Li Gu

Li Gu

Li Gu (1994-147), Zi Jian. Chenggu County, Hanzhong county (now Chenggu County, Hanzhong City, Shaanxi Province) people. In the middle of Eastern Han Dynasty, he was the son of situ Liying. When he was young, he was erudite and learned from the past and the present, and he was not appointed many times. Later, he was appointed Zhonglang by Liang Shang, the general of the army. Later, he was appointed governor of Jingzhou and governor of Taishan. He successfully quelled the rebellion between the two places. Later, he repeatedly admonished the imperial court, which was quite beneficial. After the death of Emperor Shun of Han Dynasty, he was trusted by Empress Liang, but was hated by Liang Ji. After the death of Zhi Di, he argued with Liang Ji and refused to make Liu Zhi emperor. Finally, he was falsely accused and killed by Liang Ji.

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Life of the characters

learned

Li Gu is the son of situ Li Ying. He has a peculiar appearance. His skull protrudes like a tripod. He goes up into his hair and hides. There are tortoise inscriptions on his feet. When he was young, Li Gu Nian was eager to learn. He often changed his name and traveled thousands of miles to find a teacher. He studied five classics for more than ten years. Read ancient and modern books, familiar with wind angle, star calculation, river map and divination. Every time I went to Taixue, I secretly went to the government to see my parents. I didn't want to let the students who studied together know that I was Li Ying's son. Most of the people with lofty ideals from all over the world admired his elegant demeanor and came to learn from him. The people in the capital praised him and said, "this is the second Li Gong." Both the commander of Sili school and the governor of Yizhou ordered the Taishou of Hanzhong to elect Li Gu as Xiaolian, and Sikong also recruited him as his subordinate, so they did not take office.

On the eighth day of June in the second year of Yangjia (133), a ground fissure occurred in xuandeting, Luoyang, the capital, with a length of 85 Zhang. Emperor Shun then summoned Chunzhen and simple people (Li Gu was recommended by Wei Wei Jia Jian) recommended by Sangong and Jiuqing to ask them how to deal with the problems and how to govern. Li Gu impeached his beloved nurse and Eunuch in his reply. Emperor Shun saw the people's countermeasures, took Li Gu as the first, and immediately ordered his nurse Song e to move out of the palace and return to her private house. All of you kowtowed to the emperor and asked for forgiveness. The imperial court was so solemn that Li Gu was appointed as Yi Lang. However, Song e and the eunuch hated Li Gu very much, so they forged anonymous black letters and fabricated accusations against Li Gu. Emperor Shun ordered Li Gu to be investigated and dealt with. The imperial edict was issued directly without passing through the Shangshu platform. Huang Shang, the chief minister of agriculture, asked zhijinwu and Liangshang to rescue him, and Huang Qiong, the minister's servant, also rescued him. After a long time, Li gucai was released and transferred from the imperial court to serve as Luoxian magistrate of Guanghan county. Li Gu went to baishuiguan, untied yinshou, and returned to his hometown Hanzhong. He closed the door and did not communicate with others.

Get into the shogunate

On April 19, the fourth year of Yangjia (135), Liang Shang was appointed general. After Liang Shang took office, he hired Li Gu as his Zhonglang.

Liang Shang was a queen's father, but he was weak and gentle. He could only defend himself, but he could not rectify the law and discipline. Li Gu wanted him to rectify the weathering and resign from Gao man's position, so he wrote to Liang Shang and said, "over the past few years, disasters and strange things have been constantly appearing. Confucius said, "a wise man sees a catastrophe and thinks about its causes; a foolish man sees something strange but pretends not to see it." No matter the way of heaven is close or distant, it is respectable and formidable. If you can straighten out the rules and regulations of the imperial court, carry out the right way, and select the loyal and good, then you will be able to build up the lofty achievements and complete the immortal honor after Bo Cheng. How can those ordinary relatives who indulge in the glory and wealth and pursue the high position speak with you in the same breath? " Liang Shang did not listen.

In the first year of Yonghe (136), Wang Gong, the Taiwei, hated the eunuch's dictatorship and wrote to state their crimes. The constant attendants of Huangmen instigated the disciples to falsely accuse Wang Gong of being guilty. Emperor Shun ordered Wang Gong to tell the truth in person as soon as possible. Li Gu wrote to Liang Shang asking him to rescue him. Liang Shang immediately spoke to Emperor Shun, and the matter was settled.

In the third year of Yonghe (138), the imperial censor jia chang and the prefecture government joined forces to fight against the rebellious barbarian leader Qu Lian in Xianglin county. However, they did not win. Instead, they were besieged by Qu Lian. After more than a year, no reinforcements or food were available. Emperor Shun called all the officials of the imperial court and the families of the four prefectures (general, Taiwei, situ, Sikong) to inquire about the countermeasures. They all advocated sending senior generals to collect 40000 troops from Jing, Yang, Yan, Yu and other four states for reinforcement in Jiaozhi.

