Lu Su's superficial entanglement with Zheng Bao reflects the power struggle in the Jiangdong region behind the scenes.
There is a "inconsistencies" in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, that is, "the death of Zheng Bao".
The Book of Wei XIV says that Liu Ye was coerced by Zheng Bao to cause trouble and killed Bao in anger.
(Liu) Ye began to take a sabre to kill the treasure, and beheaded him to order his army. --The Biography of Liu Ye in the Fourteenth Book of Wei
The Book of Wu changed course, saying that Liu Ye "praised Zheng Bao's talent and martial arts" and wrote a letter to persuade his friend Lu Su to "share the great cause".
Liu Ziyang (i.e., Liu Ye) was friendly with Su, and the testament read: "Those who are close to Zheng Bao, now in Chaohu Lake, have more than 10,000 people, and the land is fertile, and the people in Lujiang are more dependent on it. "--Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography"
The same protagonist, however, appears two "diametrically different" records. Chen Shou has the name of a good history, and he is not so confused. It is known that this is intentional.
In fact, Chen Shou's narrative around "Zheng Bao's death" is a Spring and Autumn brushwork, intended to conceal the behind-the-scenes truth of "Lu Su to stay and belong".
There were many people involved in the incident: Liu Xun, Liu Xun, Yuzhang Taishou Huaxin, Zhou Yu, the governor of Juchao County, Sun Ce, the rebellious general, and Yuan Shu, the muyuan shu of Yangzhou, all of whom participated in it.
Lu Su's death to stay with Zheng Bao seems to have no connection, but in fact, it is two sides of the same coin. Behind it is the power game between Yuan Shu and Sun Ce.
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<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Lu Su's "to stay in the belonging"</h1>
"Lu Su belongs" is a problem that is often overlooked by readers. Su initially wanted to flee the Northern Kingdom, but under the coercion of Zhou Yu's force, he returned to Wu.
Influenced by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Lu Su's artistic image is probably a "good old man who meets the source left and right".
In film and television works, whether it is Cao Li and Ma Yuliang in the 94th edition of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms"; Hou Yong in the 08th edition of "Chibi"; or Huo Qing in the 10th edition of "New Three Kingdoms", the shaping of Lu Su's image is basically based on Luo's "Book".
Various editions of Lu Su
The Lu Su in history is very different from the yanyi, and the characteristic is "heavy martial arts and light text".
Su was physically tall, had great strength, recruited rogue teenagers, and taught martial arts in the mountains. He was scolded by the villagers as a "crazy child".
Su's physique is strange, and there are few strong knots, so it is a strange plan. The world will be chaotic, but learn fencing and riding archery, recruit young people, give them food and clothing, shoot and hunt in the South Mountains, yin and yang, and teach martial arts. Father Xian Xian said: "The Lu clan is in decline, but it is born this crazy child!" --Wei Yao's Book of Wu
In a word, Lu Su is actually the "marshal of the ministry" in the Jianghuai region. At that time, the world was in turmoil, and there were countless similar "Ranger Organizations" between Xu Yang.
Lu Su was rich and had two barns of grain, three thousand huts each. There are more than 300 people under his command, and they are quite well-equipped. When merging with local forces, Su, in order to show off his strength, also "inserted his shield into the ground", drew a bow and shot, and "all the arrows were penetrated".
(Su) make the weak in front and the strong in the back, and there are more than three hundred men and women. The state chased after the horse, Su waited for Xu Xing, the soldiers held full, and planted their own shields, and led the bow to shoot them, and the arrows were all pierced. --Wei Yao, Book of Wu
Bows and shields are forbidden by the people. The nature of the Lusu Group can also be seen.
Note: Swords are forbidden in the two Han chinese people; armor, shields, and crossbows are forbidden. Even the armor shield used as a "funerary product" could not be used, and Zhou Bo, the Western Han Dynasty lieutenant, was imprisoned for this reason.
Lu Su planted his own shield, drew his bow and shot it, and the arrows were all pierced
To mention more, in the "Single Knife Society", the horizontal knife eyes are Lu Su and Guan Yu. Yu Zaisu was enraged and forced to dismiss his staff. It can be seen that its "Ranger temperament" has not diminished that year.
