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Original author: Yu Shiliang
Whoever shaves his head, so does the man.
Under normal circumstances, haircuts are done by others, which is the proverb "those who shave their heads clearly, and people shave their heads". This means that the person who clearly sees the person who cuts someone else's hair is also getting a haircut for him. Thus deriving the theory of karma, if you do evil things, you will also get the reward of evil; if you do good things, you will also get the reward of goodness.
This article says that both of them like to kill, and in the end they are also killed by others. They were Sun Ce and Xu Gong.
Sun Ce is very familiar with everyone, here is a brief introduction to you about Xu Gong's situation:
Xu Gong was an official at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and successively served as the governor of Wu Commandery and the Taishou.
Xu Gong is a good friend of the famous scholar Xu Jing. Xu Jing fled to Jiangdong to escape Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and Xu Gong and others took him in. Xu Gong's superior, who was then the Taishou of Wu County, was Sheng Xian, a huijian .
During this period, Yuan Shu entered Yangzhou. The Huiji Zhou brothers, who had once divided Jiangdong, were defeated by Yuan Shu, and Zhou Zhe was killed by Xu Gong on his way back to Huiji's hometown. In the first year of Xingping (194), Sheng Xian left office due to illness, and Xu Gong was promoted from Wu Commandery to Taishou. The post of Lieutenant of Wu Commandery was held by Sun Jian's old ministry and Zhu Zhi of Danyang.
After Xu Gong arrived in office, he tried to persecute the late Taishou Shengxian, and Gao Dai, a famous scholar of Wu County, helped Shengxian hide in the home of Xu Zhao, Xu Gong's subordinate. Xu Gong then captured Gao Dai's mother, which led gao Dai to prepare to harm her. Gaudai tactfully escapes with the help of friends.
In the second year of Xingping (195), Sun Ce, under the pretext of helping Yuan Shu fight against the Forces of Liu Shu, who occupied Jiangdong in Yangzhou, took the opportunity to break away from Yuan Shu and pass through Jiangdong himself, destroying Liu Shu and pacifying Danyang Commandery and Wu Commandery. Xu Gong was defeated by Yuquan (in present-day Jiaxing, Zhejiang) and defected to Yan Baihu, the leader of the mountain thieves who had divided wucheng (吴郡, in present-day Huzhou, Zhejiang). Soon after, Yan Baihu was defeated by Sun Ce, and Yan Baihu defected to Xu Zhao in Yuhang. Sun Ce said: "Xu Zhao has righteousness for the old jun (referring to Sheng Xian) and sincerity for his old friend (referring to Yan Baihu), and this husband's zhiye." Therefore, they did not continue to kill them.
Xu Gong may have surrendered directly to Sun Ce. After Xu Gong lost power, he still actively sought opportunities to retake Wu County. He submitted to the imperial court that Sun Ce was brave enough to crown the world, pointing out that allowing Sun Ce's power to grow would eventually become a major problem for the central government and Cao Cao, and put forward the idea of summoning Sun Ce to Beijing by imperial order. If Xu Gong's appearance was successful, he would give Cao Cao a reason to summon Sun Ce to Beijing, and Sun Ce would certainly not be called, which for Sun Ce was equivalent to an open break with the Han court. Jiangdong, which had already been unified by Sun Ce, would then fall back into a situation of division, and Xu Gong could benefit from it. This watch was intercepted by Sun Ce, who confronted Xu Gong, who said that there was no table on it, and Sun Ce ordered the samurai to hang Xu Gong.
In the fifth year of Jian'an (200), Xu Gong's three disciples seriously injured Sun Ce in order to avenge Xu Gong.
1. Xu Gong once killed Sun Jian's enemy: Zhou Zhe
Sun Jian (155 – c. 191), courtesy name Wentai, was a Han Chinese from Fuchun, Wu County (present-day Fuyang District, Hangzhou, Zhejiang). A general and warlord at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he was one of the founders of the Eastern Wu regime.
In the first month of the first year of Chuping (190), some of the Kwantung (guhanguguan areas east of the guhan valley, northeast of present-day Lingbao, Henan) raised troops to attack Dong Zhuo. In the south, Sun Jian, the Taishou of Changsha, also raised an army north and allied with the later general Yuan Shu at Luyang (present-day Lushan, Henan) to woo Dong. Yuan Shu recommended Sun Jian as a general who also led the history of the Yu Prefecture. Yuan Shu was able to go south to occupy Nanyang County, providing grain and grass supplies to Sun Jian, and was later recommended by Liu Biao as Nanyang Taishou.
