A gentleman in later generations once opened a history book. After opening it, he found that the history had no chronology, and the words "benevolence, justice and morality" were written on each crooked page.
My husband couldn't sleep anyway, so he read carefully for half the night, and then he saw the words between the words. There were two words "eating people" written all over the book.
Feudal society was an era of cannibalism, and Mr. Lu Xun saw this farther than anyone else.
Cao Cao massacred the city, and Dong Zhuo's bad deeds were no better than Cao Cao's.
They robbed tombs, plundered dignitaries, killed people wantonly, caused trouble in the palace, insulted princesses and maids, killed good people and took credit for their merits, and slaughtered courtiers at will.
In later generations, there were people who wanted to overturn the verdict of Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao.
certainly.
There are very few people who have reversed the case for Dong Zhuo, and there are only a few fragments on the Internet. There are so many people who have reversed the case for Cao Cao that they cannot be counted, and a search can turn up hundreds or even thousands of pages.
Maybe times have changed and people's hearts have also changed.
What's interesting is that if we open the pages of history books and compare the evaluations of Cao Cao and Liu Bei by the ancients, we will find something very interesting.
That is, the ancients would praise Liu Bei for his good morals but poor military skills. They would despise Cao Cao for his moral corruption and praise him for his high military skills.
At the end of the Han Dynasty, the Three Kingdoms, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Southern and Northern Dynasties, this was the era when Cao Cao and Liu Bei lived, and how people evaluated them.
Cao Cao: "He pretends to be the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, but he is actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty."
"The Han Dynasty will perish and the world will be at peace, this person must be the one."
"Today, the person who is on the same level as me is Cao Cao. If Cao Cao is anxious, I will be lenient; if Cao Cao is violent, I will be benevolent; if Cao Cao is cunning, I will be loyal; if he is against Cao Cao, things will be successful."
Liu Bei: "Liu Xuande is elegant and faithful. Today, Xuzhou welcomes him. He is sincere and worthy of expectations."
"The forefather's magnanimity and generosity, his understanding of people and his treatment of scholars, echoed the style of the great ancestor, and are the tools of a hero."
"Today, the only heroes in the world are Shi Jun and Cao Er. There are not many disciples from the beginning."
Sui, Tang, Song and Ming dynasties.
Cao Cao: "Wei Wu uses his troops just like Sun Wu. He uses surprises when approaching the enemy and rarely loses."
"Plan and plan, whip Yu Nei, defeat Yuan Shao in the north, capture Liu Cong in the south, lift Gongsun Kang in the east, suppress Zhang Lu in the west, and merge eight of the hundreds of counties in Kyushu."
"Cao Cao had the concern of conquering the world, but he did not have the ability to conquer the world."
Liu Bei: "Because of the generosity of the late master, I have won many people. Zhang Fei and Guan Yu are enemies of ten thousand people. Zhuge Kongming is in charge. I am happy with my concubine. I can lift the left and right to conquer the world. I will help the common people."
"Thousands of years of disputes amount to a dime, and the pitiful life experience of two people is in vain. No one has any words and Liu Xuande, asking for the land is the best."
"Xuan De has the ability to conquer the world, but not the talent."
The ancients commented that during the period of history near the end of the Han Dynasty, people under Cao Cao's own forces mainly flattered Cao Cao for his wisdom and martial prowess, while hostile forces attacked Cao Cao for his low character and moral corruption.
Whether Liu Bei is an enemy or a friend, they will always praise him for his benevolence and righteousness, saying that he has a gentleman's demeanor.
Except for Lu Bu, no one criticized Liu Bei from a moral level. I wonder what those who slandered Liu Bei in later generations thought.
After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, no one attacked Cao Cao's virtue, but no one praised him either.
In addition to praising his military talents, how many ancient people praised him for his noble moral character?
On the contrary, Zhu Xi once criticized him for his moral corruption, although Zhu Xi's own moral level was not much higher.
It can be seen from this that the merits and demerits of right and wrong have long been determined in ancient times.
Unfortunately, the ancients commented: Cao Cao has bad morals, but has a high military level. Liu Bei has good morals, but has bad luck, but has poor military skills.