The solemn voice is very sharp, and the words are very sharp. Yu Cao said, "This is from the state affairs, is the person (referring to the Jingzhou side staff) How do you know!" "Let it go." (Liu) prepared to cut off the Xiangshui river as a boundary, so he boycotted the army. --Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography
Lu Su returned to Wu, initially under the coercion of Zhou Yu.
Zhou Yu was originally a eunuch, Yuan Shu, and served as the governor of Juchao County. Before Yu went to office, he went to Dongcheng to meet Lu Su.
This is a key clue.
Because Lu Su's hometown was in Linhuai Dongcheng, the road to Zhou Yu's appointment was "in the opposite direction". Yu went from north to south from Shouchun to Juchao, while from Shouchun to Dongcheng from west to east.
The "Linhuai County" mentioned in Lu Su's biography seems to have been abolished for a long time at the end of the Han Dynasty. The area of Linhuai is roughly in Guangling County (most of Xuzhou) and Xia Pi County (south).
In other words, when Zhou Yu saw Lu Su, he was actually "going from Yangzhou to Xuzhou" and deliberately took a detour.
Zhou Yu saw Lu Su's path
When Zhou Yu saw Su, he led "hundreds" of troops and asked for "food."
Zhou Yu, as the head of the nest, sent hundreds of people to wait for su and asked for food. --Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography
Lu Su is a tribal commander in the Xuyang region and is well known. Zhou Yu led troops to borrow grain when he opened his mouth, which was no different from the warlords of the old society who "went into the city to borrow pots". This is actually a "multiple choice question" for Lu Su.
To put it bluntly, if you know each other, then "let's make a friend." If su does not know how to lift, then take the opportunity to destroy it and take away its grain and grain.
Lu Su had no choice but to divide half of the family property and "lend" it to Zhou Yu.
The Su family has two pieces of rice, each three thousand hu, and Su Nai refers to one and Zhou Yu. --Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography
Three thousand hu is not a small number, one hu ten buckets, one bucket ten liters. For the minister, it is considered to be hollowed out. Therefore, Zhou Yu will be "strange".
Yu Yi knew his qiye, so he went on a blind date and married, and decided to divide the overseas Chinese and Zazhi. --Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography
Probably Zhou Yu originally went with the mentality of "picking quarrels and provoking troubles", and did not expect that Lu Su "can flex and stretch". Therefore, the two are deeply intertwined.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the death of Zheng Bao</h1>
Zheng Bao is the core clue connecting Lu Su, Liu Ye, Zhou Yu, Liu Xun, Sun Ce and others.
The Book of Wei XIV mentions that the people of Yangzhou are "frivolous and fierce, and each has its own parts." Among the chaotic soldiers in the Jianghuai area, Zheng Bao, who was stationed at Chaohu Lake, was the most fierce.
Yang Shiduo is light and cunning, and there are Zheng Bao, Zhang Duo, and Xu Qian, each of which has a part. Treasure is the most fruity, talented, one side is afraid. --The Biography of Liu Ye in the Fourteenth Book of Wei
At that time, Liu Ye wrote a letter to Lu Su, saying that Zheng Bao "had more than ten thousand pieces of work and could achieve great things" and wanted to invite Su to return.
The people of Lujiangjian are more dependent on it (Zheng Bao), but I am in vain? Judging by its situation, it can be collected, the time must not be lost, and the foot (Lu Su) is fast. --Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography
It can be seen from the side that Lu Su's name of "Buqu Shuai" was even heard of by the "bandit leader" in Yangzhou at that time.
Su obeyed his (Liu Ye)'s words and wanted to go back to ChaoHu Lake, but unexpectedly his family was detained by Sun Shi. Zhou Yu told Lu Su that Mother Su had been relocated to Wu County to "live".
(Su) want to go north. Hui Yu had migrated to Wu. --Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography
Wu County is Sun Jian's hometown. This is undoubtedly "taking the mother as a hostage".
As for Zhou Yu's later remarks such as "Sun's Heroic Martial Arts and Shangying Wei", they were just ghost words to appease Lu Su.
Zhou Yu took Su Mu as a hostage and forced Su to obey
Since Lu Mu was held hostage, she had to serve Sun Ce's brothers and did not dare to regenerate her dissent.
