The Book of Jin and the Chronicle of Emperor Xuan records that "the emperor was ill, and Meng JiaKui and Wang Ling were very evil. In the autumn of August, Peng Yin died in the Beijing Division, at the age of seventy-three. ”
This happened shortly after Sima Yi seized power, and Wang Ling, who was loyal to Cao Wei, was dissatisfied with his murder of Cao's sons and launched a rebellion, which resulted in a leak, and was brutally killed by Sima Yi and destroyed the three tribes. Subsequently, Sima Yi, who was already old and sick, saw Jia Kui and Wang Ling in a dream asking for his life, and soon died of fright.
(Jia Kui stills)
Then, Wang Lingsuo's life was promising, but why did Jia Kui also appear in Sima Yi's dream? Who is Jia Kui? What did he do?
First, do not be afraid of life and death.
Jia Kui was born in a family name. When Jia Kui was alive, his family road had fallen, and he was so poor that he didn't even have to wear pants. When Jia Kui was young, he saw the chaos in the imperial court and the political turmoil, so he was determined to serve the country, and often liked to do the game of platooning and arranging troops.
When his grandfather Jia Xi saw this, he thought that he was young and ambitious, so he dictated the art of war to him, hoping to help him achieve fame.
After Jia Kui became an adult, he was recommended by others to become an official of Hedong County, and was later promoted to The Commander of Daiyi County.
In 202, Yuan Shang sent Guo Yuan to attack Hedong.
Wherever Guo Yuan went, it was like entering a no-man's land. However, Because of Jia Kui's insistence, Daiyi could not break the city.
Due to the large number of people on the other side, the people of Daiyi were afraid that Guo Yuan would slaughter the city after breaking the city. Therefore, after consultation, he agreed to surrender, but on the condition that Jia Kui was not allowed to be killed.
Guo Yuan also respected Jia Kui and promised the people in the city. He also asked Jia Kui to come and want to take him under his command. Who knew that When Jia Kui saw him, he not only did not worship, but also scolded and grinned, saying that he was a thief.
Guo Yuan was furious and ordered Jia Kui's execution.
Seeing that the butcher knife was about to rise, the people in the city could not sit still, gathered together, and indignantly said that if Guo Yuan reneged on his word and killed their virtuous county order, they would have to die together.
This scene touched Guo Yuan's generals, and they were also impressed by Jia Kui's integrity of loyalty to Cao Wei and persuaded Guo Yuan.
Guo Yuan, under pressure from everyone, had to release Jia Kui.
In order not to let the whole county fall into the hands of Yuan Shang, Jia Kui secretly ordered people to occupy the dangerous terrain of the pass, and at the same time confused Guo Yuan's military division. After listening to the wrong plan of the military division, Guo Yuan rested in Daiyi for a week, and as a result, when he attacked further, it was difficult to attack because the pass was occupied.
Guo Yuan pursued the responsibility, and only then did he know that he had fallen into Jia Kui's trap, and in anger, he threw him into the earthen prison, ordered people to guard him strictly, and prepared to sacrifice him to the flag when the next war began.
Not afraid of danger, Jia Kui ridiculed Guo Yuan's army in the earthen prison for having no backbone, and asked them to be more happy and give him a knife, so as not to let a righteous and courageous person like him die in vain in the earthen prison.
The soldiers guarding Jia Kui were full of admiration and let him go regardless of his own safety.
Later, Cao Wei's army arrived, defeated Guo Yuan, and recaptured Daiyi and other places. Because of Jia Kui's meritorious service, he was appointed as the commander of Shichi County.
(Cao Cao stills)
Second, dare to speak directly.
When Jia Kui was making a county order in Shichi, he once met with zhang Yan, a colleague he had not seen for a long time.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Yan was in a joint rebellion with Yuan Shao at that time, and Zhang Yan invited him to join him in opposing Cao.
Jia Kui knew that if he wanted to leave, he would definitely only provoke the disaster of killing himself, so he pretended to agree and helped Zhang Yan plot, showing that he was willing to rebel with Zhang Yan.
After gaining Zhang Yan's trust, Jia Kui took away part of his army in the name of building the outer city wall. Later, after arriving in the outer city, those who did things regarded Jia Kui as their own and did not shy away from him. So, Jia Kui netted them all. Those soldiers were not willing to rebel and attached themselves to Jia Kui. Under Jia Kui's orders, they finally pacified Zhang Yan.
Someone told Cao Cao about Jia Kui, and Cao Cao summoned him. After some talking, Cao Cao thought that he was very talented and a man of high moral character, so he entrusted him with a heavy responsibility and made him a Hongnong Taishou.
