But please relax. I will treat your wife, children, and will never blame them! Half a year later, Wu Yue counterattacked Nan Wu. In order to repay the tolerant grace of the powerful minister Xu Wen, Cao Yun led his troops to revolt in front of the formation before the war and ret

"General Cao: I appointed you as the deputy general of the Wu Yue Kingdom , but I cannot meet your needs. This is completely my fault! General Cao abandoned the openness and turned to the darkness, and I fully understand! But please relax, I will treat your wife, children, and will never blame them!"

Nanwu rebel Cao Yun cried and regretted after reading the letter. Half a year later, Wu Yue counterattacked Nan Wu. In order to repay the tolerant grace of the powerful minister Xu Wen , Cao Yun led his troops to revolt in front of the formation and returned to Nan Wu before the war. He fought back and "beaten the Yue army."

Xu Wen first lowered his figure and self-examination against the rebel general, and then played the family card to appease Cao Yun, so that the rebel general would return again. Such clever public relations skills are enough to show Xu Wen's extraordinary mind and means.

(I) Wen Taoist and martial arts

Xu Wen is "silent and taciturn", has a natural leader temperament. When he was a young man, he was forced to "enter the group of thieves to sell salt." After becoming one of the "thirty-six heroes" under the hibernator 3 Yang Xingmi , he "coined to fight in Xingmi, first ascend to the battlefield, and the enemy feared him. When he pacified Qin Yan, captured Zhao Qiong, and defeated Sun Ru, and made great achievements in combat.

After Yang Xingmi's troops captured Xuanzhou, when "the generals fought for gold and silk", Xu Wen had a unique eye, occupied the granary, and provided porridge to help the victims in the city. Yang Xingmi looked up to him and regarded him as his confidant. He even handed over the adopted son Li Pengnu, who was captured in the riot army, to Xu Wen for raising him. Xu Wen regarded it as his own and named it Xu Zhigao (i.e. Li Bing ), and carefully raised and educated.

After Xu Wen used a small boat to transport military rations and fish-meshing mixed pearls, he was suddenly recalled to Guangling (now Yangzhou ) by Yang Xingmi, who had been granted the title of King of Wu, to discuss the issue of his brother-in-law Zhu Yanshou. Xu Wen took the advice of Yan Ke, a close confidant adviser, and used Hua Xianfo's advice to Yang Xing secretly said that he had eye disease, blindness, and lured the tiger away from the mountain, and acted according to the opportunity. Yang Xingmi urgently summoned his brother-in-law to Yangzhou, "Welcome to the door of the bedroom and assassinate him." After Zhu Yanshou's death, everyone in the guards who followed him into Beijing were in danger, and they were in danger of defeating the enemy. Xu Wen personally appeased them and "excuses great justice". He not only successfully recruited this elite force, but was promoted to the commander of the right-fang who was in charge of his personal soldiers by Yang Xingmi, and since then he entered the core of power.

(II) Xu Zhangbing advised

During Yang Xingmi's serious illness, "all the old generals in his life were defending their battles", and only Xu Wen was with him. In order to consolidate his power, Xu Wen pressed his treasure on Yang Xingmi's eldest son Yang Wo . When Yang Wo was sent to Xuanzhou as an observer, Xu Wen specially gave him off and took the opportunity to show his loyalty: "The king was seriously ill and was bedridden, but he ordered you to leave the vassal state. This is obviously a treacherous minister's plan to kill people with a knife! Remember: unless you receive the order from the special envoy and the king I sent at the same time, you can go back to Yangzhou!" Yang Wo was moved by his loyalty and "wept and thanked him."

When Yang Xingmi was terminally ill, he ordered the upright minister Zhou Yin to recall Yang Wo to explain his funeral. Zhou Yin bluntly stopped him: "'Xuanzhou Situ (i.e. Yang Wo) easily believed in slander and liked to beat and drink, not to protect the head of the family.' The other sons were young and could not control the generals. Therefore, I dared to suggest that Liu Wei, the governor of Luzhou, act as the King of Wu, and return the throne to Yang when the sons of the Yang family grew older!"

