Author: Erzi Congzhou

"However, even after Liu Zheng surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, Diaoyu City was quickly recaptured by the Song army, and showed unyielding and loyalty in the subsequent battle."

"In the first year of Deyou in the Song Dynasty, the Yuan army launched a large-scale attack on Sichuan, and when the cities along the river heard the news and surrendered, Mei Yingchun, who at that time was appointed as the "pacifying envoy of Tongchuan Road, knowing Jiang Anzhou" with the title of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites of the Southern Song Dynasty, surrendered without a fight again; "

"The next year, Xian Kunpeng and Liu Lin, the righteous men in Divine Arm City, acted righteously. With the support of 5,000 infantrymen in Diaoyu City, they opened the city gate inside and outside, annihilated the Yuan army in Divine Arm City, captured Mei Yingchun alive, and beheaded her on the spot in public. The Song army Retake God's Arm City."

"Two years later, Jiading, Xuzhou and other upstream cities that protected Manzhou had already surrendered to the Yuan Dynasty, and Manzhou had become an isolated city."

"In the second year of Jingyan, Duanzong of the Southern Song Dynasty, the Yuan army completed the iron wall siege of the defenders of Shenju City. The focus of the siege was on the east gate and the south gate of Shenjizui. Shenji City was besieged for several months. Fishing The city's reinforcements were also ambushed by the Yuan army on the way and could not be reinforced."

"At this time, the lone army in the city had been defending for several months, 'eating everyone and eating each other', but the soldiers and civilians refused to surrender and fought bloody battles to the end. In November, the Yuan army launched a fierce attack, and the east gate was breached in the fierce battle. The Yuan soldiers started a street battle with the weak, hungry and exhausted defenders."

"Following this, the navy of the Yuan Army broke through the south gate and began a two-pronged attack."

"The city was blazing with flames, the sound of killing shook the ground, and it was plunged into a sea of ​​blood. In the end, the guard of God's Arm City, Wang Shichang, died in the battle, and the lonely city fell."

"When Wen Tianxiang heard that the Divine Arm City had been lost, he sadly wrote the poem "General of Luzhou" in prison to express his condolences to Wang Shichang: 'We lost a general in the southwest, and the sky and the earth are covered with armor. The master is worried about the disaster, and sighs again!'"

"On the night after the fall of Divine Arm City, people risked their lives to smuggle out Wang Shichang's body and bury him in Foyin Town, Jiachuan County, which is now the 'Jiangjun Lake'."

"And now in the Divine Arm City, in addition to this huge Xuanwu statue, there are two statues full of contrast and irony..."

"Here comes the elbow? Are you talking about ancient times here?" A handsome guy wearing a straw hat walked over from the edge of the open dam. It was Xiangyu, the classmate of Class 3 led by Zhou Zhi and his classmates, He Xiu.

"I heard from my uncle that a group of people the same age as me came here, so I guessed it was you. They promised to come and play with me during the holidays, but they asked me to wait!" Xiang Yu was so happy that he greeted everyone one by one.

"The natives are here." Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "Hurry up and take us to see the great land father-in-law and the old lady."

"What's so good about that? It's almost weathered." Xiang Yu said, "Why don't you go to my house to eat plums and grapes, or we can make fresh jelly jelly cakes. We have agreed to stay at my house tonight and not leave!"

"Don't make trouble!" Zhou Zhi said: "I came here to receive patriotic education. I have to leave anyway. It's not too late to eat jelly after seeing these two places."

"Let's go, let's go back quickly." Xiang Yu has no feeling at all about this "patriotic education base". He has played everywhere since he was a child and has no sense of surprise at all. He treats his friends as if they are concerned about major issues. The seriousness was a little unbearable, and he waved and turned to lead the way: "By the way, when we were young, we often threw mud at my mother-in-law, and the adults didn't stop her. But throwing mud at the big land is not allowed. You will get beaten. Do you know the reason?"

Zhou Zhi smiled and said, "I'll tell you when the time comes."

There are two statues: one is at the northwest corner of Xiaochang Dam, and the other is on the cliff outside the west gate.