What is Lu Su's dissenting heart? It is to go back to Liu Xun.
At that time, Yuan Shu was dead (199). The general Liu Xun of Lujiang received Yuan Shu's political legacy. A considerable number of Jianghuai Haojie defected to Liu Xun and worked together for the great cause.
(Surgery) onset of disease and death. His wife Yishu was the former official Lujiang Taishou Liu Xun. --The Biography of Yuan Shu in the Book of Wei
Liu Ye, who persuaded Lu Su to submit to Zheng Bao, was one of the figures who "attached himself to Liu Xun".
Before Lu Su could break the agreement, Liu Ye merged with Zheng Baohuo and killed Bao to stand on his own. Because Ye was from the Han clan and had a sensitive identity, he "did not want to support the army", so he commissioned Liu Xun.
Ye saw that the Han Room was gradually weakening, and he was already a subordinate, and he did not want to support the army, so he entrusted his subordinates and Lujiang Taishou Liu Xun. --The Biography of Liu Ye in the Fourteenth Book of Wei
In other words, when Liu Ye wrote to Lu Su, although he "praised Zheng Bao" in his mouth, he already had a "plan to kill the treasure" in his heart. Then he led his troops to surrender to Liu Xun and conspired to achieve great causes.
Liu Xun was a confidant of Yuan Shu. After Sun Ce attacked Lu Kang and took Lujiang, Ben was promised to be taishou, but Xun took the place of "Shu Zhi Zhi Ren" to take the town of Lujiang.
Attacking (Lu) Kang, Bazhi (Lujiang), and reusing his late official Liu Xun as Taishou, Ceyi was disappointed. --"Wu Shuyi Sun Qiu's Reverse Biography"
Combined with the death of Yuan Shu and the return of his family members, it can be seen that Liu Xun is actually "an external continuation of Yuan Shu's power".
Zheng Bao's death, on the surface, is "Liu Ye broke his word and deceived Lu Su"; in fact, "Lu Su's position was wavering, and he wanted to go to Sun Guiyuan (Liu Xun)". It's just that Zhou Yu's skill is a high move, taking Su Mu as a hostage and cutting off his way out.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > followed by "The Death of Zheng Bao"</h1>
Grain is the key to ending Sun Ce and Yuan Shu's enmity.
Lu Su wanted to return to Zheng Bao (i.e., Liu Xun) and could not do so, and his old mother was detained, so he had to fully entrust Sun Shi. The three thousand pieces of rice that were "left by themselves" at that time could undoubtedly not be saved.
At that time (199), it was the final stage of Sun Ce's pacification of Jiangdong, relying on "control of grain and grass."
Because Zheng Bao and Liu Xun were in a "period of food difficulties" at that time.
According to Liu Ye's words: Bao "plundered for profit", and the poor logistics can be seen. And Xun also "cut off grain for a long time", and at this time was blackmailing Yu zhang Taishou Huaxin.
Ye Yue: "(Zheng) Bao cannot be made, and its people are slightly profitable from banknotes." --"Wei Shu XIV Biography of Liu Ye"
(Liu) Xun has little grain and cannot be revived. --"The Legend of Jiang Biao"
The problem is that Hua Xin is also a poor egg. In its jurisdiction, there is "a lot of forts", "adulterers are rampant", and even "too conservative to send one person to get", there is no food to pay tribute.
Ziyu (referring to Huaxin) not only could not harmonize Luling and Poyang, but there were walls near the sea, and there were five or six thousand families united, gathering as a clan, but they lost the rent to the county ear, and summoned one person to get it. --"The Legend of Jiang Biao"
In the end, Hua Xin was forced to go to Haidian County with Liu Xun's cousin and ask the big households to "enjoy the food" together.
(Liu Xun) sent his brother (Liu Xun) with him to warn Yu Zhang's Taishou Huaxin. In Su Shaogu, Xin County, the dispatched officials will be in the sea, so that the emperors will give a total of 30,000 rice to accompany them. --"The Legend of Jiang Biao"
Liu Xun asks for rice
From Lu Su's "family rich in wealth, hoarding rice and six thousand hu", it can be seen that the "Buqu Shuai" (Zong Shuai) at that time was the local emperor. However, the emerging Wufu group such as Liu Xun and Zheng Bao is at risk of "hunger mutiny" at any time.
