Chapter 7 5. Shi Le, a Jieren

Although Li Xiong, who proclaimed himself emperor in Yizhou, was based in Chengdu the same as Shu Han in the Three Kingdoms period, its establishment process seems to be more like Soochow in the Three Kingdoms period. Based on the achievements of Li Te and Li Liu brothers, Li Xiong Finally, the regime was finally consolidated and some unreasonable systems left over from the Jin Dynasty were abolished.At that time, Li Xiong not only had the support of the Li family, but also recruited many talents.The situation in the early days of Chengguo was quite good. In stark contrast to this was the Jin Dynasty royal family who was still "fighting in the nest" at this time.

In the year when Li Xiong became emperor, that is, the first year of Emperor Hui of Jin Guangxi (AD 306), Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, finally got rid of the last two strong rivals among the royal family, Chengdu Wang and Hejian Wang.In order to control the power in his hands, Sima Yue poisoned the idiot emperor Sima Zhong, who was not even a puppet, with poison cakes, and made his younger brother Sima Chi the emperor, this is Emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty. In the first year of Emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty Yongjia (307 A.D.), Sima Yue, who had just taken power, realized the serious situation in Bingzhou and appointed Liu Kun as the governor of Bingzhou.Regarding Liu Kun, the story of him and Zu Ti "dancing after hearing the chicken" should be regarded as well-known.When Liu Yuan heard the news, the former general Liu Jing, as an envoy to conquer the governor and general, intercepted Liu Kun in the Banqiao area.Liu Yuan finally met his opponent for the first time since the uprising, and Liu Kun really lived up to his reputation. He defeated Liu Jing in the battle of Banqiao, and stationed in Bingzhou Prefecture Jinyang (now Taiyuan, Shanxi) to appease the army and the people.Liu Yuan also cleared his head, slowed down his pace, and considered the next direction of attack.

At this time, war also broke out in Yecheng. Ji Sang, the former subordinate of Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu in the Hebei area, claimed to be a general in the name of revenge for the king of Chengdu, and attacked Yecheng where Sima Teng was stationed.Ji Sang was not afraid at all, but his vanguard general was a well-known figure in the Sixteen Kingdoms period who would dominate the north in the future——Shi Le, a Jieren. The Jie people are the descendants of Qiangqu, another tribe of the Xiongnu.Compared with the headquarters of the Xiongnu, the status of the Jie people is much lower, and the basic social unit of the Jie people still exists in the form of tribes for a long time.Shi Le's original name was Bei. His grandfather, Ye Yiyu, and father, Zhou Hezhu, were both commanders-in-chief in the tribe. Be loved and trusted by everyone.

Local big households Guo Jing and Ning Qu thought that this man was unusual and often gave them financial support. Shi Le was grateful and farmed for them.When he was working hard, he could always hear the sound of gold and iron horses in his ears. Shi Le was puzzled, so he went home and told his mother, who just smiled and replied, "It's just tinnitus while working, it's not something ominous." thing." In the last years of Emperor Hui of Jin, there was a famine in Bingzhou.Shi Le and his clan escaped for their lives, and after being separated, they were extremely helpless and came back to seek refuge with Ning Qu.Captain Liu Jian of Beize felt that Shi Le was good at work and could be sold for a good price, so he wanted to tie Shi Le up and sell him, but Shi Le escaped from danger under Ning Qu's hiding.So he had no choice but to go out to beg for food. On the way, he met another benefactor, Guo Jing.Shi Le cried to him about his miserable situation of hunger and cold with no way out, which made Guo Jing cry too, and gave him some of the clothes and food he had with him.

Shi Le said to Guo Jing: "Now that there is a famine, it is impossible to stay poor like this. The Hu people are very hungry. You can lure them to the Jizhou area to beg for food, and sell them there. You will get a price, and the Hus will live." , both parties benefit.” Guo Jing very much agrees with his idea.At this time, Sima Teng, the governor of Bingzhou, also implemented the same strategy on a large scale.He sent troops to capture all the Hus, two Hus and one yoke, and took them to Jizhou to sell them.Shi Le was in his twenties at the time, but he was also arrested.The leader who escorted them, Guo Yang, was Guo Jing's elder brother. Shi Le received extra care along the way, but he didn't suffer any serious grievances. In the end, he was sold to the family of Shi Huan, a native of Chiping, as a farming slave.

