Chapter 6 Chapter 6: The Hero Debuts
Seventeen is a windy and rainy age, and many great figures have opened the door to success at the age of seventeen.When Gauss was seventeen years old, he had already solved several famous world math problems, and when Mozart was seventeen years old, he had already become a musician of all people's attention.
At the age of seventeen, Sima Yuanxian dealt with Wang Gong, who had a big family and a big business, cleanly and beautifully, and then he was intoxicated in the hotbed of sudden wealth and dreamed nothing.To dream is to close your eyes, close your eyes, he sees his future.
The person who helped him predict the future was called Huan Xuan.
Huanxuan, courtesy name Jingdao, small character Lingbao, Qiao Guo Huan family, a famous family.
In fact, Huan Xuan is a genius, but it's a pity that heaven is jealous of talents!
He has a close relationship with the late Emperor Sima Yao, and the meaning of close is not good, but complicated.
Sima Yao was able to become emperor thanks to his father (nonsense), but his father was able to become emperor thanks to the help of Huanxuan's father. In this way, Sima Yao should value this kindness very much, and he does, because he has never Kill Huan Xuan.
Because Huan Xuan's father, Huan Wen, made Sima Yu the emperor in a very special way, deposing the emperor.Therefore, Sima Yao's feelings for Huan Xuan are extremely complicated. If he is not punished, it seems to be a bit of a popular trend to encourage the deposed emperor; .
Therefore, the attitude towards Huan Xuan is basically to ignore, ignore, and ignore.
In this way, the son of a wealthy family, the son of a wealthy family, is still a social youth at the age of 20, and has no distribution. He knew that he could only wait.
At that time Huan Xuan liked to drink, he drank to drown the pain, but this damn pain learned to swim.Half-drunk and half-awake, he always stared at the sorrows of the sun rising and the moon sinking like this.
Autumn night is quiet, facing the lamp alone?Crying and laughing is not who knows me, sitting, walking, dreaming, dreaming, and dreaming?What comfort is depressed.
Isn't life like this?The slightest change can make us miserable.
Finally one day, he did one thing—running for an official.
So he found the king of Langya - Sima Daozi.
Sima Daozi was drinking as usual. For him, being drunk is the normal state of life, and being awake is the abnormality of life.So he immediately uttered the truth after drinking and said casually, "Your father Huan Wen wanted to rebel back then."Huan Xuan, who was so frightened to ask for an official, immediately drenched his crotch with sweat, fell to the ground, praying in his heart while also constantly greeting Sima Daozi's mother.
Fortunately, Xie Zhong, who is also a famous family, came out to rescue Huan Xuan. In fact, it should be more accurate to speak for his master Sima Daozi, because questioning Huan Wen's behavior of abolishing the emperor is questioning his own legitimacy. Such a chicken and egg The relationship between who gave birth to whom was confused by this nihilistic King Langya.
This man called Xie Zhong is indeed the top mouthpiece of the government, and he knows the art of language very well. He first demoted the former deposed emperor to nothing, and then praised King Langya and his brother to a complete mess, immediately dissolving the embarrassing atmosphere into invisible, Even Sima Daozi, who was drunk and unconscious, nodded in a daze.
Xie Zhong's words made Sima Daozi dumb, but also woke up Huan Xuan, so Huan Xuan left the capital to do something very personal, and he gave the court memorial.
This memorial is very interesting, because the whole piece is just one sentence, complaining.
Talking about his father's contribution, talking about his depression of having nowhere to serve the country, and who the emperor's family depended on to ascend to the throne, etc., then left the capital in a fit of anger and returned to Jingzhou.
The Buddha's smile does not mean that the Buddha is not suffering, and the Buddha's compassion does not mean that the Buddha can forget the pain.
Huan Xuan was very painful, Huan Xuan is not a Buddha.
If you are going in the wrong direction, stop and go forward.
So he started to stop and reflect on his own behavior patterns. A successful person does not win at the starting point, but wins at the turning point.
From then on, the young Huan Xuan said goodbye to terms like kindness and humility, and he became ruthless and ruthless.
He set the tone for his life, climbing up, climbing up, until the highest peak, those who look down on me will finally bow their heads in front of me.
In his heart, the only important thing is power and status, and when he is high above, no one dares to despise him anymore!
God decides who your relatives are, luckily it gives you leeway in choosing your friends.
Huan Xuan made a friend, and the best and most direct way to make friends is to give a meeting gift, a big meeting gift.
At that time, there was a vacancy in the governor of Jingzhou. Jingzhou was the largest state in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it was also Huanxuan's hometown, his land, but he had no share.At that time, there were two people who were eyeing this position, one named Wang Guobao and the other named Wang Gong.
For Huan Xuan, these two are candidates who have crossed the bottom line.Wang Guobao is Sima Daozi's confidant, and since Sima Daozi told the truth after being drunk that time, he is destined to become Huan Xuan's lifelong enemy; Wang Gong is even worse, this person has too much influence, he is a son of an aristocratic family, a celebrity in the dynasty, and he is handsome It's a mess.When he came, he compared the advantages of his local people, and it was hard to say whether his wife was loyal or not.
It seems that no matter how he chooses, Huan Xuan's fate is destined to be a tragedy.
Success in life does not lie in getting a good deck of cards, but in how to play bad cards well.
Huan Xuan made a friend——Yin Zhongkan. The reason why Huan Xuan made this friend was not because he was useful, but because he was useless. Useless means useful.
He is a very good candidate.First of all, he is not from a family, and he doesn't have such a complicated background to threaten him. The other most important thing is that he is a good person, a useless good person.
There is a story that fully illustrates this point. Yin Zhongkan was a dutiful son, and his father was sick and bedridden all year round.He waited with his clothes on and off, and decocted medicine day and night. As a result, his father's illness was not cured, but he blinded one eye.
The decoction also blinded the eyes.Now, it is also a medical accident that no insurance company will accept. Filial piety is commendable, but it is malicious self-harm.From this story, it can be seen that this is a clumsy guy with extremely poor hands-on ability.
Organization is wise, so his position is Huangmen Shilang, and he is mainly responsible for nerdy work such as writing official documents.
This kind of person is a good puppet, but the problem is that he does not meet the qualifications of a feudal official, and he has not entered the organizational inspection process at all.
But it doesn't matter, I'm not afraid that I can't help it, I'm just afraid that I don't have an idea.At this moment, Huan Xuan thought of a person, and this person was the key to the whole move.
The two brothers Sima Yao and Sima Daozi have a bad relationship because of the distribution of power, but after all, blood is thicker than water, so they have the same hobby - lust.
