vrcanaries Chapter 454 Sun Jian
Chapter 454 Sun Jian
"In that year, Cao Cao was appointed by Yuan Shao as the governor of Dongjun in Yanzhou, and it was at this time that his most important strategist, Xun Yu, came to his side."
"In the same year, Yuan Shu promoted Sun Jian and sent him to attack Liu Biao, who was under Yuan Shao's command. However, he failed and even lost his life. Liu Biao was no pushover either; if you attack me, I'll cut off your supply lines!"
"Overall, Cao Cao had been waging war on various fronts for the past few years, especially in 192 AD when he and Bao Xin joined forces to attack the Yellow Turbans."
"In the end, Cao Cao defeated them, took their elite troops, and formed an army known as the Qingzhou Army."
"Two or three years later, Lü Bu and Zhang Miao fled east to Xuzhou and joined Liu Bei."
"Since we've mentioned Liu Bei, let's also mention Sun Quan and Liu Bei in the Three Kingdoms period!"
"Liu Bei, courtesy name Xuande, was a descendant of Liu Sheng, the Prince of Zhongshan, son of Emperor Jing of Han. It is said that he had more than a hundred children and was originally quite wealthy, but because of the Edict of Grace, his children divided his property among themselves."
People in Wanchao: Whose son is he?
"More than two thousand years later, his tomb was discovered. The nobles of the Western Han Dynasty believed that jade burial suits could make the body immortal, so they used them as burial objects, and Liu Sheng was no exception."
Lin Ke searched for the video and projected it onto the small screen.
Only then did everyone notice, and many people were vying to see the jade burial suit—it was a jade burial suit made of jade pieces!
If there hadn't been no emperors in later generations, ordinary people like them might not have been able to see these things!
The couple, Liu Sheng and his wife from the Western Han Dynasty, blushed with embarrassment. Their tomb had been dug up, and they were being watched like this!
It's infuriating! Why do later generations love looking at their ancestors' tombs so much?!
Liu Sheng: Modern people, how presumptuous!
"Of course, there are several other sets of such jade burial suits, but they all belong to the Liu family. I guess it was fashionable back then!"
Upon hearing Lin Ke's words, Liu Che couldn't help but twitch his lips, thinking to himself, "That might not be fashionable now. Who could stand being observed like this by future generations every day?!"
"Getting back to the main point, by the time Liu Sheng's family business was passed down to Liu Bei, they were making a living by weaving mats and selling shoes, which in layman's terms means selling straw sandals and the like, and life was very hard."
"When he was fifteen, he, along with his clansman Liu Deran and Gongsun Zan from Liaoxi, became students of Lu Zhi, the former governor of Jiujiang and a fellow townsman, and studied under him."
"It is said that Liu Bei was seven feet five inches tall, with long arms and large ears, so Lü Bu nicknamed him 'Big-Eared Thief'."
"Liu Bei was about six years younger than Cao Cao. In the first half of his life, he liked to make friends with heroes and chivalrous people, and the local heroes would choose to attach themselves to him."
"For example, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, when the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Liu Bei organized the rebel army to participate in the war to suppress the Yellow Turban Army. The three of them traveled to many places and were as close as brothers. Whenever Liu Bei attended a banquet, these two would be by his side."
"In the early stages of his entrepreneurial journey, he actually spent his time wandering around, seeking refuge with his classmates Gongsun Zan, Tao Qian of Xuzhou, Cao Cao, Yuan Shao, and others."
"We'll talk about Liu Bei's successors later. Then there's Sun Quan, whose courtesy name was Zhongmou. There's a saying that goes, 'If you're going to have a son, you should have one like Sun Zhongmou,' which refers to Sun Quan."
"He was Sun Jian's second son, and it is said that his family's ancestors were descendants of Sun Wu, a military strategist from the Spring and Autumn Period."
When Sun Ce joined Yuan Shu and fought in various places, Sun Quan was still young. He followed him to many places. Later, as a young man, he admired chivalry and raised talented people. He gradually became as famous as his father and brothers.
"In the fifth year of Jian'an, his elder brother Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong's retainers and died. Sun Quan succeeded him at the age of nineteen."
"At this time, Sun Ce had only recently unified Jiangdong, and many people still harbored disloyal intentions; the situation remained turbulent and unstable."