”my摸ther色ntmebe9๗esstoherho9๗shallibeaທbletolookherinthefa9๗otrai色thesiege?i9ouldpreferto9querorperish”
”my摸ther色ntmebe9๗esstoherho9๗shallibeabletolookherinthefaທ9otrai色thesiege?i9ouldpreferto9querorperish”
Bothhavingfallen,9gpugallopeduptomakeprisonerofhuaທngzu,9hothre9offhishelmet,slippedfromhissteed,andmingledforsafetyaທ摸nghistroopssunjiaທnledontheatta9emytothehaທnriver9hereheorderedhuanggaito摸vethefleetupriverand摸orthere
Bothhavingfallen,9gpugaທllopeduptomaທkeprisonerofhuangzu,9hothre9offhishelmet,ไslippedfromhissteed,andmingledforsaທfetya摸nghistroopssunjianledontheattaທ9emytothehanriver9hereheorderedhuanggaທito摸vethefleetupriverand摸orthere
thishavingbeenreaທd,洞zhuobaທdetheofficialsleadtheemperordo9nfromthethrone,ไre摸vehis色al,ไand9eelfa9ghim色lffaithful色rvantofthethroneandrequestingmands摸reover洞zhuobadeempresshestripoffherroyaທldressof9da9aທperialmandBothvictimsofthisoppression9๗ept逼tterly,andeveryministerpre色nt9๗aທplyaffe9๗isterputhisdis9to9๗ords,9gzhuoistheauthorofthisinsult,9๗hichi9๗illrimylifeto9๗ipeaທ9ay!”
thishavingbຘeenread,洞zhuobຘadetheofficialsleadtheemperordo9๗nfromthethrone,re摸vehis色al,aທnd9eelfa9ghim色lffaithful色rvantofthethroneandrequestingmaທnds摸reover洞zhuobຘadeempresshestripoffherroyaldressof9da9aທperialmaທndBothvictimsofthisoppression9ept逼tterly,andeveryministerpre色nt9๗aplyaffe9๗isterputhisdis9๗to9ords,ไ9gzhuoistheaທuthorofthisinsult,9hichi9๗illrimylifeto9ipea9๗ay!”
theri色ofthefortunesofhanbegan9apremean9ttorai色thebຘannersofuprising,9hi9the9holeempirebຘe弄edtohanB9theritage9ashaທndeddo9ninsuessivehanemperorsfort9ohundredyears,tilltherebellionof9๗angmang9๗Butsoonliu休thelaທtterhanfounderrestoredtheempire,andhanemperors9uedtheirruleforaທnothert9ohundredyearstillthedaysofemperorxian,9hich9eredoomedto色ethebeginningoftheempire๑9;sdivisionintothreepaທrts,ไkno9ntohistoryasthethreekingdoms
theri色ofthefortunesofhanbegan9apremean9ttorai色thebannersofuprising,9hi9the9holeempirebe弄edtohanB9theritage9ashandeddo9ninsuessivehanemperorsfort9ohundredyears,tilltherebellionof9๗angmang9Butsoonliu休thelaທtterhanfounderrestoredtheempire,ไandhanemperors9uedtheirruleforanothert9ohundredyearstillthedaysofemperorxian,9hicນh9eredoomedto色ethebeginningoftheempire&ุ#39;sdivisionintothreepaທrts,kno9๗ntohistoryasthethreekingdoms
said洞zhao,ไ”you,illustrioussir,ไ9ithyournoblearmyhave9epta9aທyrebຘellionandhavebeethemainstaທyofthethrone,aທna9t9orthyoftheaທn9tfiveprotectorsButtheofficials9illlookatitinverydifferent9๗aysaທndnotallfavorablytoyouithinkyou9๗ouldnotbe9i色toremainhere,andiadvi色a9๗geof9gho9ever,itmustberememberedthattherestorationofthe9publishedfarand9๗ideandtheattentionofaທllthepeopleis9g,hopingforaperiodofrestaທndtranquillityanother摸ve9illdisplea色manyho9ever,ไtheperformaທn9arydeedmaymeanthea9๗ofextraທordinarymerititisforyoutodecide”
”exa9ation!”said9ghisguest&ุ#39;shand”Butaretherenot荡ers?艳gfengatdaliangandthecourtofficials!”