At that time, the most popular woman in the capital was not a famous fireworks prostitute, not a harem beauty, not a lady from everyone, not Xiaoyu from a good family, but a monk named Zhi Miaoyin.Female monks, commonly known as nuns, had a specific proper term at that time - bhikkhuni.
Zhi Miaoyin is a monk who came to save sentient beings. He originally wanted to make the Taoist brothers into immortals, but they turned into human beings instead.
Zhi Miaoyin is a woman with taste. She has three excellent poems, calligraphy and paintings, and she is a master of color and dance.The strokes are gorgeous, soulful and emotional, and deeply analyze the profound connotation of Zen and life, Buddha and life, sex and heaven in the blending of wind and rain. Sex is not lewd, lewd but not chaotic, which makes people enjoy the hearty beauty Broaden horizons, cultivate sentiment, purify the soul.
May I ask if such a woman is pursuing self-independence and yearning for a wild and crazy lifestyle, can brothers refuse it?
So for the first time, the two joined hands to build the Jianjing Temple for Zhi Miaoyin, and let the bhikkhunis practice here.
The bhikkhuni preached the scriptures and preached very hard. She recruited a large number of nuns. These nuns do not need to be firm in their beliefs, but they must be outstanding.Under her leadership, the number of disciples in Jianjing Temple once increased to more than a hundred.
This is the bhikkhuni, she is Huan Xuan's friend, a good friend.
There is no sin in this world that money cannot buy, and there is no purity that never rusts.
So under the kind words of this nun, Yin Zhongkan, a one-eyed disabled man, successfully defeated two strong competitors and took the position of governor of Jingzhou. Of course, behind him was the huge figure of Huan Xuan and his cold laughter .
Shakespeare, the greatest writer in the Western world, is also the most controversial, often accused of being a shameless plagiarist.This young actor who has not received any formal education and is said to be semi-literate can write such brilliant plays that many people have serious doubts: perhaps these works are the works of Bacon, Marlowe or other wits, and Shakespeare is just Brazenly plagiarized them.
Sima Yuanxian seems to have this kind of controversy too, military affairs and economics are messy, but he has a maturity that does not match his age when he conspires to punish people. As long as he chooses wrong once, he will lose all, and the end of losing is death.
After Wang Gong died, how to choose between Huan Xuan and Yin Zhongkan became a problem.Fighting is definitely not enough, the leader Sun has already made him sick and vomited, so they can only let them fight each other and reap the benefits for themselves.
When the problem arises, who will be pulled and who will be beaten? The normal logic must be to unite Yin Zhongkan and get rid of Huanxuan.After all, a stubborn nerd doesn't have much power, so it's best to get rid of the children of aristocratic families who are full of former students and officials in Jingzhou first.
But here comes the problem. I said that Comrade Yin Zhongkan is a nerd. He likes to read books. He has a wide range of interests. He even reads religion. The most popular religious group - the pious believers of Wu Dou Mi Dao.However, Sun Jiaozhu, the spiritual leader of Wu Dou Mi Dao at that time, was engaged in a very promising job-rebellion.
The target of the rebellion was Sima Yuanxian, so the conspirator Comrade Sima Yuanxian decided to unite with a wolf named Huanxuan after all because his emotions overcame his reason.
So, the real wolf came.
Huan Xuan was already the governor of Jiangzhou at this time, and Jiangzhou used to be Wang Gong's territory, which was the result of Sima Yuanxian's manipulation.Finally, I have the land of my dreams, and Jingzhou itself is the land of his Huan family. The so-called governor is just a housekeeper. Knife.It's time to show the butcher knife.
Conspirators always need excuses to act. He first borrowed an excuse from Yin Zhongkan, and the reason was very grand, to recover the old capital Luoyang.Then he spread rumors, saying that Yang Quanqi, Yin Zhongkan's subordinate, had the heart of disobedience, and gave Yin Zhongkan two ways, either to kill his relatives righteously, or to clean up the family for him himself.
In such a situation, all fools know that uncle and aunt can't bear it anymore. Yin Zhongkan is worthy of being a nerd, so he still insists on courtesy first, and then soldiers. He wrote a letter to Huan Xuan, telling him, read it from the past, don't fight with swords and soldiers, and defend by shouting is useless.
Huan Xuan raised his knife and would not put it down until he saw the red, because he already had the confidence to win at this time, because he knew that the bookworm Yin Zhongkan was out of food.
This year was a disaster year, Sun Jiaozhu made trouble in Sanwu, and serious floods also occurred in Jingzhou.The governor of Yin, who loves the people, took out all the grain in the warehouse to help the victims, which made Jingzhou's strength become very embarrassing for a while.
Yin Zhongkan is a fundamentalist of the Five Dou Rice Religion. He upholds the purpose of curing diseases and saving lives. It is undeniable that he is a good person, but other than that, he is useless.
He didn't know that a bet that was greater than his life had already begun. Once this bet started, no matter whether you win or lose, you can't leave. The bet will continue until one of them loses everything.
Do nothing and do nothing, do nothing and do nothing.
This sentence is the best portrayal of the two brothers who used to be.
Character determines fate, and fate determines fate.
This is not the worst, nerd means not only to lose, but also to stay there resolutely waiting to lose.
When Huanxuan's army attacked, all his passes were crumbled due to lack of food.But Yin Zhongkan was not in a hurry. Apart from believing in books, he also believed in morality. He stood up for his subordinate Yang Quanqi. If he was in trouble, Yang Quanqi had no reason to sit idly by.
In fact, Yang Quanqi did not cross the river to demolish the bridge. He had already informed Yin Zhongkan to come to Xiangyang, his land, to fight against Huan Xuan long before Huan Xuan arrived.
At this time, the self-esteem of the nerd made Yin Zhongkan feel that it would be too embarrassing to leave his territory and the people and not fight a single battle, and he felt that joining hands with Yang Quanqi could settle Huanxuan in one battle.
So he lied for his dignity, he lied to Yang Quanqi that he had food, you just bring the soldiers, I will take care of the food, and you take care of it.
So Yang Quanqi came with all his elite troops, traveling hundreds of miles away.Then he was greeted by porridge water, which means that there is no porridge, only water.
Generally speaking, if the army is out of food for one day, the army will lose half of its combat effectiveness, and if it is out of food for more than two days, the whole army will definitely collapse.
But once you come, you will definitely not be able to run away.
The result was already doomed, a one-sided war was staged, Huan Xuan, who had already sharpened his sword, immediately led someone to chop Yang Quanqi off without saying a word, and Yin Zhongkan, who had lost his power, also committed suicide.
