Chapter 22 The age of youth who welcomes everywhere

Liu Kun, courtesy name Yueshi, was born in Weichang, Zhongshan (now Wuji County, Hebei). (Liu Sheng is the debauched prince of the Western Han Dynasty who placed the golden jade clothes in the mausoleum in Mancheng, Hebei. He has more than one hundred sons, and Liu Bei of the Three Kingdoms is also known as his descendant.) When Liu Kun was a teenager, he lived a life of drunkenness, extravagance and unrestraint. Liu Kun's grandfather, Liu Na, joined the army for the prime minister, and his father, Liu Fan, served as Doctor Guanglu.With such a father and grandfather, one can imagine that the surrounding environment of the noble son of Liu Kun must be full of music and music, and the house is full of gold and jade.At the age of twenty-six, Liu Kun had obtained the leisurely official position of "Sili Engagement", and he had been a frequent visitor to the Jinguyuan Villa of the wealthy man Shi Chong (the eternally famous rich man who fought with the emperor's uncle Wang Kai) on weekdays.This high-ranking student drank wine and wrote poems, listened to the piano and watched dances, indulged in mountains and rivers, and enjoyed himself day and night.When Empress Jia Nanfeng was in full swing, her nephew Jia Mi was in charge of the secretary. He was also a noble son who loved literature and ink and specialized in reading and traveling.A group of literati and high-ranking guests at that time were all like him, including Liu Kun, Shi Chong, Zuo Si, Pan Yue, Lu Ji, Lu Yun, Ouyang Jian and others. There are people of all kinds of character. Poets and politicians, big and small, are among them. Although they have a taste of following others to a large extent, there is no shortage of excellent poems among these people.On the days of wandering, Liu Kun’s "Hu Ji Poems" can best reflect his frivolity, debauchery and sensuality at that time: "Hongliang shines on the dawn, and the water is full of fragrant lotus. How about fifteen young people, smiling and drinking. Flowers promise themselves face to face, and people share their shadows and sympathy. Looking back is worth a million, and the price is as old as a year."

King Sima Lun of Zhao killed Queen Jia Nanfeng. Although he knew that Liu Kun had a good relationship with Queen Jia's party, Sima Lun's son, Sima Lu, was Liu Kun's brother-in-law. , not only did not kill and punish them, but also wooed them, using Liu Kun as the supervisor (the director of the confidential secretary).Sima Ying, King of Chengdu, Sima Jiong, King of Qi and other three clan kings sent troops to attack Sima Lun. Liu Kun was also appointed by Sima Lun as the champion general, and Sun Hui, the son of Sun Xiu, led 30,000 imperial guards to fight. In the battle of Huangqiao, Liu Kun was defeated and burned Heqiao to escape in a hurry to save his life.

Qi Wang Sima Jiong and others imprisoned and killed Zhao Wang Sima Lun. They really wanted to arrest and kill Liu Kun, who had resisted the army of the three kings, but "because his father and brother both have the hope of the world, so I forgive you. (Liu) Yu is Zhongshu Lang, (Liu) Kun is Shangshu Zuo Cheng, and transferred to Situ Zuo Changshi".Thanks to the social ethos of respecting fame in the Western Jin Dynasty, not only was Liu Kun not killed in the end, but he was able to get promoted and make a fortune in troubled times.The reason, besides the factors of his aristocratic reputation, Liu Kun’s banquets and friends with the royal family in the Golden Valley Garden in his early years and his literary talent must have also helped him a lot. Prince Sima left a deep impression.

Not long after King Sima Jiong of Qi came to power, he was killed by Sima Ai, king of Changsha.During the chaos, Liu Kun and his elder brother Liu Yu ran to Sima Yu, the king of Fanyang who was guarding Xuchang, and were entrusted with the post of Sima (senior staff officer) in the army. Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, was in power, and Liu Kun shared weal and woe with Sima Yue of Sima Yue's lineage, so that King Fanyang could successfully own the land of Jizhou.He also led troops to successfully rescue his parents who had fallen into the hands of the enemy, and commanded several troops to welcome the Dasha Emperor Jin Huidi to Chang'an.When Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, saw Liu Kun working hard for himself, he was happy and named him Marquis of Guangwu, with two thousand households in the city.