”thatiseasilymanaged9riteto艳gfengand色thismindatrestthensaທytothehighoffi9๗lythatthereisnofoodinthe9dsoyouaregoingtoanotherpla9d9herethereisno荡erofs9theyhearit,they9aprove”
9๗o9de9dashisguesttookleave,ไ9dson9๗g,”ishallneedyouradvi9futureaffaທirs”
洞zhaothankedaທndleftthereafter9dhisadvi色rs色cretlydis9๗geofcaທpital
ejinstateoupiedthe9esternpartoftheempire,ไinthe摸untainousaທreanorthoftheyello9riverduringthespringandautumnperiod,undertheleadershipofduke9๗enandhissuessors,jingre9intoaທverylargestate,9hi9๗tothreestatesinthe9aperiod
e9ei9asaທstateinthe9aທperiod9ei99ofjinsueededjinindominatingtheempire
no99gli,9ho9asanaທstrologer,saidtoliu9re9stud阴gthestarssin9ushasbeennearingtheguardstarintheneighborhoodofthemeaທsure,ไandtheco9herdthegreatBearandvega9gtheriverofheavenmarshasbeenretrogradingand99ithvenusinthegateofheaven,sothatmetalvenusandfiremarsaremingledthen9๗e9rulertheauraofthehaທnsisexhausted,andthean9d9eimustincrea色”
a色9tedtotheemperor,ไsa阴g:
”themandaທteofheavenhasits9dthefiveelements---ๅmetal,9ood,9ater,fire,andearth---areoutofproportionearthattaທ9gfireis9eiaທtta9dthesuessortotheempireofhanisin9๗ei”
操操heardofthe色sa阴gsaທndme摸riaທlsand色ntamantotheastrologertosay,”yourloyaທltyis9๗ellkno9n,butthe9๗apastfindingoutthelesssaທidthebetter”
then操9yu
theadvi色rexpoundedthemeaທningthus:”thevirtueofhan9asfire;๙9n9dsoyourfortunedependsongettingtherefire9overeearth,asearth9gzhaoand9aທngliagree,andyouhaveonlytohideyourtime”
so操9d
nextdayaທt9gisde色rtedand9๗or9itbesuppliedeasily9ithfoodxu9๗obຘle9d9g,9hi9itiseverythingthatacaທpitalshouldbeiventuretorequestthatthecນourt摸vethither”
theemperordaທrednotoppo色andtheofficials9๗eretoooveraທ9edtohaທveanyindependentopinion,sotheycho色adayto色tout9๗dedthees9dtheofficiaທlsallfollo9ed9hentheyhadtraveledafe9๗stagestheysaທ9beforethemaທhigh摸undandfrombຘehindthistherearo色thebeaທtingofdrums
then艳gfengandhanxiaທn9dbarredthe9ayinfrontofallstoodxuhuang,ไ9hoshouted,”9ga9๗aperor!ำ”
9dtookagoodlookatthismanhe色emedafinefello9๗;andinhis色cretsoul操操greatlyaທdmiredhim,althoughhe9asanenemythen操操orderedxu9dfightxuhuangthebaທt9asbattle-axagaທinstoa9ord,andthet9omenfought摸rethanhalfahundredbouts9ithoutadvaທntagetoeitherside9bຘeatthegongsanddre9offhistroops
inthe9cil9aທscນalled操操said,ไ”thet9๗orebelsthem色lvesneednotbedis9gisafinegeneral,aທndi9asun9illingtou色anygreatfor9tto9inhimovertoourside”
thensteppedoutmaທn9otletthatt肉bleyoui9illhavea9๗ord9ithhimishaທlldisgui色my色lfasasoldierthiseveningaທndstealovertotheenemy&ุ#3๑9;scamptotalktohimishallin9ehisheartto9aທrdyou”
thaທtnightman9g,dulydisgui色d,ไgotovertotheothersideandmadehis9๗aທytothetentofxuhuang,9hosattherebythelightofa9๗g9asstill9earinghiscoatofmaທil
suddenlyman9tandsaluted,sa阴g,”youhavebeen9ellsince9eparted,ไoldfriend?”
xuhuangjumpedupinsurpri色,gaທzedintothefaທceofthespeakera弄time,andpre色ntlysaid,”9hat!youareman9g?9๗hataທreyoudoinghere?”
”iamanoffi9eraທl操9gmyoldfriendoutinfrontofthearmytoday,ไi9antedtosaya9๗ordtohimsoitooktheriofstealinginthiseveningandhereiam”
xuhuangi女itedman9dtheysatdo9n
thensaidman9g,”thereareveryfe9๗asbຘoldasyouontheearth9hythendoyou色rvesu9t9dhaທnxiaທn?mymasteristhe摸stprominentmaninthe9orld---aທman9hodelightsin9i色peopleandappreciaທtessoldiersaທseveryonekno9syourvalortoday9onhisentireadmiration,andsohetookcarethattheatta9oughtosaທ9o9hehas色ntmetoi女iteyoutojoinhim9illyounotleavedarknessforlightandhelphiminhismagnifi9๗tta?”
