Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 381 Zhang Song
When talking about handsomeness in Chu State, there are four people who have to be mentioned-Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Zhao Yun, and Bai Tu.

At least Bai Tu himself has always felt this way. The reason why no one calls him "Bai Lang" like they call Sun Lang and Zhou Lang is mainly because of respect and love.

It’s hard to tell who is the most handsome among the four. Men should like Sun Ce’s looks more, middle-aged and older women should like Zhao Yun more, and girls should be more optimistic about Zhou Yu and Bai Tu (Zhou Yu: Haha).

but……

If you want to rank the ugliest ones, the only five "hereditary replacements" of the Chu Kingdom, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the mountain capital Hou Pangtong who was hailed as the heart of the Chu Kingdom by the King of Chu... can cling to the title of champion!

But during the same period, there was another civil servant who was also famous for his "ugliness" and could rival him in terms of appearance, and that was Zhang Song, a member of Yizhou Biejia.

Regarding Zhang Song, the opinions of later generations are very divided. The only thing that is unified is that Zhang Song's appearance is really low, and his stature is really short!

Zhang Song in history, the most famous deed in his life is that he handed over all the secrets of Yizhou's topography, weapon treasury, military deployment, etc. to Liu Bei...

Later, after Liu Bei entered Shu, he kept persuading Liu Bei to become a guest. In the end, his correspondence with Liu Bei was discovered and reported by his brother Zhang Su, who was killed by Liu Zhang.

In the novel, Mr. Luo unceremoniously staged a large-scale double standard scene, portraying Zhang Song's image as a very righteous person. The character poem "can be seen at a glance, which is rarely seen in the world. Who knows that the letters reveal the secrets, and Xuande is not seen" "To build a king's career, we must first stain our clothes with blood in Chengdu" is also a regretful statement...

There is no gloating at all when he describes Xu You as "laughing at Nanyang, Xu You, wanting to be proud of the princes, not thinking about Cao Cao, like a bear and tiger, thinking that I am the only one who conquered Jizhou".

After all, "respecting the king and rejecting the barbarians" is the main theme of the novel, and it will also be the main theme of future generations for a long time. Therefore, Zhang Song can be regarded as one of the very few traitors who did very unreasonable things, and his reputation has not been blackened one-sidedly.

Of course, there are also many people who disdain Zhang Song.

Firstly, Zhang Song was under Liu Zhang, at least as an assistant to the governor, and Liu Zhang had nothing to do with him. Secondly, Liu Zhang was not a tyrant. The only one who could hate him so much was Zhang Lu.

Compared with his father Liu Yan, Liu Zhang is undoubtedly not a qualified hero. As a leader, he has many flaws. Your Majesty, the reason for rebelling against him.

Even if you feel that your ambitions are different and your ways are inconsistent, and your talents are nowhere to be used, you can probably help others if you can, or you can find another job if you can't. Selling backhand is a bit too much.

but……

This is for Liu Zhang.

Bai Tu is looking forward to Zhang Song's arrival...

If Zhang Song is willing to help himself like he helped Liu Bei in history, then he will be a hero of Chu!
Although Chu has no military strategic plan in recent years, there will be a battle into Shu sooner or later. How much can this volume of "Xichuan Topographic Map" reduce the casualties of the Chu army?How much suffering can be reduced in Yizhou?
Should we fight morally?Of course!
But in a war, what is moral?
Keep your word?Loyalty, filial piety and loyalty?Bai Tu feels that the most important moral principle in wartime is... less deaths!

Reduce your own damage, and on the premise of ensuring victory, also reduce the damage to the enemy and the enemy's civilians. This is the greatest morality in war.

It would really allow the Chu army to enter Xichuan with less damage. Zhang Song's "hereditary replacement" white picture would be the first to recognize it. Even if Zhang Song points to the Chu flag in front of the capital in the future and says, "Chu cannot reach the country without me." Here." Bai Tu would also respond to him with a smile, "You're right."

Judging from Zhang Song's style, he is undoubtedly a very emotional person.

Both the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and The Romance of the Three Kingdoms mentioned that Zhang Song was attracted to Cao Cao at first. However... because Cao Cao made the mistake of judging a book by its appearance, Zhang Song felt that he was not taken seriously, so he gave up on Cao Cao and chose Liu Bei who valued him.

You must know that Cao Cao at that time, although defeated in Chibi, was still the most promising prince to unify the world, while Liu Bei... only had half of Jingzhou.

Therefore, after hearing the news that Zhang Song would come, Bai Tu immediately arranged a task for Zhang Yang, the school captain of the city gate, who was related to his foster father - to train all the soldiers guarding the city gate!
In terms of galloping on the battlefield, Zhang Yang is not ranked at all in Chu State, but he can still do some face-saving projects.

Half a month later, Zhang Song and his party arrived at Wu County by boat. They deliberately did not reveal their identities immediately, but came to the outside of Jinling City under scrutiny.

I saw that the gates of Jinling were open on all sides at this time - because it was not war time, and because of the prosperity of Jinling, there was an endless stream of people coming and going through the city gates.

People from Jinling who have residence permits and are temporarily out of the city on business, tourists with luggage, merchants escorting goods... all have corresponding gates and corresponding procedures for entering the city.

Since we want to encourage workshops, Baitu has already canceled the restrictions on population movement, but... the household registration is only tight, that is, mobility belongs to mobility, but who you are, where you come from, and where you go are all important. Stand clear.

In addition to the hustle and bustle, something else soon caught Zhang Song's attention. There were only a few city gate guards who were being reprimanded by Shangguan.

In Zhang Song's opinion, the guard didn't commit anything serious. It wasn't even... that he took the benefits of the trader privately, but that... he had a bad attitude?

Is it so difficult to guard the city in Jinling?

Zhang Song took a few steps closer and found a painting on the city wall. A short and ugly scribe was scolding several city guards at the gate of a hole-in-the-wall city. The latter covered his face and was speechless...

"Have you all forgotten the story of 'Yan Zi sent Chu' to you before? You are the city guards of Jinling, and you are also the face shown by Jinling. Do you understand the face? Today you judge people by their appearance, but in the future people in the world will think that we are The State of Chu judges people by their appearance, and I think your king judges people by their appearance. Can you afford to lose your face? Go back and copy the story of Yan Zi’s mission to Chu a hundred times! If you don’t know how to write, just describe it for me!” The leading general shouted to several city guards. scolded.

Yanzi sent troops to Chu.

The rumor is that during the Spring and Autumn Period, Yan Ying, the Prime Minister of Qi State, was on a mission to the State of Chu.

Yan Zi was famous for his short stature. In order to humiliate Yan Zi, the Chu State dug a small hole next to the city gate and let Yan Zi enter through the small hole. However, Yan Zi ridiculed him, "You have to enter through the dog hole when you go to the dog country." National face-1......

Of course, this comes from an essay written in the late Warring States Period.

During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Chu had always been one of the highlighted targets of regional blackmail. Bai Tu himself did not believe that the King of Chu would open a hole in the city wall of the capital in order to humiliate Yan Zi - it might not be possible. All the towers have collapsed, okay?
But this does not affect the popularity of this prose, and the story of "Yanzi envoy Chu" has been widely circulated.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Song burst into tears...

Bai Tu had "Xianshi Zhiwen" twice before, and "signals" could be found in Chengdu, the capital of Yizhou, and Zhang Song also noticed it.

Different from Liu Zhang's disdain, Zhang Song felt that Bai Tu was very special at that time. Now that he sees it... Mingzhu!

(End of this chapter)