Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 509 Two of the Six Pits
"Oh, I have heard for a long time that the cultural hometown of Chu State has the appearance of a prosperous age. Now it seems... it is more than exaggerated! The people of Chu State are so despicable!" Liu Yan laughed.

Of course, this was in "private", with only "our own people" around, and no members of the Chu State.

Obviously Liu Yan doesn't like these rude people from Chu State...

Liu Yan was born in Lu County, Yuzhou - although it is a county under Yuzhou, it is actually closer to Xuzhou. It has been under the control of the Xuzhou Group since the Tao Qian era, and Liu Yan is also People of Qi Hou Liu Bei.

In history without the White Rabbit Effect, Liu Yan began to follow Liu Bei when Liu Bei was wandering around Xuzhou and Yuzhou. Therefore, although Liu Yan is very young, for Ji Han, he is definitely a "veteran" level figure.

When Liu Bei died of illness and Baidi, when Tuogu was in charge, Zhuge Liang and Li Yan were the ministers of Tuogu. When Li Yan was impeached, Zhuge Liang initiated the impeachment memorial, followed by Liu Yan who signed the first name.

And Liu Yan was Ji Han's chariot general at the time, so it can be said...his qualifications are not in vain!
In terms of utilitarianism, although following Liu Bei in the early stage is very risky, even a waste can still reap benefits later on.

After all, in terms of ability, Liu Yan has never led an army himself and has no political achievements. His main personality is very similar to that of Jian Yong - they are both types who can easily win the favor of others and are good at eloquence.

Liu Yan is less qualified than Jian Yong, is younger, and has slightly less credit. In short... he is a weakened version of Jian Yong!
The reason why he once became one of the top 5 members of the Shu Han regime was not only because of his qualifications, but also because his surname was Liu - like Liu Bei, he was a distant relative, so he received more respect and trust.

However, compared to Jian Yong, Liu Yan is not only lacking in ability, but also has character flaws...

Like Wei Yan and Li Yan of the current Chu State, they were both one of the "Six Pitfalls of Shu Han" criticized by Chen Shou, the author of "Three Kingdoms". Even... Bai Tu felt that he should be the first of the six pits!

Only because of their limited capabilities, the impact was smaller, unlike Wei Yan and Yang Yi, who caused internal strife in the Shu army.

Historically, during Zhuge Liang's Fourth Northern Expedition, Liu Yan had a conflict with Wei Yan on the front line, and was directly reprimanded by Zhuge Liang. Although Wei Yan also had character flaws, his abilities were there. Even though his status was obviously inferior to Liu Yan's, he was In terms of function... Liu Yan is not as hairy as Wei Yan's legs.

Taking advantage of Li Yan's mistakes, Liu Yan gave in and wrote a self-criticism directly to Zhuge Liang. He retained his official position, but was driven back to the capital from the front line.

At that time, the core of the Shu Han Dynasty followed Zhuge Liang. Being driven back to the city from the front line was basically a signal to stay away from the core of the Shu Kingdom. Naturally, Liu Yan was also disgraced and was ridiculed by others. Gradually... he developed more psychological problems. Became dazed and insane.

As a result, a year later, during the first lunar month of the Lunar New Year, Liu Yan did something big...

Liu Yan’s wife, Mrs. Hu, went to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother to celebrate the New Year. Normally, the wives and daughters of ministers would go to the palace to accompany the Queen Mother during the New Year. This was considered a custom in the Han Dynasty.

Unexpectedly, because Hu stayed in the palace for a month, Liu Yan insisted that his wife was having an affair with Liu Chan. Not only did he publicize it widely, he also asked his soldiers to beat his wife with shoes in the street, and divorced Hu with a divorce note. …

However, Liu Yan's affair with Liu Chan and his wife caused an uproar in the city, and the matter obviously would not end with him divorcing his wife.

The Hu family also sued Liu Yan to Yousi after the incident. At that time, Yousi of the Shu Han Dynasty also reacted very quickly. I don't know whether it was Liu Chan's direct instruction or Zhuge Liang's behind-the-scenes command. In short, he cut the mess quickly and captured Liu Yan directly, and said "the death is not good". The current crime of "having a wife in Laos is not a place to be respected", and this nominally top five Shu Han beheaded and abandoned.

Since then, the Shu Han has also cut off the rules that have been handed down from the Han Dynasty-my daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law stay at home during the New Year, and don't enter the palace!
Evaluations found in history books, including those compiled during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, no matter which edition, have a reprimanding and ridiculing attitude towards Liu Yan, and the same is probably true for Bai Tu...

After all, in terms of age, Hu is more than ten years older than Adou. What's more, even if he can't trust Liu Chan, can he still not trust Fei Yi and Dong Yun?
Liu Chan wanted to have more maids and concubines in the palace, but Fei Yi and Dong Yun stopped him. Moreover, the person in charge of the palace guards at that time was Dong Yun himself!

Even Dong Yun didn't think there was anything wrong with the Hu family staying in the palace. Then come to think of it... the matter was for the Queen Mother to keep the Hu family for a little longer. After all, the whole city knew that Liu Yan was far away from the core and was still crazy. The Queen Mother It is reasonable to comfort Mr. Hu more.

Even this was originally an act to show his closeness to the royal family, but Liu Yan had to use his imagination to turn this month into an ethical blockbuster. He decided that Liu Chan, who he had watched grow up, had sex with Dong Yun in front of Dong Yun. His wife had an affair, and it was a pimp pulled by the Queen Mother...

