Liu Yilong s self destruction of the Great Wall unjustly killed Tan Daoji, in fact, there is also

Idioms are a major feature of traditional Chinese culture, that is, through fixed structural forms and expressions, they express certain meanings and explain certain truths. Most of the idioms come from ancient classics, historical stories, and allusions, and of course they are inevitably related to people. And the older and more famous the person, the more idioms associated with it, such as Confucius, Mencius, Zhuangzi, and so on.

It is said that there are more than 100 idioms related to Confucius, "Heaven does not give birth to Zhongni, and eternity is as long as night".

The literati are like this, and the martial arts are not inferior. For example, Han Xin, one of the four saints of the military family, contributed more than 30 idioms such as humiliation under the crotch, broken cauldron and sinking boat, a meal and a thousand gold, and a national warrior without equals; Lian Po, one of the four famous generals of the Warring States Period, is also an idiom expert, and the idiom stories related to it are all popular, such as the crime of asking for thorns, one meal and three arrows, and the friendship between the necks, etc.; Feng Yi, another relatively unknown founding general of the Eastern Han Dynasty, can be called the "hidden boss" in the idiom world, contributing more than a dozen idioms or allusions, such as sitting on a tree without saying a word, losing the east, harvesting mulberry elm, fearing heaven and knowing fate, and waiting for work with ease.

The famous general Tan Daoji of the Northern and Southern Dynasties that we are going to talk about today is actually related to several idioms that we are very familiar with, such as eyes like torches, self-destruction of the Great Wall, singing chips and measuring sand, and so on. Even the military book "Thirty-six Strategies", which is the culmination of the treacherous ways of the soldiers of the past dynasties, although it is not even clear who the author is, the idiom "Thirty-six Strategies, Go for the Upper Strategy" has appeared long before this work was written, and it is also related to Tan Daoji:

"The Marquis of Dongwu is in the East Palace, discussing the rebellion, making people go up to the house to look, and when they see the fire in the Capture Pavilion, they are respectful and want to leave. There is a warning to those who respect the rules, and the respect says: 'Tan Gong's thirty-six strategies, walking is the best plan. Your father and son only have an emergency to go away. Nanqi Shu, Volume 26, Lie Biography VII).

"Walking for the top" is not to teach people to escape, but to point out a strategy to avoid the enemy's edge in adversity, regroup or find another way.

Later in the Tang and Song dynasties, there was a tradition of setting up temples for the famous generals of the past dynasties, and Tan Daoji was among them, which was a rare glory for the military generals of the same period. In the troubled times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, famous generals were all treasures that the major secession regimes could not want, but this loyal and capable Tan Daoji was unjustly killed by Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong without hesitation, what is going on?

In the masterpiece "Yongyule Jingkou Beiguting Nostalgia" by the famous poet Xin Qiji of the Southern Song Dynasty, the main characters who were praised were Sun Quan and Liu Yu, and the son of the latter, Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty, Liu Yilong, was scolded.

The tiger father and dog son are none other than Liu Yu, who "swallows thousands of miles like a tiger", and Liu Yilong, who "won the Canghuang Beigu".

There are countless "tiger fathers and dog sons" in history, and Liu Yu and Liu Yilong, father and son, should be the most famous pair among them. For example, Tan Daoji, who we are going to talk about today, was invincible under Liu Hu's father, and Liu Gouzi could only talk about "good walking" without saying anything, and in the end, because Liu Yilong was worried that he would be unjustly killed because of his "high merit", it was really speechless.

Tan Daoji was a top general in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, especially in Liu Song, except for Liu Yu, the founding emperor who "swallowed thousands of miles like a tiger", no one dared to argue with Lao Tan when it came to fighting. Therefore, after Tan Daoji was unjustly killed, Liu Song, who established the country by force, no longer had a famous general who could calm the scene and stabilize the morale of the army, so he could only lead the army with mediocrity. However, Liu Yilong, who was ambitious and talented, still did not know it, and launched the Northern Expedition in a vain attempt to recover the lost territory in Henan, but he suffered a crushing defeat. Especially in the second Northern Expedition in the twenty-seventh year of Yuanjia (450 AD), the strategic purpose of recovering the Central Plains and sealing Mount Tai became a laughing stock, but also was kicked back to Jiangnan by Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Tao all the way. Xin Qiji ridiculed him, "Yuan Jia is grassy, seals the wolf Juxu, and wins the Canghuang Beigu", which is what he is talking about.

