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this article was written with reference to historical materials and combined with personal opinions, and the relevant literature sources have been marked at the end of the article.

(played by yang long, who is submissive)

in 918 ad, the southern wu general zhu jin carried out a purge of the court and killed xu zhixun, the son of xu wen, a powerful official in southern wu.

the capital of southern wu was in yangzhou. however, xu wen was not in yangzhou at the time. he was leading troops in the local area. he only left his son xu zhixun in yangzhou. during this period, zhu jin killed xu zhixun.

after killing xu zhixun, zhu jin immediately found yang longyan and said, "brother, the treacherous ministers have been eliminated and xu wen is not in the court yet. you are the lord of southern wu. you can command the world and kill the xu family. you can directly revive the world and reorganize the court."

this scene is like the three kingdoms period, when there was a minister in cao wei who was particularly loyal to the cao wei royal family. he killed sima zhao, then ran to the palace with sima zhao's head, and found cao mao, the then emperor of cao wei, and told cao mao that the treacherous minister was dead and now his majesty should take action immediately to eliminate the sima family in one fell swoop and regain power.

if such a plot really happened, cao mao would wake up laughing in his dreams.

but yang long, the guy played by yang long, was really screwed. zhu jin gave him such a golden opportunity, but he just kept waving his hands and said, "general, this was all your fault. it has nothing to do with me."

to put it bluntly, yang longyan didn't dare to resist at all. he didn't dare to do anything. even if the opportunities were broken into pieces and fed into his mouth, he couldn't swallow them.

yang long's performance had forced zhu jin into a corner. zhu jin's face turned red with anger, and he howled to the sky:

maid, maid, you will never amount to anything!

a maid is a woman and also means being enslaved.

(my plan is not as good as zhu jin's)

zhu jin was lamenting that, as the king of southern wu, yang longyan lacked the spirit of a king, let alone the courage of a man.

yang longyan couldn't point it out, so zhu jin turned around and left, but in just a few minutes, yang longyan and zhu jin had missed the best time to start the uprising. at this time, the palace gate was surrounded by a large number of troops led by a man named zhai qian.

zhai qian was xu wen's confidant. when he heard that zhu jin had killed xu zhixun and then went straight to the palace to find yang longyan, he knew that something was wrong. he thought that zhu jin must be trying to instigate yang longyan to overthrow xu wen's power. therefore, he immediately dispatched troops to surround the palace.

zhu jin walked out of the hall and saw that the outside of the palace was full of soldiers brought by zhai qian. he knew that the main gate was blocked, so he simply jumped over the wall and jumped down from the high wall of the palace. everything would have gone smoothly and he could have slipped away quietly, but unfortunately, zhu jin was not young at the time, he was 52 years old, and he sprained his foot when he jumped down from the top of the wall, making it difficult for him to move, so he was unable to leave the scene quickly.

as soon as he landed, zhu jin's leg was injured. his injury was not serious, the main problem was that he failed to escape immediately, which attracted zhai qian to lead troops to capture him.

in fact, zhu jin was a famous general. he had already established his own regime in shandong when he was 20 years old. later, he helped zhu wen eliminate qin zongquan. it can be said that a hero emerges from a young age.

later, he and zhu wen became enemies and fought a ten-year-long battle with zhu wen in the central plains. although he did not defeat zhu wen, he at least successfully tied up most of zhu wen's energy, making it impossible for zhu wen to concentrate his forces to deal with li keyong.

finally, he surrendered to yang xingmi of huainan. the greatest help he provided to yang xingmi was that he improved the situation that the southern wu army was only good at water battles but not land battles. he also trained a brave cavalry for yang xingmi. after that, he led troops northward for many years and became a great threat to zhu wen.

zhu jin was a famous general in huainan, and a representative general of southern wu. many of the soldiers who surrounded him were trained by him. if he wanted to leave, who could stop him? wouldn't it be easy and pleasant to kill three or five people with a sword and escape?

