Geng Chun (?-37 years old), whose courtesy name is Boshan, was from Songzi County, Julu County (now Xinhe County, Hebei). Eastern Han Founding general, one of the twenty-eight generals of Yuntai, and the son of Geng Ai, the prefect of Jinan.
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Geng Chun studied in Chang'an in his early years and was appointed as a scholar of the vocational school. After Wang Mang was defeated, Emperor Gengshi ascended the throne, causing King Wuyang to surrender to the counties and countries. After Geng Chun's father Geng Ai surrendered, he served as the prefect of Jinan. At that time, Li Yi's brothers were in power and were arbitrary. Geng Chun asked for permission to report many times, but it took a long time to see him. Therefore, he said to Li Yi: "The king is a heroic figure of a dragon and a tiger. He will quickly rise up from the ground when the wind and clouds are in the air. In January, the brothers are king. However, the scholars and people do not know what virtues you have, and you have made no contributions to the people. The favor and official positions are prosperous. This is something that smart people are taboo. They are conscientious, vigilant and self-sustainable, and they may not have a good ending, let alone the sudden outbreak and self-sufficientness. Can they succeed?" Li Yi felt that what Geng Chun said made sense, so he used the emperor's order to worship Geng Chun as the commander of the cavalry , and gave him the talisman , so that he could collect Zhaojun .
In the first year of Gengshi (23 AD), after Liu Xuan became emperor, he sent Liu Xiu to lead a few troops to Handan. Geng Chun immediately went to see him, and Liu Xiu happily received him. When Geng Chun retreated, he saw that Liu Xiu's rules in commanding the army were different from those of other generals, so he asked him to make friends and adopt them on his own and contribute hundreds of horses and silk. Liu Xiu went north to Zhongshan and left Geng Chun in Handan. Handan Fortune Teller , Wang Lang pretended to be , the son of Emperor Cheng of Han, Liu Ziyu, and quickly controlled most counties in Hebei. When Liu Xiu was running southeast from Jizhou, Geng Chun and his cousins Geng Qi, Geng Su and Geng Zhi jointly led more than 2,000 clan guests to welcome Liu Xiu in Yu County. Liu Xiu was appointed as the former general and was granted the title of Marquis of Gengxiang. Geng Qi, Geng Su and Geng Zhi were appointed as partial generals, so they and Geng Chun were appointed as the front team, and surrendered to Songzi County with their power, and then captured Quyang and Zhongshan.
At this time, many counties and counties surrendered to Handan. Geng Chun was afraid that the royal family would have two hearts, so he asked Geng and Geng Su to go back and burn all the houses of his royal family. Liu Xiu asked Geng Chun why he did this. Geng Chun said, "I saw Ming Gong coming to Hebei without the savings. It can be a sweet bait for rewards and gathering people. It is just because the kindness is the kindness, so the scholars are willing to submit. Now Handan has a self-esteem, and Beizhou is confused. Although I have submitted my family to Ming Gong, the elderly and weak are walking together, I am afraid that the people and guests of the clan have different hearts, so I burn their houses to eliminate their hopes of looking back." Liu Xiu sighed and convinced. This term is also the source of the idiom "With a heavy reward, there must be a brave man."
When he arrived in Zhencheng (now Baixiang, Hebei), Liu Xiu lived in the hotel, and the big surname Su Gong of Zhencheng rebelled and opened the city gate and let Wang Lang general Li Yun enter. Geng Chun first discovered that he led his troops to fight fiercely with Li Yun, defeated the bandit army and killed Li Yun's head, followed by Liu Xiu to pacify Handan, and then defeated the Tongma Army and .
At that time, more than 100,000 people from Red Eyebrows, Qing Calf, Shangjiang, Datong, Tie Shin and Wu Banner were shooting dogs, and Liu Xiu led his troops to prepare to attack. Geng Chun's army was in front, several miles away from the crowd's camp. The thief suddenly attacked Geng Chun at night, and arrows shot into the camp like rain, and most of the soldiers were killed and injured. Geng Chun ordered his troops to stick to the ground. Two thousand people were selected to kill, holding powerful crossbows, each with three arrows, so that they could sneak around, and they could go around the back of the bandits, and shout in unison. The crossbows were launched, and the bandits were scared away. Then Geng Chun led his troops to pursue and defeated the bandits.
Geng Chun sent a quick horse to report to Liu Xiu. The next day, Liu Xiu and the generals came to the camp and comforted Geng Chun and said, "Are you sleepy last night?" Geng Chun said, "Relying on the power of Ming Gong, I was lucky to be safe." Liu Xiu said, "The army should not act at night, so there is no rescue. There is no routine for the advance and retreat of the military camp. Your clan should not be fully in the army, so there is no mistake." Geng Chun, the same clan, was appointed as the leader of Pu Wu, and Geng Chun, ordered Geng Chun to move his relatives to Pu Wu County.
