Chapter 344 Cao Shuangs contribution, Liu Xuande who cannibalizes wives
Princess Jinxiang nodded and said: "What Mrs. Wei said is that if it were not for the Prime Minister, my husband would have been beheaded by the traitor Sima Zhongda long ago, and he would not be able to continue to take the harmful Five Stone Powder. Jun'er and I will also
Being bullied by the Sima family, even though I am the princess of the Cao family,
After all, Sima Zhongda had completely abandoned the Cao family from the moment he started the rebellion. Today, we are waiting for the wives of these officials in Luoyang to suffer the same fate as Diao Chan, Xiao Qiao, Sun Shangxiang, and Zou family. What's more, they will even be killed by others.
Kill them and eat them!"
The south of the Yangtze River has been rich in beauties since ancient times. "There is heaven above and Suzhou and Hangzhou below" refers not only to the scenery, but also to beauties. Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, who were coveted by Emperor Wu Cao Cao, were born here.
During the Three Kingdoms period, Duke Qiao of Wancheng had two daughters who were all-powerful to the country. When they were attacking this place, two brothers, Sun Ce and Zhou Yu, fell in love with the two beauties at first sight, so they married Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao respectively.
But the beauties of the Three Kingdoms have always had a misfortune. If there is one prince who is the weakest in the Three Kingdoms, then it must be Da Qiao's husband Sun Ce. Sun Bo has a nature like fire, superb martial arts, and his leader Jiangdong. He is known as the "little overlord".
Unexpectedly, just before he was about to lead the rise of Soochow, he was plotted by three unknown people (Xu Gong's former disciples). His life was hanging by a thread, and he had the misfortune to meet a demi-immortal like Yu Ji. After all this, Sun Ce had only one breath left.
Already.
Since Sun Ce passed the position of Marquis of Wu to his second brother Sun Quan before his death, Da Qiao and Sun Ce's youngest son Sun Shao will naturally arouse the suspicion of Jiangdong. Moreover, if they continue to live in Jiankang, it is inevitable that Sun Ce's old troops will stir up Sun Ce.
The idea of deposing Sun Quan caused Jiangdong to fight among themselves.
Da Qiao understood that this was something his husband did not want to see, so the orphan and widowed mother gradually faded out of the center of power in Soochow, and became another peerless beauty who had forgotten each other in the world.
Xiao Qiao, like her sister, is also a miserable person. Her husband, Zhou Yu, has handsome hair, a feather fan and silk scarf, is proficient in music, and is the governor of Jiangdong under one person. Originally, this pair of talented people and beautiful women were a perfect match.
people.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Yu, like his good brother Sun Ce, also died young at the age of thirty-six. Xiao Qiao also became a widow at a young age and died in depression.
Compared with Sun Shangxiang and Er Qiao, Sun Xiaomei may be slightly inferior in appearance, but she has been fond of martial arts since she was a child, and has the valiant and heroic appearance of a female general, which is perfectly matched with Liu Bei, who is not angry and has no authority, but is kind and kind on the surface.
As the sister of Sun Quan, Sun Shangxiang had no choice but to devote herself to the Sun-Liu Alliance and married Liu Bei, who was over fifty at the age of eighteen. Although the emperor's uncle could be called a dragon among men, looking at the age gap, it was estimated that Sun Shangxiang's age at that time
I'm not very happy in my heart,
Fortunately, the couple was relatively harmonious after their marriage. After Zhao Yun cut off the river to rescue Adou, Mrs. Sun was brought back to Jiangdong. After the Battle of Yiling, Jiangdong mistakenly reported that Liu Bei had died in the rebellion. Mrs. Sun was very sad and hoped that
Xi cried bitterly and threw himself into the river to die.
Later generations built a temple for her, named "Xiaoji Temple". Even though Uncle Liu didn't treat his wives very well, he often compared them to clothes and threw them away casually, but his wives were all strong-willed.
Incomparable!
Zhen Mi was originally the wife of Yuan Xi, the son of Yuan Shao, but it has always been the tradition of the Cao family to marry other wives. This was the case for Cao Cao and the same for his son Cao Pi.
Let’s fast forward the time to the period of Emperor Wen of Wei. After Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, he adopted many concubines. Although Zhen Mi was named queen, she gradually fell out of favor. In addition, she was involved in the harem battles between Cao and Wei in the later period.
She was sentenced to death in 221. Unfortunately, she wandered all her life, but she still could not die well in the end.
