Why did Zhuge Liang marry an ugly girl?

After two years of Jian 'an (AD 197), Nanyang, which was originally a paradise, was gradually trampled by Cao Cao's horseshoe. The war between Cao Cao and Zhang Xiu was in full swing, with smoke everywhere and untold sufferings. Si Mahui and his disciples, Zhuge Liang and his friends had to reconsider their lives.

Escape into the mountains, Shi Tao, Liu? When Mi and others went north, Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong and Yin Moning would rather die than go to Cao Cao, and they were even less loyal to Liu Biao of Jingzhou. Such a loser will become the prey of others sooner or later. Under the cover of the nest, does Ann have any eggs? They learn from Jiang Ziya in the Western Zhou Dynasty, just like an old hen that hatched chicks in its nest, waiting patiently and motionless. Waiting for one day, Zhou Wenwang in my mind can suddenly fall from the sky, poach them and start a vigorous career in * * *. One year, two years, even like Jiang Ziya, I am willing to wait until my sideburns turn white and my beard floats.

Just as Zhuge Liang wrote in Fengxiangxuan: "Phoenix flies thousands of miles, and it must be alive. Master is on one side, not the Lord. I am willing to work hard in Longmu. I love my house. I am proud of the piano book and wait for the weather. "

Waiting is the most painful. Over the past few years, Zhuge Liang has also changed from an ignorant young man to a youthful, energetic and promising young talent in an instant. Zhuge Liang's two sisters are long past the age of waiting for words. The Iraqis have married someone else's wife, and Sister Zhuge has married Kuaiqi, the son of a famous family in Jingxiang. Kuai Kuai and his brothers Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue are well-known figures in Jingzhou. Kuai Liang and Kuai Yue are both celebrities under Liu Biao's account in Jingzhou, Kuai Liang is the main book (minister) and Kuai Yue is the magistrate. Liu Biao rode into Jingzhou alone, and with the help of two brothers, Kuai Liang and Cai Mao in Xiangyang, he put down the rebellion and became the master of Jingxiang. The second sister Zhuge married Pang Shanmin, the son of Pang Degong.

For Zhuge Liang, the two sisters got married one after another, which was tantamount to unloading two big burdens. However, Zhuge Liang soon carried a big burden, and he bid farewell to being single and became the son-in-law of Xiangyang celebrity Huang. His wife, Huang (the legendary name is, but this is just a legend), is an ugly girl with brown hair and dark and shiny skin. At first glance, Chad thinks this is a black race. Neighbors repeatedly shook their heads and sighed, even covered their mouths in the dark and laughed. The handsome Zhuge Lang, with a yellow-faced woman, is simply a flower inserted in cow dung. So a proverb that warned young people spread like wildfire, "Don't choose a wife for Kong Ming, you will get an ugly girl."

Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, is proud of himself, and his admiration is far better than that of his charming mother who suddenly fell from the sky. In Zhuge Liang's view, marrying a wife means marrying the future. Bringing Huang home is equivalent to bringing an infinitely beautiful future home.

Zhuge Liang's vision is far-sighted and his ideal is magnificent. Guan Zhong and Le Yi are his role models and highest ideals. Although Zhuge Liang is knowledgeable and talented, his position is humble and he is only an immigrant from Jingzhou. Whether you can get a green card in Jingzhou is also a problem, let alone become a military commander and gallop around the world. Fortunately, under the careful packaging and extensive publicity of the godfather Si Mahui, Zhuge Liang became famous in one fell swoop. No, even Huang, a celebrity in Miannan, Xiangyang, wandered to Zhuge Liang's thatched cottage on a donkey, lowered his social status and took the initiative to ask for relatives for his daughter.

This yellow background is unusual. He is the son-in-law of Cai, the richest man in Jingxiang. In Jingzhou, Cai's satire is well known. If you don't crush people, you will be scared to death.