Sima Yuanxian was taken aback at this time. He thought it would be a lose-lose situation, but he didn't expect that Huan Xuan would easily wipe out Yin Zhongkan's group, and at this time Huan Xuan's memorial to ask for credit for himself also followed.Sima Yuanxian, who was being troubled by Sun En, of course did not dare to offend him, so he had to appoint Huan Xuan as the governor of the eight prefectures of Jing, Si, Yong, Qin, Liang, Yi, Ning, Jiang and the eight counties of Henan and Yang. , Jiang Erzhou governor.
In this way, after killing the two alliance buddies, Huan Xuan completely controlled the three big states of Jiang, Jing, and Yong, and Liang, Guang and other states were also attached to him.He already held almost two-thirds of the territory of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and became the most powerful local force.
Ten years is enough for you to learn the theory of relativity from 1+1=2, or to memorize an "Oxford English Dictionary" from beginning to end.During Huanxuan's ten years, he completed the transformation from a young man in society to a powerful official. He was full of exploits, such as nuns, Wang Gong, and Yin Zhongkan... using countless people as the cornerstone of his success. Kicking them away when they're useless is real cruelty!
Walk in someone else's way, let others have no way to go.
This is the law of survival in troubled times, Yin Zhongkan, you don't understand.
I suddenly remembered Du Yuesheng's words: Don't be afraid of being used, just be afraid of being useless.History makes you wise, although the truth always makes you shudder.
Sima Daozi's eloquent tongue on the wine table back then finally drove Huan Xuan into irrational madness, and he succeeded in the end.Since then, revenge on those in power at all costs has become Huan Xuan's only goal, and all benevolence, tolerance and political ambitions have left him.
After conquering Jingzhou, Huan Xuan completed the evolution from grandson to grandfather.So the gamble that lies in front of all the winners begins again, that gamble is like a gorgeous poppy, no one can refuse, because the winner will get the right to rule this land.This reward is so tempting.
In all fairness, Sima Yuanxian is indeed Huanxuan's strongest opponent, but in terms of personal feelings, he and Sima Yuanxian have no hatred, and even have a sense of sympathy for each other.
The same youth, the same understanding of intrigue, the same relying on intellect to obtain the status they deserve, but that position is too narrow and can only accommodate one person.
From a depressed young man in society to today's commander of thousands of troops, how did I get to this point!I have survived so many difficulties and hardships, desolation and despair, and now I am going to fight for the world! ——Huan Xuan said so.
As always, he still likes to take advantage of the fire.
When Sun En made the most trouble, Sima Yuanxian ordered all the people to join the king of Jingqin, and Huan Xuan also made a memorial to say that he would lead troops to counter the rebellion. The reason why he wanted to recommend himself was because Sima Yuanxian didn't call him.
Sima Yuanxian is also a genius born in conspiracy, of course, he also knows the danger of repelling wolves at the front door and entering tigers at the back door, so he directly used Huan Xuan's memorial as a toilet paper.
But Sima Yuanxian soon discovered that the toilet paper should actually be used as a face towel. After the leader Sun tossed about, starvation was everywhere, the land was in depression, and the land of Sanwu was severely famined, even officials were not spared.Officials from Situ and below implement the basic living security system, and can only receive seven liters of food per day.
Sima Yuanxian didn't take it too seriously. After all, when the famine didn't come once in a year, it was a safe period, so he still lived a life of luxury and corruption.
No matter how hard it is, you can't lead hard, and no matter how rich you are, you can't make the people rich.But public opinion still cannot be ignored, otherwise it would be too much for Li En and Liu En to come out.
Of course, the most effective way is for the local government to support the central government. If one party is in trouble, all parties will support it. The problem is that someone has blocked the road.
There are two kinds of people in the world: one is the person whose conscience has been eaten by dogs, and the other is the person whose conscience has not been eaten by dogs.And Huan Xuan is the third type of person, the one who doesn't even eat dogs with a conscience.
Because he also learned Sima Yuanxian's trick, to subdue the enemy without fighting. After many years, the little devil also used the method he used, called blockade.
It should be said that this move was too ruthless, because it directly led to the deprivation of the survival rights of tens of millions of people, the blockade of the Yangtze River waterway, and the establishment of checkpoints at various levels, prohibiting anyone from taking food and other important materials from Jing and Jiang under their control. , Yong and other states were transported to Jiankang and Sanwu.
The number of deaths will not be less than that of Sun En, although it also indirectly pushed Sima Yuanxian's central government to a desperate situation.
At this time, another memorial from Huan Xuan appeared at the right time.It should be said that this is a high-level memorial, and it has a proper term-discussing the rebellion.
The article is full of literary talent and majestic, and there are three themes throughout the article: Sun En was not killed by you, Wang Gong was killed innocently, and you and your father forced everyone to have nothing to eat.
It was this article that analyzed the main and secondary contradictions from a high-level perspective, allowing the people to recognize what the so-called Leshu is, and it also completely made Sima Yuanxian stand on the opposite side of the people, and was extremely passive politically.
There is no reason to treat people like grassroots people and slaves in ordinary times, and demand that ordinary people be the masters in war.Sima Yuanxian began to feel his neck was cold at this time, and his courtiers looked at him with green eyes (maybe they were hungry, maybe they were hated), and if they didn't do something to divert the attention of the crowd, it might be too late.
Hitting people without slapping them in the face, and swearing at others without insulting them, these are the rules of life.What's more, what can he do if he tells the story of his fart in front of the whole world?This beam is considered to be a deadlock.
The result of the deadlock is to throw your arms and do it.
In 402 A.D., Sima Yuanxian proclaimed himself the General of the Hussars, the Commander of the Conqueror, and commanded all the government troops. Liu Laozhi was the Commander of the Forwards.
He also changed the year name to "Yuanxing", as a means of boosting morale.
Sima Yuanxian and Huan Xuan are like two gamblers, throwing everything into a dangerous gamble.The chips they use are the lives of countless people, and the bet is their own lives, wealth and everything.
In Chinese tradition, the purpose of Neijiaquan is to "control the enemy later", "stop with stillness" and "permeate one's energy", and all of this has long been recorded in the fragmented version of "Nine Suns Manual": "If you don't move, you will If you don’t move, if you move slightly, you have already moved. The strength seems to be wide but not loose, and the strength is not stretched, but the strength is broken and determined..."
Huan Xuan seems to have practiced the "Nine Suns Manual", but he didn't master it. He wanted to come first, but he didn't expect that under such a difficult situation, Sima Yuanxian would really dare to mobilize the army, and he was most afraid of Beifu. The army took the lead, feeling a little timid.So at the critical moment, the weakness of the bourgeoisie defeated the revolutionary nature, and he didn't want to attack anymore, so it would be good to keep his family property.
But his subordinates quit. What we did was rebellion. There is no reason to retreat. One step forward is life, and one step back is dusk.
In this way, Huan Xuan reluctantly led the army forward, just walking and stopping, watching all the time.
