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In the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Liu Beishi has a record of four wives, namely Gan, Mi, Sun, and Lady Wu. In the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, the Biography of the Second Empress Dowager is only given to Lady Gan and Lady Wu. Give Mrs. Gan a biography, should! It was also a logical thing, because the empress dowager Liu Chan was born to Lady Gan; it was more normal to give a biography to Lady Wu, because Lady Wu was liu Bei's official empress dowager, and the transmission of these two wives was in line with feudal etiquette both in terms of relationship and fame.
Lady Sun will be counted! However, in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is extremely unfair not to give Lady Mi a biography, and this article is used to make a complaint for Lady Mi!
Among the four wives of Gan, Mi, Sun, and Wu, Lady Gan was the first to follow Liu Bei's surname recorded in the history books, and she was also Liu Bei's favorite wife. Although Mrs. Gan was born into poverty, she had a feminine appearance, especially her skin was very white, and in the moonlight, she could compete with white jade. Liu Bei went to work during the day, and at night he stroked the jade made of white jade with one hand and mrs. Gan's skin with the other, all of which were the same white and moist, and he couldn't tell which one was a real person and which was a jade person.
Lady Gan felt that Liu Bei's doing this was a plaything! So he cited the example of Zihan not loving Meiyu in the Spring and Autumn Period to admonish Liu Bei. Liu Bei was deeply ashamed after hearing this, so he moved the white jade man away. It can be seen from this incident that Lady Gan was not only beautiful, but also a woman who understood great righteousness, so she was highly praised by those scholars under Liu Bei at that time and was called "Lady of TheOsophy".
Lady Gan combines beauty, virtue, and children, so she is deeply loved by Liu Bei. However, why didn't Liu Bei set it up as the main chamber? This is because Liu Beishu mourned the concubine and felt that it was unlucky for a woman to be his own lady of the chamber, so he only took Lady Gan as a concubine, but he has always been treated as a lady of the chamber. Unfortunately, lady Gan died of illness in Jingzhou and was buried in Nan County. After Liu Chan ascended the throne, Zhuge Liang sent people (supposedly Zhao Yun) to the enemy-occupied area (Nan Commandery was already occupied by Eastern Wu by this time) to relocate Lady Gan's coffin to Chengdu to be buried with Liu Bei, and was known as "Lady Huangsi" and "Empress Zhaolie".
Compared with Lady Gan's infinite mourning, Lady Mi is much more miserable! If according to the description of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Lady Mi is dead and buried!
Lady Mi married Liu Bei when Liu Bei was in danger. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, the Book of Shu, "In the first year of Jian'an, Lü Bu took advantage of the ancestors' appearance to reject Yuan Shu and attack Pi, and the wife of the first lord was captured. At this time, Lü Bu was only capturing Lady Gan. When Liu Bei was moving to Haixi, he encountered Mi Zhu. According to the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Shu Shu, Mi Zhu Biography", "The first lord turned to Guangling Haixi, and Zhu then entered his sister Yu Xian as his wife, slaves 2,000, gold and silver currency to help the army; ”
It should be said that Mi Zhu reached out to Liu Bei when he was in danger and married his sister to Liu Bei, which was not only a charcoal in the snow, but also a great risk. Once Liu Bei failed, all his own life would be destroyed. It should be said that Mi Zhu played a great role in the history of Liu Bei's development, and he was also very loyal. When Cao Cao wanted to appoint Mi Zhu and Mi Fang to official positions (two thousand stones, belonging to middle-level cadres), they all chose to refuse, and they wanted to share the honor and disgrace with Liu Bei and advance and retreat together!
It should be said that Liu Bei was still good to the two brothers Mi Zhu and Mi Fang. Mi Zhu later served as the general of An Han, although he had no real power, but he was higher than Zhuge Liang in status! His treatment was second only to that of Taifu Xujing. Xu Jing was very famous in the Later Han Dynasty, and the reason why Liu Bei raised him to such a high level was because of his deep political considerations. In addition, among Liu Bei's elder faction, Mi Zhu had the highest political status.
Mi Fang was given the title of Nanjun Taishou (南郡太守), which was also reused. Although Liu Bei nominally owned Yizhou and Jingzhou, in fact, there were more than a dozen counties in total. Nan Commandery was not only the first large county that Liu Bei had obtained, but also one of the most powerful counties, and the appointment of Mi Fang as Taishou was a sign of its reuse. Judging from the members of the team left to Guan Yu after Liu Bei captured Yizhou, Mi Fang was the second person in Jingzhou after Guan Yu.
In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, "... The first lord abandoned his wife and rode away with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and dozens of others. The description is that Lady Mi committed suicide in Changshanpo so as not to drag Zhao Yun into a well, and Zhao Yun was afraid that Cao Jun would steal the body, and bulldozed the wall to bury Lady Mi. But this is a novel, not a history of faith. If there is a real thing, for such a lady who did not abandon herself in times of crisis and gave her life, did Liu Bei go to find her body afterwards? Judging from the situation in which Liu Bei sent people to the enemy-occupied areas (Nan County) to relocate Lady Gan's coffin to Chengdu in the later period, he had this ability. If the body cannot be found, then shouldn't Lady Mi be given a name after death? Liu Bei didn't do it! It should be said that Liu Bei is very cold in this matter! It doesn't look like it's done by a benevolent person at all.
Therefore, Liu Bei was extremely unfair to Lady Mi!
There is also a possibility that Mi Fang surrendered to Eastern Wu, directly causing Guan Yu to be killed and Jingzhou to be lost, making Liu Bei prejudiced against the Mi family. Zhuge Liang and Liu Chan did not dare to disobey Liu Bei's attitude, not to mention the courtiers, and it is unknown that lady Mi was not added to it when they gave Liu Bei a biography to Empress Dowager Liu! Soon after Liu Bei's death, He died of shame and hatred, and there were no more powerful people in the Shu Han regime in the family who also had a certain relationship.
Finally, there is a sinister guess. That is to say, when Guan Yu left Cao Cao, he did not take away all the second lady of Gan Mi who had been captured by Cao Cao, but only took Lady Gan. As for Lady Mi, she either died of illness or committed suicide after being occupied by the people in Cao Ying, or she changed her ways, otherwise, even if Mi Zhu sided with Mi Fang in the Shu Han regime because of Mi Fang, it seems that Lady Mi should not be completely obliterated.
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