In order to get rid of Cao Cao, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty made an edict with clothes and belts, and dozens of ministers signed it. Some people say that when Liu Bei left Xudu, he took the edict with him, and said that the edict was hidden on someone. coincided with the Yuedan review, Cao Cao had a plan, and took advantage of this opportunity to let those people jump out, and then catch them all. The person who presided over the Yuedan review was Yang Xiu, an important figure in the Three Kingdoms, and Sima Yi shined on this Yuedan review and became famous all over the world since then. The story told here, true and false, piece together some simple words contained in historical materials, and interpret them greatly. Let's first take a look at the background of Xu Du.
Cao Cao only took Liu Xie to Xu County not long ago and changed Xu County to Xu Capital. If my understanding is correct, there will be at least a honeymoon period of more than three years between Cao Cao and Liu Xie. It is a period when it is necessary to make great use of it and take precautions. Liu Xie is like this, and so is Cao Cao. The objective situation makes them have to do so. Xudu or Xuxian, that is, today's Xuchang, was founded by King Wu of Zhou. Xu was sealed, not because of his military exploits, but because he was at the foot of Mount Tai. Mount Tai is a sacred mountain, and the reason why the king calls himself the Son of Heaven is because there is heaven on it, and the place of worship of heaven is Mount Tai.
Such a sacred mountain naturally needs someone to take care of and take care of it, so the Son of Heaven granted the Baron Kingdom. The Son of Heaven is a small country here, and there is only one task, which is to take care of Mount Tai for the Son of Heaven. Zhou set up a fifth-class lord, a prince and a prince. The upper third class is common in the history books, and the second class is extremely rare. The most famous viscount country is Chu State, I checked it up, and the viscount country has Chu State, Yue State, Ju State, Mu State, Wen State, Shen State, Dun State, and Zhongli State. Since I can find the Viscount Kingdom from it, I also checked the Baronial Kingdom by the way. There are really capable people on it, and there is an article on it that mentions that there are three barony states. The first is the country of Xu, the second is the country of Lirong, and the third is the country of **. Because I couldn't type this word, I had to cut it into ** and paste it up. Zhou Tianzi divided the world, a hundred miles for a large country, seventy miles for China, and fifty miles for a small country. If it is a radius, a large country is only equivalent to a medium-sized county, and China is only equivalent to a small county. A small country, on the other hand, is only equivalent to a large town. Because Xu was a super small country, it was destroyed very early, and when it came to the Qin Dynasty, Xu was placed as a county. How big is this Xu County? I checked, and today, there are more than 1,600 counties in China, and in the Three Kingdoms, there were more than 1,200 counties in China. That is to say, the area of a county today is not too different from that of the Qin Dynasty when the county was established, and it can even be said that the area of each county today is very related to the Zhou Dynasty when the princes were divided, and the difference is also not too big.
Regardless of the fact that Xu County was a baron at the beginning, only using ordinary counties as a reference, no matter how big Xu County is, it is only a hundred miles away. How many people did Xu County have at that time? Still checking, there is an article that introduces, according to the records of the Three Kingdoms, Shu has 280,000 households, 940,000 people, Wu has 530,000 households, 2.3 million people, and the "General Dictionary" records that Wei has 660,000 households and 4.43 million people. In other words, at the height of the Three Kingdoms, there were only about 10 million people in the whole of China. Ten million people are scattered in a thousand counties, with an average of 10,000 people per county. Even if Xu County is a large county, plus the statistical error, we will increase this number by five times, that is, there are 50,000 people in Xu County. 50,000 is the population of the county, and the number of people living in the county seat is only about one-tenth. In other words, before Xu Du moved to build the capital, there were only a few thousand people in the entire county. A small county town with thousands of people, just Liu Xie's court, I am afraid that more than 5,000 people have moved in. With the soldiers brought by Liu Xie, I am afraid there are tens of thousands, and with Cao Cao's original soldiers, there are also tens of thousands. Therefore, at this time, Xu Du's control of troops is estimated to be no more than 100,000.
