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The contradiction between trust and loyalty between Cao Cao and Xun Yu, the personal emotions triggered by Xiahou Yuan's death, and the power game in the early days of Cao Wei's founding are all full of glory and tragedy during the Warring States period. Want to know the story and emotional entanglement between Cao Cao, Xun Yu, and Xiahou Yuan? Let's look down!
Cao Cao and Xun Yu: The Contradiction of Trust and Loyalty
The relationship between Cao Cao and Xun Yu fully demonstrates how Cao Cao treats his confidant ministers. Cao Cao has always been close to Xun Yuxin, and even planned to make Xun Yu the third duke, but Xun Yu refused. This shows that Cao Cao has always intended to hand over power to the people he trusts most, rather than letting his family inherit it.
Xun Yu's refusal also showed his loyalty to Cao Cao, he knew that he was not suitable to be an official, so he did not covet fame. This loyalty deepened Cao Cao's trust in Xun Yu. But the strange thing is that Cao Cao later turned against Xun Yu because of his suggestion, does this mean that Cao Cao's trust in Xun Yu has wavered?
The Death of Xiahou Yuan: Strategic Losses and Personal Feelings
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Xiahou Yuan was ambushed and killed by Liu Bei's army in the valley. Xiahou Yuan is talented, generous and upright, and is deeply appreciated by Cao Cao, Cao Cao once said, "If I have this son, why not worry about it!" But in the end, Xiahou Yuan still didn't survive. Cao Cao was very sad about Xiahou Yuan's death, and he sent an elderly general to lead the army to the battle, asking his subordinates to take care of Xiahou's family on the grounds that "the general is old, the soldiers are not as good, and Siwu is only three brothers in the ear". This is also one of the few times Cao Cao supported the orphan before his death.
The early days of Cao Wei's founding of the People's Republic of China: the game of heroes, family and power
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, because Cao Cao left behind the young Cao Pi and a group of old ministers as auxiliary ministers, the forces of all parties did not shake the foundation of Cao Wei. At the same time, Cao Cao affirmed the contribution of the Xun family when he was alive, and the most prosperous time in the early days of Cao Wei's founding was laid by Xun Yu and Xun You.
Xun Yu died early, and Cao Pi took Xun Yu as the head of the Xiangguo Father's Father, and carried out the Xiangling Change, and then posthumously crowned Xun Yu as the king of Dingxiangzhao. King Dingxiang is a descendant of Zhou Gong, the founding monarch of the Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, because the Xun Yu family was originally a nobleman of the Wei Kingdom, and he was a descendant of the Duke of Wei Zhuang when he was defending the country, and he also had a fief when he was in the Lu State. Therefore, Cao Pi sealed Xun Yu and set the king of Xiangzhao because of his noble fief. And Sikong Wang Lang, who has been assisting Cao Pi, was posthumously named King Jing of Hejian.
Xiahou Yuan and Cao Cao: Trust, Glory and Tragedy
Who is Xiahou Yuan? What did he do to Cao Cao
Xiahou Yuan is the son of Xiahou Ba, the maternal grandfather of Emperor Wen of Wei, Sima Zhao, the general of Eastern Wu, which means that Xiahou Yuan is a member of the family of King Xiang of Wei. Because of Xiahou Yuan's early death, he was not able to enjoy the treatment of Emperor Wei Wendi as a relative. At the same time, Xiahou Yuan performed well on the battlefield, and Cao Cao also valued him. In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Xiahou Yuan was named the Marquis, and the country was also known as the Qi State, and the Duke of Qi Zhao was a nobleman of the Lu State in the Spring and Autumn Period, and belonged to the famous virtuous monarch in the Spring and Autumn Five Tyrants. Qi Guocheng was the capital of the Han Dynasty, and the county was built as the capital of the township. Xiahou Yuan was made a marquis mainly because of his reputation as a prince of Zhao.
epilogue
These stories about Cao Cao, Xun Yu, and Xiahou Yuan are really exciting! Trust, loyalty, glory, tragedy, these elements are intertwined, showing the cruelty of the power struggle and the true feelings of humanity in that era. Do you think Cao Cao's way of dealing with his confidants is correct? The tragic life of the loyal minister Xiahou Yuan is full of emotion. Come and share your thoughts in the comments!