The capital of the Western Han Dynasty was Chang'an, which lasted for 211 years. It flourished with the great ancestor Liu Bang, but ended with Wang Mang. There are many controversies over the evaluation of Wang Mang in history. Some people say that he was the Duke of Zhou during his lifetime, while others said that he was a rebellious minister.
Thief. Of course, to the people of the Han Dynasty, Wang Mang naturally did not have a good reputation. Some of the reforms made during Wang Mang's reign were basically abolished after Wang Mang's defeat, but there is a habit.
It has been retained, and that is the difference between two-character names and single-character names.
Wang Mang had a quirk during his tenure, that is, he attached great importance to names. As soon as he took control of the power in the court, he immediately issued an order to change the names of officials at all levels in the court. This can be seen from this. And Wang Mang
He was even more concerned about names. Among Wang Mang's descendants, there was an eldest grandson who was originally named Wang Huizong. However, Wang Mang didn't like Wang Huizong's name, so he directly ordered him to change his name to Wang Zong.
If Wang Mang's new dynasty can continue, this Wang Zong will be Wang Mang's successor and will definitely become the emperor of the new dynasty in the future. However, Wang Zong is not willing to just wait and conspire with his uncle.
He wanted to seize Wang Mang's throne, but the matter was exposed before he started taking action. Wang Zong committed suicide in fear of the crime. Being betrayed by his eldest grandson, Wang Mang was naturally furious and issued another edict to kill Wang Zong.
The name was changed back to the original Wang Huizong. From this, it can be seen that Wang Mang did not like double-character names. Later, he even issued a decree called "Que Erzi", which stipulated that people at that time were only allowed to use single-character names.
Only after committing a crime will the use of two-character names be restored.
As the saying goes, Wang Mang's preference gradually spread, and even gradually affected the people. After that, Wang Mang was defeated and died, and the "Go Two Words" decree he issued has naturally become invalid, but the people have become accustomed to it.
People with one-character names were even regarded as dishonorable, poor and humble people. This trend remained until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
As the core counselor around Luo Yang, Xi Zhicai is such a prominent representative. Xi Zhicai was born in poverty, and his ancestors had been sentenced to prison, so he was given such a two-character name. From childhood to adulthood, Xi Zhicai was given a two-character name.
, Xi Zhicai was often discriminated against because of his name. Even Xun Yu, who was a classmate of Xi Zhicai, was secretly extremely contemptuous of Xi Zhicai. Until he met Luo Yang later, Xi Zhicai
Only then can he truly succeed. Of course, this is mainly because Xi Zhicai himself is indeed talented and worthy of Luo Yang's reuse.
In Luo Yang's tent, in addition to Xi Zhicai, there was another person with a two-character name, and that was Pei Yuanshao, the former Yellow Turban general who defected to Luo Yang with Zhou Cang in the early days of Luo Yang's rebellion!
Pei Yuanshao was born into a poor family and had committed theft in his early years. Although Wang Mang's "eliminate two-character" law had long been abolished, the officials who tried Pei Yuanshao's case at the time ordered Pei Yuanshao to change his name to a two-character name. Later, Pei Yuanshao joined the Yellow Turban Army because he had some boxing skills.
, and was slowly promoted to a general in the Yellow Turban Army. Most of the Yellow Turban Army were poor and humble people, and no one cared about Pei Yuanshao's two-character name. Over time, Pei Yuanshao became accustomed to this name.
Although he defected to Luoyang like Xi Zhicai, Pei Yuanshao was not as talented as Xi Zhicai. As a military general, Pei Yuanshao's martial arts could still be considered mid-range in Luoyang's early days.
level, but later on, Pei Yuanshao's little ability really didn't count. Although Luo Yang did not neglect Pei Yuanshao because of this, Pei Yuanshao also knew himself and knew that he could no longer help Luo Yang, so he simply
He asked himself to be stationed in Jingzhou with Liu Pi and Gong Du. In any case, staying in Chang'an is not as interesting as staying in Jingzhou. At least Liu Pi and Gong Du, like Pei Yuanshao, were both from the Yellow Turban Army.
Despite this, Pei Yuanshao's loyalty to Luo Yang has not changed at all. In Pei Yuanshao's heart, it was Luo Yang who made him rise from a thief and a criminal to the current glory and wealth. Pei Yuanshao is willing to kill Luo Yang in order to repay Luo Yang.
For his kindness, this time Luo Yang ordered the soldiers and horses stationed in Jingzhou to perform the mission. Pei Yuanshao was very excited because he finally had the opportunity to serve Luo Yang again. It can be said that for this ambush operation, even Liu Pi
Even Gong Du is not as energetic as Pei Yuanshao!
According to the previously assigned tasks, Pei Yuanshao was responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses to push the huge rocks to cut off the rebel army's retreat. After doing these things, Pei Yuanshao rushed over impatiently, wanting to kill more enemies. He just waited for Pei Yuanshao to arrive.
When they arrived, the Emperor Liu Xie and the hundreds of nominal soldiers had already hid in the bunker, but Pei Yuanshao didn't even kill anyone.
Just when Pei Yuanshao reported to Liu Pi and Gong Du with a face full of disappointment, he happened to hear the officer of the rebel army coming out to shout for surrender. Pei Yuanshao did not hear anything wrong, but Liu Pi sighed, shook his head and said
: "What a pity! We didn't just kill him!" Gong Du, who was beside Liu Pi, also looked unwilling.
