Silver Fox of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 538 Afterword
In the 26th year of Jianxing, Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, died of illness at the age of 254 in 74 AD.

Upon hearing the news of Zhuge Liang's death, Liu Chan, Shen Chen and others were devastated.

By this time, the founding generals and meritorious service had almost died. For example, Pang Tong and Xu Shu also died of illness a few years ago.

Even in the second generation, Guan Ping, Guan Xing, and Zhang Bao died of illness, and there are basically very few founding generals of the older generation.

There was no way, Guan Xing was weak and sick, and died before the age of 30, which belonged to premature death.Zhang Bao got a serious illness later and died a few years later than Zhang Fei.

And Guan Ping was not young, four years older than Shen Chen. After Guan Yu died, he became a general, joined the Military Academy, and died of illness a few years later.

After all, these people were basically born between 150 and 180 AD, and they are all in their 60s to 90s now.

Even if the level of medical care improves, life expectancy is limited, how many people can live long?

Even Shen Chen is already 68 years old, let alone others?

As a result, the older generation is withering day by day.

Fortunately, the second generation has basically grown up. Shen Yin, Shen Xi and others have become the pillars of the country, as well as Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Zhao Tong, Guan Yue, Pang Hui, Gan Shu, Zhang Shao, Huang An (Huang Zhong's adopted son Huang Cheng's son), Wei Chang, Wei Rong, etc. all entered the court as officials.

In addition, the descendants of the original Jiangdong lineage and the original Cao Wei lineage, as well as outstanding descendants of aristocratic families, gradually began to occupy positions in the court. There was even Xia Houba who made great contributions when Liu Chan wiped out Monan Xianbei and became a general.

At the beginning of the founding of the Ji Han Dynasty, the Yuan Cong faction and the Jingzhou faction were the most important ones. Jian Yong, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Yuan Lin, Liu Yan, Xia Houzuan, etc. had average military and political talents, but because they belonged to the Yuan Cong faction, they were either the Sangong faction. Jiuqing, after his death, entered the Taoyuan Palace, or occupied a high position and became the founding prince.

Although this is a bit unfair to those generals with outstanding military exploits, there is no way, such things as qualifications are the same even if the founding generals of later generations are selected.No matter how powerful your military achievements are, without early qualifications, you will not be able to become a general and marshal.

Therefore, during the period from the beginning of Ji Han Jianxing to Jianxing Middle School, it was basically the stage of the Yuan Cong School and the Jingzhou School.In addition to that is the Yizhou faction, and the Jiangdong faction also took the lead with Zhuge Jin and Lu Xun.

Lu Xun was selected as the Minister of Menxia in the late period, and served as the second chancellor for a period of time.

However, in the middle and late period of Jianxing, that is, after 250 A.D., the Jiangdong and Cao Wei families gradually began to exert their strength. Many children of the original Jiangdong Cao Wei family began to strive for high positions in the court.

The main reason is that Ji Han used the imperial examination to select scholars. Although after decades of development, the number of children from poor families and common people who entered the court as officials has greatly increased.

But the children of the aristocratic family have inherent advantages.

Some can enter the officialdom from a family background, while others have a first-mover advantage. The threshold for reading and learning calligraphy is much lower than that of children from poor families and ordinary people, so the early courts were still dominated by children from aristocratic families.

And now that Zhuge Liang has left, the Jingzhou faction has lost another general!
Zhuge Liang served as the prime minister of the Han Dynasty for more than 30 years. He governed the country in an orderly manner and had a high prestige. His death saddened the people all over the world.

Liu Chan personally supported Zhuge Liang's spirit and held a funeral in the Zhongzu Temple.

Starting from Zhang Fei, it is a great honor for Ji Han's officials to arrange the mourning hall in the Zhongzu Temple and share it with the Taimiao.

However, in the past few decades, except for the founding fathers and the earliest Yuan Cong, the later factions, no matter how much credit you make, are basically impossible to achieve. As the heroes of the Taoyuan Palace gradually wither, this situation will become increasingly rare.