Sima Yi and Zhang Chunhua in the Military Alliance

In that strategic era, marriage sometimes became the most effective tool to unite Lian Heng and win people's hearts. Zhang Wen, the first opposition official in the Eastern Han Dynasty, was once the boss of Zhuo, Sun Jian, and Wang. Zhang Wen is the brother-in-law of Cai Yan. Liu Biao, a Jingzhou shepherd, is Cai Yan's second son-in-law, and Cai Mao, a strategist who lives behind the scenes with Liu Biao, is Cai Yan's son. In addition, Cai Yan's nephew Cai Yan is the magistrate of Ba County. Who is Cai Zan? Stage. In a word, the real owner of Quan Jingxiang is not Liu Biao, but Chua. So in Jingzhou, as long as you have a relationship with Chua, even a delicate relationship like lotus root silk is enough to double your worth.

Zhuge Liang is well aware of the stakes. So when Huang put it forward, Zhuge Liang was somewhat interested. Besides, Zhuge Liang has long heard that Huang's daughter is a well-known talented woman. Apart from her unattractive appearance, she is not only well-read in poetry and songs, but also ingenious in invention, especially proficient in musical instrument making, which is also a rare wizard in the world. If today, the patent fee alone is enough to make her a billionaire. If you can marry such a strange woman, it will be unprofitable and take advantage of the world except visually enduring fatigue. So Zhuge Liang without thinking, before Huang finished, he gently let out a cry, grandpa! So Zhuge Liang bid farewell to the happy bachelor life smoothly!

The Image of Mrs. Zhuge Huang Yueying in Hong Kong Opera

Getting married is about to start a career. The young couple can't always live in the cottage. I can no longer wander around like before and live a life without food. If you want to have a car and a house, you have to struggle with your own hands and live like a man.

At this time, Zhuge Liang received a letter from his brother Zhu Gejin from Soochow, saying that shortly after Zhuge Liang and other brothers and sisters went south, their homes were completely destroyed by war and they could no longer live, so they also took their mother south to Soochow to find a way out. After Jian 'an came to Wudong in the fifth year (AD 200), it coincided with the assassination of Sun Ce, a bully in Jiangdong, and his brother Sun Quan succeeded to the throne. Sun Quan's brother-in-law Hong hit it off and recommended it to Sun Quan. Now he works with a man named Lu Su in Dongwu. He lives near the Huaihe River. Zhu Gejin waved enthusiastically. Brother Kong Ming, come to Jiangdong! Not only can we make a living, but the whole family can get together and have fun!

Zhuge Liang was filled with emotion. It's almost ten years since he left his brother. Now that my brother has a successful career, he is still confused on the road of life. Zhuge Liang missed his stepmother and brother very much. On impulse, he wanted to go to Jiangdong. But he held back and went to Soochow. Isn't that a sponsor? Besides, Sun Quan is one year younger than himself, and being a younger brother is similar. Sun Quan has no hair on his mouth and is not firm in his work, so I don't know how much he can achieve.

Zhuge Liang heard that Cai Mao, the father-in-law's brother-in-law, was an all-powerful figure in Jingzhou. Why not ask him to say a few words in front of Liu Biao and become an official, and then slowly figure it out? So he went to see Si Mahui. At this time, Si Mahui has become a peasant with mud legs, working hard in his own vegetable garden.

Si Mahui fully understood Zhuge Liang's meaning. He told Zhuge Liang, why do I pretend to be crazy all day and be called Mr. Nice guy? Liu Cong, the son of Liu Biao, is about to smash the wooden door. Why would I rather mow the grass and dig the earth here? I just want to live well, and I don't want to die under Liu Biao. You are Wolong. As long as you wait patiently, sooner or later, an English master will come to you and let you dance freely and show your true colors as a hero.

Selected from The Humble Wise Man: By Zhuge Liang (Ke), Tianjin People's Publishing House.

About the author: Ke Yu Sheng, member of Fujian Writers Association, member of China Folk Writers Association, winner of the 5th Xiamen Literature and Art Award on 20 15. He has published more than ten books, including Wanli Crusade: 1592- 1598 War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and Aid Korea (20 17, Tsinghua University Publishing House) and Qianmou Overlord Cao (20 17, Tianjin People's Publishing House). Others are: the East Asian War of the Tang Empire (20 14), the humble wise man: Zhuge Liang (20 14), Kublai Khan, great eastern (20 16), and the fate of the dynasty-minimalist administration for three thousand years (20 16).