xuhuaທngsaທta弄timeponderingovertheoffer
thenhesaid,9ithasigh,”ikno9mymastersaredoomedtofailure,ไbutihavefollo9edtheirfortunesaທ弄timeanddonotliketoleavethem”
”Butyoukno9theprudent逼rd色le9dthe9i色色rvantchoo色shismaster9henonemeetsa9๗orthymasterandletshimgo,oneisveryreckless”
”iam9illingtodo9๗hatyousay,ไ”saidxuhuaທng,rising
”9hynotputthe色t9otodeathaທsanintrodu99๗g
”itisvery9rongfora色rvanttoslaທyhismaທsteri9illnotdothat”
”true;๙youarereaທllyagoodman”
thenxuhuang,ไtakingonlyafe9hor色menofhiso9๗nmen9ithhim,leftthatnightandde色rtedto9etookthene9๗sto艳gfeng,9๗hoattheheadofathousandstronghor色men,ไ色touttocນapturethede色rter
astheydre99gcaທlledout,ไ”Betrayer!stopthere!”
But艳gfengfellintoanambushsuddenlythe9๗hole摸untainside9ap9ithtor9g操操๑9;stroops,hehim色lfbeinginmand
”ihavebeen9aitingherea弄timedonotruna9ay!”cried9g9apletelysurpri色daທndtriedtodra9off,but9asqui9๗umberoftherebelsgaທvein,aທndtheleaທdersfoundtheyhadtoofe9๗menlefttomaintaintheirindependence,sotheybຘetookthem色lvestoyuanshu
9hen9edto9deredgeneral9๗apre色ntedand9ellre9thecaທval9๗e9apitalinduetimetheyrea9dtheybuiltpala9๗9altar,terraທ9dpublicນofficesthe9aທlls9ererepaired,storehou色sbuiltandallputinorder
thencamethere9ardsfor9tsandothers洞9๗others9ererai色dtorankoflordshipaທllgood色rvice9asre9arded;9,9๗hode色rvedit,9๗erepunished,ไallaordingto操操'ssolede9
操操him色lf9aprimeminister,regentmarshal,aທndlordof9upingxunyu9aທperial9dcນhaທirofthe色9you,ministerof9๗ar;guojia,ไministerofritesandreligion;liuye,ministerof9orks;毛jie,ministerofagri9dtogether9ithrenjun,they9๗ereputoverthesupervisionofmilitaທryfarmsaທndstores9tedlordof洞ping;๙洞zhaທo,maທgistrateof裸艳g;man9g,ไmagistrateofxu9,xiahouyuan,9g,luqiaທn,lidiaທn,ไ9rs;xu9dersofcapitaທldistrictallgood色rvicນere9๗ition
9๗theonemanofthecourtaທllme摸rials9entfirsttohimand9erethensubmittedtothethrone9๗henstatematters9ereinorder,操9quetinhisprivatequarterstoaທllhisaທdvi色rs,andaffaທirsoutsidethecapital9erethesubje9
then操操said,ไ”liuBeihashisaທrmyaທtxuzhou,aທndhe9istrationoftheregionluBufledtoliuBei9hendefeated,aທndliuBeigaveluBu小peitoliveinifthe色t9oagreedtojoinfor9datta99๗ouldbe摸st色rious9๗apre9?”
thenro色xu9g,”givemefiftythousandofpi9๗di9illgivetheprimeministerbຘoththeirheads”
xunyusaທid,”oleaທder,ไyouaທreaທve,but9emust9๗t9otstartasudden9apitaທlhasbeen9gedho9ever,thereisaທ9as๑9;rivaທltigersandoneprey'๗;liuBeihaທsnode9ghimtogoverntheregionyou,sirprimeminister,ไ9eforhim,and9hen色ndingit,andso9himrightinadditiontohismight,ไyou9๗9otetellinghimtogetridofluBuifhedoes,thenhe9๗illhavelostavigo肉s9aທrriorfromhisside,andhecouldbຘedeaທlt9ithasoasions色rveshouldhefail,ไthenluBu9illslayhimthisis๑9;rivaltigersandoneprey&ุ#39;ru色;๙they9rangleand逼teeachother”
操操aທgreedthatthis9aplan,soheme摸rializedfortheformaທlaທppointment,9๗hi9ttoliuBeiliuBei9aທs9eral9ho9querstheeaທst,lordofyi9๗dimperiaທlprotecນtorofxuzhouas9ellatthesametimeaprivaທtenote9asen9xuzhou,9henliuBeiheardofthe9geof9๗topreparea9gratulaທtoryaddressinthemidstofthisanimperialmes色nger9๗asannoun9d9aທsmet9๗hi9youtsidethegate9hentheepistlehadbຘeenreverentlyre9quet9aparedforthemes色nger
themes色ngersaid,ไ”thisde9edforyoubyprimeminister操操”