Chapter 398 More reliable, a chance to do it again
Ma Jun said with some confusion: "In the beginning, Zhang Lu surrendered to Emperor Wu. After all, Emperor Wu, the prime minister, was more reliable and more powerful than Liu Xuande, the big ear, and Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Shu Han Dynasty. Although he had no choice but to surrender, he could still be considered.
He died a good death in the Wei Dynasty, but he doesn’t know what Zhang Zhaocheng’s real intention is now?”
Cao Shuang calmly took a sip of tea and said, "No matter what you are after, it's just ambition. Could it be that it's revenge? That doesn't have to be the case. After all, Zhang Lu was married to Emperor Wu after he surrendered.
Zhang Qiying, one of the ten daughters, was married to Emperor Wu's son Cao Yu. Based on this relationship, do you believe that Emperor Wu would not kill Zhang Lu secretly?"
Yang Zong sweated a little and replied: "Emperor Wu would never be like this. After all, Guan Yunchang, a powerful general like Guan Yunchang, was released as soon as he said so. Maybe Liu Bei secretly sent someone to do it."
Cao Shuang nodded and said: "Chu Bo's words are reasonable, but if Kong Ming after Liu Bei had been more decisive, like Emperor Wu, the Northern Expedition might have succeeded. After all, there would be no one restricting him. Fortunately, he would not have a chance to do it again."
There are many similarities between the Prime Minister's Palace of the Shu Han Dynasty and the first and second stages of Cao Cao's hegemony. For example, the Prime Minister's Palace is not located in the capital, and only the remaining Prime Minister's Palace is set up in the capital;
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Instead of going to the capital to meet the monarch, they use remote control to control the court and the emperor. The actual center of power of the country is not in the capital but in the Prime Minister's Palace in another place, so it is reasonable to call it "Bafu".
However, the former retained some of its own characteristics, such as the left-behind Prime Minister's Office to handle domestic affairs, and other officials responsible for monitoring the emperor, and its degree of autocratic power was not as strong as that of Cao Cao's Prime Minister's Office.
Liu Chan is a complete puppet. Zhuge Liang has the overall power in Shu Han, and all matters must be handled by the Prime Minister's Office.
It is reasonable for Zhuge Liang to exclude Liu Chan and take over the affairs of the country, calling him a powerful official.
However, Zhuge Liang is still a loyal minister like Zhou Gong and Huo Guang. He has no obvious intention to usurp the Shu Han regime. He basically abides by his ministerial principles and treats Liu Chan with courtesy. He also abuses Emperor Xian and kills Concubine Dong, Empress Fu and others.
There are fundamental differences between his second son Cao Cao.
"Yuan Zi" said that he "takes charge of the government of a country, is a mediocre king, is monopolistic without being rude, and does the king's work without the country's doubts."
That is to say, Kong Ming carried out the mission of the king and acted arbitrarily, but he had no ambition to usurp the throne.
Judging from historical records, no one in the Shu Han Dynasty or neighboring countries suspected that he was plotting rebellion.
Li Miao, who was the most severe critic of Zhuge Liang in the Shu Han Dynasty, wrote: "Showing your body and using your staff to strengthen the army, wolves and tigers are looking at you. If the five major forces are not around, your ministers will always be in danger."
It only said that he posed a threat and hidden danger to Liu Chan's rule, and did not say that he attempted to usurp the country and become emperor. Even these words, the later master thought that Li Miao's words were too much and had him imprisoned and executed.
There were initially two models for the establishment and development of the separatist regimes of the Three Kingdoms. The first was the founding model of Cao Wei. Cao Cao's hegemony coexisted with the court of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty for more than 20 years. His hegemony experienced three stages of development, consolidation and maturity.
, and then replaced the Han Dynasty.
The second is the founding model of Sun Wu and Shu Han. They gradually evolved into a separatist regime after expanding their territory from local military governments (including state capitals). However, the political form of Shu Han changed after Liu Bei died of illness and Zhuge Liang opened the government.
The Prime Minister's Palace became the highest military and political center. It formed the so-called "dual power structure" with the emperor and the imperial court in name only. The Prime Minister's Palace was equivalent to the Ba Palace, and it evolved into its first stage (development period) and second stage (
period of consolidation), possessing some of their characteristics.
The reason why Zhuge Liang's prime minister's office failed to enter the third stage of the hegemony (mature period), that is, to accept Jiuxi, become the king and establish the country, is due to various objective factors.
For example, Zhuge Liang did not live long, his military exploits, prestige, and power were far inferior to those of Cao Cao, his son Zhuge Zhan was too young, Liu Chan still had some support in the court, etc., so he did not develop according to the aforementioned model of Cao Wei's founding of the country.
With Zhuge Liang's death, the Prime Minister's Mansion died midway in the evolution of the Ba Mansion.
After Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan abolished the prime minister system and no longer established the prime minister's office.
Jiang Wan and Fei Yi were successively appointed as ministers and generals. The country's highest military and political center returned to the ministerial station controlled by the emperor, that is, the political system after Liu Bei became emperor.
