Chapter 381: Take a lesson from the deserted Santai of Yecheng
Ma Jun replied: "What the Prime Minister said is absolutely true. You should not treat your subordinates or soldiers too harshly. If you do that, it will easily cause your subordinates to mutiny!"
What Ma Jun said reminded Cao Shuang of Li Cunxu in the Five Dynasties.
Cao Shuang said with emotion: "No matter whether you are a man or a woman who is the head of a country, you cannot be too harsh on your subordinates. If you are too harsh, you will end up with the tragic end of the country and the family. I
We will learn from this later.”
As the saying goes, "If a woman doesn't waste the money, she can spend it on whomever she earns." A woman shouldn't be too stingy when running a house, she should spend what she needs to spend. Being picky and wordy not only aggrieves herself, but is also not conducive to the development of interpersonal relationships.
In real life, many people suffered from this, but it was nothing. In history, there were cases where the queen was too stingy and her country perished.
During the Five Dynasties of later generations, a great tycoon comparable to Cao Cao and Li Shimin appeared in the northern land. This man was Li Cunxu.
He inherited his father's legacy at the age of twenty-four. During his fifteenth year on the throne, he conquered Houliang and Qianshu, and dominated Hebei, Guanzhong, Liangchuan, Central Plains, and Jingnan. Four out of seven parts of the world were divided into four, and he had the potential to unify the north and the south.
, historical records record that "no one in the Five Dynasties area was prosperous here."
In 923 AD, Li Cunxu accepted the persuasion of various towns to advance, established the Tang Dynasty and proclaimed himself emperor, and was known as the "Later Tang" in history.
After proclaiming himself emperor, Li Cunxu quickly became corrupted. Rebellions broke out all over the country. Mutinies occurred in Weizhou, Xingzhou, and Cangzhou one after another. Even the troops sent to counter the rebellion also mutinied. The commander-in-chief Li Siyuan was kidnapped by the rebels and had to join the ranks of the rebels.
Li Cunxu had no choice but to lead his army to conquer the city in person. Before leaving the city gate, his soldiers mutinied, and Li Cunxu, the first generation of British leader, died in the rebellion.
Li Cunxu became a "half-hero". On the one hand, he was addicted to wine and sex, favoring actors, which caused the actors to stray from the country; on the other hand, it was also because of his stingy wife, Queen Liu.
Empress Liu came from a poor family. When she was five or six years old, she was kidnapped by Li Ke's soldiers and sent to the Jin Palace to be a singer.
Li Cunxu fell in love with Liu at first sight because he was beautiful and beautiful, and could sing and dance well. Li Cunxu's mother, Cao, saw that she liked him, so she gave him Liu.
Later, Li Cunxu was away at war all year round, so Liu worked tirelessly to accompany the army and gave birth to his son Li Jiji.
Li Cunxu felt that Li Jizhen was very similar to him, so he wanted to make him the crown prince. The mother was as valuable as the son. As a result, the Liu family's status rose. From then on, Li Cunxu only favored one person, and the other concubines wanted to see him but could not.
Liu's pheasant turned into a phoenix and became arrogant from then on. Her father came all the way to seek refuge with her. Ashamed of her low birth, Liu turned her back and refused to acknowledge anyone else. She claimed that she had lost her father when she was young and ordered her biological father to be hung up and whipped.
Li Cunxu proclaimed himself emperor and wanted to make Liu his queen. However, Liu was not the official wife and did not comply with the etiquette and laws. Privy Councilor Guo Chongtao knew Li Cunxu's intentions well and wrote a letter asking to make Liu his queen.
Although Mrs. Liu became a queen, she came from a poor family and knew that running a household was not easy, so she worked hard to save money for her private house.
The Liu family liked to make money, so she sent people to do business in the capital. Everything from silk and satin to firewood, fruits and vegetables were all Queen Liu's property. Officials from all over the world had to prepare two tributes, one for the emperor and one for the queen. The tributes in the harem were piled up.
Like a mountain.
If Empress Liu was wise in making money, she would be virtuous if she knew how to be diligent and thrifty in managing her family. However, as a queen, she should not just focus on exploiting and amassing money while being stingy with rewards.
