Circle Circle
Qing Zhang Chao
Yuanyuan's surname is Chen, and he is a courtesan from Yufeng. Her singing voice overwhelmed the crowd, and her beauty was the best at the time. In the sixteenth year of Ming Chongzhen, Wu Sangui, the chief soldier, admired Chen Yuanyuan's reputation and sent a thousand taels of silver to marry her, but Tian Wan had already gotten it. At this time, Chen Yuanyuan was unhappy because he couldn't serve Wu Sangui, and Wu Sangui was even more unhappy because he couldn't get her. Tian Wan, who is Tian Guifei's father, is already old. Yuan Yuan composed and sang the song "Flowing Water Mountain", Tian Wan often beat her beside her, and didn't know that Yuan Yuan was mourning the scarcity of bosom friends. In the spring of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the peasant uprising was in full swing, and Emperor Chongzhen was very worried, unable to eat and sleep. Tian Guifei discussed with her father how to alleviate the emperor's sorrows. Tian Wan dedicated Yuanyuan to Emperor Chongzhen. Yuanyuan put on makeup and entered the palace, hoping to get the emperor's favor. And Emperor Chongzhen was unmoved, and soon let her return to Tian Wan's mansion. At this time, King Li Chuang's men and horses were about to attack the capital, and Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly summoned Wu Sangui in the palace, gave him a python robe and a jade belt monk Fang Baojian, pinned the national society on him, and let him garrison Shanhaiguan. Wu Sangui also generously accepted the emperor's trust, and praised himself as loyal to the Ming Dynasty. And the peasant army is even closer, and the rich and noble families in the capital are panicking. Tian Wan was very worried and told Chen Yuanyuan about his feelings. Yuan Yuan said: "In this troubled world, you have nothing to rely on, and you will inevitably suffer disasters, why don't you make friends with General Wu, and then you will have a help?" Tian Wan said: "When is this! Even if I want to make friends with him, people can't take care of it." Yuan Yuan said: "General Wu Sangui has admired the singing and dancing in your house for a long time, and you have not let others see it in view of Shi Chong's historical lessons." But if the time comes, will you still be able to close the door? Why don't you go to General Wu by watching the song and dance, he will definitely come, and he will not refuse. Tian Wan thought that what she said was reasonable, so he personally invited Wu Sangui to come to Tianfu to watch the family. Wu Sangui wanted to go but pretended to push back again and again, and only after Tian Wan forcibly pulled him to agree. He wore a military uniform to Tianfu for a banquet, and his demeanor was inviolable. Tian Wan's food was more sumptuous, and he was more respectful to Wu Sangui. As soon as the wine began to drink, Wu Sangui was about to get up and say goodbye. Tian Wan kept him several times, and then went to the inner room to let the singers at home come out to play and sing, they were all beautiful. One of them, who wears light powder makeup, dominates these beauties and has a particularly outstanding singing voice, and her mood is beautiful and delicate. Seeing that Wu Sangui's heart was unconsciously moved, he immediately ordered someone to take off his military uniform and change into a light dress, and asked Tian Wan: "Isn't this Chen Yuanyuan? Tian Wan didn't know how to answer when he heard this, so he asked Yuanyuan to come over and pour wine. Yuan Yuan came to the banquet, and Wu Sangui asked, "Are you happy to live?" Yuanyuan whispered to him: "Red Whisk still doesn't like Yue Gong, let alone people who are not as good as Yue Gong?" Wu Sangui nodded. While drinking, alarms came one after another, and Wu Sangui seemed unwilling to go, but had to go. Tian Wan stepped forward and asked him, "What will happen if the thieves arrive?" Wu Sangui immediately said: "You can give me Yuanyuan, and I will protect your family first, and then the country." Tian Wan reluctantly agreed. Wu Sangui asked Yuanyuan to bow to Tian Wan and found a pony for her to ride on. Tian Wan was refreshed, but there was no way.