And Sima Yuanxian was even more amusing, ever since he appointed himself as the commander-in-chief of the bandit suppression, his courage shrank into a cell, and he actually lived on the ship when he boarded the sailing fleet, not moving at all.
The two sides staged a sit-down battle like this, until a monster broke the deadlock.
Zouyu, when talking about the white tiger, the latest term is the giant panda. At that time, it was generally believed that it was not a mortal creature, and it could "drive away ghosts and gods and avoid villains" to bring peace to the world.Sima Yuanxian asked his subordinates to bring such a thing to persuade Huan Xuan to surrender.
Huan Xuan was also scared at first, but when he saw such a "Kung Fu Panda" coming, he became more energetic.Huan Xuan is a conspirator, and a conspirator knows psychology best. Both sides have their swords ready to fight, but suddenly such an animal is sent to be a peacemaker. Any fool knows that no one has a clue.
When you know that Sima Yuanxian is more afraid than yourself, you don't have to hesitate any more, to prove that the other party is more cowardly than yourself, rush, and kill the more cowardly opponent.
Sima Yuanxian had no idea because he had no idea about the Beifu army.
Huan Xuan didn't move because the Beifu army didn't move.
The Beifu army did not move because Liu Laozhi was swaying again.
Liu Laozhi is a mercenary leader. His principle is that whoever gives the most money will do things for him. Moral rules do not work for him.
Sima Yuanxian loves money, and people who love money will not be generous, so the two of them have a grudge.
When Liu Laozhi rebelled against Wang Gong, everything Sima Yuanxian promised was just a joke. He only gave him an official title and no treatment.
The military pay basically depends on robbing, the central government has never made a financial budget, and many officials have been granted, but there is no fief. Therefore, when the Sun leader rebelled, the army of the Beifu basically stood still. Look at Sima Yuanxian's joke.
But Liu Laozhi himself didn't expect that there would be Liu Jinu who turned out to beat up the cult with hundreds of thousands of people, trying to claim credit for the master, but was ridiculed instead.
As a typical failure, he is too successful!
When he picked up the butcher knife in depression and didn't know who to kill, his cousin He Mu quietly came to Luzhou (where he was staying at this time) from the west - with Huan Xuan's instructions.
He Mu launched a diplomatic offensive against Liu Jianzhi: "Old Liu, I know you. You have made great contributions, but since ancient times, most of the heroes have been killed by the guillotine, not to mention that your master is a brat who only cares about himself. Don't think about yourself. You have to think carefully about the tens of thousands of people under your command. If you fight Huanxuan, if you win, Sima Yuanxian will kill you! If you lose, Huanxuan will kill you! Can you choose carefully? It is better to completely change your position and turn to Duke Huan! Duke Huan is a magnanimous man, so he will not be held accountable. In ancient times, Guan Zhong once shot Duke Huan of Qi’s belt hook, and the eunuch Pi once cut off the sleeve of Duke Wen of Jin. Important minister, what's more, Huan Gong and you have no enmity or enmity in the first place?"
Liu Laozhi didn't speak, but his hands couldn't help shaking. This trembling was both fear and expectation.
He thought of a lot, he was the number one hero in taking care of Wang Gong for Sima Yuanxian, he didn't have any military pay, and he didn't even have a decent land.What is the territory, it is mansions and beauties, from beasts to people, are all vying for this stuff.
And not long ago, I was going to Beijing to report the military situation with Sima Yuanxian, but this kid blamed himself for being too slow to be king, disobedient, and deliberately put himself aside, drinking and having fun on his own.Since you want to hit me, I will let you hit enough, I am afraid that it will be your fist that will be injured.
Liu Yu knows that life is made up of countless accidents, but some accidents still catch him by surprise.When the boss Liu Laozhi announced the collective defection, he was shocked. This was obviously a stupid decision.
Sima Yuanxian is just a child, but Huan Xuan is a real hero. He is ruthless, and he got to where he is today by betraying countless people. Such a person cannot be trusted.And relying on this group of Beifu fierce generals, they can sit on the mountain and watch the tigers, and whether they reap the benefits or not is another matter, self-protection is no problem at all.
Liu Yu and Liu Laozhi's nephew Donghai Lieutenant He Wuji (a fan of Liu Yu) tried their best to dissuade him, and his son Liu Jingxuan also objected: "Nowadays, the general trend of the world depends on Huan Xuan and his father, and Huan Xuan relies on his father ( Huan Wen) and Uncle (Huan Chong) left behind the prestige, stole Jingchu, occupied two-thirds of the Jin Dynasty, the only thing missing was not being able to coerce the emperor. Once he is allowed to enter the capital, no one can control him, Dong Zhuo The calamity of this will surely reappear today!"
Liu Laozhi is a rough man. A rough man can't be reasonable. He just cares about face, and he thinks that whoever gives him face and benefits him will work for him.So he immediately yelled: "As far as your thoughts are, you can go as far as you want! What do you know? It is easy to defeat Huan Xuan today! But after defeating Huan Xuan, Sima Yuanxian will not allow me, how can I deal with it?" !"
Liu Yu opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything. He didn't allow you, so he replaced you. You don't need to be compatible. Not everyone understands such a simple truth.
Liu Yu knows that this kind of words cannot be said, at least he must not say it before he is not strong enough. If he said this sentence rashly, there are only two results, one is death, and the other is that life is better than death.
The boss in front of him is obviously just a common man, a reckless man, and he is not weaned spiritually. There is a price to pay for growth. Liu Yu has a premonition that Liu Laozhi cannot afford the price this time.
He is just a farmer, and the world has never belonged to farmers, so it is time to think about the future for himself.Liu Yu saw the gloomy face in the mirror.
If it is not for boring things, why send a lifetime of life.
Staying up late is because you don't have the courage to end the day; staying in bed is because you don't have the courage to start the day.
Sima Yuanxian was still on his high-end cruise ship, drunk and dreaming, and he also knew that such days were getting fewer and fewer every day.
This is a person who has been ruined by life. He is too smooth. He has been at the peak of success. He never knows that life has peaks and valleys. The peaks are actually very close to heaven, but in fact they are so far away. But the lows and hell, I can guarantee it's close at hand!
Liu Laozhi defected, and Huanxuan's army approached Xinting (a military fortress built near the river and mountains in the south of Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province) by land. Sima Yuanxian, who had been in glory, knew that the catastrophe was coming after all, and there was no way to hide.
The army under him has long been dispersed, and when he occasionally encounters Huan Xuan's vanguard, as long as he shouts to let go (hand in the guns and don't kill), he will turn against him in groups. Those ministers who usually circle around him have already opened the city gate to welcome There is a new boss.Because they all strictly believe in the truth, it is not difficult to find a wife, and it is not difficult to find a boss.
