Among the three kingdoms, Cao Wei is the most powerful, not only the strength of the army, compared to the embarrassing situation of the shu state and the old generals of the state of Wu who have no one to succeed after them, the number of talents in the state of Wei can be said to be endless, and there is a situation in which one generation is stronger than the next, which is still due to Cao Cao's meritocracy policy, which has attracted a large number of talents.
Speaking of the Taimiao Temple, if it can be ranked among them, it must be a talented person who has made a significant contribution to the country, and there are 26 meritorious heroes in Cao Wei's Taimiao Temple who have the honor to enter it, which is a reward for the deceased father. However, there are some people we are familiar with but have not been able to enter the Wei state, such as the representative figures Xun Yu and Xu Chu, why is this? Let's take a closer look.
Cao Cao
The Cao Wei TaiMiao Temple was built in July 213, when Cao Cao had just been enthroned as the Duke of Wei, jia Jiu Xi, and under the system of princes, he established five temples in Yecheng, enshrined Cao Jie, Cao Teng, and Cao Song, and performed spring sacrifices at the Zong Temple several times. Such behavior used to be only available to emperors, and from this point of view, Cao Cao already had the idea of being a Han Dynasty.
In 216, Cao Cao was promoted to the title of King of Wei, and everyone came to persuade Cao Cao to claim the title of emperor. Cao Cao was unusually calm at this time, because he had already said, "If the Mandate of Heaven is in me, I am the King of Zhou Wen." ”
The meaning of this sentence is already obvious, he himself will not be the emperor, the emperor left it to Cao Pi.
In 220, Cao Pi usurped the Han dynasty to establish the state of Wei, and after he ascended the throne, he established Cao Cao into the Cao Wei Tai Temple. Cao Rui moved the Taimiao Temple to Luoyang, and also moved the tablets of Cao Jie, Cao Teng, Cao Song, and Cao Cao in Yicheng.
From the beginning of Emperor Ming of Wei to the fall of Cao Wei, there were a total of 5 batches, and 26 people were elected to the Taimiao Temple. The selection criteria are "those who are meritorious and meritorious in the Great Wei Dynasty, who have always been enlightened, all of them are honored." ”
The first batch of candidates were Xiahou Huan, Cao Ren, and Cheng Yu.
The second batch was the largest, with 20 people, namely Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Xiahou Shang, Huan Jie, Chen Qun, Zhong Xuan, Zhang Guo, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Le Jin, Hua Xin, Wang Lang, Cao Hong, Xiahou Yuan, Zhu Ling, Wen Ping, Zang Ba, Li Dian, Pang De, and Dianwei.
The 3rd, 4th, and 5th batches were all only one person, namely Xun You, Sima Yi, and Guo Jia.
Sima Yi
The sharp-eyed friend must have found that there were several ministers who had not been selected, that is, Xun Yu, Xu Chu, Jia Xu, and Yu Ban, and the contributions of these 4 people were not worse than those 26 people, why were they not eligible to enter the Taimiao Temple?
First of all, let's look at Xun Yu, Xun Yu was not here in Cao Cao at first, he began to turn to Yuan Shao, but with Xun Yu's keen mind, he soon found that Yuan Shao could not be trusted, so he left Yuan Shao and went to Cao Cao.
After Xun Yu arrived at Cao Cao's account, he simply sent a big gift to Cao Cao, Xun You, Jia Xu, Chen Qun, and Zhong Yu were all recommended by Xun Yu, which shows that Xun Yu's weight in Cao Cao's camp is heavy, Cao Cao led the troops outside, directly to Xun Yu, this trust can also be seen in the importance of Xun Yu.
Forever hanchen
Many of Cao Cao's development strategies in the early stages were proposed by Xun Yu, such as "greeting the Son of Heaven". In addition, Xun Yu is still a great talent in internal affairs, as long as there is him, Cao Cao does not have to worry about the problem of military resources and grain and grass, it can be said that Cao Cao's success is inseparable from Xun Yu's support.
However, in the later period, the difference in the political philosophy of the two people gradually manifested, Cao Cao wanted to rely on the banner of Emperor Xian of Han to help him become emperor, and Xun Yu assisted Cao Cao in order to let Cao Cao support the Han room, so when Cao Cao was the king of Wei, he was strongly protested by Xun Yu. There was a gap between the two.
In the end, Xun Yu knew that nothing could be done, and Cao Cao gradually alienated him, he knew that with Cao Cao's character, he would not have a good end, and finally he was depressed and saved his hanchen's reputation, so he did not put it into the Cao Wei Tai Temple.
