Chapter 166 Sugar-Coated Bullet

"Speak to the wild dogs..." Liu Bei smacked these words repeatedly, but remained silent.

As a ruler, wouldn't it be a breach of integrity for him to betray his ministers' trust?

Looking at his brother's face, Zhang Fei hesitated:

"Brother, I'm going to kidnap Li Miao right now!"

"Sit down!" Liu Bei was a little dumbfounded when Zhang Fei interrupted him:

"It's just a small person, why should I take it to heart?"

Seeing that Liu Bei's face was not as solemn as before, Zhang Fei just ran over and pinched Liu Bei's neck and said:

"Didn't you tell me before? That hapless guy Wei Yan has a personal vendetta against Yang Yi. It's impossible to say that Wei Yan's Yi clan reported it privately to Yang Yi."

"Looking at it this way, wouldn't Adou be as benevolent as Emperor Xiaowen?"

What Zhang Fei said reminded Liu Bei of Emperor Wen of the Wei Dynasty, and he couldn't help but shake his head when he thought of his actions.

"I just hate that Adou is still young..." Liu Bei said to himself.

Kong Ming heard this and suggested: "If my lord misses you, why don't you send someone to bring Adou and the two ladies?"

Liu Bei was quite moved, but after thinking about it he decided to let it go:

"The public of peace and happiness is born in sorrow and dies in peace and happiness."

"Yizhou has Shu Road in the north and Yi Road in the east. It controls the most dangerous points in the world and is self-sufficient in fertile fields for thousands of miles."

"Emperor Gaozu held Hanzhong but did not enter Shu, and Liu Adou should do the same."

As he spoke, Liu Bei also made up his mind:

"Yi Xiu Shu, Yun Chang and Shang Xiang should strictly discipline Adou."

Now that the eldest brother had made up his mind, Zhang Fei said no more and just defended Adou by saying:

"The final surrender may not be Adou's disaster. Perhaps the bones of the Yizhou people are too soft."

Zhang Song, Fazheng, Liu Ba:?

Zhang Fei waved his hands hurriedly: "I'm talking about Qiao Zhou!"

The two military advisors looked back and recounted Jiang Boyue's words. Pang Tong returned to his old ways and gently poked Kong Ming with his elbow:

"What? How about sending someone to Tianshui to invite Jiang Wei?"

Kong Ming would object before, but now he is a little hesitant.

Putting aside his talent, his ambition is simply too satisfying for him. Why should a good man become a thief?

"It's a long way from Tianshui to here..."

Moreover, the other party was still a young child. Thinking of this, Kong Ming still shook his head:

"If I meet Jiang Wei, I still need Shi Yuan to show off his talents first. I'll wait and see how to capture Hanzhong."

Pang Tong was flattered.

[Brother Boyue is undoubtedly a loyal minister, but he is also a lonely minister.

The victorious Wei and Jin Dynasties needed a target to attack in order to win over the old ministers of Ji Han. The old ministers of Ji Han also needed someone to take the blame. Without too much hesitation, both sides felt that Brother Bo Yue was worthy of a great responsibility!

From the perspective of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Jiang Wei rebelled and then surrendered, surrendered and then rebelled, which was a heinous crime!

In Ji Han's opinion, you, Jiang Wei, are a villain by resorting to military warfare and sacrificing national power to gain a private reputation!

Therefore, the evaluation of Jiang Wei in the annals of history is basically deeply tied to militarism.

Why couldn't you speak for Jiang Wei? Because they all died in the battle.

Descendants of Zhao Yun, Zhang Fei, Zhuge Liang, Huang Quan, Fu Wei, Liu Bei, etc. either died in battle or committed suicide. Even Jiang Wei was defeated and died.

The source of Jiang Wei's life's tragedy is that he truly "inherited Zhuge's legacy."

But it is a pity that Jiang Wei's name is not included in Marquis Wu's final instructions and the list of departures.

