Chapter 81 Section 2 Baidi

The Bashu Basin, known as the Land of Abundance, is a place "historically famous for its separatist sentiment" to borrow a sentence from "Cambridge History of China". From the perspective of terrain, the Bashu Basin is backed by the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the west, the Qinling Mountains in the north, the Yangtze River in the east, and the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau in the south. In the era of cold weapons, such a steep terrain is almost impossible to be captured.It is conceivable that once a certain powerful warlord takes control of the Bashu Basin, it is difficult not to think that such a good place is naturally rich and dangerous.

In the Renzong Dynasty of the Northern Song Dynasty, a son in the middle of Shu presented a poem to the magistrate of Chengdu. The poem said: "Burning the Broken Sword Gate and burning the Zhan Pavilion, Chengdu will be a different universe."Immediately put Juzi in prison and report the matter to the court.After Song Renzong learned about it, he said with a smile: "This old scholar is just crazy about wanting to be an official. There is no need to make things difficult for him. I will give him a job as a secretary and join the army, and send him to a remote place." In less than a year, he died of shame.

In times of peace and prosperity, some people still fantasize about the dream of separatism, but in troubled times, they can't really practice it!Throughout history, in every troubled time, there will almost always be large or small, long-lived or short-lived separatist regimes in the land of Bashu, and the pioneer is Gongsunshu. After Gongsun Shu drove Li Bao and Zhang Zhong away, the meritorious Cao Li Xiong took the opportunity to speak and urged: "Shang Tang and Zhou Wu were only a hundred miles away. The generals separated thousands of miles, and the territory was ten times that of the two. Now the world is in turmoil. , it can be described as a god-sent opportunity, enough to become a king. It should be renamed to suppress the common people."

Gongsun Shu was overjoyed and said, "That's exactly what I mean." So he declared himself king of Shu and established his capital in Chengdu. As the situation in the Central Plains became more and more chaotic and the flames of war further spread, countless refugees began to flee to Bashu for refuge.However, under the management of Gongsun Shu, Bashu became more and more prosperous, and its military strength was strong.The rulers and elders of the minority nationalities in the southwest also sent envoys to pay tribute to Gongsunshu and proclaim their ministers. Looking up and down the state, there is a mess everywhere, and the scenery here is unique, so Li Xiong persuaded Gongsunshu, why don't we call ourselves emperor.

When Gongsun Shu heard this, he was shocked.He has the guts to be king, but to be emperor?You must know that since King Qin Hui destroyed the ancient Shu Kingdom in 316 BC, Bashu belonged to the Central Plains and never became independent again.If Gongsun Shu proclaims himself emperor, he will be the first emperor in the history of Bashu, and to be the first to eat crabs, he is inevitably a little scared in his heart. Li Xiong saw that Gongsun Shu felt guilty, and persuaded him again: "The land of Shu is fertile and wild for thousands of miles, the soil is rich, and the fruits are born, and there is no grain to fill. The industry of women workers covers the world. The bamboo stems of famous materials and the structure of the utensils are invincible. It has the advantages of fish, salt, copper, and silver, and the convenience of floating water to transfer water. According to Hanzhong in the north, the danger of Du Bao and Xie; Ten thousand. If you see benefits, you will send troops to conquer the land. If you have no benefits, you will stick to it and work hard. Go to the Han River in the east to see the land of Qin, and follow the river flow in the south to shake Jing and Yang. The so-called use of heaven and earth is the capital of success. Today's kings The sound is heard all over the world, but the name has not yet been determined, and the people with lofty ideals are suspicious, it is appropriate to be a great position, so that people from afar can rely on them."

Liu Yong only used the eight characters "three autumn osmanthus, ten miles of lotus", and he already aroused the intention of the gold master Wan Yanliang to annex the south of the Yangtze River.Li Xiong's long speech also aroused Gongsun Shu's desire to become the emperor, but he wanted to be more modest and sighed: "Emperors have destiny, how can I dare to be emperor?" Li Xiong replied: "The destiny is impermanent, and the common people are capable. Those who are capable will deserve it. Why should the king doubt it!" Throughout the day, Gongsun Shu was full of thoughts about proclaiming himself emperor, and at night, Gongsun Shu had a strange dream, in which someone told him a nonsensical sentence: "Eight 厶子, twelve periods. "

Gongsun Shu woke up from the dream, kicked his wife awake, told her about the dream, and asked, "What is the explanation for this dream?" The wife got up disheveled, bowed her head to Gongsun Shuna, and shouted: "Hexi King." Gongsun said: "Where does joy come from?" Gongsun Shuzhi's wife is a person who can read and decipher characters, and immediately replied: "Basi, the public character; Zixi, the sun (sun) character. This refers to you. The twelve period means that you have Twelve years of the emperor's life." Gongsun Shu was first happy and then worried, and sighed: "Although the emperor is expensive, he can only be in office for twelve years, so what?"

The wife laughed and scolded: "My son said, if you hear the Tao in the morning, you can die in the evening. What's more, there are still twelve years?" Gongsun Shu was overjoyed when he heard the words.In April of the first year of Jianwu (the twenty-fifth year of AD), two months before Liu Xiu proclaimed himself emperor, Gongsun Shu established himself as the son of heaven, his country name was Cheng, and his color was still white. Jianyuan was called the first year of Longxing, after Li Xiong was the Great Situ, and his younger brother Gongsun Guang was the Great Sima, Gongsun Hui was the Great Sikong, Yizhou was changed to Sili Xiaowei, and Shu County was Chengdu Yin.