Facing the Northern Wei army, which was only separated by a river and finally realized the long-cherished wish of drinking the Yangtze River, Liu Yilong, who was hiding in the center of Jiankang City, finally admitted that he had made a big mistake by killing Tan Daoji:

"When I went up to Stone Town, there was a melancholy, and Jiang Zhan said: 'There are few people who agree with the plan of the Northern Expedition. Today, the people are angry, and they must not be ashamed. Doctor's worries are also given. And he said, 'If Tan Dao Ji is here, how can he bring Huma here?' Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 125, Song Ji VII).

Tan Daoji's biggest characteristic is his steadiness, he rarely plays a surprising victory, but it is almost impossible to defeat him completely.

Tan Daoji was born in Jiangmen, his uncle Tan was a general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his two brothers, Tan Shao and Tan Yi, had followed Liu Yu and made many meritorious achievements. At that time, the southeastern half of the country was still the world of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and it was natural for Tan Daoji to follow in the footsteps of his uncle and brother to join the army and serve Liu Yu.

Genius is like an awl in a cloth bag, which will always "stand out" whenever there is an opportunity. Tan Daoji is a genius, as long as he steps into the battlefield, his talent will shine brightly, and he can't hide it no matter what. It happened that the Eastern Jin Dynasty was full of external troubles in the last year, which gave him plenty of use.

From the beginning of the surrender of the army in the third year of Yuanxing (404 AD) to the eleventh year of Yixi (415 AD), Tan Daoji successively participated in the rebellion of Huan Xuan, Lu Xun, Guo Jisheng, Sima Xiuzhi and others, swept through the southeast, and made great contributions; In Liu Yu's battle to destroy Shu, Tan Daoji led his troops alone to defeat the reinforcements led by Gou Lin, a former general of Later Qin. Because he was able to take charge of the civil war and the foreign war, he was successively awarded the official Anyuan Protector Army, Wuling Internal History, and appointed Taiwei to join the army. At this time, Liu Yu, who was already in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was even more relieved to entrust the responsibility of "passing on the help" to his ** people - when his eldest son Liu Yifu went out of Zhenjingkou (now Zhenjiang, Jiangsu), Tan Daoji served as the former's Sima (equivalent to the chief of staff of the modern army).

Liu Yu has always asked Tan Daoji to assist his eldest son Liu Yifu, but in fact, he was asked to take on the responsibility of "taking care of children" by preaching and receiving karma. It can be seen that Liu Yu trusts him very much.

In the twelfth year of Yixi, Liu Yu launched the Northern Expedition, trying to lay the final foundation for his usurpation of the throne and emperor. In this battle, Tan Daoji was the vanguard of the indefatigable one, along the way the Later Qin army was afraid of his prestige, one after another surrendered the city, and those who dared to resist were all drummed down by him, and successively captured Luoyang, Tongguan and other big city passes. What is particularly commendable is that he does not have the bad habit of killing since the Wuhu Rebellion, where there is no distinction between the north and the south, and the generals are all thirsty for killing. For example, after the capture of Luoyang, he rejected the suggestion of killing the captives to build a capital view to deter the enemy, but released them all, which made Tan Daoji very popular among both the Han and the Hu people.

After the opening of Tongguan Cave, Chang'an had no danger to defend, and the end of the fall of Later Qin was inevitable. But at this time, Liu Yu's mastermind Liu Muzhi died of illness in Jiankang, and in the face of the risk of backyard **, Liu Yu quickly returned to the east to stabilize the overall situation, leaving his second son Liu Yizhen to guard Chang'an, and his eldest son Liu Yifu was sent by him to Jiangling to sit in town. According to the old rules, Tan Daoji continued to take the child for Liu Yu and went to Liu Yifu as the chief of staff, but this also allowed him to escape - Liu Yizhen, a 12-year-old Huangkou widow, couldn't suppress the arrogant generals under Liu Yu's command at all, and as a result, there was internal strife in Chang'an, Shen Tianzi, Wang Zhenwei, Wang Xuan and other generals died of cannibalism, Helian Bobo took the opportunity to take advantage of the Jin army and drove the Jin army out of Guanzhong, and most of the results of the Northern Expedition were lost.

