In ancient times, when marching and fighting, emperors needed to attack the city for themselves with bravery and courage. However, for the emperor, what is more important is the strategist behind him who offers advice and deduces insight.
In the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were a group of strategists who knew astronomy and geography and possessed unpredictable abilities, such as Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi, Xun You, and so on. However, there was such a strategist in the Three Kingdoms, but unlike the others, and after being reused by Cao Pi as a lieutenant, Sun Quan also mocked Cao Pi and reused this person Cao Wei would die.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the power of the Han Dynasty gradually weakened, and there were eunuchs in the middle of the dynasty who had malicious intentions and the heart of disobedience, and committed the following crimes in a vain attempt to subvert the Han Dynasty.
Dong Zhuo's Western Liang army was still a hundred miles away, so Dong Zhuo's front foot had not yet entered the capital, and the great general He Jin who was guarding the Han Dynasty was killed, and the eunuchs were also eliminated. Dong Zhuo entered Beijing and effortlessly quelled the rebellion.
Moreover, taking advantage of the weak guards of the imperial palace, he forcibly abolished the emperor, supported Liu Xie as the Emperor of Han, and added himself to the rank of chancellor. Dong Zhuo did not dare to claim the title of king, and he was also afraid that various princes would rise up and attack him, so he let Liu Xie be his puppet.
During Dong Zhuo's tenure as chancellor, he caused chaos and even sometimes openly intimidated the emperor. Many of the old courtiers of the Han Dynasty hated Dong Zhuo to the bone, so they quietly discussed the plan to get rid of Dong.
In the end, Dong Zhuo was killed by Wang Yun's counter-plot and died at the hands of Lü Bu, and Wang Yun immediately began to support the Han Dynasty and eliminate Dong Zhuo's Western Liang army.
Li Dai and Guo Feng, Dong Zhuo's right and left arms, fled the capital in fright when they learned that Wang Yun wanted to clean up Chao Gang. At this time, one person blocked the way of the two people, and advised the two people that if they could not run, they would eventually be caught and executed by Wang Yun, so it was better to take advantage of the emptiness of the troops in the city to kill a horse gun, and if they succeeded, they would enjoy endless glory and wealth in their lives.
This person who stood in the way was Jia Xu, and Li Dai and Guo Feng also seriously considered Jia Xu's opinion, and then turned around and killed him, not thinking that he really defeated Wang Yun and occupied the capital.
After li dai and Guo Feng succeeded, they felt that Jia Xu was a talent, so they proposed to him to kill Emperor Xian of Han, but Jia Xu felt that this was inappropriate, or he wanted to support Emperor Han. After a period of getting along, Jia Xu felt that Li Dai and Guo Feng were somewhat unreliable, and in the end they must not be able to defend the capital, so in order to avoid the disaster of killing, they left the capital to find other attachments.
Jia Xu found his friend Zhang Xiu after several twists and turns, and with his excellent intrigue and trickery, he was quickly reused by Zhang Xiu. In the end, Cao Cao ascended the throne and blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes, and soon after he confronted Zhang Xiu.
During Zhang Xiu's fight with Cao Cao, Jia Xu plotted and instigated Cao Cao's defeat, and killed Cao Cao's son and nephew, but Cao Cao did not know that the initiator behind it was Jia Xu.
Cao Cao gradually grew stronger after annexing the forces of several princes, and Jia Xu believed that Zhang Xiu and Cao Cao had a blood feud, cao Cao was now powerful, and it was up to him to destroy Zhang Xiu, and he was estimated to be doomed in the end.
Therefore, Jia Xu told Zhang Xiu to surrender to Cao Cao and promised that Cao Cao would not kill him. As a result, Zhang Xiu surrendered to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was careful, and Zhang Xiu was killed as soon as he surrendered. Because of his merits in persuading him to surrender, Jia Xu was arranged by Cao Cao to become a civilian official in the imperial court.
Cao Cao also knew a little about Jia Xu's talent and means, and coupled with the fact that Cao Cao was a person who loved talent, he asked Jia Xu to express his views in several wars. Sure enough, as Cao Cao expected, Jia Xu was a usable talent, so he appreciated him and gave him great use.
Slowly, Jia Xu felt that Cao Cao was older and should determine the candidate, so Jia Xu began to select the crown prince to assist, and finally determined the eldest son Cao Pi.
In fact, Cao Cao already had two candidates in mind, one was the eldest son Cao Pi, and the other was the second son Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi is a talented person who is eight buckets tall and learns to be rich in five cars, but his personality is more impatient. Cao Pi's humanistic talent is relatively inferior, but he is low-key, loyal and honest.
Cao Cao felt that Jia Xu was calm and calm, and did not form gangs in the court, nor did he take sides, so he wanted Jia Xu to give him a suggestion. He summoned Jia Xu and asked which prince you thought was more suitable to be the son of the world.
Although Jia Xu wanted Cao Pi to ascend to the throne, he could not say it explicitly, because Cao Cao was suspicious by nature, and if he said the wrong thing, he was afraid that he would invite the disaster of killing himself. Therefore, Jia Xu took Liu Bei and Yuan Shao as examples, and Cao Cao was also a wise man and understood the meaning of Jia Xu's words.
Liu Bei and Yuan Shao did the same thing, that is, they spoiled their younger sons too much, and did not follow the tradition of the eldest son on the throne that had been handed down from ancient times to the present, resulting in many disasters in the future. In the end, Cao Cao decided to make Cao Pi his son, because Cao Pi was more suitable to be emperor than Cao Zhi.
After Cao Pi became emperor, because Jia Xu helped him greatly, he made Jia Xu a lieutenant and ranked third duke. Jia Xu's status rose and he became a pivotal figure in Cao Wei, and the news quickly spread.
When Sun Quan of Eastern Wu heard that Cao Pi had lied to Jia Xu as a taiwei, he couldn't help but laugh, and then said that Cao Pi's children were less than one-tenth of his father Cao Cao's, and he was simply blind, waiting to be destroyed by Jia Xu. This sentence makes people wonder what caused Sun Quan to say such a mocking remark to Cao Pi.
Jia Xu is intelligent, good at strategy and planning, and extremely bold, in order to achieve the goal of many times to take the side of the sword. But the only bad thing about Jia Xu is that he is unfaithful.
Jia Xu was originally a member of Dong Zhuo's line as a Western Liang, and after Dong Zhuo's defeat, although the Western Liang army occupied the capital for a period of time, he was afraid of the conquest of the princes and turned to Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu treated Jia Xu as if he were his own, but was used as a stepping stone by Jia Xu and became a condition for turning to Cao Cao.
Moreover, Jia Xu is unscrupulous and extremely selfish in order to achieve the goal. Originally, Li Dai and Guo Feng fled the capital, and there were no other changes later. However, Jia Xu was afraid that he would be arrested and executed and persuaded the two to kill and return to the capital, resulting in the deaths of nearly 10,000 ordinary people in the war.
Therefore, Sun Quantai said that Jia Xu was powerful, but the shortcomings were very fatal, and using this person to take on a big responsibility would definitely be mistaken. Sure enough, as Sun Quan said, the State of Wei changed hands after 40 years.
As a courtier, the most important thing is loyalty, and for the sake of the monarch of the homeland, you must also pay selflessly, even if you can't achieve fame, you can also be a righteous person. As a monarch, it is necessary to discern people with discernment and discern loyalty and treachery, and the entrustment of the heavy responsibilities of the state should not be used for the benevolence and nepotism of women, otherwise it will definitely be deeply harmed and lead to a change of ownership.