Liu Xie, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, was the last emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty. In 189 AD, Emperor Xian of Han ascended the throne under the coercion of the warlord Dong Zhuo, and in 220 AD, he was forced to take the throne under the coercion of The Wei Emperor Cao Pi. On the surface, he also became emperor for 31 years, but during these 31 years, he either became the object of contention between various powerful warlords, or became a puppet in the hands of Cao Cao, suffering in trembling and trembling.
However, although Emperor Xiandi of Han was in a nest, one of his bodyguards, although unknown and his name was unknown, inadvertently reversed the historical trend of the Three Kingdoms. The man's name was Jujube, a very strange surname, plus a very strange name. But his popularity, though low, was a key figure who had an important impact on the history of the Three Kingdoms.
Zao Qi, a native of Yingchuan, Henan (now Xuchang), came from a commoner's family, but he studied poetry hard, was talented, and became a famous celebrity at a young age, and various powerful forces and warlords came to invite him out of the mountains. Yuan Shao, the great warlord who threatened the north, was "greedy and wanted to get it" and wanted to take him under his command. However, Zao Zhihui saw people and decided that Yuan Shao could not achieve great things, and decisively rejected him.
At that time, Cao Cao was still a small warlord with few soldiers, but Zao Qi believed that Cao Cao would be a generation of male lords in the future and took the initiative to come and defect. Cao Cao appointed him as the Commander of Dong'a County. Once, when Cao Cao led the main force out to fight, Lü Bu suddenly led his troops to sneak into Yanzhou and Dong'a behind Cao Cao. Zao Qi defended the isolated city alone, facing Lü Bu, who was brave and good at war, Zao Qi was not afraid, organized the army and the people to form a militia group, he was a pioneer and soldier to hold the city day and night, repelled Lü Bu's many attacks, and let Lü Bu return home.
Zao Qi not only guarded the rear base for Cao Cao, but also gathered displaced people in Dong'a, vigorously reclaimed the wasteland and farmed the land, and was able to produce a large amount of grain every year, alleviating the problem of cao Cao's military food in the four directions, Cao Cao was very appreciative of Zao Qi's ability, first promoted him to Chen Liu Taishou, Jian'an Yuannian (196), and then made him the Yulin supervisor, "Su Wei Gong", in charge of the Han XianDi's Janissaries, and became the bodyguard of the Han Xian Emperor.
Zao Qi paid close attention to the general trend of the world and often actively contributed to Cao Cao's ideas. At that time, in the process of developing and growing Cao Cao's forces, it encountered a very difficult bottleneck: lack of food. In the chaotic years at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, after the great golden uprising and the warlord chaos, agricultural production was seriously damaged, a large number of peasants fled to escape the war, a large number of good fields were abandoned, and the lack of grain became a common difficulty for all armies.
The Book of Wei records that "since the desolation, there is a lack of grain and grain. All the armies rise together, there is no plan for the end of life, hunger is kou, full is abandoned, disintegration and displacement, invincible self-destruction is innumerable", "Yuan Shaozhi is in Hebei, the soldiers rely on mulberries." Yuan Shu was in Jiang and Huai, and gave it to Pu Yi. The people cannibalized each other, and the state was depressed", and the armies of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu were even forced to collect mulberries and river mussel snails for food. It can be said that whoever can take the lead in solving the problem of food shortage will be able to take the lead in the struggle for hegemony in the world. On the other hand, if Cao Cao could not solve this problem, it was not yet known whose hand the deer had killed.
Jujube only judged the situation and was the first to see this. He offered Cao Cao a sentence that changed the historical trend of the Three Kingdoms: "The art of Fu DingGuo lies in strengthening the army and eating enough food, the Qin people are anxious to farm and the world, and filial piety is to set the western region with Tun Tian, which is also a good style of the ancestors", and suggested that Cao Cao mobilize the army, gather displaced people, vigorously carry out Tun Tian, and rely on himself to be rich in food and clothing.
Cao Cao adopted Zao Qi's suggestion, "Recruit the people tun tian yu promised, get the valley millions of huo, the county state listed field officials, in a few years where the millet was accumulated, the warehouse was full", Cao Cao immediately had enough food, laid the foundation for unifying the Central Plains in one fell swoop, and created Cao Wei Jiangshan. Unfortunately, Cao Cao was deeply saddened by the early death of Zao Qi, and wrote in the altar text: "Abundant military use, destroy the rebellion, rule the world, and promote the royal family." Congratulations on his deeds", expressing infinite condolences and regrets for this worldly talent.
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei