The old demon said the Story of Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 1
The last episode of The Old Demon tells the story of Chen Shou, the author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and here tells the story of Cao Cao, the Taizuwu Emperor who opened the Book of Wei.
Cao Cao Wei Taizu
Cao Cao was a second-generation official
Speaking of Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is definitely very different from the one in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the historical Cao Cao has been a second generation of officials since he was a child! Moreover, his second generation of officials was not small, and in the Han Dynasty at that time, it was one of the best! Status is equivalent to the second few in the capital! Why do you say that, because his father is very powerful, his father's name is Cao Song. His family counted a lot, and there was a big official named Cao Shan, who was a Xiangguo.
Cao Song Cao Cao's father
His father Cao Song official worships Tai Wei, so he may think that there is no concept, but if you count the officials who are more powerful than Tai Wei, you will know what the concept of Tai Wei is, in addition to the emperor, there is only one official position that is bigger than Tai Wei, called Xiang Xiang, that is to say, in addition to the emperor, Cao Cao and his father can rank second in the Han Dynasty, speaking of this, you can look at the official position system of the Western Han Dynasty, the Western Han Dynasty implemented the system of three dukes and nine secretaries, and the Minister has greater rights. The Chancellor is called the Three Dukes, who is in charge of the administration and is the head of the civil service; the Lieutenant is in charge of the military and is the head of the military attaché; and the Imperial Governor is in charge of supervision and assists the Minister in controlling political affairs. Cao Cao's father's official position was Tai Wei (太尉), which was second only to that of The Minister of Finance in the Imperial Dynasty, and was in charge of martial affairs, with the same status as the Minister of Finance, and was the highest military attaché position, ranked Wanshi (秩俸萬石), and the Golden Seal Purple Silk ( 金印紫绶). Equivalent to the current Minister of Defense!
Three dukes and nine secretaries system
At first, Cao Cao, like all the second generation of officials, did not like to learn very much, and was a wandering skeleton, arrogant, and did not pay attention to virtue and academic cultivation, so people at that time thought that he was a second generation official and had no talent, but Liang Guoren Qiao Xuan and Nanyang ren He Yuan both thought that he was not an ordinary official second generation, but had great talent.
It is said that Qiao Xuan once said to Cao Cao: "The world will be in chaos, and it is not the talent of governing the country and the country that cannot be saved, and the one who can calm the world is probably you!" "Then who is this Qiao Xuan, Qiao Xuan (109-183), the Duke of Zi, a native of Suiyang, LiangGuo. He was a famous courtier at the end of the Han Dynasty, who served as a great hongqi, sikong, and situ, and was transferred to taiwei in the first year of Guanghe (178), and was deposed due to illness a few months later. Hikari died in the sixth year (183) at the age of seventy-five. It is said that he had a strong personality, was jealous and hateful, and dared to fight against bad people and bad things when he was an official. Qiao Xuan's spirit of perseverance and courage to move forward has been unanimously praised by people. Seeing the appreciation of such a famous courtier, Cao Cao is still very honored, and it can also show that Cao Cao is indeed not a mortal!
Step into your career
When Cao Cao was twenty years old, his father paved the way for him, and the road can be said to be smooth, first Cao Cao was elected as a filial piety, became a lang official, officially entered the civil service, and then served as a lieutenant in the north of Luoyang, and entered Luoyang as a lang in Kyoto. Soon after, he was appointed as a lieutenant in the north of Luoyang. During this period as a northern lieutenant, Cao Cao showed his talent and his tough side, when Luoyang was the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, a place where the emperor's relatives and nobles gathered, and it was difficult to govern. As soon as Cao Cao arrived at his post, he affirmed the prohibition and strict law and discipline, made more than ten sticks of five colors, and hung them around the yamen, and issued a decree that "those who violate the prohibition will be killed with sticks." The governance of northern Luoyang was orderly, and the journey was smooth, but there was an accident that led to a small twist in Cao Cao's career, when the emperor had a favored eunuch named Jian Shuo, his uncle
Father Jiantu violated the prohibition of night travel, was caught by Cao Cao's men, Cao Cao thought to himself that my father is a grand lieutenant, your eunuch uncle also dared to spread wilderness in my territory, see me come to kill chickens and monkeys, knock on the mountain and shock the tiger, and beat Jiantu to death with a five-colored stick.
