During the two Han Dynasties, foreign relatives were often active as a powerful political force, and they were extremely popular and powerful, and even usurpers such as Wang Mang appeared. After learning the lessons learned, the status and power of foreign relatives in various countries during the Three Kingdoms period were much smaller, but they were still much higher than most ordinary ministers. Among them, there is Wu Yi, who has done national merit, but there are also many people who have harmed the family, and this article is dedicated to introducing three uncles who pit their families during the Three Kingdoms period.
Mi Fang came from a wealthy merchant family in Xuzhou, and after Liu Bei entered Xuzhou, Mi Fang and her brother Mi Zhu became one of Liu Bei's main supporters in Xuzhou, so the two were also considered to be the elders of Liu Bei's army. However, during the confrontation between Liu Bei and Yuan Shu, Lü Bu rebelled and occupied most of Xuzhou. At this time, Liu Bei was in internal and external difficulties, and was in the midst of the biggest crisis since the beginning of the army.
Mi Fang
Because the Mi family has been engaged in business for generations, the family is extremely rich, and the history books record that "tens of thousands of servants, billions of yuan". When Liu Bei was in trouble, Mi Zhu donated two thousand men and horses and provided military expenses, and because Liu Bei's wife was captured by Lü Bu, Mi Zhu also married his sister to Liu Bei, which was Lady Mi, and Mi Zhu and Mi Fang became Liu Bei's brothers-in-law.
After that, the Mi Zhu brothers became Liu Bei's confidants, not only occupying important positions, but even the treatment far exceeded others. After Liu Bei entered Shu, in addition to Xu Jing, who was the political signboard, the highest treatment was Mi Zhu, followed by Zhuge Liang, and although Jian Yongsun Qian's seniority was high, he could only be ranked with Zhuge Liang and under Mi Zhu.
During Liu Bei's later defection to Cao Cao, Cao Cao, in order to divide and disintegrate the people around Liu Bei and consolidate his power in Xuzhou, expressed the role of Mi Zhu and Mi Fang as the Taishou of Ying Commandery and the State Minister of Pengcheng respectively, but this was rejected by him. It can be seen that Mi Fang at that time still had a certain loyalty.
After Liu Bei entered Shu, Mi Fang was appointed to succeed Zhang Fei as the Taishou of Nan Commandery. At that time, Liu Bei only had four counties in Jingzhou: Nan County, Yidu, Lingling, and Wuling, of which Nan County was the most important. Guan Yu, the governor of Jingzhou, served as the Taishou of Xiangyang, and Xiangyang was not in Liu Bei's hands at that time, and the reason why Guan Yu was not named Jingzhou Mu was because Liu Bei's nominal official position at this time was only Zhou Mu, and Guan Yu could not sit on an equal footing with Liu Bei. It can be seen that the Nanjun Taishou served by Mi Fang has a very high gold content and can be regarded as Guan Yu's deputy. In the eyes of Liu Bei at that time, Mi Fang was a brother-in-law, and he also refused Cao Cao's appointment that year, and his status and loyalty were no problem, and it was most appropriate for him to assist Guan Yu.
Lady Mi
Who would have thought that such a personnel arrangement would actually ruin the fate of Jingzhou. Guan Yu had a very high self-esteem, and once said that he wanted to compete with Ma Chao, and he was not willing to be in the same line with Huang Zhong. Originally, Liu Bei thought that Mi Fang was his brother-in-law, and Guan Yu should give face, but Guan Yu did not bird Mi Fang at all. During the Battle of Xiangfan, Mi Fang and the general Fu Shiren were poorly supplied, and Guan Yu threatened to cure these two people after returning to the army.
To be reasonable, Guan Yu, as the governor of Jingzhou, ruled the general Fu Shiren completely fine, but whether he had the power to rule Nan Commandery Taishou Mi Fang had to put a question mark. After all, there is no relevant literature to prove whether Guan Yu, the governor of Jingzhou, is only in charge of the military or the military and government (the only example of Wei Shu Wu having this treatment is Sun Quan and Gongsun Yuan, who were sealed by the State of Wei, but these two people are in special circumstances), anyway, with the title of Xiangyang Taishou, Guan Yu did not move Mi Fang at all. Perhaps Guan Yu's consistent feature is that regardless of whether the result can be achieved or not, at least in terms of majesty, you must let you know who is the boss, such as Ma Chao and Huang Zhong.
