Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Why Li Guang Can’t Be Marquis

Parachutist Li Guang is a legendary and tragic figure in Chinese history. Since he "had more than 70 battles with the Huns", he has been a soldier all his life, famous in the Han and the Huns, but he was not allowed to be a marquis until his death.Later generations felt injustice, regretted it, and lamented it. Wang Bo, one of the "Four Heroes of the Early Tang Dynasty", even wrote the famous line "Feng Tang Yi Lao, Li Guang is difficult to seal" in "Tengwang Pavilion Preface", which further spread Fei The tragic image of the general is frozen deep in people's hearts.

So, why didn't Li Guang become a Marquis? Some people think that it was because Li Guang killed 800 Qiang people who had surrendered when he was the prefect of Longxi.This theory originated from the words of Wang Shuo, a physiognomist who Li Guang asked for advice, and it obviously has the color of fatalism of karma. Although it is quite popular in Japanese historians, it is a self-defeating fallacy. Some people think that it was because Li Guang was not generous enough, avenged his personal revenge, and found an excuse to kill Baling Wei who had insulted him.This statement seems to be based on small details, which is unconvincing. Throughout the ages, there are many people who have made great achievements but lost small details.

Some people think it's because Li Guang's army is not strict, but it's not.Although Li Guang didn't talk about military formations when he led troops in battle, and most of the forms and documents were omitted, he was still very serious and cautious about major battles that related to the life and death of soldiers and the safety of the people.Ye Shi, a university scholar in the Southern Song Dynasty, once refuted this: "Li Guang's use of soldiers by himself is beyond the reach of others. It is not true that the world may use common laws to discuss it." That is to say, Li Guang has his own brilliant and unique method of using soldiers. It cannot be treated with common sense.

Some people think that it is because Li Guang is a "generally defeated general", which is especially absurd.Just imagine, the Xiongnu soldiers will be terrified, how could Li Guang, who is known as the "parachutist", be a "general who is often defeated"?If it was true, Wang Changling would not have sang "but keep the flying generals in Dragon City, and not teach Huma Du Yinshan", and Lu Lun would not have written the popular "Song of the Next Song". Some people think it is because Li Guang is not an all-rounder in military affairs.This theory is also untenable, because during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there were many people who were not military all-rounders and were able to become princes, and these people were far inferior to Li Guang in bloody battles on the battlefield.

Li Guang was not allowed to be a Marquis because he only had one eye. If Li Guang had only one eye looking upwards, he would probably have been granted the title of Marquis. From ancient times to the present, there are countless people who have been granted the title of Marquis by flattery, sucking sores and hemorrhoids.But our parachutist Li Guang has only one eye looking down. He and the soldiers are as close as brothers. Drink as much as you can, but never get close to water; soldiers never eat as much as you want, and eat as much as you want.” He cared so much for the people that when he killed himself, the people all over the country shed tears of pain.

If Li Guang is the brother-in-law of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty like Wei Qing, or the eldest brother-in-law of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty like Li Guangli, then even if he lacks an upward looking eye, he can still be a marquis, but unfortunately he does not have a good sister or sister. Not only is Li Guang unwilling to flatter his boss, but he also doesn't know what to say and follow suit, and he is even a little uninhibited and conceited.Since you don’t like the emperor, it’s only natural that the emperor doesn’t like you. No matter how brave the general is, he is weak in front of the emperor, unless you dare to pull the emperor down like Macbeth.

Li Guang's tragedy tells us: In a feudal society without democracy at all, if you want to have a prosperous official career, a smooth career, a general and a minister, and a title and title, you must have an eye looking upwards, because in feudal officialdom, you must have an eye looking upwards. Looking up is insignificant, looking up is insignificant.