Dingdu Xuchang (III): The King of Han with Fire Virtue, the Duke of Ming is the order of the earth, and Xu County belongs to the soil, and it will be prosperous here

In 196, Cao Cao and Dong Zhao met for the first time in the ruined capital of Luoyang, and soon arranged a long conversation with Dong Zhao. Dong Zhao told Cao Cao Chen his views on the current situation and suggested that Cao Cao move the Han Emperor yu Xu, and Cao Cao also frankly expressed his worries to Dong Zhao. He was most worried about two things now, one was that he had been a magistrate in the Yanzhou area for a long time, and he did not have direct contact and communication with the emperor and the central ministers, this time he did his best to raise a large army in Shandong, and came from afar, although he came to save the car, but the emperor and the ministers had doubts and did not trust him very much. Who can guarantee that Cao Cao is not the next Dong Zhuo? What about the next Li Dai Guo Feng? These people also came from the localities and then occupied the central government. This situation has been seen a lot by Emperor Xian of Han and his ministers in the past few years. First he was subjected to Dong Zhuo's obscenity, and later he was held hostage by Li Daiguo and Zhang Ji, who expected Yang Han and others to get up and rescue him, but he had just left the magic cave and encountered a haunted house. Now that it has been replaced by Cao Cao, is the purpose of his visit pure? Did he come to the rescue or did he come to the rack? In addition to this, Li Daiguo and other warlords were not far away, and at any time they could kill from the west and compete with themselves for the trump card of Emperor Xian of Han. And Yang Feng was also a soldier in Liangdi, and he was also eager to move on the way back to liangdi. Faced with political distrust and potentially enormous military pressure, Cao Cao knew he had to make a quick decision.

Fortunately, here in Dong Zhao, the two difficult problems he faced have been effectively resolved.

As early as Cao Cao's way from Juancheng to Luoyang, Dong Zhao did several things for him. One was to persuade Zhang Yang to issue a pass for Cao Cao's army so that Cao Cao's army could pass through Hanoi smoothly without encountering any resistance; in addition, Dong Zhao also had a good sense of for Cao Cao to dredge up the relationship between some central ministers and the leaders of several warlords in the west, reducing the gap between Cao Cao and these people, and politically pulling several votes for Cao Cao.

In the face of Cao Cao's concern for Yang Feng, Dong Zhao, in view of Yang Feng's personality characteristics, xu Yijin and jin bao at the same time slapped the horse's ass, which largely eliminated Yang Feng's doubts and dissatisfaction with Cao Cao. Favorable conditions were created for Cao Cao to safely enter Xuchang.

Knowing these circumstances of Cao Cao's welcoming emperor of the Han Dynasty, we can analyze and speculate on the reasons for moving the capital to Xuchang.

First of all, at that time, Emperor Xian of Han and a group of ministers had been surrounded by warlords for a long time, and they had to flee all the way from Chang'an to the old capital Luoyang. At that time, these people's general peace of mind was very serious, and they never wanted to go elsewhere. And if Cao Cao insisted on going to Yanzhou, which was Cao Cao's base at that time. Then the distrust of Cao Cao from the emperor down to the ministers will increase, thus making Cao Cao lose points politically, and even lead to some uncontrollable chaos. At the same time, military oppression from the west and even Yuan Shao's camp were also planning to welcome Emperor Xian of Han. In addition, luoyang has been displaced by repeated turmoil and wars, and the fields have been deserted, and the whole city is in a mess. Therefore, combining the above factors, if he stayed in Luoyang, Cao Cao had a premonition that it would be difficult to gain a foothold.

You must first jump out of this quagmire before you can make future plans! So where is the right place to move?

Dong Zhao's words and that of Wang Li of the Imperial Household impressed Cao Cao. From the perspective of astrology and the Five Elements Theory, the two expounded that the Han Dynasty was close, and that there would be a revival in the land of Jin and Wei, implying that Cao Cao was the one who would rise on behalf of the Han. And this just catered to Cao Cao's ambitions. In the final decision on this matter, Xun Yu once again talked about the evolution of the Five Elements: "Han is the king of fire virtue, and Ming Gong is the earth destiny." Xu Du belongs to the soil, and when he arrives, he will be xing. Fire can give birth to earth, and earth can produce wood: just in line with the words of Dong Zhao and Wang Li. He will have an uplifter in the day. Therefore, Cao Cao made up his mind to move the capital to Xu.

Here we see that as Cao Cao's heavyweight adviser, Xun Yu's remarks made Cao Cao's decision to set the capital at Xu. So, behind Xun Yu's remarks, is it just pandering, and what is the deep content in it? We'll talk about it in the next issue.