Chapter 9 2. Gongsun's Liaohai Tuba

To dominate the sea, for Sun Quan, it has just started. When he was still studying and practicing calligraphy, the members of the Gongsun family were already working hard to become the overlord of the Liaohai region.They took advantage of the convenient land and sea conditions in Liaodong to realize their ambitions step by step. In 209 AD, the second year of the Battle of Chibi, civil strife broke out in Goguryeo, which had always been restless. (The origin and development of the Koguryo nation will be described in detail in the next chapter.) At that time, the Goguryeo regime had entered the era of Wandu·Domestic, and successively established its capital in Wandu Mountain City (now Ji'an, Jilin, on the Wandu Mountain) and Guoguocheng (now Ji'an City, Jilin).During this period, the ruler of Goguryeo was Chuan Wang Nanwu (also known as Yiyimo, who ruled from 179 to 197 AD), the hometown of the ninth king.During the reign of King Chuan of the old country, he took advantage of the war in the Central Plains at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and had no time to take care of the Liaodong area to rectify the internal affairs, and gradually eroded the land of Xuantu County, which made Goguryeo's national power rapidly improved.Since King Chuan of the old country had no son, after his death, his younger brother Yanyou took over the throne.

The eldest brother has no children, and the elder brother will eventually marry the younger brother. It seems logical, but in fact it has a lot to do with it. It turned out that King Chuan of his hometown had three younger brothers. The oldest was called Baqi, the second was Yanyou, and the youngest was called ji (ji, meaning high-grade woolen fabric) Xu.According to the principle of brothers end up with younger brothers, Baqi should succeed to the throne, but why did the throne fall into the hands of Yanyou? It turned out that King Chuan of the old country died in the middle of the night, but his favorite concubine Yu Shi kept the funeral secret. Instead, she rushed to Batch's house overnight and said to him: "The king has no heirs, you should inherit the throne."

Please pay attention to this passage of Yu Shi, she did not say that King Chuan of the old country is dead, but directly suggested that Baki should inherit the throne.Any normal person would think that this woman must have lost her mind—the king is still alive, and if you let me take the throne, isn't that a blatant treason?Baqi also thought so, so without knowing the death of King Chuan of his homeland, he severely reprimanded this "kind" sister-in-law: "Who will inherit the throne is a matter of days, how can you talk about it casually? Besides, you are a woman." It's not proper for someone to visit late at night, it's not in line with the etiquette of a monarch and his ministers, and it's also not in line with the etiquette of uncles and sisters-in-law!"

After hearing Baqi's reprimand, Yu Shi was ashamed and angry, and immediately went to the home of another younger uncle, Yanyou.When Yanyou saw that her sister-in-law was coming, she quickly got up and got dressed, greeted her personally, and prepared tea and snacks—sister-in-law had a hard time traveling at night.Seeing that Yanyou was so "caring" to him, Yu was very moved, so he told him the news of the king's death, and said to him: "Now the king is dead, but he has no son. It stands to reason that Bachi is the oldest and holds the throne. It should be inherited by him, but he said that I have a different heart, which is really rude, so I came to see you."

Yanyou is a smart person, when he heard Yu's words, he immediately realized that the opportunity had come, so he became more courteous, and even cooked for his sister-in-law.Because of his excitement, Yanyou accidentally cut his finger while cutting meat.When Yu saw it, he quickly took off his skirt (please note, it is the skirt, not a piece of the skirt), and bandaged his wound... What should be bandaged is bandaged, what should be eaten is finished, and what should be communicated is also communicated. Before returning to the palace, Mrs. Yu said to Yanyou: "It is late at night, and I am worried that something will happen. You should send me back to the palace." So Yanyou walked into the gate of the palace hand in hand with Mrs. Yu.Early the next morning, the Yu family issued an order in the name of the king of Chuan, his hometown, to let the officials make Yanyou the king.

When Baqi heard the news that his elder brother had passed away and that the Yu family planned to prolong You as the king, thinking about what happened last night, he immediately felt that he had been tricked by this woman. He was so angry that he led the army to surround the palace, cursing fiercely, roughly It means: Big brother is dead, I am big brother, I should be the king, you boy disobeyed the rules, and dared to cross Lao Tzu, it is an unforgivable crime, get out of here quickly, otherwise, I will hack your whole family to death! At this point in the story, do you feel a little familiar?Let's take a seat by number:

Baqi, straight and hot - Wu Erlang; Yu Shi, half-hearted and half-hearted——Pan Jinlian; Yanyou, good at understanding people's clothing - Ximen Qing; It's just that Ximen officials were beaten to death by Wu Erlang in the end, but Yanyou and Yu Shi stayed in the palace with peace of mind, allowing Baki to insult and insult him, closing the palace gates and completely ignoring him.Baqi finished cursing, but he couldn't fight, so he had no choice but to take the tribe back to the Juannu tribe (now Huanren, Liaoning) in Boiliushui (now Fuerjiang). Baki returned to his territory very depressed, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, but he couldn't regain the throne with his own strength.what to do?He decided to use foreign aid.Soon, Baqi went to Xiangping to meet Gongsun Kang, the prefect of Liaodong, told Gongsun Kang what had happened, and then expressed his attitude: as long as Gongsun Kang sends troops to help him regain the throne, Goguryeo will submit to Gongsun.

