As we all know, among the three kingdoms of Cao Wei, Sun Wu, and Shu Han, Cao Wei had the largest territory. Similarly, the number of talents available is also the largest. According to statistics, the talents of the Cao Wei Empire spread throughout the thirteen states of the country. Judging from the distribution of talents, the number of talents in the Central Plains and Northwest China is relatively large. However, what this article wants to introduce is a state with fewer talents in the Cao Wei Empire- a famous minister from Yangzhou. There are three of them.
Number one: Hu. Hu Was a native of Shouchun County, Jiujiang County, Yangzhou at the end of the Han Dynasty, in present-day Shou County, Huainan City, Anhui Province. Hu Zhi's father's name was Hu Min, and he was a famous scholar in the Late Han And Huai regions. Hu Zhi became famous earlier, and when he was a teenager, he was famous with Jiang Ji and Zhu Ji in Jiang and Huai. After that, Hu Zhi served in the Yangzhou region, and was recommended by Jiang Ji, the governor of Yangzhou, and was appointed by Cao Cao as the Commander of Dunqiu Ling, and later served as the governor of Cao Lingshi and Yangzhou respectively.
Hu Zhi's most famous deed during The Cao Cao period was to mediate the conflict between the famous general Zhang Liao and the protector Wu Zhou. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms? According to the biography of Hu Qian, during Hu Qian's tenure as the governor of Yangzhou, the famous general Zhang Liao had many contradictions with the protector Wu Zhou, and Zhang Liao even asked Yangzhou to replace Wu Zhou with Shi Wen and replace Him with Hu Tian.
However, Hu Zhi told Zhang Liao that Wu Zhou was a clean and honest official, with outstanding character, and had been praised by Zhang Liao. Now Zhang Liao was at odds with Wu Zhou because of a small matter, which was chilling. Not to mention that he was only shallow in learning, and he was even more unable to gain Zhang Liao's trust. Hu Qian's words made Zhang Liao very moved, and he reconciled with Wu Zhou, and this incident also became a good story at that time.
In addition to his outstanding internal political achievements in Yangzhou, Hu Qian's performance on the battlefield was not inferior. In the second year of Cao Wei's reign, Hu Zhi, as the Assassin of Jingzhou, led his troops to defeat the famous Eastern Wu general Zhu Ran at Fancheng, trying to ensure that Fancheng was not lost. After the war, Hu Was promoted to general of Zhengdong, the governor of Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and became the supreme military commander in the Yangtze River Basin in the middle of the Cao Wei dynasty, making outstanding contributions to the stabilization of the security of the southeastern border.
Second place: Hu Wei. Hu Wei, zi Bowu, Hu Wei is the son of Hu Wei. Like his father Hu Zhi, Hu Wei also became famous in his early years, successively serving as a waiter and an feng taishou. Due to his outstanding political achievements, Hu Wei was soon promoted to the title of Assassin of Xuzhou. After that, Hu Wei was appointed as the Right General and the Assassin of Yuzhou, and became a feudal governor from the end of Cao Wei to the early Western Jin Dynasty.
Third place: Jiang Ji. Jiang Ji (蒋吉), courtesy name Zitong, was a native of Ping'a County, Chu prefecture, Yangzhou, in present-day Huaiyuan County, Bengbu City, Anhui Province. Jiang Ji's career trajectory is very similar to that of Hu Qian, they all became famous in Yangzhou in the early years, and at the same time they were recruited by Cao Cao, and they were respectively entrusted by Cao Cao with the post of county commander and trained in the local area. After that, Jiang Ji, like Hu Qian, became an aide to the Yangzhou Assassin History. Hu Zhi served as the ruler, while Jiang Ji took office as a driver.
Jiang Ji's famous work appeared at the end of the thirteenth year of Emperor Jian'an (208 AD). At that time, Sun Quan personally led tens of thousands of troops to besiege Hefei. At this time, the strength of the army in Hefei was weak, and Cao Cao was unable to send a large number of reinforcements to relieve the siege. At the critical moment, Jiang Ji came up with a way to turn the situation around. He deliberately spread false news that the main force of the Cao army was rushing to the aid of Hefei, and let the Hefei defenders and the besieging Eastern Wu army get this news. The morale of the Cao army inside the city was high, and the Eastern Wu army outside the city was panicked. In the end, Sun Quan ordered the siege to be abandoned and the entire army withdrew to Jiangdong. In this way, Jiang Ji relieved the siege of Hefei without spending a single soldier.
The most famous story of Jiang Ji during the Cao Cao period occurred during the Battle of Jingxiang. At that time, Guan Yu "flooded the Seventh Army", which made Cao Cao feel timid, and planned to move the capital to avoid the front. Jiang Ji objected to this. Jiang Ji believed that Guan Yu's annihilation of the Seventh Army under the command of the Forbidden Commandery could not change the overall situation of the Battle of Jingxiang. As long as he can persuade Sun Quan to sneak into Jingzhou, not only can he relieve the siege of Fancheng, but Guan Yu will also perish. At Jiang Ji's insistence, Cao Cao changed his mind and sent reinforcements to Fancheng while secretly communicating with Sun Quan. In the end, Xiangyang and Fancheng were safe and sound, and the once-prominent Guan Yu was also killed by Sun Quan.
After the Wei Emperor Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, Jiang Ji's talents were further demonstrated. During Cao Pi's conquest of Eastern Wu, he was trapped in Dushui. Jiang Ji resolutely dug a waterway to gather ships, then built an earthen mound to block the lake water, dragged the warships together, and finally dug the mounds, and introduced all the warships into the Huai River along the water potential, leaving Cao Wei's water army unscathed and cao Pi admired.
However, the end of this Cao Wei elder who had gone through four dynasties was not good. During the Gaopingling Rebellion, Jiang Ji believed Sima Yi's lies about not killing Cao Shuang and personally persuaded Cao Shuang to surrender. But to Jiang Ji's surprise, Sima Yi actually killed the three tribes of Cao Shuang. Upon hearing this news, Jiang Ji was very angry and died of illness a few months later.
Reference book: Romance of the Three Kingdoms