who could only "talk on paper", replaced the veteran general Lian Po, who had made many achievements in battle, and his intention could be imagined.
At the same time, Lin Xiangru was already seriously ill, but after learning the news that King Zhao wanted to let Zhao Kuo lead the army, he still insisted on writing to King Zhao not to change generals.
Lin Xiangru knew very well that although Zhao Kuo was familiar with reading military books, he did not know how to change it, and something bad would definitely happen. The history books record: "Lin Xiang is like a name: "The king is named after him, and he drums like a pillar."
The disciples can read the biography of their father, but they do not know the change. This means that King Zhao only looks at Zhao Kuo's fame and uses him, but he is like gluing the piano pillar to tune the piano, he only knows to read his own Lao Tzu's books, and he does not know how to use it flexibly.
This was Lin Xiangru's last advice to king Zhao, and the result was that king Zhao did not listen to Lin Xiangru's advice, resolutely replaced Lian Po, Defeated changping, killed 400,000 Zhao pawns, and killed Zhao Kuo in battle.
Later, although the State of Zhao survived being annexed by Qin at that time with the help of Xin Lingjun, who "stole the symbol to save Zhao", Lin Xiangru disappeared into the long river of history.
Although the history books do not record the exact time of Lin Xiangru's death, according to the "Historical Record" written in the "History" before the Battle of Changping, Lin Xiangru was "ill", that is, he was already seriously ill, and in the context of the previous book not being accepted, the Zhao state was defeated, and the country was besieged for a year, it can be inferred that seeing the country that he had painstakingly defended for decades was facing the fall of the country, Lin Xiangru must be dead.
Lin Xiangru embraced Heshi Bi in the Qin court, "angry hair on the crown", single-handedly had no fear of the Qin courtiers and the Qin king, and fought for the rights and interests of weak Zhao, thus preserving the face of the country and being able to "return to Zhao completely";
In the Meeting of The Pond, King Zhao was forced to strike for the King of Qin, and Lin Xiangru, in front of the King of Qin, with the words of "five steps of blood spatter", let the King of Qin "strike" for the King of Zhao, preserving the dignity of the King of Zhao;
After returning to the Zhao Kingdom, he won the heartfelt admiration of Lian Po in the form of enduring humiliation and bearing heavy burdens, modesty and concessions, and will be harmonious and protect the Zhao Kingdom together.
Such a model of a scholar whose courage and wisdom coexisted, in the face of broken mountains and rivers, what kind of sad mood should he have died.
If zhuge Liang's death caused posterity to issue a sigh of "dying before leaving the master, often making the hero cry", Lin Xiangru was drowned in the tide of history under the heartbreak, how regrettable it should be.
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Compared with Lin Xiangru's tragic death after the defeat of the Zhao State, Lian Po died more than ten years after Lin Xiangru's death, and he was already eighty-four years old when he died, which can be described as a long life more than two thousand years ago, but Lian Po probably died with greater regrets.
In the Battle of Changping, 450,000 Zhao people were killed (50,000 people were killed in battle, 400,000 people were killed in the pit), and the capital of the country, Handan, was besieged for nearly a year and almost destroyed.
After Chu and Wei came to save Zhao, the Qin people finally left, and after five years, the State of Yan felt that Zhao Guoqing had died most of the time in Changping, and he had not eased up, so he took advantage of your illness to kill you and sent troops to attack.
King Xiaocheng of Zhao finally understood that Lian was still quite useful, and reappointed Lian Po as a general to lead the army against Yan.
Lian Po led the few remnants of the Zhao state to defeat the generals, not only repelled the attack of the State of Yan, but also counterattacked the capital of the State of Yan, and the State of Yan had no choice but to cede five cities to please peace.
Because of this merit, Lian Po was also named Xinping Jun, acting as the Xiangguo, going in and out of the xiang, and reaching the peak of the people. Later, Lian Po also led troops to attack the State of Wei and won, at this time Lian Po was almost eighty years old, and it was really the Dinghai God Needle of the State of Zhao.
However, the good times did not last long, and King Xiaocheng of Zhao soon died, and his son Zhao Mourning Xiangwang ascended the throne. The new King of Zhao perfectly inherited the style of the former King of Zhao, and was jealous of the former courtiers, replacing Lian po with a happy ride, and Lian Po was once again abandoned.
As a result, Lian Po's age and temper grew together, and he no longer tolerated the decision of the young King zhao of his grandson, and directly led his troops to attack Le cheng.