In 925 AD, the autumn water surged, and people on both sides of the Yellow River were displaced. Taxes and taxes in the capital could not be collected, and the soldiers of the three armies were so hungry that they fainted on the roadside.
Empress Liu, however, went drinking and hunting with Li Cunxu every day, destroying and demolishing houses wherever they went, and even the county officials were so frightened that they ran away.
The prime minister requested that a warehouse be opened for disaster relief. Li Cunxu agreed, but Empress Liu threw the jewelry box in front of the prime minister and said, "This is the only ear in the palace. Please give it to the army." The prime minister hurriedly apologized and resigned.
When Weizhou rebelled, Li Cunxu rewarded the soldiers who put down the rebellion, but the soldiers did not appreciate it and cursed: "My wife has died of hunger, what do I do with this?"
Li Cunxu personally led the army to quell the rebellion and marched to Bianzhou. Most of the three armies fled. Li Cunxu hurriedly ordered to reward the army. The soldiers said: "Your Majesty, it is too late, and the recipient is not grateful."
Li Cunxu burst into tears and ordered the envoy from the Treasury to reward the soldiers. The envoy from the Treasury said: "There are no more."
The soldiers were furious and wanted to kill the envoy. The envoy said: "The queen cherishes the things and does not give them to the army. She blames me. If something unexpected happens, I will be dead." So he threw himself into the water and died.
The rebellion could not be subdued, and Li Cunxu died in the rebellion. Empress Liu and Li Cunwo burned the palace and broke out, taking away all the gold and silver treasures and preparing to build a temple in Taiyuan to become a monk. However, the foundation they had painstakingly built was mistreated by a woman who treated her subordinates badly.
The defeat is really not worth it!
After Cao Shuang drank the last sip of the soup in the pottery bowl, he said to Ma Jun: "Deheng, let's go and have a look at Luoyang Fort. As for the luxurious Jinyong City built by the late emperor, there is really nothing to see."
Ma Jun answered: "That's true. After all, this Jinyong City is not the only one. It was built after Santai in Yecheng. There is nothing unusual about it. I thought it was just a waste of time and money."
After Cao Cao occupied Yecheng in the ninth year of Jian'an, he carried out large-scale expansion and lived here for sixteen years. He "held the emperor to command the princes", making this place actually the political center of the Han Dynasty at that time.
Cao Cao built three famous towers here: Jinfeng Tower, Tongque Tower, and Bingjing Tower. Jinfeng Tower was built in 213 AD. It is eight feet high and has 185 rooms.
Tongque Terrace is located on the north side of Jinfeng Terrace. It was originally a magnificent building. Emperor Wu's father and son and the "Seven Sons of Jian'an" came to the stage to compose poems and created the strong "Jian'an Literature". Bingjing Terrace is on the north side of Tongque Terrace.
The Tongque Tower is located in Jinfeng Taipei. It is the main tower of the three towers. It was built in the 15th year of Jian'an (AD 21). The tower is ten feet high and has more than a hundred rooms. It was used for Cao Cao and the literati and poets to have banquets and write poems. It is also a strategic location for military strategists.
land.
Cao Cao put down Yancai's rebellion on it, and received and entertained Cai Wenji, a famous poet who had returned from the Huns. Cao Zhi also wrote "Ode to the Stage" here, which is still remembered as a good talk.
Bingjing Terrace is located at the northernmost end of the "Three Terraces". It was built in the 19th year of Jian'an (AD 214). It is 8 feet high and has 140 houses. It is named because there is a well hiding ice. The well is 15 feet deep and stores ice.
Keep a large amount of ice, coal, grain, salt and other materials in case of emergency.
Such a huge building complex is obviously not only used for housing people. The military significance of Santai has two main points: first, building a high platform on the plain can be used as a commanding height, which can observe the enemy troops and command the troops through flags; second, as a huge The building complex, Santai is also a material storage warehouse, which is conducive to persistence.
However, now that the political center of the Wei Dynasty has long since been established as the capital of Luoyang, the Santai in Yecheng no longer plays much role. So Cao Rui followed Emperor Wu's example and built Jinyong City again in Luoyang. Unfortunately, it has not yet been established. How useful it is.