Chapter 215 Explaining Words
Jiankang, Taicheng, Chen Shubao, the emperor of Chen State, had a discussion with his honored ministers Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing. Kong and Shi performed well since the beginning of the year, making Chen Shubao, who opposed the public's controversy and sent him to supervise the army, quite proud.
At this moment, Kong Fan was talking about the mutual generation and restraint of the five virtues and the five elements.
According to the theory of the Five Elements and Five Virtues, the "virtue" of their dynasties was determined by the "virtue" of their dynasties. Qin was the water virtue and favored black. The virtue of the Han Dynasty was changed several times. In the Later Han Dynasty, it was determined to be fire virtue and favored red, so it was called "Yan Han".
Cao Wei received the Han Zen period and was a local virtue and was covered with yellow color; Jin replaced it with gold virtue and was a regular and formal manner, and was followed by the previous dynasty.
During the Yongjia Rebellion, the state of Jin, which moved its capital to Jiankang, felt that since it was a golden virtue and the clothing should be white, it was a mistake before, which caused the disaster of the Eight Kings Rebellion.
Liu Yu was appointed as the Zen master of the Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty was the virtue of water, and the beauty was also the same as the story of Wei and Jin Dynasties to show orthodoxism; Xiao Qi's wood virtue, Xiao Liang's fire virtue, and the beauty was the same as the story of the previous dynasties.
Emperor Wu of Chen (Chen Baxian) was called emperor by Zen, and the Chen Kingdom was called wood virtue and his color was the same as before.
As for the Northern Liberation, the Later Wei (Yuan Wei) initially became Tude, and after he claimed to be Huangdi, he surrendered to Huang and sacrificed Shangbai. During the Taihe period, he believed that since he inherited the orthodox Jin, he changed it to Water De.
Later, Wei divided the East and West, and the Eastern Wei was replaced by Gao Qi. According to the theory that water produces wood, Qi was the virtue of wood, and the true colors were like the Yuan Wei; while the Western Wei was replaced by Yuwen Zhou, and Zhou believed that it inherited the Wei Dynasty's Zhengshuo and was still the virtue of water.
Also, because Emperor Wen of Zhou (Yuwen Tai) had a prophecy of black water, the Zhou Kingdom was still dark.
After the second year of the elephant, Emperor Yuwen Yun of Zhou suddenly died. His relative Yang Jian usurped power and later established the Sui Kingdom. He was the virtue of fire and brought down the good fortune of fire and the clothes, flags, sacrificed red, and military uniforms were yellow.
During these decades, the north was the Zhou of Water De and the Qi of Wood De, while the south was the Liang of Fire De and the Chen of Wood De. Later, the Zhou State destroyed Qi, which was unstoppable for a while, but it almost collapsed shortly afterwards.
What is the problem? Kong Fan will analyze this problem next.
At that time, Chen (Mude), Qi (Mude), and Zhou (Shuide) confronted each other. The so-called two trees form a forest, and adding water is the word "现". Zhou State destroyed Qi, and "现" removes a tree and becomes "mu". Seeing that Chen State was unable to support it, the word "现" revealed the situation in the world.
Mu means to be a monkey and be crowned with a crown, which originated from "Records of the Grand Historian: The Chronicle of Xiang Yu" "People say that people in Chu are crowned with a crowned with a crowned with a monkey."
Zhou State annexed Qi State and its national strength reached its peak. As a result, Emperor Zhou Yuwen Yong died of illness in his prime. Yuwen Yun, who succeeded to the throne, was arrogant and eccentric, and even called himself "Heaven". Isn't this the monkey?
Yuwen Yun, who was so arrogant, died after two years of being the emperor. The Zhou Kingdom immediately fell into civil strife. When Zhou Guolian joined forces with Chen to attack Qi, he then went on his own and captured the Chen Kingdom Jiangbei and Huainan prefectures and counties. Two generations of kings died suddenly. This is retribution.
Next, Zhou, Sui and Chen were in opposition, Sui and Chen were united, and the virtues of the two countries were earth, wood, and the word "正" added to the word "正", and the water of Zhou was "正" and "正" were "正".
According to the "Shui Jing Zhu", Lei River exits Nanshan, Chen County, Guiyang.
"Guiyang Chen County...Guiyang Chen County..."
Chen Shubao pondered, and then asked for a moment: "Xiang Yu killed his master, the Chuyi Emperor Xiong Xin, I remember it was in Chen County, Changsha?"
"The official is right!"
Shi Wenqing interrupted at the right time, and Kong Fan led the topic to Xiang Yu killing the king. Now it was his turn to perform. He didn't believe in the theory of the Five Virtues, but in order to please the Chen Guan family, he and Kong Fan racked their brains and made up a set of rhetoric to analyze current affairs.
After sorting out the idea, Shi Wenqing continued the topic: "The official family lost his deer, and the heroes chased him together..."
Qin lost its deer and chased it together. Xiong Xin, the last descendant of the Chu royal family, hid among the people after the fall of Chu. After the Chu nobles Xiang Liang, after the uprising of Kuaiji, adopted Fan Zeng's suggestion and called himself Wu Xinjun and made Xiong Xin the King of Chu Huai to follow the people's expectations.