Fu Shiren
However, in this way, Mi Fang and Fu Shiren lost a lot of face, and one was scared to death. So when Lü Meng attacked Jingzhou, Fu Shiren first surrendered, and then personally persuaded Mi Fang. As a result, to everyone's surprise, Mi Fang, the uncle with thick eyebrows and big eyes, actually rebelled against the revolution. Mi Fang's betrayal caused Guan Yu to lose his rear, the army was completely shaken, the soldiers fled, the rear road was also blocked, and finally the Jingzhou Army was completely destroyed.
When the news reached Chengdu, Mi Zhu was horrified and asked Liu Bei to tie himself up. Although Liu Bei did not blame Mi Zhu, Mi Zhu himself died in shame. It can be said that Mi Zhu was also killed by this younger brother.
Mi Fang also became a general in the State of Wu, but his status was naturally no better than that of his own shu Han, and he was also humiliated by Yu Tuan, who attacked Jingzhou with Lü Meng. And Mi Fang also knew that she was wrong and did not dare to clash with Yu. I don't know if this traitor later regretted what he did.
Mi Zhu
Guo Zhi was the uncle of Empress Guo, the wife of Emperor Cao Rui of Wei, and could not be called Guo Uncle strictly speaking, but there was no formal title for this position, so it is also called Guo Uncle in this article.
In the history of Cao Wei, there were two Empress Guo, one was Cao Pi's wife, Queen Guo, and the other was the one written here. Empress Guo was from the Xiping clan of Liangzhou, but when she was young, the Guo family was implicated in the Xiping rebellion, and she was also arrested and taken into the palace as a palace maid. Later, because she was favored by Cao Rui, she was made a lady, and when she was seriously ill, she was made empress.
After Cao Rui's death, due to the young age of the young emperor Cao Fang, the Guo clan who became empress dowager had great prestige in the imperial court. Cao Shuang, who was an assistant to the government, felt that Empress Guo was too obstructive, so he put her under house arrest at Yongning Palace. Later, when Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Rebellion, he ordered his second son Sima Zhao to lead troops to rescue Empress Guo, and then asked Empress Guo to issue an edict to cao Shuang's crimes as a legal basis for the coup.
Empress Guo
After that, Empress Guo formed a political alliance with the Sima family. Of course, when the ambitions of the Sima family became more and more obvious, Empress Guo also wanted to restrain and stop the Sima family, but it was too late and she was powerless to return to heaven. As empress dowager Guo's elder, Guo Zhi served as a regular attendant and a lieutenant of Changshui, accompanied the emperor and controlled a part of the forbidden army.
However, he was obviously a member of the Guo family, but he was willing to become a lackey of the Sima family. At that time, Cao Fang was dissatisfied because his loyal subjects were killed by Sima Shi one after another, even including Lao Zhangren, and the empress was deposed, and also tried to assassinate Sima Shi. Sima Shi took the initiative and summoned his ministers to discuss deposing the emperor. Naturally, none of the ministers dared to oppose Sima Shi, but the tricky thing was that Empress Guo was at this point. Such a major matter as deposing the emperor certainly did not have legitimacy without the consent of the empress dowager, and the emperor's seal was also in the empress's place, but Sima Shi could not deal with Empress Guo with the same means as the chancellor, but he thought of a suitable person to persuade Empress Guo, that is, Guo Zhi.
When Guo Zhi went to see the empress, Cao Fang was sitting next to her and discussing things with Empress Guo. Guo Zhi was probably also a rough man, and he did not shy away from anything, and when he opened his mouth, he said: "The great general (Sima Shi) wants to depose His Majesty, and establishes Cao, the king of Pengcheng, as emperor." Cao Fang should have heard the wind long ago, and did not reprimand Guo Zhi for being rude, but did not say a word and got up to leave. Empress Guo was very unhappy, so she said, "I want to see the Great General, and I have something to tell him personally." Guo Zhi knew that Sima Shi was inconvenient to talk to Empress Guo personally before sending himself, so how could he let him go to see Sima Shi, so he scolded: "What is visible?" Take out the seal. Empress Guo was helpless, but she was not good at saying anything to her elders, so she had to take it out and give it to Guo Zhi. Guo Zhi then took the seal and went to see Sima Shi, who was very happy.
Guo Zhi
However, the above record comes from "Wei Luo", this book stands in the position of Cao Wei, and has always portrayed the people of the Sima family as fierce and vicious, so it is not easy to say whether Guo Zhi is so arrogant and domineering in this description in real history, and whether Empress Guo is so cowardly. The evidence is that under the strong opposition of Empress Guo herself, Sima Shi eventually failed to establish Cao Cao, the king of Pengcheng, as emperor, but listened to Empress Guo's opinion and established the talented noble township duke Cao Xi.