(suicide)

as dusk fell, the cold light of swords flashed in the hands of the soldiers. zhu jin was gradually surrounded by the palace soldiers. zhai qian thought that zhu jin would fight to the death, but he didn't expect that zhu jin would just laugh wildly and then shouted loudly:

i have eliminated the scourge of xu zhixun for the people of the world, and now i am willing to sacrifice my own life.

after he finished speaking, zhu jin drew his sword and committed suicide.

during the eastern jin dynasty, there was a minister in the court named huan wen. he was a powerful official in the eastern jin dynasty and led troops to conquer the north and destroyed the cheng han regime in sichuan.

the cheng han regime was a separatist regime whose capital was chengdu, which was also the capital of the shu kingdom during the three kingdoms period.

after huan wen entered chengdu, he accidentally discovered a document from the three kingdoms period, which was a letter. this letter was written by jiang wei, a general of the three kingdoms period, to liu chan, the last ruler of shu. in the letter, jiang wei said the following to liu chan:

your majesty has endured humiliation for several days. i hope that the country will be restored to safety and the sun and moon will be bright again.

but just over twenty words carry so much.

zhu jin's life is a little bit similar to jiang wei's.

jiang wei was a general of wei at that time, but later surrendered to shu. zhu jin was also good friends with zhu wen and others at that time, but later defected to yang xingmi.

after liu chan surrendered to cao wei, he ordered jiang wei, who was in charge of the military at the time, to surrender to the wei army. jiang wei did surrender, but it was a false surrender. the wei general he surrendered to was named zhong hui.

(bust of jiang wei)

at that time, cao wei had actually been controlled by the sima family. zhong hui was dissatisfied with the sima family's monopoly of power, so he wanted to occupy the old land of shu and establish his own regime. jiang wei wanted to use zhong hui to restore the han dynasty, but unfortunately the plan failed.

just think about it, the monarch he served had surrendered, but he was still trying to save the fate of the country, even at the risk of his life. jiang wei's life is really sad.

zhu jin, after careful planning and much effort, even going through great pains, finally killed xu zhixun and got the opportunity for the monarch he served, yang longyan. however, yang longyan only said, "this matter has nothing to do with me."

"old book of tang, volume 182": at that time, xuan had an army of 30,000, and his younger brother jin was the bravest among the three armies and had the ambition to fight for the world.

when he was just starting out, zhu jin was so brave that he was the best among the three armies. he had the ambition to fight for the world. but now that he was surrounded by zhai qian and a few soldiers, he had lost the courage to resist and chose to commit suicide.

it was not because zhu jin was too old and could not fight anymore, nor was it because he was afraid, but because he finally realized at this moment that the yang family of southern wu was beyond salvation and there was absolutely no hope.

my plan failed, it was fate! i die today just to repay yang xingmi for his kindness.

after zhu jin died, everything returned to normal. although xu wen was unable to rush back immediately, his other son, xu zhigao, reacted quickly and immediately led his troops into yangzhou to maintain order and wiped out zhu jin's entire family.

this xu zhigao was not xu wen's biological son, but an adopted son. he was the orphan that yang xingmi gave to xu wen to raise because he was unable to raise him himself.

(hesitant xu wen)

xu zhigao is a very different person from his brother xu zhixun. of course, they are different for sure, because they are brothers in name only, but actually have no blood relationship.

however, although he had no blood relationship with the xu family, xu zhigao had been very filial to xu wen since he entered the xu family, and always treated xu wen as his biological father. once, xu wen encountered troubles and lost his temper with xu zhigao. he picked up a stick and beat xu zhigao, and even drove xu zhigao out of the house.

xu wen drove xu zhigao out of the house early in the morning, and then went to work. when he came back from get off work in the evening, he found xu zhigao kneeling at the door, bowing to him respectfully, waiting for him to come home.

xu wen was shocked at the time, because even his own son xu zhixun could not do this, so he asked, "kid, didn't i tell you to leave? why are you kneeling here?"

xu zhigao’s answer was: i am your son, it is normal for you to lose your temper with me. how can i abandon my parents because of this?

as soon as these words were spoken, xu wen's heart was probably melted. from then on, he no longer felt alienated from this son and treated him as his own.

