In the last article, we said that after Cao Cao's destruction of Lü Bu, he adopted the method of "building the princes of Xuzhou with less strength" for the political arrangements of Xuzhou, dismembering the big forces, dividing small groups, and wholesale official hats, so that Xuzhou could not form a new core of force, and its purpose was to keep the Xuzhou forces out of the matter in the upcoming decisive battle of Yuan Cao.
Therefore, Cao Cao's political arrangements in Xuzhou appointed a large number of demotionary generals, the so-called "land of dividing the green and Xu", rather than directly administering and basing this area into a base.
This distinction is evident in the appointment of state pastor, assassin, taishou, and minister of state.
There are three core areas of Yanzhou, one is Dong County, one is Chen Liu, one is Jiyin County, East County spans the north and south of the Yellow River, is the hub of the river crossing, Chen Liu County is the axis of water transportation under the heavens, there are chasms, yin ditches, ditches, canals, Suishui, Pushui, Jishui and other waterways converge, while Jiyin County has Juyeze in the east, connecting Surabaya, Wenshui, Pushui, and there are two important towns in the territory, Dingtao and Juancheng, of which Juancheng is cao Cao's ruling place for Yanzhou Mushi.
For the above three counties, Cao Cao had always been a close confidant of the old town, such as Xiahou Huan and Xiahou Yuan, two brothers, successively serving as Dong Commandery, Chen Liu, Ji yin, Yingchuan Taishou and Henan Yin, while Cheng Yu successively served as dongping xiang and Jiyin taishou as the governor of Yanzhou.
The core areas of western Henan were Runan County and Yingchuan County, Runan County, which Cao Cao separated, and suppressed it with an iron fist for Runan Taishou, and divided its two counties into Yang'an County, with Li Tong as Yang'an Duwei, and Yingchuan County as The Taishou because of its proximity to Xuchang.
Therefore, it is very obvious that Cao Cao claimed to occupy the land of the four states under the heavens, and the only territory that was really controlled by his cronies was the central and western regions of Yanzhou, as well as the western part of Yuzhou and Henan, Hanoi, and Jingzhao guarded by Zhong Xuan.
In addition, the vast area cannot be said to be "loyal to Cao", but can only be said to be loyal to the "Han court" controlled by Cao Cao.
For example, the core area of eastern Yuzhou is Pei Guo, and Pei Guo is divided into north and south, although the minister of Pei State is Chen Jue, but the northern Pei County is divided by Liu Bei, and the southern Cao Cao appoints Yuan Zhuo as the governor of Pei Southern To govern the government and anmin, and Yuan Zhuo himself was born in Fule County of the Chen State, and mao cai recommended by Liu Bei, indicating that Liu Bei's authority as a yuzhou pastor also covers the state of Pei, and Cao Cao has long completed military suppression of the State of Chen.
Similar counties included the Liang and Lu states of Yu prefecture, and Yuan Zhuo was later promoted to Liang state minister, and Lu Guoxiang served as Lü Bu's general Zhang Liao, and after Cao Cao destroyed Lü Bu in the third year of Jian'an, he appointed the old rebel general Bi Chen as lu state minister.
In the counties of Dongping, Shanyang, Taishan, Jibei, and Rencheng in Yanzhou, there are very few records of the selection of Taishou and Guoxiang, and it is even impossible to confirm whether there were any chief officials in these places before and after the Battle of Guandu, which also shows that the eastern region of Yanzhou did not enter the heart of the Cao Wei clique, at best it was only the periphery of the power.
The situation in Xuzhou has been described in detail in the previous article, and the only thing that is not mentioned is Cao Cao's political arrangement for the whole of Xuzhou, that is, why is the car gizzard used as a thorn in history?
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, this mystery was artificially created, which said that Che Ji was a Lieutenant of Yang Wu under Cao Cao, a general of Che Qi, and a assassin of Xuzhou, who led 50,000 soldiers to guard Xuzhou, which fully reflected Cao Cao's importance to Xuzhou's key places.
However, the record of Che Ji in the history books never mentions his military position, and the che qi general is a serious heavy general, at this time cao Cao himself, far higher than the Yang Wu lieutenant's level of two thousand stones, the two are not the possibility of concurrently, it can also be seen that the authors of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" are unfamiliar with the official system at the end of the Han Dynasty, and this kind of story was made up.
