<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="1" > Cao Cao's pre-war preparations</h1>
In 208, after Cao Cao completely defeated the remnants of Yuan Shao's forces, he prepared to attack Liu Biao in Jingzhou.
Before the great war, Cao Cao did two things: first, he recommended Ma Teng as a wei lieutenant (equivalent to the commander of the imperial garrison) and moved his entire family to the capital. The second is to behead the Taizhong doctor Kong Rongman for the crime of filial piety.
It is understandable to move Ma Teng's family to the capital, after all, at that time, Ma Teng had hundreds of thousands of Western Liang cavalry under his command, and Cao Cao wanted to conquer Jingzhou in the south, he had to ensure the stability of the rear in the north, nominally promoting Ma Teng, but actually monitoring him.
Why did Cao Cao have to kill Kong Rong? And also to be accused of filial piety.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="37" > Eastern Han Star Kong Rong</h1>
Kong Rong has been a celebrity since he was a child, and many stories about him are still circulating to this day, such as Kong Rong's pear, Kong Rong's recognition of relatives, and a dispute over righteousness...
These stories reflect Kong Rong's excellent qualities of courtesy, wit, and righteousness, but these are only appearances, and the fundamental reason why Kong Rong has many good stories from childhood lies in the official appointment system in the Eastern Han Dynasty - the inspection system.
The probation system was determined from the official selection system determined during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, and gradually evolved into a recommendation system for celebrities in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and if you want to enter the official field, you must have the comments of the famous scholars at that time. For example, Cao Cao once asked the famous scholar Qiao Xuan to write a review for him, and Liu Bei also studied under the famous scholar Lu Zhi.
Judging from the stories that have been handed down, Kong Rong and his father Kong Zhou should be well versed in this way.
When Kong Rong was 10 years old, after accompanying his father to Luoyang, the famous scholar Li Bing was blocked, Kong Rong told the doorman that he was a relative of Li Bing and was able to enter the door. When asked by Li Yi what kind of relatives he was, Kong Rong said: "Your surname is Li, your ancestor is LaoZi Li Er, my surname is Kong, my ancestor is Confucius Kong Qiu, Kong Qiu once studied from Li Er, and has a friendship between master and apprentice, so I and your ancestors are relatives!" As a result, Kong Rong was praised by Li Bing and became famous.
Subsequently, Kong Rong was recommended by the famous scholar Yang Ci, and successively served as an official of Situ and a servant of the imperial history, and successfully entered the Eastern Han Dynasty.
By the time Cao Cao was preparing to march south to Jingzhou, Kong Rong had become the official of Taizhong And became a civilian leader. At this time, Kong Rong had become a talented celebrity who could recommend talents, and many officials in the civilian official group were Kong Rong's protégés, coupled with Kong Rong's fame, invisibly made him the leader of the scholar clan.
But this was not enough to incur the disaster of killing himself, and the root cause of Kong Rong's death was the conflict between him and Cao Cao's political positions.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="38" > feuded with Cao Cao</h1>
Most of the eastern Han dynasty scholars were very arrogant and obedient, such as Chen Gong, who was not accustomed to Cao Cao's behavior of "teaching me to bear the people of the world, not to let the people of the world bear me", and would rather die than be in the same camp as him; for example, You Heng, who was recommended by Cao Cao, was afraid of Liu Biao if he was not accustomed to Liu Biao, Huang Zu was afraid of Huang Zu if he was not used to Huang Zu, and He was afraid of Cao Cao if he was not used to Cao Cao.
Kong Rong, as the representative of the Shi Clan, was also lonely and arrogant in his bones, but he did not have the courage to regard death as a homecoming.
Therefore, when he saw Cao Cao's ambitions gradually being exposed, he did not have the ability to raise the banner of anti-Cao, nor did he have Wang Yun's plan to get rid of Dong Zhuo, but he became more and more intolerable in his heart, so he repeatedly verbally offended Cao Cao.
Cao Pi married Yuan Shao's daughter-in-law, The Imperial Household, and Kong Rong wrote a letter sarcastic to Cao Cao, and the King of Wu gave Himself to the Duke of Zhou.
Cao Cao wanted to conquer Wu Huan and sweep away the remnants of Yuan Shao's forces, kong Rong said that in the past, when Su Wu was shepherding sheep, someone stole his sheep, and you went to fight him by the way, secretly mocking Cao Cao for bullying the weak.
Cao Cao wanted to ban alcohol, saying that drinking was wrong, Kong Rong said, beauty is even more wrong, you have banned women.
What Kong Rong didn't know was that these seemingly small things were constantly accumulating in Cao Cao's mind, slowly putting him in opposition to himself.
The last straw that overwhelmed the camel was that after Kong Rong saw Cao Cao's ambitions, he wrote to the letter proposing to restore the ancient system and not establish princely states within a thousand miles of the capital to prevent Cao Cao from becoming king.
If it was an ordinary little minions, Cao Cao would be fine, but Kong Rong was the leader of the Shi clan, and in order to ensure the stability of the court during his expedition, Cao Cao decided to kill Kong Rong.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="39" > reason to kill Baume&T</h1>
From Cao Cao's decision to get rid of Kong Rong to kill Kong Rong, there was still one step to go- the reason for convincing the people of the world.
Subsequently, Cao Cao instructed the officials to impeach Kong Rong for colluding with the party for personal gain, slandering the imperial court, and intending to be wrong, but the officials immediately refuted it.
So Cao Cao instructed people to report kong Rong once said: "The father has no love for the child, just out of lust; the mother has no love for the child, just like a thing temporarily deposited in a crock pot, after pouring it out, the two sides have no relationship." ”
In the Han Dynasty, when filial piety ruled the world, such deviant remarks were enough to kill a person.
Kong Rong was then killed in the name of filial piety, and the whole family was linked.
How ironic it is to be known for filial piety, but to die of filial piety!
Therefore, the reason why Cao Cao killed Kong Rong was because he wanted to stabilize the rear before the expedition.
The transfer of Ma Teng into the capital and within his control was to eliminate the threat of western Liang in the north.
The purpose of killing Kong Rong was to stabilize the court and to deter the civilian official clique.
The reason why Kong Rong was killed on the charge of filial piety was because a celebrity like Kong Rong himself occupied the moral high ground. If you want to kill him while blocking the mouths of the Yoyo people, you must first charge Kong Rong with immorality, and then raise the banner of morality to get rid of him.