Chapter 145 Death of Wei Yan

The small police department in the county was silent.

Even as calm as Guan Yu, he is very envious.

Respect the person, not the god.

Guan Yu, who had read the Spring and Autumn Annals for a long time, could tell the difference.

Later generations worshiped Guan Yu as a god, but still regarded Kong Ming as a human being.

God has no joy, anger or sorrow, but humans have joy, hatred and separation.

Worshiping gods only asks for blessings from thousands of things; worshiping sages only asks for blessings for thousands of years.

Guan Yu thought for a moment and felt that after becoming an immortal, he might be the exact opposite of Kong Ming.

The divine emperor Guan Yu had to face endless requests for official positions and wealth every day, for blessings on his future, for his writings to be prosperous, and there might even be a few who asked for a son with huge sums of money from time to time.

And what about the military advisor? Every day, I probably only need to listen to the thanks from my descendants, and by the way, appreciate the free and various tributes brought by my descendants.

Guan Yu was sincerely envious.

Jiang Wan's face was expressionless, after all, he had already known about his death.

What else can I say? Since he is already Kong Ming's right-hand man, it makes sense for Kong Ming to take one with him when he is recuperating, right?

Jiang Wan chose to lie down directly. Isn’t the health-preserving method of the prostitute military counselor delicious?

Ma Liang was equally envious, envious because it was difficult for him not to think about it, if Yiling had not died, would his name be on this list?

Moreover, Ma Liang should be able to hold the street pavilion, right?

Ma Liangke never had the idea of ​​"playing the leading role".

[Wuzhangyuan, after the prime minister died of illness, the news inevitably spread.

56-year-old Sima Yi was overjoyed: Isn’t this what I have been waiting for for many months?

Then Sima Yi, who was pursuing, met Jiang Wei, who was beating drums and rebelling flags at the entrance of Xiedao. Sima Yi was shocked, thinking that he had fallen into Zhuge Villager's trap, and retreated hastily.

So Yang Yi was able to lead his army back to Hanzhong calmly, and "Zhuge died and Zhongda came back to life" became a joke for a while.

When Sima Yi later inspected the camp left by the prime minister, he sighed and thought that the village man was a genius in the world.

The Prime Minister is dead, but the hidden thunder he pressed down before is about to explode.

That is the fog that has not cleared up until now:

Death of Wei Yan.

In the novel, it is said that Wei Yan rebelled and led his troops to suppress Nanjun. Then he was provoked by Yang Yi and shouted three times in the military formation:

"Who dares to kill me?"

Later, he was decapitated by the young general Ma Dai and died on the spot.

Zhang Fei once again felt unconvinced:

The person who scared Sima Yi can be considered a suspicious soldier, right? Why can't I, Zhang Fei, use it? and:

"Is this Sima Yi worthy of being called a famous general?" Zhang Fei was very disdainful:

Aren't you just sticking to it? I can fuck me too!

"Is there any general who can't even defend well?" Zhang Fei didn't understand.

Liu Bei cast his eyes over faintly.

But these are all trivial matters. Liu Bei looked at Wei Yan and suddenly thought of Ma Di, but stopped talking.

Wei Yan was so anxious that he immediately knelt on the ground:

"The sun and the moon can teach us that Wei Yan has no rebellious intentions!"

"If Wei Yan rebels against the Han, he is willing to die on the spot without any complaints!"

Wei Yan also felt quite aggrieved, so he spoke a little more harshly.

Liu Bei could only step forward and pull him up and said:

"If you say this, please don't repeat it!"

Guan Yu also felt so:

"Wen Chang knows loyalty and will never be like this!"

[From a historical perspective, Wei Yan and Yang Yi are typical "brainless and unhappy" people.

These two are very, very similar. The Prime Minister once sighed:

"Xi Yi's talent, coupled with Wei Yan's bravery, hates the injustice between the two and cannot bear to sideline him."

Wei Yan's talents have just been mentioned, Yangxi won a great victory, and his title was promoted four times in a row.

Yang Yi was also very talented, and Liu Bei and Kong Ming recognized him very much.

Wei Yan was "high-minded" and Yang Yi was "narrow-minded".

