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Chenghan Chapter 5

The Shu road is natural and dangerous, no matter how dangerous it is, it is not that of people. In virtue, not that of danger. Wu Qi, a famous general of the pre-Qin period, made a deafening statement, but it is often not valued by the world.

In the past year, Li Te led refugees to Sichuan and guided the country when he passed through Jiange. He was quite energetic and ambitious. He probably wouldn't have thought that this sentence would also be on his descendants soon in the future.

It is somewhat inaccurate to say this. In fact, Li Te's direct descendants had all died in the internal strife before the natural danger of Shu Road was broken. The Han lords' lineage has long been transformed into Li Te's younger brother Li Xiang.

But no matter what the bloodline inherits, the final result is similar. When the three armies of Daliang came to join the Chengdu Plain on a dangerous road, the Chenghan Kingdom, which had been passed down for 40 years, was officially destroyed like its ancestors.

Perhaps the psychological advantage brought to the Shu people by the natural danger of Shu road was too high. Once the Shu people found that this advantage was no longer available, their stubborn fighting spirit would soon collapse.

After the Daliang King's Army appeared in the Chengdu Plain, they never encountered any decent resistance. The Shu army successively removed their armor and surrendered. The Han lord had no choice but to tie himself up in plain clothes, hold a coffin with his ministers, and ask for surrender to Shen Yun, the King of Runan, in front of the Liang army camp in the south of Chengdu City.

Accompanied by the generals and Hu Ben, King Runan received the letter of request for surrender from the Han lord Li Shi from outside the gate, but did not give the Han lord Li Shi any courtesy as the ministers of Cheng Han thought.

Shen Yun drew out his sword, and the blade was placed on Li Shi who was trembling. After looking around for a week, he finally fell on Li Shi who was kneeling in front of him and said loudly: "You are ugly, you are not familiar with etiquette and etiquette. You take advantage of the chaos to provoke me, Bashu, and have no favors for China. Instead, you rely on your treacherous courage to steal the talismans and usurp the country, and enslave the people! The emperor of Daliang is so kind that he has always been benevolent and indulged. He allows you to change your mind and return to righteousness. If you don't want to be evil, you can save yourself? The king's army is here and the city is here. The treacherous lord and the rioters are entrusted with power. If you don't worship benevolent, you can be said to be fulfilled?"

Hearing these malicious and ridiculous words, the king and ministers of Chenghan were both ashamed and angry. However, seeing that the Daliang King's Army surrounded him for dozens of miles of camp, the army was so strong that he did not dare to refute for a while. As Shen Yun said, their king and ministers were stubborn. They waited until the royal army surrounded Chengdu and surrendered. They should have expected that they would bring shame to themselves.

After a surrender, the king and ministers of Chenghan were both imprisoned by the king's troops. After that, the King of Runan led a large army to officially enter Chengdu City, and issued a letter to all parties in Bashu to officially declare the demise of Chenghan.

Even if there was anything else that Cheng Han was alone and loyal to the Han Dynasty, after learning that the king Li Shi had already surrendered in Chengdu, they all gave up their resistance and went to the surrender area designated by the King of Runan, Daliang to surrender.

Fourteen thousand people were disarmed together, and none of them were men. This poem "Poems on the Demolition of the Country" written by Mrs. Huarui, the favorite concubine of Meng Chang, the king of the Later Shu Kingdom of the Five Dynasties, was widely circulated in later generations, but it was true that 140 thousand people were disarmed together, and none of them were men. This poem is actually a bastard.

The king's city is erected and the flag is lowered. I know it in the deep palace. You and your couple are extravagant in the deep palace, and they are shameless. They are known to everyone in the world. They don't know when the country is destroyed? Who do you know? Are the soldiers who are far away on the Rong road and who don't know where the palace gate in Chengdu are open?

When his country was destroyed, Meng Chang once lamented that he had warm clothes and delicious food to support his soldiers for forty years. Once he faced the enemy, he could not shoot an arrow to the east. But in fact, his greatest sorrow was not this. He only favored a bad maid for more than ten years, and could not get his innocence in the curtain. This is the most ridiculous thing about him.

Mrs. Huarui's poem about the death of the dead was praised by literati in later generations, saying that her heroic women were and laughed at her. But in fact, it was just an ugly woman who was greedy for life and feared death and could not be a complete ritual.

Even if Meng Chang was defeated by the world, he never let this person down. Even if he could not carry a three-foot long sword in his hand to kill the enemy, could he not be half a foot of white silk hanging from the end of the beam?

