Melt seven years old and can make pears. Brother in chief, should be prophetic. - The Three Character Sutra
I think the first time you know Kong Rong, you will listen to the parents tell the story of Kong Rong's pear. Confucius's twentieth grandson Kong Rong, the character wenju. Lu Guoren, an official, celebrity, and literary scholar at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, was one of the "seven sons of Jian'an". Kong Rong has been good at writing since childhood, diligent and studious. The erudite and talented man naturally had a literati bone on him, which laid the foundation for his future tragic extermination.
Kong Rong has been appreciated and helped by many people because of his outstanding talent and character, so his career is also relatively smooth. Kong Rong, a very popular subject, made great contributions to the imperial court and the people many times and reached the peak of his power, but Kong Rong did not listen to his friends to discourage him from restraining his front, but repeatedly ridiculed Cao Cao's wolf ambitions in person, which made Cao Cao resentful.
By chance, Cao Cao pulled Kong Rong off his horse, and Kong Rong, knowing that he was not long dead, asked Cao Cao to spare his son. But when Kong Rong's nine-year-old son heard this, he only said eight words, and Kong Rong burst into tears after being shocked.
01 Confucius's 20th grandson Kong Rong, known for filial piety in the world
Kong Rong, who was only 13 years old, experienced the pain of losing his father, and because of excessive grief, only people could stand up with support, so he was praised by the people of the state for his filial piety.
The famous scholar Zhang Jian was framed, and the prefecture received a secret order to arrest him, and Zhang Jian and Kong Rong's brother Kong Bao were friends, so they fled to Kong Rong's home in a hurry. It is no coincidence that Kong Jian is not out of the book, Zhang Jian is not going to sit in a panic for a while, it is not a time of crisis, Kong Rong, who is good at looking at color, saw Zhang Jian's trepidation and said: "You are the brother's friend, and I am his brother, the brother has something to go out, you may as well talk to me." When Zhang Jian saw this, he cleared up the ins and outs, and Kong Rong took him in as the master.
Later, the matter was revealed that Kong Rong's family was arrested and imprisoned, and Kong Rong said that people were the ones I hid to cure and cure me, and had nothing to do with my mother and brother, and Kong Rong's mother and brother also defended each other in this way. Later, the imperial court convicted Kong Rong, and Kong Rong was known to the world for his righteous deeds. Since then, the road of a generation of celebrities as officials has begun.
02 Kong Rong, who is just and upright, how to step by step to the center of power?
Kong Rong was appreciated by Situ Yang for his filial piety and was recruited as Situ 's subordinate (George's official). Kong Rong began to secretly investigate corrupt officials, and most of the people who were found were eunuchs' clans. The superior was afraid of being implicated, so he urgently summoned Yang Ci and Kong Rong and reprimanded them fiercely, but Kong Rong still went his own way and spoke bluntly, until the seventh year of Guanghe (184) When Yin Hejin of Henan was promoted to general, things took a turn for the better.
Yang Ci sent Kong Rong to take the business card to congratulate, but he did not expect kong Rong, who had always been proud and arrogant, to leave because the doormen did not inform him in time. After He Jin learned of this, he felt that Kong Rong had lost all his face, so he sent a high-level swordsman to assassinate Kong Rong, and Kong Rong's life should not be extinguished.
When a guest at the banquet learned of this, he said to He Jin, "Although this Kong Rong is crazy, he is also a celebrity in the world, but you want to kill him, how does this make the people of the four directions feel?" The general killed Kong Rong, that is, he formed a bond with a famous soldier, so is it not worth it? Therefore, the general should not only not kill him, but also repay his officials with virtue. He Jinyi thought that this was the case, so he quickly withdrew the killer, and Kong Rong was also blessed with successive promotions due to misfortune.
Kong Rong was soon promoted to the rank of Imperial Attendant, but because of his disagreement with his superior, Yushi Zhongzhong, Zhao She, he was always called a sick family. Not long after regaining his freedom, Kong Rong was again conscripted into the Sikong Tuan genus, and it took only three days to become a tiger general. Just when the powerful minister Dong Zhuo wanted to depose the Han Shao Emperor Liu Zheng, Kong Rong argued that he often offended Dong Zhuo in speech, and Dong Zhuo also held a grudge.
