In order to consolidate Sun Liu's alliance and jointly resist Cao Cao, Sun Quan married his sister to Liu Bei.
Neither the main history nor the history of the wild history has recorded the name of the Sun clan, and the domestic opera or folk name is Sun Shangxiang, Sun Ren, Sun An, Ogi Ji, Oji Niangniang, Lady Lingze, etc., and the Japanese Eiji Yoshikawa's "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is called Bow Waist Ji, which is not called this in China.
Sun Shi is quick-witted, fierce in temperament, and has the demeanor of his brothers.
There were more than a hundred servants around her, well-trained, always holding a sharp knife in their hands, standing by the side and waiting.
Liu Bei had a headache when he saw these female soldiers, and every time he entered the inner mansion, he was secretly afraid in his heart.
Because Zhao Yun was solemn and calm, Liu Bei specially ordered Zhao Yun to take charge of internal affairs.
Later, Fa Zheng gave Liu Bei an idea to alienate the Sun clan and built a city in The Tomb (孱陵, in present-day Gong'an County, Jingzhou, Hubei) west of the city of Gong'an, called "Lady Sun City", and let sun live there with her maids and guards.
There is also a saying that this city is because the Sun clan is jealous of Liu Bei, built the city himself, and did not live with Liu Bei.
In the sixteenth year of Jian'an (211), Liu Bei entered Shu, Sun Quan sent a large ship to welcome his sister back to Wu, Lady Sun planned to take Liu Chan with him, fortunately Zhuge Liang promptly sent Zhao Yun and Zhang Fei to intercept the river and recapture Liu Chan.
Since then, the Sun family has never returned, there has been no news, and no deeds have been circulated.
Xiang Xiang and Qia made a suggestion to Cao Cao, saying: "People in the world have different talents and moral characters, and they cannot use only one criterion to select talents. It is okay to restrain yourself with excessive frugality and simplicity, but using this standard to restrict others may lead to many mistakes. Nowadays, public opinion in the imperial court, among the officials who wear new clothes and ride in a good car, is called incorruptible. Those who wear worn-out clothes without grooming are praised as incorruptible. As a result, the scholar deliberately soiled his clothes and collected the car and clothing. Some of the high-ranking officials of various departments of the imperial court also carried rice cans with them to work in the official palace. Set an example for others to emulate, preferably on the middle path, so that it can be sustained. These unbearable acts are now advocated, and they are used to restrain people from all walks of life, and if they are barely carried out, they are bound to be exhausted. The indoctrination of the ancients was only to understand human feelings. Any extreme and strange behavior must contain hypocrisy. ”
Cao Cao thought his views were good.
In the spring of the fifteenth year of Jian'an (210), Cao Cao issued the "Order of Seeking Meritocracy", proposing the idea of "meritocracy", saying: "Since ancient times, which monarch who founded the country and rose up in the middle of the country, which one did not get the virtuous and capable people to govern the country with him?" When they get talents, they often don't go out of the alley, is it a chance encounter? It was the people above who sought to discover it. Now is a time of particular need to visit the talents. In the past, Meng Gong was more than capable of being the head of the noble families of Zhao and Wei in the Jin Dynasty, but he was not qualified for the positions of teng, Xue and other small state masters. If it must be a clean person to use it, then how can Qi Huangong dominate the world? When today, is there anyone like Jiang Shang who wears a rough coat and carries a real talent to fish on the shore of the Weishui River? And has there ever been someone who was accused of being a thief of gold like Chen Ping and did not encounter Wei Ignorant's recommendation? Everyone should help me to show my high-minded people, even if I have a humble status, I must also be elected, and as long as I have talents, I will be recommended so that I can appoint them. ”
This article is not long, but it is written ups and downs, between the lines, intertwined with deep feelings, the words are earnest, the language is simple and straightforward, expressing a sincere desire for talents, quite convincing.
After Cao Cao unified the north, the political power gradually consolidated, began to plot the south, to realize the desire to unify the whole country, he was also an extremely popular subject, the power of the opposition, his main opponent Liu Bei, Sun Quan alliance not only posed a huge threat militarily, but also politically attacked him "to the name of Han Xiang, is actually a Han thief", saying that he "wants to abolish the Han and stand on his own", even in the Eastern Han court, there are people from time to time to talk about him, worried about his usurpation of the Han Dynasty.
In December, in order to quell this discussion, Cao Cao issued the Shu Zhi Ling (also known as the "Let The County Self-Ming Ben Zhi Ling"), which read to the effect that: "When I was first recommended as a filial piety, I thought that I was not a well-known person living in the mountains, and I was afraid of being regarded as mediocre and incompetent by the world, so I wanted to be the taishou of a county, and planned to handle government affairs well, promote indoctrination, and establish reputation, so when I was the minister of state in Jinan, I eradicated the brutal and evil forces and selected talents fairly." Because of this, I was hated by the powerful and powerful people, and I was afraid that I would bring disaster to my family, so I used the excuse of illness and returned to my hometown. At that time, he was not very old, so he built a study room fifty miles east of the county seat of Yuxian County, planning to study in autumn and summer, and shoot hunting in winter and spring, planning to spend twenty years in this way, and then come out to become an official after the world was stable. However, I failed to do so, and was recruited by the imperial court to be a lieutenant in the military academy, so I changed my mind and wanted to make meritorious contributions to the country, so that the stone tablets in the tomb road could be inscribed with the inscription 'Tomb of Cao Hou, the former general of the Han Dynasty's conquest of the west', which was my wish. Then I encountered dong zhuo's rebellion, and I raised up volunteers. Later, I served as Yanzhou Pastor, defeated the Yellow Turban Army, and forced 300,000 Yellow Turban Troops to surrender. He also rebelled against Yuan Shu, leaving him cornered and impoverished to death. Defeat Yuan Shao and behead his two sons for public display. Then eliminate Liu Biao, so as to pacify the world. As prime minister, I have reached the peak of nobility as a courtier, and I have exceeded my wishes. Suppose the country does not have me, I wonder how many people will be called emperors, how many people will be called kings? Perhaps some people who see that I am powerful and strong, and I do not believe in the Destiny of Heaven, I am afraid that I will casually speculate that I have the ambition to usurp the throne, and every time I think of this, my heart will feel uneasy. Therefore, to tell you these words are my heartfelt words. However, it was impossible for me to abandon the army under my command, return it to the competent authorities, and return to my fiefdom of Wuping Marquisate. Why? I was really afraid that I would be murdered as soon as I left the army, both for my children and grandchildren, and because I would put my country in danger if I failed, so I could not pursue a false name and suffer from actual disasters. However, my fiefdom consists of four counties and enjoys the right to collect taxes from 30,000 households, so how can my character be worthy? The world is not yet stable, and I cannot resign from my official position. As for the fiefdom, it is possible to give way. Now, I have returned the 20,000 fiefdoms in Yangxia, Zhe, and Ku counties to the state, and only enjoy the taxes of 10,000 households in Wuping, so as to reduce the slander and discussion against me, and at the same time slightly reduce my responsibility! ”
"Shu Zhi Ling" is an important article with an autobiographical nature, Cao Cao not only narrated his life experience, but also clarified his life ambitions, political ambitions and mental journey, the writing is vigorous and powerful, the momentum is majestic and flying, the tone is severe and the feelings are strong and pure, and the chest is directly expressive.
In the end, Cao Cao gave up the fiefdoms of 20,000 households in the three counties to show that he had no intention of the Han Dynasty, but in order to protect himself, for the safety of future generations, and for the sake of the world, this minister had to continue to do it.