It is a common human nature to be greedy for life and fear death. This woman is generally chaste. Looking back on her kindness, she should also think about Meng Chang’s reputation after her death. She can no longer be fully qualified. Where can she laugh at the face of the 140,000 people without a man? When it comes to the deep 140,000 people, she is afraid that 140,000 people will lose this!

For the Daliang court, pacifying Shu was a sure thing. How to protect the vitality of Shu as much as possible afterwards and allow Shu to be governed as soon as possible is the real top priority. The basic principle is to punish both one crime and kill evil people.

After the King of Runan entered Chengdu, he surrendered in succession in Bashu and issued several edicts to inform the territory, and repeatedly reiterated the identity of Ba Di, the Han lord Li Shi.

This is actually very necessary. The people's ways to accept the news are actually very limited and lagging. Even when the royal army reorganized the surrendered people of Bashu, many soldiers even asked the Han lord why the surname Li but not Liu? They actually thought they were still fighting for Shu Han!

This is unimaginable in later generations with developed information, but it is not new nowadays. The Han lord probably was happy that the people kept this misunderstanding. Even near the Chengdu Plain, there were still many people who did not know that the Li lord was actually Ba Di.

The king repeatedly declared the identity of Li's Ba Di, so naturally he did not have good intentions. As the Han soldiers between Ba and Shu were basically surrendered, the King of Runan announced a shocking military order: Kill the Han lord Li Shi on the spot outside Chengdu City!

As soon as this order was issued, the Chengdu city was in an uproar. Although the Chenghan monarchs and ministers knew that they were willing to surrender until the troops were at the city, they would definitely not receive any preferential treatment, but they did not expect that the Daliang King Army was so decisive that they would kill their king directly in Chengdu!

But in the eyes of the king, this is normal. How can a mere Han lord Li Shi compare to Jie lord Shi Hu? Even after Shi Hu was captured, he was directly sentenced to death in Xindu City!

The king's army had great righteousness, aiming to recreate the Xia. The Han lord Li Shi used the body of the barbarians to steal the talisman and usurp the orders and commanded the Xia territory. The crime should be punished, and the crime cannot be forgiven! This is why Daliang was founded and the foundation of the righteousness of the king's army, and it must not be changed!

Although the king had already made many preparations before, when the Han lord Li Shi was actually killed, there was still a lot of turmoil between Ba and Shu.

But this is nothing to the king's army. At this time, the three king's army, 50,000 elite troops, gathered in the Chengdu Plain. In the future, Hanzhong and Jingzhou were still increasing their troops. Once all the troops were in place, the king's army gathered in Bashu would have an army of 100,000.

And these 100,000 troops will not evacuate from Shu until the situation in Shu is completely calmed down. Local powerful people like Bashu are really not afraid of death and jump hard!

After the Han lord Li Shi was taken down, although there was a little noise in the wilderness, he only stopped talking. Even if some people were angry, they would not dare to go straight to the sword.

In fact, compared with the Hebei side's relentless pursuit and killing all the evils of the Shi Zhao clan, the king's army is still very tolerant of the Li family in Chenghan. This is also because although Li's family was called the command of Shuzhong, their crimes were still slightly less than Shi Zhao's. Therefore, after killing the Han lord Li Shi, they did not kill all the other royal family members of the Chenghan Han, but instead took them to Tianzhong to offer victory and settled the households for crimes.

Of course, there were actually not many people left in the Li clan at this time. The Han lord Li Shi was beheaded, and the crown prince Li Guang died at the city of Langzhong after Mao Bao broke through Bashan and blocked Langzhong. Li Shi had no descendants and his brothers were also weak. As for Li Te's lineage, he was killed in the internal strife.

One crime and two punishments were made. The Han lord Li Shi was punished by the evil spirit. As for other important officials of the Han Dynasty, the elders also needed to be taken to the sky to discuss their crimes. Although Li Shi's death was emotionally unacceptable, it actually gave them some comfort in reason.

Daliang was aggressive, and even the Han lord killed him as soon as he said he could kill them, and he would have no psychological burden to kill them. At this time, he left their lives and sent them to the sky. Although the future is still uncertain, he should be able to save his life, otherwise there would be no need to send them to the sky with such great effort.

It is precisely because of this that although Li Shi's death brought a certain degree of shock to the situation in Bashu, these old men in the Han Dynasty did not completely lose hope and took risks to fight again. Instead, they obeyed the arrangements of the king and embarked on the way to the sky.

Among them, there is another special person, that is, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. Fan Ben is the son of Fan Changsheng, the great master of Shuzhong. He basically inherited his father's position and reputation and enjoyed a very high status in Shuzhong.

