When talking about the handsomeness of Chu State, four people have to be mentioned - Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, and Bai Tu.
At least Bai Tu himself has always felt this way. The reason why no one calls him "Bai Lang" like they call Sun Lang and Zhou Lang is mainly because of respect and love.
It’s hard to tell who is the most handsome among the four. Men should prefer Sun Ce’s looks, middle-aged and elderly women should like Zhao Yun more, and girls should be more optimistic about Zhou Yu and Bai Tu (Zhou Yu: Haha).
but……
If we were to rank the ugliest one, Pang Tong, the fifth "hereditary" in the Chu Kingdom, the Minister of Industry and the Shandu Marquis Pang Tong, who was hailed as the heart of the Chu Kingdom by the King of Chu... can cling to the title of champion to the death!
But during the same period, there was another civil servant who was also famous for being "ugly" and could rival him in appearance, and that was Yizhou Biejia Zhang Song.
Later generations have very divided views on Zhang Song. The only thing that unites them is that Zhang Song's appearance is really low, and he is also really short!
Zhang Song in history, the most famous deed in his life, was to hand over all the secrets of Yizhou's terrain, weapons warehouse, military deployment and other secrets to Liu Bei...
Later, after Liu Bei entered Shu, he kept persuading Liu Bei to become a guest. In the end, his correspondence with Liu Bei was discovered and reported by his brother Zhang Su, who was killed by Liu Zhang.
In the novel, Mr. Luo unceremoniously staged a large-scale double standard scene, portraying Zhang Song's image as a very righteous one. The character's poem "can be seen at a glance, which is rarely seen in the world. Who knows that the letters reveal the secrets, and Xuande is not seen" "To build a king's career, we must first dye our clothes with blood in Chengdu" is also a regretful statement...
There is no gloating at all when he describes Xu You as "laughing at Nanyang, Xu You, wanting to be proud of the princes, not thinking about Cao Cao, like a bear and tiger, thinking that I am the only one who conquered Jizhou".
After all, "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians" is the main theme of the novel, and it will also be the main theme of later generations for a long time. Therefore, Zhang Song can be regarded as one of the very few traitors who did very unreasonable things, and his reputation has not been blackened one-sidedly.
Of course, there are many people who are very disdainful of Zhang Song.
Firstly, Zhang Song was under Liu Zhang, at least as an assistant to the governor, and Liu Zhang had nothing to do with him. Secondly, Liu Zhang was not a tyrant. The only one who could hate him so much was Zhang Lu.
Compared with his father Liu Yan, Liu Zhang is undoubtedly not a qualified hero. As a leader, he has many shortcomings. Even if he is annexed, it can only be said to be "attacking the weak and attacking the ignorant", but... this is not an act. Your Majesty, the reason for rebelling against him.
Even if you feel that your ambitions are different, your ways are inconsistent, and you have nowhere to put your talents to use, you can probably help if you can, or you can find another job if you can't. Selling back is a bit too much.
but……
This is for Liu Zhang.
Bai Tu is looking forward to Zhang Song's arrival...
If Zhang Song is willing to help himself like he helped Liu Bei in history, then he will be a hero of Chu!
Although Da Chu has no military strategic plan in recent years, it will have a battle with Shu sooner or later. How much can this volume of "Xichuan Topographic Map" reduce the casualties of the Chu army? How much can it reduce the suffering of the people of Yizhou?
Do we need to be moral when fighting a war? Of course we do!
But in a war, what is moral?
Keep your word? Loyalty, filial piety and loyalty? Bai Tu feels that the most important moral principle in wartime is... fewer deaths!
Reduce your own damage, and on the premise of ensuring victory, also reduce the damage to the enemy and the enemy's civilians. This is the greatest morality in war.
If the Chu army could enter Xichuan with less damage, Zhang Song would be the first to recognize the white picture of "Hereditary Rejection". Even if Zhang Song points to the Chu flag in front of the capital in the future and says, "Chu cannot reach the country without me."
Here", Bai Tu would also respond to him with a smile, "You are right."
Judging from Zhang Song's behavior, he is undoubtedly a very emotional person.
Both the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Romance of the Three Kingdoms mentioned that Zhang Song was attracted to Cao Cao at first. However... because Cao Cao made the mistake of judging people by their appearance, Zhang Song felt that he was not taken seriously, so he gave up on Cao Cao and chose Liu Bei who valued him.
You must know that at that time, although Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, he was still the most promising prince to unify the world, while Liu Bei... only had half of Jingzhou.
Therefore, after Bai Tu learned the news that Zhang Song would come, he immediately arranged a task for Zhang Yang, the city gate captain who was close to his foster father - to train all the soldiers guarding the city gate!
In terms of galloping on the battlefield, Zhang Yang is not ranked at all in Chu State, but he can still do some face-saving projects.
Half a month later, Zhang Song and his party arrived at Wu County by boat. They deliberately did not reveal their identities immediately, but came to the outside of Jinling City under scrutiny.
I saw that the gates of Jinling were open on all sides at this time - because it was not war time, and because of the prosperity of Jinling, there was an endless stream of people coming and going through the city gates.
People from Jinling who have residence permits and are temporarily out of the city on business, tourists with luggage, merchants escorting goods... all have corresponding gates and corresponding procedures for entering the city.
Since it is necessary to vigorously encourage workshops, Baitu has naturally lifted restrictions on population mobility long ago, but... household registration is only tight but not loose, that is, mobility is mobility, but who you are, where you come from, and where you go are all important.
Stand clear.
In addition to the hustle and bustle, something else soon caught Zhang Song's attention. He saw several city gate guards, who were being reprimanded by Shangguan at this time.
In Zhang Song's opinion, this guard didn't commit anything serious. It wasn't even... that he took the benefits from the merchant privately, but that... he had a bad attitude?
Is the city guard in Jinling so difficult?
Zhang Song took a few steps closer and found a painting on the city wall. A short and ugly scribe was scolding several city guards at the gate of a hole-in-the-wall city. The latter covered his face and was speechless...
"Have you all forgotten the story of 'Yan Zi sent Chu' to you before? You are the city guards of Jinling, and you are also the face that Jinling shows. Do you understand the face? You judge people by their appearance today, but in the future people in the world will think that we are
The State of Chu judges people by their appearance, and you think your Majesty judges people by their appearance. Can you afford to lose your face? Go back and copy the story of Yan Zi’s mission to Chu a hundred times! If you don’t know how to write, just describe it for me!” The leading general shouted loudly to several city guards.
Scolding.
Yanzi sent troops to Chu.
The rumor is that during the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Ying, the Prime Minister of Qi State, was on a mission to the State of Chu.
Yan Zi was famous for his short stature, and in order to humiliate Yan Zi, the Chu State dug a small hole next to the city gate and let Yan Zi enter through the small hole. However, Yan Zi ridiculed him, "You have to enter through the dog hole when you go to the dog country." Chu
National face-1......
Of course, this comes from an essay written in the late Warring States Period.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu had always been one of the highlighted targets of regional blackmail. Bai Tu himself did not believe that the King of Chu would open a hole in the city wall of the capital in order to humiliate Yan Zi - it might not be possible.
All the towers have collapsed, okay?
However, this does not affect the popularity of this prose, and the story of "Yan Zi envoys to Chu" has also been widely circulated.
Zhang Song burst into tears when he saw this scene...
Bai Tu had made "Xianshi Zhiwen" twice before, and "signals" could be found in Chengdu, the capital of Yizhou, and Zhang Song also noticed them.
Different from Liu Zhang's disdain, Zhang Song felt that Bai Tu was very special at that time. Now that he sees it... Mingzhu!