Sun Jian fought Dong Zhuo for nearly a year, defeated Dong Zhuo's army, and entered Luoyang. Sun Jian originally divided his troops out of HanhanGuguan and prepared to continue to fight west. When I walked between Xin'an and Yuchi, I heard two messages. (1) Dong Zhuo arranged for Dong Zhonglang to send Dong Yue tun tun to the pond, Zhonglang to simmer Tun Huayin, Zhonglang to niufu Tun Anyi, and the rest of zhonglang generals and lieutenants to garrison the counties to defend the Shandong alliance. (2) Yuan Shao took advantage of Sun Jian's attack on Dong Zhuo to give Sun Jian a stumbling block, and Cao Cao's general Zhou Zhao (周喁) made Yuzhou an assassin and led an army to sneak into Sun Jian's stronghold of Yuzhou, Yangcheng (陽城, in modern Dengfeng, Hunan), cutting off Sun Jian's rear supply and coming to seize his Yuzhou. (Original: Yuan Shao sent Zhou Zhao to assassinate Yuzhou and attack the prefecture).
In the future, Dong Zhuo fortified layer by layer; later, Yuan Shao sent Zhou Zhe to end his old nest. Sun Jian had no choice but to return the army to counterattack Zhou Zhe.
Zhou Zhe (周喁), courtesy name Renming, is the younger brother of Zhou Xin and Zhou Ang. A figure at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, he would be an auditor. Yuan Shao's subordinates were once listed by Yuan Shao as the Assassin of Yuzhou. Zhou Zhao later went to war with Sun Jian and was defeated. Instead, he helped his brother Zhou Ang defend Yuan Shu, but was defeated again. On his way back to Huiji, Zhou Zhe was killed by Xu Gong.
Second, Xu Gong wants to kill his predecessor: Sheng Xian
Sheng Xian, the character filial piety, will be an auditor, for people with grace, is a famous scholar at the end of the Han Dynasty. After being promoted to filial piety, he served as Shang Shulang. Shang Shu Lang, official name. In the system of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the talented people of filial piety and honesty entered the Shang Shutai and handled government affairs around the emperor, and the first entry into the Shang Shu Tai was called Shou Shang Shu Lang, and the full year was called Shang Shu Lang, and the three years were called Shi Lang. As a member of Shang Shutai, Sheng Xian was going to beijing to take up his post, and it was during this period that he met Kong Rong, who was only a teenager.
Sheng Xian was very optimistic about Kong Rong, and the two could also talk, and Sheng Xian led Kong Rong's hand to the car and returned to Sheng Xian's home to talk freely, so the two also married brothers with different surnames. According to the Later Han Shu Kong Rong Biography, Kong Rong accompanied his father to The Beijing Division at the age of 10, and Sheng Xian's friendship with Kong Rong probably began at this point in time.
Later, Sheng Xian was sent to Wu County as a Taishou, when the situation in Wu County was complicated and he encountered chaos. In addition to dealing with Yan Baihu, Jiao Ji and other thieves, Sheng Xian even had to guard against his long-planned subordinate Xu Gong. In the first year of The Reign of Xingping (194), Sheng Xian resigned from the government on the pretext of illness.
Sheng Xian left office, and Xu Gong became the Taishou of Wu County. At that time, the governor of Wu County was Sun Jian's old department, Zhu Zhi of Danyang.
After Xu Gong served as the Taishou of Wu County, he tried to persecute his former superior, Sheng Xian. Gao Dai, a famous scholar of Wu County, helped Sheng Xian hide in the home of Xu Zhao, a subordinate of Xu Gong.