During Zhuge Liang's funeral, Shen Chen cried and fainted several times. Brothers Liu, Guan and Zhang were like brothers. Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen were not as close as brothers?

They have known each other since childhood and have been together for more than [-] years, and their relationship is extremely deep.

After mourning, Shen Chen fell ill in bed.

Fortunately, he is still physically strong, but he survived the past, but his body is not as good as before. Although he was appointed by Liu Chan to succeed Zhuge Liang as prime minister, it seems that the destiny is not long, and most of the government affairs are handled by the deputy prime minister, three provinces and six ministries.

He probably also understood that when he reached the end of his life, he would concentrate on writing books in his later years. In his decades of life, he had already written more than ten books, and in his later years he wrote several classics handed down from generation to generation, creating a new chapter for the history of Chinese civilization. Great spirit and wealth of development.

Eight years later, in the 34th year of Jianxing, in 262 AD, Shen Chen also died of illness at the age of 76, and became the last courtier to enter the Taoyuan Palace.

Since then, Liu Bei's early Yuan Cong faction and Jingzhou faction, including Xu Shu, Pang Tong, Fazheng and others, have all disappeared.

Even the Jiangdong faction and Cao Wei faction that joined later were very few.

Among the founding fathers, only Deng Ai, Jiang Wei and other young men who made meritorious service in the founding war still exist. At this time, both Deng Ai and Jiang Wei have become generals and have become the president and vice president of the Military Affairs Academy. world.

After Shen Chen's death, 55-year-old Liu Chan personally mourned for her brother-in-law.

At the end of June in the 34th year of Jianxing, the cicadas sang in the Zhongzu Temple, and white cloth banners were hung inside and outside the hundreds of acres of the temple, just like when Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, left. .

A hearse slowly came from the direction of Luoyang city in the north. The people were blocked by cloth strips on both sides of the road, and the guards at the palace gate personally escorted them.

Where the hearse passed by, countless people, Confucian scholars, and officials cried and howled. Men, women, old and children, all along the ten-mile long street, watched the carriage pass by, and the sound of wailing was endless.

Du Yu, who is 40 years old this year and has become a minister, was once appreciated and promoted by Shen Chen. He was also very sad and wrote an elegiac couplet for him.

There is a sentence in it that evaluates all the founding heroes of Taoyuan Palace.

"Before they came, the big man was riddled with holes, eating people and slaughtering the city."

"After they left, the big man prospered and changed the world!"

The hearse slowly drove into the Zhongzu Temple, and finally everyone lifted the coffin and sent it all the way to the main hall of Taoyuan Hall.

Shen Chen will stay here for seven days to accept worship from relatives, friends, disciples and grandchildren.

According to his last wish, he burned the coffin, picked up the ashes, and buried them in the hero cemetery specially marked out on Mangshan Mountain, next to Zhuge Liang's tomb.

According to Shen Chen's words, if there is a spirit after death, he doesn't want to watch his corpse rot day by day.

And buried on Mang Mountain, you can always watch the big man prosper and prosper.

Soon after the coffin stopped, Liu Chan personally hung Shen Chen's portrait on the second left of Liu Bei, with Zhuge Liang in front of him.

At that time, the right was respected, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei were first and second on the right, and Zhuge Liang was first and second on the left.If so, his position should be ranked fourth.

But although the portrait is only ranked fourth, the list of heroes who have been ranked in succession over the years has long declared who is the number one hero.

More than 100 founding heroes are ranked one by one. Shen Chen ranks first in meritorious service No.1. At the same time, he is also second only to Zhuge Liang in martial arts and surpasses Guan Yu in martial arts. He deserves the number one hero!

It’s just that his last wish said that Zhuge Liang is the elder brother, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are the uncles, and they cannot be listed before them, so he put the portrait No.2 on the left hand side, next to Guan Yu Zhang Fei on the right hand side, and Zhuge Liang who is also on the left hand side of Liu Bei .