In the first year of Yongjia (307) of Emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty (307), Sima Yue, king of the East China Sea, appointed Liu Kun as governor of Bingzhou. . Liu Kun was able to be entrusted with such a great task by Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, thanks to the great help of his brother Liu Yu. Liu Yu, whose name is Qingsun, shared the same name as his younger brother Liu Kun when he was young.There is a saying in Kyoto: "Luozhong Yiyi, Qingsun, and Yueshi." The two brothers behaved exaggeratedly in their youth, and they always regarded themselves as the children of noble families, and bullied Sun Xiu, who was born in a poor family, several times.After the villain who killed Pan Yue's great talent gained power, he really wanted to kill the Liu brothers as well.But the Liu brothers were related by marriage to King Sima Lun of Zhao, and their teeth were itchy with hatred, so they couldn't kill them.After experiencing the two "dynasties" of Zhao Wang Sima Lun and Qi Wang Sima Jiong, the two brothers were able to save their lives because of their "nobility and fame".Sima Yu, king of Fanyang, deeply remembered that brothers Liu Yu and Liu Kun had been following him when he was defeated and fled for his life. After he gained a firm foothold in Yecheng, he tried his best to recommend the Liu brothers to Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea.Liu Yu was named general Zhenglu and prefect of Weijun.

After Fanyang King Sima Yu died of illness, Liu Yu made a decisive decision and ordered the death of Chengdu King Sima Ying, who was imprisoned in Yecheng, to relieve the East China Sea King Sima Yue.Hearing Liu Yu's name for a long time, Sima wanted to call Liu Yu to the capital to work by his side.Someone was very jealous of Liu Yu's talent, so he spoke ill of Sima Yue: "Liu Yu is like a piece of dirty meat, anyone who gets close to him will be polluted." Sima Yue had never dealt with Liu Yu directly before, so he was very wary after hearing what his cronies said.Therefore, after the king of the East China Sea summoned Liu Yu to the capital, he had always been suspicious of him and did not use him more seriously.

After Liu Yu entered Beijing, he "closely watched the world's military records and warehouses, cattle and horses, equipment, and the shapes of water and land, and he knew them all silently."At that time, there were frequent wars, internal and external troubles, and many military affairs.Every time Sima Yue held a meeting to convene all his ministers and officials to discuss countermeasures, the scribes and generals under him were obedient and didn't know what to do.Only Liu Yu talked eloquently, in an orderly manner, with data and details, and with details of mountains and rivers, waterways, tactics, and strategies. "The more (Sima) leans on his knees, the more he thinks Zuo Changshi".Liu Yu is not just the kind of good-looking master who can only play tricks, "The banquet is full of guests, the copywriting is full of opportunities, there are thousands of secretaries from far and near, and they are tireless all day long, or night after night. Everyone is happy. Don't be displeased. Orders are negotiated like a stream, and the rewards are right and ready, and people are convinced of their abilities."While drinking and singing, this master also handled military and state affairs submissively.It seems that Liu Yu not only has EQ, but his IQ is also beyond ordinary people.

It is precisely because Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, regarded Liu Yu as his closest relative and confidant, that he attached great importance to his younger brother Liu Kun. "(Liu) Yu said that (Sima) Yue sent (Liu) Kun to Bingzhou, which was the most important thing in the north of (Sima) Yue."It is also for the king of the East China Sea to consolidate a base in the northwest. Liu Yu is so talented, and he can't escape the word "fate".However, this dear friend died at a very timely time, when Luoyang was besieged by the Hu people from all walks of life, he died of septicemia due to a finger infection, at the age of forty-seven.After his death, he was extremely mourned and honored, and he presented it as a gift to General Hussar, and his posthumous posthumous title was Zhen.

Good wind relies on strength.With the recommendation of his own brother, Liu Kun will finally have a chance to fulfill his ambition. Bingzhou Road where horse thieves are rampant Liu Kun had fought a big defeat under Sima Lun, king of Zhao, and gained a lot of experience in leading troops in battle.On the way to his post, although "the road is dangerous and steep, Hu Kou blocked the way", he still dared to "strike the crowd with less and take risks."In the form to the imperial court, Liu Kun described the tragic scene of the rampant Hu bandits and the death of the people in Bingzhou.

