In fact, the modern historians have a high opinion of Chen Sheng. As China's first leader of the first peasant uprising under the unified feudal dynasty, Chen Sheng was portrayed as the embodiment of justice and a pioneer in resisting the violent Qin Dynasty.
"Historical Records: Chen She Family" has also been included in Chinese textbooks in excerpts. Therefore, many people are well aware of Chen Sheng's heroic words.
Let’s say that Chen Sheng worked with others to farm land for others. One day, when everyone was working, Chen Sheng suddenly dropped his hoe and felt unhappy.
After a while, he suddenly said to everyone: "If I get rich in the future, I will never forget you!" When everyone heard this, they were all happy: "Stop kidding, how did you get rich by farming for others?" Chen Sheng said an eternal famous saying: "Alas, the sparrow knows the ambition of the swan!" How do you little sparrows know the ambition of a swan like me!
The same history depends on how you look at it. Some people think
The sentence "The sparrow knows the ambition of the swan" fully proves that Chen Sheng is a man with great ambitions and high aspirations.
He felt that he should not be a mud-legged person digging in the soil, but a white swan soaring in the sky, and he must be rich and powerful; other farming companions are just sparrows.
Therefore, the focus of Chen Sheng’s emotion is
"To be rich and honorable" is not here
"Don't forget each other" is a hypnosis for yourself. Compared with his fellow villagers who were content with the status quo and never thought about turning over, Chen Sheng was indeed different from them. He was not a sparrow, but he was definitely not a gentle swan.
During the uprising in Daze Township, Chen Sheng also wanted to share the wealth with everyone under the guise of taunting the people to fight crimes.
But once his power grew, Chen Sheng's mind was dazzled by desire, and his person changed. When Chen Sheng led his army to conquer Chen County, a local squire who was good at flattery encouraged Chen Sheng, saying: "The general is strong and sharp, and he leads his soldiers to kill the Qin Dynasty and restore the Chu State. It will continue to survive or die. The merits are appropriate." King. My husband oversees all the generals in the world and cannot be king. I hope the general will be made King of Chu." The meaning of this sentence is to praise Chen Sheng for his unparalleled achievements and let him establish himself as king.
Chen Sheng was very happy to hear this, but he did not agree directly. He pretended to ask Zhang Er and Chen Yu, whom he had recently acquired in Chen County.
Zhang Er and Chen Yu are famous talents in Chen County, and they can see further than Chen Sheng. At that time, the two of them firmly opposed Chen Sheng's claim to the throne.
Because Chen Sheng's banner when he raised his army was to punish the Qin Dynasty for the world. The Qin Dynasty has not yet perished. As soon as the army has secured a place to stay, Chen Sheng is about to proclaim himself king. This is tantamount to telling the people of the world: I said it was a lie to save the people of the world who were suffering from the violence of Qin. I actually It's for myself.
This is tantamount to going back on one's word and will definitely cause the disintegration of one's own camp. If Chen Sheng does not proclaim himself king, but sends people to re-establish the descendants of Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao, Han, and Wei as kings, he will win the favor of the people in the world and increase his friends.
By gathering the power of everyone, it will be easy to overthrow the Qin Dynasty. At that time, Chen Sheng will occupy Xianyang again to command the princes. The princes will be grateful and will naturally support Chen Sheng.
Chen Sheng's imperial career is just around the corner. The two analyzed things very rationally, but Chen Sheng didn't listen. He thought: I conquer the world, why should I make someone else king?
I'll just pretend that I've had enough fun for two days first. Therefore, Chen Sheng established himself as the King of Chu. After the news spread that Chen Sheng was king, many relatives and friends came to join him.
Chen Sheng gets into the role very quickly. Once he becomes the king, he doesn't take others seriously. Chen Sheng's father-in-law and brother-in-law came to join Chen Sheng at that time and wanted to enjoy the blessings of two days with him.
Unexpectedly, Chen Sheng did not treat them as relatives at all, but treated them with the same courtesy as ordinary guests. Chen Sheng's father-in-law was also very stubborn. He raised his feet and left. Before leaving, he left a sentence: "My parents are strong and arrogant, and I can't last long." The old man said that Chen Sheng thought he was great and treated his elders disrespectfully. He, the King of Chu, It won’t last long.
He is indifferent to his own relatives, let alone to outsiders. A fellow villager who used to farm land for others heard that Chen Sheng had become king, and recalled what Chen Sheng had said back then.
"Don't forget each other if you want to be rich and noble," he came to join him happily. It was not easy to see Chen Sheng in person and talk to him.
Chen Sheng remembered the oath he had made at that time, that he could never slap himself in the face, so he took the fellow villager back to the palace, where he was given good food, drink and hospitality.