Speaking of Xu Chu, in fact, he did not have much military achievements, in the end, Xu Chu and Zhao Yun are the same kind of people, that is, no matter how strong his ability is, his duty is only 1, that is, to protect Cao Cao's safety.
However, it is reasonable to say that he has been loyal to Cao Cao all his life, and he has done his best to protect Cao Cao's safety, and his qualifications are sufficient, perhaps Xu Chu is too loyal to Cao Cao, in order to prevent Cao Cao from becoming suspicious, he has very little contact with foreign ministers, even if Xiahou Huan wants to talk to him alone, he is also rejected by Xu Chu.
Xu Chu
Xu Chu was very trusted by Cao Cao and Cao Pi, but it made Cao Wei's clan dislike it, believing that Xu Chu did not know how to be flexible, that is, he was a stunned Qing, and the roster selected for the Cao Wei Taimiao Temple was determined by Cao Shuang and other Cao Wei clans, and Xu Chu was not elected.
Jia Xu as one of Cao Cao's 5 major advisers, on the talent, he may not be weaker than Guo Jia, and Jia Xu this person is deeply rooted in the way of man, the grasp of people's hearts can be described as very thorough, "count the exhaustive strategy" is the best praise for him, he wanders among the princes, and stands in an invincible position, which shows the strength of his ability.
Jia Xu contributed two key strategies to Cao Cao, one was to secretly help Cao Pi sit on the throne of the world, and the other was to provide Cao Cao with a counter-plan, so that Ma Chao and Han Sui would turn against each other and assist Cao Cao in defeating Ma Chao.
Jia Xu
Having said all this, Jia Xu has a bad point, that is, the evaluation is not very good, the scholar class looks down on Jia Xu, and also gave Jia Xu the title of "poison soldier", that is, although Jia Xu is very capable, most of his considerations are himself, and his suggestions and suggestions are also based on himself, which has harmed many ordinary people.
The most important point is that Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang and the ai general Dianwei both died because of Jia Xu's schemes, although Cao Cao did not say it in his mouth, but he must have cared about it in his heart, and his Cao Wei people also had a lot of criticism of Jia Xu.
After arriving at Cao Wei, Jia Xu also had few plans, because he knew that his identity was very sensitive, in order to save himself, he chose Mingzhe to protect himself, he did not communicate with Cao Wei's power, and his children were also married to ordinary people, so although Jia Xu was famous in the first half of his life, after arriving in Cao Wei, he gradually faded out of the sight of the masses, so he was not selected for the Cao Wei Taimiao Temple.
Man Yu is also a powerful role, although he personally did not have great military achievements, but after he defected to Cao Cao, he was appointed by Cao Cao as xu county order, the importance of Xu County must not be said more, this is Cao Cao's old nest, which shows Cao Cao's recognition of Man's ability.
Full of pampering
Later, after Cao Pi became emperor, Man Yu ushered in the peak of his life, relying on the war with Eastern Wu, the number of food yi reached 9600 households, which was the largest number of food yi in Cao Wei's team, and even achieved the position of taiwei and ranked third duke.
However, it was such a figure who did not enter the Cao Wei Taimiao Temple in the end, and the reason was probably that Man Yu had not been able to enter the decision-making core of the Cao Wei camp, so although there were many food, he could not enter the Taimiao Temple.
The last person is Yu Ban, the previous list we see that the five sons of liang general only Yu Ban was not selected, is it because his ability is not good, that is wrong, Yu Ban ability is not to be picked, he followed Cao Cao earlier, participated in many battles, is a general who is deeply trusted by Cao Cao, and Yu Ban is still the only general with a false knot in the five sons of Liang generals, and the ability is beyond doubt.
Prohibited
However, Yu Ban's ability was outstanding, but when he met Guan Yu, he created a stain that he could not erase for a lifetime. That is, during the Battle of Fancheng, the Seventh Army was flooded by Guan Yunchang, and he had no choice but to surrender, but Pound, who was with him, preferred to die unyieldingly, and was finally killed, if Yu Ban had Pound's integrity at that time, then the Taimiao Temple must have a place for him.
This incident can be said to have caused an uproar in Cao Wei's court, everyone did not believe that such a general would choose to surrender in order to survive, even pounds such a later person was not as good, so that Cao Wei courtiers could not let go, Cao Pi also insulted Yu Ban, and finally ended up in shame.
Therefore, the natural prohibition was also ignored by the Cao Wei Sect Chamber.
Finally, many people are very confused about why Sima Yi was selected, and Cao Wei's Jiangshan can be said to have been destroyed by Sima Shi, because Cao Fang was already a puppet emperor at that time, and sima Zhao's words could only be followed.
As a result, Sima Yi was selected for the Cao Wei Taimiao Temple, which can be said to be a great irony.