Tell a true story of the Three Kingdoms Go beyond literary legends and explore historical truths
What do you think of Romance of the Three Kingdoms?
Guan Yu's loyalty, Cao Cao's commander, and Kong Ming's resourcefulness. These are certainly part of the Three Kingdoms, but the real Three Kingdoms are much more than that.
1.Dong Zhuo built the ancient city into a stronghold and fortress. Hundreds of prisoners were escorted to the Gugang Center each time.
Dong Zhuo cut out their tongues, cut off their hands and feet, gouged out their eyes, and boiled them together in a cauldron. The prisoners whose tongues and eyes were cut off had not yet died, their cut off entrails were cooked and placed on the table. Dong Zhuo took it and ate calmly.
In the first year of Emperor Han Xian's Jian'an, Luoyang City was razed to the ground, and Emperor Han Xian returned to Luoyang and could only live in the minister's house. More than two ministers were homeless and spent the night in the cracks of the city walls. Not all ** have food to eat, Shang Shuling's ** can only go out to pick wild vegetables to satisfy their hunger, but many people can't come back once they go. Because as soon as many ** went out, they were killed and eaten by soldiers.
3.After Cao Cao established power, he paid great attention to frugality, and silk was not allowed to be worn in the palace. Once, Cao Zhi's wife bought a silk dress, which she liked very much and envied when she wore it. When Cao Cao saw this, he immediately ordered her to be killed.
Cao Cao's real wife, Mrs. Ding, spun and sewed clothes by herself.
Cao Cao. 3.Both Cao Wei and Shu Han banned alcohol.
Cao Cao's prohibition of alcohol also angered Kong Rong, who accused Cao Cao of banning alcohol in order to save food. In fact, Kong Rong violated Prohibition by holding banquets at his home several times. Cao Cao killed Kong Rong for many reasons, but Prohibition was one of them.
Liu Bei also implemented a ban on alcohol in Shu and strictly implemented this system. Not only are breweries strictly protected, but even the possession of brewing equipment at home is punished.
One day, Liu Bei was traveling and met a pair of young men and women on the road, and Jian Yong asked Liu Bei to catch them quickly, because they were going to do bad things. Liu Bei was curious and asked Jian Yong how he knew, and Jian Yong replied that they also had tools.
Liu Bei found that Jian Yong had said that the method of prohibiting alcohol was too strict, so he took back all the people who were wrongly arrested. However, Shu's prohibition was still in effect.
5.When Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, he slaughtered the city, and 100,000 people were driven into Surabaya and drowned, and Surabaya was cut off. After defeating Yuan Shao, Cao Cao captured Yuan Shao's 80,000 soldiers and buried them all alive.
6.Zang Hong fought against Yuan Shao, who was besieged for months and ran out of food in the city. Zang Hong killed his wife and concubine and distributed them to the soldiers, who were deeply moved and vowed not to surrender to the death, and fought with Yuan Shao to the end.
7.When Liu Chan surrendered to Wei, there was a list of various figures for Shu: 280,000 households, 940,000 inhabitants, 102,000 soldiers, 40,000 men, 400,000 dou of rice, 2,000 jin of gold, 2,000 jin of silver, and 200,000 pieces of goods.
These materials show that the state of Shu at that time was weak and had a population of less than one million. The burden on the common people is very heavy, and every six ordinary people have to support one military attaché. The average amount of food in the country is only 50 catties per person, which means a severe famine.
In 157 AD, the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty was 56.47 million. At the end of the Three Kingdoms, the population of Shu was 940,000, Sun and Wu 2.3 million, and Wei 4.43 million, totaling 7.67 million. This was the period of the least populous period in Chinese history from the early years of the Qin Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, even less than the period of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms when the world was in turmoil.
Map of the Three Kingdoms.