A plate of bright yellow pears was placed on the table, and four-year-old Kong Rong tiptoed laboriously to take the smallest of them.
It was a gathering of the Lu Dikong family at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Kong Rong ate the smallest pear himself and gave up the big pear to his brothers. When the adults asked why, Kong Rong said that he was the youngest child and deserved to take the smallest pear. At such a young age, everyone was amazed that they had learned the order of the elderly and the young. The story of Kong Rong's pear has also been passed down as a beautiful story, which has been passed down to this day.
In fact, in addition to the pear, Kong Rong also had many famous deeds when he was a child. As the twentieth grandson of Confucius, Kong Rong grew up in Shuxiang Mendi. He was gifted and had shown great talent since he was a child.
When he was ten years old, Kong Rong went with his father to Jingshi. At that time, Henan Taishou Li Was quite famous, he was a high-ranking person, and the people who could come and go to his house were all the world's famous people. Kong Rong wanted to see the true face of Li Binglushan, so he went straight to the Taishou Mansion.
An unknown ten-year-old child came to see Taishou, and the guards naturally stopped Kong Rong. Kong Rong was fearless and said directly, "I am a relative of Li Taishou, please inform me." ”
The guards were half suspicious and took Kong Rong inside to see Li Bing. Li Bing and Kong Rongsu were confused and wondered, "What kind of relatives are you and me?" ”
Kong Rong replied, "My ancestor Confucius and your ancestor Lao Tzu are also teachers and friends, and they are the same as each other, so we are friends of the world." ”
Li Bing and the guests present were dumbfounded when they heard this statement, and at the same time, they became more and more curious about Kong Rong. Only Taizhong Doctor Chen Wei was dismissive of this and said: "It's hours, and it may not be better." "It means that when you are young, you are smart, but when you grow up, you may not be able to become a talent."
Unexpectedly, Chen Wei's voice had just fallen, and Kong Rong, who was quick in thinking, immediately fought back: "Listening to adults say this, I think you must have been very smart when you were a child." ”
Everyone laughed, Chen Wei was said to be red-faced, powerless to refute, Li Bing praised Kong Rong, thinking that he would become a great instrument in the future.
Kong Rong has been so intelligent since he was a child, but looking at his future life, whether he has become a great instrument or not is a tragedy that is uncompromising.
After Kong Rong entered his career, disasters always accompanied him. First, Dong Zhuo rebelled and wanted to depose Emperor Shao of Han and establish a new emperor. Kong Rong, who is upright and not afraid of power, has argued with Dong Zhuo many times. As a result, Dong Zhuo communiquéd a personal vendetta and transferred Kong Rong to the North Sea, where the Yellow Turban Army was most rampant. Kong Rong worked hard in Beihai and had quite a political achievement, which was called Kong Beihai at the time.
However, although Kong Rong was famous, he was in a dangerous place after all, and he was repeatedly besieged by the Yellow Turban Army, and the danger was fraught with danger. Once there was a military crisis, Kong Rong had to send the general Tai Shi Ci to ride through the pass alone, break out of the thousands of troops and horses, and ask for help from Liu Bei, who was still only a nameless person at that time. Liu Bei was surprised that Kong Beihai even knew that there was a liu bei in the world? Immediately sent troops to relieve the siege of the North Sea. Kong Rong's embarrassment at that time was evident.
Beaten every day and asking for help everywhere, Kong Rong lived alone and helplessly in the North Sea. It was not that no one had advised him to change the court, and his aide Zuo Chengzu persuaded Kong Rong to defect to Yuan Shao or Cao Cao, the most powerful princes at that time.
But Kong Rong He Xu people are also loyal to the Han Room, a piece of blue blood Dan heart. It was because he offended the Han thief Dong Zhuo that he fell to such a point as he is today. Although Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were ostensibly under the banner of Kuangfu Han At that time, Kong Rong had long believed in his heart that in the future they would be usurpers and rebels and go to them, Kong Rong of course did not want to, and in a fit of anger, he also killed Zuo Chengzu and cut off the thoughts of others.
However, in the first year of Jian'an, Yuan Tan, the son of Yuan Shao, led an army to attack the North Sea, and Kong Rong stubbornly resisted and fought to the end. The stubborn Kong Rong did not want to accept defeat, and on the day of the decisive battle, Kong Rong still read a few books in the morning, talked and laughed freely, and showed his demeanor. When the army fell and the city was destroyed at night, Kong Rong had to flee into the wilderness, and even his wife and children did not take care of him.
Fortunately, cao Cao later welcomed Emperor Xian of Han to Xu Du, built a new imperial court, and recruited Kong Rong to be a master. The displaced Kong Rong finally had a place to live and was able to serve the imperial court in a high position. I couldn't imagine that all this was due to Cao Cao, whom he hated the most, and it was ironic. In a chaotic world, it is meaningless to talk about loyalty and righteousness, and strength is the last word.
The meeting between Kong Rong and Cao Cao in XuDu did not turn the two into friends, but turned the imperial court into a life-and-death shuluo field. (To be continued)