The reality is that Che Ji's appearance in the history books is only the assassin of Xuzhou, that is, the envoy of the imperial court of six hundred stones, who had no power to fight back when facing Liu Bei, the commander of the front army personally sent by Cao Cao, and this person's simple appointment just shows that Cao Cao did not regard the state of Xuzhou as a place to be defended, otherwise he would definitely send his cronies or heavy generals out of Tun.
Not only that, after Cao Cao defeated Liu Bei and Guan Yu's master, he changed Dong Zhao from Jizhou Mu to Xuzhou Mu, and Dong Zhao was not Cao Cao's Yuan Cong's old subordinate at all, but a wise man who had been transferred to many families, he first followed Yuan Shao, and then followed Zhang Yang in Hanoi, and after following Zhang Yang to protect Tianzi, he fooled Yang Feng and did things for Cao Cao many times, and the two of them had a very good relationship, but this was not enough, and most importantly, although Yuan Shao was the old lord of Dong Zhao, he once had a big vendetta against Dong Zhao because of rumors.
As for the appointment of posts, Dong Zhao and Jia Xu are very similar, both of them served as pro-noble officials in the court of Emperor Xian of Han, Dong Zhao was a huilang, and Jia Xu was a Guanglu doctor, so the starting point of the name was very high, and Cao Cao's placement was also very similar, dong Zhao first sealed Henan Yin, then JiZhou Mu, and Jia Xu was directly named Zhi Jinwu and moved to Jizhou Mu.
A pastor post in Jizhou, in the case that Cao Cao had not yet occupied a corner of Jizhou, was stunned to use it twice, but Jia Xu's cadre inspection period had not passed, and it was obvious that because Jizhou was not pacified, he was left to "participate in the military of Sikong", that is, the high counselor beside Cao Cao.
And before Dong Zhao surrendered, his ass was already on Cao Cao's side, so he dispensed with this set of illusions, directly exerted his advantages as a tongue-and-spoke, as well as the aura of the imperial court's famous position, and went to Xuzhou to wade into muddy waters, to be precise, he was a central commissioner, responsible for negotiating prices with a group of local forces in Xuzhou that cut off the land and defended itself.
That is to say, after defeating Liu Bei's forces, Cao Cao still did not change his original intentions, and lacked enthusiasm for digesting the territory of Xuzhou and eastern Yuzhou.
It was based on this strategic guideline that Cao Cao did not mind at the beginning of Liu Bei's rebellion, but only sent Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to fight, but he did not expect that although Liu Bei was not as good as Cao Cao in fighting, his ability to engage in relations greatly exceeded that of Cao Cao and played a new trick.
What tricks?
That is "blossoming everywhere".
In the past, when we understood Liu Bei's Yuzhou Mu, we often regarded it as a "false title", but from the Maocai recommended by Liu Bei in Yuzhou, we saw in the history books, including Yuan Zhuo and Chen Qun, his Yuzhou subordinate officials, including Chen Qun and Liu Yan.
Among them, Yuan Zhuo's place of origin was Chen Guo, and only after Liu Bei ju Maocai did he avoid chaos in Jianghuai and defect to Yuan Shu, indicating that his recommended place was in Chen Guo, and Liu Yan was a Native of Lu, Liu Bei recruited him to work for Yuzhou, indicating that Lu Guo also listened to Liu Bei's greetings, and Chen Qun avoided chaos with his father Chen Ji in Xuzhou early on, and after Liu Bei first gained and then lost Xuzhou, he recommended Chen Qun as Maocai as a pastor of Yuzhou, and was appointed as the commander of Zhao County, which was under the rule of Chen Guo, Chen Qun did not arrive, and together with his father, he took refuge in Xuzhou. He was also captured by Cao Cao along with Lü Bu.
It can be seen from this that in addition to Cao Cao's cronies, Liu Bei's hand had already touched the Lu and Chen states of Yuzhou, Taishan County in Yanzhou, and Pengcheng in Xuzhou, and in addition to determining the rebellious State of Peiguo of Yuzhou, the State of Xia pi of Xuzhou, and the territory of Donghai County, which was divided into three parts, Changxu County, Licheng County, and Donghai County, whether the above-mentioned places had participated in the rebellion and joined the ranks of "counties and counties against Cao Cao as Liu Bei", the history books do not elaborate, but it is not impossible.
The direct consequence of "blossoming everywhere" is that the Xuzhou rebellion is still a small problem, and if Yuzhou is a chain of rebellions, it is equivalent to xuchang city, and the south and east will all be enemy countries.
So the question is, cao cao such a smart person, did not realize this risk before?
What exactly is the answer, please listen to the next breakdown.