After the portrait was hung up, Shen Yin, Shen Xi, Deng Ai, Jiang Wei and other descendants, disciples and grandchildren, suddenly burst into tears, lying on the coffin and crying.

"Father, father!"

"Master, why did you go like this!"

"Master, let's talk again!"

"woo woo woo woo!"

"Prime Minister!"

Wails filled the hall, all kinds of music, wailing, and many civil and military ministers offered incense one after another. The sound of low-pitched conversation made Zhongzu Temple noisy for a while.

At night, Liu Chan was also in his 50s, unable to hold on physically, unable to help Shen Chen keep the spirit, and finally went back to the palace early.

Only dozens of heirs, disciples, disciples and grandchildren still stayed in the hall, wearing sackcloth and filial piety for Shen Chen, howling day and night.

At this moment, a white figure slowly floated above the coffin.

"It's so noisy."

Shen Chen's consciousness also came out of his body.

After a while, he saw the situation around him clearly, the phantom was floating around, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that the world is really dead but alive. Could it be that I have become a ghost?"

"No, you have become a god."

A voice sounded.

Shen Chen turned his head and saw a person sitting cross-legged on the altar on his left.

Liu Bei's Zhongzu Temple faces the north, and the north faces the south.

Because the ancients said that Yang Zhai faces south because it sits north, while Taimiao worships as a Yin house, so it should be reversed, facing south and north.

What's more, facing north, you can always look at Luoyang City.

So Shen Chen's spiritual seat is on the right hand side of the entrance, and the second pillar on the left hand side of the exit.Zhang Fei is directly opposite his spiritual seat, and the spiritual seat on the left is naturally Zhuge Liang.

But the person sitting cross-legged on the altar was completely different from the Zhuge Liang in Shen Chen's memory.

He has a face like a crown jade, a feather fan scarf, and a small goatee on his chin. He has a handsome face, like a young scholar in his 30s and [-]s, wearing a white robe, shaking a feather fan in his hand, and looking at him with a smile.

Numerous images of memories flooded into my mind. At that moment, Shen Chen imagined that Zhuge Liang, who was old in his original memory, was getting younger and younger, and the flower face was fixed at the time when the other party was 25 years old.

"Brother!"

Shen Chen said in surprise, "You have become younger."

"Ha ha ha ha."

"Xiaoqing, look who we are."

"We're getting younger, too."

Three more voices sounded.

Shen Chen glanced around, and saw three figures appearing on the three altars of Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

The appearance of that figure turned into the appearance of Liu Guanzhang in Xuzhou.

they.

All become younger.

Shen Chen stared blankly at them, suddenly felt his nose sore, cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, Uncle Yun Chang, Uncle Yi De!"

All three stood up from the altar, and bowed to Shen Chen: "Thank you, Xiaoqing!"

Zhuge Liang also got up slowly, and also thanked Shen Chen.

This thank you is many years late.

If it weren't for the emperor's god feeling that Liu Guan and Zhang Yi lived and died together, and Liu Bei acted benevolently and righteously throughout his life, the three of them would not become gods after death.

After their death, the great Han was able to unify and restore the country of the Han people, unlike in history, where they only occupied the land of Xichuan, and finally the tragic and tragic collapse of Ji Han's monarchs and ministers was also all because of Shen Chen.

So after being a god in the sky and knowing their original destiny, everyone was full of gratitude to Shen Chen.

Shen Chen froze for a moment, then calmly replied: "It's all because of public justice!"

"Hahahahahaha!"

Liu Bei laughed, looked down at the world, and said softly, "Let's go."

Five rays of light dissipated between heaven and earth.

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The Jihan Dynasty lasted for more than 100 years, and Renhuan Zhongxing lasted for [-] years.

First there were famous ministers Zhuge Liang and Shen Chen, and then Jiang Wei, Deng Ai, Du Yu, and Yang Hu.

