In 213 AD, Cao Cao enfeoffed the Duke of Wei and became a veritable king of the Han Dynasty, in order to make the family raise their eyebrows, he built five temples in Yecheng to enshrine his ancestors, in 216 AD, the King of Wei, once again perfected his own Taimiao, in 220 AD, Cao Pi usurped the Title of Emperor of Han and carried his father Cao Cao into the Taimiao Temple.
After that, in the Cao Rui Dynasty, in order not to let grandpa be alone, a total of 26 Cao Wei meritorious servants were selected in five batches to enjoy the Wu Emperor Taimiao, such as Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan brothers, Zhang Gao, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Le Jin and other military officers; Wang Lang, Hua Xin, Guo Jia, Sima Yi, Zhong Xuan and other civilian officials; Cao Zhen, Cao Ren, Cao Hong and other clan relatives were all included.
However, if you look closely at this list, you will find that Yu Ban of the "Five Sons and Good Generals", Xu Chu, the personal bodyguard, and Xun Yu and Jia Xu in the "Five Great Counselors" have all been defeated.
Image: Stills of the Temple of Worship
1. Unsuccessful military attachés
1. The only one of the five sons who failed
Cao Wei of the Three Kingdoms had the famous "Five Sons of Liang Generals", namely Yu Ban, Le Jin, Zhang Guo, Zhang Liao, and Xu Huang, of which Zhang Gao, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, and Le Jin were all selected for Cao Cao's Taimiao Temple in the second batch of large lists, but Yu Ban never had this honor, becoming the only person who lost the "Five Sons of Good Generals".
So what kind of person is he? According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, the army under Yu Ban's command was the most effective under Cao Cao, the morale was the most vigorous, and the discipline was the most strict, which was quite similar to Zhuge Wuhou.
Even when Wancheng was defeated, Yu Ban's men did not collapse because of the unfavorable situation of the battle, and afterwards Cao Cao praised Yu Ban's soldier Gu Laihanzhi.
Later, Guan Yu besieged Xiangfan from Jingzhou, and Cao Cao's first thought was Yu Ban, so he asked him to lead troops to help, and all kinds of signs appeared that Yu Ban was definitely the first in the "Five Sons and Good Generals".
Photo: Stills of the Forbidden Army
However, history has made a big joke for Yu Ban, Guan Yu's "flooded Seven Army", for the sake of the lives of tens of thousands of soldiers under his command, Yu Ban chose to surrender, it can be said that this is a helpless move under the general trend, but it is precisely because of this incident that his bright life has been stained.
After Guan Yu's defeat and death, Yu Ban went to Eastern Wu again, although he was treated with courtesy, he also received a lot of white eyes, and returned to Cao Wei after several turns, at this time Cao Cao had died, and the new master Cao Pi obviously did not treat this old minister very well, and finally Yu Ban was humiliated and died, in view of this, Dahui believed that it should be the main reason for his failure.
Photo: Stills of Yu Ban's military camp tied up in Guan Yu
2. The regret of "Tiger Fool"
In the big list of Cao Cao's Taimiao, Cao Cao's early bodyguard Dianwei was successfully shortlisted, but the later Xu Chu failed to enter, you know, Dianwei accompanied Cao Cao for a very short time, and died in order to protect Cao Cao during the Battle of Wancheng.
In contrast, Xu Chu followed Cao Cao on a lifelong campaign, which can be described as diligent and loyal, Dianwei and Xu Chu were similar in status, and they also saved Cao Cao's life, but how could the treatment be very different?
To tell the truth, for this result, Dahui personally is also more confused, throughout the lives of Dianwei and Xu Chu, the only difference is that the former defected to Cao Cao earlier and died in order to cover Cao Cao's retreat, while the latter, although also very brave, was only injured many times and did not pay the price of life.
In addition, there were indeed too many "all-round" talents under Cao Cao's middle and late period who could write and martial arts, but Xu Chu, who served as a bodyguard, seemed to be a bit invisible.
Image: Xu Chu stills
2. Those who have lost the election among civil servants
1. Xun Yu, the head of the Five Great Counselors
There are five important strategists on the road to Cao Cao's rise, they are at different stages, different fields, brought great contributions to the development of Cao Cao Group, in addition to the untimely death of Guo Jia, the most noteworthy, is also known as the first of the "five great strategists" is Xun Yu.
Dahui believes that Xun Yu's greatest contribution was to design and plan a grand blueprint for how to unify the north for Cao Cao, which is strategic and far from being comparable to other strategists. So why didn't Xun Yu deserve Cao Cao's Taimiao Temple? In fact, friends who know the history of the Three Kingdoms can guess this.
Photo: Stills of Xun Yu, head of the civil service of Cao Cao's camp
Xun Yu accompanied Cao Cao from a small warlord to the Duke of Wei, and was the one who witnessed Cao Cao's growth, but the problem was that the Xun family was a Wang clan of the Eastern Han Dynasty, favored by the emperor, and although Xun Yu belonged to Cao Cao, he always insisted that he was a great Han courtier.
To some extent, Xun Yu helped Cao Cao to continue to grow in strength, but also hoped to revitalize the Great Han Dynasty, but in 213 AD, Cao Cao established himself as the Duke of Wei, which obviously violated the tradition set by Han Gaozu that "a different surname cannot be a king", which disappointed Xun Yu.
He and Cao Cao were originally friends and confidants, but this incident made the two people gradually have a gap, and later they were liquidated, and eventually Xun Yu was depressed in Shouchun City, so after Cao Pi usurped Han and established Cao Wei, naturally he could not regard Xun Yu as a Wei Chen, but a Han Chen of the previous dynasty, and on this point, Xun Yu lost the opportunity to enter Cao Cao's Taimiao Temple.
Image: Stills of Xun Yu's depression and finality
2, the clever "poisoner" Jia Xu
Jia Xu is a relatively special counselor under Cao Cao, has always been known as a "poison soldier", in the eyes of Dahui he is a really smart person, throughout Jia Xu's life, he has been out of many power groups, the treatment during the service period is not low, when the lord has gone, even after his death, he can always do the whole body retreat.
The most crucial thing is that he will become bigger and bigger after defecting to the next family, and Jia Xu served Dong Zhuo, Li Dai, Duan Sheng, and Zhang Xiu before Cao Cao, and it can be said that he witnessed the decline and demise of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the formation of the Three Kingdoms.
It is not so much that he finally defected to Cao Cao, but rather Cao Pi's people, because in cao camp he has been secretly supporting Cao Pi and gradually becoming the backbone of his confidants, like when Cao Cao was wavering on the issue of Shizi, Jia Xu gave Cao Pi a lot of advice and made a lot of merit in defeating Cao Zhi.
Seeing this, some friends may say: "It is Cao Cao's people, and they have meritorious service to Cao Pi, which can completely enter Cao Cao's Taimiao Temple!" "The problem is here, because he and Cao Pi are too close, so it is suitable for the Taimiao temple of Cao Pi, the Emperor of Wei, not the Wu Emperor Cao Cao.
Image: "Poisoner" Jia Xu stills after his old age
In addition to Yu Ban, Xu Chu, Xun Yu, and Jia Xu not entering Cao Cao's Taimiao Temple for various reasons, there is another person who is more unfortunate, that is, Cao Chun, a relative of the Cao clan and the leader of the earliest Eight Tiger Riders, who died too early and almost did not participate in Cao Cao's late Central Plains hegemony, so the "sense of existence" was relatively low.
Article author: Dahui
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