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Throughout history, whenever there is chaos, there will be countless heroes and heroes. As early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were spectacles of a hundred schools of thought contending; in the Three Kingdoms Era, there were also amazing power duels staged. When it comes to the Three Kingdoms, many readers first think of Liu Bei, Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang and other well-known figures. To be fair, all the characters who can be recorded in history, whether well-known or not, actually have their own legendary experiences. Jia Kui, the minister of Cao Wei, who Ziyuan introduced to you today, is the representative of this.
▲ Wax statue of Wenchen during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty
Jia Kui (贾逵), whose real name was Jia Qu (贾衢), was a native of Xiangling, Hedong (present-day Linfen County, Shanxi). As one of the heroes of the State of Wei, Jia Kui's life is quite legendary. Although he was born into a clan of scholars, his family path had long been lost; he had experienced hardships and dangers at a young age, but he had only known people, and was praised by posterity as one of the "Eight Gentlemen of Wei and Jin". After joining Cao Wei, Jia Kui showed extremely high military and political talents, and gradually became reused by Cao Cao, and was promoted to important positions such as The Master of The Chancellor and the Counselor. To know that Cao Cao's own position is only a chancellor, and being able to be his master book is enough to show how much Jia Kui is used.
▲Cao Cao stills
In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220 AD), Cao Cao fell ill and died, and Cao Pi inherited the title of Prince of Wei. Unexpectedly, the Qingzhou Army, which had always been treated loosely by Cao Cao, and the Xuzhou Army led by Zang Ba, actually mutinied on the occasion of Cao Cao's death. The predecessor of the Qingzhou soldiers was the Yellow Turban Army Yu Dang, which was incorporated by Cao Cao and handed over to the strict law enforcement Yu Ban. At the time of Yu Ban and Cao Cao's survival, the Qingzhou soldiers, although somewhat disciplined, were relatively stable. However, after Cao Pi came to power, hundreds of thousands of Qingzhou soldiers mutinied at the instigation of those who had a heart. It is not difficult to imagine that the situation at that time was still relatively critical.
▲Stills of the Yellow Turban Army
However, just when Cao Pi decided to suppress the Qingzhou soldiers by force, Jia Kui stepped forward in time. Because he had been dealing with military and political affairs for many years, Jia Kui knew that the Qingzhou Army could not be stopped, and hastily suppressing it would only cause a stronger backlash. To this end, Jia Kui proposed to Cao Pi that the Qingzhou soldiers be dismissed as farmers by the imperial court. Sure enough, after the Qingzhou soldiers learned that they could be disarmed and returned to the field, they immediately quieted down, and a potential military crisis was defused by Jia Kui without a knife and a shot between the su and the su.
▲Sima Yi stills
Interestingly, after Jia Kui's death, a strange thing happened. According to the Book of Jin, "In June, the emperor fell ill, and Meng JiaKui and Wang Ling were very evil. Autumn and August Pengyin, collapsed in the Beijing Division". Shortly before his death, Sima Yi often had nightmares, dreaming that Wang Ling and Jia Kui would turn into powerful ghosts and ask for their lives. Under several frights, Sima Yi, who was already old and frail, cried out for his life. This matter originally had nothing to do with Jia Kui, but because of this "haunted" incident, rumors of Jia Kui "scared to death" Sima Yi gradually spread out, which really made people cry and laugh.
▲ Stills of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin
Speaking of which, Jia Kuituo dreamed of "scaring Sima Yi to death", but his son was also very "skilled". As we all know, Jia Kui grew up reading sages, was loyal to Cao Wei, and was also conscientious in politics for many years. But what Jia Kui did not expect was that his son Jia Chong eventually betrayed the State of Wei. After Sima Shi came to power, Jia Chong was active, suppressing the rebels several times and participating in the plan to poison Emperor Wei. After the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, Jia Chong was promoted by virtue of his dragon merits, and successively held important official positions such as Sikong and Taiwei. It is worth mentioning that Jia Chong was deeply trusted by Sima Yan, the Emperor of Jinwu, and married his daughter Jia Nanfeng to the idiot prince Sima Zheng at that time. Decades later, a "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" set off by Jia Nanfeng also kicked off. Speaking of which, Jia Chong can also be regarded as an indirect end to the Western Jin Dynasty.
Resources:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Vol. 15, Wei Shu XV, Biography of Zhang Wenjia, Sima Liu, Book of Jin
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