Xiong Xin was just the nominal lord and had no power at all. After the fall of Qin, Xiang Yu pretended to respect Xiong Xin as Emperor Yi and conferred the princes of the world on his own. Liu Bang was named King of Han, while Xiang Yu established himself as the "Over King of Western Chu" and moved Xiong Xin to Chen County, Changsha.
The situation was so urgent that Xiong Xin had no choice but to tell the truth, but the ministers on both sides were attached to their hometown and were reluctant to move quickly. Xiang Yu was furious and secretly ordered the three kings of the place where Emperor Yi passed (Jiujiang King Yingbu, King Hengshan King Wu Rui, and King Linjiang Gongao) to kill Emperor Yi halfway.
Finally, Yingbu sent troops to chase Emperor Yi to Chen County and killed Xiong Xin next to the Qianquan of Chen City. Chen people pity him and buried Xiong Xin in the back mountain southwest of the city, which is the birthplace of Leishui.
Xiong Xin had no power and was like a puppet, but she was Xiang Yu's nominal lord. King Liu Bang of Han learned about Xiong Xin's death and ordered the three armies to die. After three days of mourning, he issued a manifesto to the whole country, accusing Xiang Yu of killing the monarch and being ruthless.
The princes in the world responded. Liu Bang got hundreds of thousands of troops from all over the country to fight against Xiang Yu, the capital of Chu, and the dispute between Chu and Han began. Finally, Xiang Yu, the overlord of the Western Chu, committed suicide by slashing his throat in Wujiang, and a hero who left the scene in a sad way.
"Yuchi Dun, the prime minister of Zhou State, regarded the lord like a pig or a dog, and even covered his ears and stole the bell and committed suicide. Now the chaos in the Zhou Dynasty has recurred, which just happened to meet the prophecy of the word "天"!"
Shi Wenqing was filled with righteous indignation and then stood up to salute Chen Shubao: "Congratulations to the officials and congratulate the officials! Now the chaos in the Central Plains is the time for the dynasty to rise again!"
Kong Fan and others also congratulated Chen Shubao, which made Chen Guan family smile. The major events that happened this year did make him believe in the prophecies and divination, and the statements of Kong and Shi really make sense.
The Zhou army launched a large-scale southern invasion at the end of last year, and the troops were at the city of Jiankang. Just when the people in the city were panic, the official army showed their courage and defeated the northern enemy one after another to ensure the safety of the capital.
The official army successfully dragged the war to the rainy season. After several months of confrontation in the rain, the northern barbarians retreated to Jiangbei in shame. Just as autumn was approaching and the rainy season was about to go away, civil strife broke out without warning, which made Chen's country dumbfounded.
What does this mean? Jiankang has his own blessing of royal energy!
News of the civil turmoil in Zhou only reached Jiankang a few days ago. At first, everyone couldn't believe it, but based on the news from various places, it was confirmed that the breakup between the Yuwen family and the Yuchi family in Zhou Guoguo broke up, Chen Shubao almost cried with joy.
Emperor Yu Wen Qiankeng of Zhou was assassinated on the day of his wedding and was seriously injured. Prime Minister Yuchi Dun made the prince of Xiyang the new king. At the same time, he sent a large army to attack Guanzhong and Shannan to attack Yu Wen Liang.
Yu Wenliang's strength was far less than that of Yuchi Dun. Seeing that Yu Wen was about to be attacked and wiped out, the subsequent battle situation was beyond everyone's expectations: Yu Wen Wen, the king of Xiyang who should have been on the ridge, actually led his troops to break through the Dabie Mountains and conquered the Xuanhu, Yuzhou Prefecture.
The King of Xiyang also claimed that he had encountered the emperor who was in trouble. It turned out that the assassination was false, and Yuchi Dun took the opportunity to kill the king. The emperor who was in trouble then called on the world to help the king and attack the rebel thief Yuchi Dun.
No one cares whether the emperor is in trouble or not, but it is true that the chaos in the Zhou Dynasty will not end in a short period of time. This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Chen, who is almost destroyed.
Chen Shubao thought Kong Fan and Shi Wenqing were right. The word "Mu" means that the Zhou Dynasty emperor Yuwen Yun, who was crowned by the monkey, suddenly passed away, causing the Zhou Dynasty to fall into a huge civil strife.
The next word "天" means that the powerful prime minister of Zhou State Yuchi Dun would kill the king like Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, and then lead to the princes attacking him. What will be the fate of Xiang Yu and what will be the fate of Yuchi Dun!
The chaos in the Central Plains happened to be a great opportunity for the revival of Chen State. If we could take the opportunity to lead the Northern Expedition, the resistance would be much smaller. If we seize the opportunity, it would be impossible to unify the world.
He ended the 300-year turbulent times with his own hands and became the wise ruler who recreated China. From then on, he has been famous in history and praised by future generations. Chen Shubao was so excited that he couldn't sleep at night when he thought of this, so he had to listen to the opinions of the two main pillars, formulate a grand strategy to realize his dream.
"What do you think about the current situation, my dear friends?"
Chapter completed!