【See the dragon in the field】
It is said that Xu Wen had a strange dream the night before he got Xu Zhigao. He dreamed that there were more than a dozen yellow dragons swimming in the water. Suddenly, a man ten feet long and dressed like a sacrificial official from the Zhou Dynasty came to Xu Wen. He said, "You can catch one at will." So Xu Wen took off his clothes and went into the water to catch a dragon.
After waking up from the dream, he was about to ask someone to interpret the dream, but Yang Xingmi sent him "Peng Nu" to adopt as his adopted son. Xu Wen was very happy and thought that Xu Zhigao was the Huanglong in the dream.
Xu Zhigao was talented and intelligent. It is said that he composed a "Poetry on Lanterns" when he was 9 years old:
"One point is worth ten thousand pieces of gold, but you are afraid of the cold wind when you open it.
If the master is diligent in instigating others, he will not show his sincerity to you. "
Xu Wen was very moved by borrowing candles and lanterns to show his loyalty.
Xu Zhigao, who had a miserable life and was dependent on others, was very well-behaved and knew how to please Xu Wen. He was "very filial" to Xu Wen and "extremely filial", even more filial than his own son.
One time, Xu Wen got angry and beat him with a stick. He was kicked out of the house and told to get out, sever relations, and never enter the Xu family again. Xu Zhigao obediently "fuck off", but when Xu Wen came home from get off work, he found Xu Zhigao greeting him respectfully outside the gate.
Xu Wen asked: "Didn't I tell you to get out?"
Xu Zhigao replied: "As a child, if you abandon your parents, where else can you go? If you make your father angry, you should go away first. When your father calms down, you can come back to fulfill your filial piety. It is human nature."
"Good boy." Xu Wen's anger subsided and he accepted Xu Zhigao again.
Xu Zhigao served Xu Wen more carefully than the eunuch served the emperor. It is said that Xu Wen went to bed very late while attending to official duties. As soon as he fell asleep, he found a figure standing next to the bed. He was startled and asked quickly: "Who is it?"
"Your son, Xu Zhigao."
"Oh, Zhigao, it's getting late, you should go back and rest early."
Xu Zhigao agreed, but his body did not move.
After half the night, Xu Wen woke up and looked up in a daze, almost peeing on the spot. "Why are you still here? Go back quickly. You have to deal with official duties during the day. How can you not sleep at night? I order you to go back. rest!"
Xu Zhigao then resigned respectfully.
After finishing his convenience, Xu Wen went to sleep. When he was about to get up again in the middle of the night, he saw a woman standing beside the bed with her hands down respectfully. Meeting a woman in the middle of the night is more terrifying than meeting a man.
"who?"
The woman replied: "Xu Zhigao's wife." The wife took over from her husband, and the couple took turns serving at Xu Wen's bedside.
Xu Wen persuaded Xu Zhigao's wife to leave with kind words.
The next day, Xu Wen summoned his own sons and said, "Look at Xu Zhigao, he is much better than you!" Barabala reprimanded Xu Zhigao with a lot of words, many of which were fragrant and filthy. Wait until you are scolded to death. Therefore, "the scholars are quite intolerable, but Zhixun is even more so."
When Xu Wen fell ill, Xu Zhigao was even more busy and became "one of the top ten filial sons in Huainan". As the saying goes, there is no filial son in bedside for a long time. Xu Wen was lying in bed, "only the late master (Xu Zhigao) was at his side, and he personally held the utensils for excrement and drowning."
Xu Wen lay in bed for several months. During this period, Xu Zhigao stood by the bedside without taking off his clothes, staying up all night and on call 24 hours a day. Xu Wen really couldn't bear it, so he ordered him to rest next door. No matter during the day or late at night, as long as Xu Wen coughed, Xu Zhigao would immediately appear in front of him with his wife.
Xu Wen was lying on the hospital bed. Whenever he heard the sound of someone moving outside the curtain, he would ask "Who is it?" and the answer would be either "Zhigao is here" or "Zhigao's wife is here."
After Xu Wen recovered from his illness, he couldn't help but sigh, "Although you are not my biological son, I think you are closer than my biological son!" After hearing this, Xu Zhigao became more cautious and respectful.
Xu Wen's illness was cured, but Xu Zhigao's wife died of it. Xu Zhigao's daughter-in-law was the daughter of Wang Rong, the former governor of Shengzhou, and she was accompanied by a maid named Song Fujin. Song Fujin was from Jiangxia. He was displaced during the war and was adopted as a maid by Wang Rong.
Xu Wen pointed at Song Fujin and said, "I think this girl has a good husband-like appearance, so you should marry her."