Later, Cao Cao was on a massive expedition and planned to force an expedition against Wu during the rainy season. The generals of the three armies were unwilling, but because Cao Cao ordered all the persuaders to be executed, everyone did not dare to speak, although they deeply thought it was inappropriate.
After Jia Kui found out, he insisted on going to the court, and sure enough, he was dismissed from his post and thrown into prison.
Soon, Cao Cao personally visited jia kui, saw that Jia Kui looked good, and became more and more respectful of his qualities and courage to dare to speak directly, so he released him and worshipped him as a counselor.
Later, Cao Cao sighed to people: "Let the two thousand stones in the world know like Jia Kui, why should I worry?" ”
(Cao Pi stills)
Third, be favored and not proud.
In 220 AD, Cao Cao died of illness in Luoyang. Crown Prince Cao Pi was far away in Yecheng.
In order to smoothly hand over the throne, some people suggested that the secret should not be mourned first, and wait for the emissary to inform Cao Pi, who came to Luoyang and then declared the world.
Jia Kui, who undertook the funeral, did not think it was necessary, so he announced to the world that the officials would come to pay their respects.
When the army heard that Cao Cao was ill and died, it ran away most of it.
The ministers believed that the soldiers had no military discipline and deserved military justice.
However, Jia Kui thought that more should be done to appease, so he posted a notice indicating that soldiers who were willing to leave could receive a letter issued by the imperial court so that on the way home, they could get the food given to them locally.
The mutiny was thus put to rest.
Finally, under the control of Jia Kui, Cao Pi succeeded to the throne smoothly.
Cao Pi was so grateful to Jia Kui that as soon as he took office, he made him the Commander of Yicheng County, and soon promoted him to the position of Taishou of Wei County.
When the officials of Wei County heard the news, in order to please Jia Kui, they rushed to Luoyang and knelt in front of the car.
Jia Kui hurriedly stopped it, saying that the matter of visiting the shrine should not be discussed until after taking office.
As a result, after those who were jealous of Jia Kui knew about it, they made a big rumor in front of Cao Pi.
Cao Pi listened but did not think so, only saying that Jia Kui's merits were all established by himself, and praised: "Kui Zhen stabbed Shi Yi!" ”
(Sima Yi stills)
Fourth, do not consider the previous suspicions.
Grand Sima Cao Xiu, who had always thought that he was a clan member, looked down on Jia Kui.
At first, Jia Kui could not get promoted for a long time, and Cao Pi wanted to give Jia Kui a rune, but because of Cao Xiu's sake, he finally dispelled the idea, and Jia Kui also lost the opportunity to be promoted.
In 228, Cao Xiu was deceived by The Eastern Wu's Poyang Commandery Taishou Zhou Qu and led an army deep into Wu, only to be ambushed at Shiting, with heavy casualties.
Jia Kui happened to lead his army on the border of Wudi, and after hearing about it, he resolutely reinforced, and after fierce fighting, finally helped Cao Xiu get out of the predicament.
However, Cao Xiu was very dissatisfied, believing that his support was late, and not only shouted at him in front of the generals, but also deliberately ordered him to pick up the discarded weapons on the battlefield in the name of Sima Da.
Jia Kui thought that he had no shame, did not obey Cao Xiu's orders, and led his army to retreat first.
Later, cao xiu and Jia Kui both went up to impeach each other.
At this time, Cao Rui had succeeded to the throne as emperor, and he knew that Jia Kui was a righteous person, and if it were not for Jia Kui's rescue, Cao Xiu would definitely be completely destroyed. But he also needed to rely on Cao Xiu's support, so he reconciled with the mud, and the matter was not resolved.
However, the government and the public believed that Jia Kui did not care about the previous suspicions, put the overall situation first, and was a true loyal subject of Cao Wei, so they all praised him.
Jia Kui went through three dynasties as emperors, and because of his dedication and loyalty, he made many contributions to the unification cause of Cao Wei, so he was deeply respected by the government and the public.
The reason why after Sima Yi seized power, he would see Jia Kui asking for his life in his dream, this is also because Jia Kui was only for Cao Wei, and was the most loyal person of Cao Wei, which made Sima Yi, who rebelled against Cao Wei, feel afraid. Of course, it may also be that this is a kind of "Spring and Autumn Brushwork" of the historian who wrote this history, in order to express the evaluation of Sima Yi.
(Reference historical materials: "Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Biography of Jia Kui", "Book of the Later Han Dynasty of Hao")