Gao Dai (高岱), courtesy name Kongwen, was a native of Wu Commandery (present-day Suzhou, Jiangsu). Mingshi Gaodai was promoted by Sheng Xian as filial piety, and the two had the grace of knowing each other. Later, Xu Gong went to his post, and for some reason he had a grudge with Sheng Xian, Xu Gong sent someone to hunt down and kill Sheng Xian, and Gao Dai helped Sheng Xian escape into Xu Zhao's house, and went to Xuzhou to ask Tao Qian for help. Tao Qian interceded with Xu Gong on the basis of Xiu shu and Xu Gong. During this period, Xu Gong knew that Gao Dai was helping Sheng Xian, so he locked up Gao Dai's mother. "Wu Lu" said that "the size of the Wu people are dangerous", indicating that this matter is boiling over, and everyone is very worried about Gao Dai.
Soon Gao Dai returned to Wu County to meet Xu Gong with Tao Qian's letter, and persuaded Xu Gong to release his mother with his excellent eloquence. Some insiders told Gao Dai to run away quickly, because Xu Gong would definitely repent, so Gao Dai and his mother quickly fled by boat. Sure enough, Xu Gong sent someone to hunt down Gao Dai, but he did not catch up because he had taken the wrong road.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, The Biography of Sun Ce, quoted wu lu as saying, "Tai Shou Sheng Xian thought that he was a superior plan, and held up filial piety." Xu Gong came to lead the county, and Dai took refuge in Xu Zhao's house and asked for help from Tao Qian. ”
After the former Wu Commandery Taishou Shengxian escaped From Xu Gong, he stayed in Jiangdong to live, but was always suppressed by Sun Ce and Sun Quan. Sheng Xian and Kong Rong were good friends, and Kong Rong specially wrote the "Book of On Sheng Filial Piety" to Cao Cao, asking Cao Cao to recruit Sheng Xian to the imperial court as an official to avoid persecution by the Sun family brothers. The article uses "his people are trapped in the Sun clan, his wife and children are annihilated, he is independent, and he is lonely and miserable" to describe Shengxian's tragic situation, and the former Wu County's Taishou Shengxian is so desolate, which is inseparable from the persecution of Sun Ce and Sun Quan's brothers. Unfortunately, Cao Cao's edict to recruit Sheng Xian had not yet arrived, and Sheng Xian was killed by Sun Quan. Sheng Xian's son Sheng Kuang actually ran to the State of Wei and served as Sima Zhengdong.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, The Biography of Sun Shao, quoting the Huijian DianLu, says, "The Filial Piety Chapter (Note, Shengxian Character Filial Piety) should be praised by the people of the world and the nine herdsmen." ”
3. Xu Gong took refuge in Sun Ce's opponent: Yan Baihu
Zhu Zhi (156–224), courtesy name Junli. A native of Guyan County, Danyang Commandery (present-day Anji, Zhejiang). A general of the State of Wu during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty.
In the second year of Chuping (191), Sun Jian was killed in battle, and Zhu Zhi assisted his son Sun Ce and relied on Yuan Shu. In the third year of Chuping (192), Taifu Ma Ri was stranded in Shouchun, so he made Zhu Zhi a subordinate and promoted him to the rank of Lieutenant of Wu Commandery. Zhu Zhi believed that Yuan Shu did not establish government affairs and morality, so he persuaded Sun Ce to return to Jiangdong to establish himself.
In the second year of Xingping (195), Sun Ce, under the pretext of helping Yuan Shu fight against the forces of Liu Shu who occupied Jiangdong in Yangzhou, took the opportunity to break away from Yuan Shu and pass through Jiangdong himself, defeating Liu Shu and pacifying Danyang Commandery.
Sun Ce's offensive in Jiangdong seemed to be strong, but whether Sun Ce could become the lord of Jiangdong depended on the attitude of three forces: one was Wu County's Taishou Xugong; the other was Huiji Taishou Wang Lang; and the third was those Shanyue who relied on danger. These three forces did not follow the trend to Sun Ce, according to the great man, the broom could not be broom, and the dust would not run away on its own as usual.
To this end, Sun Ce first had to solve the problem of Xu Gong of Wu County. The county administration of Wu County was in Wu County, which is now Suzhou. However, Wu County did not become a battlefield for Xu Gong and Sun Ce in the decisive battle. The battlefield was moved south to Jiaxing, south of Taihu Lake.