Xu Wen was suspicious by nature and had doubts about his generals, so he had to take Xu Zhigao with him every time he went into battle. He only trusted Xu Zhigao. So Xu Zhigao was able to learn the art of war and battle.
Under Xu Wen's guidance, Xu Zhigao became both civil and military, mature and sophisticated.
In terms of martial arts, he is "familiar with martial arts, and because he can ride and shoot, he started out as a partial general" and is a qualified general;
Thesis, he can keep the accounts in order and have good governance. Xu Wen even coveted the land of Shengzhou.
During the crusade against Li Yu in Xuanzhou, Xu Zhigao served as Chai Zaiyong's deputy and took command. In the battle to pacify Xuanzhou, Xu Zhigao ranked first and handed over an answer that satisfied Xu Wen.
There is no such thing as a grandson dressed in vain. Generally speaking, behind infinite forbearance is infinitely expanding desire.
Xu Zhigao's cautious and filial piety when he was young may have been an instinct to rely on others, in order to preserve or repay his godfather's nurturing kindness, but his respectfulness as an adult had other motives.
It is said that Xu Wen likes to wear white robes. Whenever Xu Wen celebrates his birthday, Xu Zhigao will give him a white robe as a birthday gift. One time when Xu Wen celebrated his birthday, Xu Zhigao presented him with a white robe as usual. There were guests at the table, so he took the opportunity to cater to Xu Wen and politely persuaded him to come in, saying, "A white robe is not as good as a yellow robe." While Xu Wenshang was still pondering, Xu Zhigao shouted loudly: "Fart! My father's virtues of loyalty and filial piety are respected by both the government and the public. But you use flattery and evil words to mess up the rhythm! If someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of you, you are not trapping me. Is my father unfaithful and unjust? You are Cao Cao, and your whole family is Cao Cao!"
Xu Wen suddenly realized, "Yes, I am a loyal minister, not a thief or a thief in troubled times!"
However, "Story of the Five Kingdoms" clearly points out that the reason why Xu Zhigao said this was because he was still young at the time. Once Xu Wen usurped power and proclaimed himself emperor, it would be difficult for him as an "adopted son" to be designated as the "Crown Prince", so We cannot let Xu Wen usurp power, but we must delay time and let ourselves grow stronger, so that after Xu Wen's death, we can usurp power by ourselves.
"The Story of the Five Kingdoms" bluntly cursed: "(Xu Zhigao) planned for his family from within and his country from outside. He worked hard and worried several times more than Cao Ma."
It means that Xu Zhigao excluded Xu Wen's own son and fought for power and profit internally, and usurped the Yang family's foundation externally. His calculated appearance was several times better than that of Cao Cao and Sima Yi!
However, "Jiang Biao Zhi" says that Xu Zhigao "assisted the young master internally and Bi Bi's adoptive father outside, and served as Yang Zuo's successor for more than ten years." Xu Zhigao was praised to the heavens, and his life was extended for more than ten years for the Yang family... Who usurped the Yang family?
The compiler of "Jiang Biao Zhi" was Zheng Wenbao, the school secretary of the Southern Tang Dynasty. It suddenly became clear that "Jiang Biao Zhi" is the history of the Southern Tang Dynasty described by the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty, so it is full of praise and praise for Xu Zhigao, but full of disparagement of the Qian Liu Group; and "The Preparation of History of Wuyue" is recorded by the descendants of the Qian family and beautified. Qian and vilified the Huainan Group.
Both books were written during the Northern Song Dynasty. At that time, Huainan and Zhejiang were unified by the Song Dynasty. Historians from both sides used paper and pen as weapons to compete for the thousand-year position of historical public opinion. They hated each other and fought endlessly.
When we read history, we must not be blind and believe that books are worse than no books. Before reading history books, we must first understand the standpoint of the compiler. For example, there are always some remnants of imperialism who claim that the Opium War, the Eight-Power Allied Forces' invasion of China and a series of colonial invasions were the civilization of barbaric and backward peoples by civilized and developed peoples. In their words, the Chinese should be grateful to the Western colonists; another example is some Japanese people Talking about *** and integrating resources in Asia, the whole of Asia and even the whole world should be grateful to Japan for its selfless dedication; another example is the lighthouse country invading other countries under the guise of anti-terrorism and humanitarianism... full of bandit logic.
Look at Li Juchuan's "Qin Wang Lu" from a distance, and look at the BBC and other Western media from a closer look. To play with calligraphy lightly, to create heresy, to confuse right and wrong, to confuse right and wrong, to be shameless and shameless!
