According to historical records, Kong Rong was the twentieth grandson of Confucius. He became famous very early, at the age of 4, he became famous for making pears famous, but for most people, Kong Rong is like a "familiar stranger", except for let pears, we don't know him. What is less known is that Kong Rong did not shine when he grew up, but in the Three Kingdoms where heroes and figures were born, he achieved nothing, which is sighing.
One
At a young age, Kong Rong was once evaluated by the famous scholar Li Bing: "High intelligence must be a great instrument." "Here's the thing: Li Bing is a celebrity in Luoyang. One day, Kong Rong had a sudden idea, and he wanted to see what Lord Li looked like. I went alone. A small fart knocking on the door naturally no one paid attention. Kong Rong said, "I am a relative of Li Jun. "People heard that it was a relative, so they quickly let it go."
Li Bing teased him jokingly: "What kind of relative are you?" Kong Rong said: "My ancestor Confucius and your ancestor Lao Tzu are teacher-student relations, so we are counted as worldly friends." ”
The guests present were stunned, a 10-year-old child actually understands logical reasoning? Taizhong doctor Chen Yun did not think so after hearing it: "When you are smart when you are young, you are not necessarily smart when you grow up. Kong Rong immediately retorted, "Then you must have been very smart when you were a child." "It's really unforgiving."
Since then, people have known that the hole that knows how to be polite cannot melt, is clever and clever, and is articulate. Not only that, but he also had a rescue feat when he was 16 years old.
In that year, the famous scholar Zhang Jian was hunted down by the government and fled to the home of his friend Kong Bao. Kong Bao is Kong Rong's older brother. Kong was not at home at the time. Kong Rong looked at Zhang Jian with a panicked look, as if there was something difficult to say, although he did not understand what was happening, he still said to Zhang Jian: "Brother is not at home, can't I be your host?" So he left Zhang Jian at home.
After the incident was leaked, both brothers were arrested and imprisoned. Before sentencing, Kong Rong said: "It is I who shelter and hide Zhang Jian, and I am guilty." The brother also fought to face the crime, the mother also argued to say that it was his own crime, the family rushed to die, and finally the imperial court condemned the brother's crime, but since then Kong Rong's reputation has been even louder, and his righteousness and bravery have won the praise of countless people.
If you compare life to a TV series, then Kong Rong is very dazzling when he appears. It is estimated that if he continues to go this way, his future is unlimited.
However, life is not a TV series, there is no rehearsal, only live broadcast.
Two
It can be said that Kong Rong has been smooth all the way, has not suffered any hardships, and has not been wronged. However, he was born into a famous family, which coincided with the popular jian'an wind and bone in the society at that time, so it also created his character of despising the powerful, jealousy and hatred, and soft and hard.
In the seventh year of Guanghe, Yin Hejin of Henan was promoted to a great general, and Kong Rong's superiors sent him to congratulate him. There were a lot of people who went to congratulate that day. After Kong Rong handed the business card to the doorman, the doorman was negligent for a while, and before he could report it, Kong Rong thought that he was neglected and was mad on the spot. He grabbed his business card and angrily returned to the office.
And that's not all. He left a letter of impeachment against him and resigned indignantly. This incident made He Jin furious, if it were not for the persuasion of others, it is estimated that Kong Rong would have died a long time ago.
Kong Rong was too upright in his behavior, and his friends secretly worried about him and persuaded him. Jingzhao Ren Li Xi is one of them. Later, Kong Rong died, and it was this person who risked death to collect his body for him. But Kong Rong was pedantic, and his fame was early, and he couldn't listen to it at all.
It is no wonder, you think, when Cao Cao and Liu Bei were still a little white, Kong Rong was already "Kong Beihai". When Liu Bei was serving in the Plains Kingdom, kong Rong was once besieged by the Yellow Turban Army and sent someone to liu Bei for help. Liu Bei was overjoyed and said, "Kong Beihai actually knows that there is another Liu Bei in the world." "Immediately send troops to save people."
In fact, Kong Rong is a good hand at reading and writing articles, but it is really not good to lead soldiers to fight. In the first year of Jian'an (196), Yuan Shao's son Yuan Tan stormed the North Sea. Kong Rong played with him for half a year, from the spring to the summer heat.
I don't know whether Kong Rong was tired or stupid, at the critical juncture of the war, he neither sent people to inquire into military information, nor did he consult with people to discuss countermeasures, let alone personally supervise the war, but held a book in his hand and read wildly, and talked and laughed with people. The tragic ending can be imagined, his wife and children were captured and killed by Yuan Tan, and he escaped by himself. The hall "Kong Beihai" has become the laughing stock of others.
Three
As Yuan Shao and Cao Cao gradually became the most powerful forces in the Central Plains, Kong Rong, who had always been loyal to the Han Dynasty, was distraught because he saw the ambitions of these two men and was unwilling to defect to them.
However, the world was unpredictable, in the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao firmly held Emperor Xian of Han in his hands, and after moving the capital to Xuchang, a large number of officials were recruited, and Kong Rong was also on the list.
However, when Kong Rong and Emperor Xian of Han reunited, Kong Rong's tragic fate had already laid the groundwork.
At this time, Cao Cao blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes, and his conspiracy attempt had been revealed. At first, the relationship between the two was good, but later Cao Cao became more and more unkind to Kong Rong.
The reason was that Kong Rong lacked political ability and did not achieve anything in his work, but every time the dprang was held, he was quoted and talked endlessly, making other officials look like they were just names. Cao Cao was not happy to look at it from the sidelines.
The most troublesome thing was that Kong Rong spoke very extremely, offending Cao Cao several times. Cao Cao wanted to fight Yuan Shao, but he objected; Cao Cao wanted to enlist Liu Biao, and he objected. As Cao Cao's power stabilized, he became more and more disgusted with Kong Rong's habitual finger-pointing.
Perhaps Kong Rong felt that Cao Cao did not dare to do anything to him, and was even more fearless. Cao Cao's son married Zhen, and Kong Rong was not accustomed to this behavior, so he wrote a letter to Cao Cao: "The King of Wu cut down the silk and gave himself a reward to the Duke of Zhou. "It means that the good deeds done by your father and son are similar to this.
One year, during a famine, Cao Cao proposed to ban alcohol and supplement military grain with the grain from winemaking, which was a good thing. However, Kong Rong specially wrote the "Southern Cao GongBiao Prohibition Book" and opposed Cao Cao.
Another thing also made Cao Cao uneasy. After Kong Rong took up his spare time, he also received daily guests. He often sighed and said, "The seats are often full of people, and the wine in the wooden statue is not empty, so I will have no worries." ”
But where did he know that his own worries might be someone else's worries?
Cao Cao's stomach was originally full of suspicion and jealousy, coupled with the frame-up of others, thirteen years after Jian'an, Kong Rong's entire family was killed and fell into a tragic fate.
Author: Our special guest author Liu Mai