Fortunately, Tan Daoji is sitting in Jingxiang and is as stable as Mount Tai, otherwise Liu Yu's usurpation plan may be aborted.

The Liu and Song dynasties were the period when the Southern Dynasties had the greatest advantage over the Northern Dynasties. But Liu Yu died too early, and Liu Yilong repeatedly destroyed the Great Wall, and as a result, his advantages came to naught.

After the Jin Dynasty of the Liu Song Dynasty, Tan Daoji was transferred to the official protector because of his merits, and he was a regular attendant of the cavalry, and he also led the stone military affairs, and was allowed to enter the palace province directly. He also became the Duke of Yongxiu County, 2,000 households in Shiyi, and the official was Danyang Yin. Later, he served as the military supervisor of the counties, the general of Zhenbei, and the assassin of Southern Yanzhou.

After Emperor Wen of the Song Dynasty Liu Yilong ascended the throne, Tan Daoji pacified the Xie Hui Rebellion for him. During the first Yuanjia Northern Expedition, Zhiyan won first and then lost, the situation was precarious, and Tan Daoji was ordered to rescue him. He engaged the Northern Wei army more than 30 times in more than 20 days, defeated the Wei general Anping Gong Yizhan and beheaded Shouchang Gong Xi Kujie, almost turning the tide.

However, due to the huge disparity in troops, the loss of the important town slippery platform, and the lack of food in the Tandao Ji Department, they could only retreat in the end. It is said that in ancient wars, the most difficult thing was not to attack or defend, but to retreat. Especially in the case of many cavalry in the northern army and many foot soldiers in the southern army, it is simply normal for the retreat to degenerate into a rout and eventually become a one-sided **. However, Tan Daoji used a trick to "sing and measure the sand" to cleverly solve this problem:

Daoji and the Wei army fought more than 30 battles, and the army went to Licheng, and the capital was exhausted. At that time, the people of Wei said that the food was running out, so the soldiers were worried and had no stubborn will. Dao Ji sang at night to measure the sand, and scattered it with the remaining little rice. As soon as the Wei army said that there was more than enough food, so he did not pursue it. Those who surrender are delusional, and they are beheaded. Shi Daoji was weak and weak, and the army was terrified. Dao Ji ordered the sergeant to be in the armor, and he obeyed himself and went out of the periphery. The Wei army was afraid of ambush and did not dare to force it, but returned. Although Daoji did not control Henan, the whole army rebelled, and its reputation was greatly enhanced. (Southern History, Vol. 15, Biography 5).

If you win, you can be invincible, and if you lose, you can retreat with the whole division, which is the embodiment of the ability of a general.

So far, Tan Daoji has reached the peak in all aspects such as official titles, meritorious deeds, and prestige. According to the tradition since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it seems that he has only one way to go, following in the footsteps of the old lord Liu Yu and usurping the throne and becoming the emperor.

There are not a few emperors in ancient times who are known as brave warriors, such as Xiang Yu, the overlord of Western Chu, Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, Zhu Di of the Ming Dynasty, etc., all of whom have been on the battlefield and charged into battle with the supreme body. However, Xiang Yu's generation was born noble, even if he had a heavy armor god soldier to protect his body, and a tiger and wolf to protect his body, but Liu Yu, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty, was different. He started as a small soldier, until he killed a big general, and even killed a dynasty:

"(Liu Yu) encountered thousands of thieves, that is, to meet them, all the servants died, and Yu fell to the shore. The thief wanted to go down to the shore, and Yu Fen's long knife slashed several people on his back, but he had to land on the shore, but he still shouted to chase them, and the thieves all left, and Yu killed and injured many people. Liu Jingxuan blamed Yu for not returning for a long time, led troops to find him, and saw that Yu drove thousands of people alone, and sighed. (Zizhi Tongjian, Volume 111, Jin Ji 33).

Liu Yu's ability to govern the country is difficult to say, but his force value is definitely one of the best masters among the emperors of the past dynasties.

is such a fierce man who seems to be comparable to the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, but he only served as the emperor for two years and died, and his eternal achievements became a mirror. What's even worse is that although Liu Yu was already a lot old (60 years old) when he died, none of his sons were adults, so he had to leave his orders to Sikong Xu Xianzhi, Shangshu Servant Fu Liang, leading general Xie Hui and Protector General Tan Daoji as ministers to assist the new emperor Liu Yifu.