Later, when Wen Qin and Yiqiu Jian rebelled against Sima Shi, they claimed to have received Empress Guo's edict (of course false), and When Zhong Hui rebelled, he also said that he had received Empress Guo's will (of course, it was also false). When Sima Zhao led an army against Zhuge Zhi, he forced Cao Xian and Empress Guo to go out together, which also showed that she was afraid of Empress Guo's influence.
Two years after Empress Guo's death, the Wei emperor Cao Yan made Sima Yan and the state of Wei fall.
Quan Ji was the nephew of the Eastern Wu general Quan Chun and the elder brother of Empress Quan of the Wu Emperor Sun Liang.
Sun Liang was only ten years old when he succeeded to the throne, and great power was in the hands of the auxiliary chancellor Zhuge Ke. However, Zhuge Ke, because of his lack of sympathy for the people," his conquests, and his unstable foundations, were soon killed by another auxiliary chancellor, Sun Jun, during the court struggle. Sun Jun and Quan Chun's wife, Sun Luban, were concubines, and the two families also formed a political alliance, so quan clan was also hot at that time (Quan Chun: Why do I feel a little green on my head?). ）。
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Sun Junfuzheng died only three years later, handing over power to his cousin Sun Qi. Sun Qi was only 26 years old, and he was naturally not interested in the old woman Sun Luban, and he also felt that his cousin's taste was really heavy (Sun Luban's age at that time was speculated to be over 45 years old, and the generation was Sun Jun and Sun Qi's aunt). The relationship between the two became extremely tense, and the Quan clan, which was tied to the fate of Sun Luban, naturally wanted to take down Sun Qiang all the time.
When the time came to Huainan's three rebels, Zhuge Zhi rebelled against Sima Zhao, and Zhuge Shi sent his son to wu as a hostage, hoping that he would send troops to rescue him. Sun Qi was naturally very pleased, and sent Wen Qin, Tang Zhi, Quan Yi, Quan Duan, and Wang Zuo to lead 30,000 people to the rescue with a vanguard force, and his Chinese Qin and Tang Zhi were the generals of the Wei state, and Quan Yi and Quan Duan were Quan Chun's sons and nephews, respectively. These 30,000 people broke through into Shouchun City, and Sun Qi led his army behind, sending Zhu Yi to lead the army to continue to meet, and as a result, the encirclement circle had been formed, and Zhu Yi could not rescue the city. At this time, Sun Luban, Sun Liang, and the Quan clan all began to plan to kill Sun Qi, so Sun Qiao left the war in Huainan and returned to China early in order to protect himself.
As a result, what people did not expect was that Quan Yi's nephew Quan Yi and Quan Yi, who remained in Jianye, took their mother to wei because they were afraid of being punished by annoying their superiors. Then Sima Zhao's adviser Zhong Hui used another trick to make the Quan clan in the city surrender to the Wei army. This was a huge blow to Sun Luban and the Quan clan that remained in the State of Wu, and the coup cast a shadow over it. At this time, Sun Liang killed the children of Sun Luban's brother-in-law because of Sun Luban's rumors, and zhu xiong and Zhu Loss brothers, who were also Sun Qiang's close associates, and the struggle between the two sides had become white-hot and had reached a state of imminent outbreak.
At this time, Sun Liang and his brother-in-law Quan Ji discussed and prepared to kill Sun Qiang, and told him not to leak secrets to anyone. As a result, Quan Ji was also a person who could not control his mouth, and when he returned home, he told his father Quan Shang, and then the two were heard by Quan Shang's wife, that is, Quan Ji's mother, when they talked. What's even funnier is that QuanJi's mother happens to be Sun Jun's sister and Sun Qiang's cousin, and he naturally stands on the side of his own family, so he runs to Report to Sun Qiang overnight. So that night, Sun Qiang took the lead in attacking Qiang, killing Quanji's father and son, and killing other people related to the coup, Sun Liang was deposed as the Prince of Huiji, Sun Luban was exiled to Yuzhang County, and Sun Qiang established Sun Quan's sixth son, Sun Xiu, as emperor. At this time, Sun Liang must have hated Quan Ji's brother-in-law who was a pit man.
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However, there are also different records about the process of this coup, saying that Sun Liang's initial gathering was Quan Ji's father Quan Shang, and the informant was not Quan Shang's wife, but Quan Shang's daughter Quan Shang. Whether true or false, Quanshi completely withdrew from the political arena of the State of Wu after the Huainan Rebellion and Sun Liang's coup d'état. However, Sun Qiu was not proud for a long time, and sun Xiu, whom he supported, had only three months after he ascended the throne, he launched a coup d'état and killed him.
So far, none of the four auxiliary ministers and their families left by Sun Quan to Sun Liang had a good ending.