There is no legend about the grass growing and the warbler flying in this world, it will always live in reality.Quick drumbeats, hurried figures, numb eyes, fake smiles, when you have nothing, everything will leave you.
It's a pity that Sima Yuanxian understands too late, he only knows how to play tricks and tricks. If he succeeds ten years later, and spends more time in the military camp and learns the philosophy and survival rules of the battlefield, his fate may be different. changed.
But there are no ifs in life, only consequences.
He felt like an involuntary puppet, laughing and crying on the stage with the lights out.When every expression of camouflage was deeply etched into his dilapidated face, he finally realized that there was no one in the auditorium. After the song ended, the curtain fell slowly, leaving him dancing alone in the dark night.
Who is the passer-by in life, who is the wheel of life, the dust of the past life, the wind of the present life, the endless sad spirit, in the end, no one is the so-and-so, and only has to go alone.
Just like that, Sima Yuanxian went on the road. Like many high-level figures, he walked in a hurry and was very depressed. He was tied up by his own men to Huan Xuan's place, where he denounced his crimes one by one, and then pushed him to the vegetable market to kill him in the street.
If Sima Yuanxian could see his back, I think he must be very sad, because he left all the happiness in front!
This very clever, cunning genius boy ended his twentieth birthday like this, and finally died under the contempt of the people who had expected him infinitely.His tragedy stems from his age. This man with certain intelligence and ability doesn't know how to lead troops. Get into trouble for something else.From this perspective, his tragedy is doomed.
There is always a kind of slavish thinking in the Chinese tradition. When the oppression is serious, they don't reflect on it, but just look forward to it.Either looking forward to the great master Qingtian, flattering the great master Qingtian, or wanting to kill the great master and become the great master himself.
But at this time, Jiankang City would definitely not treat Huan Xuan like this. The people and ministers were all lining the streets to welcome Huan Xuan's army into the city, treating him as a liberator or even a savior.
In the face of a lot of things that are abandoned but erected, don't forget that after all, such things are less likely to be nirvana and more to be transformed into corpses.
But obviously, the people will not be very calm at this time. After Sima Yuanxian's long-term depression, everyone's depression has been transformed into expectations and love for Huanxuan. This may be called collective unconsciousness.
It should be said that Huanxuan carried the hopes of too many people, because the entire Eastern Jin government, from the ministers to the common people, was made into a mess by Sima Yuanxian, a brat.
In fact, just one order from the music family does not have that much destructive power. The most important thing is that when the whole country is tightening their belts, Sima Yuanxian is still living a luxurious life without knowing how to restrain himself.In fact, he only needs to do some symbolic activities to buy people's hearts, go on a hunger strike, and sprinkle some money, so that people's hearts can return, and the soldiers can be united in the same hatred.With a little courtesy to the corporals, the Beifu army would not have betrayed them, but he didn't do anything.
In fact, in many cases, the masses are easy to talk about, because what they need is not food, but fairness.Even if it's just superficially fair.
Cover your own crotch and respect others' crotch.Everyone will be fine.
The first thing Huanxuan did when he entered Beijing was to flaunt the legitimacy of his regime, just like all conquerors, so soon the No. 1 document of the central government was issued. Yangzhou Mu, Prime Minister Chaozheng, plus Huang Yue; 2. Appoint Huan Xuan's elder brother Huan Wei as the governor of Jingzhou; 3. Appoint Huan Qian as the Shangshu Zuo Pushe; He is in charge of Beifu; Fifth, appoint Huan Shisheng as the governor of Jiangzhou.
The reason why I want to introduce Huanxuan's brothers is because they are all playing tricks, but they don't show up, and the story is not full enough.To be precise, Liu Yu is not plump enough.
There are also two extras to introduce, one is Liu Mai, who used to join the army under Yin Zhongkan's account. He urged Yin Zhongkan several times to get rid of Huan Xuan, and when Huan Xuan entered Jiankang, he made a special trip to see him.Huan Xuan pretended to be reprimanded in a good mood: Do you want to die, or don't you want to live!
Liu Mai's answer made me feel ashamed in the workplace. I have seen what a hard-core sycophant's sycophant declares: "Shoot Guan Zhong who cut off the hook of Duke Huan of Qi, and the eunuch who cut off the sleeve of Duke Wen of Jin, plus I, Liu Mai , there are exactly three people, and there are exactly three overlords in the world, so I know that I will not die." That is, "shoot the hook and cut the sleeves, and step into three."
Both Duke Huan of Qi and Duke Wen of Jin were overlords, which was too much for Huan Xuan, so Liu Mai was reused.
Healthy, easy.live, easy.Life is not easy.If you flatter your horse, you have to shoot it on the airbag, and you have learned.
There is another person named Diao Kui, yes, the one who whipped Liu Yuyi.Good news came from the delivery room, and he was also "promoted" and appointed as the governor of Yuzhou.
Another person was also blocked, but the way he was blocked was very special. His name was Liu Laozhi.
Unlike the previous two people, he was very angry because he was appointed as a civil official - Kuaiji Neishi, and as a professional military officer, he was transferred from another job.
Huan Xuan dared to do this, because at this time he had enough confidence, the whole world stood by him, and regarded him as the embodiment of heroism and chivalry.Daoyi is also on his side. The world is initially settled, and people's minds return. At this time, he no longer has to be afraid of the Beifu Army.
The difference between a lie and an oath is that one takes the listener seriously, and the other takes the teller seriously.
Liu Laozhi knew that he had been played through and through.
So he took out the magic weapon that he had tried a hundred times—rebellion, but he didn't know that Huan Xuan was waiting for him, waiting for him to walk into the pocket that was about to be tightened.
When he asked his subordinates for their opinions again, they were overwhelmingly opposed, resolutely opposed, including his nephew He Wuji.
The most resolute was Liu Yu, who cornered Liu Laozhi with just one sentence: Is there any excuse?
A few days ago, you put down the rebellion for the imperial court. It was justifiable, but you wanted to rebel.The world is peaceful and people feel at ease, but you still want to rebel.More importantly, the soldiers of Beifu did not want to rebel anymore, because they had seen the true face of this leader from Liu Laozhi's many rebellious experiences.He is so selfish and humble, and he decides the blood of thousands of brothers solely by the quality of his feelings.
He only has fame and fortune in his eyes, but no loyalty.
It is too difficult for such a person to expect his subordinates to be the masters in the war.
Zhu Xi's Neo-Confucianism thought that the world has a highest and unchanging "natural principle", which is higher than the material world and guides the operation of the material world. This is a typical idealist theory.
I used to not believe it, thinking that power is the truth, but now I believe it, not completely.
