Looking at the history of the Three Kingdoms in the past hundred years, the struggle for talent is better than the dispute over turf, and those who have achieved great things are all because of people, and talent is not only the need of war, but also plays a more important role in governing the country. We all know that Cao Cao raised an army with a weak body and formed a three-kingdom momentum with Chu Wu. For Cao Cao to achieve such great achievements, one of the points that cannot be ignored is Cao Cao's attitude towards talents.
Bao Xun (?-226), courtesy name Shuye, was a native of Pingyang, Taishan (present-day Xintai, Shandong). He was the ninth grandson of Bao Xuan, a lieutenant of the Han Dynasty, and his father Bao Xin served as the Minister of State of Jibei. In the third year of Chuping (192), when the Yanzhou crowd was leaderless, Bao Xin thought of Cao Cao on the north bank of the Yellow River, and Bao Xin and the governor Wan Qian went to Dong County to meet Cao Cao. After having Yanzhou, Cao Cao had the foundation of entrepreneurship. Unfortunately, Bao Xin was then killed on the battlefield at the age of forty-one. In the seventeenth year of Jian'an (212), Cao Cao recalled Bao Xin's exploits, made his brother Bao Shao the Marquis of Qidu and the Marquis of Xinduting, and appointed Bao Xun as a subordinate of the Xiangfu. Regardless of the size of his power, he was definitely a close confidant of Cao Cao.
In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217 AD), Cao Pi was in a time of great spirits. He finally defeated his brother Cao Zhi and became the Prince of Wei, and several years of concubine rivalry came to an end. Cao Cao treated Bao Xin's son Bao Xun as his own, and bao Xun was then made the crown prince and accompanied Cao Pi. Later, he was transferred to the Position of Yellow Gate Attendant, and soon became the Western Governor of Wei County. Once, Queen Guo's brother broke the law and was to behead and abandon the city according to the law, even though he knew that he was very arrogant. Bao Xun was a clean and disciplined official, and his character was notoriously upright, although Cao Pi wrote many handwritten letters to Bao Xun at that time, hoping that he would raise his noble hand in private. He still presented all the evidence to the imperial court, which later deepened Cao Pi's dissatisfaction and resentment towards him.
In the first year of Jiankang, Cao Cao died, and Cao Pi succeeded him as King of Wei. Bao Xun was recommended by Chen Qun, Sima Yi, and others to serve as Yushi Zhongcheng. In the sixth year of The Yellow Dynasty, Cao Pi wanted to recruit Sun Wu and summon his courtiers to discuss it, and Bao Xun listened to it and advised him in person, and Cao Pi felt that Bao Xun had made him very faceless, and then demoted him.
The following year, Cao Pi personally enlisted Sun Wu, labored the people and lost money, and could only return in vain, and after returning to Luoyang, Cao Pi ordered Bao Xun to be killed. Twenty days after Bao Xun's execution, Cao Pi died.
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