introduction
One day in 209 B.C., nearly 1,000 poor people with yellow faces and thin muscles raised their arms and shouted in the cool autumn rain in Daze Township, Jixian County: "Princes and generals, would you rather have a kind?"
They were originally conscripted to defend the border of Yuyang, but because the heavy rain washed away the road and delayed the journey, according to the laws of the Qin Dynasty, if they did not arrive on the appointed date, everyone would be punished, and even executed.
Just when most people were disheartened and pessimistic, two young people stood up, one named Chen Sheng and the other Wu Guang.
They did not want to be killed, so they took the initiative to plot, led the people to kill the guards, and launched an uprising.
The rebel army expanded rapidly, and in a very short period of time it collected tens of thousands of people, attacked the city and plundered the land, and responded to every call, and was called the "Daze Township Uprising" in history, also known as the "Chen Sheng and Wu Guang Uprising."
However, the change of things always caught people off guard, and within a year, cracks began to appear within the rebel army, and Chen Sheng and Wu Guang finally died at the hands of their own people.
Why did brothers in life and death, who were once like-minded, fall apart in such a short period of time? What happened from friendship to strangers? From the experiences of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang in their lives, we can experience three sad points in the adult world.
In the world of flowers, it is difficult to keep the original intention
"Historical Records" is the most important historical material to understand the uprising in Daze Township today, and Sima Qian spared no effort to include Chen Sheng in the ranks of the princely family.
A "Chen Shi Family", with vivid language and detailed description, perfectly reproduces the whole process of the leader of the peasant rebel army from the bottom to the glory, and finally returns to loneliness, and the literary value is very high.
Both Chen Sheng and Wu Guang came from poor peasant families and endured great oppression and exploitation on a daily basis. But as the saying goes, where there is oppression, there is resistance.
Among them, Chen Sheng is very rebellious, although he ploughs the ridges, he has higher ambitions in his heart.
In conversations with his companions, he said more than once: "Gou is rich and noble, and there is no forgetfulness." It means: "Brothers, whoever is developed in the future, must not forget everyone and help each other." ”
Everyone not only took this sentence as a joke, but also persuaded Chen Sheng with kind words, hoping that he would do the work in front of him well, and stop daydreaming, thinking about what he has and what he doesn't have.
Seeing this, Chen Sheng only sighed and shook his head, and said a famous saying through the ages: "The bird's ambition to know the bird?" In this way, he continued to work hard with enthusiasm until he was recruited to Yuyang as mentioned at the beginning of the article.
Because Chen Sheng was well-known in the local area, self-motivated, and good at performance, he was appointed by the official in charge of escorting as the commander of the team.
Then it is "chopping wood for soldiers, unveiling rods for flags", and the same big thing. In just one month, Chen Sheng and others led the rebel army to five cities in a row, and their actions also attracted many people who were ready to move and came to take refuge.
After completely mastering Chen County (the main counties and cities in present-day eastern Henan and western Anhui), Chen Sheng's name became even more well-known to the world, and the local township party and people of insight persuaded him to ascend to the throne and divide one side.
When Chen Sheng heard this, he thought for a long time, and he was afraid that if he became king, it would mean that he had selfish intentions, and some people might abandon him out of disappointment.
However, the desire for power and status finally defeated the original intention, and Chen Sheng immediately announced the founding of the country, and the founding name of the country was "Zhang Chu".
How many people nowadays have been pursuing their childhood dreams? How many people once hated flattery and chasing fame and fortune, but now they have become the person they hate in order to live and get ahead?
It is easy to share hardships and hardships, and it is difficult to share wealth and prosperity
Since becoming the king, Chen Sheng's feet have stepped on the land that he once guarded day and night less and less. People who have gone too far can easily forget why they set out.
Chen Sheng's thinking has changed.
"I've been poor for so long, can't I enjoy it?" Chen Sheng, who had become high-minded, began to pursue things that matched his identity: palaces, food, and beautiful women......
At this time, I am afraid that he has long forgotten the promise he made - Gou Fugui, never forget.
But after hearing this sentence at that time, my friends who are still plowing the fields today remember it in their hearts.