Jiaxing was called "Yu Fist" during the Two Han Dynasties. Xu Gong's strategic intention to choose the battle address was obvious, and once he could not resist Sun Ce's offensive, he could retreat in the direction of Hangzhou Bay and join forces with Wang Lang to rely on mountain resistance. However, Xu Gong overlooked one thing, and stationed at Qiantang (present-day Hangzhou, Zhejiang) was his subordinate Zhu Zhi, the governor of Wu County. When Sun Ce raised troops from Qu'a to the south, Zhu Zhi, the governor of Wu County, also led his troops north, and his name was of course to set off for Wu County. Not only did Xu Gong lose his way out, but he also lost the suspense of the battle of Yu Fist.
Sun Ce was in the north, Zhu Zhi in the south, and the sea in the east, and Xu Gong, who did not want to surrender, could only flee to the west. Zhu Zhi then entered Wu County, acting as Taishou.
The nearest city to the west of Jiaxing is "Wucheng County", which now corresponds to Huzhou City, which is surrounded by Taihu Lake in the north and mountainous areas in the south (the original site is Yunchao Village, five kilometers south of Huzhou City). In yangzhou, where the people are fierce, as long as there is mountainous land, there will be mountain yue (also known as mountain thieves), the largest mountain in Wu County, the strong and powerful White Tiger, and the root place is located in The territory of Wucheng.
Although Yan Baihu was a mountain thief, when Xu Gong served as the Taishou of Wu County, there was contact between them, which was a typical collusion between officials and bandits. Xu Gong really couldn't imagine that his own Wu Juntaishou would eventually flee to Wucheng Luocao as a Kou - to defect to Yan Baihu.
Wu Jing suggested that Sun Ce continue to pursue and put Xu Gong and Yan Baihu in a nest, but Sun Ce believed that Yan Baihu did not have any great ambitions, so he temporarily spared Xu Gong and Yan Baihu. Sun Ce set out to the east to pacify Ji County. ①
Fourth, Yan Baihu chose to resist, and Xu Gong chose to surrender: a game
After Xu Gong was defeated by Sun Ce by Yuquan (in present-day Jiaxing, Zhejiang), Xu Gong defected to Yan Baihu, the leader of the mountain thieves who had divided the territory at Wu Commandery (吴郡, in present-day Huzhou, Zhejiang).
Yan Baihu (?-197), formerly known as "Yan Hu", nicknamed "White Tiger", was a native of Wucheng County, Wu County (present-day Wuxingnan, Zhejiang), a local tyrant who ruled the area around Wu County in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and was born as a mountain thief. Brother of Yan Yu
Yan Baihu's family lineage is not bad, according to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms • Lü Fan Biography", Yan Baihu is called "Strong Clan", Chen Yu once joined forces with him to rebel against Sun Ce. According to the "Huanyu Chronicle", Yan Baihu, as a Hao clan of Wucheng County, once built a city on Shicheng Mountain. This is similar to the Late Eastern Han Dynasty when the Hao clan spontaneously built a dock fort to protect themselves, for example, Xu Chu once gathered thousands of zhuang dings of the clan to jointly build defensive facilities to resist the invasion of the Ru'nan Gepi thieves.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, The Biography of Sun Ce, quoted the Wu Lu as saying: Yan Baihu had a strong fortress, and Sun Ce still launched an attack on him. Yan Baihu still had a brain, and at the beginning he did not have to fight with Sun Ce to break the net, so he proposed to Sun Ce that his younger brother Yan You should negotiate peace with Sun Ce. Sun Ce agreed to Yan Baihu's request for peace talks. During the meeting, Sun Ce suddenly grabbed a large knife and slashed it at the table in front of Yan You's seat. Yan Yu's body moved, and Sun Ce smiled and said, "I heard that you can jump up from your seat and be very agile, I just joke with you!" Yan Yu said: "I saw the big knife slashing before the emergency response." Sun Ce thought that Yan You had no ability, so he threw a hand halberd at him and stabbed Yan You to death on the spot. Yan You's courage and strength were great, and Yan Baihu's people were very afraid of Sun Ce because of his death. After that, Sun Ce attacked Yan Baihu and defeated him.
The defeated general Yan Baihu ran to Yuhang (余杭, in present-day western Hangzhou, Zhejiang) and defected to Xu Zhao. Cheng Pu asked to attack Xu Zhao, and Sun Ce said: "Xu Zhao has affection for the old monarch of the past, and has sincerity towards his former friends, which is the symbol of a big husband." So he temporarily let go of the idea of attacking Xu Zhao.