There is no love without reason in the world, and there is no hate without reason.
In 215 AD, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong sadly discovered that he had turned into a piece of meat in the mouth of a tiger or wolf.
On one side is the tiger-like Cao Cao, on the other side is the wolf-like Liu Bei. He is pitifully sandwiched in the middle, looking left and right.
He knew he had to make a choice, otherwise he would be torn apart by this tiger and wolf if he delayed any longer!
Yan Pu, the counselor beside Zhang Lu, had already understood everything. If he ran west again, he would have to face Zhang Fei who was guarding Langzhong.
A year ago, after Liu Bei captured Xichuan, he hurriedly sent Zhang Fei to Langzhong because this place was the hub of Micang Road, and Micang Road was one of the throats from Hanzhong to Xichuan.
Obviously, Zhang Fei was sent by Liu Bei to guard against Zhang Lu.
Although Liu Bei now learned that Zhang Lu was slapped by Cao Cao and sent him to Bazhong, he quickly sent Huang Quan to meet him. However, before Huang Quan arrived, Cao Cao's envoy had already arrived.
Both sides are trying to make a big deal out of Zhang Lu and releasing their goodwill!
But where is this goodwill? It is clear that Tiger and Wolf are giving Zhang Lu an ultimatum - behind all goodwill, there are sharp teeth and claws.
Yan Pu said to Zhang Lu worriedly: "I don't need to tell you the current situation. Leader, you also understand. There are only two ways, one is to follow Cao Cao, otherwise we can only surrender to Liu Bei in the west."
Zhang Lu suddenly became angry and shouted: "I, Zhang Lu, would rather be Cao Cao's subordinate than Liu Bei's guest! (I would rather be Cao Cao's slave than Liu Bei's guest)" In this way, Zhang Lu finally chose to surrender to Cao Cao
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Zhang Lu's words have been debated and analyzed for a long time, because no matter from which aspect, they appear to be an overreaction.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! For one thing, it is clear that Cao Cao conquered Zhang Lu, and Liu Bei kindly rescued him, so it seems more reasonable for Zhang Lu to surrender to Liu Bei. Even if he does not surrender to Liu Bei, there is no need to despise Liu Bei so much.
Secondly, although the benefits given by Cao Cao were greater, after Zhang Lu surrendered, he was able to live in 10,000 households, and his five sons were all granted the title of marquis. This benefit cannot be obtained even if Liu Bei is killed. Therefore, from the perspective of benefits, surrendering
Cao Cao has maximized his interests!
And because Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang had a very tense dispute before, Zhang Lu offended the people of Xichuan. Although Liu Bei captured Xichuan, he still reused many of Liu Zhang's old troops, which also made Zhang Lu have many concerns about joining Liu Bei.
But the problem is that one year after Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao, he died for no reason - how to explain this?
Even if we put aside Zhang Lu's final outcome and analyze it only from the perspective of maximizing interests, it is still unreasonable for Zhang Lu to praise Cao Cao and despise Liu Bei, which is almost flattering.
The so-called tiger will not lose its power even after death. Zhang Lu, the majestic leader of the Five Pecks of Rice Sect, a descendant of the Heavenly Master, and a direct descendant of Zhang Liang, a marquis of the Han Dynasty, said this. Why bother?
Thirdly, could it be that Cao Cao admired Zhang Lu more than Liu Bei? No! In "Discussing Heroes over Green Plums and Wine", Cao Cao evaluated Zhang Lu as: a mediocre villain, not worth mentioning.
Liu Bei said: (Zhang) Lu is a traitor who defends himself, so there is nothing to worry about.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei had the same virtues, but they both despised Zhang Lu.
Therefore, from a spiritual level, there is no way to explain Zhang Lu’s words. So why did Zhang Lu say this unexplainable sentence?
Zhang Fei was guarding Langzhong at that time. Looking back in hindsight, it was Cao Cao's envoy who arrived first, and Liu Bei's envoy Huang Quan did not. Apparently Zhang Fei did nothing when Cao Cao and Liu Bei fought for Zhang Lu.
In fact, Zhang Fei cannot be blamed for this matter. His main task was to guard against Zhang Lu. Without Liu Bei's instructions, how could he contact Zhang Lu in advance? Therefore, the best opportunity was missed. So when Cao Cao attacked Zhang Lu, what was Liu Bei doing, and why?
So slow to react?
It's a pity that Liu Bei was fighting with Sun Quan at that time!
After Liu Bei captured Xichuan, Sun Quan jumped up and asked Liu Bei to return Jingzhou. Liu Bei began to lie, saying: If you must win Liangzhou, you should give Jingzhou to you! This means that after I win Liangzhou, I will give Jingzhou to you.
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Sun Quan suddenly became anxious and sent Lu Meng to seize Changsha, Lingling and Guiyang. Liu Bei fell out and personally took charge of the police station, ordering Guan Yu: "Bring it back to me!"