强权即真理没错，不过必须要包裹在一个所谓天理的外壳下，两点之间，直线最短，但也最险。无论你的实力多么强大，也必须依托所谓“天理”或现实世界的伦理法则，将你所反对的装扮成一种黑暗的力量，蒙蔽人的心灵，将你所要的，塑造成一个纯金的光环，深深地隐藏在天理无解的面孔下。这就是成人世界的游戏法则，一切都在妥协中前进，在伪善中凶悍。
傻与不傻，要看你会不会装傻。刘牢之是个粗人，只会发飙，不会发傻。
人生总是不完美的，总有那么多的事情让你伤感：阴晴圆缺，悲欢离合……
只不过这次伤感将变为永久的伤心。
刘牢之开始正视这些和他出生入死，曾经把他当大哥的将领们和曾经把他当成图腾的士兵们，不知从何时开始，他和他们开始形同陌路。就像两条平行线，虽然天天面对面，却永远不可能相交。
手下的将领们一一和他作别，大悲无泪的刘牢之感觉整个湖水都是他的眼泪。
人永远不知道谁哪次不经意地跟你说了再见之后就真的再也不见了。
这次是真的再见了。
打是打不了了，打了一辈子恶仗的刘牢之居然被逼到了无仗可打的地步，他想投降，想当鸵鸟，想悬崖勒马，但一切都太晚了。
千万别等到人人都说你丑时才发现自己真的丑。
只能跑了，儿子刘敬宣潜回京口，把三娘四舅八大爷都接回来，他自己带着亲兵，垂头叹气奔向自己的驻地。
此时的刘牢之还以为谷底就快到的时候，新的陡坡就会出现。但他不知道，坠落没有极限，因为地狱有十八重。
美女喜欢狗狗，那是想利用一下没用的善良，但最后还是会找条狼嫁。
士兵也一样，一路行军，那些亲兵总能找到各种借口拉肚子、起痱子、烂肠子、完犊子，反正就是边走边溜，个别不仗义的还顺手把刘牢之的私房钱给顺走。
生活真好玩，因为生活老玩我。刘牢之如是说，当他来到和儿子相约的地方，居然空无一人。
在落魄者眼中，这个世界的一切都是灰暗的，儿子没来，不是被杀了，就是被抢了，再不就是坑爹的自己跑了。家人没了，马上就该自己了，还是自己动手吧，不然打工白骨精就只剩下白骨了。
一根绳子，再勇猛的将领，一根绳子就足够了，无法拒绝的是开始，无法抗拒的是结束。
刘牢之死在一个不会有人记得的日子，这种结局有点讽刺意味，但它可能更接近真理：任何伟大的时刻都会有人死去。在人类的困境里，上帝是个下岗职工，他的仁慈和他的话同样值得怀疑，这个世界不会为了任何人而改变。
刘牢之一生纵横天下，死的时候却极不光彩。吊死的人舌头全都伸出口腔，长满了青苔和臭蛆，身上屎尿横流。那是四月份，他的尸体在几天后被发现，一群苍蝇正贪婪地撕咬他一生桀骜的脸。
但桓玄的屠刀不见血又怎会回鞘，在夹缝里生存的人是没有资格要吃斋念佛的，仁者不掌兵。
他下令对北府军进行清洗，吴兴太守高素、将军竺谦之，还有刘裕的第一任老板孙无终等人，相继都被灭掉！站在成功的珠穆朗玛峰上的桓玄哈哈大笑，他仅仅用了一个骗字就摆平了全世界，他骗了王恭、骗了殷仲堪、骗了司马元显、骗了刘牢之，更骗了全天下。
他用谎言的金线织成一个华丽的茧，天下众生都梦想着灿若云霞的翅膀，像蛹一样沉浮其中，他再扮成造物主疼爱他们，使他们安睡，却传谕不可睁眼。这就是桓玄的人间伦理，于是志得意满的他宣布大赦天下，改年号为“大亨”——大运亨通。
但北府军最主要的三个人都还活着，刘牢之的儿子刘敬宣因为下雨来不及和老爸会合，保住了一命，然后他做了最正确的一件事——跑了，一直跑到国外——南燕，那是个和东晋政府没有建立引渡条款的国家。
刘裕的忠实粉丝何无忌问刘裕未来的路该怎么走，刘裕只说了八个字：飓风过岗，伏草惟存。是时候伏了。
于是刘裕拉上何无忌一起辞职，态度超好，言辞恳切，表示刘牢之造反自己坚决反对，整个北府兵都可以作证，还说自己不留恋军队，那只是浮云，丝毫没有与桓公为敌的意思，自己只是跑江湖混饭吃的正太，而桓公才是太阳。他每天的例行工作就是问候太阳。
态度决定一切，你只要装出忠厚老实的样子来，挨打都会挨得轻一些。于是桓玄大手一挥，回家种田去吧。Life is like a play, all depends on acting skills.
