Chapter 422: Force Sun Quan to take action and take advantage of the situation
Sun Quan sighed: "Hey, I wouldn't be willing to do this if I could. Even now, when it comes to establishing a new crown prince, it is inevitable that some people will have to be touched, even if there is my son among them."
Zhi Qian continued: "Your Majesty, in my humble opinion, since we have built a Buddhist temple, it would be better to do less killing in the future."
Sun Quan said calmly: "I don't want to either, but they forced me to take action."
In the second year of Yongping of the Eastern Han Dynasty, that is, AD 59, a major event occurred in the capital city of Luoyang that shocked the government and the public! Liu Zhuang, Emperor Ming of the Eastern Han Dynasty, issued an edict to have his uncle Yin executed, his aunts all sentenced to death, and his cousin Yin Feng was executed.
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Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was the son of Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu, his biological mother was Yin Lihua, and Yin was Yin Lihua’s younger brother, so Yin was the uncle of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty. So why was Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty so cruel?
Yin Lihua's father was named Yin Lu, and he was from a wealthy family in Nanyang. He "had become extremely rich, with more than 700 hectares of land, horses and servants, and he was comparable to the kings of the country."
Yin Lu has four sons and one daughter, namely Yin Shi, Yin Lihua, Yin Xin, Yin Xing, and Yin Jiu.
The Yin family were not only relatives of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but also founding heroes, so four members of the family were granted the title of marquis.
Yin is Yin Lihua's younger brother. "He is good at talking, but not as good as the courtiers. However, he has a strong and arrogant nature and is not well-received by the public."
Although Yinjiu had not participated in the campaign, he was still granted the title of Marquis. "His successor was granted the title of Marquis of Xuan'en, and later he was granted the title of Marquis of Xinyang."
In the 17th year of Jianwu (41 years), Emperor Guangwu Liu Xiu deposed Queen Guo Shengtong and established Yin Lihua as queen. Since then, the Yin family has become more powerful.
In the second year of the Zhongyuan Dynasty (57 years), Emperor Guangwu died, and the crown prince Liu Zhuang succeeded to the throne and became Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty. As the emperor's biological uncle, the Yin family was even more prominent.
Prior to this, the Yin family was still married to the royal family. Emperor Guangwu's daughter Liu Shou was named Princess Liyi and married Yinjiu's son Yin Feng. The two families were considered to be closely related.
However, this political marriage was not happy. The reason is very simple: the two people's personalities were not compatible.
Princess Liyi was a royal daughter, and she was arrogant and domineering, so she did not take the consort Yinfeng seriously. The consort Yinfeng was the cousin of Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, so he was extraordinary and had a bad temper.
The couple often quarreled, and the conflict finally broke out in 59 AD.
It is estimated that Princess Li Yi was very arrogant at that time. Like most people, she shouted, "How dare you do anything to me? Kill me if you dare!"
The grumpy Yin Feng impulsively picked up a knife and killed the arrogant Princess Li Yi on the spot.
Now things got serious. Killing the princess was a serious crime. When the news reached Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty, he was furious.
But Yin Lihua is still alive at this time, and she is also very conflicted. On one side, she is her daughter, and on the other side, she is her nephew.
Liu Zhuang thought about it again and again, and finally made a decision. Although the consort Yinfeng was the Queen Mother's nephew and his own cousin, he had committed an unpardonable crime by killing the princess, and he was eventually sentenced to be beheaded.
According to the laws of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yin Feng's parents were also jointly and severally liable and would be executed.
However, Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty considered his mother Yin Lihua's sake, and finally showed mercy outside the law and sentenced his uncle Yin Jiu and his aunt to death. "The emperor, on account of his uncle's family, would not use extreme punishment."
This case of Yin Feng's murder of the princess has ended. However, there are still some little-known details and political intrigues hidden behind this case.
First, the princesses of the Eastern Han Dynasty were the same as those of the Western Han Dynasty. They were arrogant and domineering and often did excessive things, causing conflicts between husband and wife, even to the point of incompatibility.
Secondly, after Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty came to the throne, he discovered that the Yin family's relatives were becoming more and more powerful, and they gradually got carried away and committed many illegal things.
One of the very important reasons why Yin Feng is so domineering is that they rely on the Queen Mother Yin as their backer.
Liu Zhuang used Yin Feng to kill the princess and dealt a heavy blow to the Yin family's relatives despite the Queen Mother Yin's obstruction. From then on, the Yin family began to decline and maintained the imperial power. But maybe because of this,
Because Sun Quan knew that even if he made a promise to kill less today, it would be of no use. Those who should be killed still had to be killed. Even now, several overseas expeditionary armies in Soochow are killing non-stop to pacify the local area.
After all, it is useless to just rely on persuading them to surrender. The barbarians in remote areas must be suppressed by force, and then supplemented by persuading them to surrender. Soochow and its ally Shu are still very good at this.
