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Shi Le: From slaves to generals to emperors, he also coined the word "cucumber"

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Shi Le: From slaves to generals to emperors, he also coined the word "cucumber"

Text: Qi San forgot to read the history columnist

Today's protagonist is a slave who once could not eat the big white rice and wear complete clothes, and was once treated as a slave who lacked heart and eyes and was sold cheaply, his name was Shi Le, nicknamed Desperate Sanlang, a jié (jié) people.

In a sense, the Huns could not be a true people, because they were just a branch (or tribe) of the Huns at that time.

Compared with the Yellow-majority Xiongnu, the Xiongnu are a rare Nomadic white race that has appeared in Chinese history, and it is a very unique ethnic group. Today's protagonist is a white-faced strong man in this team!

Shi Le: From slaves to generals to emperors, he also coined the word "cucumber"

As for the Qiang people, they have not appeared in Chinese history for too long. Initially they were only slave armies of the Hun nobles. When he was a teenager, Xiao ShiLe had been trading in Luoyang with the Hu people in the tribe, and later because of the change of the situation, he fled to Yanmen with two large cakes of steamed buns, unfortunately, the two-legged man could not run the four-legged horse, and finally he was caught and sold as a slave to the Shandong Shiping rich man Shi Huan's family.

However, in the family of the rich master, Shi Le did know a Hercules Ji Sang, who was also a slave. Shi Le's Chinese name was given to him by Ji Sang.

Ji Sang was also considered a nobleman of Shi Le, and he took Shi Le with him to defect to Sima Ying. In Sima Ying, Shi Le's identity achieved a qualitative leap for the first time.

Ji Sang quickly hooked up with Sima Ying by virtue of his acquaintance with Gongshi Fan! Because the Western Jin Dynasty was too chaotic, the eight kings went their separate ways. Therefore, Ji Sang quickly appointed Shi Le as the general of Fu Ye Ya, first leading the Qi people to release the prisoners imprisoned in the county town, and then recruiting bandits in the mountains, with this gang of tiger and wolf bandits, Shi Le had his first army. Soon, Ji Sang claimed to be a great general, in the name of sima ying, the king of Chengdu, to kill Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, and Ma Teng, the company of Dongyi. Ki Sang uses Shi Le as a striker, but it is an advanced journey for the gangster brothers.

Ji Sang and Shi Le attacked Shi Xian of Youzhou at Leling, and Shi Xian was killed in battle. Subsequently, the beggar general Tian Yu led 50,000 soldiers to rescue Shi Xian, and Shi Le fought. Soon, Ji Sang and Shi Le were defeated, and tens of thousands of soldiers were killed, and the two could only prepare to defect to Liu Yuanhai to see if Liu Yuanhai was willing to take them in. Unfortunately, along the way, the various forces of the family and horses stopped them, and Ji Sang and Shi Le were defeated all the way and fled all the way. Ji Sang was eventually killed by the Jin army in front of the battle.

Shi Le: From slaves to generals to emperors, he also coined the word "cucumber"

Shi Le was alone again and prepared to defect to the lower Hubu Da Zhang Dou. At this time, former Zhao's founding emperor, the Xiongnu Liu Yuan, also known as Liu Yuanhai, also noticed this white man and extended an olive branch to him, hoping that he would come to his allegiance.

However, at this time, Shi Le was no longer a teenager who was first tied into slavery and sold! This time, Shi Le played the mind of stepping on two boats!

At that time, the Karasuma man Fulidu also had two thousand men and horses, stationed at the Leping Fortress, and Liu Yuan repeatedly tried to persuade him to surrender, but he did not listen to the greeting. Shi Le first pretended to make repeated mistakes under Liu Yuan, and could only defect to Fu Lidu. In the blink of an eye, He and Shi Le became brothers, and every day they went out with Shi Le to plunder around, and they were invincible, and soon, the fierce and cruel Shi Le quickly subdued the hearts of Fu Lidu's subordinates, so he took the opportunity to grab Fu Li Du and told the hu soldiers: "Now that there is a big incident, who is suitable for me and Fu Li Du to be the commander?" "All the Hu soldiers elected Shi Le. Shi Le then released Vulidu and led Vulidu's men to submit to Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan sealed Shi Le's military campaign in Shandong and handed over Fulidu's men to Shi Le's command.

Don't look at the fact that Shi Le is still a good friend of Liu Yuan, if Liu Yuan knows that his former Zhao was finally defeated at the hands of Shi Le. Liu Yuan would definitely dispose of Shi Le as soon as possible.

Later, Shi Le, assisted by the Han Zhang Bin, used the Xiang state as his base and successively destroyed the Western Jin forces in the north, such as Wang Jun, Shao Xu, and Duan Pilei, and annexed Cao Ling. Former Zhao Pingyang formally broke with Liu Yao after the coup d'état, and in November 319, he also proclaimed himself King of Zhao, the capital of Xiangguo. In 329, he annexed Guanzhong and took Shangyi to destroy Former Zhao. The Northern Expedition made Later Zhao the strongest state in the north at that time.

At that time, Shi Le climbed up from the lowest level in his life, starting from a slave, to a general, and then to an emperor. Every step of Shi Le was very difficult. He did his best in every battle, and really slaughtered a lot of Han Chinese. Shi Le moved to Liulin County, Lüliang, Shanxi. There, he fought particularly bravely and was known locally as Desperate Saburo.

Later, after he ascended the throne as emperor, he was annoyed that the Hu people were greatly annoyed. So he formulated a decree: No matter what you speak or write, the word "Hu" is strictly prohibited, and those who violate it will not be forgiven!

One day, Shi Le summoned a local official, and when he saw that Xiangguo County's Shou Fan Tan had come to see him wearing a tattered dress, he was very dissatisfied. He asked Fan Tan, why did you come to see him when you were not dressed properly! Fan Tan didn't know how to answer well in a panic, and replied casually: "This is all blamed on the Hu people for not being moral, and they have robbed all their clothes, so that I have to come to the court in rags." ”

Of course, this is a violation of our Shi Le's taboo! He hurriedly prostrated his head and pleaded guilty, and Shi Le did not say anything at the moment. When it was time to eat at noon, Shi Le suddenly pointed to a plate of courgettes and asked Fan Tan, "Qing Qing knows the name of this thing?" Fan Tan saw that This was Shi Le deliberately questioning him, so he respectfully replied: "Purple case delicacies, silver cups of green tea, golden bottle manna, jade plate cucumbers." Shi Le listened and smiled with satisfaction.

Shi Le: From slaves to generals to emperors, he also coined the word "cucumber"

Since then, the courgette has been called a cucumber and has spread among the government and the public.

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