After Wuhou, the two appointed successors were pessimistic about the Northern Expedition. In this case, Jiang Wei had no choice but to fight until he died.

After Fei Yi's death, although Jiang Wei was appointed military commander, Huang Hao's rise to power became a stumbling block for Jiang Weixin.

In the end, even when Liu Chan ordered to surrender, Jiang Wei still planned to fight to the death in order to "recover sight from the sun and the moon", which can be said to have shed the last drop of blood for the Han Dynasty.

And while the ministers were being loyal, what was Liu Chan, the lord, doing? Unfortunately, Liu Chan was defeated by Cao Wei's sugar-coated bullets...

Compared with Emperor Ji Han and Duke Anle of Wei and Jin Dynasties, which one had a better life? Unfortunately, no matter how you look at it, it does seem that An Le Gong is more comfortable.

For example, compare the lives of the nobles in Wei, Jin and Jihan:

The Marquis of Xia had a settlement of 2,500 households, and his family members also had a fiefdom of 1,000 households. His seven sons and two grandchildren were all granted the title of Marquis of Guannei.

Manchu favored 9,600 households and all his descendants were granted the title of marquis. Deng Ai even had 20,000 households living in the city.

Emperor Cao Rui himself established eight music studios, each with thousands of people, and tens of thousands of concubines and maids in the harem.

"There are thousands of people who sweep the courtyard and practice singing and dancing," is Wei's own record.

In comparison, Ji Han is very shabby:

For example, Marquis Wu’s own family had fifteen hectares of thin farmland. According to the "Jin Shu Food and Huo Zhi", "The first grade occupies fifty hectares...the eighth grade has fifteen hectares, and the ninth grade has ten hectares."

In other words, the treatment of Wuhou is similar to that of the lower class in Wei and Jin Dynasties, and considering that most of the officials in Wei and Jin Dynasty embezzled land, the land property of the ninth rank should be far more than that of Wuhou.

Was it because Marquis Wu was the only one who treated him harshly? No, you will find that compared with other people, Wuhou has become a big landowner.

According to the Records of the Three Kingdoms: Fei Yi's family had no money, his son always wore common clothes, his food was not meaty, and he could only rely on two legs when going out.

Dong He was also made of rough wood and linen. After his death, the remaining wealth of his family was less than a stone of food.

Jiang Wei did not take concubines, had no money and no land, and lived with his wife in a government-issued house.

Deng Zhi did not manage the land. When he was alive, he even occasionally starved his wife because of poverty. After his death, the family was still very poor.

Zhang Yi was in the worst situation. He was not allowed to lead troops because of his illness. He went to the Guanghan governor to borrow money to cure his illness, and then he was allowed to lead troops on the expedition.

Under such circumstances, Liu Chan's life certainly wasn't much better. The Records of the Three Kingdoms records that Liu Chan wanted to take more concubines, but was scolded back by Dong Yun.

Dong Yun said that the number of concubines in the harem of the ancient emperor was no more than twelve, and you have already reached the upper limit, what else do you want?

In such an environment, even if Adou degenerates, there is actually not much to play with, just like in the old Three Kingdoms, no matter how stupid Adou was when he was in power, he was just fighting crickets...

It was not until he came to Luoyang that the fat man Adou found that his life had turned a new chapter.

Sima Zhao gave Adou the title of Wanhu Hou, which means that although he could not enjoy the level of Cao Pi and Cao Rui, he still belonged to more than ten thousand people.

Gorgeous clothes, beautiful girls, excessive feasts, and revelry every night, these are just the most basic enjoyment.

Beautiful women, wine pools, meat forests, and Wushisan to cheer up, you can afford it if you grit your teeth.

This kind of indulgent and enjoyable life is completely different from the hard life in Shuzhong. 】

On the screen, the ministers in the hall saw two scenes that made them extremely divided.

They watched the pale-haired Jiang Wei, surrounded by chaotic soldiers, and forced those around him to not dare to approach him with a sword. In the end, he had no choice but to commit suicide, leaving behind a sentence:

"My plan failed, it was fate!"

