Tao Li was speechless and where was it, smiling at the sunny people towards the wind. Although the war raged at the end of the Han Dynasty, there were still many Hao clans, the Hongnong Yang clan and the Runanyuan clan, which were all familiar families, in addition to the Yingchuan Xun clan, the Boling Cui clan and other famous families. This article will talk about Cui Lie, the word Wei Kao.
Cui Lie was a native of Anping, Boling, Jizhou, who was a descendant of Cui Xiaoyīn, and the Book of Later Han, cui Xiao was a native of Anping, Zhuo County, Youzhou, indicating that the ownership of Anping County had changed. Anping County was originally subordinated to Youzhou Zhuo County, and later changed to Jizhou Anping State, Boling County was added during the Han Huan Emperor' period, and later Anping County was assigned to Boling County.
Therefore, the world mentions that Cui Lie is a famous scholar in Jizhou, Cui Lie in the "Kong Biao Monument Yin" is "Boling Anping Cui Lie", and the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms And Zhuge Liang" mentions that Cui Zhouping is also "Boling Cui Zhouping". Cui Shi was quite accomplished in literature, and Cui Xiao, Cui Yu and others were good at literary literature, which also made Cui Ye evaluate as "Wenzong". Cui Lie also had literary talent, and he left 4 articles.
"Cui Shishi has beautiful talents, and he is also a Confucian literary forest with the fallen classics" - "Later Han Shu Cui Xiao Biography"
Cui Lie, as a famous scholar in Jizhou, is not a vain name, and Cui Lie once explained the "Zuo Chuan" to his protégés, indicating that he at least had a deep understanding of the "Zuo Chuan". Cui Lie served as a county sheriff and a ninth secretary, and he also wanted to go further, and the scholars also thought that his talent was worthy of the position of the third duke.
The Han Ling Emperor Liu Hong set up the West Garden, which was specially used to sell the official Lord, although this matter was not his first initiative, but Liu Hong's side was the largest. Prior to this, most of them exchanged grain for knighthoods and came to help the imperial court relieve disasters, and during the Han Huan Emperor's reign, officials such as Guannei Marquis, Hu Ben, and Yulin appeared on the list of buyers and sellers, and Liu Hong even dared to buy such positions as the Third Duke.
Liu Hong dared to sell Cui Lie and dared to buy, and this kind of trading was not without precedent at that time, Duan Jiao, Fan Ling, Zhang Wen and others all made a lot of merits, but in the end it took money to ascend to the position of the Three Dukes. Cui Lie spent less, others had to pay ten million dollars, while Cui Lie only spent five million dollars, because Liu Hong would discount the buyer's reputation.
"Although Shi Ji, Fan Ling, Zhang Wen, and others had meritorious and diligent reputations, they all first exported goods and then ascended to the throne." - The Later Han Dynasty Book of Cui Yu Biography
However, Liu Hong was still quite regretful, after Cui Lie was promoted to Sikong, he said to his cronies, "Unfortunately, there are no more points, or can not sell ten million dollars", but mrs. Chu retorted to him from the side, "Cui Gong is a famous scholar in Jizhou, how can he easily buy an official?" Thanks to me, I am circling around, how can I receive it if I don't see good! Cui Lie's purchase of officials has a negative impact, his reputation among the scholars has decreased sharply, but he has also given the scholars a head, and it is a very face-saving thing for the family to have one more "three dukes", think of the Ru'nan Yuan clan, which is known as the fourth and third dukes.
He himself felt very uncomfortable, so he asked his son Cui Jun, "After I became the third duke, how did people talk about me?" Cui Jun responded, "You became famous at a young age, and you have served as a county sheriff and a nine-secretary, and at that time people thought that you should be the third duke, and now you are really the third duke, but the people of the world are disappointed." Cui Lie asked, "Why is this?" Cui Jun annoyed his father with only one sentence, "The commentators hate the smell of copper on your body."
This did indeed poke Cui Lie's worried heart, and Cui Lie chased after Cui Jun and was about to beat him with a cane, but Cui Jun ran away. Cui Liechai asked behind him, "Stinky boy, the father runs away as soon as he hits, is this the work of filial piety?" During the Eastern Han Dynasty, filial piety was attached great importance to, but Cui Jun also had a word for Zhenzhen: "Shun treats his father only in the face of the small staff, and the big staff still has to run away, which is not filial piety", this sentence also persuaded Cui Lie.
Cui Lie did not have any records on political affairs, and judging from his suggestion to abandon Liangzhou, his concept of the overall situation was relatively poor. Later, Cui Lieguan was promoted to Taiwei, and then replaced by Cao Song, after all, he was an important customer who had spent more than 100 million yuan. When Dong Zhuo entered Beijing and met the Gongqing Hundred Officials at Beimang Mountain, Cui Lie stood at the forefront of the Hundred Officials and reprimanded Dong Zhuo for avoiding concessions, only to be returned by Dong Zhuo on the spot, "I came three hundred miles day and night, what do you want to avoid, do you think I can't cut off your head?" ”
"When emperor Song Ling bribed the lieutenant and lost 100 million yuan to the Western Garden, he was appointed to the position of taiwei." - The Book of the Later Han Dynasty
When the princes were courting Dong, because Cui Lie's son Cui Jun and Yuan Shao raised an army together, Cui Lie was taken in by Dong Zhuo and imprisoned. When Dong Zhuo was reprimanded, Cui Lie was released to serve as a lieutenant of the city gate, and then ushered in Li Guo's rebellion, and was killed by the rebel army when Li Dai entered Chang'an, and the scenery was no longer beautiful.
"At the beginning of the Xiandi Dynasty, Jun and Yuan Shao raised an army in Shandong, and Dong Zhuo thought that he was a martyr to pay for the prison, and he was imprisoned" - "Later Han Shu Cui Yi Biography"
Fame is heavy for a while, floating and sinking.