I'm really not King Jing of Zhongshan

Chapter 374 Let's do this first.
Another Wei Shang?
Chao Cuo, will he become the next Wei Shang?
Liu Sheng said this is outrageous.

At least in Liu Sheng's view, the distance between the word "Chao Cuo" and the word "Wei Shang" is almost greater than the gap between the word "Queen Dou" and "Li Ji"!
Who is Wei Shang?

Just as Zhou Yafu said just now: Therefore, Wei Shang, the guard in the cloud, was the one who was made up by the Huns—and the people at the bottom of the Huns, who worshiped him sooner or later!

This is because in the belief of the Huns, that is, the fundamental shamanism, what is emphasized is that 'everything can become a god'.

A wolf, an eagle, or even a stone or a tree can become the gods recognized by the Huns.

As for human beings, they probably follow the principle of 'as long as they can't be defeated, they are gods', and they will be spontaneously endowed with godhood by the Huns.

For example, during the reign of Emperor Taizong, Wei Shang, the guardian of the cloud, was regarded as a god by the Xiongnu herdsmen of the entire Munan grassland;

Another example is Li Guang who created the name of "Flying General" at the border during the reign of the first emperor.

Or in the future, in Yanmen, you will conquer the capital with titles such as "the general who conquered" and "the minions of the country".

But there is no doubt that Chao Cuo is still at least one galaxy away from enjoying the treatment of the Huns.

——Wei Shang, that is a real gentleman of morality!

——When someone is a guard in the cloud, it is a real battle in person, and he was even wounded repeatedly, and several sons died on the battlefield!

People can enjoy such a reputation in Yunzhong, that is also because of Wei Shang's selfless dedication, he used all his salary to supplement the families of the soldiers under his command in Yunzhong;
When the Huns besieged Yunzhong City, they even took the lead and personally stood on the wall at the top of Yunzhong City to set an example for the entire Yunzhong City.

There was such a tragic battle in which Wei Shang was injured, his son took over, his son died in battle, and the youngest son fought miserably again.

Since then, this has become an instinctive reaction engraved deep in the souls of the soldiers and civilians in Yunzhong, and they can spontaneously react without thinking at all during wartime.

——Father dies, son succeeds, brother dies, and brother dies in the inland, talking about family property;
——Yunzhong's father dies and son replaces, brother dies and brother dies, what he said is to go to battle to kill the enemy...

Because it is different from other Hanbian counties: Yunzhong County is like a sword thorn suddenly bulging on the smooth northern border of the Han Dynasty;
As for Yunzhong City, it is located hundreds of miles north of the actual border between Han and Hungary, which is equivalent to a nail nailed in the chest and abdomen!
When war breaks out, Cloud City, there will be no support;

After the war ended, it was also difficult for Yunzhongcheng to get supplies.

They are like pioneers who live on an isolated island and need to be on guard against wild animals at all times. They have lived and guarded the Han city isolated on the grassland for generations.

And the patron saint of that isolated island is named: Wei Shang...

On the other hand, Chao Cuo?

It is true that both official resume and political achievements are better than Wei Shang, and even the popularity is much higher than Wei Shang.

But as the saying goes: there is specialization in the art industry.

Chao Cuo, in fact, is a civil servant through and through, and he is also the pinnacle of civil servants - a talent from the Legalist family.

Such a person, if he had not been born in the Han family that is 'not to be a prime minister', but in any later dynasties, he would be able to assist the emperor, at least to promote a famous official who ruled the world.

But such a civil servant, does he mean that he is the next Wei Shang, that he is the next veteran general who is so frightened that the Huns can only take a detour and dare not easily draw their swords?
Liu Sheng can only say: Although I am not very old, I am almost an adult;

If you want to lie to me, you don't have to be so perfunctory...

As for Chao Cuo, like Wei Shang, mobilized the young and strong during the war, and reached the limit of what he could do, Liu Sheng would not deny it.

But if you want to use this as an argument that 'Chao Cuo is the next Wei Shang', Liu Sheng would be very grateful.

Wei Shang mobilized the common people in the cloud, and he didn't take the initiative at all!

It was when the county guard of two thousand shi came to the war in person, participated in the battle in person, and even got injured and died of his son, which aroused the common hatred of the people in Yunzhong, and thus spontaneously participated in the battle to defend the city!
As for Chao Cuo?

Liu Sheng can guess with his toes: what means a "famous official" from the Legalist family will use to "mobilize" the people to participate in a war that they should not be involved in.

