Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 276 Confucianism
Li Shiqi [yì jī], a native of Gaoyang Township, Chenliu County, is located in the southeast of Kaifeng County, Kaifeng City, Henan Province today.

He was addicted to drinking when he was young, and he often wandered around in wine shops, calling himself a Gaoyang alcoholic.

Li Shiqi in history was already over sixty years old when he went to Liu Bang. He can be called "scholars get old when opportunities come".

He offered a strategy to capture Chenliu, so that Peigong's western expeditionary army obtained a lot of food, grass and supplies, and relieved their worries.

In the passive situation where the two armies of Chu and Han were locked in a stalemate, he suggested that the King of Han seize Xingyang, occupy Ao Cang, obtain a solid stronghold and food supplies, and lay the foundation for turning the situation into victory in the future.

One day, while Liu Bang was washing his feet, he suddenly reported that a Confucian scholar in the village asked to see him.Liu Bang has always looked down on Confucianism, and once used the hat of Confucian scholars as a urinal to insult Confucian scholars.Today, I suddenly heard a Confucian scholar asking for an interview, and he was very angry. He said: "I put the world's major affairs first, and I don't have time to interview scholars."

Li Shiqi, who had been waiting outside for a long time, stared wide-eyed, held a sharp sword in his hand, and scolded the gatekeeper: "Go in again and tell Pei Gong, I am a Gaoyang drinker, not a scholar!"

The gatekeeper reported to Liu Bang, and when Liu Bang heard that he was a Gaoyang alcoholic, he didn't even have time to wipe his feet, so he hurriedly got up to greet him and gave him wine to entertain him.

When Li Shiqi saw Pei Gong, he just cupped his hands and said, "Don't you want to punish Qin? Why do you treat the elders with such arrogance? Do you want to help Qin attack the princes, or lead the princes to defeat Qin?"

Liu Bang was overwhelmed by the questioning, and immediately apologized and said: "In the past, I heard people talk about Mr.'s appearance, but I only know the purpose of Mr.'s visit when we meet today. I don't know how to break Qin?"

The Gaoyang drinker said impassionedly: "The mob you led is less than [-], and now you want to attack Qiang Qin. I have accumulated a lot of food. I also know the county magistrate, so let me persuade him to surrender. If you don’t surrender, you can raise your troops to attack, and I will respond internally, and the big event will be successful.” Liu Bang thought it was reasonable, so he adopted Li Shiqi’s suggestion .

Li Shiqi returned to the county seat and stated his interests to the county magistrate, hoping that he would surrender to Liu Bang.The county magistrate was afraid of the harshness of the Qin law, so he did not dare to do it rashly, so he refused.

On the same day, Li Shiqi led the crowd to kill the county magistrate, and threw the head of the county magistrate to the city.

On the one hand, they sent someone to report to Liu Bang.Seeing that the great event had been accomplished, Liu Bang led his troops to attack the county seat and shouted: "Soldiers, surrender quickly, your county magistrate has been beheaded! Otherwise, you will be beheaded too."

Seeing that the county magistrate was dead and had no intention of guarding any more, the defenders of the city opened the city and surrendered.

When Liu Bang entered the city, he got a lot of weapons and food, and more than 1 soldiers surrendered. In this way, Liu Bang provided material conditions for his westward advance.

When the Chu and Han were fighting, Li Shiqi suggested to Liu Bang: "Chu and Han are fighting for a long time, so the people are in turmoil, the sea is turbulent, and the hearts of the people are uneasy. I hope you will quickly advance troops, collect Xingyang, have food, and occupy the dangerous place." place, the world belongs to you.”

He also said that he was willing to persuade the soldiers to general Guang and Qi Wang Tianguang who ruled one side of the separatist regime.

Gao Yang's drunkard's suggestion became Liu Bang's strategic thinking to win the world.

When Li Shiqi arrived in Qidi, he offered his benefits to the king of Qi, and the king of Qi readily agreed.Stop soldiers to defend the city, and drink and talk with Li Shiqi every day.

At this time, because Han Xin took the opportunity to attack Qi, Tian Guang misunderstood that Li Shiqi had betrayed him, so he cooked Li Shiqi to death.Before he died, Tian Guang said to him: "If you can stop the Han army, I will let you go."

Li Shiqi said: "If you are holding a big event, don't worry about small things. I won't turn away from big virtues, and you don't need to say more."