这是一个极端理智和克制的人。你我皆凡人，生活中会被许多事情强暴自己的情绪，比如买彩票中了几百个安全套，比如孤身一人恰好遇见了美艳如花的女流氓，还会理智吗？还会克制吗？
是的，太难了，我们都是凡人，都有感情，容易冲动，冲动是地狱的撒旦，感情是引火的硫磺，在大是大非的时候必须保持冷静和理智，在任何时候都不被感情左右，就如同F1赛车一样。赛车是一项狂野火热的运动，然而车手却必须保持绝对零度的镇定。
刘裕释然了，虽然他绝不会像史书中的文字那样毫无感情，但那是他一生的梦想，那是他多年的心血。他从一无所有，中间洒下了多少血、多少泪，才熬到了今天有了地盘、有了军队、有了荣誉、有了面子的四有中年，他也不舍得，他也同样痛心……
不成熟的男人会为理想慷慨赴死，成熟的男人会为理想苟且偷生，刘裕四十了。
于是他开始沉默，他早就明白了取舍的意义。该来的不可阻挡，该去的让它随流水，这故事的尾声总要有个人慢慢品尝，脸上冰冷的眼泪让他渐渐清醒。
运气好的人不是拥有的多，而是在意的少。能把自己用鲜血打拼换来的荣华富贵转手一丢，这份潇洒和超脱已经说明，刘裕没读过书，但无碍是个智者。
拿得起，容易；放得下，很难。但能放下的，将会拿起更多。
曾经有个朋友懊恼地抱怨这些年真是白活了，一事无成，老婆跟人跑了，还欠了一屁股债，大学时学的那点东西，也早都随着尿撒光了，他还能做点什么呢？这时他的朋友发来了短信，牛气地说他要去英国读书，他半天没吭气，心里像被贼偷了一票。
我一直没有说话，人到三十，不抱怨，不像话，只抱怨，更不像话。多艰难都得活着，多没意思都得活着，因为一旦死了，要死很久的。
我写刘裕，因为这是一个真实的故事，像极了你我的人生。从奋斗到虚无，从拥有到失去。曾以为命运是风筝，线在自己手上，可最终陪伴我们的只有风和雨。
为什么总要到时过境迁之后，我们才会明白人生的路该如何走？
刘裕的故事本该到此结束，只要桓玄愿意做一个守城之君，愿意少折腾一点这个千疮百孔的大地，刘裕是一点机会都没有的，最终他的宿命只能是骑马远去，在山坡上依依远望，他的背影成为烟雨南朝中可有可无的风景。他会咀嚼着甜蜜的往事在岁月里慢慢苍老，会在临终前向整个世界微笑，告诉风，告诉长江，告诉这片无情的大地：他来过，他拥有过，他虽怨却无悔。
可历史依然选择了刘裕。
从某种意义上说，桓玄永远都长不大，他总在怀念过去，想着自己当初受了多少苦，受了多少委屈。有一个寓言是这样的：给你一串葡萄，你是先吃大的，还是先吃小的？桓玄一定选择大的，因为他是一个乐观的悲观主义者、一个生活的透支者，虽然吃到的每一颗都是最大的，但葡萄本身却越来越小；我选择小的，说明我是一个悲观的乐观主义者，希望常在，却永远不能抵达；而刘裕，刘裕不吃葡萄，他是一个葡萄收藏者，他要等到所有人都没有葡萄，再把它拿出来炫耀。
现在桓玄终于得到最大的那串葡萄了，不去好好享受下人生似乎有点天理不容的意思。
桓玄是个名士，名士的意思就是懂得多，爱好广泛。他什么都爱。司马元显只爱钱，但桓玄可就上档次太多了，珠宝玉器、古玩字画、亭台阁院、笔墨纸砚，没有他不喜欢的，高雅的喜欢，三俗的也喜欢，简单地说，他喜欢全世界。
他喜欢，就要把它变成自己的。
曾经有个有钱的姑娘带着个两克拉的戒指在我眼前转来转去，有钱人真是只选贵的不选对的，不就一坨亮晶晶的石头吗？南极洲都是这颜色啊？谁买谁傻，当时还是职场菜鸟的我喝了一口醋，咽了口酸水酸酸地说。
可我心里还是忍不住梦见自己就是那有钱的傻帽而不是没钱的菜鸟。
Do you think the most sour feeling is jealousy?不是，最酸的感觉是没权吃醋。
这就是从古到今，古今中外都认可的标准。你可以不认可它，但得遵守它。
我们，不过是，卑微的生灵，以及这卑微的生存。
喜欢这些玩意不是错，但得遵守游戏规则。游戏规则就是，这个世界没人在乎你想要什么东西，在乎的是你有多少东西可以跟这个世界交换。
很显然，桓玄有的还不足以交换。
事实上，他根本不换。
桓玄是那种视别人钱财如粪土的人，只要有他喜欢的东西，他便很文明地请对方和自己赌博，赌注很简单，他赢了，东西归他，他输了，东西归你，但你的命归他。
天下在闹粮荒，各地流民不断，他很好心地颁布了一道命令，将流民一律遣返，还严格考核各地官员的执行力。但流民还是越来越多，还形成了大规模的武装叛乱，只因为，他只下命令，不拨粮食。
后来饥荒越来越严重，很多富家大户，穿着绫罗绸缎，拿着金银财宝，但买不到粮食，于是集体饿死，甚至连冷热都分不清楚的白痴皇帝都指着瘪瘪的肚子嗷嗷乱叫。
这世界永远那么不公平，你用才智换来的金钱，只有那么一点点是属于你的，大部分都给了那个永不见面的老板。所以很多人都会经常从业务中捞一点好处，我相信高尚来自于衣食无忧。
可衣食无忧的桓玄还嫌折腾不够，他加速挥霍着民众对他赶走司马元显的一点点肯定，为了把全天下的财富都集中在他一个人手中，他还进行了金融体制改革——改革币制，用大批廉价货币换走了民间的贵重金属，“坐以待币”成了他生活的主流。
然而东晋的老百姓却彻底沦为三无人员，没饭吃、没钱花、没命活。活不下去的人民群众终于开始慢慢醒悟，这才是一只真正的纯种貔貅，无论对谁，只进不出。
这就是那个曾经义正言辞指着政府不作为的人间君子，看穿了他只是一个“骗”字。他在骗每个人，每个人都在被他骗，聚九州精铁，铸不成半句真话。而真诚不过是浪头浮沙，百溯千洄，终究沉入水底。
民众的幻想彻底破灭了，所有人都在思考这样一个问题：信仰消亡之后，谁是我们的福音？
福音还没来，暗流先涌动。三吴大地饿死了一半人口，另外一半没饿死的拿起锄头抢劫政府。
路易十四曾说过：我死后哪怕洪水滔天。
桓玄还没死，所以他开始慌神了，天灾人祸不断，流民起义不绝，他只能把刘裕再召回启用。他并不信任刘裕，但他没有选择，刘裕上回主动缴枪的表现实在太好，没有一点杀他的理由，他相信，刘裕虽然是把钢刀，但刀柄在他手中。
刘裕此时很听话，不但很合桓玄胃口地平掉了各地起义，而且各方面表现都极其规矩，真的很像桓玄的一条狗。
刘裕一定也看见过警世恒言，他之所以听话，是因为还不够乱，水还不够浑，最浑的水还没有泼下，在这之前，他唯有忍耐。
成大器者的唯一要诀：能忍耐。
相机而动，原先我不信，后来我信，相当靠谱。