Even the great founder of our dynasty thought so and talked about the difference between Cao Cao and Liu Bei many times.
As a result, in the 21st century, our historical inventors took out their keyboards and summed it up in one sentence: "The ancient people have been dead for so many years. They knew Cao Cao and Liu Bei with a hammer. In fact, Cao Cao's true temper was when he massacred the city.
, Liu Bei is a hypocrite who crosses the river."
This is the same as the keyboard warriors who say that Shakespeare is just a script writer, and he knows Hamlet with a hammer. He understands the king individually, even better than the author and those who have experienced it.
If Mr. Lu Xun were still alive, if he turned over the pages of the history book and looked at the word "cannibalism", he would probably not even have the thought of pointing at these people's noses and scolding them to lament their misfortunes and to be angry at them.
, because they were all amused by their intelligence.
But that's the case with everyone.
It doesn't matter who they are, especially when they have a platform to show off their meager intelligence. With the keyboard in their hands, they are the kings of the world.
Little did they know that as early as the Spring and Autumn Period thousands of years ago, there was an idiom called "Ye Gong loves dragons", which refers to people like them.
If they were placed in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao aimed his butcher knife at them, turning them into military rations and corpses filling the Surabaya River, I wonder if they would still have such a sigh.
But compared to those hypocrites who shout "benevolence, justice and morality" in their mouths but brandish butcher knives in their hands.
To a certain extent, Dong Zhuo is the real villain.
Because he no longer even pretended to be disguised. After gradually gaining control of power, he completely began to let himself go.
Many people say that novels require logic, but reality often has no logic to follow, so things in reality are often more magical than in novels.
When future generations look at history books, it will be difficult for them to understand why Dong Zhuo did so many evil deeds after he came to power, almost all of them.
You can obviously be a powerful minister and control the government for decades, but you have to commit suicide.
Later, the father and son of the Sima family, Sun Hao, Er Zhurong, Zhu Wen, Gao Huan, and Gao Yang were ashamed to face him.
But if you think about the problem from Dong Zhuo's point of view, then everyone will understand the reasons for the things he did, more or less.
Quite simply, Dong Zhuo needed money and food to maintain his army.
Just look at his military structure.
Except for the five thousand Xiliang soldiers from the headquarters, most of them were Bingzhou soldiers and Sanhe soldiers.
In ancient times, the army basically had breasts and mothers. It was really difficult for them to talk about the feelings of family and country and the righteousness of the country in the army of the feudal period when they were illiterate.
If Dong Zhuo wants to continue to keep these troops loyal to him, in addition to supplying them with the food and grass they need, of course he must win over them with gold, silver and jewels.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Therefore, this excavation of the tomb of Emperor Xiaokang of Han Dynasty was a test by Dong Zhuo to see how far the court tolerated him.
If they don't dare to say anything about robbing a dead person's tomb, or the late emperor's tomb, then of course they will plunder the property of a living person next time.
In December of the sixth year of Zhongping, in Luoyang, in the residence of the Grand Master.
After Dong Zhuo held a military meeting with dozens of generals under his command, under the protection of Lu Bu, he went to the backyard with Li Ru Yan Zhong.
The new Grand Master's residence was actually Liang Jiyuan, and he directly occupied the General's residence as his new home.
The backyard has arches, corridors, flying corners, and buildings like palaces.
Fish were roaming freely in the wide artificial lake. Dong Zhuo walked towards the pavilion in the center of the lake and said to Lu Bu: "First of all, wait outside the pavilion and don't let anyone in."
"Yes, foster father!"
Lu Bu stood with a halberd in his hand, guarding majestically beside the stone bridge made of white marble.
Li Ru and Yan Zhong were basically Dong Zhuo's top staff members.
There was Zhao Lin before, but although Zhao Lin was also from Liangzhou and came from the Zhao family in Tianshui, Dong Zhuo felt that he was not very smart, so he excluded him from the highest decision-making level.
There's nothing we can do about it.
Li Ru's IQ is above 90, and Yan Zhong's is no less than 80. Both of them have the ability to plan, but Zhao Lin actually has ordinary qualifications, so naturally she can't get along in this circle. She is currently serving as a school captain under fellow villager Yang Ding.