Emperor Chongzhen urged Wu Sangui to go to Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui's father Wu Xiang was supervising the imperial camp for his son, he was afraid that Emperor Chongzhen would know about his son getting Chen Yuanyuan back, so he let Yuanyuan stay in Wu Mansion and did not follow Wu Sangui. After Wu Sangui left, Li Zicheng captured the city of Beijing. Emperor Chongzhen died for Sheji. Li Zicheng occupied the palace, and half of the people in the palace died and half of them fled. Li Zicheng asked the eunuch: "There are three thousand palace maids, why is there no one who is very beautiful?" The eunuch said: "The first emperor is not close, and there are few beauties in the palace." There is a Chen Yuanyuan, whose beauty is rare in the world; Tian Wan presented her to the emperor, and the emperor confiscated it. Now I heard that it was given to Wu Sangui by Tian Wan again, and Wu Sangui left her in the mansion of her father Wu Xiang. At this time, Wu Xiang had surrendered to Li Zicheng, and Li Zicheng asked him for Chen Yuanyuan, confiscated his family property, and ordered him to write a letter to recruit Wu Sangui to surrender. Wu Xiang obeyed and offered Chen Yuanyuan. Li Zicheng was surprised and delighted when he saw Yuanyuan, so he asked her to sing. Yuan Yuan sang Wu songs, Li Zicheng frowned and said: "Why is it so beautiful but the singing voice is so unbearable!" He asked the singers to sing Shaanxi tunes, playing Ruan, Zheng, Amber and other musical instruments, and he himself clapped his hands and sang to the rhythm, the music was rough and agitated, inspiring people's lungs. Li Zicheng asked Yuanyuan: "How about this kind of music?" Yuan Yuan said: "This song should only exist in heaven, not for the ugly people in the south to catch up." Li Zicheng doted on her very much, and immediately sent an envoy with 40,000 taels of silver to reward Wu Sangui's troops. Wu Sangui received a letter from his father and readily agreed to surrender. At this time, a detective came back, and Wu Sangui asked, "Is my family okay?" The detective said: "It was confiscated by Li Zicheng. Wu Sangui said, "I'll return it when I go." Another detective came back, and Wu Sangui asked, "Is my father okay?" The detective said: "I have been detained by Li Zicheng. Wu Sangui said: "I will be released if I go." Another detective came back, and Wu Sangui asked, "Is Mrs. Chen okay?" The detective replied, "It has been taken by Li Zicheng." Wu Sangui was so angry that he drew his sword and slashed it on the table and said, "Is this really the case, do I surrender to him?" So he wrote to his father, roughly saying: "My son was under the shadow of his father and served in the army, and I thought that the Li thief was rampant and would soon be eliminated." Unexpectedly, our country has no capable people to govern the country, and they fled in the face of the peasant army. When I heard that the emperor had died, I was filled with grief and indignation. I once thought that my father could fight the thief, and swore not to live with the thief in the world, otherwise he would kill himself to martyr the country. How can a son listen to his father's teachings and become a filial son? The son will cut off relations with his father and kill the thief as soon as possible, even if the thief puts his father next to Ding Yu to induce Sangui, Sangui will not be tempted. So Wu Sangui learned from the crying of Shen Baoxu and Qin Ting, begged the Qing army to attack Li Zicheng, and first cooperated with the Qing army to defeat Li Zicheng's rebel army at a stone. Li Zicheng was furious and killed more than 30 members of Wu Xiang and his family. wanted to kill Yuan Yuan again, Yuan Yuan said: "I heard that General Wu is going to bring men and horses to submit to you, but it is only for me that he will raise troops again." There's no pity to kill me, I'm afraid it's not good for you, the king!" Li Zicheng wants to take Yuanyuan away. Yuan Yuan said to him: "Since I have already served you, the king, how can I not want to follow the king? I am afraid that General Wu will chase after me for my sake, and you will consider it again, and if you can fight against him, I will carry my clothes and cross my horse and go with you." Li Zicheng listened and thought silently. Yuan Yuan said again: "For the sake of the king, it is best to leave me to slow down the enemy, and I should persuade General Wu not to chase after him, so as to repay the king's kindness." Li Zicheng agreed, so he gave up Yuanyuan, carried the baggage, and went west in embarrassment. At this time, Li Zicheng was already frightened, and he could be eliminated in one go. Wu Sangui returned to the capital and eagerly searched for Yuanyuan. After finding Yuanyuan, the two hugged each other, mixed with joy and sorrow. Without waiting for Yuanyuan to persuade him not to chase after Li Zicheng, Wu Sangui thought that he was precautioned in the art of war and chased the poor, so he let Li Zicheng escape without asking.
Wu Sangui was soon named King of Pingxi by the Qing government. He built Sutai in Yunnan, built Yiwu, and often asked Yuanyuan to sing for him. Yuanyuan often sang the "Song of the Great Wind" by Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, to flatter Wu Sangui. Wu Sangui drank until he was drunk, drew his sword and danced from time to time, his demeanor was high-spirited and promising, and he held a cup to celebrate his birthday, praising him for his fierce and heroic martial arts. So Wu Sangui doted on her even more. For decades, I only loved her alone. Wu Sangui had a disagreement with the Qing Dynasty, he was humble and humble on the surface, but secretly made a wide range of friends all over the world, and the legend is that "most of them are out of the same dream". And people who don't know the details still think that Wu Sangui can learn from Shen Baoxu and Qin Ting's weeping to avenge the revenge of the monarch's father, and he is a person who is loyal and filial. How do you know that his original intention of asking the Qing army to enter the customs was probably for Chen Yuanyuan and not for the hatred of the country and family? After that, he was honored in the south for more than 30 years, and then he made waves, rebelled, and was tyrannical and domineering with his beautiful wife, and was finally annihilated together.
Lu Ciyun said: Confucius said: "No sign does not believe." "Is there any proof of Yuanyuan's fate? I said yes. Wu Weiye's poems can be used as proof. Wu Weiye imitated the form of Bai Juyi's "Pipa Xing" and "Song of Long Hatred" and created "Round Song", in which Wu Sangui satirized: "Chong Guan is angry and red-faced. ”
Wu Sangui once paid a lot of money to ask Wu Weiye to destroy the poem, but Wu Weiye did not agree. When Wu Sangui was in the prime of his momentum, Wu Weiye could clearly point out that he was not, push away his bribes, and ignore his requests, as if Wu Weiye had already been aware of the rebellion of the three feudatories in the thirteenth year of Kangxi. Isn't Wu Weiye the Dong Hu who writes history with poetry?