This is Liu Bei's son, not Cao Cao's son!

This matter was written as a script for those wild opera troupes, and if caught, they would be sentenced to several years in prison.

Of course, Bai Tu also believed that Liu Yan's reaction at that time was largely due to the fact that he had gone crazy after being kicked out of the core decision-making team.

Most of the six pitfalls of Shu Han are those with serious character flaws, but...Liu Yan also had one more original sin - food!

No matter how cheated others were, they still had abilities, so Bai Tu felt that he was the most cheated.

At this time, Liu Yan came to Jinling as a candidate from Chu State, and he, who had always been pretentious, already felt contemptuous of these rustic candidates from Chu State!
However, Yang Yi, who was about the same age as him, glanced at Liu Yan with contempt in his eyes, and then said pointedly: "It's not that the scholars of the Chu State are so mean, but that they are so 'mean'. Scholars of the country."

Needless to say, Yang Yi is also one of the six pits of Shuhan, but he is different from Liu Yan. Although his personality is flawed, he also has abilities.

even……

If only one of him and Wei Yan was in Shu Han, maybe neither of them would be a trap. It was the deep conflict between the two, which intensified after Zhuge Liang's death, that made both of them become "big traps", or in other words, ..."Giant Baby".

After Zhuge Liang, the Optimus Prime of the Shu Han Dynasty, fell, the two of them, as important ministers and generals of the Shu Kingdom, and responsible for commanding the border troops, did not think about how to stabilize the situation in the Shu Kingdom after Zhuge Liang's death, but instead each supported their own troops. Got a fight on the front line!
So even though Yang Yi defeated Wei Yan at that time, labeled Wei Yan as a villain, and established himself as the heir of the prime minister, but... still after returning to the capital, he was immediately dismissed from the military power and given a falsely high official position.

Later, Yang Yi's condition also became worse. She complained all day long that she had done meritorious service for Ji Han and shed blood for the Liu family. She even threatened what would happen if she defected to Wei... After being demoted and exiled, she continued to scold him. Finally ended up committing suicide.

Yang Yi was from Xiangyang, but historically Yang Yi first became the chief clerk of Fu Qian, Cao Wei's "Jingzhou governor", and then resolutely joined Ji Han.

Yang Yi, who is now in the Chengji world, obviously has a good affinity with Liu Bei. She also went north to join Liu Bei after Jingzhou surrendered to Chu.

When Bai Tu was on the western tour of the founding of the People's Republic of China, he didn't feel too sorry when he learned that Yang Yi had left Jingzhou.

Although Yang Yi is capable, he has to guard against the fact that his compatibility with Wei Yan is extremely low. If it is gone, it will be gone...

At this time, Yang Yi and Liu Yan came to Jinling to take the academic examination together - Yang Yi despised Liu Yan who was just showing off because he had higher qualifications and was from a clan.

After hearing Yang Yi's words, Liu Yan didn't react for a while, but it took him a while to understand what Yang Yi meant...

During the previous visits and conversations, Liu Yan had also discovered that many of these candidates from Chu State were from "real ordinary families"!
Some even have parents who are just ordinary farmers who work in workshops during off-season. The extra money they make actually allows them to read and write...

Thinking about it carefully, they met so many candidates from Chu State, among them... one or two out of ten were from real noble families?
This is also the reason why many Chu foreigners have gradually changed from contempt to solemnity in their hearts - it is not that the nobles in Chu are despicable, but that they are gradually beyond the stage of "only nobles can study and have a future"!

Instead, in my hometown...

In today's troubled times, these ordinary farmers, in order to protect themselves, can only rely on the local gentry. They are either exploited by the court or by the gentry who can "cover" them. This is true for their descendants.

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What are you thinking?

The fact that Chu State can achieve this step shows at least two points...

First, in Chu State, the proportion of "rich households" who have no worries about food and clothing is very alarming. Second, in Chu State, the cost of elementary school and even advanced education is very low!
"So what? The existence of kings in Yi and Di is not as good as the death of all Xia..." Liu Yan also realized the problem behind this, but still sneered unconvinced.

This was said by Confucius, and later generations have different "interpretations" of this statement.

However, what is certain is that the "king of the Yi and Di" in these words was mocking the monarchs of Chu and Wu at that time. The mainstream explanation in the Han Dynasty was that Confucius lamented that "the kings of the Yi and the Di" in Chu had competent kings. However, The countries of "Zhu Xia" did not have competent monarchs.

Liu Yan mentioned it now because he wanted to ridicule - a group of barbarians can't change their barbarian nature even if they learn some culture!
It just so happens that Bai Chu also uses "Chu" as his nickname, which has a more mocking effect.

After Yang Yi heard this, she stared at him for a while and wanted to ask him...

Who failed to solve the geometric calculation problem just now, but was solved by the Chu State candidate whose family was a bricklayer?

Liu Yan was so angry that Yang Yi saw him, but after all, Yang Yi didn't want to get into trouble with Liu Yan, who was more trusted by his lord, so he just reminded him...

"According to King Kong's new interpretation of the Analects of Confucius, this sentence is 'A country without rules and correct ideas, even if it has a wise monarch, is not as good as a country with rules and correct ideas, without a wise monarch.' The state of Chu was In the imperial examinations and academic examinations, the interpretation of Confucianism is based on the new learning. Although I will not take the test specifically, be careful not to quote it randomly and cause points to be deducted." Yang Yi said lightly.

(End of this chapter)