In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213 AD), Liu Bei began to implement Zhuge Liang's second-step strategic plan of "Longzhong Confrontation", sending troops to the west in an attempt to capture Yizhou. The Yizhou warlord Liu Zhang and Liu Bei fought a lot of battles, and finally the land snake was defeated by the outsiders, and was completely defeated by Liu Bei. In 214 AD, Liu Bei successfully entered Chengdu, marking Yizhou as his second most important strategic base, and the development of Shu Han entered a new stage.
In June 214, Liu Bei, who had won a great victory at the Battle of Yizhou, was in a good mood and rewarded the meritorious heroes. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that "Yizhou was flat, and Zhuge Liang, Fazheng, Fei and Guan Yujin were given five hundred catties each", in addition to varying amounts of silver, copper coins, silk, houses, fields, and so on. The soldiers risked their lives to lay down a most precious strategic base for Liu Bei, and it was reasonable to be rewarded.
From the records of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it can be seen that Zhuge Liang, Fazheng, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were favored by Liu Bei's other eyes and were rewarded with a heavy reward of five hundred catties of gold. Of course, the ancient weights and measures system is different from the modern, the Three Kingdoms era weights and measures follow the Eastern Han dynasty system, one pound is about equal to the modern 224 grams, equivalent to the modern half a pound, that is to say, if the modern weights and measures system is used, the amount of gold each of the four of them is also very amazing.
Curiously, there was a huge problem with Liu Bei's reward this time: Zhao Yun, who had made outstanding achievements, was excluded from the list of this reward. The records in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms show that Zhao Yun did not receive any money. Zhuge Liang is the initiator of longzhong pairs, and it is reasonable to be rewarded. Fa zheng was Liu Bei's internal response and leader in the battle to capture Yizhou, and he was the first meritorious servant to seize Yizhou, and it was only right to reward him heavily.
But for the rewards of the martial generals, they are all martial generals who fight in blood, why does Liu Bei favor one over the other, be so generous to Guan Yu Zhang Fei, and so cool to Zhao Yun? In terms of seniority, Zhao Yun is also a well-known old qualification, following Liu Bei for no more time than Guan Yu Zhang Fei, Liu Bei in the most difficult period, Zhao Yun has been accompanied by left and right, willing to taste bitterness, life and death together.
When the Battle of Yangchang banpo, Liu Bei ignored his child Liu Chan in order to escape for his life, and fled on his own. It was Zhao Yun who desperately tried his best not to die, sacrificed his life and rushed into the siege, and nine deaths saved Liu Chan from the Ten Thousand Horse Army, so that there were people who succeeded the great cause of Shu Han, and this merit alone was enough to make Guan Yu Zhang Fei ashamed.
Even if it was a matter of fact, in the Battle of Yizhou, Zhao Yun was fully qualified to receive a heavy reward. In 213 AD, Zhao Yun entered Sichuan at the same time as Zhuge Liang and Zhang Fei, and then divided his troops to attack various places, zhao Yun led a group of men and horses to conquer Jiangyang County and Qianwei County, and the merits were on a par with Zhang Fei. So why did Liu Bei treat him differently when rewarding meritorious men? Did Liu Bei have any misunderstandings and opinions about Zhao Yun?
It turned out that there was a hidden affair. The Biography of Yun Bei records that Liu Bei summoned the ministers to discuss before the reward. When everyone heard that the lord wanted to carry out a heavy reward, they were all overjoyed, but Zhao Yun was different, thinking that this reward was not necessary. He believes that "Huo's illness is that the Xiongnu have not been destroyed and have no use for their families, and the thieves of the present country are not only xiongnu, but also can not seek peace." It is advisable for the whole world to be determined, and each to return to Sangzi and to cultivate the land. The people of Yizhou, at the beginning of the Military Revolution, can return the farmhouse, so that the peaceful residence can be restored, and then they can be transferred to their hearts."
Zhao Yun believed that at that time, Shu Han was only in its infancy, and the future was heavy and long, and it was far from the time of comfortable enjoyment. When the world is pacified in the future, the rivers and mountains are unified, and the people are happy, it is not too late to reward them. The local people of Yizhou, who have just experienced the suffering of several years of war and fire, have gone through hardships to survive to the taiping days, so it is better to use these fields and houses and gold and silver treasures to relieve the people, so that they can win the hearts and minds of the people of Yizhou as soon as possible.
What Zhao Yun said is worthy of being a far-sighted and reasonable saying, and it is also the words of the old Chengcheng. Liu Bei was very sympathetic to his words, but considering that the words had been spoken and the soldiers of the army had also experienced the test of life and death, they needed a heavy reward to boost morale, or implemented this reward. However, Zhao Yun was willing to set an example, resolutely refusing, and refusing to accept the reward given to him. Its high wind and bright festival are still awe-inspiring after a thousand years.