In the suppression of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Cao once again came out to mix and made some achievements, but his later career path still could not withstand the extreme darkness of the imperial government at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and he stayed in hiding for several years. The hero and can withstand loneliness, come out and fight with Dong Zhuo unfavorably, after escaping from the wilderness, Cao Cao shouted with his arms raised, and the volunteer soldiers called on the heroes of the world to fight Dong Zhuo, still just fighting and killing. It was not until he met Mao Jiu when he was chasing the deer in the Central Plains and Ren Yanzhou Mu that Cao Cao adopted Mao Jiu's strategy of "holding the son of heaven hostage to order the princes" that the cause had an eyebrow. Mao Jiu was the first planner of Cao Cao's career, and although his ideas were good, he was still upright and honest, and he was a person who wanted to do things, could do things, and did things.
"Holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes", who was the first to come up with this idea! In history, the first is not Mao Jiu, which appeared as early as five hundred years ago, and should be Zhang Yi, a zongheng family in the Warring States period. Zhang Yi used his three-inch tongue to trick King Hui of Qin into killing Zhou Tianzi, and then set up an obedient new "Zhou Tianzi" as a puppet, thus "according to Jiuding, the case map book, blackmailed tianzi to order the world, and the world did not dare not listen." This idea was later opposed by Sima Wrong, and King Hui of Qin did not adopt it.
Five hundred years later, in the second year of the Eastern Han Dynasty's Emperor Chuping, Dong Zhuo moved the capital, the Kwantung princes' alliance disintegrated, and the state pastor Shi Taishou divided and established himself. Yuan Shao's adviser Frustrated Zhi proposed this idea to Yuan Shao again, but Yuan Shao was short-sighted and indecisive and did not adopt it. In the third year of Chuping, after Dong Zhuo's death, Guo Feng and Li Dai quarreled in Chang'an for nearly two years, and changed their era name to "Xingping". In the second year of Xingping, Yang Feng and Dong Cheng brought Emperor Xian from Chang'an to Luoyang, and Guo and Li pursued and killed them, burning the city of Luoyang into ruins. At this time, Cao Cao took the opportunity to "discuss the desire to welcome the car and drive, and move to The Capital Yu Xu", and the counselor Xun Yu was very agreeable, but there was no strategic consideration of "holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes", Xun Yu only emphasized the political benefits of welcoming Emperor Xian of Han to his old nest from the political level.
Cao Cao's real implementation of the strategy of "holding the Son of Heaven to order the princes" should be in the second year of the Han Xian Emperor Xingping, when Cao Cao, who was then the pastor of Yanzhou, recruited talents and soldiers, and Mao Jiu was recruited to serve in zhizhong because of his good reputation. Mao Jiu was a native of ChenLiupingqiu at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. When he was young, he worked as a county official, and was praised by people for being fair, honest, and frugal.
Cao Cao asked Mao Jiu how he could achieve hegemony, and Mao Jiu replied: "Today, the country is divided, the monarchy is separated, the people are unemployed, hungry and exiled, the public does not have a reserve that can last for a year, and the people do not have a stable mind, this situation is difficult to last. Although Yuan Shao and Liu Biao had many soldiers and strong strength, they did not have long-term considerations, and there were no people who established a foundation and built a foundation. The use of soldiers is in line with justice to win, and the preservation of power requires financial resources, so it is necessary to support the Son of Heaven to order those who refuse to submit, devote themselves to farming, and accumulate military supplies, so that the great cause of hegemony and kingship can be successful. ”
In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's New Year's name was "Jian'an", and he began to formally launch Mao Jiu's proposal: "Blackmail the Son of Heaven to order the princes". At this time, Emperor Xian of Han was still relatively comfortable, Cao Cao had just pacified Gunzhou, and the territory was only Gunzhou and part of Chen land, and it was still unrealistic to use a small Yanzhou Mu to implement "holding the Son of Heaven to order the princes". Therefore, in the twenty-five years of Cao Cao's Jian'an, when his wings were not yet strong, Cao Cao was still respectful to Emperor Xian of Han, and at the same time to the talents of the world. Cao Cao promoted Mao Jiu to the position of Shogun Gong Cao, that is, Cao Cao's organization minister. Mao Jie followed Cao Cao around in battle. He provided Cao Cao with many strategies and helped Cao Cao win many battles.