However, the minister of Gu Ming was quite reliable under the civil political system after the Song and Ming dynasties, but before that, the situation was completely different - it is difficult to say whether he can "take care of his life", but his life is almost certain, and it is usually the life of the new emperor.

What's more, Liu Yifu is only a 16-year-old boy, and he has no consciousness of being a gentleman at all. He was rude in mourning, and he was good at wandering, and the minister's advice to the gods and horses was ignored. Even if the Northern Wei Dynasty was heavily invaded and the country was in danger, he didn't take it seriously at all, and he was dedicated to being his happy emperor.

So Xu Xianzhi, the minister of Gu Ming, conspired with Fu Liang and Xie Hui to depose Liu Yifu and seek Tan Daoji's opinion. As a professional soldier, Tan has an instinctive aversion to this kind of political conspiracy, so he resolutely opposes it. However, before Xu Fu and others launched a coup d'état, they still wanted to pull Tan Daoji into the water, so they tricked him into Beijing. Tan Daoji saw that things could not be violated, and he was not stubborn, and on the eve of the coup, he slept like thunder in Xie Hui's mansion. This kind of calm general style every time there is a major event makes Xie Hui, who is worried and sleepless, deeply admired.

Those who abolish the establishment or even kill the monarch in vain will not end well unless they usurp the country, but Xu Fu, especially Tan Daoji, does not seem to have this awareness.

In May of the second year of Jingping (424 AD), Liu Yifu was deposed by Xu Fu and others, and died immediately. Liu Yizhen, who was supposed to ascend the throne according to the order of Lunchang, was also killed because of his discord with Xu Xianzhi, so Liu Yu's third son Liu Yilong was proclaimed emperor and was Emperor Wen of Song.

It can be said that without the "divine assistance" of the four ministers, Liu Yilong would not have been the emperor at all. However, this Emperor Wen of Song has no gratitude for this, and is full of precautions and murderous intentions for them.

After all, they can kill one emperor, who dares to guarantee that they can't slaughter the second?

So Liu Yilong, who was originally the assassin of Jingzhou, even on the way to Jiankang to take the throne by boat, also deployed heavy troops to take strict precautions against Xu Xianzhi and others. After ascending the throne, he first added officials to the rank of the Anna gang who thought they had the heart of powerful ministers who had made great contributions, and at the same time continued to place the old department of Jingzhou in an important position in Beijing, thus mastering the military power of the forbidden army.

In the third year of Yuanjia, Liu Yilong, who was ready, announced that Xu Xianzhi, Fu Liang and Xie Hui had committed the crime of killing the young emperor Liu Yifu and Liu Yizhen, and they should be punished. As a result, Xu Xianzhi committed suicide, Fu Liang was executed, and Xie Hui rebelled, but he was immediately pacified by Tan Daoji, and Xie Hui was also beheaded.

As soon as Tan Daoji appeared, Xie Hui's rebels were so frightened that they broke up on their own, which can be called a soldier who surrendered without a fight.

And the reason why Liu Yilong was able to successfully cut off Xu, Fu, Xie and other powerful ministers, the most important trick was to choose to trust Tan Daoji:

"The general punished Xu Xianzhi and others, and summoned Dao Ji to make the west to fight. Wang Hua said: "No. He said: "Those who follow others will not be creative, and they will be carefree." (Southern History, Vol. 15, Biography 5).

However, as soon as Xu Xianzhi and several other more conspicuous ministers died, the more Liu Yilong looked at Tan Daoji, the more unpleasant he became. After all, he looked at the court, and there were no ** officials and military generals who were mediocre except for waste, but Tan Daoji had to be capable, meritorious, and prestigious, and his subordinates were experienced and loyal, and their 8 sons were all dragons and ......phoenixes among the peopleTherefore, Liu Yilong naturally thinks that if there is another rebellion in the DPRK and there are people who covet the throne under his ass, then this product must be surnamed Tan and did not run.

The generals have a lot of hard lives, and if they can't do their skills, they will be killed by the enemy, and if they are too good at their skills, they will be suspected of "high merit and shock the master", and they will be easily hacked to death by the emperor.

Especially in the thirteenth year of Yuanjia (436 AD), Liu Yilong was even more "enlightened" after two serious illnesses and decided that Tan Daoji had to be opposed. So he issued an edict announcing the latter's "crimes", most of which were speculation or arbitrary accusations, and then decided that Tan Daoji had rebelled and ordered him to be beheaded.