Then it rained heavily, and a Wei minister came to close his eyes and bowed.

The scene changed, and they saw a plump middle-aged "Adou" in a brocade robe, watching his concubines dancing and tasting wine, and said leisurely:

"I am happy here, and I don't miss Shu."

Heroes die, and mediocre rulers live forever.

Liu Bei was stunned.

He only felt that there was still a rage in his chest that had nowhere to vent, surging back and forth in his chest, and it became more and more intense. Finally, he drew his sword with a "squeak" and chopped at the table.

A wooden table turned into a pile of broken wood in an instant.

Facing the worried faces of his ministers, Liu Bei waved his hands helplessly:

"I am not angry with Adou, but with the world!"

Liu Bei stood up proudly without sheathing his sword. He put the long sword in front of his eyes and flicked it lightly, and the blade made a clanging sound.

"Since the beginning of my three brothers' uprising, we have seen countless loyal ministers like Jiang Boyue who shed blood."

"At that time, the three of us brothers said to ourselves that we want to revive the Han Dynasty, and we should make sure that the righteous and loyal ministers will not be in such a predicament!"

"As a result..."

With a long sigh, Liu Bei sheathed his sword and stared at the light curtain in silence.

If we say who impressed Liu Bei the most when he commented on the generals in the Wuhou Temple before, Zhang Yi would undoubtedly be the first choice for Liu Bei.

He went to the battlefield with illness, led the Wudang Flying Army to fight a bloody battle with Cao Wei, and fought until the last man died for the country. He can be called a hero.

As a result, such a hero didn't even have money to see a doctor...

In addition, those names were all heard more than once in the light curtain. They were loyal ministers and generals of the Ji Han Dynasty, but they did not receive the treatment that matched them.

At this point, Liu Bei's anger towards Adou surprisingly faded:

Is this Adou's fault? How can a child who only knows how to fight crickets resist the temptation of the prosperous Luoyang?

Liu Bei even couldn't help but think of his school days when he was young.

Dog fighting, horse riding, racing, beautiful clothes, those things occupied all his time and attention at that time.

Until now, looking back, he regretted not reading a few more books and asking a few more questions to his teachers.

"I, Liu Xuande..."

Liu Bei looked serious and bowed to everyone in the hall:

"I am really ashamed of the ministers who have the heart of the Han Dynasty!"

[But even so, when Sima Zhao asked Adou for the second time, he expressed a completely different idea:

My father's tomb is far away in Longshu, and I miss him every day.

Personally, I think Adou's two answers are just like his evaluation in history, kind but incompetent.

The first real reaction of the fat otaku Adou was that he was happy and didn't miss Shu. But after being persuaded by Xi Zheng, the kindness in his heart prevailed again. He respected this minister who gave up everything to follow him in times of crisis and expressed his thoughts clumsily.

Adou is undoubtedly the kindest monarch in the Three Kingdoms, no one else.

This fat otaku nature is actually no different from Liu Bei's love of dog fighting and beautiful clothes when he was young.

The difference is that Liu Bei experienced the turbulent times and saw with his own eyes that human lives were worthless. After experiencing ups and downs, he planned to end the turbulent times and rebuild Yanhan.

And Adou has been well protected by Liu Bei since he can remember. There are natural dangers in Shu and his father is in charge of military and political affairs. This unpolished jade of the Liu family lacks the opportunity to be forged into steel.

When Liu Bei was beaten over and over again by this turbulent world, he made up his mind to seek fame and visit talents, and pursue the slim hope of belonging to Ji Han.

Liu Chan, who was the same age, was raised in the deep palace. All he could see was a piece of sky demarcated by the courtyard wall, and all he could play with were two crickets handed to him by the eunuchs.

For the bloodline of Emperor Zhaolie, the stable deep palace court was perhaps the place to lock up his ambitions. 】