The upper class of Chenghan Kingdom continued to fight, but Fan Ben was able to remain honored and favored. After his father died, he was appointed as prime minister by Chengzhu Li Xiong. So much so that after Li Shou changed the reign of the Han Dynasty, he was determined to remove Fan Ben's official position, but no one from the whole country dared to replace Fan Ben, which shows his prestige in Shu.

Of course, this is also because Fan Ben himself is self-protection and has faded out of the Chengdu situation since early on, and has also learned from his father to live in seclusion in Qingcheng Mountain. However, this so-called seclusion is not about living alone and cultivating one's own character. Fan Ben always preached at Qingcheng Mountain, and listeners often have thousands or even tens of thousands.

Moreover, the Fan family is also a top representative of the powerful people in Bashu. From Chengdu City to Qingcheng Mountain, the vast fields watered by Dujiangyan are all private property of Fan family villas. There are countless fertile fields and buildings in the inner city, almost no less than an independent kingdom. When it comes to honor in the country, it is even far more than the royal family Li family.

Previously, Fan Ben led Yu Jian to resist the king's army, and after his defeat, he fled back to Qingcheng Mountain. Later, the king and ministers of Chenghan surrendered, and even the king Li Shi was directly killed outside Chengdu City. However, when the King of Runan issued an edict to ask Fan Ben to come to Chengdu to receive the crime, the storm caused by Dalian Runan was shocked.

First of all, a large number of people gathered between Qingcheng Mountain and Chengdu City. They did not concentrate on causing trouble, but kept knocking and accusing him of the crime in Chengdu. What's more, more than a dozen strong soldiers from Shu tied themselves up to the official residence of the King of Runan, claiming that they were willing to atone for the Fan Shi and committed suicide outside the official residence of the King of Runan!

Later, the letters from all parties in Bashu who asked Fan Ben for his life were even more snow-filled to Chengdu. Even the surrendered soldiers in Shu who had already been unarmed and entered various places began to riot.

Seeing that the situation in various parties was in a state of chaos, the King of Runan was furious and ordered the entire army to be ready for war again. It was reported that Jingzhou would continue to increase its troops, and it was limited to the limit of five days if Fan Ben did not come to Chengdu, the deadline would be wiped out as soon as the deadline came!

Although the imperial court had previously agreed that the purpose of pacifying Shu was to do its best to protect the people, the demons were confused and made people not know the majesty of the king's law, and even showed off their blood and self-destruction. How could such a foolish and fierce people expect to be governed? Since he was to fight ruthlessly, Shen Yun was not afraid of the blood flowing into the river of Bashu!

After King Runan made this statement, Fan Ben finally realized that the royal army that entered Shu this time was not able to deal with it before. He had to go out of Qingcheng Mountain on the third day, and his son was in charge of the control. The father and son arrived in Chengdu together on a ox cart.

He walked along the way, countless people followed along the way, and many people from Shu came spontaneously, wept and sent them to tears. Fan Ben sat upright on the ox cart, and his expression was still calm, but he was actually smiling bitterly. When he was forced out of Qingcheng Mountain, it meant that he had to bow his head under the blade of the king's sword. The Shu people did this, and even more, forced him to the desperate situation of having to die.

Sure enough, after arriving in Chengdu, Fan Ben was introduced to the official residence of King Runan, but he did not see King Runan. Only one of the Grand Chiefs Offices joined the army to convey the message of King Runan: Why do you want to die?

Fan Ben was timid for a moment and clamored for the people's sentiment. When the situation evolved to this point, they were actually in a difficult situation. If Daliang wanted to successfully manage Bashu, the Fan family must be eliminated. The only difference is how many people would be buried with him.

But Fan Ben didn't want to die, that's certain, otherwise such a storm would not have caused.

Although Chen Yun was not afraid of fighting, if he really wanted to kill Shuzhong, it would not be something he could easily decide. Fortunately, Fan Ben did not persist under this huge pressure, which gave him time to ask for instructions on Tianzhong. So he sent someone to fly cavalry to report the situation to Tianzhong, and while continuing to plant the troops from Jingzhou to all places in Bashu, he was ready for both hands.

The court in Tianzhong also attached great importance to this. After receiving the report from Chen Yun, His Majesty the Emperor and a group of important officials made a quick decision and arranged for five Heavenly Masters to enter Shu together to solve the Fan family's problem.

As Fan Ben entered Chengdu City, his life and death also touched the hearts of almost all Bashu people. When these people met Fan Ben again, it was in the New Year of the third year of Daye. Under the protection of a group of royal soldiers, Fan Ben was a driver holding a strand and holding a reins, while on the ox cart he was driving, a young and handsome man was sitting upright.