To put it bluntly, he is the type who wants to be the uncle himself and let others be his grandson.

Even the resumes of the two are somewhat similar:

The two of them served under Guan Yu together. Yang Yi was initially Cao Cao's chief clerk. Before the Battle of Xiangfan, he took the initiative to defect to Guan Yu. They had a good conversation and was recommended to Liu Bei by Guan Yu's letter.

Moreover, their behavior style is somewhat similar to that of Guan Yu:

Before the Battle of Yiling, Yang Yi and Liu Ba had a feud. Liu Ba was an important minister at the time, and Yang Yi was considered the culprit.

Before the Fifth Northern Expedition, Wei Yan had a conflict with Liu Yan. Liu Yan was an important minister of the clan, and Wei Yan was also the one who committed the crime.

When people with this kind of personality meet each other, conflicts are inevitable.

Wei Yan was rampant because of his military exploits. At that time, everyone knew his character and "avoided him" for fear of trouble. Only Yang Yi did not accept this trick, so the two started to fight.

During the Northern Expedition, Fei Yi was relied upon to act as the peacemaker, and with the pressure from the prime minister above, the two could barely work together.

After the prime minister's death, the two quickly became inseparable. 】

"Second brother, it turns out it's all your fault." Zhang Fei gloated.

Then Guan Yu glanced sideways and quickly fell silent.

Guan Yu caressed his beard and thought for a while, then took the initiative and said:

"The editor must remember to respect the officials and love the soldiers. Only in this way can the work be sustained."

"Otherwise, it will be like my defeat in Xiangfan, which is a recipe for disaster."

Wei Yan carefully noted that since he had no merit now, he couldn't be arrogant and was extremely respectful to everyone in the hall.

Guan Yu shook his head, still afraid that Wei Yan wouldn't be careful, so he said to Ma Liang:

"I still need to trouble Ji Chang. Today I will divide the two volumes of Xiaoyaojin and the Battle of Xiangfan into two volumes and give them to the editor for reading."

Ma Liang said it was a trivial matter, and Wei Yan said he would keep General Guan's teachings in mind.

Zhang Fei couldn't afford to offend his second brother, but he could still tease the current Chief Wei Yan:

"Chang Wen, do you want to try shouting three times?"

Wei Yan shook his head, and even felt a chill on his neck.

[In fact, if you look at it separately, Wei Yan's death is actually a political turmoil caused by the death of the prime minister.

Just like the Jiangdong nobles were moved after Zhou Yu's death.

The records of this part of the Records of the Three Kingdoms reveal problems in every detail.

First, the dying meeting, in which Wei Yan was told to cover the retreat, but only Yang Yi, Fei Yi, Jiang Wei and others attended the meeting.

It is neither reasonable nor appropriate to assign work to Wei Yan, the general of the Western Expedition and the prime minister's military advisor, but not to let this person of extremely high status attend.

Moreover, the record in Wei Yan's biography that Yang Yi quietly led the army to retreat, leaving Wei Yan alone there, causing Wei Yan to be furious, seems both absurd and ridiculous.

Secondly, the Baoxiadao seems to have suddenly become a highway.

This section of the Wei Yan biography is actually quite magical:

Yang Yi ran away first, and then Wei Yan was furious, caught up and burned the plank road.

Yang Yi followed closely behind, and he repaired a section of the plank road as Wei Yan burned it, following closely.

After crossing the plank road, Yang Yi wrote a letter accusing Wei Yan of treason, and the messenger squeezed through Wei Yan's army and ran to Chengdu to deliver it to Liu Chan.

There are too many problems in this. First of all, since Wei Yan was ordered to cut off the rear, it must be the rear army.

The rear army crossed the front army to fight for the Baoxiade Road. Did they think that Sima Yi on the other side of Wugong Water was dead?

Moreover, the plank road of Baoxiade Road had been burned once before by Zhao Yun, who forced Cao Zhen to retreat with a fire.

Compared with Yang Yi's ability to repair the plank road while walking, Cao Zhen seemed to be playing a fake game.