Pei Songzhi believed that Xu Zhao's affection for his old masters meant helping Sheng Zhen. To have sincerity for friends in the past means to take in Yan Baihu.
Sun Ce defeated Yan Baihu, and Yan Baihu defected to Xu Zhao, which is clearly recorded in the history books, but whether Xu Gong followed Yan Baihu to Xu Zhao's place, there is no explanation.
From the perspective of Xu Zhao's relationship with Xu Gong, Xu Gong is unlikely to go to Xu Zhao for three reasons: First, Xu Zhao is a subordinate of Xu Gong's predecessor Sheng Xian, and when Xu Gong wants to kill Sheng Xian, Xu Zhao let Sheng Xian hide in his house, indicating that Xu Zhao does not recognize Xu Gong's behavior and practices, and it can even be said that Xu Zhao's relationship with Xu Gong is not good; second, Xu Gong is very clear that Sun Ce must eliminate Yan Baihu, and if he mixes with Yan Baihu again, it will be unfavorable to his own followers and his disciples; third, Xu Gong actually surrendered to Sun Ce. It is possible that after Sun Ce defeated Yan Baihu, he did not defect to Xu Zhao but chose Sun Ce and no longer followed Yan Baihu.
Xu Gong was defeated by Zhu Zhi, and Xu Gong defected to Yan Baihu; after Yan Baihu was defeated by Sun Ce, Yan Baihu defected to Xu Zhao, and Xu Gong chose to defect to Sun Ce. Later, Yan Baihu disappeared.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms of Sun Ce notes the Biography of Jiang Biao as saying: Guangling Commandery (廣陵郡, in present-day Yangzhou, Jiangsu) was too shou Chen Deng, and Zhi Commandery was in Sheyang (present-day northeast of Baoying, Jiangsu), and he was the son of Chen Yu's cousin. When Sun Ce went west to Lujiang, Chen Deng sent emissaries several times to the Remnant Party, which had been given to Yan Baihu, in an attempt to kill Sun Ce in order to repay Chen Yu's humiliation of being broken. That is to say, Chen Deng, in the fourth year of Jian'an (199), still wanted to use yan baihu to rebel against Sun Ce, which also showed from the side that yan baihu had died before that.
Xu Gong's surrender to Sun Ce was also understandable. Xu Gong was a "strong clan" at that time, and the members of the Sun family in Wu County knew more or less about him, especially Xu Gong and Sun Jian, Sun Ce's father and son all belonged to the Yuan Shu camp, Xu Gong also killed Sun Jian's nemesis Zhou Zhe, and Xu Gong and Sun Ce both hated the famous scholar Sheng Xian, and it should be said that they still had a lot in common. In addition, Xu Gong had served as the Taishou of Wu Commandery after all, and was friends with Wang Lang, Xu Jing and others, and Sun Ce had won Xu Gong, so he could win more Famous Scholars and outgoing officials in Jiangdong.
V. Xu Gong stepped on two boats: speculation
Xu Gong is an opportunist, lacking basic moral integrity, and repetition has always been the basic melody of his life. Xu Gong defected to Sun Ce, not satisfied. To be precise, it was Xu Gong's expedient measure in the desperate situation. To this end, while handling the relationship with Sun Ce, Xu Gong secretly actively expressed his sincerity to the Xu capital court.
You are vain, I am false. Xu Gong's defection to Sun Ce was a helpless move, and Sun Ce was not an enemy or a friend to Xu Gong, but at most an object that could be allied. Therefore, the possibility of Sun Ce reusing Xu Gong is almost non-existent. Since Xu Gong was from the Hao clan, Sun Ce should still give him some symbolic honorary status, but it would certainly not be a feudal official like Wu Juntaishou. At the same time, Sun Ce still had to listen to Xu Gong and observe his deeds, and paid special attention to Xu Gong's words and deeds around him.
Seeing Sun Ce attacking the city and plundering the land in Jiangdong, Xu Gong was particularly uncomfortable in his heart, and he hoped to retake Wu County and re-ascend the throne of Taishou through the imperial court. Therefore, Xu Gong went to the imperial court, believing that Sun Cexiao was brave enough to crown the world, just like Xiang Yuan, and if Sun Ce's forces were allowed to sit in Jiangdong, it would eventually become a major problem for the central government and Cao Cao, so he hoped that the imperial court could summon Sun Ce to Beijing. (The original text is: Sun Ce Xiaoxiong, similar to Xiang Yuan, should add your favor and summon jingyi.) If he is commanded to return, if he is left out, he will be afflicted by the world. ）
Xiang Zhi is the real name of Xiang Yu, the king of Western Chu, which is also a historical precedent for calling Sun Ce and Xiang Yu together.