Seeing that the immortal-like Fan Shi was actually a slave under the threat of the fierce soldiers of Daliang, the people of Bashu were embarrassed and annoyed, and there were even more noises in the wild. Many people waved bamboo sticks to break through the blockade of the King's Army and wanted to rescue Fan Shi.

On the Qingcheng Mountain Road, Fan Ben stood up from the ox cart and bowed to the excited crowd of Shu people, "Don't be abrupt and foreign masters. This Yan Shijun in the sky is a true god. In the past, my father was in the world and traveled between heaven and earth, and he was fortunate to be able to share friendship with Yan Shi..."

Yan Mu, Shijun, who was famous in Jiangzuo, was also a master of Taoism.

Now, as a person sent to Shu to solve the problem in Tianzhong Tianshidao, Yan Shijun is responsible for his heavy responsibilities. His eyes drifted apart, and he did not care about the noises around him. He ignored Fan Ben's words and tilted his pride to him. He just waved his tail in his hand to signal Fan Ben to continue moving forward.

People only have the difference between being stubborn and bowing their heads. There is no essential difference between taking one step back and taking ten thousand steps back. When Fan Ben learned that the court in Tianzhong was willing to spare his life, he was already very happy and was willing to be a doll. Even if he is now a coachman for Yan Shijun of Tianzhong, he still has no complaints.

With the attention of everyone, the ox cart slowly stopped on the Qingcheng Mountain Road. With Fan Ben's support, Yan Shijun slowly got off the car. When he saw a pine tree growing between the rocks, Yan Shijun's face finally changed slightly. He walked quickly and climbed up the steps, his steps were vigorous, far from being an old man.

Yan Shijun rubbed the rough branches with his palms, his face full of vicissitudes of emotion, as if he was closing his eyes and wandering. After a long time, he slowly opened his eyes. His eyes were deep and distant, as if he was traveling through the past and present, and he said leisurely: "The pines on the hill are still here today, and I can't see Yan Junping back then. In the past year, I and I hid here and practiced the Qing business. The little cow shepherd passed by. Junping occasionally made an interest and asked him to cook tea for me and give me two pine nuts..."

"If the Second Master had not given the Taoist fruits to him, how could my father be called immortality!"

When Fan Ben heard this, his expression became excited, as if he was right in his answers to each other.

The onlookers were shocked when they heard the conversation between the two. There were many magical things in Shu, and Fan Changsheng was the leader of modern times. It was rumored that he had a long life. He served as the first lord of Shu in the past year, and he was a living god in the world. As for what the two said about Yan Junping, he was even more a master of Taoism during the Emperor Cheng of the Western Han Dynasty.

After hearing this conversation, everyone realized that Fan Changsheng lived a long life. The origin of the story was actually back to the Han Dynasty god Yan Junping. And the Yan Shijun in front of him was able to discuss Taoism with Yan Jun that year. The depth of Taoism can be imagined!

Of course, everyone is not a fool, so how can you believe such a strange deed? But this fate was recognized by Fan Changsheng's son Fan Ben. How can it be fake?

Such show was performed frequently in Shu, and naturally more and more viewers were viewing. In the end, Fan Ben even abandoned all kinds of things in the world and followed Shijun Yan from Tianzhong to the north. He said that he was going to go straight to the Taoist ancestral home of Tianshi Taoism in Hanzhong to practice Taoism. Two extraordinary gods and immortals left together, leaving only many thought-provoking anecdotes of immortals in Shu, and long-term remembrance.

During the process of spreading the anecdotes of gods, the people of Shu also deeply felt their obscurity and shallowness, and even sighed at the prosperity of the people in the sky. Any expert in the world showed his sights, even the model master they pursued would follow him.

After solving Fan Ben's case, many affairs in Shu gradually came on track. Later, the King of Runan ordered the order to recommend the wise and liu to the country for the purpose of the country. All the famous people in Shu were selected here, and a large number of people in Shu began to enter the sky continuously.

In addition, given that the surrounding areas of Bashu are boundless and long, there are many gangsters and barbarians who appear here, because the Grand Governor's Office ordered the mountains to be blocked, the strong barbarians in the wilderness will be wiped out forever, and the border troubles will be eliminated without harm to the people.

As a result, a large number of Bashu people were concentrated in the Chengdu Plain, measuring the fields and placing the mouths, and receiving their careers forever. However, among the mountains and rivers in the four fields, there were constantly expelled and captured by the gangsters. As for whether there were accidental injuries, there was no way to worry about it.

In the second year of Daye, the king's army entered Shu. Until the fifth year of Daye, all prefectures and counties between Ba and Shu were settled, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the internal and external communication was gradually worthy of the name of Tianfu.
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