moreover, xu zhigao was an extremely outstanding child. when he grew up, he was tall and strong, with a handsome appearance. he liked reading, had a high level of education, was good at riding and shooting, and was also good at marching and fighting. when xu zhigao grew up, yang xingmi was still alive. even yang xingmi praised xu zhigao when he met him, saying that xu wen had many sons, but the most outstanding and excellent one was xu zhigao.

now that xu zhigao had entered yangzhou and became the person in charge to succeed xu zhixun, he immediately began a series of political activities to appease the people, treat the people well, reduce penalties, and show kindness to the world. moreover, after he had the opportunity to take charge of yangzhou politics, he also paid great attention to recruiting famous people to serve him.

(yan keqiu came up with a vicious plan)

during the period when xu zhigao gradually entered the political environment, two things happened in southern wu. the first thing was that xu wen persuaded yang longyan to become the king of wu, but to put it bluntly, the etiquette and systems used at that time were the same as those of the emperor.

the second thing was that xu wen felt that yangzhou was too heavily influenced by the yang family. it was the place where the yang family of southern wu established their careers and was not suitable for the development of the xu family. so he moved the capital to jinling, which is today's nanjing.

both of these matters were basically advised by xu wen's adviser yan keqiu. yan keqiu also pointed out one thing at that time, that is, he believed that xu zhigao was not xu wen's biological son, but xu zhigao was a man who respected the wise and humble, knew how to win people's hearts, and would definitely achieve great things in the future.

some readers said that xu wen listened to yan keqiu the most, and yan keqiu praised xu zhigao. isn’t this a good thing?

it was a good thing, but yan keqiu didn't say anything nice. his purpose of praising xu zhigao was to lead to the following words:

xu zhigao is not your biological son and cannot be used by you, so you must get rid of him before he is fully grown.

xu wen had been cruel and ruthless before, and he had killed many people on his way to a high position of power. but this time, after listening to yan keqiu's advice, xu wen did not say anything and did not express his attitude.

to put it bluntly, xu wen didn't want to kill.

what was xu wen's consideration? although he had many sons, his eldest son xu zhixun had died, and most of the remaining sons were young and insignificant and could hardly inherit his career. xu zhigao was undoubtedly the best candidate at this time, so killing him was definitely not an option.

xu zhigao also knew that yan keqiu suggested xu wen to kill him, but to him, this was no longer a big deal.

(road when the snow comes)

the most painful time in this young man's life was when he was still a child and wandered in haozhou and sizhou in anhui.

the cold winter wind was as sharp as a knife, and his thin body was trembling in the cold wind. he huddled under the dilapidated eaves, trying to warm his almost frozen fingers with his body temperature.

snowflakes fell mercilessly on his shoulders, mixing with the tears in the corners of his eyes.

hunger was like an invisible beast, gnawing at his stomach all the time, but he couldn't drink a sip of water or eat a bite of food.

fortunately, they survived the winter and when spring came, everything came back to life. but for xu zhigao, this was just the beginning of another cycle.

it was fine during the day, but at night, it became the most frightening moment for the child. it was pitch black all around, with only the occasional barking of dogs and howling of wild animals in the distance breaking the dead silence. he hugged his frail body tightly, not knowing where he was or where he was going. he could only try to find a trace of warmth and comfort in his memory, but those fragments of home had long been blurred, leaving only endless desolation and loneliness.

the chinese firmly believe that before a person can achieve the greatest, most majestic and most magnificent achievements, he must inevitably experience the longest, most difficult and most bitter suffering in his life. when everything is over, when the past has become a memory, xu zhigao knows that nothing can stop the mad growth of his life.

the sufferings of troubled times gave this man new flesh and blood.

the world is right before your eyes.

references:

new history of the five dynasties: the family of southern tang

"zizhi tongjian·tang ji 76"

"old book of tang, volume 182"

old history of the five dynasties, volume 1

"spring and autumn annals of the ten kingdoms, volume 2"

records of the nine kingdoms, volume 2