Xu Wen learned that Yang Xingmi refused, so he colluded with the commander of the Zuoya Zhang Hao to make a double act: "Your life is 'for deaths and arrows and stones', and then set up a foundation for your descendants for the generations. How can you change your surname?"

Yang Xingmi urged Zhou Yin to issue a certificate quickly and recall Yang Wo urgently. Seeing that Yang Xingmi was about to fall into vain, Yang Wo had not arrived for a long time. Xu Wen was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. He broke into Zhou Yin's office and wanted to ask what was going on, but unexpectedly found that Zhou Yin's official documents recalled by Yang Wo were still lying on the desk. Xu Wen woke up as if he was dreaming, "Immediately sent him to Xuanzhou", and sent a special envoy to fly to Xuanzhou with official documents. Finally, Yang Wo rushed back to the capital before Yang Xingmi died, "and he was able to establish his successor."

Although Xu Wen had the "establishment of successor", he led the personal soldiers on his left and right with Zhang Hao, making Yang Wo always feel like a thorn in his back.After Yang Wo led the three thousand elite troops he formed in Xuanzhou to Beijing, he selected many heroes to form the East Court Horse Army and granted them all official positions. At the same time, he sent three confidant generals to guard Jiangxi and cultivate forces everywhere. After he believed that his status was stable, his true colors were revealed, and he became more arrogant and extravagant, and began to take revenge wildly. He arrested Zhou Yin and scolded him, killed him, suppressed his old ministers, and promoted his confidants. The confidants "relying on their power and arrogant", bullying and despising the old ministers, making "all the generals and subordinates uneasy."

Xu Wen and Zhang Hao, in their duties, "crying and admonishing" the new king who became more and more disgusting. Yang Wu was angry and embarrassed: "If you think I am not worthy of being king, why not kill me and become king yourself?" Xu Wen and Zhang Hao saw that he turned against each other, "I am afraid and plot to rebel."

is also the one that Yang Wu deserves to be defeated! For fun and convenience, he actually transferred thousands of guards from the palace to the suburbs to create a good opportunity for Xu Wen and others to kill him. Xu Wen and Zhang Hao falsely claimed that Yang Wo's three confidant generals who were sent to Jiangxi to garrison were trying to rebel and sent their confidants to kill them all. "Wang Wen and the three generals died", and even hated Xu Wen and Zhang Hao to the core, "I want to kill him."

Xu Wen and Zhang Hao took the lead and led 200 elite soldiers to launch a mutiny, and entered the inner palace to arrest people everywhere. Yang Wo was discussing affairs with his confidants, and was furious when he saw this and shouted, "Do you really want to kill me?" The two of them argued: "Don't dare! We just want to kill the treacherous ministers who were in trouble and disarraying the government!" They "draged more than ten trusted kings, counted their crimes, and killed them with iron swords, calling them military counsel." Yang Wo watched helplessly as his brothers and feet inside and outside were killed, and he became a lonely man, "so he lost his power."

Xu Wen and Zhang Hao started a massacre and used various means to eliminate dissidents. All the generals who opposed their actions were "extinguished by law." Successfully, the "military and political affairs of the Southern Wu belong to the two!"

(III) The autocratic military affairs of the Southern Wu saw that "Hao and Wen were tyrannical" and Yang Wo, who had lost his real power, had fantasized about removing the two, but he was "an old nun looked at the dowry---there is no hope in this life!" Xu and Zhang learned that Yang Wo's thieves were unsatisfied, "becoming more uneasy, he was planning to kill the king." After the agreement was completed, he divided the land of Nan Wu and sanctioned the Houliang Zhu Wen .

Xu Wen is a smart person who is unwilling to bear the bad reputation of regicide and deliberately stimulates Zhang Hao. Xu Wenshunsu asked him to lead the Zuoya soldiers to do things personally. Zhang Hao was trapped and commanded his subordinates to "the Zuoya soldiers rebel." So, "Wen and Hao sent the thieves into the bedroom to kill Wo... and hanged them to kill him." It was claimed to the outside world that Yang Wo, who was 23 years old at the time, died suddenly.

