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During the Three Kingdoms period, Wu Qian, Chen Qun, Zhu Shuo, and Sima Yi were all close friends of Emperor Cao Pi of Wei. But what distinguishes Wu Zhi from them is that the latter three figures are all from the scholar clan, or good at internal affairs, or resourceful, or good at strategy...
Only Wu Zhi was born in the cold door, and was debauched, arrogant, and had no military merit to speak of, but in the end he was promoted to the general of Zhenwei, and after his death, he was also known as the "ugly marquis", and truly achieved the han disciple Carp Leaping Dragon Gate, the marquis worshiping xiang, and Guangzong Yaozu.
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When Cao Cao was the Duke of Wei, he issued an edict to seek meritocracy and recruit talented people from all over the world, regardless of character or origin. Under such an opportunity, Wu Zhi came to the side of Cao's father and son, and was deeply liked by Cao's father and son because of his talent.
However, at that time, the State of Wei was like countless carps crossing the river because of Cao Cao's unique strategy of employing people, so why could Wu Tian alone stand out and become a golden phoenix flying out of the cold door? Of course, it was because Wu Zhi helped Cao Pi a lot in the process of cao pi ascending the throne as emperor.
Because Cao Cao was still undecided on the issue of establishing an heir, the court gradually divided into two factions, the Cao Zhi faction and the Cao Pi faction. Cao Zhi was talented and exported, and although Cao Pi was also known for his literature, he was slightly inferior to Cao Zhi in terms of his talent. Therefore, Cao Cao, who was already excellent at literature, naturally preferred Cao Zhi in his heart, and he was quite eager to abolish the trend of growing up and growing young. And Yang Xiu and Ding Yi, who came from the Miao clan, were friendly with Cao Zhi, so cao Zhi actually had the upper hand in this battle to seize the wife. But there were two small things that made Cao Cao change his mind.
Pei Songzhi's commentary on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, and Wu Zhi quotes Wei Luo: "The King of Wei tasted the expedition, and Shizi and Linzi Houzhi were sent to the side of the road. Zhi praised merit, spoke with chapters, left and right subordinates, and Wang Yiyueyan. Shizi was afraid of himself, and Wu Zhi'er said: 'The king should do it, and the drooling can also be done.' And the son of the world wept and prayed, and the king and his right and left were weeping, so they all planted many words, and their sincerity was not enough. ’”
Once when Cao Cao was about to go on a campaign, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi came together to send him, and on the occasion of parting, Cao Zhi made a poem praising Cao Cao's merits. Cao Pi knew that Wen Cai was no better than his brother, and could only stand there. At this time, Wu Tian took a step forward and whispered to him, "The king is leaving, you just have to cry." So Cao Pi wept so much that he burst into tears, and while crying, he knelt down and prayed to the heavens to bless the king's safe return. Everyone present was moved by this, so Cao Cao thought that Cao Zhihua was unrealistic and not as sincere as Cao Pi.
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The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, and Cao Zhi's commentary on Pei Songzhi quotes the Shiyu: Yang Xiu "was twenty-five years old, and his son was talented and was instrumented by Taizu. The Ding Yi brothers all want to take zhi as their heir. The crown prince suffered from it, and was scrapped by car, and the inner court song was long Wu Qiang and plotted. Repaired to Bai Taizu, did not have time to deduce. The prince was afraid, and he questioned, "What trouble, tomorrow he will be deceived by the silk cart, and the repair will be repeated, and the white will be pushed, and if there is no test, he will be guilty." 'The son of the world is from it, and the fruit is white, but there is no one, and Taizu is suspicious. ”
At that time, the battle to seize the wife had entered a white-hot stage, and the contradictions between the two sides had been put on the surface. The crown prince was worried about his unstable position all the time, so one day he used a car carrying an abandoned bamboo basket and summoned Wu Qian to discuss countermeasures. Unexpectedly, this matter was known to Yang Xiu and immediately reported it to Cao Cao. Cao Pi was very worried, but Wu Qian said, "There is something terrible about this, tomorrow it is better to get the same thing back to confuse him." The next day, Yang Xiu did indeed succeed in the plan, and when Cao Cao sent someone to check on who Yang Xiu said, he was not only extremely disappointed in Yang Xiu, but also suspected that Cao Zhi had come.
Although there were no shortage of capable people around Cao Zhi, most of them were just literati who were full of poetry and books, and the experience of political struggle was more than a star and a half worse than that of The scheming Wu Qian and Sima Yi and the like around Cao Pi, otherwise they would not have thought and acted in the enemy's material, not only had they been repeatedly plotted, but even the impression of taking the master in front of Cao Cao was greatly reduced. Moreover, Cao Zhi's literati temperament was too strong, often willful, and several drinking mistakes also caused Cao Cao's displeasure.
