When Zhang Fei first met Liu Bei, he had no friendship with Liu Bei, so why was he willing to be a "little brother"? In this article, I will talk to you about this topic.
When you read "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", did anyone have doubts about the origin of Zhang Fei??
Let's look at some of Zhang Fei's words and deeds to see some of his very abnormal things.
First, is Zhang Fei a Hao family?
In the first episode of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Zhang Fei appeared, he saw Liu Bei was reading the list and sighing, so he went forward to say hello, invited Liu Bei to dinner, and introduced himself as "shiju Zhuo County, quite zhuangtian, selling wine and slaughtering pigs, and specializing in making friends with the world's Haojie." Zhang Fei said that his ancestors lived in Zhuo County, he was very rich, and he liked to make friends with the world's heroes.
Is what Zhang Fei said true? However, we found that Zhang Fei did not meet an acquaintance in his later career as a horseman, but Liu Bei had a lot of connections. After Zhang Fei saw Liu Bei, he emphasized that he was "quite zhuangtian", what does it mean? Although Liu Bei was known for his great ambitions, but at this time he was poor and destitute, relying on mat weaving and selling shoes to maintain his life, Zhang Fei said to Liu Bei that he was very rich, was there a temptation?
Where did Zhang Fei's money come from? This is a question.
Second, does Zhang Fei have any culture?
Usually everyone's concept is that Zhang Fei is a rude personality, does not like to read, and only likes to play with knives and guns. And Liu Bei likes to read the Analects (when cooking wine on heroes, Liu Bei once quoted the Analects in the Analects that "the saints are thunderous and the wind will change"),Guan Yu loved to read "Spring and Autumn"; and Zhang Fei did not like to read and had no culture.
Actually? We found that among the warriors in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Fei was the most calculated, with a total of seven times. The first time Zhang Fei used the depth of the trick, it was surprising, that is, to deceive Liu Dai outside Xuzhou City. Liu Dai insisted on not coming out of the fence. Zhang Fei pretended to be drunk, let out the wind, and wanted to rob the village at night.
The spies hiding in the army passed the information to Liu Dai, who made a plan, set up an empty camp, and the heavy troops were ambushed outside, preparing to ambush Zhang Fei, but Zhang Fei took advantage of the night, but let a small group of troops attack first, and when Liu Dai ambushed the troops to rush out, Zhang Fei's main force came back to a counter-encirclement and captured Liu Dai in one fell swoop. You see, if you don't say it, everyone will think that this kind of riot operation is purely Zhuge Liang's style.
Lü Bu had previously served as a "master" under Ding Yuan, and like Chen Qun, this was the work of cultural people. But every time Lü Bu met Zhang Fei, he was scolded speechless, and Zhang Fei also scolded a reasonable sentence, Zhang Fei had no culture, could he scold intellectuals?
To say that Zhang Fei has no culture, why is he "good at making friends with gentlemen and not sympathizing with villains"? Zhang Fei handled the relationship with the upper-class cultural people of the Shu Han clique particularly well, and judging from his means of inspecting Pang Tong and subduing Yan Yan, it was definitely not mangfu's doing.
3. What profession did Zhang Fei do before?
After Liu Guanzhang Taoyuan married, he recruited township heroes and needed money. It happened that two zhongshan merchants were passing by, and someone reported that the three brothers "invited" the people to come, and after some persuasion, the two merchants offered "fifty good horses to send; and gave five hundred and two pieces of gold and silver, and one thousand pounds of iron." Saying that it is a "gift", in fact, what is going on, everyone should be clear in their hearts.
After Lü Bu attacked Xuzhou at night, he wanted to expand his strength and strengthen his cavalry, and purchased a batch of warhorses in other places. As a result, on the way back, he encountered robbers and snatched the horses, who did it? It was Zhang Fei who disguised himself as a robber and stole the war horse.
Cao Cao led his troops to attack Liu Bei, and Liu Bei and Zhang Fei failed to steal the camp and were beaten to death. Zhang Fei saw that the opportunity was not good, took the road and fled, and ran to Mount Mangzhong. What did he do, fell into the grass, became a robber.
Looking at some of Zhang Fei's examples of war, either setting fires or robbing grain, Zhang Fei did a smooth job.
Through the above analysis, we can speculate that Zhang Fei's origin is by no means simple, he is not a rich and prestigious family, but he is very rich, in that era, there is only one way to suddenly make a windfall - robbery.
Zhang Fei was a very knowledgeable man, but he joined the bandit team around Yanshan, repeatedly plundered merchants from the south to the north, and made a windfall. But this was not a long-term solution, so Zhang Feijin washed his hands, bought land in Zhuo County, opened a hotel, and set up a meat factory to conceal his identity.
Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei met, and Zhang Fei felt that the opportunity had come and wanted to take the opportunity to join the formal establishment of the state and completely wash away the illegal and bad deeds of the past. Although he has money, he certainly cannot be a big brother, and in the communication that he is sent to, it is inevitable that he will be accidentally recognized and exposed. Guan Yu is not ok, he is a fugitive, many city gates have his portrait posted, Guan Yu left five long hair, squinting all day, hiding his true appearance.
Only Liu Bei is innocent, engaged in hand-knitting, there is no stain in the archives, and he is a relative of the Han Dynasty, and there are many connections among teachers and classmates that can be used. Therefore, both Guan Yu and Zhang Fei firmly worshiped Liu Bei as the eldest brother and took the lead of the horse.
It's not so easy to be a big brother, don't think that anyone can be the boss. At any time, only by recognizing your identity and correcting your position can you gain something. Even if you are not the right boss and follow the right people, you can achieve a career.