Under the careful planning of the counselor Yan Keqiu, Xu Wen defeated Zhang Hao's conspiracy to "break the promise and make his own independence" and supported Yang Wonianfang. His 11-year-old younger brother Yang Long became the King of Wu. When Zhang Hao saw the cooked duck flying, he was furious and asked Yang Long to release Xu Wen out of Runzhou. Xu Wen once again cooperated closely with Yan Keqiu , staged a double act that made it difficult for Zhang Hao to get out of the stage, and successfully stayed in the center of power.

Zhang Hao discovered that Yan Keqiu was the inside line, and Xu Wen "issued the thief assassinating him at night." Yan Keqiu escaped the disaster and planned to "kill Hao first." Xu Wen secretly sent his confidant to "select thirty heroes to plan for it." The next morning, the assassination team "goes straight into the Yatang and gets close to several people."

Xu Wen walked up to the front and publicly held the "crime of regicide" shit on the head of the dead ghost Zhang Hao. He released the details of Zhang Hao's actions to kill the regicide, and showed the murderer who strangled Yang Wo in a bustling city to break into the public, and made great efforts to arrest the regicide party involved in the regicide on his left teeth. Through this wonderful performance, Xu Wen chose himself completely, and was as pure as a baby in the regicide case, which successfully made the world believe that he was a pure and righteous gentleman.

In response to Zhang Hao's tyranny of "the prison was cruel and the personal soldiers plundered the city" when he was in power, Xu Wen "worked to do good governance" and took heavy blows to crack down on evil forces. He "legislated laws, banned violence, and carried out great politics", and soon made "military and civilians safe."

Xu Wen was appointed by Xinjun as the "Left and Right Yama Commander ". He seized military and political power and began to enjoy the pleasure of "independent national affairs". Some of Yang Xingmi's old subordinates "often angry at Xu Wen's actions". The famous general Yang Yu openly rebelled in Xuanzhou and was exterminated by Xu Wen after his defeat.From then on, "the generals feared the power of Wen", and Yang Longyan completely became "the ears of a blind man---the decoration."

Xu Wen's trick to kill the chicken to warn the monkey was shocked by "the old generals of Taizu (Yang Xingmi), and everyone was suspicious." In order to eliminate Xu Wen's suspicion, several powerful generals were forced to take the initiative to enter the court to "be clear of his own heart." Xu Wen showed off his acting skills and was "respectful to them as if they were seeing Taizu", and finally comforted the hearts of the generals. All the generals were convinced by him, "As a result, everyone relied on it." Xu Wen naturally became a powerful minister below the Nanwu people.

(IV) Remote control command

During the period of Xu Wen's administration, he devoted himself to the state affairs and sent generals to "attack Chu and seize Yuezhou " to expand his territory, and then defeated Wu Yue invading the army in Wuxi . The adopted son Xu Zhigao asked to take advantage of the victory to pursue the east to seize Suzhou . Xu Wen "thinks that the people are trapped after a long period of chaos" and took the initiative to "stop the troops and stop the people, so that the two places can rest their careers." After repelling Houliang attack on Huoqiu , he was named Duke of Qi for his hard work and made great contributions, and led six states including Runzhou (now Runzhou District, Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province).

In Runzhou, Xu Wen established the Ba Mansion (a government office of a vassal king or a vassal minister who had outstanding strength and finally became a royal industry. All those who had opened the Ba Mansion were famous heroes, such as Emperor Wu of Wei Cao Cao, Emperor Xianwu Gao Huan , Taizu of the Later Liang zhu Wen, and Tang Zhuangzong Li Cunxu took a solid step towards his ideal. Because he loved the prosperity and prosperity of Shengzhou (now Nanjing), Xu Wen moved his capital to Shengzhou. He "kept his son (Xu) Zhixun in Guangling to uphold the government" and took charge of Shengzhou to remotely control the military and national affairs.

