十位農民出身的統治者(3)
l I – Byzantium
3.巴西爾一世——拜占庭Basil was not only born into a peasant family, but was also kidnapped by Khan Krum – a man who won virtually every "evil name" contest he ever entered – when he was just an infant. He managed to escape in his early 20s and headed to Constantinople to make his fortune. He was minding his own business at a wrestling match when he found himself challenged by the champion, and like Peter Parker against Bonesaw McGraw, somehow managed to pull out a victory. His victory did not go unnoticed and he was made head bodyguard to the emperor.
巴西爾不僅是農民出身，而且在他嬰兒時期就被克魯姆汗（Khan Krum，保加利亞大公，幾乎贏得了他參與過的每一場掠奪戰爭。）給擄走了。20歲出頭時他策劃逃跑，後來前往君士坦丁堡賺錢。某一次，他專注於一場拳擊比賽時，發現自己正在和拳擊冠軍過招，於是就像彼得·帕克（蜘蛛俠）與巨無霸（Bonesaw McGraw電影《蜘蛛俠1》中人物）對戰一樣，巴西爾竟然神奇地取得了勝利。他的獲勝使他一戰成名，並於之後成爲皇帝身邊的護衛隊隊長。
Realizing that his new position basically consisted of beating people up, he took it a step further by killing the emperor's uncle to further his own power. Not stopping there, he then murdered the emperor and took the position for himself, in a move that most HR reps would probably frown upon. He ruled for 19 years before his untimely death. Hilariously, he wasn't killed by an assassin, but by a deer, getting impaled on the stag's antler and dragged 16 miles.
當意識到他的新工作基本上就是打人，爲獲得更大的權力，他殺害了皇帝的叔叔。不僅如此，之後他還謀殺了皇帝，自己登上皇位。估計大部分人力資源代表是不會贊成這樣的舉動的。他在位19年就死於非命了，可笑的是，他並非是被刺客殺死，而是被鹿，他被雄鹿的鹿角刺穿並拖行了16英里。
lo the Cabbage – Bulgaria
2.捲心菜·伊瓦依洛——保加利亞
Ivaylo, who was so poor people actually referred to him as cabbage, was a late 13th century swineherd in Bulgaria, which just so happened to be a time and place frequented by the rampaging hordes of the Tartars. With Tsar Constantine being of no help, Ivaylo led a group of peasants to stop the desecration of his land and people. After defeating the Tartars he marched to the capital to show his dissatisfaction at having to do the Tsar's job for him, but rather than change his policy towards peasant protection, the Tsar lead his army to slaughter them. Things didn't go as planned, and the peasant army won when Ivaylo personally killed the Tsar in battle.
伊瓦依洛(Ivaylo)，這個由於太過貧窮而被人們被稱作"捲心菜"的貧民，是13世紀末期保加利亞的一個豬倌。在他所處的時代和環境裏，有許多兇惡的韃靼人經常"光顧"保加利亞。在沙皇康斯坦丁(Tsar Constantine)不能幫助國家逃離困境的情況下，伊瓦依洛領導農民們反抗韃靼對保加利亞土地和人民的侵略。擊退韃靼後，他率領部隊進入都城，但並不是去改變沙皇關於保護農民的政策，而是向沙皇表達自己的不滿，因爲他不得不做了本該由沙皇去做的事情。沙皇帶領軍隊去剿滅他們，沒想到卻在戰場上被伊瓦伊洛親自斬殺，從而使得農民軍獲勝。In a move that forever solidified the fact that cabbages apparently come equipped with enormous balls, he then married Constantine's widow to become the new Tsar. Despite only ruling for a year he won victories against the Byzantine Empire and the Tartars before the nobles overthrew and exiled him, as they weren't too happy with a peasant being on the throne.
之後他與康斯坦丁的寡婦（當時的皇后）結婚併成爲了新的沙皇，這一舉動鞏固了"捲心菜"（伊瓦伊洛）顯然很有膽量的事實。儘管伊瓦依洛只執政了一年，但他贏得了與拜占庭帝國和韃靼族的戰爭。後來由於貴族們不太滿意農民當權，推翻了他的統治並流放了他。Yuanzhang – China
1.朱元璋——中國
Zhu was born in 14th century China into a family so poor that they literally had to give away most of his siblings. As if that level of poverty wasn't enough, his family was then wiped out by floods and plague, leaving him no choice but to become a wandering beggar. Eventually settling in a monastery after years of roaming around China, his bad luck continued when the Mongolian Yuan dynasty destroyed his shelter. Reaching his breaking point, he joined the rebel army and quickly worked his way up to become their leader and captured the city of Nanjing.
14世紀，朱元璋出生於中國。由於貧困，家裏不得不棄養了他大部分的兄弟姐妹。似乎這樣的貧窮還不嫌夠，在瘟疫和接連不斷的天災中，他失去了自己的家人們。走投無路的朱元璋成爲了一個流離失所的乞丐。經過了多年的遊蕩，他最終定居於一個寺院（皇覺寺）中，然而在元朝毀掉了他的避所之後，慘痛的遭遇又開始了。忍無可忍的他加入了起義軍，從而逐步成爲了軍隊的首領並佔領了南京城。Hell bent on trying to stop any more disasters in his life, he managed to end the Mongol rule of China and completed unification of the provinces by 1383. With his enemies vanquished, he started the Ming Dynasty, the longest ruling dynasty in China's history. Basically, China entered its most famous era all because Mother Nature, bad luck, and the Yuan Dynasty couldn't combine to finish off a tramp.
他不顧一切想要改變人生的悲慘境遇，費盡全力終結了元王朝對中國的統治，並且於1383年完成了中國的統一。敵人被征服後，他開創了明朝，這是中國歷史上統治時期最長的朝代。總的來說，中國得以進入它最舉世聞名的紀元，全歸功於大自然的"饋贈"、慘痛的遭遇、和元朝未能拼盡全力打敗這個流浪漢。審稿:張茜 編輯:Freya然 校對:CMX