Shi Le worked very hard under Shi Huan. In his spare time, he chatted with other slaves and said to them: "When I work, I always hear the sound of drums and horns. I wonder if you heard it?" Some other slaves actually heard similar voices, saying: "Since you came, we can often hear such voices." Shi Le said with a smile: "I can hear it when I was at home since I was a child." The slaves were astonished, and told Shi Huan when they returned home.Shi Huan saw that Shi Le was good-looking, strong and powerful, and good at riding and shooting. He felt that Shi Le was different, so he let him go.

Shi Le wandered around again, working as a servant for others.Once he was captured by the rebel army, a herd of deer happened to run by, and the soldiers scrambled to hunt down the deer, so Shi Le was able to escape. (The status of Jie people is so low that it is unimaginable. They were caught and released just because of their race. There is really no difference between Jie people and pigs and dogs. There is another record of this story in the history books: Shi Le escaped from this place. After the robbery, I met an old man on the road and said to him: "I changed the group of deer just now. You should be the master of the Central Plains, so I will save you." It was fabricated to show that Shi Le is the true son of heaven. However, the fact that emperors and generals have so many legendary stories that can be played out also shows from one aspect that their growth process can never be smooth sailing. Nine deaths are the only way to achieve great things.)

In desperation, Shi Le invited Wang Yang, Kui'an, Zhixiong, Ji Bao, Wu Yu, Liu Ying, Tao Bao, Lu Ming and other eight cavalry to be robbers, and later he got Guo Ao, Liu Zheng, Liu Bao, Zhang Yupu, etc. , Huyanmo, Guo Heilue, Zhang Yue, Kong Tu, Zhao Lu, Zhiqu Liu and other ten riders. These people were all horse masters with outstanding martial arts at that time, and they were known as eighteen riders.They broke into the royal horse farm, rode on BMWs and robbed everywhere, and used the stolen treasures to bribe Jisang.So when Ji Sang raised his troops, Shi Le led his people to join Ji Sang.Ji Sang admired Shi Le's "cavalry robbery team" very much, so he ordered him to take Shi as his surname and Le as his first name, and the title "Shi Le" began from then on. (About the surname "Shi", there is a view that the ancient Chinese pronunciation of "Jie" or "Qiangqu" is close to Kiat, which happens to be "Shi" in the language of the Xiongnu, so Shi Le later chose to use the Chinese character "Shi". " as his own surname. This view seems to be more convincing than the statement in the history books that Ji Sang gave his name directly.)

Ji Sang made Shile the general of sweeping captives and marquis of Zhongming Ting, and led the army to attack Yecheng with the forward governor.Shi Le's bravery in battle was one against one in the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms. Coupled with the powerful impact of the cavalry, he defeated Feng Song, the general of Sima Teng, the new king of Cai, in one battle, and drove straight into the city. His subordinate Li Feng Sima Teng, who fled in panic, was killed outside the city.Ji Sang's army killed more than ten thousand nobles and civilians in the city, and set fire to the palace of Yecheng, and the fire did not go out for ten days.

Poor Yecheng, the famous city that Cao Cao once built as his capital in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, was burned and looted like this. (There are countless deeds such as massacres in the Sixteen Kingdoms era, and they can reach astonishing levels. Through a history of the Sixteen Kingdoms, we can find that the massacres often occurred between different races, and it originated from primitive tribes. Massacres among people. Massacres reflect the most barbaric aspects of human beings, and this has become the only way for different races to mature in conflict. As long as there are ethnic conflicts, barbaric acts like massacres are still possible, even if In today's world, how to eliminate the hatred between races and the conflict between cultures is also a major problem that plagues many countries.)