最浑的水桓玄很快就泼了，他派自己的堂兄桓谦去探探刘裕口风，问他对民众希望自己做皇帝这件事，表个态。
《东邪西毒》里林青霞有一句台词：“如果有一天我忍不住问你，你一定要骗我。”刘裕立刻举双手骗了他。
于是桓玄很满意，他被眼前的一切迷惑了，他掌握了整个国家的暴力机器，所有敢于反抗他的人全部被干掉，连之前的北府战神刘裕也对自己俯首称臣。
这就是我的人间。荆棘遍地，陷阱重重，笑时不知为何笑，哭时不知为何哭。几十年来我刨食其中，掀翻山河，掘地千尺，终于找到了我要的东西。试问天下，谁是抗手！
但他并不知道，刘裕的话，连标点符号都不能信。
其实桓玄的手下还是很有一批能人的，他们劝桓玄要小心刘裕，不可相信他，那一切全是假象，誓言的马桶冲过之后，依然光洁清新，可以濯足濯缨，而刘裕，绝不像我们想得那样单纯和善良。
说真的，人生就像台电脑，说死机就死机了，这个道理桓玄懂。
他是个搞阴谋起家的人，从不相信什么海誓山盟，更不用说去相信毫无瓜葛的刘寄奴了。但他有野心，他的野心不是征服东晋，而是征服全天下，他需要刘裕这样的猛将兼光杆司令为他扫清六合，到天下一统的时候，握不住的沙，干脆扬了它。刘裕就是那迟早被扬的沙子。
他要超过自己的老子桓温，等他死机的时候，他还可以骄傲地对着史书说，老子除了制造病毒也制造了点惊叹。桓玄挖着鼻孔，笑得很灿烂，也很嚣张。
爱钱的困于钱，好色的困于色，桓玄太爱自己，所以会被自己困住。
于是两场戏同时进行，都十分精彩。
先是，不会写字的皇帝亲自下诏，封桓玄为楚王，赐九锡。
所谓九锡就是九种特赐用物，分别是：车马、衣服、乐、朱户、纳陛、虎贲、弓矢、斧钺、鬯。
一曰车马，指金车大辂（lu车辕上用来挽车的横木）和兵车戎辂。
玄牡二驷，即黄马八匹。
其德可行者赐以车马。
二曰衣服，指衮冕之服，加上配套的赤舄（xi鞋）一双。能安民者赐之。
三曰乐，指定音、校音器具。使民和乐者赐之。
四曰朱户，指红漆大门。民众多者赐之。
五曰纳陛，有两种说法。
一是登殿时特凿的陛级，使登升者不露身，犹贵宾专用通道。
二是阶高较矮的木阶梯，使登阶别太陡，这两种说法都不甚具体。
能进善者赐以纳陛。
六曰虎贲（ben），守门之军虎贲卫士若干人，或谓三百人。
也指虎贲卫士所执武器，戟、铩之类。
能退恶者赐虎贲。
七曰弓矢，彤弓矢百，玄弓矢千。指特制的红、黑色的专用弓箭。能征不义者赐之。
八曰斧钺，能诛有罪者赐之。
九曰鬯（chang），指供祭礼用的香酒，以稀见的黑黍和郁金草酿成。孝道备者赐之。
以上摘自百度百科，不需要懂，只要知道这基本上就相当于最高国家荣誉，另外你需要知道得到了九锡有这么几个人：王莽，曹操，司马昭。
所以基本上局势很明朗了，凡是得九锡的要么篡位，要么准备篡位，剩下的只等着识相的来劝进了。
桓玄的手下很能干，能干的让老天都脸红，而且一红红两次。
首先是一个马屁精传来奏章，说淤塞多年的钱塘县（今浙江杭州）临平湖湖面突然被照了胃镜，自行开通，充满清澈的湖水。这个消息一传到京城，朝中文武百官立刻像便秘被灌肠一样滔滔不绝，齐声赞叹桓玄的恩德。
生活不能自理的皇帝又立刻亲自下诏说：天降祥瑞，都是楚王的功劳，自己德行浅薄，为了天下苍生，愿意禅位给楚王。
不久，又一马屁精奏报，江州降下甘露。甘露不稀罕，但问题是当时已经十月，十月寒冬还能降甘露，只能解释为老天或许小便失禁。
如果你认为这已经是拍马到顶的话，那么你错了，接下来的事，连老天都哭了。
米兰·昆德拉在中说：每个人都是可以收买的。也就是说，不管你眼前的人多么神圣，多么庄严，脑门上都或明或暗地贴着一张价格标签。
隐士也一样有价，隐士在当时的字典里类似圣贤，大多是道德才智杰出者，只是圣贤往往诞生于乱世，而隐士则出现于盛世。
桓玄登基，当然是盛世，于是一场绞尽脑汁胆汁乳汁各种体液的造隐士运动粉嫩登场。
当年我和几个大学的哥们逃课，没有女友的我们只能把骚动的荷尔蒙安放在学校外城中村的录像厅包间里。为了充分证明青春的无聊，几个逃学威龙在抽完了常规的红山茶后，又一起抽一包暗黄色的雪茄。不知是录像厅旖旎的灯光起了作用，还是抽雪茄这种附庸风雅的行为背后那“莫名高贵”的心理暗示有了效果，包括我在内的好几个穷学生都抽得酩酊大醉，那感觉就像胸口被压了五指山，脑袋被灌了芝麻糊，个个回宿舍狼吐一地。这包烟的本主“扎死一头骆驼斯基”一边嗑着瓜子，一边不屑地望着我们，牛气地炫道：“雪茄！古巴产的，日本买的。中国没有的。”我们都被雷得一愣一愣的，对“扎兄”的崇拜如滔滔江水连绵不绝，连地上的呕吐物都觉得有那么点高贵的外形了。
桓玄的心态和我们很接近，那点高贵的外形对他很重要，那个传说的隐士对他也很重要。于是在他短短几十年的生命里，发生了这件百年不遇的事情，隐士登台，欲粉饰太平。
但那个时代实在太不争气，拦路抢劫的混混一划拉一大把，学富五车的人一个也见不到——真是社会资源的巨大浪费。
正经的找不到，也没关系，山寨一个就完了。于是一个叫皇甫希之的家伙登台了，之所以选他，是因为他虽然只是个人名，但他的祖宗皇甫谧却是个名人。他是中华针灸的鼻祖，还写了一部很出名的妇女刊物——《烈女传》，里面充斥着各种传奇女子的变态遭遇。
皇甫希之开始还是有些扭捏，毕竟当着天下造假不是普通人具备的心理素质，但他实在架不住桓玄狗腿们的软磨硬泡。桓玄登基，生米已成熟饭，你不配合，生米煮成锅巴，怎么选，你看着办。说完，吹了吹刀把上的灰尘。
皇甫希之没辙了，只能打肿脸装隐士。装隐士的故事超级俗套，一个准备好了几个月的干粮把自己反锁山中，一个下诏书不断请他出山做官，来回糊弄个三五回，终于彼此都疲劳了，一个出山，一个发文凭。
那年头，文凭也好，武凭也罢。真货和假货只要是桓玄看中的货，也就剩便宜还是贵的区别了。商品经济时代，神马都是浮云，浮云都绽放着货币的光芒。
一切都准备齐当了，桓玄终于爬上了人生山峰的顶点。
他决定，向着梦想，继续向前迈步。
The top of the mountain, one step further, is the cliff.
大亨二年（公元403年）十二月三日，终于到了那一天了，桓玄登基，国号“大楚”，改年号为“永始”。
当然，在此之前，必然有一大批大臣劝桓玄登基为皇帝，而桓玄的反应自然也是十分惊讶，然后连连推辞。
大臣们肯定不会甘休，于是哭得死去活来，磕头的磕出血，寻