Chapter 101 Section 3 Crying City

Let's say that after the Han army survived an internal crisis caused by Liu Yan's death, it began to launch a general offensive aimed at destroying Wang Mang.At the beginning of July, the Han army was divided into two groups, one was led by King Kuang of Dingguo, and went north to attack Luoyang; the other, led by Shen Tujian and Li Song, went west to attack Wuguan. The Han army came out, and the three assistants were shocked.The heroes of Xi County, Deng Ye and Yu Kuang, raised troops to respond. Deng Ye claimed to be the Zuo General of Fu Han, and Yu Kuang claimed to be the General of Fu Han Right. Thousands of them captured Xi County and Danshui successively, and marched on Wuguan.

Zhu Meng, the captain of Wuguan, was Wang Yi's former subordinate. He had broken his will in front of Wang Yi and vowed to live and die with Wuguan.People usually only swear by things they cannot do, and Zhu Meng is no exception.Seeing Deng Ye and others approaching the pass, Zhu Meng swiftly switched the switch and surrendered without thinking.Deng Ye won Wuguan, his morale was greatly boosted, and he swung his army northward, and the whole journey was like breaking a bamboo. After taking Hu County, it was less than two hundred miles away from Chang'an. Wang Mang knew that the Han army would come sooner or later, just like people are going to die, but he never imagined that the Han army would come so fast.He has recently been busy with military books, and he has a little knowledge of military affairs. He knows that the loss of Wuguan means that the southern gate of Chang'an will be opened, and the Han army can enter Guanzhong from here.Losing Hu County means that Chang'an's road to the east has been cut off in the middle, and it is no longer possible to get in touch with Luoyang.

Chang'an is already a lonely city, but the envoy sent to recruit Chimei has disappeared without a word.Seeing that foreign aid is cut off, can they just sit and wait? However, a surreal scene happened. Wang Mang was at a loss what to do, so he summoned a group of ministers to ask questions.The ministers stared wide-eyed, but they had no idea.Only Da Sikong Cui Fa offered advice: "There are records in "Zhou Li" and "Spring and Autumn Zuoshi". If there is a catastrophe in the state, you will cry and get tired of it. Therefore, "Yi" says "wail first and then laugh". It is appropriate to call out to heaven for help."

Da Sikong Cui Fa is said to be a well-learned Confucianist. Shen Tujian, the general of the Han army who led the attack on Wuguan this time, had studied "Poetry" under his school.However, no matter how Cui Fa cites scriptures, a bad idea is a bad idea after all. If crying can also be used as a weapon of mass destruction, babies would be invincible long ago! Wang Mang was ill and went to the doctor in a hurry. After all, a bad idea is also an idea, so he listened to Cui Fazhi's words and led a group of officials to the southern suburbs outside the city to build a platform to worship the heavens. After reading it, facing the wind with both arms, he looked up to the sky and shouted: "The emperor has ordered the minister Mang, why don't you kill all the thieves? Even if the minister Mang is not right, I wish the minister Mang will be punished by thunder!" After speaking, I burst into tears, exhausted , Fu and kowtow.

After Wang Mang finished offering sacrifices to heaven, Cui Fa offered another plan: "When the country is in crisis, your majesty is not enough to cry alone. The whole country should weep and pray for the mercy of God." Wang Mang did everything, and ordered the people in Chang'an to cry together day and night. Anyone who came to cry, Those who are in charge of the meal by the imperial court, who cry sadly and loudly, and who can recite the policy while crying, will be granted the title of Lang Guan. As a result, hundreds of thousands of people in Chang'an cried happily.Chang'an then turned into a city of crying, with constant crying from morning till night.

There is no one who is good at crying in ancient times than Liu Bei in the middle school.Mao Zonggang commented and ridiculed Liu Bei, saying: "An De tears?"It is very likely that Liu Bei is regarded as an acting school.However, Liu Bei quit, he is not an acting school, he is obviously a powerful school! I thought about it but felt relieved.The so-called tears must be found from the sad place.Liu Bei lived a life of ups and downs, and he didn't know many sad things. Just thinking of one of them is enough to shed half a catty of tears.Sprinkle whatever you want, what's the rush?

Besides, the common people in Chang'an, when they were ordered to cry, didn't cry at first, they could only pretend, and gradually found out the rules, desperately thinking about their sad past, and soon burst into tears.Although crying is fake crying, tears are real tears. This kind of crying for public benefit and selfishness is the same for Westerners.Homer's epic narrates the death of the hero Patroclus, and a group of female captives gathered to mourn and mourn the national mourning, saying: