The "false festival" represents the imperial power, and the ministers who hold the "false festival" have high power like the emperor himself, and the military general holds the "false festival" and can directly kill the soldiers who violate the military law without asking for instructions. Because the power of the "false festival" is too large, which leads to the emperor granting the right to "false festival" very cautiously, during the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, only 13 people owned the "false festival".
1. Dong Zhuo
Dong Zhuo was a powerful minister in the late Han Dynasty, he was originally a general of the Han Dynasty, in Jizhou, Liangzhou and other places, defending the Han Dynasty against foreign enemies and suppressing civil unrest. After the death of Emperor Ling of Han, he took advantage of the infighting between the eunuch Shi Changshi and his foreign relative He Jin and others, led his troops into Beijing, controlled the emperor and the imperial court, and became a powerful vassal of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The military and political power was controlled by Dong Zhuo, who also had many privileges such as "false festivals".
After Dong Zhuo seized power, he deposed Emperor Shao of Han and poisoned Empress He, which aroused public resentment, and the princes of the world rose up against him. Later, Cao Cao and other princes did not kill Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo was killed by Lü Bu because he and his general Lü Bu competed for women.
Second, Lu Xun
The most powerful minister in Jiangdong was his metropolitan governor, but in the early days of Sun Quan, he was neither a prince nor an emperor, and he was not qualified to grant "false festivals", which also led to his subordinates Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and Lü Meng, although they had great power, but did not have the power of "false festivals". Sun Quan was called empress dowager and was eligible to grant "false festivals", so his last metropolitan governor, Lu Xun, had "false festivals".
3. Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang
There were 2 people in Shu Han who had "false festivals", and the first person was Guan Yu. Guan Yu was liu bei's first general and was deeply trusted by Liu Bei, and when Liu Bei led his troops to capture Yizhou, he left Guan Yu to guard Jingzhou. After Liu Bei took Hanzhong and ascended the throne as king of Hanzhong, he made Guan Yu a former general and gave him the title of "False Festival". Unfortunately, Guan Yu did not make good use of the power of the "false festival", and soon after, he led an army to attack Xiangyang and Fancheng. Because he did not ask Liu Bei for instructions in advance, Liu Bei was not prepared, did not cooperate with Guan Yu to attack Cao Wei, leaving Guan Yu alone, and finally under the joint efforts of Jiangdong and Cao Wei, he lost the Battle of Xiangfan. After the defeat, Shu Han lost Jingzhou, and Guan Yu was also captured and killed by Jiangdong.
The second person was Zhuge Liang. Zhuge Liang was Liu Bei's chief adviser, and with Zhuge Liang's help, Liu Bei founded the Shu Han dynasty, so before his death, he arranged Zhuge Liang as the trusted minister of his son Liu Chan. After Liu Bei's death, Zhuge Liang controlled the military and political power of Shu Han as a chancellor, Liu Chan was only responsible for rituals such as sacrifices, and Zhuge Liang naturally also had privileges such as "false festivals".
4. Cao Cao
After Dong Zhuo rebelled, the emperors of the Han Dynasty became puppets, and the world of the Han Dynasty also fell into the hands of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Yuan Shu and other princes. Cao Cao began to fight for the world under the name of "Kuangfu Han Room", so under the persuasion of the courtier Xun Yu, Cao Cao took Emperor Xian of Han into his hands. After Cao Cao obtained Emperor Xian of Han, he had the advantage of "holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes", but Emperor Xian of Han was in name only a puppet of Cao Cao, and the power was in cao Cao's hands, and Cao Cao also had privileges such as "false festivals".
5. Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Cao Shuang, xiahou Shang
Compared with Zhang Liao, Xu Huang and other generals with foreign surnames, Cao Wei trusted the generals of the Clan relatives, so the general command of the army, Cao Cao and others would be handed over to Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and other Cao Wei Clan generals. Among The generals of Emperor Cao Weizong, the highest status was Xiahou Huan, Cao Ren and others, but Cao Ren and Xiahou Yuan, although of high status and great power, Cao Cao did not give them the power of "false festivals". In the later period of Cao Wei, After Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Cao Shuang became Cao Wei's vassal ministers and important ministers, they were very powerful, and they gained the right to "fake festivals".
Xiahou Shang was also a pro-general of Emperor Cao Wei and was highly skilled. At the same time, he and Cao Pi had a good relationship, so he also had the right to "fake festivals". Unfortunately, later Xiahou Shang did not love his wife Cao Shi because he loved his concubines. Cao Shi ran to complain to Cao Pi, and Cao Pi killed Xiahou Shang's concubine in order to give Cao's daughter a head, but who knew that Xiahou Shang had real feelings for the concubine, and after the death of his lover, he was also depressed.
Sixth, in the forbidden, full of favor
Yu Ban was the only foreign-surnamed general who had the right to "fake festivals" during The Cao Cao period. Yu Ban followed Cao Cao earlier and made a lot of merit. Yu Ban's ability to command troops was also good, so Cao Cao gave Yu Ban the power of "false festivals". During the Battle of Xiangfan, Yu Ban surrendered to Guan Yu after being flooded by Guan Yu's Seventh Army, which made Yu Forbidden a late festival and was looked down upon by Cao Wei's people, and failed to enter the Cao Wei TaiMiao Temple after his death.
Man Yu was also a famous general of Cao Wei, and he followed Cao Cao to participate in the Battle of Chibi and Cao Ren to participate in the Battle of Xiangfan, and made many meritorious achievements. During the Cao Rui period, Man Yu took over Cao Xiu's charge of fighting Against Wu on the east side, which made him very trusted by Cao Rui and gave him the right to "fake festivals".
7. Sima Yi and Sima Zhao
During the period of Cao Cao and Cao Pi, he was wary of Sima Yi and did not give Sima Yi much real power. In the later period of Cao Wei, after the deaths of Zhang Liao, Cao Ren and others, Cao Wei could only reuse Sima Yi in order to oppose Zhuge Liang of the Northern Expedition, which made Sima Yi more and more powerful. When Cao Rui died, he also arranged for Sima Yi to be the trusted chancellor of his son Cao Fang. Unfortunately, Sima Yi's wolf ambitions, taking advantage of cao fang, Cao Shuang and others to go out to worship their ancestors, launched the Gaopingling Rebellion and seized control of Cao Wei's Jiangshan. Sima Yi became a vassal of Cao Wei and had privileges such as "false festivals". Sima Yi's son Sima Zhao also controlled Cao Wei's Jiangshan, so he had the right to "false festivals".