Kong Rong was different when he was 34 years old. He gave big pears to his brother, while he only ate small ones. The story of "Kong Rong let pears " has been publicized since ancient times and has become a household name. The story is used as a typical teaching material to teach children about unity and friendship.
Kong Rong lets pear
In fact, Kong Rong was very unusual when he was 9 years old, as evidenced by examples. Once, Kong Rong followed his father to visit Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, there was a very famous "big man" in the capital named Li Yuanli. Kong Rong wanted to see this celebrity very much, so he came to Li Yuanli's mansion alone. He wanted to go in, but the old man at the door refused to let him in. He also said that if he was not a relative or friend of the Li family, we, the master, would not let him in. Xiao Kongrong had an idea and said, I am a relative of Mr. Li's family.
When the old gatekeeper heard that he was a relative of the adults, he went in and reported it to Li Yuanli. Li Yuanli heard that it was a child named Kong Rong, but he couldn't remember any relative named Kong Rong, so he ordered the old man to lead Kong Rong into the living room. Li Yuanli asked Kong Rong, what kind of relatives are we? Xiao Kongrong said generously, my ancestor is Confucius . He once asked your ancestor Laozi Li Er about the "ritual" issue. According to his generation, he is a student of Laozi. Therefore, our Confucius family is like the adults. It's a "relative".
Allusion: It’s time
Li Yuanli burst out laughing when he heard this. At that time, there was an official named Chen Wei who was a guest at Li Yuanli’s house. Seeing how smart little Kong Rong was, he said, this kid is too young. You may be smart when you are young, but you may not have much potential when you grow up. At this time, little Kong Rong told him that it seemed that this adult must have been very smart when he was young. When Chen Wei heard this, he spoke out in embarrassment. Li Yuanli and other guests next to him burst into laughter. Chen Wei's original words at the time were: "It's getting old, big is not necessarily better" , so this story is also called "It's getting old" .
Kong Rong has been unusual and smart since he was a child, but the times he lived in were not good. When he grew up, it was already the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Eastern Han Dynasty is quite interesting. Its founding emperor was Emperor GuangwuLiu Xiu. Just like the founding emperor of every dynasty, Liu Xiu was also a very powerful person. However, when Liu Xiu was young, he was different from other emperors. This man liked reading. For example, Liu Bang, the founding emperor of the Western Han Dynasty, disliked reading very much. He hated two things the most, one was reading and the other was scholars. Whenever he saw "Confucian scholars", he would take off their hats and use them as "chamber pots". Liu Bei When he was young, he didn't like reading. Liu Xiu was different from them. He not only liked reading, but he also read quite well. This was unique among ancient emperors.
Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu
Why is the Eastern Han Dynasty more interesting? The emperors from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the middle and late period were all "child emperors" and were relatively young. From the fourth generation of Emperor He, Liu Zhao, to Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling, no emperor was over 15 years old. Naturally, a child cannot be in charge of the government, so it is understandable that the mother is in charge of the emperor and the mother is in charge of the emperor, because the entire country belongs to the emperor. "In the whole world, is the land of the king. ; on the shore of the land, is it the minister of the king." .
Then the question arises. The emperor’s mother manages the world for the emperor. She must rely on and value his natal family, that is, the emperor’s uncles. This type of people are called “foreign relatives” in history. Some of the emperor's uncles are good, but some are not. For example: after the death of Emperor Shun, the 9-year-old little emperor Zhidi succeeded to the throne. The queen of Emperor Shun of the Han Dynasty was named Liang Na, and she was promoted to the empress dowager. The emperor's mother managed the country for the young emperor. Her father Liang Shang and her brother Liang Ji successively became generals and took charge of the government. Liang Ji was a very arrogant and domineering person. One day after the morning court, the general Liang Ji walked out of the main hall. The little emperor Zhidi pointed at Liang Ji's back in the court hall and said, this general is also domineering.After Liang Ji learned about it, his self-esteem was greatly hurt, so he found an opportunity to poison the childlike little emperor. You see, the emperor's "relatives" at that time were already so powerful that they were lawless.
Therefore, when the emperors got older, they tried to find ways to suppress these powerful "foreign relatives". But what could they do? So the eunuchs became the objects of their reliance and trust.
In addition to Liang Ji
Emperor Zhi was poisoned by Liang Ji and died, and Emperor Huan succeeded to the throne. After the death of Liang Ji's sister Liang Na, there was a fierce power struggle between Liang Ji and Emperor Huan. Liang Ji watched Emperor Huan very closely. Emperor Huan had no choice but to discuss countermeasures with the eunuch Tang Heng when he went to the toilet. Then Emperor Huan found a few personal eunuchs and made a "blood alliance" with them. Emperor Huan was the emperor and could not "bleed" his own blood, so he bit the eunuch single chao 's arm to complete the ceremony. Under such careful arrangements, Emperor Huan won. Emperor Huan contacted the army through the eunuchs. One night, the army surrounded Liang Ji's residence, and Liang Ji and his wife were forced to commit suicide.
After Emperor Huan's victory, he began to reuse eunuchs. From then on, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the notorious "Ten Constant Attendants" appeared in the palace. After the eunuchs came to power, they also made a mess in the Eastern Han Dynasty. Logically speaking, this situation is abnormal, but there is nothing that can be done. In the middle and late Eastern Han Dynasty, truly talented scholars could not be reused. When Kong Rong grew up, he lived in such an era. The power of his relatives was weakened and eunuchs took power. The people who disliked them the most were the scholars. As the first of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an" who were very accomplished in literature, Kong Rong was even more dismissive of those eunuchs who wielded power. His disdain was disdain, but there was nothing he could do about it.