Li Gu first refuted with seven reasons: < ol > < li > If Jingzhou and Yangzhou are peaceful, they can recruit soldiers from the two states. Today, the thieves of the two states are united like a rock and refuse to separate; the barbarian rebellion in Wuling county and Nanjun county has not been settled. The soldiers of Changsha County and Guiyang County have been recruited many times. If they are recruited again and harass the people, new disturbances will inevitably occur. Moreover, the people of Yanzhou and Yuzhou were suddenly recruited into the army and did not return to their homeland after thousands of miles of expeditions. However, the imperial edict forced and urged them to rush, which inevitably led to rebellion and flight. < / Li > < li > in the southern states and counties, the water and soil are humid, the climate is hot, and the miasma makes up 4 / 5 of the deaths. < / Li > < li > after a long journey and a long march, the soldiers were very tired. When the army arrived in Lingnan, the soldiers were no longer able to fight. < li > < li > according to the normal speed, the Soldiers March 30 Li a day, but it is more than 9000 li away from RI Nan county. It takes 300 days to arrive. According to the daily ration of 5 liters per person, 600000 mu of rice is needed, not including the rations of generals and military officials, and the feeds of donkeys and horses. The cost is so huge if only the soldiers carry them. < / Li > < li > where the army is fighting, there must be a lot of dead people. If they can't resist the enemy's attack, they will recruit reinforcements again. It's like cutting the heart to mend the limbs. < / Li > < li > Jiuzhen and rinan are only 1000 Li apart. It's unbearable to recruit local officials, not to mention soldiers from four states to make them endure the pain of the ten thousand li expedition? After that, Li Gu compared Yin Jiu, a former Zhonglang general who attacked Yizhou and rebelled against Qiang, with Zhang Qiao, the governor of Yizhou, who was called back after a failure and quelled the rebellion within a month. He thought that it was not beneficial for the imperial court to send a general, and that local officials of the prefecture were competent. He suggested that the governor of Jiaozhi Prefecture and the prefect of Jiaozhi Prefecture should be re appointed, who are brave, resourceful, benevolent and competent as generals. They should give up the hard to defend RI Nan Prefecture and move the officials and people to Jiaozhi Prefecture for the time being, and then return to Jiaozhi Prefecture. At the same time, barbarians can be recruited and bribed to attack and kill each other. If anyone can alienate the enemy and kill the barbarian leaders, the imperial court will grant them Marquises and food towns. Finally, Zhu Liang and Zhang Qiao are recommended to go to pacify the chaos. The four prefectures fully agreed with Li Gu's opinion. Emperor Shun appointed Zhu Liang as the prefect of Jiuzhen and Zhang Qiao as the governor of Jiaozhi. Sure enough, they put an end to the chaos and restored peace in the areas outside the Wuling mountains.

suppress the revolt

In Yonghe (136-141), Jingzhou bandits rose and could not be pacified for a long time. The court appointed Li Gu as the governor of Jingzhou in the sixth year of Yonghe (141). After Li Gu came to work, he sent officials to visit the territory, pardoned the criminals and started from scratch with them. More than 600 traitors from Xia MI, the leader of the traitor, were recruited and asked to go back to collect themselves and show their authority. Half a year later, all the thieves surrendered, and the state was peaceful.

Li Gu also played Nanyang governor Gao Ci and other corrupt behavior. Gao Ci and others were afraid of punishment, so they bribed Liang Ji, the then general, with a lot of money. Liang Ji sent them a message for thousands of miles, but Li Gu held it more tightly. Liang Ji ordered Li Gu to be the Taishan prefect. At that time, the Taishan bandits had been gathering for many years, and there were often thousands of soldiers in the county, so they could not be subdued. When Li Gu arrived, he sent all the soldiers back to farm. He only selected more than 100 people who remained in the army to lure the thieves to surrender. In less than a year, all the thieves fled. Du Qiao and other eight envoys investigated the world. When Du Qiao arrived in Yanzhou, Li Gu was promoted to be a great craftsman. He recommended Huang Qiong, Zhou Ju and others, as well as Yang Lun, Yin Cun from Henan, Wang Yun from Dongping, He Lin from Chen and Fang Zhi from Qinghe. Emperor Shun summoned Yang Lun and Yang Hou, and promoted Huang Qiong and Zhou Ju, and appointed Li Gu as the chief minister of agriculture.

Before that, Zhou Ju and other eight envoys investigated the world and impeached many non judges, most of whom were eunuch guests' relatives. Eunuchs often interceded for them, so the court told them not to investigate. In the old days, when the three prefectures elected the official orders, the Guanglu Department tried Shulang. At this time, they all relied on the special relationship and did not choose any more. Li Gu and Ting Wei Wu Xiong went up to discuss the matter. They thought that those who were reported by the eight envoys should be punished as soon as possible, and the electoral office could let the relevant departments do it. Emperor Shun was moved by their words, so he dismissed the eight envoys' assassins and two thousand stones, and then reduced the number of special envoys, and ordered Sangong and Mingjia to investigate, which was highly praised by the imperial court. Li Gu and Liu xuanshang, guangluxun, said: "in recent elections, most of them are incompetent and even run amok, infringing the rights and interests of the people. You should stop playing politics, your majesty Emperor Shun took their advice, so he ordered the prefectures to impeach the officials below the prefect and county magistrate. Those who were perverse in politics and were not beneficial to the people were removed from their official posts; those who committed the felony of adultery and filthy were all charged with prison.

Leaning behind the beam

In August of the first year of Jiankang (144), Emperor Shun died and was ascended to the throne by the crown prince Liu Bing (that is, Emperor Chong of the Han Dynasty). In the same month, Ding Chou appointed Li Gu as Taiwei, and engaged with Taifu Zhao Jun and General Liang Ji in writing.

After the death of Emperor Shun, Liang Xun thought that the thieves in Yangzhou and Xuzhou were prosperous and strong, and he was afraid that the news would cause chaos. He asked Li Gu, the Minister of China and Changzhou, to discuss and wait for the princes to come to Qi to mourn. Li Gu replied: "although the emperor is young, he is still the father of the world. Today's collapse has moved people and gods. How can any minister oppose the Communist Party