By the time of the fifth emperor Liu Xi, the national power had declined slightly, but Liu Xi reused Shen Lin, Wang Dun, Tao Kan, Zu Ti, etc. to rejuvenate the great man.

Decades later, Dahan entered the second industrial revolution, the era of electrification, and the army spread all over the world, occupying the Americas.

When the Jihan Dynasty lasted for more than 200 years and entered the fifth century AD, due to the large size of the country, the difficulty of governance, and the gradual corruption of the government, rebellions broke out everywhere.

At this time, the ninth Han Emperor was in power. He was shrewd and capable before he came to power, so he stood out and was selected as the prince.As a result, after coming to power, he loved to have fun, indulged in state affairs, and the cabinet ministers did nothing, which caused the big man to lose a lot of land.

Originally, with the technology and national strength of the big man, a few rebellions should not pose much threat.

But those who couldn't stand the rebels were Han Chinese.

Many overseas Han people wanted to establish a country and become independent. They felt that the sky was high and the emperor was far away. They established bases in America, Australia, Africa and other places, and used guns to deal with the Han army.

For a while, chaos appeared frequently.

Fortunately, the emperors of the Han Dynasty have always been faint but not mediocre. When the ninth Emperor of the Han Dynasty discovered the chaos in the world, he hurriedly selected talents and appointed them, trying to turn the tide.

During the crisis, the descendants of the Shen family contributed the two books "General Theory" and "On Classes".

The Emperor of Han was overjoyed and quickly reused the descendants of the Shen family.

After the descendants of the Shen family came to power, they carried out drastic reforms and continued their life for the Great Han for more than 100 years. It was not until the seventh century, that is, in more than 600 AD, that the Great Han entered the era of constitutional monarchy due to some reasons.

But also because of the far-sightedness of the books left by Shen Chen, many people say that he is a sage who descended from heaven and laid the foundation for the great man for hundreds of years.

So every time the descendants of the Shen family came out to rescue each other, Shen Chen's status would be raised a bit.

In the 4th century AD, when Liu Xi was in power, the Confucian Temple and the Martial Temple were built. Both Shen Chen and Zhuge Liang entered the Confucian Temple and the Martial Temple at the same time, and Shen Chen was a sub-sage in the Wenwu Temple.

By the 6th century AD, Shen Chen's position in the Confucian Temple had already replaced Confucius, because at that time Confucianism was no longer the only one.The position in Wumiao also replaced Jiang Ziya and became the holy man of civil and military affairs.

In some localities, Shen Chen will be placed in the most holy position, while others will worship Confucius, Shen Chen, and Jiang Ziya at the same time.The same is true of the Han country, so a strange scene appeared at that time.

That is when the state worships the Confucian Temple and the Wu Temple, Confucius is no longer alone on the Confucian Temple, but Confucius and Shenzi are juxtaposed.Jiang Ziya is not alone in Wumiao, they are also tied together.

For a time, Shen's reputation was the highest in the world, and there were several prime ministers, generals and marquises in one family, and they were admired by the world.

Even in the seventh century A.D., more than 400 years have passed since the beginning of the industrial revolution, and the world has entered the information age. Shen Chen's reputation is blatant, and there are countless voices saying that he is a time traveler.

It's not that he was good at both civil and military skills in his early years, but that the books he wrote in his later years were really against the sky.A person who died of illness in the 3rd century A.D. was able to foresight to such an extent.Not only predicting the development of the country and society hundreds of years later, but also leaving a solution to the disadvantages, it is simply a god-man.

Therefore, the deification and worship of Shen Chen naturally became more respectful as time passed.

But all of this has nothing to do with Shen Chen.

Hundreds of years later, the great Han dominates the whole world, and the Han people stand on top of the world.There are no more countries coming to Korea, because most of the surrounding small countries have become the territory of the Han Dynasty.The entire earth has turned into an orange-red ocean!
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