Cao Gan was a Peidi person, and in the early days, xiao He and Liu Bang were all grass-roots civil servants in Pei County of the Qin government, and After Liu Bang pulled the flag and rebelled, Cao Shan followed him and belonged to the original shareholders of Liu Bang's Gongchen Group. During the war years, Cao Zan charged forward as a general, and his position among the military generals was second only to Han Xin, and he belonged to the second major general of the Liu Bang clique.
How much credit does Cao Ginseng have? Look at the book of Han: "Cao Sansheng was created seventy times, and the two kingdoms of the lower two kingdoms, the county one hundred and twenty-two; the two kings, three Xiang, six generals, and one each of Da Mohuo, Junshou, Sima And Hou, and Yushi." Behind these cold numbers are countless tests of blood and fire that can be achieved, without more boastful language, it is the best annotation of the life of a hundred generals.
Cao's military exploits were unparalleled, and many ministers also believed that Cao San's merits were the greatest and should be ranked first in the list of meritorious men. However, Liu Bang, the ancestor of Han Gao, believed that only Xiao He deserved the title of "GongRen", and the rest all belonged to the "Gong Dog" sequence, and Cao San was no exception.
After the war, Xiao He, who had never been on the battlefield, ranked first, and Cao San, who had been trapped in the battle and killed the enemy and suffered countless wounds, ranked second, which made Cao Gan very embarrassed and unconvinced. Cao Shan and Xiao He were originally fellow villagers and colleagues for many years, and they knew each other's roots and knew the bottom of the relationship, but because of the uneven rewards, the relationship between the two deteriorated, and they never had a personal relationship.
Before his death, Xiao He recommended Cao Shan to Emperor Hui of Han as the heir to The Chancellor. "Gentlemen will never make evil noises", although Xiao He had a general relationship with Cao Gan, he did not depose the public in private, and knowing that Cao Gan had the ability to be the chancellor of the empire, he vigorously recommended it to Emperor Hui, which also coincided with Liu Bang's last wishes before his death.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Cao San, who believed in the Taoist idea of ruling by doing nothing, first served as a chancellor in the largest princely state of Qi, and after Xiao He's death, Cao San successfully succeeded him as the second chancellor of the Han Empire. "What is the Han Xiangguo in the Senate Dynasty, there is no change in everything, and it is in accordance with Xiao He's constraints." Cao San's work was easy and simple, and the original Xiao He period was what it was and what it was maintained, all unchanged, which is the origin of the idiom story "Xiao Gui Cao Sui", which is enjoyed by later generations.
Xiao He and Cao Shan were the two famous ministers of the early Han Dynasty, and they were also the top star ministers in the list of heroes of the early Han Dynasty. "Gentlemen are harmonious but different", in the face of great right and wrong, they do not care about personal grievances and gains and losses but put the interests of the country first, and Xiao Cao and the two won their posthumous names. Mr. Ban Gulao, the author of the "Book of Han," praised the two as "crowned subjects, and given to future generations, as the ancestors of a generation." They have almost become the benchmark of future generations of courtiers, become "stories", and they have no regrets about being people to this point!