Cao Cao had 100,000 soldiers, which is an exaggeration. Generally speaking, it takes at least twenty people to raise a soldier, that is, at this time, under the command of Liu Xie and Cao Cao, there were more than two million people. Even if it has a population of 2 million, because of the continuous conquest of Lu Bu and others, the national strength is empty and there is almost no combat power. Even if there is infighting in Xu Du, it is impossible for dozens of ministers to unite. After all, these people know in their hearts that infighting is tantamount to suicide, and if they start a mess first, strong enemies such as Yuan Shao and others outside can take advantage of the situation. In the play, it is mentioned that Liu Xie is under the edict and wants to kill Cao Cao. It has only been four years since Liu Xie's relocation, and it is hard to imagine that there has been such a disturbance between the monarchs and ministers. It is more likely that it is estimated that some powerful factions under Liu Xie wanted to replace Cao Cao and came up with this edict. More likely, it is a trick made by some unreused, frustrated people, and united. Otherwise, since Liu Bei left with the edict of clothes and belts, he could use this edict to call on Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Sun Ce and others to raise troops and attack Cao Caoqun.
After all, it is the princes who have risen up, not long ago Cao Cao killed Lu Bu again, and the power among the princes is great, and it should be the wish of the princes to destroy Cao Cao, and the appeal of this edict is extremely powerful. If a situation of internal and external alliance is really formed, it will be difficult for Cao Cao to escape death. According to the history books, the emperor's uncle Dong Cheng and others were killed by Cao Cao because of the leakage of the edict. And the "Military Division Alliance" pointed out that most of the high-ranking ministers, including Yang Xiu's father and Sima Yi's father, were involved in this matter, which is probably not true. If it is true, Cao Cao will never dare to use Yang Xiu and Sima Yi in the future. Whether the Yuedan comment is true or not, I can't confirm it, but I highly doubt it. In the Three Kingdoms and even the Wei and Jin dynasties, the wind critics were indeed the trend. It is absolutely possible to evaluate people who have achieved fame, but it is difficult to make a newcomer who is not well-known in the Yuedan evaluation, not to mention the Three Kingdoms, and the later Tang Dynasty.
What's more, we have analyzed above, Xu Du has a population of no more than 50,000 at most, and there is no TV or WeChat circle of friends, how to evaluate the talents of the country? In that war-torn era, if someone's poems wanted to reach the capital, it would probably take several years, and it would take several years for the capital's evaluation of a certain person to spread to the whole country. In this way, this month's Dan evaluation, if it is to evaluate newcomers, is completely meaningless. Therefore, it is unlikely that Sima Yi will become famous through the Yuedan Review. And Dong Cheng and others, hoping to kill Cao Cao with the help of Yuedan Commentary, are even more child's play, they have no political wisdom at all, and they don't even have military strategy. I checked again, the Sima family belongs to the family, the Xian family. It was an era when dragons gave birth to dragons and phoenixes. Sima De's surname was in the period of King Xuan of Zhou, and the twelfth ancestor of Sima Yi destroyed Qin with Xiang Yu and was named King Yin. Sima Yi's branch has served as the Taishou of the Han Dynasty for several generations, and his father Sima Fang served as Jing Zhaoyin, that is, the military and political governor of Kyoto. In such a prominent family, I am afraid that there are hundreds of people with Sima Fang's status. Such a person, and he has the power of the Xu Du, if he participates in the overthrow of Cao, he can kill Cao Cao at any time. Cao Cao still dared to put him in prison, wouldn't that be self-defeating? Sima Yi and the Sima family were able to replace Wei later, which only shows one possibility, the Sima family at this time was absolutely on Cao Cao's side and was a hardcore supporter. And Sima Yi and his brother should be celebrities from birth, and they don't need to pass any moon reviews at all. Not only the Sima family, but also the Xun family, the Yang family, and the Guo family in the play were all big families at that time.
The reason why Cao Cao was able to change from being a servant of the Son of Heaven to coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes is an inevitable logic that he was able to achieve the great cause of the future with a relatively humble status, and he must have won the support of these big families. Compared with these big families, Cao Cao can only be regarded as grassroots. The reason why the grassroots can rise is definitely a reason to rise, and it is not something that can be achieved by playing a little conspiracy. In terms of military talent, Dong Zhuo, Lu Bu, Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao and others are probably not under Cao Cao, let alone Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Zhuge Liang and others, as well as many big families throughout the Three Kingdoms period. Cao Cao's rise and eventual achievement only shows that he has extraordinary political wisdom and has been recognized and supported by the vast majority of big families in the world.