Although Cao Cao also had personal likes and dislikes, what did he gain in the face of national interests, he was first and foremost the king of a country, and he deserved to make the best solution for the long-term of the country. Although Cao Zhi was superior in literary talent, his political and military talents were far inferior to Cao Pi's, and the latter two were the necessary abilities of a qualified monarch, and Cao Cao, as an excellent politician, naturally saw this and dispelled the idea of making Cao Zhi the crown prince.
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During the Three Kingdoms period, in line with the principle that the dead are greater, as long as a person is not too bad, he will have a good nickname, such as Cheng, Zhong, Jing, Su, Yi... Even Hua Xin, who had forcibly invaded the imperial palace and killed the ambush, could get a title of "Honorable Marquis", so why could Wu Qian, who had made great achievements, only get the nickname of "Ugly Marquis", which had been left behind for thousands of years?
It's just that his exploits are a little disgraceful, a little unseemly, in other words, he does dirty work. The rulers of all dynasties and dynasties need such a dark force to do something special, this kind of person is capable, has a bad reputation, has no bottom line in doing things, is loyal to the Lord, and can even take the initiative to carry the black cauldron for the monarch when necessary, he sings red face, the emperor sings white face, in order to highlight the emperor's benevolence.
According to historical records, during the reign of Emperor Wen of Wei, Wu Qian supervised hundreds of officials, assassinated enemies, and raided families and exterminated all of them, and under the orders of Cao Pi, he humiliated and assassinated Cao Zhen, Zhu Shuo, Chen Qun, Cui Lin, Dong Zhao, and many other ministers several times, not only warning these corpse vegetarians and proud of their achievements according to Cao Pi's wishes, but also attracting the firepower of the imperial court ministers to himself, thus preserving Cao Pi's reputation.
The emperor needed such a person, and for Cao Pi, Wu Qian was loyal and loyal, hard work, and worthy of the title.
However, for many ministers, Wu Zhi was a vicious dog in Cao Pi's hands, pointing to where to bite, arrogant behavior has long caused the dissatisfaction of those high-powered scholars, so when he died, those people immediately attacked him, discussed a unique nickname "Ugly Waiting", so that his name always appeared with infamy.
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Why did Cao Pi, who called the emperor resourceful and good at playing with his opponents behind his back, become wanton and make many enemies after Cao Pi claimed the throne?
Is it just pampering and arrogance, no, of course it's not that simple. There is also a complex political element involved.
During the reign of Emperor Wen of Wei, the State of Wei was already controlled by the shijia clan, and even the selection of officials abandoned Cao Cao's meritocracy, but adopted the nine-pin Zhongzheng system, one look at the family lineage, the other look at the personal character and talent, clearly stipulating that the family lineage is only an auxiliary, and the delineation of grades mainly depends on talent and talent. However, this system was gradually used by the scholar family and became the main caregiver, and the talent was only auxiliary.
In order to safeguard their own interests, the official eunuch group even hugged the group to resist those ordinary people who were already powerless and powerless, and the children of the cold door were empty and talented and had no way out. Even though Cao Pi condescended to Luoyang after ascending the throne to meet wu qian who had come to take office to support him, the news spread back to Wu Qian's hometown, and those scholars' sons still looked down on him, believing that his origin was not noble enough to be worthy of the title of celebrity and elegant.
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Without the support of his colleagues in his hometown, Wu Qian's career path was difficult and abnormal. Therefore, Wu Qian, as a disciple of the Cold Gate, could only find another way to shine the lintel, so he willingly made a pawn of Cao Pi in front of the stage.
However, the people in power had always hated the collusion between the courtiers, and in order to avoid Emperor Wen of Wei from being suspicious of him, Wu Zhi was arrogant and overbearing, causing many people to be dissatisfied. At this time, Cao Pi saw that Wu Qian had offended most of the powerful people in the dprk, and once he gave up Wu Qian, then Wu Qian would die without a place to bury, so Cao Pi no longer suspected that Wu Qian would collude with the ministers below him, and trusted him even more.
Some people may say that Wu Zhi is self-inflicted, living is a dog that is not popular with people around the emperor, and even the nickname after death is an ugly word, which is insulting to the lintel. But if you don't choose this way, then with the chaos of the Three Kingdoms era, Wu Zhi may not even live to be 53 years old, which is not a kind of helplessness. Therefore, it can only be said that there is a sacrifice and a gain, a smile, a friendship; a willingness to make a false name, a free run; a willingness to be red dust and a great enlightenment; a willingness to be affectionate and get the world; a reputation to be willing to get a great cause...
However, under the efforts of Wu Tian's son Wu Ying for twenty years, until 24 years after Wu Tian's death, he finally changed his title to "Wei Hou", which can also be regarded as a justified name.
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