Zou was the wife of Zhang Ji and the aunt of Zhang Xiu. She was so beautiful that it made the traitor Cao Cao make mistakes. The night in Wancheng was the most expensive night in history. Cao Cao lost his general Dian Wei, his eldest son Cao Ang and his beloved nephew Cao Anmin. Judging from the chaos at the time,
, the Zou family has most likely died in the rebel army. Even if they escape by chance, they will be taken over by Cao Cao so that they can live a stable life.
Xin Xianying continued: "The princess is right. She said that Liu Xuande, the founder of the Shu Han Dynasty, was famous for his benevolence and righteousness. He also ate the flesh of other people's wives and was very moved. Emperor Wu also knew about this.
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The last one is the worst. In the novel, Liu Bei fled to the home of villager Liu An. This villager had a virtuous wife. Maybe he felt that Liu Bei was a big shot. Maybe he killed his wife to entertain his fellow clan members when he thought there was no food in the family.
In order to be polite, he brutally killed his wife and made meat soup for Liu Bei to eat.
Surprise, what's even more surprising is that Liu Bei, who has always been known for his kindness, instead of blaming Liu An after learning about this incident, was moved to tears.
No wonder the First Master abandoned his wife and children along the way to start a business. It seems that "brothers are like brothers and sisters, and women are like clothes." Perhaps it was the misunderstanding of benevolence and righteousness at that time that allowed Liu Bei's name of "benevolence and righteousness" to last so long.
After Shu, he truly had his own foundation.
As for Liu An, Cao Cao rewarded him with a hundred taels of bounty for this matter (Liu Bei was under Cao Cao's account at this time), but it is estimated that no family in the village would marry their daughter to him, for no other reason than that they were afraid that he would treat him to a treat and then kill him.
waitress,
Although cannibalism was a common thing at that time, it was still rare for one's own wife to entertain guests.
Maybe it was because Liu Bei had eaten human flesh, and later he "helplessly" imitated Cao Cao when he had his own troops. With this dark history, I don't know how "benevolence and righteousness" can be maintained.
Starting from the fall of the Eastern Han Dynasty, during the war that lasted for more than half a century, the poor and helpless peasants suffered the most. They were forced to participate in heavy labor and military service, and served as cannon fodder for the warlords' war for hegemony. They also had to endure countless hardships.
They worked hard to cultivate the fields, paid land rent and heavy taxes. Fierce and endless wars caused a large number of population deaths, making the Three Kingdoms period the peak period of population decline in Chinese history.
The destruction of the war, the flight and sharp reduction of the population, ultimately led to an extremely serious consequence: thousands of villages and towns were reduced to ruins and no man's land, and tens of thousands of acres of fertile farmland were reduced to wilderness.
The fields were left uncultivated, which eventually led to extremely serious food shortages during the Three Kingdoms period. Food was extremely scarce, especially for pure consumption units like the army, which had tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of mouths to eat, and could not raise enough food at all.
In order to maintain survival, an extremely ugly phenomenon spread rapidly during the Three Kingdoms era: eating people. Records in the "Three Kingdoms" abound, "At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Yellow Turban thieves rose up, the world was famine, and the people were eating each other."
"When people were hungry, they fed each other." "At that time, there were hundreds of thousands of households in Sanfu. Jue and others sent troops to plunder and capture the cities. The people were hungry and destitute, and in two years, they all ate and fed."
Liu Bei, who is famous for his benevolence and righteousness, is not exempt from vulgarity. The "Heroes" records that "the army was in Guangling, and they were hungry and trapped. The officials, big and small, ate each other, and the poor and hungry invaded." When Liu Bei was stationed in Xiaopei, due to the severe shortage of food, he
The army was killing each other and eating people.
Cao Cao is an expert in this. "Three Kingdoms" records, "In the summer of the second year of Jian'an, Taizu's army took advantage of the clan, and there was a great famine and people ate each other."
"Using human breasts", the historical records are shocking.
The strange thing is that Sun Quan of Jiangdong, who was also a participant in the Three Kingdoms War, has never done anything to eat people, and there is no relevant record.
It turns out that it is not that Sun Quan is kind, but it is related to Sun Quan's geographical location. Jiangdong is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River. The Yangtze River has become a natural barrier. It is difficult for the war in the northern Central Plains to spread here, making the Jiangdong area a relatively stable paradise at that time.
People's lives are relatively stable and are less affected by wars.
Secondly, the Jiangdong area is densely covered with rivers and abundant water resources, which provides unique advantages for agricultural production. Droughts and locust plagues common in northern areas are extremely rare here, making agricultural food production abundant and guaranteed.
The third point is that there are many rivers and lakes here, and it is close to the sea. The aquatic fish and shrimp production is abundant. Even if the agricultural harvest fails, people can still rely on fishery to make a living and not go hungry. Therefore, Sun Quan and his army never have to do anything.