In the end, it was outrageous that Yang Yi's letter could be delivered to Chengdu when the plank road was burned and Wei Yan's army was in front.

So the cause of death of Wei Yan was very likely unreliable.

Regarding Wei Yan's death, Wei Lue provides another statement:

Before the prime minister died, he summoned Wei Yan and others to explain his affairs. Wei Yan followed the military order and quietly withdrew his troops without announcing the death. The death was not announced until Baokou.

Yang Yi saw that Wei Yan was in power and was afraid of being liquidated by Wei Yan, so he falsely accused Wei Yan of surrendering to Cao and launching a mutiny.

Wei Yan left without fighting and was chased and killed by Yang Yi's army.

In comparison, the statement in Wei Lue that Yang Yi falsely accused Wei Yan of surrendering to Cao can be compared with the end of Wei Yan's biography that "Yan originally intended not to surrender to Wei in the north but to return to the south, but to kill Yi and others."

It can basically be considered that Yang Yi did falsely accuse Wei Yan of surrendering to Wei.

As for other aspects, the authenticity of Wei Lue cannot be guaranteed, and the contradictions in the Records of the Three Kingdoms do not make sense.

Therefore, it can only be inferred that after the prime minister's death, the conflict between the high-ranking prime minister Sima Wei Yan and the powerful prime minister Yang Yi could no longer be eased, and it is very likely that it broke out because of the specific power control issue during the withdrawal of troops.

The final outcome was that Wei Yan was killed and his three clans were exterminated, and Yang Yi was also driven away from the power center of the Ji Han Dynasty, and finally committed suicide due to grief and anger.

Now it is difficult for us to delve into the truth after a thousand years. Chen Shou made a more appropriate final judgment in the Records of the Three Kingdoms:

Looking at his actions and following his rules, he was the one who brought disaster and blame. 】

"Think about it in another direction." Zhang Fei gave Guan Yu a thumbs up:

"Second brother has cultivated talents!"

Guan Yu had a dark face and didn't want to talk.

Zhang Fei was very happy, patting Wei Yan on the shoulder and asked:

"Wenchang, what do you think?"

Wei Yan didn't say anything for a long time, and finally said:

"Since you have no intention of surrendering to Cao, it's good."

Zhang Fei laughed and said:

"Wenchang, how about I let my elder brother write a calligraphy for you?"

"Do you think it's better to control your pride? Or control your arrogance?"

Wei Yan couldn't speak. In comparison, he was still too young. Zhang Fei was teasing him easily, and it was difficult for him to let go.

"Yide!" Liu Bei waved his hand in a headache and asked his third brother to be serious.

"From what the Guangmu said, Wen Chang is brave and Yang Yi is talented, but they can't tolerate each other because of their personalities, which is a pity."

Kong Ming sighed with a little relief:

Fortunately, Wei Yan is not as exaggerated as Ma Su.

"Wen Chang should read the old stories of Lian Po and Lin Xiangru when he has time."

Kong Ming said nothing more, after all, he really didn't have much free time, and Wei Yan was not a child, so he just stopped talking.

Wei Yan responded silently, bowed respectfully to Liu Bei and Kong Ming, and then knelt in his seat to think, with his back straight.

Liu Bei may have been inspired. He asked for a piece of paper and wrote down Chen Shou's final evaluation. Then he threw the pen and said:

"Don't talk about Wen Chang, Yi De!"

Zhang Fei was frightened and stood up straight: "I'm here!"

Liu Bei stuffed this piece of calligraphy into Zhang Fei's arms:

"Your old misfortune, isn't it also a misfortune for yourself?"

"Reflect on yourself at that time!"

Zhang Fei held the calligraphy, curled his lips and stretched out his voice:

"Brother, save it."

[After Wu Hou passed away, the land of Longyou still sings his legend.

And hundreds of years later in the late Tang Dynasty, there was a warrior of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. He was like Wu Hou, although he had never seen the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.

But for the revival of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, he also gave his heart and soul, and left a thousand years of regret on the land of Longyou. Zhongwu is not inferior to Wu Hou of the Han Dynasty! 】

The content of the next chapter should be obvious. It will be written slowly, please forgive me.