After Mao Jiu gained power in the officialdom, he still maintained a clean and simple style and wore clothes made of coarse cloth. After receiving Cao Cao's reward, he also took it all out to help the poor people, and he did not reserve it.
After Cao Cao was made a chancellor, he promoted Mao Jiu to Eastern Cao Tuan. Cao Cao trusted Mao Jiu and asked Mao Jiu and Shangshu Cui Yan to jointly manage the assessment, selection, appointment and removal of officials. Mao Jiu and Cui have similar personalities, which is also the accuracy and cleverness of Cao Cao's knowledge of people and employment, and he has indeed achieved the ability to know people and do good job, and good steel is used on the blade. Mao Jiu and Cui Yan worked closely together, the Grand Duke was selfless, and he was eclectic in selecting and reusing real talents and scholars, but for those who had committed acts of corruption and bribery, even those who had changed their previous wrongs, were also rejected.
Those who are good at using power for personal gain, forming gangs, and talking and doing things too vainly have all been dismissed and beaten into the "cold palace", and these two people will not be appointed again in the hands of these two people. The method of selecting, appointing and removing officials promoted by Mao Jiu and Cui Yan shocked the whole country. It can be said that a pair of anti-corruption fighters in the Cao Wei period blocked the path of corrupt elements, and naturally there were a large number of jealous people.
In order to adhere to the criteria for selecting talents with both ability and political integrity, Mao Jie was selfless and forbade anyone to intercede for others. Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Pi, pretended to be Cao Cao's flesh and blood, and came to Mao Jiu and asked Mao Jiu to reuse one of his cronies. Although Cao Pi was noble in status, he had great influence. However, Mao Jie did not give in, and was resolutely resisting.
Mao Jiu said: "I am only doing what I should do within my duties according to my ability, and I know the person you are talking about, and according to the order of promotion, he should not be promoted this time, so I cannot accept your orders." Cao Pi saw that Mao Jiu was so upright and selfless, and did not favor selfish feelings, so he had no choice but to leave. The honest and upright Mao Jie not only won the praise of the people, but also selected a large number of talents with both political integrity and ability for the Cao Wei regime, laying a solid foundation for the cao wei regime. This played a role in promoting the change of the dark and corrupt government of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and the social atmosphere was greatly improved.
In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Mao Jiu's old partner Cui Yan was killed for being accused of being arrogant and resentful of the villains, angering Cao Cao. Mao Jiu was very unhappy about this, and at this time, the small man was in his arms, and he made false accusations from it, and Cao Cao was furious and put Mao Jiu in prison. Later, under the full rescue of Huan Jie and Heqia, Mao Jiu was exonerated, deposed, and later died at home. Cao Cao realized that he had fallen for the villain and given Mao Jiu a coffin, sacrificial vessels, money, and silk veils, and conferred on his son Mao Jilang the official position.
Cao Cao's father and son both had a high evaluation of Mao Jiu, and Cao Cao commented: "Employ people like this, so that the people of the world can be autonomous. This ancient so-called state of the division straight, my Zhou Changye. Cao Pi commented: "Therefore, The Shangshu servants Mao Jiu, Feng Chang Wang Xiu, Liang Mao, Lang Zhongling Yuan Zhuo, Shaofu Xie Yan, Wan Qian, Lieutenant Xu Yi, and Guo Yuan, all loyally went straight to the court and performed benevolence and righteousness. Chen Shou, author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, commented: "Mao Jiu Qing Gong Su Lu. ”
Mao Jiu, the first planner of Cao Cao's career, although the idea was bad, I am afraid that he also wanted to solve the dark reason of the government at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty! Mao Jiu was subordinate to Cao Cao, and did his best to do his job well, and throughout his life he was honest and honest, had the courage to fight corruption, and was a clean official who wanted to do things, could do things, and did things. The end of his life was a bit tragic, he did not die at the hands of Cao Cao, and he was praised by Cao Cao's father and son, which should also belong to the superior among the civil servants in the Three Kingdoms era. People are not afraid of the shadow crooked, it is to see what master they encounter, the fundamentals and principles are right, and the process is sometimes complicated. (Text/Cai Si) (The picture originates from the Internet, if there is infringement, please inform and delete)