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As we all know, the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty was a period of talent. However, relatively speaking, the early stage is full of talents, but in the later stage, people always lament that the talents are withered, and the talents of the heavens and the earth are almost none. To some extent, talent is actually the national fortune, when a country's talents continue to emerge, either the education is superior and complete, or the promotion channels are fair, the country's overall development will be relatively fast; if the talent is scarce, in fact, it also indicates that the country will not last. For example, in the Shu Han regime, the phrase "there is no general in Shu, Liao hua is a pioneer" indicates that its national fortunes are exhausted, and the Wei army will destroy its country in only three months.
▲ Shu Han general Liao Hua stills
When Cao Cao was in power, he selected talents in an eclectic manner, adopted the standard of "giving full play to their talents", and constantly promoted The Han men, which not only enabled his power to develop rapidly and become the hegemon of the unified north, but also improved Cao Cao's position in the hearts of the world's scholars, laying the foundation for Cao's generation of Han. After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne of Wei and claimed the title of Emperor Jianguo, in order to win over the old ministers, he added officials to them, and then adopted the "Nine Pins Zhongzheng System" to safeguard their interests, in exchange for the loyalty of everyone, but the talent channels of the State of Wei gradually became rigid. As for Eastern Wu, it is based on the Jiangdong Shi clan as the core, and they control the important positions of the Wu state department, just like the family inheritance, similar to the "Nine Pins Zhongzheng System". In contrast, the Shu Han regime was even more bizarre, ostensibly adopting the method of "raising filial piety and honesty", but in fact promoting a large number of meritorious descendants, such as Zhang Fei's son Zhang Shao as a servant of Shangshu, Zhang Fei's grandson Zhang Zunguan to Shangshu, Guan Xing's son Guan Xing as a waiter and a lieutenant, and Guan Xing's son Guan Tongguan to Hu Ben Zhonglang.
▲Cao Cao stills
It is not difficult to find that the election system of various regimes during the Three Kingdoms period was relatively rigid, and even firmly controlled by some scholars and vested interests, and it was difficult for talents from poor backgrounds to really get ahead. Therefore, with the passage of time, when the civilian generals in the early Three Kingdoms died, there was a scene of "green and yellow", and whether there were talents or not depended on whether there were so many talents in the warrior clan. Relatively speaking, the State of Wei was the largest and most populous, and there were more talents among the warrior clans. In the late Three Kingdoms period, Zhong Hui and Deng Ai were both relatively powerful generals of the State of Wei, and Shu Han basically had only Jiang Wei alone to support sheji. However, few people have noticed that in the late Three Kingdoms period, there was a more powerful wizard, who after the fall of the Shu Han Dynasty, successively eliminated Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui, and Deng Ai.
▲ Wei Ou stills
This person is Wei Wan. According to historical records, Wei Wan was a native of Anyi County, Hedong County (present-day Northern Xia County, Shanxi), born into a family of official eunuchs, Gao Zu Wei was a famous Confucian during the reign of Emperor Ming of Han, and his father Wei Qi was a Cao Wei official zhi Shangshu , and was given the title of Marquis of Fu Township ( " Jing " . Due to the prominent position of the family in Cao Wei, Wei Wan, therefore, was only twenty years old when he became Shang Shulang, and thereafter he successively held the positions of Scattered Horse Changshi, Shizhong (侍中), and Ting Wei (廷尉). Although Wei Ou relied on his family advantages to win a position of power that was difficult for ordinary people to reach, his talent was quite outstanding, not only calligraphy, but also knew how to kill the enemy and strategize.
▲ Sima Zhao stills
In the fourth year of Wei Jingyuan (263 AD), when Sima Zhao's third road was cutting down Shu, Wei Wan, who was supervising the military operations of Deng Ai and Zhong Hui, acted as the general of Zhenxi and commanded a thousand troops. It was this special arrangement that laid the groundwork for Wei Wei to get rid of Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui, and Deng Ai, the three famous generals. In November, Liu Chan went out of the city and surrendered, and the Shu Han regime declared its demise. After Liu Chan surrendered, Jiang Wei led his troops to submit to the Zhong Hui and advise them. At that time, jiang wei, Zhong Hui, and Deng Ai, three famous generals, gathered in Chengdu, among which Deng Ai was proud of his great achievements in eliminating the Shu Han regime. As the saying goes, "Wen Wu is the first, Wu wu is the second". Deng Ai's attitude made Zhong Hui very dissatisfied, so Zhong Hui secretly played Sima Zhao with Wei Ou and framed Deng Ai for having an antipathy, and Sima Zhao ordered Deng Ai to be taken into custody, and soon Wei Hui sent the military general Tian Xu to kill him.
▲ Stills of the bell will be
Without Deng Ai's restraint, Zhong Hui monopolized power in Shu, and at this time, Jiang Wei had the intention of disturbing Shu land and taking advantage of the opportunity to restore the country, so he pretended to conspire with Zhong Hui and established himself as king of Shu land. In the first month of the fifth year of Jing Yuan (264 AD), after some deliberate planning, Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei officially raised an army in Chengdu to rebel. As the overseer of Sima Zhao's orders, Wei Wan was loyal to the State of Wei and naturally would not rebel with Zhong Hui Jiang Wei and others. So Wei Wan drank a lot of salt water, let himself vomit, pretended to be paralyzed by birth disease, and said that he could not work with him. Zhong Hui believed that Wei Wan was already seriously ill, and the Wei army outside the city was not worried, so he became even more unscrupulous.
▲ Jiang Wei stills
However, wei huan waited until the dark city gate was closed, then quietly left the city, and prepared a text announcing that all the armies would fight zhonghui together, and the various armies also accepted the call, and the next day they fought with zhonghui in Chengdu. In a fierce battle, Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei were killed one after another. In this way, in just a few days, Wei Wan, a wizard, successively eliminated the three famous generals of the late Three Kingdoms period. After the end of the war, Sima Zhao rewarded him for his meritorious deeds, and made Wei Wei the general of Zhenxi and the military governor of Guanzhong. In the seventh year of the Tai Dynasty (271 AD), Wei Wan was appointed as the general of the Northern Expedition, leaving the northern part of the town and overseeing the military of Youzhou. After the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, Wei Ou successively served as the general of Qingzhou, Youzhou, and Zhengdong, and after defusing the northern border turmoil, he entered the Duke of Fengyang. After that, Wei Ou successively served as Shang Shu Ling, Shi Zhong, and Tai Bao. After Emperor Hui of Jin ascended the throne, Wei Wan, in a failed political struggle with Empress Jia, was killed along with nine of his descendants at the age of seventy-two.
Resources:
Book of Jin, Volume 36, Liechuan No. 6
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