At the end of the edict, Liu Yilong also pretended to show his benevolence, "Stop the evil, and ask nothing else." In fact, Tan Daoji's 8 sons and henchmen did not let go of any of them, and they were all killed by him.

And Tan Daoji, who is said to have rebelled, did not resist at all when he was **, but left two idioms for future generations (eyes like torches and self-destruction of the Great Wall) and a proverb for Liu Yilong:

Seeing the harvest, Dao Ji was angry, his eyes were like torches, and he drank for a while. He threw himself into the ground, saying, 'It is the Great Wall of China.' Ibid.).

Tan Daoji and Yue Fei are very similar, they are both loyal and unparalleled, and they both died of "unwarranted".

Even if Lao Tan's brain is not good, he didn't expect this at the beginning. So now Liu Yilong's knives have stabbed him in the heart, if he has an antipathy, even if he goes into battle in a hurry, it is not something that Wang Hua and Zhu Rongzi, the waste that Liu Yilong relies on, can stop it. Even if he was unable to kill Jiankang and kill Liu Yilong at this time, at least it should be no problem to flee to Jiangbei and join the Northern Wei Dynasty.

If Tan Daoji comes to vote, it is estimated that Emperor Taiwu of the Northern Wei Dynasty Tuoba Tao can go crazy, how can he not welcome him and give it to him?

But Tan Daoji did not do this, but went to his death, which is enough to show his loyalty, and the sun and the moon can be seen.

However, what makes people sigh is that after Tan Daoji's unjust death, Liu Yilong, who was finally relieved, not only celebrated, but even granted amnesty to the world.

Liu Yilong was also celebrated at the same time as the Northern Wei Dynasty. "When the Wei people heard this, they all said, 'Daoji is dead, and the Wu descendants are not enough to recover'. Since it is a frequent southern expedition, it has the ambition of drinking horses and the Yangtze River. (Ibid.) In this regard, Liu Yilong is not worried, he thinks that as long as he takes out ** Houlu as bait, the so-called talent is not a rare thing at all:

"Emperor Wen asked Yin Jingren: 'Who can succeed Daoji?' He replied: "Dao Ji has accumulated military exploits, so he has become famous, but he has not been heard." The emperor said: "Otherwise, in the past, Li Guang was in the court, and the Xiongnu did not dare to look south, and there were a few successors." Ibid.).

In fact, the famous general is a rare species, and whether or not you can meet it basically depends on luck.

The so-called "national disaster thinks of good generals". Liu Yilong, who can do whatever he wants in China, probably can't imagine at this time that more than ten years later, he will regret today's self-destruction of the Great Wall and say the words "If Tan Daoji is here, how can he make Huma come here"?

Liu Yilong unjustly killed not only one Tan Daoji, but Pei Fangming, a famous general in the middle and late stages of Yuanjia, was also hacked to death by him on a casual charge. Even Zhi Yanzhi, who was once cited by Liu Yilong as a confidant, was not spared, and was once dismissed from office and imprisoned by him.

Therefore, it is inevitable that some people will ridicule Liu Yilong as a typical loser who "would rather give to a foreigner than a domestic slave", and only has the ability to fight in the nest.

Liu Yilong's skills are far worse than his old man, but he is certainly not a fool.

However, if we have an in-depth understanding of the history of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, we will find that Liu Yilong's approach has his truth to a certain extent.

Because of the incompetence of Emperor Sima, two Wang Dun rebellions broke out soon in the southeast corner of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Wang Dun, a powerful minister with military power, almost usurped the throne and stood on his own. Soon after, another powerful minister, Huan Wen, controlled the military power and increased his prestige through the Northern Expedition, and if it wasn't for his bad luck, I am afraid that he would have ousted the Sima Emperor from power. Even so, the rebellion launched by his son Huan Xuan even captured Jiankang and claimed that the emperor usurped the country, but fortunately was defeated by Liu Yu, who was born out of nowhere. However, the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which had been tossed to the point of dying, could no longer suppress the successful Liu Jinu, and finally died at his hands, and the southeast half of the country changed its surname to Liu.