Gongsun Kang had always been troubled by the increasingly powerful Goguryeo, who was not very obedient. Seeing that there was an opportunity to send troops, he immediately agreed to Bachi's request.Baqi led the Liaodong reinforcements back to the Boiliushui Valley as a stronghold, and began to attack Yanyou. Yanyou is not a fuel-efficient lamp either. Seeing that Baqi invited foreign aid, he thought to himself, don't you dare to do something to your brother?Alright, I'll send Katsu to deal with you. This beard was really good at fighting. In a scuffle, he actually defeated the Liaodong Army, and then chased and killed Paqi all the way.Baqi was chased to the point of nowhere, so he shouted to Yuxu: "Boy, we are also brothers after all, do you have the heart to kill your brother?"

Guxu couldn't bear to kill Baqi, this man was not only brave, but also a good political man: "Yanyou robbed your throne, it was unrighteous, but in order to avenge your own selfish hatred, you even lured wolves into your house and borrowed the hands of foreigners What do you mean by being an enemy of the motherland? You don’t regret dying, but after you have done such a thing, what face will you have to meet your ancestors after you die!” Although Baqi has a hot temper, he is a very simple person. After hearing what Yuxu said, he also felt that it would be impossible to regain the throne from Yanyou with the help of Kuxu. The ancestors are gone.After thinking about it, he felt that there was no place for him to stand in the vast world, so he ran to Peizhou and committed suicide.

This story tells us: Don't offend your sister-in-law easily.Especially the sister-in-law who died of her husband, she should be more careful, so as not to be tricked and get a notorious reputation. Ba Qi died, and Gongsun Kang was very disappointed. The opportunity he had waited so hard for was gone. When Baqi died, Gu Xu was very sad. In the final analysis, Baqi was scolded to death by himself.Like Tian Chou crying for Liu Yu and Yuan Shang, Fu Xu also ran to the place where Paqi committed suicide, first collected his body, buried him, and then cried bitterly, doing his brother's favor.