When this fellow entered the palace, he was filled with envy and couldn't help but said: "Chen Sheng, you are so rich after becoming the king!" He really didn't regard himself as an outsider. He went in and out of the palace every day, eating and drinking. I like to chat with people and sometimes tell old news about Chen Sheng.
I remember that in those days, Chen Sheng was working as a farm farmer, and his life was very embarrassing. Many embarrassing things happened, and his fellow villagers told him about them.
Some people who saw fellow Chen Sheng were jealous, reported him to Chen Sheng. Chen Sheng was very angry: I am the King of Chu now, and you talk about me behind my back without my permission. Doesn't this mean you don't take me seriously?
Many enlightened emperors were not as knowledgeable as the common people, but Chen Sheng obviously lacked this kind of broadmindedness. This fellow didn't know how to pay attention to what he said, so he gave some warnings and ordered people to blast him out, but Chen Sheng directly asked people to pull the fellow out and chop him down.
The oath of "Welcome to wealth and honor, never forget each other" still rings in his ears, and Chen Sheng turns his face faster than turning the page of a book. Other relatives and friends felt their hearts go cold, fearing that they would not know when it would be their turn to be killed, so they all left one after another.
The consequence of this incident is that from now on
"The one who has no relatives, King Chen". Chen Sheng had a loyal general named Ge Ying. When Chen Sheng captured Qixian County, he sent Ge Ying to lead a group of troops south to conquer Jiujiang County (the county is now located in Shouxian County, Anhui Province). This shows that Ge Ying is capable.
Ge Ying arrived in Jiujiang County and met Xiang Qiang, a descendant of King Chu. At that time, Chen Sheng revolted under the banner of the Chu State. Ge Ying felt that if a descendant of the Chu State was made king, it would be conducive to the development of the Chu army and the unity of forces.
It was during the war and there was no time to report. Ge Ying guessed that Chen Sheng thought the same way, so he made his own decision and made Xiang Qiang the king of Chu.
A few days later, the news came that Chen Sheng was proclaimed King of Chu, and Ge Ying knew that things were not easy to handle. There are no two days in the sky, there are no two masters in the country, and it is impossible for two kings to stand side by side.
He immediately killed Xiang Qiang and met Chen Sheng to plead guilty. Ge Ying had good intentions when he privately helped Xiang Qiang, and he actively tried to make amends for Chen Sheng afterwards. However, Chen Sheng was not polite. His face sank, and without further explanation, Ge Ying was dragged out and killed.
After the Zhang Chu regime was established, Wu Guang was ordered to attack Xingyang, an important town in the Qin State. After being unable to capture it for a long time, Chen Sheng sent Zhou Wen to lead his army to bypass Xingyang and attack Xianyang.
Zhou Wenjun captured Xi, which was only a hundred miles away from Xianyang (now northeast of Lintong, Shaanxi Province, and on the west bank of Xi Shui). The Qin Dynasty quickly ordered Shaofu (official name, one of the Nine Qings) Zhang Han to lead an army composed of prisoners from Lishan to attack.
As a result, Zhou Wen's army collapsed at the first touch, and Zhou Wen committed suicide in despair. As a result, Wu Guang's army besieging Xingyang was exposed to Zhang Han's army's blade.
Wu Guang's subordinate Tian Zang planned to divide his troops to meet the enemy. He believed that Wu Guang was proud, did not understand the art of war, and would not adopt his own plan to meet the enemy, so he issued the king's order to kill Wu Guang and held Wu Guang's head to plead guilty to Chen Sheng.
Wu Guang played a great role in supporting Chen Sheng, but now his head is missing, and the murderer is right in front of him. Chen Sheng not only did not convict him, but also gave Tian Zang the title of Ling Yin of the State of Chu. Political affairs, the highest official who issues orders), be worshiped as a general.
Tian Zang, who had high ambition but low power, led his elite troops to fight against the Qin army at Aocang (an important granary of the Qin Dynasty, located in Aoshan, northeast of Xingyang, Henan Province) west of Xingyang. He was shot dead by the Qin army on the battlefield. Zhang Chu's army fled in all directions, and the Qin army approached Chen County.
In the second year of Qin II (208 BC), Chen Sheng was defeated and fled under Zhang Han's attack. On the way to escape, he was murdered by the coachman Zhuang Jia.
Chen Sheng's defeat was directly related to his complacency, which led to betrayal and separation. The actions of Chen Sheng and Wu Guang are extremely important to Chinese history.
The two initiated the rebellion against Qin and caught the Qin Dynasty by surprise. Although the two men eventually died unexpectedly, ambitious people across the country were surprised to discover through this uprising that the Qin Dynasty was not as powerful as they imagined.
Therefore, heroes from all walks of life rose up and joined the vigorous anti-Qin cause. Liu Bang and Xiang Yu, the two well-known figures at that time, entered the stage of history at this time.