Xu Wen asked his eldest son Xu Zhixun to assist in the government, which is a typical nepotism trick. Xu Zhixun is a second-generation official who is jealous of the virtuous and capable, and can do nothing except eating, drinking, and having fun. He did whatever he wanted in Guangling. "On ordinary days, he humiliated the generals and had no courtesy to Emperor Gaozu (Yang Longyan). "He once tried to seize the family prostitute of the military strategy teacher and famous general . After learning that Zhu Jin had repeatedly advised Emperor Gaozu to kill Xu to eliminate the troubles of the country", he hated him to the core and used his power to release Zhu Jin. Zhu Jin could no longer bear it, so he set up a beautiful plan to capture Xu Zhixun, "Call the heroes out and behead him. "

When Xu Wen learned that his son was killed, his adopted son Xu Zhigao had completely stabilized the situation in Guangling. It turned out that Xu Zhigao stationed troops in Runzhou, which was only a river from Guangling. He was surprised to hear about the incident in Guangling, so he led his troops across the river to Guangling to quell the rebellion. He "fu Ding Junfu" and exterminated Zhu Jin, who committed suicide, and quickly controlled the situation. Xu Wen was very happy, but "because his parents and children were both young and weak", he had no choice but to "use Zhigao to rule Zhixun. "

In July of autumn, Xu Wen led his troops to arouse murderous aura" into Guangling, hoping to kill him. "From the detailed reports of Xu Zhigao and Yan Keqiu, Xu Wen finally learned about his son's specific faults and sins, "A little anger was relieved", and he took his anger out of his anger. "Zhishou generals and assistants cannot save them, and they are all guilty." "He arranged for Xu Zhigao to continue to perform Xu Zhixun's duties, and asked his fourth son Xu Zhijian to replace Xu Zhigao to serve in Runzhou. After all arrangements were made, Xu Wen "returned to the Jinling , the general military and national outline. "And all military and political affairs in Guangling were controlled by Xu Zhigao.

(V) Wolf ambition

Although it feels very pleasant to hold the king in his hand and fiddle with it, Xu Wen always feels dislocation of "weight and low position". He thinks that the small pool can no longer accommodate dragons, but there is also a legitimate dragon king on his head. If the dragon king cannot soar into the sky, his dragon will only be able to scatter in the pool. So, he strongly advises Yang Long to "Please build Wu Kingdom , and be emperor and rule. "Yang Longyan was unwilling to be a puppet emperor and refused to agree. Yan Keqiu knew Xu Wen's intentions well and suggested that he go in two steps, establish the Wu Kingdom first and then become the emperor. Xu Wen tried again to "supervise generals and officials to ask the king to ascend the throne of emperors." After being rejected, he had to "present the jade book and treasure ribbon, and honor the king ascend the throne of Wu Kingdom. "

Although Xu Wen only promoted Yang Long to the throne, his specific practices refer to the etiquette of the emperor ascended the throne and changed the year name, "There are amnesty in the territory, the ancestral temples and the country are built, and hundreds of officials are set up, and the palaces are all made by the etiquette of the emperor."Xu Wen was even appointed as the prime minister and the top leader of military and political affairs. He was appointed as the prince of Donghai County and was still in remote control in Jinling. Xu Zhigao served as the prime minister to assist the King of Wu in the court, and the father and son echoed each other, completely obsolete the Yang family, forming a pattern of "sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial sacrificial , he never dared to express his depression and indifference, especially with the "founding of the country and commanding the system", he had to drink and drown his sorrows, and he was sick and bedridden. "The Prime Minister Xu Wen was promoted to the prefecture and entered the court" and discussed with his ministers to establish a crown prince. Some people, whether it was intentional sarcasm or flattery, suggested to Xu Wen: "The first lord of Shu, Liu Bei, told him that Zhuge Liang, before his death, his heir was not talented, and you should take it yourself. ’Mr. Xu should consider whether he should ‘take it by himself’! "