When Baqi died, one person was very happy and also very unhappy.This person is Yanyou.He was happy because the person who threatened the throne the most was dead, and he could continue to be the king in peace; This is a very dangerous seed. Therefore, after Kusu came back, Yan first invited him into the palace politely. He entertained him first, and then said meaningfully: "Bachi used soldiers to cause chaos, and it is an unforgivable crime. You take brotherhood into consideration." I can fully understand why I didn’t kill him; but he committed suicide, and you ran to cry bitterly again, do you think I’m cruel and senseless?” The atmosphere of the banquet had completely changed by this time, and the reception wine had turned into a criticism meeting. If Fuxu didn't handle it properly, he might fall dead on the spot. Fuxu knew that the most dangerous moment had come, so he asked Yanyou to listen to his explanation with tears in his eyes.Yan nodded. Only then did Gu Xu boldly say: "Although the queen made you king in the name of the former king, but you don't give up power with etiquette, don't you pay much attention to the etiquette of brothers and friends?" When the boss, the most important thing is the image.To put it more bluntly, those things that are pretentious, hypocritical, and formal are indispensable in politics. For example, Cao Pi later wanted to be emperor, but he still had to be courteous three times to show his selflessness. In the end, he had to It replaced the Han Dynasty.If you really want to be the boss, but you don’t want to go through the process and make a gesture, you just take it and do it without any hesitation, which is not in line with the "image" that the boss should have. Yuxu went on to say: "I collected Bachi's body and buried it, and then wept bitterly for his death. In fact, I wanted to show your virtues and shape your image, but I didn't expect to be questioned by the king instead. I am Bachi's brother, and the king is also Baki's brother; I was sent by the king. I couldn't bear to kill Bachi, and I mourned Baki's death. In fact, the king thought of brotherhood and couldn't bear to kill him. Baqi, I am saddened by Baqi's death. With such a great king who values ​​love and righteousness and ignores previous suspicions, who would think you are unjust?" What he said moved Yanyou into a mess.Soon, Yanyou ordered people to rebury Paqi with the emperor's etiquette. Yuxu also survived and continued to be reused by Yanyou. Bring Fang, Quartet also! Of course Gongsun Kang was not willing to lose to Goguryeo just like that.Soon, he led an army to crusade against Goguryeo, captured the inner city of the capital of Goguryeo, and forced the king of the mountain to move the capital to Wandu Mountain City.Later, Gongsun Kang designated the southern part of Lelang County as Daifang County, and sent Gongsun Mo, Zhang Chang and others to lead the army south to crusade against the Sanhan tribes. Two counties. While Gongsun Kang used force to control the Korean peninsula, he also adopted a soft and friendly policy. He married his clan daughter to Baekje, the most powerful of the Mahan, making Baekje a vassal of the Gongsun family.So far, the Gongsun family has defeated Wuhuan and Goguryeo, subdued Fuyu and Sanhan, and there is no force in the entire Northeast Asia that can compete with them. The establishment of Daifang County was a symbolic event for the Gongsun family in Liaodong to dominate Northeast Asia. It can be seen from the map that Daibang County is located in a very special geographical location: it is located between the Lelang County controlled by the Gongsun family in the north of the Korean Peninsula, the Sanhan forces in the south of the peninsula, and the settlements of dirty people in the east. It is far away from the Shandong Peninsula.In addition, due to the limitations of navigation technology, the main way to go to China from the Japanese archipelago was to land on the Shandong Peninsula instead of going directly to the southeast coast.Therefore, Daibang County became a transfer point for the three Korean countries in the south of the peninsula, the Huin tribe in the east, and the country of Wa (mainly the kingdom of Yamatai Queen) in the north of Kyushu, Japan, and the Central Plains. Gongsun Kang separated Daifang County from Lelang County in order to strengthen the role of Daifang County in diplomacy and trade.When Gongsunyuan was in power, the Gongsun family almost monopolized all the connections between China and other powers in Northeast Asia. It also gradually became the vassal state of the Gongsun family.These countries pay tribute to the Gongsun family, and all envoys must pass through Daifang County, and the Taishou of Daifang is fully responsible. Bring Fang, Quartet also! With Daifang County's control over Liaohai, the Gongsun family is naturally not afraid of falling out with Sun Quan, as if they are the suzerain of Northeast Asia. So, what did the Gongsun family rely on to become the overlord of Northeast Asia?Why didn't the Haidong countries choose the more powerful Wei and Wu countries, but to attach themselves to the Gongsun clan of Liaodong? The first is traffic.During the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, neither shipbuilding technology nor sea navigation reached the heights of the Sui, Tang, Song and Yuan Dynasties, and exchanges between countries were mainly carried out by land. For Wuhuan, Goguryeo, and Sanhan, the closest and most powerful countries were (relatively speaking) the biggest force is Liaodong. As long as the Gongsun family blocks traffic, the envoys of these countries can only stop in Liaodong.At that time, the shipbuilding level of the Haidong countries was not enough to support their overseas visits across the ocean.Therefore, the Gongsun family in Liaodong was able to dominate Northeast Asia to a large extent due to the advantage of being close to the water. The second is attitude.If the Gongsun family is content with the status quo and does not think about expanding their territory and expanding their influence, then the area they can govern is only a few counties in the northeast of Wei State, and they will only play the role of guarding the border for Wei State.However, although the Gongsun clan has no great talents, they have small ambitions, and they can expand steadily step by step according to the actual situation.After half a century of operation, it is not surprising that Liaodong has become the strongest force in Northeast Asia. Again it's population.According to the "Book of Jin Xuandi Ji", it is said that when Sima Yi pacified Liaodong, he "had 40,000 households and more than 300,000 mouths", plus Xuantu County "10,594 households and 43,000 mouths". One hundred and sixty-three", Lelang County has "61,492 households and a population of 257,500", with a total population of nearly 600,000.But this is the number after the Liaodong War. The war will lead to a large number of exodus, so before the outbreak of the Liaodong War, the population within its control area will be even more, which includes both the natural growth of the population and the population from the Central Plains. The refugees who went to Liaodong, and the population plundered in the war.Therefore, during the heyday when the Gongsun clan dominated Northeast Asia, the total population within its jurisdiction was probably close to 700,000.At that time, there were only 30,000 households in Goguryeo, 80,000 households in Fuyu, 5,000 households in Woju, and 20,000 households in Yi. There were only 100,000 households in more than 50 countries in Mahan and Han, and 40,000 households in 24 countries in Bienhan and Chenhan. 70,000 households, and a total of 80,000 households in other small Japanese countries. In other words, the entire Northeast Asia region is small except for the Gongsun family. These small countries are difficult to compete with the Gongsun family in terms of economy, military and culture. Moreover, they are self-organized and have mutual hatred. . After Gongsunyuan came to power, the Gongsun clan annexed the huge fleet of Soochow at sea, and defeated the Xianbei who replaced Wuhuan as the largest Hu nationality in the north on land. A small but strong local separatist force stood on the coast of Liaohai At the same time, Gongsun Yuan's ambitions are also expanding-he no longer wants to be a vassal of Wei and Wu, no longer wants to be trembling and obedient, he wants to be a veritable King of Liaodong! In 237 A.D. (the first year of Emperor Jingchu of Wei Ming Dynasty), Gongsun Yuan proclaimed himself King of Yan, defeated Wuqiu Jian, the governor of Youzhou who came to crusade, and officially announced his separation from Wei State.This rebellion was not only a big explosion of Gongsun Yuan's ambition, but also gave Wei the opportunity to completely solve the Liaodong issue.At that time, Zhuge Liang had passed away, and the pressure of the war in the west of Wei State was greatly reduced. Emperor Wei Ming made a decisive decision and decided to send Taiwei Sima Yi to lead an army to expedition to Liaodong. The battle for dominance in Kantobe Asia began.