Therefore, Dong Zhuo used his power to unite with the three provinces (Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong) to put small shoes on Kong Rong.
Kong Rong, because of offending Dong Zhuo, came to the North Sea Kingdom, where the Yellow Guards were most rampant. After Kong Rong came to Beihai, he prepared to show his ambitions, constantly recruiting troops and horses to prepare for a battle with the Yellow Guards, but who admitted that although he was a good hand of Xi Wen, he commanded the army like a coat scratching the itch, and there was no doubt that he had lost the battle and retreated to Zhuxu County.
After the defeat of the war, Kong Rong began to rule by culture, promoting Confucianism, setting up schools, recommending the virtuous, and commending the countrymen who had good deeds; those who had no descendants and the four-way wanderers were buried with his help after death, so they had a lot of political reputation.
However, not long after such a peaceful and happy life, Kong Rong fell into the roundup of the Yellow Guards, and kong Rong sent someone to ask Liu Bei for help, and Liu Bei sighed with joy after receiving the letter: "Kong Rong, a famous man like Kong Rong, would actually think of him when he was in danger!" "Then the army was sent to solve its predicament.
After another war, Kong Rong's staff advised him to defect to Dong Zhuo or Cao Cao, who gradually became the two most powerful forces in the Central Plains at that time. But Kong Rong knew that these two forces were ultimately going to usurp the Han Dynasty, because they had long been influenced by the "orthodoxy" of Confucianism, so they were reluctant to dance with them.
Kong Rong is proud of his talents and has a lot of blood in the air, but because of his rough talent, he has nothing to gain.
In the first year of Jian'an (196), the Beihai state controlled by Kong Rong was captured, and he fled overnight. In the same year, Emperor Xian of Han recalled him after moving the capital, and was promoted from general Zuo to Shaofu. During Kong Rong's four-year reign, he helped the imperial court solve many problems. At this time, Cao Cao's wolf ambitions were gradually revealed, and Kong Rong was not accustomed to always making sarcastic remarks, laying the foundation for the future extermination of the clan.
03 A generation of celebrities and celebrities are proud of their talents and come to the end of their lives
Cao Cao's ambitions gradually expanded and revealed, and Kong Rongqi was always sarcastic. Once Cao Cao attacked Yecheng and slaughtered the people of Yecheng, and most of the women and women of Yuan Shao's family were taken captive. Cao Pi fell to the beauty of Yuan Xi's wife Zhen and forcibly abducted her to become his own wife.
Kong Rong wrote to Cao Cao in the knowledge: "King Wu cut the silk. He rewarded dai to the Duke of Zhou. Cao Cao believed that Kong Rong was erudite and believed it. Later, by chance, Cao Cao asked Kong Rong in person, "What is the allusion to this story?" Kong Rong said, "If you compare what is happening now, you will know it." Cao Cao only realized that he had been teased by Kong Rong.
Cao Cao and Kong Rong had different positions, so they often quarreled over differences in political views. Because Kong Rong's sharp words always offended Cao Cao, Cao Cao was eager to get rid of them quickly, suffering from no suitable reason.
Soon Cao Cao wanted the emperor to agree to divide the princes, and the Manchu Dynasty Wenwu tacitly agreed, knowing that this was the first step for Cao Cao to stand on his own feet. Only Kong Rong stood up and protested loudly, this time it was a fundamental threat to Cao Cao's interests, and Cao Cao decided that he could not wait any longer.
The Shanyang people, worried about Cao Cao's thoughts, went up to impeach Kong Rong, and Cao Cao saw that he added firewood and added fire, and executed Kong Rong for multiple crimes. Kong Rong, who had been proud all his life, knelt down and begged Cao Cao to spare his nine-year-old son when he was arrested at home, but Cao Cao did not answer. But when the children on the porch heard about it, their nine-year-old son casually said, "There are eggs under the nest!" "Kong Rong was connected to the Nine Tribes and died at the age of fifty-six.
A generation of celebrities Kong Rong could have done a great job with his talents in turbulent times, but in the end he ended up with a tragic end of the Nine Tribes. This can't help but remind people of the principle of "character determines destiny", what do you think? Welcome to the comment area to discuss with the editor.