In the past, Yin Jian, who repeatedly sent powerful ministers to raise troops and make rebellion, and watched the state weapons was not far away, and then there were Xu Xianzhi and other ministers who took care of their lives to manipulate the abolition of the establishment and kill the king. Even if Tan Daoji did not show any signs of rebellion, but the hearts of the people were separated from each other, how could he guarantee that the latter would not rebel now and would not rebel in the future?

It doesn't matter if you are against it or not, whether you are wronged or not, as long as you remove any possible hidden dangers in advance, then no one will really rebel again.

This kind of preventive unjust killing was not only done by Liu Yilong, but was not uncommon throughout the Northern and Southern Dynasties. In the Southern Dynasty alone, there were Song Emperor Liu Ziye who killed Shen Qingzhi, Chen Wendi Chen Qian killed Hou Andu, etc., if you have time to turn the book, you can find more examples.

For famous generals, dying on the bed is a luxury, Bai Qi and Han Xin are like this, and Tan Daoji is no exception.

So, what happens if this kind of preventive wrongful killing is not done?

In the thirtieth year of Yuanjia (453 AD), Shen Pudang, the Taishou of Huainan, conspired with the crown prince Liu Shao and Liu Jun, the king of Shixing, in a vain attempt to kill Liu Yilong; In the first year of filial piety (454 AD), Zang Zhi, a general with heavy troops, rebelled and attacked Jiankang; In the first year of Yongyuan (499 AD), Chen Xianda, a famous general of the Southern Qi Dynasty, rebelled and tried to support Xiao Baoyin, the king of Jian'an, as the emperor; In the second year of Yongyuan, Cui Huijing, the general of the protector army, who had just quelled Chen Xianda's rebellion, rebelled and tried to support Xiao Baoxuan, the king of Jiangxia. Not to mention the Hou Jing Rebellion in the Southern Liang Dynasty, which not only starved Emperor Xiao Yan of Liang to death, but also completely destroyed the prosperity and wealth of the south of the Yangtze River, and the situation of being weak in the south and strong in the north can no longer be reversed.

Of course, the examples of rebellion of these generals cited above all ended up in failure. So have you ever succeeded?

Not only that, but too much.

Needless to say, Liu Yu destroyed Jin and established the Song Dynasty; In the third year of Shengming Dynasty (479 AD), the general Xiao Daocheng forced Emperor Liu Zhun of Song Shun to "take the throne" and then called the emperor, changed the country name to Qi, and was known as Southern Qi in history; 23 years later, in the second year of Zhongxing (502 AD), the great Sima Xiao Yan accepted the title of Emperor Xiao Baorong of Qi and Emperor Xiao Baorong as the emperor, changed the country name to Liang, and was known as Southern Liang in history; After another 55 years of Taiping two years (557 AD), Chen Baxian, who had become the prime minister, the total Baihua, and Jiuxi, and the king of the king, was really unable to be promoted, so he had to accept the "Zen concession" of Emperor Xiao Fangzhi of Liang Jing, and reluctantly became the emperor, and changed the country name to Chen, known as Nanchen in history.

The Song Qi Liang and Chen of the Southern Dynasty were all powerful ministers who usurped the country by force - from this point of view, Liu Yilong does not seem to have done anything wrong.

Therefore, in the chaotic era of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, as long as the vigilance of the emperor was slightly relaxed, what was waiting for him was likely to be the result of obediently giving "Zen concessions" to the former courtiers. Not only did the emperor fail to do it, but Huahua changed his surname, and even saving his life became a luxury.

Therefore, for Liu Yilong, it doesn't matter if the Northern Expedition has failed repeatedly, and he can regroup and fight again in the future; It doesn't matter if they are blocked by the "foreigners" of the Northern Dynasty at the door of their homes and beaten violently, after all, there is a danger of the Yangtze River, and eighty percent of the landlubbers in the north will eventually pinch their noses and retreat after burning, killing and looting. But if he was robbed of his authority by his own ambitious courtiers, especially the military power, it would really be fatal.

Therefore, whether Tan Daoji really wants to rebel or not is not important to Liu Yilong at all - as long as the latter feels that the former has the slightest possibility of rebellion, then he must first strike and eliminate the hidden danger.

As for self-destruction of the Great Wall or something, Liu Yilong really doesn't care. Don't look at this thing's muttering "If Tan Daoji is here, how can Hu Ma come here", but if he is given a chance to do it again, he will still kill Tan Daoji without hesitation.

In the face of Jiang Shan's life, who cares if he is wronged or not?