From Xu Gong's letter to the imperial court, it can be seen that Xu Gong is still very high-level, if this letter is sent to the imperial court, and the imperial court adopts Xu Gong's suggestion, then politically and public opinion will cause great pressure on Sun Ce, and it is likely to ruin the future of Sun Ce and even jiangdong foundation, and at the same time, Xu Gong under the fence can benefit from it, or turn around with salted fish.
Fortunately, the letter did not reach Xu Du as scheduled, and was intercepted by Sun Ce's "waiting official" on the way. The so-called "waiting official" generally refers to the official in charge of rectifying roads, inspecting adulterers, or welcoming guests. Later, it also referred to the postmaster in general. After the waiting official intercepted the secret letter, he handed it to Sun Ce.
Sun Ce was naturally very angry after reading this letter, and he took the letter and questioned Xu Gong. However, Xu Gong did not admit that he had written the letter, so Sun Ce ordered Xu Gong to be hanged. The incident occurred in the second year of Jian'an (196).
Of course, there is still a theory that, as Xu Gong argued, he did not write a secret letter to the imperial court. The so-called Xugong secret letter was forged by Sun Ce in order to kill XuGong. This suspicion is not unreasonable, because Sun Ce likes to kill people, especially those who can influence the exercise of their power.
Xu Gong is an extremely selfish person, for his own interests, he can change his position at any time, often capricious, plus Xu Gong as a representative of the local Hao clan forces in Wu County, he has a certain popularity, has a group of followers, and also has a certain public opinion base. Therefore, in Sun Ce's view, getting rid of Xu Gong was more conducive to the rule of Jiangdong.
The killing of Xu Gong was caused by Sun Ce's policy of "countering violence with violence" and ruling Jiangdong with high pressure. Violence, or extreme violence, laid the foundation for the Sun family to rule Jiangdong, but also sowed the seeds of instability.
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Xu Gong's young sons and disciples escaped Sun Ce's pursuit, and they fled to the Yangtze River to hide, hoping to avenge Xu Gong.
Sixth, retribution of grievances
From Sun Jian to Sun Ce, to Sun Yi and Sun He, either died in an accident or died in an assassination, the Sun family always seems to be unable to get out of this strange circle. Behind these accidental events, there may be some inevitable reasons, both the reasons for their character defects and their mistakes in the way they behave.
In terms of personality, Sun Jian and Sun Ce's father and son both have a frivolous and irritable side, so that they lack corresponding caution in addition to their bravery, so they can easily succeed the opponents who are hidden in the shadows; from the perspective of the way of doing things, Sun Ce, in line with the practice of "those who follow us prosper, those who oppose us perish", have accumulated a lot of hatred for the Jiangdong clan, from Xu Gong's sons, disciples, and Shengxian's old department, they swore revenge, preferring to sacrifice themselves to achieve the purpose of revenge, this kind of revenge is quite terrible.
Mr. Gu Long has such a sentence in the novel "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", which is still more appropriate to use on Sun Ce, he said, "The meaning of heroes is often cold, cruel, lonely, and ruthless. Someone once defined a hero, that is: killing people like grass, gambling like crazy, good wine like thirst, lust like life! Of course, this is not absolute. But no matter what kind of hero, perhaps one thing is the same, that is, no matter what kind of hero you are, it is not a good thing. "Sun Ce, who kills like grass, naturally dies at the hands of others.
(1) Sun Ce killed Xu Gong, and Xu Gong's son killed Sun Ce in revenge for killing his father.
Sun Ce killed Xu Gong, but Xu Gong's hands were also stained with blood. Xu Gong killed Zhou Zhe on his way to escape from huijiao's hometown, and then he wanted to kill his superior, Sheng Xian, and even kidnapped Gao Dai's mother in order to kill Sheng Xian.
