In 212 AD, Xun Yu was seriously ill and bedridden, and Cao Cao sent someone to send a food box, which Xun Yu opened and found that the food box was empty. He instantly understood that after Yang Tianchang sighed and committed suicide by taking poison, Cao Cao's first adviser Xun Yu thus came to the end of his life.
In 189, Xun Yu was promoted to filial piety and was appointed as the shougong order. However, the imperial court was turbulent, Dong Zhuo controlled the power of the imperial court, and Xun Yu abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown. After returning to his homeland, Xun Yu said to his father and fellow villagers: "Yingchuan is the land of four wars, and once the world changes, Yingchuan will be affected, not a place to stay for a long time." ”
However, the people were attached to their homeland and did not take Xun Yu's words to heart. Xun Yu saw that he could not persuade his father and fellow villagers, and there was nothing he could do, just when Jizhou Mu Hanfu sent someone to pick him up, Xun Yu took the clan to Jizhou for refuge. After Xun Yu arrived in Jizhou, Yingchuan was captured by Dong Zhuo, and Xun Yu also found that Jizhou had long been Yuan Shao's territory.
After Yuan Shao learned that Xun Yu had arrived in Jizhou, he treated him with courtesy, hoping that he could assist him and achieve hegemony. It is said that Xun Yu, who was honored by Yuan Shao as a guest of honor, was depressed, and in his opinion, Yuan Shao was not a person who had achieved great things.
In 191, Xun Yu heard that Cao Cao was a talented man, so he abandoned Yuan Shao and turned to Cao Cao. When Cao Cao heard that Xun Yu had come to vote, he smiled happily, and he also treated Xun Yu with a high attitude, and the two of them had a long talk, and Cao Cao declared to the outside world: "Xun Yu is his sub-room!" ”
After Xun Yu served Cao Cao, he offered advice to Cao Cao and offered good advice to help Cao Cao many times. In 193, Cao Cao led Yanzhou Mu and later the general of Zhendong, while Xun Yu accompanied him in his conquests as Sima (司馬).
In 194 AD, Cao Cao's eastern expedition against Xuzhou Mu Taoqian did not think that Zhang Mi and Chen Gong would openly oppose Cao in Yanzhou and secretly collude with Lü Bu, coinciding with Xun Yu and Cheng Yu to guard Juancheng. After Lü Bu arrived, Zhang Mi sent someone to bring a message to Xun Yu, saying that Lü Bu had come to help Cao Cao attack Tao Qian, and that he should have supplied grain and other materials.
Zhang Mi and Lü Bu secretly colluded, and everyone was kept in the dark, but Xun Yu saw through the trickery of the two men, and immediately decided to recall Xiahou Chun, the Taishou of Dong Commandery, and ordered the army to guard against death. At that time, the Yanzhou cities responded to Zhang Mi and defected to Lü Bu's camp.
After receiving Xun Yu's summons, Xiahou Chun rushed to Yanzhou City at the first time and took advantage of the night to kill those who conspired against him, thus stabilizing his army.' However, there were not a few people instigated by Lü Bu, and Shi Guogong of Yuzhou was also successfully instigated to lead the crowd to attack, and everyone in the army was in danger.
Guo Gong asked Xun Yu to bring a message, saying that he wanted to see him. Xiahou Chun did not want Xun Yu to be in danger, so he urged him not to go. Xun Yu had a different view, believing that Guo Gong had rushed in this hurry and must not have made a plan yet. Moreover, There was no contact between Guo Gong and Zhang Mi and others in Su Rili. If he went this time, he could not only take the opportunity to lobby, if he could lobby successfully, it would add a layer of chances, and if the lobbying failed, it would be good to keep Guo Gong neutral.
Xun Yu went to see Guo Gong alone, and after having a reasonable and well-founded conversation with Guo Gong, Guo Gong saw that Xun Yu was not alarmed and did not think at all, expecting whether Juancheng was heavily guarded and a place that was easy to defend and difficult to attack, and after thinking about it again and again, he led the troops away.
In July 196, Liu Xie, the Emperor of Han, returned to Luoyang from Chang'an under the escort of Yang Feng and Dong Cheng. On the issue of whether to welcome Tianzi to build the capital Xu County, there was a great disagreement within Cao Jun. Most people disagreed, believing that Xuzhou had not yet been pacified, that Yang Feng and others had just welcomed Tianzi back to Luoyang and connected zhang yang to the north, and it was still difficult to control them.
Cao Cao asked Xun Yu, and Xun Yu gave a different answer, supporting Cao Cao in welcoming the Son of Heaven. Xun Yu first used the Duke Wen of Jin to welcome King Xiang of Zhou and the princes to submit, went to Han Gaozu to march on Xiang Yu in the east, and said that Cao Cao was moving Cao Cao for the fact that the righteous emperor wore filial piety and mourned, and even more so he analyzed the current situation for Cao Cao one by one, such as if the son of the day was in chaos, Cao Gong even wanted to advocate the righteous soldiers to serve the king and sincerely help the world, which was the best policy.
Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's advice and personally led a large army to Luoyang, where he was appointed as a lieutenant and welcomed the emperor to move the capital xu county. After that, Cao Cao's strategic superiority over the princes by serving the Son of Heaven laid a very solid foundation for his future wars to unify the north.
During Xun Yu's service to Cao Cao, he rarely accompanied the army to fight, but held the center for many years. He assisted Cao Cao for many years, recommended many capable people to Cao Cao, and strengthened Cao Cao's advisory group.
In 212, Cao Cao wanted to enter the Duke of Guo and was given the title of Jiuxi. After Xun Yu knew this, he suggested to Cao Cao: "Cao Gong, you are a soldier who revolted in order to support the Han Dynasty and solve problems for the imperial court, and a gentleman should act with virtue. ”
Xun Yu voted against Cao Cao, who wanted to be knighted, which made Cao Cao feel very unhappy, and from then on, there was a deep gap in his heart. In the same year, Cao Cao made an expedition against Sun Quan, so he let Xun Yu come to the labor army, and even took the opportunity to keep Xun Yu in the army. Unexpectedly, Xun Yu fell ill during the march, so Cao Cao left him in Shouchun to recuperate and sent him an empty food box.
After Xun Yu saw the empty food box sent by Cao Cao, he looked up at the sky and sighed, so he had to take poison and commit suicide. Xun Yu was originally Cao Cao's most trusted adviser, but in the end he was forced to commit suicide by taking poison, which made people sigh. Since ancient times, Xun Yu ended up with such an end because he was good at seeking the country, but he was clumsy in planning himself. He did not peek into human nature, did not spy on Cao Cao, from the very beginning, he had the ambition to call himself emperor, which is also the common sense of man.
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