"...I have been involved in the state and frontiers, and I have witnessed poverty, wandering and scattered, ten out of ten, supporting the old and the young, and never stop on the road. And those who are there, sell their wives and children, donate their lives, die in danger, and their bones lie in the wild .The sound of wailing, sentimental and kind. There are tens of thousands of Husbands, wandering around the four mountains, being plundered with their hands and feet, and seeing the bandits...." On the way of hardship and hatred, Liu Kun wrote "Song of Fufeng" again to express his feelings, with a gloomy mood and generous meaning of the words:

"Momen is wide in the morning, and Danshui Mountain in the evening....According to Anchang sighed, tears flowed down like a flowing spring...Strong sorrow winds up, and the water flows in Lingling. I wave my hands and thank each other, I can't speak because of choking...It's been a long time since I went home. Far away, knowing survival and perishing. Generous and impoverished in the forest, embracing the knees alone to destroy the Tibetans... The resources and supplies are exhausted, and the fern is safe and edible... The way of a gentleman is weak, so the master is poor. But in the past, Li Qianqi was sent to the Xiongnu The court; Faithful and faithful were convicted, Han Wu did not see it. I want to complete this song, this song is sad and long; throw it away and don't repeat it, repeating it will make your heart hurt." After going through untold hardships, Liu Kun led more than a thousand people recruited along the way, fought and attacked along the way, and finally arrived at Jinyang City (now Taiyuan, Shanxi).At that time, Jinyang was ravaged by five Hun armies, all government buildings were burned, and zombies were everywhere.The people who survived by luck were all starved into living skeletons, their faces turned pale. The whole city was not only covered with thorns, but also wolves full of human flesh ran around.After Liu Kun arrived, he almost rebuilt Jinyang City by "cutting off thorns, burying dead bodies, choosing government offices, and building city prisons".In the meantime, Hu Kou and Wubao robbers attacked one after another. Liu Kun led his subordinate soldiers to "constantly use the city gate as a battlefield" to drive out the bandits after many adventures, and finally settled down in Jinyang. Liu Kun, a native of Jin, has a natural "Wei and Jin demeanor".There were many cold and windy nights, outside Jinyang City, horses surrounded the city in droves.The guards and the people were in distress. Liu Kun dressed in white and climbed the building on the moon. (Whistle is a common behavior of celebrities in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Lu Xun and others thought it was whistling. The author thinks that "shouting" is more likely to be a mournful sound made in a low voice, similar to the chant in bass singing.) In the middle of the night, Liu Kun played the Hujia again, and his voice moved passers-by, "The thief is crying and sighing again, as if he is pregnant with the earth. He played it again to Xiao Xiao, and the thief abandoned the encirclement and left."In such an era of bloody, killing, and chaos, music still has such a huge magic power, "Hu Jia's Retreat" has become an eternal swan song in the history of Chinese aesthetics.Until the Tang Dynasty, there were still five tunes created by Liu Kun, "Denglong", "Wang Qin", "Bamboo Singing the Wind", "Sad Truffle" and "Sorrowful Moon", collectively called "Hujia Five Lanes". There is a melancholy and long song of Hu Jia, which is sad and sad, which makes people feel nostalgic and nostalgic.Of course, Liu Kun was alone on the city tower, and it was definitely not a regular chorus performance, just a Hu Jia in his hand, with the bright moon on his head, whimpering.The crowd outside the wall, standing on horses and bowing their heads, their eyes blurred with tears, no one could bear to draw a white feather and strum the strings to take an arrow in the chest of this great writer and musician. The charm of art has reached its peak so far. At that time, Liu Yuan of the Huns had already become the King of Han, and his lair was only more than 300 miles away from Jinyang.Liu Kun, an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, tried to alienate the "miscellaneous captives" from the other tribes of the Xiongnu around him, and "more than ten thousand surrendered".As a result, Liu Yuan was terrified instead, moved out of Lishi, and lived in the fortified city of Puzi, fearing that Liu Kun would attack. It's funny to say that when Liu Yuan became king, he "sacrificed the three patriarchs and five gods below the Han Gaozu" and respected Liu Chan, the lord of the Shu Han, as Emperor Xiaohuai.Liu Chan's father, Liu Bei, has always been known as the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan, so Liu Chan must also be the queen of King Jing of Zhongshan.And this loyal minister of the Jin Dynasty, Liu Kun, happened to be a blood relative of the Han Dynasty after King Jing of Zhongshan who was 100% unadulterated.If you talk about etiquette, Liu Yuan and Liu Kun can really talk about the ranking of the lineage, maybe they can talk about who is the uncle of whom (the reason why Liu Yuan's surname is "Liu" is actually because "a long time ago" Liu Bang He once married Princess Shuzong of the Han Dynasty to the Xiongnu, but he pretended to be Liu's surname).