"Uh!" Although Pei Yuanshao has a calm temperament, he is not very wise. He did not understand Liu Pi's words. He and Liu Pi and Gong Du have been friends for many years, so he asked directly: "Old Liu,
What do you mean by this? What’s the pity?”
Liu Pi glanced at Pei Yuanshao, sighed again, and then explained: "The mission given to us by the lord this time is to intercept the emperor! According to the order of the lord, the emperor was snatched back, but later Master Cheng
He secretly sent me a secret letter. Mr. Cheng’s intention is that if we have a chance, we will secretly kill the emperor! If the emperor lives for one day, he is a threat to the lord! As long as the emperor is gone, we will be able to kill the emperor secretly.
The lord's current prestige can completely replace the Han Dynasty! We launched a fierce attack at the beginning, hoping to take advantage of the chaos to kill the emperor as well! But we didn't expect that the emperor's luck was so good, and the dense rain of arrows just now was all over.
We didn't kill him! Now in full view of the public, the emperor has asked people to surrender again, so we can't do anything to him and can only send him back to Chang'an."
After hearing Liu Pi's explanation, Pei Yuanshao finally understood. He naturally also understood why Liu Pi could not take action against the emperor now. No matter how much the prestige of the Han Dynasty declined, the world still belonged to the Han Dynasty, and Liu Xie was still the big man.
The emperor, if Luo Yang killed the emperor in public, it would be a huge blow to Luo Yang's prestige. If Liu Pi still ordered the emperor to be shot at this time, not only would he not be able to help Luo Yang, but it would cause Luo Yang a lot of trouble.
Therefore, although Liu Pi was unwilling to do so, he could only agree to Liu Xie's surrender.
After listening to Liu Pi's words, Pei Yuanshao's heart was full of unwillingness. The Master Cheng in Liu Pi's mouth was none other than Cheng Yu, one of the core counselors under Luo Yang's account. Cheng Yu once assisted Huang Zhong in governing Jingzhou in Jingzhou. Regarding Cheng Yu,
Pei Yuanshao also knew it very well. Cheng Yu had the same attitude towards the Han Dynasty as Liu Pi, Gong Du and Pei Yuanshao and other Yellow Turban generals, and he did not have much loyalty. When he thought that as long as the emperor died, the lord would be able to ascend to the position of the Nine-Five Great Treasures
, Pei Yuanshao felt like a cat was scratching him in his heart. But what Liu Pi said was right, but he must not kill Liu Xie at this time, otherwise it would only cause trouble for Luo Yang.
Thinking of this, no matter how unwilling he was, Pei Yuanshao could only act on his impulse and follow Liu Pi's instructions to send people down to prepare to accept the surrender of the rebels.
Originally, Pei Yuanshao was about to turn around and leave, out of sight, out of sight, but unexpectedly, just when Pei Yuanshao was about to leave, laughter suddenly came from the canyon below. Pei Yuanshao was stunned and turned to look down the mountain.
, the source of this laughter turned out to be Liu Xie that day! Listening to Liu Xie's laughter, Pei Yuanshao could completely hear the pride contained in it. This made Pei Yuanshao angry! Back then, Pei Yuanshao joined the Yellow Turban Army,
The purpose was to overthrow the Han Dynasty. Pei Yuanshao didn't have a good impression of the Han Dynasty royal family. Due to various reasons, Pei Yuanshao suddenly became angry for no reason. He suddenly grabbed the side with force, but he snatched the bow and arrow from the hand of a soldier beside him.
Come over here!
No one expected that Pei Yuanshao would suddenly take action, so when Pei Yuanshao shot the arrow, no one stepped forward to stop him. Although Pei Yuanshao was not a master, he was not bad at archery. One arrow hit Liu Xie's chest.
Just like that, Liu Xie was shot to death!
Seeing Liu Xie lying dead on the ground in the pass, everyone was stunned. Liu Xie was dead! And he died in the hands of the generals of the Western Qin Dynasty! Now he was in big trouble! After finally regaining consciousness, Liu Pi immediately
Just shouted at Pei Yuanshao: "Old Pei! You are crazy!"
Pei Yuanshao also recovered at this moment. Seeing the shocked and angry expressions of Liu Pi and Gong Du, Pei Yuanshao smiled bitterly and threw the long bow aside, but stretched out his hands towards Liu Pi and Gong Du.
, said: "Old Liu! Old Gong! This shooting of the emperor was done by me, Pei Yuanshao. If I dare to do it, arrest me and hold me accountable!"
Both Liu Pi and Gong had livid faces. How could they not understand what Pei Yuanshao meant? Pei Yuanshao clearly wanted to bear all the sins alone. This not only removed Luo Yang from the big obstacle of the emperor, but also avoided letting Luo Yang suffer.
Luo Yang's reputation has been damaged, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. This is not impossible, but as the scapegoat, Pei Yuanshao will definitely die! Of course, Pei Yuanshao will not understand the serious relationship between this, but now he is a
The face is relaxed and calm.
Seeing Pei Yuanshao's appearance, Liu Pi and Gong Du couldn't help but sigh. Gong Du shook his head, gritted his teeth, waved his hands to the left and right, and shouted: "Come here! Tie Pei Yuanshao!"