Of course, Sun Ce defeated Xu Gong and caused him to lose the territory of Wu County, and his hatred for Sun Ce was understandable. On the Ming side, Xu Gong could not get Sun Ce, so he secretly wrote to the imperial court, hoping that the imperial court would intervene in Sun Ce's "aggressive" behavior. Unexpectedly, Xu Gong's letter was intercepted by Sun Ce, which made Sun Ce decide to kill Xu Gong.
In order to avenge the murder of his father, Xu Gong's sons hid by the Yangtze River in order to repay the favor of their encounters.
Sun Ce strangled Xu Gong, and Xu Gong's son assassinated Sun Ce, and one report was returned.
(2) Sheng Xian was killed by Sun Quan, and Sheng Xian's subordinates killed Sun Quan's younger brother Sun Yi.
If the Sun family does not stop killing, revenge will not stop. Sun Ce persecuted Sheng Xian, and Sun Quan killed Sheng Xian, which led to another case of revenge: Concubine Lan and Dai Yuan, as Sheng Xian's subordinates, only wanted to avenge Sheng Xian.
Sun Ce had many murders against the local Haojie and the assassins and taishou appointed by the imperial court, and Sheng Xian had a certain reputation, but Sun Ce still arrested him. Kong Rong, who was in Xu County, wanted to save Shengxian and wrote to Cao Cao, imploring Cao Cao to recruit Shengxian to serve in Xu County in the name of the imperial court, and Cao Cao worshiped Shengxian as a knight lieutenant, and when the message was sent to Jiangdong, Shengxian had been killed by Sun Quan.
As Sheng Xian's subordinates, Concubine Lan and Dai Ren were bent on avenging their original master Sheng Xian, and now they were reused by Sun Quan's younger brother Sun Yi, so it really took no effort at all, they pretended to meet each other, but secretly made plans for rebellion. The two of them co-opted a general named Bian Hong by Sun Yi's side, ready to wait for the opportunity.
At this time, the county commanders and county magistrates of the counties under the jurisdiction of Danyang County all came to Wanling to meet Sun Yi, and Sun Yi was ready to feast on everyone once and then let them go back. Sun Yi's wife Xu Shi was good at bu gua, and she calculated a gua, thinking that it was not very auspicious, and advised Sun Yi to choose another time to feast on everyone. Sun Yi felt that the chief officials of the counties had come out for a long time, and did not want to let everyone wait any longer, but still decided to hold the banquet as scheduled. Sun Yi fought bravely, but his vigilance was not high, and he drank too much at the banquet, usually he did not leave his body with his knife, but when he drank too much, he threw the knife aside, and after the banquet, he sent everyone empty-handed. Bian Hong saw that the time had come, and cut Sun Yi down from behind, Sun Yi was not immediately hacked to death, but as soon as he fell, the scene was chaotic, no one came to save him, Bian Hong went up to make up a few knives, and Sun Quan's third brother Sun Yi died on the spot. Bian Hong killed Sun Yi and fled into the mountains. Xu suppressed his grief and sent someone to hunt down Bian Hong, and the next night he captured Bian Hong. At this time, Concubine Lan and Dai Ren came forward, and they pushed the blame to Bian Hong, and came to kill people.
After Sun Yi was killed, Wei Kou Zhonglang and Lujiang Taishou Sun He went to Wanling to accuse Concubine Lan and Dai Of protecting Sun Yi, and the two were weak-hearted and killed Sun He. He wanted to sacrifice Danyang County to Cao Cao's subordinate Liu Fu. In the end, it was Xu Who successfully designed to kill Concubine Lan and Dai Yuan, and sacrifice their first rank to Sun Yi's tomb.
(3) The chaotic world gives birth to doormen, and doormen aggravate social turmoil.
Some people believe that the life goal of the "doorman" is to seek wealth, honor, and immortality, and their path is to achieve the relationship between nurturing and being nurtured by attaching themselves to a master and "instrumentalizing" themselves. As a symbol of aristocratic status and wealth, the doorman first appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period, when the style of patronage was prevalent. The sons of the dukes of each vassal state had a large number of disciples, such as Chunshen Jun of the Chu State, Pingyuan Jun of the Zhao State, Xin Ling Jun of the State of Wei, and Meng Yijun of the State of Qi. Some of the people raised by the high-ranking officials and nobles in ancient times had real talents and practical learning and could do things for their masters at critical moments, but some of them were vain and deceitful, cheating and drinking. Their status is different from that of domestic slaves, they usually have no fixed jobs, do not have to do miscellaneous labor, and still eat and drink and receive wages. It is only when the master needs them to do something that he arranges work with them.
