At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, Xiangyang, a strategically important place that had been defended for five years, was forced by traitors to instruct the Yuan army to use giant boats to break through the Fancheng pontoon bridge across the river from Xiangyang, causing Xiangyang to lose manpower, material resources, and military support.
Lu Wenhuan suddenly lost confidence and opened the door to surrender, leaving Huainan with no barrier on its flank. The Yuan soldiers swept across the north of the Yangtze River, moved down the river, and drove south of the Yangtze River. Lin'an was in danger!
Wen Tianxiang was then the Deputy Envoy of Jiangxi Province, in charge of Ganzhou. When he received the edict from King Qin, he couldn't help but burst into tears.
Why are you crying?
The country is going to perish.
The helplessness and regret that the country has reached this point, if it were not really anxious, it would have been long ago to find a way out for oneself.
Are you still crying?
there must be.
I just cried and cried.
Maybe it’s because he didn’t recognize his talent?
Maybe it's because you're living at the wrong time?
Maybe for...maybe?
There is no record in history, but it is certainly not because he was unable to serve his country.
Apart from Zhang Shijie, the former Ezhou guard, the only person who rose up after hearing the police was Wen Tianxiang.
But at this time, Wen Tianxiang had no soldiers or generals except the paper hat on his head to appease the deputy envoy.
But he spent all his wealth and recruited tens of thousands of heroes from the county and mountain people to go to the defense at starry night.
A friend dissuaded him and said: "The soldiers of the Yuan Dynasty were fighting tigers and wolves, and the king drove the mob, just like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth." Wen Tianxiang sighed with emotion: "I also know that I am overestimating my own capabilities, but the country is in danger, and there is no one who rushes to rescue me, and I am in vain as a subject."
. If loyal ministers and righteous men take action upon hearing the news, righteousness prevails, and people contribute, the country can be saved!" What is a true man?
Every man is responsible for the rise and fall of a country. The first thing is this sense of responsibility!
Wen Tianxiang, named Yunsun, also named Tianxiang, also named Lushan, and nicknamed Wenshan, was the number one scholar during Lizong's reign in the late Southern Song Dynasty. Lizong Palace tested his demeanor, and was given the courtesy name Song Rui, with a title of No. 1 and No. 3, as mentioned in the history books.
After a while, the title changes, and those who don’t know it can really get confused.
According to historical records, Wen Tianxiang was "luxurious by nature, very self-respecting, merciful, and informal", that is, he was often full of prostitutes, drinking and singing.
I also particularly like playing chess. When the sun is hot, I would most like to soak in a clear stream, float on the water with my friends, play blind chess with no board or pieces, "using my mind as a scale".
The idea was still lingering, and he forgot to return home in the late afternoon, so he wrapped a fig leaf around his body, lit a fire, barbecued and drank wine on the shore, and got drunk before resting.
It’s really a suave and elegant life, a free and unrestrained life!
Based on these alone, giving him a playboy is not excessive at all.
But Confucius didn't see it that way: the environment is good and bad, and small virtues are not limited.
Therefore, "The Analects of Confucius" selects Zi Xia to say: "Great virtue does not exceed leisure, and small virtue can go in and out." "Xian" is an ancient door, just like today's fence.
"Great Virtue" is like being within a room. Not to mention going around, you can't even put your head out of this "fence"!
If you feel overwhelmed and insist on going out for a walk, then you will go back to the pit.
If you have the conditions to eat, drink, play, and find two Xiaomi, as long as you don't break the law, don't infringe on the interests of others, and don't cause trouble, it's all a discrepancy in "little virtues" and it doesn't affect the fundamentals of being a human being.
"Zhuge was only cautious in his life", but he just couldn't bear the loneliness in this "free time". With a single thought, he was trapped in the pit and couldn't climb out. He really lost all his small virtues and lost all his great virtues, and lost the foundation of being a human being.
So sad!
From the time Wen Tianxiang won the first prize to this time, except for the vacant position of Minister of the Ministry of Justice, which had never been appointed before, this deputy pacification envoy should be the biggest hat he has ever worn.
With his talent, who dares to say that he is not qualified to be angry?
If you want to talk about unrecognized talents, who can compare with him?
After Wen Tianxiang arrived in Lin'an, he was appointed as the Right Prime Minister and went to negotiate with the Yuan army.
Because he did not shy away from life and death, was upright and righteous, and argued vigorously with reason, the commander-in-chief of the Yuan army felt that this man would be the last obstacle to the destruction of the Song Dynasty, so he detained him and escorted him back to the north.
But when being escorted to Zhenjiang, Wen Tianxiang managed to escape and came to Zhenzhou (now Yizheng, Jiangsu).
Unexpectedly, Li Tingzhi misunderstood the rumors about the establishment of the Huaihe River and thought he wanted to surrender, so he forced the guarding general Miao Zaicheng to kill him.
If he couldn't bear it anymore, he would pretend that someone from outside the city wanted to see him, so he would trick him into leaving and suddenly close the city gate.
Let’s not talk about Wen Tianxiang’s mood at this time. Let’s just say that Miao Zaicheng was slightly off. Will future generations still know about this national hero?
It doesn’t matter if you don’t know, but if you are notorious as a traitor, who can you ask for an explanation?
I finally made it to Yangzhou before dawn, but I heard from people waiting to enter the city that whoever caught a traitor named Wen Tianxiang would be heavily rewarded.
At this moment, if it were not Wen Tianxiang who was not resisting, the actual resistance would be resisting Wen Tianxiang!
Even in tens of thousands of years, Wen Tianxiang will either go into seclusion or go abroad. Who is qualified to say anything wrong about him?
Don't think that you can only go abroad today. After the surrender of the Deyou Dynasty, Chen Yizhong, the prime minister who married Zhang Shijie and established the two children of Duanzong and Di Bing, went abroad to seek refuge at the last moment when there was no hope of revival.
Maritime trade in the Southern Song Dynasty is full of history. When you went abroad, you just boarded the ship and left, and you could travel to Java and Ryukyu, which was not considered treason.
Wen Tianxiang indeed changed his name to Qingjiang Liu Zhu and entered the sea eastward.
But he didn't go to a foreign country to shine shoes, wash dishes, and be a third-class grandson. After saving enough hard-earned money, he would come back one day to make a fortune and bluff his own people.
Everyone knew what he was going to do.
Chen Yizhong, who had five men and six men, retreated before the battle, but Wen Tianxiang, who was hungry and cold, stepped forward resolutely.
Why can Wen Tianxiang leave but not leave?
This question should be answered by those real men - Chen Zhao, the general magistrate of Changzhou; Wang Anjie and Liu Shiyong, the governors of Changzhou; Yao Min (yín), the magistrate of Changzhou.