When I was invited to visit Shouxian in Anhui Province last November, I went to the ancient city of Shouxian and the Shouxian Museum. For me, who loves the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, I always want to see some cultural relics or character deeds related to that time in museums around the world. As we all know, the main promotion of this place in Shouxian is the cultural relics of the Warring States period and the deeds of the Battle of Shuishui. But in the exhibition hall on the top floor of the Shouxian Museum, I stumbled upon some historical figures from Shouxian County. Among them, I remember Jiang Qin and Hu Wei father and son, and today we will bring you the story of Hu Qian.
Hu Zhiwende is a native of Shouchun, Chu. He was very famous in the Jianghuai region with Jiang Ji, Zhu Ji and others in his youth, and then became a civil servant in the prefecture and county. When Jiang Ji was serving as a driver, he found Cao Cao, and inadvertently Cao Cao took the initiative to mention Hu Qian. Cao Cao asked Jiang Ji, "Hu Tongda (Hu Zhi's father) is not young, he has children and grandchildren?" Jiang Ji said: "He has a son named Hu Qian, who handles big things worse than his father, but he handles fine small things better than his father." After Cao Cao listened, he recruited Hu Qian as a Dunqiu Ling, you know, Cao Cao once served as a Dunqiu Ling and made little achievements and often recalled the events of that year, which shows that Cao Cao still attached great importance to Hu Qian.
It is said that as soon as Hu Qian took office, he encountered the opportunity to judge the case. A local man and his cousin committed an offence, and the man later killed the woman's husband, resulting in a murder in which the man, his cousin and a key witness were thrown to prison. Since the inquisitors did not know who the murderer was at first and the man and cousin denied the testimony of key witnesses, all three were tortured at the same time. The man and his cousin were tortured but did not let up, while innocent witnesses, unable to bear the torture, admitted that they had killed the man himself. Hu Qian personally tried the case, and in the process, Hu Qian finally investigated the matter by means of observing the words and observing the color. Later, Hu Zhi was the governor of The Eastern Cao Dynasty, and the prefecture asked him to be the governor of Zhizhong.
It is said that Hu Also mediated a "comrade-in-arms relationship" for Zhang Liao. Once, Zhang Liao and his protector Wu Zhou had a conflict. Zhang Liao approached Shi Wenhui in Yangzhou and wanted to hire Hu To serve as his new protector. But Hu refused the appointment on the pretext of illness. After hearing this, Zhang Liao invited Hu Qian out and said, "I value you very much, why do you want to fail me?" Hu Pointed out: "The ancients intersected: they knew more than they were not greedy; Benbei knew that they were not timid; they heard rumors but did not believe." Such a friendship can last. Wu Zhou, as a gentleman, you used to praise him, but now you have a conflict because of some small things. Besides, I am shallow and shallow, how can I really get your trust? That's why I don't want to. Zhang Liao was grateful for what Hu Qian had said and reconciled with Wu Zhou.
It didn't take long for Cao Cao to conquer the Hu Dynasty. After Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor, Hu Was promoted to the post of Official, and he also served as the Taishou of Changshan, and later became the Taishou of Dongguan. An interesting thing also arose during this time. At that time, a man named Lu Xian was killed, and Hu Qian said: "This person seems to have no enemies, only a young wife, is it the wife who killed him?" So one by one, he summoned those who lived near Lu Xian. When asked about the scribe Li Ruo, he found that his appearance was not right, so Hu Qian pursued him to the end, and Li Ruo had to turn himself in.
In his work, whenever He received a reward, he took the initiative to distribute it to everyone, and he never collected it at home. He served in the county for nine years, the officials and people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and the generals obeyed their orders respectfully. Experienced in local work, he was later promoted to the rank of Assassin of Jingzhou, and was given the title of General of Zhenwei and rewarded as the Marquis of Guannei. In the first two years, Zhu Ran besieged Fancheng, and hu tian led a light army to the front line after learning about it. At that time, people all said that Zhu Ran's army was strong and it was not suitable for a rapid short handover. Hu Pointed out that Fancheng is a low-lying city with relatively few defenders, so it is necessary to take the initiative to attack and make itself a powerful foreign aid, otherwise Fancheng will be dangerous. So Hu Zhi stepped up his adventure to the outskirts of Wu Bing and stabilized the hearts of the people in the city. Not long after, Sima Yi arrived on horseback, and the siege of Fancheng was lifted. Afterwards, Hu Zhi was given the title of General of Zhengdong and the military governor of Qing and Xu Zhu.
In his work, Hu Qian actively led the hoarding of grain, and the grain hoarded was enough for several years. Hu Zhi also set up the Eastern Crusade Platform, which can cultivate on one side and has the function of military garrison on the other side. Hu also took the initiative to open canals with the counties to facilitate the navigation of ships to prevent Eastern Wu attacks, and eventually the coast was stable when he was in office.
Throughout his life, Hu Zhi possessed good qualities such as not measuring others by his own standards, so he was loved by others. Jiaping died in the second year of Hu Tianxue, and after his death, everyone found that there was no extra property in his home, only the "clothes and books" that were rewarded. After the staff reported this situation to the imperial court, the imperial court posthumously awarded Hu Zhi the title of Marquis of Yangling pavilion, a hundred households of Yiyi, and the title of Marquis of Zhen. His son Hu Wei inherited Hu Zhi's title.
In the sixth year of Jiaping, the Son of Heaven praised Hu Qian's honest character and gave them extra money and food. Hu Qian's deeds are exhibited in the Shouxian Museum, and the theme of that exhibition hall is also about integrity.
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