Of course, Le Cheng was not an incorruptible opponent, and fled in defeat. But Lian Po can't stay in Zhao Guo, he just can't swallow this breath, when the father, when the son, one or two feel that they are good bullies, take their own knife, your grandfather has not done this, can not get used to it.
However, he did not want to really rebel, and he ran away from Le cheng, and he had to run to the neighboring state of Wei.
At the age of nearly eighty, the great martial arts of decades of conquest, wei did not dare to appoint Lianpo who had defected, and in the end Lianpo was a Zhao person, afraid that he could not be loyal, nor did he dare to kill, and the shadow of the famous tree of man, the famous prince of Lianpo, had to be raised.
After Lian Po left, Zhao Guo was repeatedly bullied by the Qin State, at this time, King Xiang of Zhao could not help but think of the veteran general, there was an old man in the family, such as a treasure, planning to ask Lian Po to come back, but he was afraid that Lian Po was over eighty years old, and he did not know whether he could still fight, so King Zhao sent someone to comfort him, and by the way to understand Lian Po's physical condition.
Lian Po knew the meaning of the condolences of the people who came, and also wanted to continue to serve Zhao Guo, and when he deliberately ate, he ate a bucket of rice and ten pounds of meat in front of the people who came, and when he ate it, he also put on a horse, indicating that his body was no problem.
Lian Po had no problem, and King Zhao's thoughts also turned a corner, to comfort Lian Po's emissaries that there was a problem. The emissary accepted a bribe from Guo Kai, a rival of Lianpo, and promised Guo Kai to slander Lianpo.
So when King Zhao asked Lian Po how he was doing, the messenger half-truthfully replied that Lian Po was still eating well, but when he talked to me, he went to the toilet three times in a short time. For an old man who was close to urinary incontinence, King Zhao chose to give up.
The State of Wei was too close to the State of Zhao to dare to use Lian Po, who had been a Zhao general all his life, the State of Chu and the State of Zhao did not border each other, and the eight rods could not be beaten, and also knew the prestige of Lian Po, and quietly took Lian Po to the State of Chu, planning to make Lian Po serve the State of Chu.
Lian Po tried it in the Chu Kingdom, but did not make any achievements, Lian Po said" "I think of using Zhao people", still remembering Zhao Guo.
Soon after, Lian Po died in Shouchun, the capital of the Chu State, and left his hometown for thousands of miles. Lin Xiangru can still die in his hometown, and before Lian Po died, he saw the moon in Shouchun and did not know whether he missed the night of Handan.
When Lian Po died, he put on his armor in front of the emissaries of king Zhao, showed his strength, and wanted to return to the Zhao kingdom again to serve the country, but in a year's time, it can be seen how depressed Lian Po was, otherwise he would not have gone from a strong man who "rice bucket rice, ten pounds of meat" so quickly, and his life was fleeting.
21 years after Lian Po's death, Qin destroyed Zhao and Zhao died. Even if Lian Po could return to the Zhao State at that time, he would be able to block the attack of the Qin State within a few years at most, but he could not live a long life after all.
The wheel of history of the unification of the six countries still has to be crushed from the Zhao Kingdom, and the heroes in the sunset are so slandered by the villains that they have not been able to get the opportunity to serve the country again, which is not untenable.
More than a thousand years later, Xin abandoned the disease, depressed, old age, unable to realize the ideal of the Northern Expedition to serve the country, and could not help but issue a sigh of "relying on who asks, honest and old, still able to eat or not", heroes cherish heroes.
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Lian Po and Lin Xiang are similar, it can be said that there are not many in Chinese history, speaking of one person, it immediately reminds people of the gemini-like existence of another person, and their wisdom, boldness, and personality have left a deep imprint on history and made future generations admire.
Their figures remained in the historical records of Tai Shi Gong, "Lian Po, Lin Xiang is like a legend", left in the opera of "Xiang He", left in the idiom allusions such as the return of Bi bi to Zhao, the intersection of the neck, and the jiaozhu drum, and remained in the poetry of posterity, becoming a treasure of Chinese culture.
Both of them made outstanding contributions to the survival of the Zhao state in the environment surrounded by strong enemies in the turbulent changes of the warring states. For the sake of the general and for the sake of the phase, they all live up to the King of Zhao and the State of Zhao, but their endings can be said to have died with deep regret. Later generations look back at this period of history and leave a sigh for them.