糜竺 / Mi Zhu
Hanji 981 adds the first Xuzhou handoff scene. 陶谦 tells Mi Zhu that only 刘备 can protect 徐州, and after Tao Qian dies Mi Zhu brings officials and people to invite Liu Bei. The episode later says Mi Zhu and 陈登 provide substantial money after Liu Bei accepts.
Hanji 982 adds Mi Zhu’s earlier role in supporting 刘备’s entry into 徐州. The episode reads him as a Donghai economic actor whose family wealth, salt-and-iron interests, and local status make Liu Bei attractive: a governor who needs Mi Zhu’s funding can protect Mi-family influence rather than absorb it like 袁术 might.
糜竺 / Mi Zhu enters the wiki through Hanji 999 as the Donghai figure who uses family wealth to support 刘备 after the loss of 下邳. The episode places his assistance amid famine, army dispersal, and Liu Bei’s defeat by 袁术, so the money is not decorative patronage but emergency survival capital.
Mi Zhu’s source role contrasts with 吕布’s turn against Liu Bei under 粮食诱导式同盟背叛. One actor exploits scarcity to seize a city; Mi Zhu absorbs personal cost to keep Liu Bei’s damaged organization alive long enough to submit, regroup, and later operate from 小沛.
Connections
- Hanji 981, 陶谦, 刘备, and 徐州 - deathbed instruction, invitation, and funding branch.
- Hanji 982, 陈登, 孔融, and 地方豪强代理人选择 - earlier Xuzhou support coalition for Liu Bei.
- 刘备 - recipient of Mi Zhu’s financial support.
- 下邳, 徐州, and 小沛 - loss, region, and later regrouping setting.
- 袁术 and 吕布 - pressure actors around Liu Bei’s collapse.
- 战争抽空农业劳动力 and 粮食诱导式同盟背叛 - famine and resource-leverage frames.