——Legalists, legalists, rely on the "strict laws" that made Yingzheng quickly and powerfully...
"As the governor of Beidi, Chao Cuo was able to organize the people to resist the barbarians under the premise that the entire army of the Beidi captain was wiped out, instead of panicking. This is really admirable."

"But as a warrior, Tiaohou should not fail to understand: What is the army of my Han family talking about?"

After a long silence, Liu Sheng finally calmed down and said something like this.

Following Liu Sheng's words, Zhou Yafu finally lowered his head with a helpless sigh.

However, Liu Sheng's voice did not end with Zhou Yafu's head.

"My Han family's army, especially the generals, talk about military merits."

"A general's performance in a war is mainly based on the 'floating cut'."

"The performance of the guard should be reflected in the degree of military and civilian casualties and local damage as a reference."

"In this battle, Chao Cuo's performance in the above aspects may not be satisfactory..."

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"In terms of military merits, Chao Cuo has no military merits. Ever since he took the position of imperial censor, he has served as the guard of the North. This is the first time Chao Cuo has commanded a battle as a 'general'."

"And in this war, Chao Cuo's troops, that is, Fu Zhan of the Beidi Captain's Department..."

"—Even if Beidi County won thousands of Huns' heads in this battle, but the entire army of more than [-] soldiers of the Beidi Captain's Department was wiped out, it is impossible to be right."

"What's more, the Huns have the custom of strong corpses. This battle is to bully the few and the strong to the weak. I can even conclude now: In this battle, the head of the Huns captured by the Northern Commandant's Department is probably the Not even 'hundreds'."

"That is to say, in this battle, the Northland Captain's Department led by Chao Cuo has at least [-] negative floating chops."

"Just this one item, Chao Cuo, is the crime of death and family extermination..."

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"If you talk about military and civilian casualties and local damage, let alone mention it."

"——I just got the news: After the Huns withdrew from the side wall, in the four counties of Beidi, Yanmen, Shang, and Dai, almost four out of every ten households, or their children died in the hands of the Huns. Next, some nephew or nephew may be taken away by the Huns."

"Among them, the most serious situation is Chao Cuo's Beidi County: eight out of every ten households are affected by the disaster, and almost every family wears mourning;"

"There are hundreds of thousands of people in the county, and probably no less than [-]% of those who were taken away..."

Speaking of this, Liu Sheng finally sullenly looked at Zhou Yafu with a vague sense of displeasure.

"Is this the 'another Wei Shang' that Hou Tiao said?"

"Could it be that Wei Shang, the keeper of the cloud, wiped out a 5000-strong army in a certain war?"

"Or let the people under the rule lose [-]% in one battle, and be brutally killed by the Huns and take tens of thousands of people abducted?"

"Feng Tang pleaded with Emperor Taizong Xiaowen for such an incompetent general back then, and got Emperor Taizong Xiaowen's approval?"

As soon as these words came out, the hall became silent again, even Zhou Yafu was also saddened and kept silent.

For the later generations, "Feng Tangyi is old, Li Guang is hard to seal" is actually quite a famous historical allusion.

But apart from these eight characters, people in later generations don't know much about this allusion.

The reason why Li Guang couldn't be named, Liu Sheng had basically figured it out as early as when he was still Prince Sheng, or even Young Master Sheng.

As for the reason of Feng Tangyi's old age, Liu Sheng only needs to get a glimpse of most of it from the books.

The most fundamental reason of "Feng Tang Yi Lao", or the main event leading to "Feng Tang Yi Lao", is actually what Zhou Yafu just said.

——During the reign of Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, the Xiongnu invaded the frontiers year after year;

But in the third year of Emperor Taizong, after the long-planned "Han-Hungarian decisive battle" that was disrupted by the Jibei King Liu Xingju's rebellion, which led to the loss of the Han Dynasty's massive supplies and did not actually break out, the Han Dynasty has been re-established The strategic policy of "resisting foreign affairs must first secure domestic affairs".

To put it in plain language, until the interior is completely stable and the hidden dangers of the princes and vassals are not completely eliminated, in principle, the Han Dynasty will no longer take the initiative to initiate, and should try its best to avoid large-scale armed conflicts with the Huns.

Therefore, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen was also distressed by the intrusion of the Huns for years.

Fortunately, the border has been robbed year after year, but there is still a place where the Han family can be barely comforted.

This place is Yunzhong County under Wei Shang, or should be said to be Yunzhong City.

The Huns have been besieging Yunzhong City year after year, but the entire Hanbei side wall, only Yunzhong County can "not be bullied too badly";
From time to time, you can even get a lot of gains, and even get "floating cuts are positive", that is, the number of enemies killed is greater than the casualties of your side!