Say it generously.Li Shiqi made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, but his name is often unknown, but as long as the "Gaoyang drunkard" is mentioned, he is known to everyone.

His life was short, but he laid an important cornerstone for Han Wang Liu Bang to win the world.

He is already over [-] years old, and he knows the world's major events before he is a fledgling. It can be said that "scholars get old when opportunities come."

He offered a strategy to capture Chenliu, so that Peigong's western expeditionary army obtained a lot of food, grass and supplies, and relieved their worries.

In the passive situation where the two armies of Chu and Han were locked in a stalemate, he suggested that the King of Han seize Xingyang, occupy Ao Cang, obtain a solid stronghold and food supplies, and lay the foundation for turning the situation into victory in the future.

What's more, Li Shiqi, a scholar, with his three-inch tongue, traveled to Qi State alone, lobbying Qi Wang Tianguang to submit to Han King and succeeded. The powerful and wealthy Qidi, which has 73 cities, can see it without a fight. Next, this is simply an unworldly feat.

Unexpectedly, there are unpredictable things in the sky, people are not as good as the sky, the mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. Han Xin misunderstood Kuai Che's incitement, and took advantage of the slack in Qi's defense to launch a surprise attack, making Qi Wang Tianguang mistakenly think that he was cheated, and ordered Li to be arrested. Born in a place where no one can tell, he was on the brink of failure and died in the line of duty.

This was the biggest unkind act of Han Xin's life, and it was also a major mistake in Liu Bang's command and coordination.

After the founding of the Han Dynasty, "Gaozu raised his heroes and wanted to eat him. Eat his son scabies and soldiers, and he named scabies Marquis of Gaoliang because of his father."

Li Shiqi loved reading all his life, but his family was poor and wandering all the time, without any property to live on, so he was very unsatisfactory.

In order to make ends meet, he had no choice but to put down his body and find a job as a janitor.All the sages and heroes in the village knew that Li Sheng was wild, open-minded, knowledgeable and eloquent, and they dared not underestimate him. People in the county called him "Crazy Student".

Time flies, and sixty years passed in a blink of an eye. Chen Sheng and Xiang Liang raised their troops one after another to fight against Qin Dynasty.The generals who lead troops to patrol past Gaoyang and give orders are like revolving lanterns, there are as many as dozens of them.

Li Shiqi knew the opportunity was coming, but he could hold his breath.

He watched with cold eyes, seeing those generals humble and cautious, and selfish, knowing that they were just a fleeting cloud, hard to achieve, so he lived in seclusion.

Later, Liu Bang, the Duke of Pei, led troops to attack Chenliu and went to the outskirts. However, there was a knight under the Duke of Pei who happened to be Li Sheng's fellow townsman.

The knight went home to visit relatives, saw Li Sheng, and boasted about his master.Li Sheng was delighted to see Lie Xin, and immediately said to the knight: "I heard that Pei Gong has always been arrogant and conceited, and looked down on others. But according to what you said, he is a resourceful and knowledgeable fellow. This is the person I would like to follow. Brother Can you introduce me?"

The knight said repeatedly: "That's really great! I have already recommended Xian Kunzhong to Pei Gong. What Pei Gong values ​​most is a genius like the old man. No problem, no problem, leave it to me!"

Li Sheng said: "Just say, there is a Li student in my hometown. He is a learned scholar. He is over 60 years old and eight feet tall. Everyone calls him Kuangsheng, but he himself refuses to admit it."

The knight said: "Pei Gong doesn't like scholars. Some scholars come to visit with Confucian hats on their heads. Pei Gong often takes off their hats and urinates in them. When he talks to Confucian scholars, he ignores them and yells at them when he gets angry. You, old man, should behave like Confucian scholars. If you go to see him with your identity, you will really pick up which pot if you don’t open it.”

Li Shiqi said: "Just repeat it as I said, I will care about it myself." The knight nodded in agreement.After he returned to the camp, he took a chance to learn what Li Sheng had said.

Pei Gong's army was stationed in Gaoyang, and he sent people to recruit Li Sheng.When Li Shiqi arrived at Daying, Liu Bang was sitting by the bed and letting two beauties wash his feet.Li Sheng came in, saw this appearance, frowned slightly, bowed his head without bowing, and said loudly: "Are you going to help the Qin Dynasty attack the princes, or do you want to lead the princes to attack the tyrant Qin?"

(End of this chapter)