The statue carved on the boulder at the northwest corner of the school field dam in the Divine Arm City is a statue of an official with a square head and big ears, wearing court clothes, a tall figure, and a dignified appearance. It is well-preserved, with his back facing east and west. Miraculously, it is half-length. However,

Only half of his body is nearly two meters tall."

"Even Xiang Yu probably doesn't know the origin of this statue." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "Real statues of Tu Tu Gong are rarely so big. So people here call this statue 'Big Tu Tu'."

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"Actually, this is an official from the Southern Song Dynasty. I don't know his name anymore. I only know that he is a Hu Cao."

"When Liu Zheng rebelled and the city fell, this unknown Hucao, under Liu Zheng's butcher's knife, 'erected the east veranda and bowed to the east' on his own, and then died with great righteousness."

"Later generations were grateful for him and specially carved a statue of him here. Later, in the Yuan Dynasty, in order to protect the statue, the locals claimed that he was the father-in-law of the land, so that it could be preserved."

"In fact, China has such a tradition. The legend of a loyal man becoming a city god after his death is recorded in many ancient notebooks. Although this barbarian Hucao did not leave a name, he still left an image, but

Let us express our gratitude today."

"Let us bow three times to this righteous man. Loyalty and patriotism are something that cannot be lost even to the heavens." Zhou Zhi thought of the "calm and patriotic" meme that became popular on Douyin in later generations, as well as those who posted "patriotic anchors"

I can't help but feel a little emotional about the behavior of such labels.

In another twenty or thirty years, it has become a strange situation to be able to speak irresponsibly. Various distorted and misleading remarks are widely circulated in some big media and even have a certain market. It is really a bit speechless.

…

Liu Zheng rebelled against the Song Dynasty. At least he was wronged by the court. These people picked up their bowls to eat, put down their bowls and scolded their mothers. Their character was not even as good as Liu Zheng's.

After bowing to the "big land", everyone walked around the foot of the mountain and returned to the lotus pond. On the cliff outside the west gate, there were two cliff carvings.

Both of these stone carvings are somewhat severely weathered, and it can be seen that the stone carvings were carved into an arched stone niche about one and a half meters above the ground. In the middle of the picture, facing south, there is a man sitting, nearly two meters tall, with his head

The back is raised like a hair knot, and the hands are placed on the knees, like an old woman, with an arrogant expression.

On the lower left side is a small man kneeling in front of him. He is less than one meter tall and looks like a naughty boy.

There are attendants on the left and right behind the seated statue. It is even shorter, only thirty centimeters tall.

Zhou Zhi smiled and said: "This statue is the legend of 'Sun Sun beats the mother-in-law and changes the state to the county'."

"Yes." Xiang Yu said: "There is also a name for 'beating the mother-in-law'. I heard that it was a mother-in-law who was resting outside the door with her grandson in her arms. The grandson was naughty and raised his hand to the mother-in-law and said 'beat'.

beat'."

"A foolish official happened to be passing by. He thought this was a serious crime of rebellion and lack of filial piety, so he reported it to the emperor."

"When the emperor learned about this, he was furious and ordered that the barbarian state was not allowed to be established as a state and was demoted to Jiangyang County. This is the story of 'Sun Sun beat his wife and changed the state to a county'."

"Actually, the statue here is the historical record of Liu Zheng's surrender to the Yuan Dynasty." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "'Liu Zheng's surrender to the Yuan Dynasty is a shame for the Lu people.' The soldiers and people of the God's Arm City hated Liu Zheng as the 'traitor of the Song Dynasty'.

, so in the form of a cliff statue, the theme of Liu Zheng prostrating himself before Kublai Khan and the slave surrendering to his master was chosen, nailing Liu Zheng to the pillar of shame in history."

"But under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty at that time, the local people had to cleverly cover up the stone statues to avoid causing misfortune. It is attached to the saying of 'Sun Sun beats the mother-in-law and changes the state to the county' in the graphics of the stone statues."

"Now everyone knows the reason why the local custom is to throw away the 'mother-in-law' instead of throwing away the land."
Chapter completed!