I believe that the name Xun Yu will be familiar to friends who know a little bit about the Three Kingdoms. He is known as the last loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, Xun Yu was born in 163 A.D. and died in 212 A.D., the word is ruo. A native of Yingchuan, he was a famous politician and strategist in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. In his early years, he was promoted to filial piety and was appointed to guard the palace order. After Dong Zhuo's rebellion, he abandoned his official position and returned home, took refuge in Jizhou with his clan, and was treated as a guest by Yuan Shao. found that Yuan Shao was wide on the outside and taboo on the inside, and he was expected to be unable to achieve great things and switched to Cao Cao and served as Sima. It was suggested that Cao Cao "take deep roots to control the world", help Cao Cao recover Yanzhou, and establish a solid logistics support base. He also offered Cao Cao to welcome the Han Dynasty and offer the emperor to build the capital Xu County, and had to coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and achieved a political advantage. During Cao Cao's foreign campaign, he mainly managed the affairs of the rear, helping Cao Cao to reduce Zhang Xiu, capture Lü Bu, break Yuan Shao, destroy Yuan Shu, and expel Liu Bei, making him the overlord of the north. Especially in the battle of Guandu, he strongly persuaded Cao Cao to persist and not retreat, and finally waited until the black nest was on fire, so that Cao's army turned defeat into victory. He also advocated taking advantage of the victory to pursue the remnants of Yuan Shao and quickly pacify Jizhou. The official went to the servant, gave the order of the book, and sealed the marquis of the pavilion.
In 212 AD, he was transferred out of the center because of his opposition to Cao Cao's claim to be the Duke of Wei, and during the southern conquest of Sun Quan, he died in Shouchun (some say that he committed suicide by poisoning) at the age of 50. Nicknamed "respect". Later, he was posthumously awarded the title of Grand Lieutenant.
Xun Yu has been in the center for more than ten years, dealing with military affairs, and has won the trust of Cao Cao, and has also recommended a large number of talents such as Zhong Xuan, Xun You, Chen Qun, Du Xi, and Guo Jia for Cao Wei Group. But because he was against Cao Cao's claim to be the king of Wei, he was forced to leave the center of power, and died of depression, or was secretly harmed by Cao Cao. Therefore, there is a saying that he was the last loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.
I don't think so, he persuaded Cao Cao to welcome Emperor Han Xian. In fact, in order to establish, the political advantage of the Cao Wei group over other separatist forces was planned for the development of Cao Wei's forces, rather than for the consideration of the Liu Han court.
He is known as the last loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and the most important point is to oppose Cao Cao's claim to be king, which does seem to be a bit of a loyal minister, but we can not only look at the surface of the problem, but see the essence of the problem through the appearance. At that time, the Cao Wei group was ostensibly Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty as the Son of Heaven, Cao Cao was the prime minister with real power, and Xun Yu was the real power Shangshu Ling. In fact, it is Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty who is the son of heaven, Cao Cao is the actual emperor, and Xun Yu is the prime minister with real power. The prime minister of the Qin and Han dynasties was not a fake prime minister who just knelt down to draft an edict like the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but a person with real power who could open a government and govern affairs. The power is unimaginable in later generations, because its power is too large and too centralized, so the Sui and Tang dynasties in the Han Dynasty changed to three provinces and six ministries, and set up Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province, and Menxia Province to divide the power, and Zhu Ming directly canceled the post of prime minister.
Xun Yu's opposition to Cao Cao's claim to the throne is to oppose Cao Wei's usurpation of Han self-reliance, but in fact he is opposed to Cao Cao's change in the existing distribution of power. If Cao Cao ascends the throne, Xun Yu's actual status will inevitably be lost, and the position of prime minister will most likely fall into the hands of Cao Xiahou, and the worst will also fall into the family of relatives, anyway, it has nothing to do with his own Shang Shuling. For the sake of himself and the interests of the clan he represents, he will not support Cao Cao as king no matter what.
Therefore, it is a true fact that there were no loyal ministers at the end of the Han Dynasty, and after four hundred years of stumbling in the Liu Han court, it has reached the end of the road.