Xu Wen shouted angrily: "If I had the intention to replace Yang, I would have taken it myself as soon as I was killing Zhang Hao. Why wait until today? Stop saying that Yang still has a man, even if there are only girls, she should be made king! ‘Those who dare to speak nonsense will be killed’! "

Yang Long died of illness, and the throne should be passed on to his younger brother, Yang Meng, Duke of Lujiang. However, "Xu's rule" was unwilling to establish Yang Meng, who had grown up and difficult to control, so he changed to establish Yang Meng, the fourth son of Yang Xingmi, Yang Pu, .

Xu Zhigao has become increasingly popular because of his long-term assistance in the court, and even the possibility of replacing Xu Wen. "Although Wen has been in power, Wu people has already belonged to Zhigao. "Xu Wen's biological son Xu Zhixun smelled the danger and joined hands with Xu Wen's confidants to demand "to be in power on Zhigao." "At the critical moment, Xu Wen turned his elbow out and said to Xu Zhique: "Xu Zhigao's filial piety and prudence are far more than you brothers! " Mrs. Xu also joined in the fun: "Xu Zhigao was the adopted son adopted by our husband and wife when they were poor and humble. Now that my family is rich and powerful, how can I bear to abandon him! "So, Xu Wen has not agreed to Xu Zhixun's request for a long time.

In July 927 AD, Xu Wen finally made up his mind, "I want to lead the vassal states into the court and persuade the king to be emperor. "Before leaving, due to the disease attack, Xu Zhixun had to be sent to advance and took the opportunity to stay in the capital to replace Xu Zhizheng.

Xu Zhigao was shocked when he heard the news and took the initiative to submit a request to be the governor of Hongzhou. On the eve of the above report, the situation reversed: "Wen asked Emperor Rui (Yang Pu) to ascend the throne, but Wen died of illness without permission. At the age of 66. "When Xu Zhixun heard the news on the way, he returned to Jinling to attend the funeral. Xu Zhigao was shocked and persuaded Yang Pu to posthumously award Xu Wen as King of Qi and posthumously named Zhongwu.

After Xu Wen died of illness, Xu Zhigao carried out his unfinished career to the end. He first promoted and secretly sued Xu Zhixun and deprived Xu Zhixun of military power, and then repeatedly advised Yang Pu to ascend the throne and become emperor. Yang Pu was forced to "accept the throne" against his will and successively named Xu Zhigao Duke Xu Yang, Duke Yu Zhang, Prince of Donghai County and King of Qi. Xu Zhigao established Qi State, and accepted the archery and titled Yang Pu abdication at the end of the same year. The country was named Daqi , and later changed to Southern Tang . Xu Zhigao did not forget to dig wells when he drank water, "chasing Xu Wen as Emperor Zhongwu. "Xu Zhigao recognized his ancestors and changed his name to Li Bing, and changed the name of Xu Wen's temple name to "Yizu".

Looking at Xu Wen's life, it is very similar to Cao Mengde , which "handled the emperor and ordered the princes"! He first sacrificed his life and founded the Southern Wu regime by Yang Xingmi. After his master died, he supported his son to take over, and then played with Yang Longyan and Yang Pu in his palm. In the cruel battle for power, he won with scars and moved forward unswervingly for a hazy and clear goal. Perhaps this goal was not noble, but throughout his life, Xu Wen never usurped the throne and became emperor, but was like Cao Cao being Cao Pi cleared the obstacles and generally made wedding dresses for Xu Zhigao silently. Therefore, the little-known powerful minister Xu Wen can be called the Southern Wu version of Cao Cao.

[Author profile] Xu Yunhui, male, graduated from the Chinese Department of Yunnan Normal University in July 1984, and joined Xingtan in the same month. He is currently a senior lecturer at the Education Group of Baoshan No. 1 Middle School in Yunnan Province. He has published two monographs and published nearly one million words in literary journals at or above the provincial level.

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