Eunuchs have the exclusive power
At this time, I discovered something. The eunuch Chang Shihoulan, relying on the favor of Emperor Huan of Han Dynasty, did all kinds of evil. Zhang Jian, known as one of the "Eight Heroes of Jiangxia" , was also a scholar. He was very angry when he saw such people, so Zhang Jian reported and exposed Hou Lan, but the materials for the report did not arrive. Emperor Huan of the Han Dynasty went to Hou Lan first. As soon as Hou Lan saw these materials, he falsely accused Zhang Jian of breaking the law and committing crimes, and the court wanted him everywhere. Zhang Jian is good friends with Kong Rong's brother Kong Bao. Zhang Jian had no choice but to hide in Kong's house. However, after Zhang Jian arrived at Kong's house, he realized that Kong Bao had gone out and only Kong Rong was at home. At this time, out of sympathy, Kong Rong took Zhang Jian in. Kong Rong was only 13 years old at the time.
But later, the government found out that Zhang Jian was hiding in the Kong family, and the entire Kong family was implicated. Kong Rong said at first that he took Zhang Jian in, and he did everything for himself and had nothing to do with his brother. Kong Bao also said that Zhang Jian came only for him and had nothing to do with his brother, so the government killed Kong Bao. Although it has nothing to do with eating big pears and small pears, due to the exclusive power of eunuchs in the government, the people had no say and were treated unfairly, which only shows that the era at that time was very dark.
Because he once protected the famous scholar Zhang Jian, Kong Rong became even more famous. Of course, perhaps because Kong Rong became famous earlier, his character was also very unruly. Perhaps talented and intelligent people are like this, and they can't understand anything, but Kong Rong is indeed talented. The title of the first of the "Seven Sons of Jian'an" is not blown out, but in terms of military ability and management ability, Kong Rong is not very good. . Kong Rong served as the Prime Minister of Beihai. When he fought with the Yellow Turban Army , he lost the battle. A writer who fought hard for his life could not be the opponent of the Yellow Turban Army. Later, he fought with Yuan Tan and suffered a defeat. , it can be seen that Kong Rong can only be civilized but not martial, and is not an "all-round" talent.
Later, Cao Cao "took the emperor to order the princes", took Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty with him, and named himself the prime minister. So Kong Rong worked with Cao Cao again, and Kong Rong and the "white-faced" Cao Cao couldn't even urinate in a pot. Because of the nobility of the scholars, he also confronted Cao Cao everywhere.After the Battle of Guandu and before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao promulgated a prohibition on alcohol in order to save food. Kong Rong not only did not support it, but also openly took the lead in defying it. This made Cao Cao very unhappy and also laid the foundation for his murder of Kong Rong. "Foreshadowing".
Maybe it was because Kong Rong was too famous, maybe because Cao Cao loved talents, maybe because Cao Cao had some scruples, so he didn't kill him for a while. In fact, the scholars in the late Eastern Han Dynasty were almost the same as Kong Rong. They were unruly and displeased with everything they saw. They were proud of not being an official, and the less famous people were in society, the more famous they were. Kong Rong had a good friend named Ni Heng . This person was even more unruly than Kong Rong.
Mi Heng didn’t take Cao Cao seriously at all. Because he was a famous person, Cao Cao wanted to win him over and let him work under him. When Cao Cao met him once, he uttered wild words, saying that all of Cao Cao's men were nothing but nothing. Of course Cao Cao was unhappy, so he made him the drum history because he was good at playing drums. This guy may really have some musical talent. When Cao Cao entertained guests and friends, he played the drum song "Yuyang" , which was generous and tragic, and had a unique taste. But this guy didn't want to wear the special performance clothes of Drum History, so the band leader asked him to go down and change into special clothes. But this guy just refused to go down and change clothes, so he took off his clothes one by one in full view of the public. After you are completely naked, change into costumes. The guests nearby were all stunned. As the host, Cao Cao's face turned green.
Ni Heng plays drums
Later, Kong Rong was in the middle to mediate. He criticized Mi Heng for not being able to do that. How could he strip naked and change clothes in public? He told Cao Cao that Mi Heng had a mental illness. Now he repented and asked for help. With Cao Cao's understanding, Mi Heng over there promised to apologize to Cao Cao. But when it was time to apologize, Mi Heng had another manic attack. He looked disheveled, holding a three-foot long stick in his hand, poking the ground with it, and yelling curses in front of Cao Cao's tent.
The Seventh Son of Jian'an
Even so, Cao Cao thought that he was a well-known scholar and still did not kill him. Cao Cao was also very forgiving. But for Kong Rong, Cao Cao really couldn't stand him. Once, after the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao fought with Yuan Shao. After Cao Cao captured the city, his son Cao Pi, who was not a good guy, rushed into the city first and killed the famous beauty in the Three Kingdoms period. Zhenmi (same pronunciation as "fu") takes it as his own. Zhen Mi ranked "No. 1" in the ranking of beauties during the Three Kingdoms period, and Cao Cao and his son were fascinated by her. Cao Cao originally wanted to take it into his own hands, but his son got there first. There was no other way, Cao Cao could only look at Zhen Mi and say, she is really my daughter-in-law.
After this incident, Kong Rong satirized Cao Cao. He said that after King Wu defeated Zhou , he rewarded him Duke Zhou with the beauty Daji . Cao Cao was very puzzled, so he asked Kong Rong, "I have read many poems and books, how can such a thing happen? In which book is this recorded?" Kong Rong said, "Judging it by today's events," he meant, "I guessed it from today's events." Cao Cao was so smart. He immediately understood that Kong Rong was mocking him, and his face turned green again. Later, he found an excuse to kill Kong Rong.
A literati's integrity cannot be overdone, otherwise it will become arrogance.