Sun Ce also took the opportunity to persuade and lure him to go to the sea to "borrow rice".
Shi Xunbing was stronger than jiang and huai. Sun Ce was evil, and sent his envoys to humble themselves and say in a book: "The people of the Shangzhi Sect, the number of deceitful people..."
Taking advantage of the emptiness of Liu Xun's old lair, he dispatched Zhou Yu to attack Lujiang and kidnap Liu Xun and Yuan Shu's families. Xun went north to Cao, and Jiangnan suiping.
(Xun) raised an army to cut down the sword, and the results attacked them. Xun was poor and went to Taizu. --The Biography of Liu Ye in the Fourteenth Book of Wei
As a continuation of the "Yuan Shu forces" in the Jianghuai region, the overthrow of Liu Xun officially announced that the Sun clan would replace the Yuan clan as the new hegemon in the Jiangzuo region.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > summary</h1>
"Lu Su's belonging" and "Zheng Bao's death" seem to have nothing to do with each other, but in fact, they are two sides of the same coin.
The person who wrote the letter to Lu Su was Liu Ye, "Zheng Bao's aide", and Ye had already harbored a "plan to kill the treasure" and wanted to surrender Liu Xun. Liu Xun was also the "successor of Yuan Shu's power" and the "New Hegemon of Jianghuai" who competed with Sun Ce.
In other words, the superficial entanglement of Liu Ye, Zheng Bao, and Lu Su reflects the game between Sun and Yuan over "control of Jiangdong".
Liu Ye's persuasion to Return to Bao was essentially to persuade Lu Su to "return to Yuan Shu's camp again." After all, Su Ben was the governor of Dongcheng County, who was appointed and dismissed by Yuan Shu.
Yuan Shu heard of his name and made him the mayor of Dongcheng. --Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography
And Lu Su's "natural plan" is actually determined to break away from the Sun clan and return to the embrace of his old master. After all, Sun Ce's murder of Wu Hui's heroism made the people of Jiangdong panic, and the exiles also fled north in large numbers.
Su replied to his (Liu Ye) plan. After the burial of Qu'a, I want to go north. --Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography
However, Zhou Yu took precautions and moved his mother to Wu, forcing Lu Su to "bow to the situation." When the two first met that year, Zhou Yu's arrogance of "pulling soldiers to borrow rice" was vividly remembered, and Lu Su was well aware of the fate of the rebellion against Sun Ce's clique, so he simply "entrusted the quality and fixed the score" and was loyal to the Sun clan.
Fortunately, Sun Ce died soon after (200). Sun Quan, known as "Na Xian", was deeply attached importance to Lu Su, so Su Ping stepped into the clouds, and the old "beginning and end of Wu En's grievances" was also deliberately diluted.
Quan sighed and said, "Qing Kuo has made a big plan, and he is in the same way as Lonely, and this day Qing has given me also." "--Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography"
Without combining the quotations in the various books, it is not easy to glimpse Lu Su's "embarrassment" and "reluctance" at the beginning of Wu. Even the "(place of origin) Linhuai Dongcheng" deliberately mentioned in his biography may also be part of the Spring and Autumn Brushwork.
Note: Linhuai County was set up by the Western Han Dynasty, and was incorporated into the East China Sea during the Xinmang Period, and was incorporated into Xia Pi in the early years of the Eastern Han Dynasty. By the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it had long ceased to exist.
The use of a county name that has been "abandoned for a long time" seems to cover up the geographical twists and turns of "Zhou Yu borrowing rice".
Lu Su zi jing, Linhuai Dongcheng people also. --Wu Shujiu, Lu Su Biography
With the killing of Zheng Bao, the defeat of Liu Xun, and the return of Yuan Shu's family to the Sun Ce brothers, the situation of "two males standing side by side" in the Jiangdong region was over, and the Sun clan was fixed on one statue. Lu Su also no longer hesitated, but reassured Sun Wu until he bowed to exhaustion and died in office.
Lu Zijing, who "started as a ranger and intends to flee north", gradually became an old and good man who was "polite and loyal to the Sun clan" under the rendering of literary works.
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