Philosophy in political struggle: once you stand in the wrong line, you will never come back!
Standing in line is very important, and sometimes even the most important thing that determines success or failure. Standing on the team once, the promotion speed can be better than others for several years; standing on the wrong team once, years of effort may instantly turn into water.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms - The Biography of Mao Jiu": The husband and the righteous win, the position is rich, it is advisable to follow the son of heaven to order not to be subordinate, to cultivate and plant, and to livestock and military resources, so that the cause of the overlord can be achieved. Taizu accepted his words and turned to the shogunate Gong Cao.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, holding tianzi hostage to make the princes a key strategy for the success of Cao Cao's career, and speaking of this strategy, it has to be said that Cao Cao's adviser Mao Jiu, it was this person who, in the early days of planning a grand plan for Cao Cao, suggested that Cao Cao should follow the Son of Heaven to order not to submit, and support the Son of Heaven to order those who refused to submit.
This suggestion was directly adopted by Cao Cao, and it turned out that Cao Cao was very successful in welcoming the Son of Heaven.
For example, in the aspect of talent recruitment, if people with lofty ideals want to make meritorious achievements, who does not want to turn to the most orthodox forces, although the Great Han is decaying, but the worms of the hundred feet are dead and not stiff, and turning to the imperial court is still the first choice for talents at that time.
To this end, Cao Cao also recruited talents many times, and recruited many world talents for his own camp.
However, everything had advantages and disadvantages, and Cao Cao couldn't figure out whether these people were loyal to the Han Room or to themselves.
For example, Xun Yu, who had followed Cao Cao all his life, could be said to be Cao Cao's number one hero, but in the end, perhaps for the sake of faith in his heart, he had a very unpleasant quarrel with Cao Cao.
In order to see clearly, Cao Cao is also constantly tempting to exclude dissidents, which cannot be said to be Cao Cao's selfishness, in short, for the great cause of unifying the country, these are all things that must be done.
In Cao Cao's words, if he himself was killed, the world did not know what kind of chaos would become.
At the very least, Cao Cao was indeed a hero of that era, and with his unremitting efforts, the people of the north also achieved a short peaceful and happy life.
In the Cao Wei camp, many people at that time may have at first wanted to follow Cao Cao, or maybe to serve the imperial court, but in the end, everyone had to make a choice, because this involved a big matter of life.
Few people can stick to their principles like Xun Yu.
Among them, there was such a family, he himself was loyal to Cao Cao, but his son subverted Cao Cao's jiangshan, and his granddaughter destroyed Sima Yi's world, this person was Jia Kui, a famous minister of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
Cao Wei Mingchen: Jia Kui
Jia Kui , 174 – 228 AD, a native of Hedong, in present-day Linfen, Shanxi Province.
His young family was poor, determined to join the army, and was a military and political talented figure in the Cao Wei regime, and he made outstanding contributions to the cause of the unification of the Wei state throughout his life.
During Cao Cao's lifetime, Jia Kui made many military achievements and was deeply valued by Cao Cao.
Later, cao cao died, and Jia Kui's family chose to take sides for the first time, that is, to support Cao Pi as the king of Wei.
At that time, Cao Pi's brother Cao Zhang, after hearing the news, rushed from Chang'an to Luoyang, intending to compete for the succession, and when he arrived, he asked Jia Kui where the seal of the former king (Cao Cao) was.
After Jia Kui heard this, he scolded him sharply, saying that the prince was Cao Pi, and these things are also what you should ask?
Cao Zhang was dumbfounded, and for this reason, Cao Pi, the King of Wei, was grateful to Jia Kui.
Jia Kui was loyal to Cao Wei throughout his life, and successively served as cao cao, cao pi, and cao rui's grandchildren for three generations. Before dying, he still told the people around him that he was deeply favored by the country and hated that he could not kill Sun Quan to repay the former emperor.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Will be sick, said left and right: "Receiving the favor of the country, hating not to behead Sun Quan below see the former emperor."
Subvert Cao Wei: Jia Chong
Jia Chong was the son of Jia Kui, when Jia Kui died, Jia Chong was not yet a minor, and later the Sima family took power, and Jia Chong followed Sima Shi.
Jia Kui was loyal to Cao Wei throughout his life, but his son Jia Chong was loyal to the Sima family.
After Sima Zhao took over power, he still reused Jia Chong, and ren made Jia Chong the great general Sima and turned to the right Changshi.
At that time, Jia Chong was sent by Sima Zhao to test Zhuge Zhi, saying that many people in Luoyang agreed to Zen Concession, and Zhuge Cheng was extremely angry, accusing Jia Chong of not being Jia Kui's son at all, and your family was blessed by Cao Wei, but did not want to repay the effect.
Jia Chong was silent, and when he returned, he persuaded Sima Zhao to get rid of Zhuge Shi, and in this battle, Jia Chong made a great contribution.
Later, the Wei emperor Cao Huan resented Sima Zhao, so he gathered his men to go on a crusade against Sima Zhao, but was stopped by Jia Chong with thousands of people.
Cao Xi claimed that those who dared to rebel were guilty of exterminating the clan, and many people were frightened at that time, and Cheng Ji, who was by Jia Chong's side, asked Jia Chong what to do, and Jia Chong said: "Sima Gong raised you for today!" Do you still need to ask? ”
Therefore, Cheng Ji had the courage to kill the Wei Emperor Cao Xian.
Although it was killed by Cheng Ji, the mastermind was Jia Chong, and someone advised Sima Zhao to get rid of Jia Chong, but Sima Zhao did not give up, but only killed Cheng Ji and others.
Before Sima Zhao died, he told Sima Yan that Jia Chong could be reused, and Sima Yan listened to his father's words and continued to reuse Jia Chong ever since.
Jia Chong died of illness at the age of sixty-six, and after Jia Chong's death, Sima Yan was very sad, posthumously gave him Dazai, and gave him a great reward, and the funeral followed the form of Huo Guang and Sima Fu, and even gave a cemetery.
Jia Nanfeng: Destroyed Sima Yi's world
The Sima family, to sima Yan's later claim to the throne, was mainly due to the coup d'état launched by Sima Yi and completely controlled the Cao Wei regime.
Later, Sima Yan claimed to be the empress, and the Western Jin Dynasty did not last long, and then the Rebellion of the Eight Kings occurred, which evolved into the shame of the Han people in history: Wuhu Chaohua!
The culprit of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings is Jia Nanfeng.
Jia Nanfeng, granddaughter of Jia Kui, daughter of Jia Chong, and empress dowager of Sima Zheng, emperor of Jin.
Emperor Hui of Jin was cowardly, and after Sima Yan's death, Jia Nanfeng was good at government affairs.
Due to the deeds of chaotic government and framing others, Jia Nanfeng has always been regarded as a typical negative figure in the harem chaos, and it is also because Jia Nanfeng's interference in politics and power has triggered the Rebellion of the Eight Kings!
Later, Sima Lun, the King of Zhao, monopolized power and poisoned Jia Nanfeng, who was only forty-five years old when he died.
Of the three grandchildren of this family, Jia Kui was loyal to Cao Wei throughout his life, but his son Jia Chong did not continue to take sides with Cao Wei, but was loyal to the Sima family.
Until later, Jia Nanfeng interfered in the harem, which indirectly led to the rapid demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, and it was really a pair of strange grandchildren for three generations!
References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Jin, picture from the Internet!