The three of them sat down. Dong Zhuo was in a good mood and said cheerfully: "Today the three armies are in full bloom and everyone has received a reward. The soldiers will definitely be loyal to me in the future."
Li Ru stroked the beard on his chin, shook his head and said: "Ming Gong, these are not enough to let the three armies know the majesty of Ming Gong."
"oh?"
Dong Zhuo wondered: "I took boxes of gold and silver from the tomb of Emperor Xiaokang and gave them to them. Aren't they still grateful?"
Li Ru smiled and said: "Although there is a lot of gold and silver in Emperor Xiaokang's tomb, there are nearly 100,000 soldiers in the entire army. Not to mention that the generals have to share a lot, but just by dividing it among everyone's heads, there is not much left.
How can we make every soldier feel grateful to Duke Ming?"
"Well..."
Dong Zhuo hesitated and said, "But I don't have any extra money in my hands to reward them."
"hehe."
Li Ru's eyes showed a trace of treachery, and he whispered: "Ming Gong has no money, but Ming Gong must not forget that there are countless dignitaries in Luoyang, and he can declare their crimes and plunder their wealth to use as military supplies."
Yan Zhong couldn't help but said: "Is it necessary to go to this step? In the capital, there should be a lot of money left by Shui Hengwei and Forbidden Money Division. Now that the Grand Master is in control of the court, they can distribute supplies normally. There is no need to send troops to rob the powerful.
, If this is the case, I am afraid that the sea will be shaken and the consequences will be endless."
Li Ru shook his head and said: "I don't know that there will be endless troubles, but the problem is that Ming Gong's power is not stable now. Those Guanzhong powerful men and Southern Army captains are loyal to Ming Gong on the surface, but in fact they have their own thoughts behind their backs.
What I do is to bring them back to their hearts."
"Return them to their hearts?"
Dong Zhuo asked in confusion: "What does this mean?"
Li Ru smiled coldly: "Ming Gong has offended the Yuan family and there is no turning back. If you want to take power, you must control Luoyang. If you want to control Luoyang, you must control the entire Luoyang army. Those in Guanzhong
The powerful soldiers and the Confederate soldiers and horses all have ulterior motives and their own plans. We must let them know that we are all in the same boat so that Duke Ming can completely control them."
Talking about controlling the army, Dong Zhuo nodded: "Yes, I can also detect that these people have different intentions, but I don't know how to use it. Please teach me Wen You."
"It's very simple."
Li Ru's eyes showed a fierce light: "Order them to attack the dignitaries of Luoyang, loot their property, and kill officials and people. First, let them taste the sweetness, let them have money and honeysuckle. Second, force them to offend the dignitaries of Luoyang and all officials.
Let them understand that only we are their greatest support."
This strategy is to submit a petition.
Marquis Cheng Yin, Li Kan and Yang Qiu were all powerful men from Guanzhong. The reason why they obeyed Dong Zhuo's orders was because it was profitable to follow him.
But when Dong Zhuo almost lost power, these people immediately defected to Empress Dowager Dong and were willing to follow Dong Cheng.
As a result, Dong Chengyi died and returned to Dong Zhuo's arms.
In fact, these people are just a group of capricious villains who will follow whoever is strong. There is no loyalty or disloyalty at all.
So Li Ru knew very well that if he wanted to deal with these wallflowers, he had to let them become grasshoppers on a rope.
Now that Dong Zhuo has offended the bureaucratic class, he will inevitably be resisted by them in the future.
And how to win over the powerful forces in Guanzhong and prevent the powerful people in Guanzhong from being co-opted by the enemy?
Of course, let these people offend the enemy to death. When the time comes, Dong Zhuo will be guilty, and each of you will also be guilty of a capital crime.
Should he choose to die or follow Dong Zhuo's path into darkness?
Li Ru's strategy is not without its poison.
It is a nature to keep up with the enemy.
After hearing this, Dong Zhuo laughed and said: "Okay, I am very impressed by Wenyou's strategy. Then in a few days, I will let them rob the big families in Beijing on their own on the grounds that there is no money and food in the treasury."
Li Ru smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "Ming Gong is wise."