When the news of Chen Sheng's proclamation of the throne reached his hometown of Yangcheng, his fellow playmates rejoiced, thinking that their good days were coming. However, after a long time, they did not receive Chen Sheng's invitation letter.
There were a few people who really couldn't hold their dreams of eating and drinking spicy food, and walked a long way to join Chen Sheng, and one of them knocked on the door again and again outside the palace gate, but the crack in the door didn't even move.
As the days passed, some left disappointed, leaving only one who was still holding on.
Finally, once Chen Sheng happened to be bumped into by him when he went out in the car, and his fellow villagers hurriedly stepped forward to catch up, calling Chen Sheng's nickname while running, which attracted everyone's sideways.
Chen Sheng had no choice but to pretend to be surprised to meet the other party and take a round trip.
With such a special relationship, fellow villagers can come and go freely in Chen Shengfu, and they can also have a lot of income by doing some chores.
But everyone is from a peasant background, has no culture, and usually likes to chatter and gossip when they have nothing to do.
The fellow villagers didn't realize that they and Chen Sheng were already people from two worlds, and from time to time they liked to talk about some things when they were children, and many of them were still Chen Sheng's troubles.
Chen Sheng was very annoyed when he found out, and immediately ordered the other party to be killed, with no emotion at all.
As soon as this move came out, many of the elders who started with him gradually distanced themselves from him, and Chen Sheng slowly became a loner, which was also doomed to a tragic end.
It is easy to share hardships and hardships, and it is difficult to share wealth and wealth, and never take the kindness of others as it should be, otherwise, it may be yourself who is hurt.
Open guns are easy to block, but hidden arrows are difficult to defend
The banner of the struggle between the Zhang Chu regime and the Qin Dynasty was still flying, and the righteous soldiers who raised troops from all over the country also competed to imitate them and regarded them as "idols".
Only a few keen people can realize that they are already going downhill.
In the final analysis, the peasant uprising was not a professional soldier, they were loosely organized and intrigued, but the official army of the Qin Dynasty was a well-known army of tigers and wolves.
If at first they were not in a hurry to take precautions and let the rebels take advantage, but now that they have come to their senses and taken it seriously, the rebels are no opponents, as the saying goes: "A thin camel is bigger than a horse." ”
No, Chen Sheng's "good partner" Wu Guang, when he led the army to attack Xingyang, he was met with strong resistance, and the army was stagnant and prone to variables, so Chen Sheng sent Zhou Wen to bypass Xingyang and attack from Hangu Pass in the west.
Originally, everything went well, Zhou Wen passed the pass along the way, recruited soldiers, and when he arrived in Lintong, which was only a hundred miles away from Xianyang, the capital of Qin, there were already 100,000 people.
The Great Qin Dynasty stood on the edge of the precipice.
At this time, Shaofu Zhang Han offered advice, hoping to pardon the hundreds of thousands of criminals who built a mausoleum in Lishan and let them turn into a god-sent army.
In the face of the Lishan disciples who had an absolute advantage, Zhou Wenjun was defeated at the first touch and returned defeated. Later, the Qin army pursued and besieged it in Mianchi, and Zhou Wen was forced to kill himself in the battle.
As soon as Zhou Wen died, Wu Guang, who was still attacking Xingyang, was about to face the danger of being attacked on his back, and between continuing to attack and retreating, Wu Guang had a dispute with another general, Tian Zang.
Supposedly, such quarrels are normal, but a loose alliance is one that doesn't trust anyone.
Tian Zang directly killed Wu Guang in the name of Chen Sheng, which also directly led to the annihilation of the rebel army besieging Xingyang.
Centrifugal detachment is no longer inevitable. The generals from all walks of life set themselves up as kings, and the title of the leader of Chen Sheng's righteous army became a joke.
At the end of 209 BC, the capital of the Zhang Chu regime was breached, and Chen Sheng was killed by his own chauffeur Zhuang Jia on the way to escape. Just because the other party wants to exchange his head for reward.
There are no eternal friends, no eternal enemies, only eternal interests, whether it is war or interpersonal communication, wholeheartedly always move yourself, open guns are easy to block, hidden arrows are difficult to prevent.
Bibliography:
[1] "Historical Records: The Eighteenth of the Chen Shi Family"
[2] "Historical Records: Qin Shi Huang Benji Sixth"
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