Sun Quan thought for a while and continued: "Even if I want to put down the butcher knife, Wei and Shu are still eyeing each other, and killings on the battlefield are inevitable. I can only stop killing with killing."
When the Nanzhong Rebellion broke out in the Kingdom of Shu, Sun Quan sent people to take advantage of it, but who could have expected that Wolong was also capable of suppressing the barbarians?
In March of the third year of the Jianxing of the Shu Han Dynasty, Zhuge Liang's army began to take action. First, it quickly arrived at Bodao (today's Yibin, Sichuan) along the waterway from Chengdu, and then used Bodao as its advance base to start dividing its troops.
Ma Zhong's army on the east road marched from Bodao to Zoke County in the southeast; Li Hui's army on the middle road marched south from the base of Pingyi to Yizhou County along a small road to sneak attack Meng Huo's rear; Zhuge Liang's main force on the west road turned from Bodao to the west and marched
Arrive at Anshang (now Pingshan, Sichuan).
At this time, the main force of Couture was mainly concentrated in Yanniu, Dingze, and Beishui (today's Meigu, Sichuan). In order to attract the main force of the rebels for a decisive battle, Zhuge Liang paused his advance after arriving in the Beishui area to wait for the rebels to attack Beishui.
Concentrate water areas to eliminate them in one fell swoop.
As expected, the main force of Haute Couture was concentrated in the Beishui area. Yongkai and Menghuo troops who had sent reinforcements from Yizhou County to the north were also moving to this area.
At this time, internal strife broke out within the rebels, and General Gaoding killed Yong Kai. As a result, Meng Huo's army stopped reinforcements to the Beishui area.
Zhuge Liang saw that he could no longer gather the rebels and annihilate them, so he decisively launched an attack on the Gaoding army in front of him and defeated the Gaoding army.
Gaoding's troops retreated to Qiongdu (today's Xichang, Sichuan) to continue resisting, but were defeated by Zhuge Liang's army and captured Qiongdu. Gaoding led the remaining 2,000 people who refused to surrender and continued to resist, and were finally wiped out by the Shu army.
Couture died in battle.
At this time, Meng Huo's army had retreated to his hometown in Yizhou County, and Zhuge Liang's army immediately launched a pursuit.
At the same time, Ma Zhong's Eastern Route Army made good progress, defeated Zhu Bao's troops in Zoke County, and quelled the rebellion in the area.
After Li Hui's army invaded the Menghuo base area in Yizhou County, Nanzhong, they were surrounded by powerful tribal armed forces.
When Li Hui went deep alone and had no news about Zhuge Liang's army, he used deception to paralyze the tribal armed forces, and then took advantage of them to launch a counterattack, defeating the superior enemy forces in one fell swoop, pacifying the southern area of Yizhou and occupying the area.
Meng Huo's base area cut off the retreat route of Meng Huo's army.
In May 225, Zhuge Liang's army crossed the Lu River and entered Yizhou County. After overcoming difficulties such as climate, terrain, and transportation, they overtook Meng Huo's troops in the area north of Wei County (now Qujing, Yunnan). After a fierce battle
, defeated Meng Huo's troops and captured Meng Huo alive.
Then, Zhuge Liang's army went south to the Wei County area to join Li Hui's troops.
Subsequently, the army advanced westward, marched into Dianchi Lake (now east of Shanxi Province, Yunnan Province), and divided its forces to pacify the surrounding tribes. In the autumn of 225, the entire campaign ended successfully.
Nanzhong had been pacified, and Soochow Liu Chan also returned to Wu from Jiaozhou, giving up the idea of taking over.
Zhuge Liang divided the four counties of Nanzhong into six counties: Yizhou, Yongchang, Zangke, and Yuexun. They were led by local people or generals. Some people once advised Zhuge Liang to stay.
The soldiers guarded the place, but Zhuge believed that there were three difficulties in doing so:
First: "If outsiders are left behind, they must keep troops. If the soldiers stay, they will have nothing to eat. This is not easy. (If outsiders are left behind, they must keep troops to garrison. If soldiers are left behind, they must have food. This is the first difficulty.)
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Second: "In addition, the barbarians are newly wounded, their fathers and brothers are dead, and those who leave foreigners without soldiers will definitely become disasters. The second is not easy.
But without soldiers stationed there, it will definitely become a disaster. This is the second difficulty.)"
Third: "Moreover, the barbarians are worried about being charged with abolition of killing, and they are afraid that the fault will be too serious. If they stay, they will not believe it."
If you become an outsider, you will never gain trust. This is the third difficulty.)"
Finally, Zhuge Liang balanced various conditions and decided to achieve the policy of "no troops, no food". He appointed Li Hui as the governor of Jianning and Lu Kai as the governor of Yunnan. He also accepted Cuan Xi, Meng Yan and others, and granted them official positions together with Meng Huo.
, win over the southerners.
Only Ma Zhong was a foreigner who was appointed as the governor of Zangke, but he was still respected by the barbarians. This completely shattered Sun Quan's idea of benefiting as a fisherman...