After Liu Xiu's power gradually expanded, the generals advised him to be emperor, but Liu Xiu refused. When he was in Nanpingji (now Zhaoxian ), Geng Chun advised: "Everyone abandoned his relatives and followed the king to fight, just to climb the dragon scales and attach the phoenix wings and succeed.Now that the achievements are achieved, the heavens and man are in harmony, the king does not listen to everyone's advice and is in a timely manner. I'm afraid everyone will be disappointed, they will be separated, and once the public disperses, it will be difficult to get back together! "After hearing Geng Chun's words, Liu Xiu ascended the throne and became emperor, and his reign was named Jianwu, and he was named Gaoyang Marquis.
In the first year of Jianwu (25 AD), Geng Chun led his army to attack Liu Yong on Jiyin and captured Dingtao. At this time, King Zhending Liu Yang created another prophecy saying, "After the Red Nine, Ying Yang was the main one. "Liu Yang was sick and wanted to confuse the masses and communicated with Mianman thieves.
In the spring of the second year of Jianwu (26 AD), Liu Xiu sent Deputy Chen, the cavalry commander, and Deng Long, the guerrilla general, to summon Liu Yang. Liu Yang closed the city gate and prevented Deputy Chen and others from entering the city. Liu Xiu sent Geng Chun to hold the talisman and issued an amnesty order to Youzhou and Jizhou , wherever he passed, so that he could comfort the kings and princes. The secret order Geng Chun said: "If Liu Yang sees you, he will be arrested. "Geng Chun led more than a hundred cavalry to meet with Deputy Chen and Deng Long at Yuan, and went to Zhending together and stayed in the hotel. Liu Yang said he was sick and refused to visit him. Later, he said that Geng Chun was the son of the sister of Zhending's clan, so he sent a letter to Geng Chun, preparing to meet him. Geng Chun replied, "I am envoy to meet the king, prince, and Mushou, and I will not go to see you first. If you want to meet, you should go to the hall. "At this time, Liu Yang believed that he had many soldiers and strong power, and Geng Chun wanted to be quiet, so he took his officials to see him. His brothers each brought light soldiers outside the door. Liu Yang went in to see Geng Chun, and Geng Chun respected each other with courtesy, so he asked his brothers to enter the house, so he closed the door and killed all Liu Yang's brothers, and then led his troops out. It was really terrifying, and no one dared to make any abnormal moves.
After Geng Chun returned to the capital, he asked, "I was originally a descendant of an official family. I was fortunate to be revived by the Han Dynasty and the Holy Lord ascended the throne. I was ranked as the general and was named Tonghou . Now that the world has been pacified, I have nowhere to display my talents and ambitions. I am willing to try my best to govern a county and do my best to serve. "Emperor Guangwu smiled and said, "Do you want to practice military affairs?" He then appointed Geng Chun as the prefect of Dongjun . At that time, Dongjun had not been pacified. Geng Chun looked at the affairs for several months, and the thieves became quiet and peaceful.
In the fourth year of Jianwu (28 AD), Emperor Guangwu ordered Geng Chun to lead his troops to attack the prefect of Gengshi Dongping Fan Jing, and Fan Jing surrendered. He attacked Taishan, Jinan and Pingyuan, and the thieves were all pacified. In the fourth year of Dongjun, the county magistrate of Fagan was guilty. Geng Chun reported the case and surrounded the county magistrate, but the Huiwen did not come down, and the county magistrate committed suicide. Geng Chun was implicated and dismissed and was appointed as a marquis to court. Following Emperor Guangwu attacked Dongxian . Passing by Dongjun, thousands of people followed Emperor Guangwu's carriage and cried in tears, saying, "I hope to get Geng Jun again." "Emperor Guangwu said to the ministers: "Geng Chun has been wearing armor and being a military officer since he was a child. Can he be missed by the people like this as the prefect of Dongjun?"
In the sixth year of Jianwu (30 AD), Geng Chun decided to be named Dongguang Hou. When he said goodbye to the country, Emperor Guangwu said: "Emperor Wen said to Zhoubo that the prime minister is what I respect. Now you lead the princes to the country for me. This is the same now. "Geng Chun accepted the order and left, arrived in Yecheng, and gave him tens of thousands of hu of grain. When he arrived at the vassal state, Geng Chun mourned the dead and comforted the patients, and the people respected him very much.
In the eighth year of Jianwu (32 AD), thieves from Dongjun and Jiyin emerged. Emperor Guangwu sent the Grand Sikong Li Tong and the General Hengye Wang Chang to attack. He also took Geng Chun's high prestige in the land of the Wei Kingdom and begged Geng Chun as the Taizhong Doctor, so he asked him to meet with the army In Dongjun. When the people of Dongjun heard that Geng Chun had arrived, more than 9,000 thieves surrendered to Geng Chun, and the army returned without fighting. Emperor Guangwu once again regarded Geng Chun as the prefect of Dongjun, and the officials and the people were convinced.
In the 13th year of Jianwu (37 AD), Geng Chun died in office and was posthumously named Chenghou.
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