So Kyoshi traced it, and there was no one who dared to commit a crime. However, Cao Cao of the second generation of officials also offended some of the powerful people of the dynasty such as Jian Shuo, although the old father was a lieutenant, but the emperor at that time favored the eunuchs, and although the emperor hindered the relationship of his father Cao Song, he also rose and fell, and Cao Cao was transferred to Dunqiu (present-day Qingfeng, Henan) far away from Luoyang, and made a Dunqiu order, this year, Cao Cao was twenty-three years old. However, when Cao Cao was twenty-four years old the next year, he was implicated in the murder of his cousin Chu Qianghou Songqi by eunuchs, implicated, and dismissed from his official post. After that, there was nothing to do in Luoyang and he returned to his hometown of Yuxian County. Didn't think that in the end there was no official to do, if it was an ordinary person, the career would be over, the future life should be, ploughing the land and supporting the family, but Cao Cao was after all the second generation of officials, not the second generation of ordinary officials, the old father was a lieutenant, so after some operation, finally in 180 AD (Guanghe three years) at the age of 26, he was recruited by the imperial court again, appointed as a speaker, and also entered the central government, although the official position is very small, but there is a chance to write to the emperor! And the emperor often meets naturally can also be mixed with a familiar face, coupled with the relationship between the father, if there is another chance to estimate that it will be able to soar! He's been waiting for an opportunity, an opportunity to make a hero!
Heroes of the Troubled World
The opportunity has finally arrived! Emperor Guang of Han Ling and the last year (183), the imperial court was corrupt, the eunuchs and foreign relatives were fighting, the frontier wars were continuous, the country was getting weaker and weaker, and because of the great drought in the whole country, the grains were not collected and the taxes were not reduced, and the poor peasants who were cornered were under the orders of Zhang Jiao.
Yellow Turban Uprising
They wore yellow scarves on their heads, shouted the slogan of "the sky is dead, the yellow sky is standing, the age is in the armor, the world is auspicious", launched a fierce attack, this year Cao Cao was 29 years old, because the old father was a lieutenant, in charge of the world's soldiers and horses, Cao Cao wanted to make meritorious achievements, show his skills, so this year the old father chose a knight lieutenant for him to lead the Yulin cavalry, leading the army to attack the thieves of Yingchuan, Cao Cao and Huang Fusong and others joined forces to attack Huang of Yingchuan
The Turban Army, in the end, successfully defeated the enemy, broke the Yellow Turban Army, beheaded tens of thousands of levels, and made battle achievements. With these merits, he became the Minister of State of Jinan. There were more than a dozen counties under the jurisdiction of Jinan, and most of the county chiefs were attached to the emperor's relatives, corrupt and perverted the law, and their reputation was ruined, so Taizu played the emperor and deposed eight of them. It was also forbidden to excessively sacrifice ghosts and gods, and those who violated the law and rioted fled in a hurry, and for a time the order in Jinan was in order, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment. After a long time, he was recalled to the imperial court to serve as the Taishou of Dong Commandery, but did not go to his post, and returned to his hometown on the grounds of illness.
Why, according to the old demon's study, Cao Cao once wrote an autobiography called "Shu Zhi Ling", in which Cao Cao wrote: "When I was promoted as filial piety, I was very young, and I thought that I was not the kind of person who lived in seclusion in the mountains and had a reputation, and I was worried that the people of the world would be regarded as mediocre and incompetent, so I wanted to be a county taishou, to do a good job in politics and indoctrination, to establish my reputation, so that everyone in the world could clearly understand me." Therefore, when I was the minister of state in Jinan, I began to eliminate maladministration and fairly select and recommend officials, which offended the magnates of the imperial court. Therefore, I was hated by the powerful and powerful, and I was afraid that I would bring disaster to my family, so I returned home from illness. "It turned out that it was a time when the politics of the Eastern Han Dynasty was extremely dark, and there was even a system of buying officials. Although he was made the Taishou of Dong Commandery and worshipped as a huilang, cao cao, the second generation of officials, was indeed a righteous and awe-inspiring person, and refused to cater to the eunuchs and magnates at that time, so he said that he was sick and returned to his hometown, and Cao Cao studied at home in the spring and autumn, and hunted in the autumn and winter, which was equivalent to temporarily retreating. During a period of seclusion, Cao Cao's ideological concepts have been greatly changed, from the beginning of the flesh and qi side has just become introverted, and even some old calculations, the mind has become broader, the perspective of seeing the world has changed, and these changes are vividly reflected in the next thing! What is the matter, the old demon will reveal it to you in the next episode!
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