In history, Yu Rang was a guest under the Fan clan and the Zhongxing clan, and in order to avenge the assassination of Zhao Xiangzi by means of lacquer body swallowing charcoal and other methods, he said the ancient saying that "a soldier dies for a confidant, and a woman is a person who pleases herself". In history, it is often praised for the doorman to avenge the master son, so it is understandable that the Xugong doorman will not hesitate to avenge The Xugong at the expense of his own safety!
Pei Songzhi believes that Xu Gong's servants are small people without reputation, but they can feel the grace of the encounter, forget the righteousness, and suddenly leap forward, there are chivalrous warriors who are the same as the ancients. The Psalm says, "The wise man has a clever strategy, and the little man follows him." ”
Xu Gongshi lived in Jiangdong as a "strong clan", who was then the governor of Wu County, and later promoted to Taishou, so there were some "hermits" around him. The "guests" here are referred to as "guests" or "guests" in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms • Book of Wu", and raising guests is not a new thing, it has long become an ancient social phenomenon; as for the "guests" under Xu Gongmen, they can only be regarded as some of the dead soldiers he raised who can be full of warm food and clothing and go to the soup for them. However, Sun Ce was thus killed by Xu Gong's protégé, not by the battlefield, but by an insignificant guest. It's thought-provoking and intriguing.
In the chaotic era at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was not a minority of the clan to have a large number of doormen, but most of the recruited doormen were mainly for the purpose of nursing homes. However, there are also some people who recruit disciples to serve their political purposes, such as Yuan Shao.
In the "Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms • Yuan Shao's Biography" quoted in the "Hero's Record", the question left about Yuan Shao's "raising the dead": Yuan Shao (Zi Benchu) lived in seclusion in Luoyang, did not make friends casually, was not a well-known person in the country, and he did not see anything. He also likes to be a ranger, and is a good friend of Zhang Zhuo (Zhang Miao), He Boqiu (He Yuan), Wu Ziqing (Wu Ju), Xu Ziyuan (Xu You), and Wood Yu (Wu Fu or Wu Qiong). He did not accept conscription appointments from the government. Zhao Zhong, the zhongchang attendant, said to the eunuchs of the Yellow Gate: "Yuan Benchu sat quietly to create fame and value, did not accept the conscription of the imperial court and raised dead soldiers, I don't know what this boy really wants to do?" When Yuan Shao's uncle Yuan Kui heard about it, he rebuked Yuan Shao several times, saying, "You are going to destroy our family!" Only then did Yuan Shao come out to accept the appointment of the great general.
Mr. Luo Sanyang believes that during the period of the Han Ling Emperor, the long-term party movement left a large number of intellectuals without official work, and most of them disdained or were unable to engage in other professions, so they fell into a serious economic crisis, and the excessive expansion of Taixue further aggravated this social problem. As a result, tens of thousands of Eastern Han "Kong Yiji" wandered the streets, doing nothing but clinging to rich and powerful families. Yuan Shao found that this social crisis was actually a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and he wanted to use the yuan family's strong economic strength and social influence to unite these shabby intellectuals to his side, and then achieve the ultimate goal of controlling the Eastern Han regime. ②
There is a saying in the Tao Te Ching: "Those who are strong will not die, and I will think of himself as the godfather." What Lao Tzu meant was to say, "Most people who are proud of themselves and do not obey the Tao will not die well, and I regard this sentence as the basis of teaching." ”
Strong beams, remember!
(Written on Sunday, August 29, 2021 in Yeosu)
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(1) Humble book "Trying to Solve the Mystery of the Sect Thief Yan Baihu and Zu Lang - On the King of the Becoming", released on May 16, "Today's Headlines Shi Liang Reading".
(2) Luo Sanyang, "Palm Ancient .004, Yuan Benchu Code", Beijing: Taiwan Publishing House, 2017.9, p. 124.
(3) In addition to the pictures of Gu Long's novel "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", the pictures in this article are provided by photographer Yu Yuan, which is very grateful!