The Spring and Autumn Annals is China's earliest chronological history book. Starting from the year of Lu Yin, it records historical events from 722 BC to 481 BC for 242 years. The first sentence at the beginning seems to be just a simple chronicle: "The first month of the spring of the first year of the king," but there is a lot of mystery behind it. The explanation in the three legends of "Xun Chun Qiu" states that "king" is the first month of the Zhou king, which indicates the great unification. Concept, the king's decrees are implemented throughout the world.
This established the unified status of the "king". Otherwise it would be treason, not to mention justifiable. In the battles between the heroes, they all regarded themselves as "orthodox" and commanded the world. When the Chu and Han Dynasties were fighting, Xiang Yu hijacked the Yi Emperor Xiong Xin and became the Queen of Chu, and used the name of the Yi Emperor to become the protective umbrella of the Xiang family against Qin. Only with Xiong Xin sitting in the high position of the Yi Emperor could Xiang Liang and Xiang Yu succeed. He recruited troops and horses and won the support of Chu people.
So "holding the emperor to control the princes" is not Cao Cao's patent, but compared to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao's intelligence and courage are comparable.
The number one counselor in the late Han Dynasty was Yuan Shao’s subordinate Jushu. When Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty issued a message to all parts of the country in Luoyang, he asked the princes from all over the country to come to Luoyang to meet the emperor, proclaim themselves ministers and pay tribute. In fact, he was paying tribute to the whole country. The princes asked for help. Jushou, the counselor of Yuan Shao, the most powerful "Fourth Generation and Three Dukes" in the north, believed that this was a "good opportunity given by God" and urged Yuan Shao to welcome the emperor to the west, that is, the palace in Yedu. The voice strengthened the tone: "Who can control it?"
It is a pity that Yuan Shao's vision is not as good as Cao Cao's. He was hesitating and hesitating. The counselor Xun Yu punched the low table and was still hesitating. Cao Cao said: "You can welcome the Emperor Xian immediately." Cao Cao, the governor of Yanzhou, then entered Luoyang to welcome the Emperor Xian and moved the capital to Xuchang.
As soon as he entered the territory of Xuchang, Cao Cao's "stealing the country" operation began. He first attacked the famous three Dukes in the court. In September of the first year of Jian'an (AD 196), he dismissed Taiwei Yang Biao and Sikong Zhang Xi. Then he made his first counselor Xun Yu a servant and granted him the order of minister. The Shangshu Ling was equivalent to the chief minister of the cabinet in later generations. To put it simply, Xun Yu was in charge of all official evaluations, financial budgets, judicial proceedings and other state affairs for more than ten years.
The crackdown eliminated dissidents, the old cronies of the party controlled important affairs, the great enemy Yuan Shao was stabilized, and Cao Cao further controlled power. In October, Cao Cao proclaimed himself Sikong, a general on horseback and on horseback. At this point, Cao Cao gathered all the power in the world.
The only important measure that Cao Cao took to steal the country was to seize "farming" as a national strategic goal. He appointed Ren Jun as the Dian Nong Zhonglang General to preside over the task of farming. The specific method was to control the land by the state
The land was distributed to individuals, and then the government and the people divided it 50-50 according to the harvest. In that year, one million dendrobiums of grain were obtained, so farming was vigorously promoted. "In the past few years, the place has accumulated millet, and the barns and barns are full." The widespread implementation of farming not only relieved the food shortage in the Central Plains, but also greatly supported Cao Cao's future wars
Of course, this is a great thing for the people, but Cao Cao's measure is "killing two birds with one stone" ", not only can it be recognized by public opinion, but it actually fully controls the imperial affairs politically and economically, and Cao Cao has a win-win situation.
However, when Cao Cao, who was afraid of rats, was proud of the spring breeze, Yuan Shu, who was ignorant of current affairs, braved the public opinion and proclaimed himself emperor in Shouchun while Cao Cao and Liu Bei were fighting Lu Bu in Xiaopei. Lu Bu marched in anger In Shouchun, he left a letter to humiliate Yuan Shu, and Yuan Shu retreated to the south of the Huai River to confront Lu Bu across the water.
Sun Ce, who was far away in Jiangdong, heard that Yuan Shu had arrogated the title of emperor, and ordered his counselor Zhang Hong to write a book to criticize Yuan Shu. Cao Cao also appointed Sun Ce as a rebel general, granted him the title of Marquis of Wu, and launched a north-south pincer attack on Yuan Shu. In the autumn and September of the second year of Jian'an (AD 197), Cao Cao used the name of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to angrily denounce Yuan Shu throughout the country, and at the same time launched an encirclement and suppression attack. When Yuan Shu was desperate, he couldn't even take a sip of sugar water. He sighed: "Is this what Yuan Shu is all about"? He fell to the ground and died with a lunge.
Cao Cao's reputation and power have increased greatly, and he has become the de facto master of a country. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was only twenty years old at this time, and the blood of Liu Bang's descendants was still flowing in his body. He was unwilling to surrender and wanted to fight back, so he wrote a bloody edict one night: "Kill Cao Cao.
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In 199 AD, Cao Cao discovered doubts. There was no need to look for evidence. Power can replace everything. Dong Cheng and others were executed by three tribes. Dong Guiren was killed with one knife, including his belly. The Han Dynasty's last attempt to resist Cao Cao failed, and only one of them, Liu Bei and Uncle Liu, escaped with the imperial edict. /p>
Cao Cao conquered east and west under the banner of supporting the Han Dynasty and established immortal achievements. Cao Cao's position was gradually consolidated. At this time, Cao A'ong was complacent and gradually became arrogant. He drove Dong Zhuo away and defeated him. Yuan Shao defeated Liu Biao and looked at the world. How many enemies did he have?
Cao Cao's position has reached a very high level and there is no room for advancement. Only the title of king and title can solve this problem, and title of king and title is. The emperor's affairs have nothing to do with his foreign surname. What is unexpected is that Xun Yu, a staunch supporter of Cao Cao, opposed Cao Cao's approach, which shows that the idea of ??feudal unification was deeply rooted in the hearts of the people until Xun Yu's death in the 18th year of Jian'an (AD). On the tenth day of the fifth lunar month in 213 AD, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty announced that Cao Cao would be crowned the Duke of Wei. Cao Cao would become the king of a country within a country. He could appoint hundreds of officials in the vassal country and appoint talented people to serve in the vassal country. His wolfish ambitions were obvious. p>
Until Cao Pi was confirmed as the successor, Jia Xu assisted Cao Cao and basically completed the further work of stealing the country. Cao Pi also successfully passed the abdication and established the Jin Dynasty.
"Three Kingdoms". "The Romance" calls Cao Cao directly: "He is called the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty, but he is actually a traitor to the Han Dynasty. "The monarchs and ministers of Shu Han even declared: "Han and traitors cannot stand together." Cao Cao's reputation as a "thief" is well-established.