For this reason, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen trusted and admired Wei Shang very much, and even regarded Wei Shang and the Yunzhong County under his rule as the benchmark and example of "anti-Huns' aggression" all the year round.

Until one year, the number of beheadings reported by Wei Shang to Chang'an had a single-digit error—the number of beheads reported by Wei Shang was six levels more than the actual heads of the Xiongnu;

Some people said that someone wanted to assassinate Wei Shang, so he 'stealed' six heads of the Huns secretly;
Some people also said that it was because the Huns snatched the corpses that Wei Shang reported six more heads than the actual heads of the Huns.

But no matter what people say, Wei Shang's move is obviously a lie and an overreport.

To put it bluntly, this is Wei Shang's greed for merit, using immoral methods to put money on his face;

On a big scale, this is deceiving the king...
The "Anti-Hu Model" created by himself was found to be deceiving the emperor, and Emperor Taizong naturally felt very hurt.

After ordering to deprive Wei Shang of his titles and titles, and to take "Liubian Year" as the final punishment, Emperor Taizong, deeply depressed, left the palace on a royal chariot.

Meeting an old man on the road, Emperor Taizong chatted with the old man.

Hearing that the old man was from Zhao, Emperor Taizong sighed: Once upon a time, Lian Po, Li Mu and other famous generals of Zhao State made Hu people dare not approach the area within a thousand miles of the northern border of Zhao State;
If I can get generals like Lian Po and Li Mu, do I still have to worry about the Huns?
Unexpectedly, the old man heard the words, and replied without thinking: Even if His Majesty gets talents like Lian Po and Li Mu, he will not appoint them!

After receiving such a blunt reply, Emperor Taizong fell into the bottom of the valley in an unattractive mood. However, due to the age of the other party, it was not easy to aggravate the crime, so he returned to the palace sullen.

The more you think about it for a while, the more angry you become, and the more you think about it when you take a step back, the more you lose;
Emperor Taizong, still unable to swallow this breath, finally invited the old man into the palace again.

Emperor Taizong asked again: Is the old man dissatisfied with me?

If so, you can tell me in private, or even scold me in private?

Outside the palace, in front of outsiders, accusing me, the emperor, of being at fault, wouldn't that embarrass me?

But the old man had to answer, but he only had a very short sentence: I don't know what to do...
"Back then, Feng Tang told Emperor Taizong: I don't know taboos."

"Today, Marquis Tiao also wants to tell me: Marquis Tiao knows no taboos?"

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"Feng Tang didn't know the taboo, and he still pleaded for Wei Shang—for a truly outstanding meritorious official who just made a mistake in the number in the report and overreported the beheading by six ranks."

"Even if Marquis Tiao knows no taboos, shouldn't he be pleading for mercy for a guilty minister who has lost all his troops and nearly half of the population in a war because of the emperor's order to shepherd the people of a county?"

"——If others say that Chao Cuo is the next Wei Shang, I can still say that this person doesn't understand military affairs, and doesn't know how our Han family's army judges the merits and demerits of generals."

"Dan Tiaohou, is my Han family the one who knows the military formation best and understands these principles?"

"How can even Tiaohou say such stupid things as 'Chao Cuo is the next Wei Shang'?"

After saying that, Liu Sheng just shook his head and sighed, as if he was extremely disappointed with Zhou Yafu's performance;
After a long time, he raised his head with a little distress, and looked at Zhou Yafu, apparently asking Zhou Yafu to give an explanation for this.

However, Zhou Yafu's next explanation was far beyond Liu Sheng's expectation...

"My lord, of course I understand that a general in the army relies on his military merits and floating chops;"

"I also understand that in this battle, Chao Cuo is considered to be 'ineffective in combat' in all aspects, whether it is from floating and cutting, or military and civilian casualties, local damage, etc."

"But I still have something to say to His Majesty."

"—If someone else is the guard of the North, it will never be better than Chao Cuo."

"Even if the minister is changed, the result of this battle will most likely not be much better..."

After saying that, Zhou Yafu finally kowtowed decisively, and met Liu Sheng's gloomy gaze without fear.

"Chen, I'm not pleading for Chao Cuo."

"It's about asking His Majesty's forgiveness for a new general who has done everything he should do, but still failed to change the outcome of failure."

"——In our Han family today, there are no strong generals or handsome men!"

"Chao Cuo is not the mediocre man that His Majesty said he was incompetent and troubled by the three armies..."

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