Chapter 31 3. Accept persuasion

In April of the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), Cao Cao returned to Ye County after the first expedition of the "Three Expeditions to Sun Quan".In the next month, Emperor Xian sent Xi Ji to come to Ye County on behalf of himself (Chi Jie) and formally worshiped Cao Cao as the Duke of Wei. Knighthood. Only then did some people suddenly understand why the number of counties under the jurisdiction of Wei County had been increased on a large scale a year ago, and no matter how big the Marquis was, he could only live in one county.Cao Cao's previous title was Marquis of Wuping, and the Shiyi was 10,000 households in Wuping County. Xiandi made an exception for Cao Cao, and added Yangxia County, Zhe County, and Kuxian around Wuping County to the scope of Cao Cao's Shiyi. The total number of eups reached 40,000 households.For this unprecedented award, Cao Cao did not dare to accept it at the time. One of the reasons was that there was no such system at all, and he was afraid of others' comments.

The idea of ​​adding Cao Cao's food city that time may have come from Xiandi himself. If it came from Cao Cao, and then he "let the county understand its own annals", then it will inevitably give people the impression of self-directed and self-acted.Emperor Xian made an exception and added four counties to Cao Cao as food cities. Subconsciously, he was also worried that one day Cao Cao would completely overthrow the current knighthood system. But this day still came, Emperor Xian had no choice but to do so. Just a few months ago, another major policy was introduced - the restoration of the ancient Kyushu system.According to the records of "Xiandi Chunqiu", its main content is: revoke the establishment of the Youzhou Governor's Department and Bingzhou Governor's Department, merge the prefectures under their jurisdiction into the Jizhou Governor's Department, revoke the Sili Xiaowei Department and Liangzhou Governor's Department, and transfer them The counties under its jurisdiction were merged into the newly established Yongzhou Governor's Department, the Jiaozhou Governor's Department was revoked, and the counties under its jurisdiction were merged into the Jingzhou Governor's Department and Yizhou Governor's Department.

According to this adjustment of administrative divisions, there are currently nine governors' departments in the world, including Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Jizhou, Yizhou, and Yongzhou. Compared with the concept of "Yugong Kyushu", the difference between the two is only in Yizhou. There is no Yizhou in "Yugong Kyushu" but there is Liangzhou, but these two states refer to the same place. According to the adjusted division, the current scope of the "Cao Tong District" includes all of Jizhou, Yanzhou, Yuzhou, and Qingzhou, most of Yongzhou and Xuzhou, and a small part of Jingzhou and Yangzhou.Sun Quan owns most of Yangzhou and a small part of Jingzhou, Liu Bei owns a part of Jingzhou, Liu Zhang owns Yizhou, and the Liaodong area that now belongs to the Jizhou Governor's Department has the separatist forces of the Gongsun clan, and most of the former Jiaozhou Governor's Department also In a state of separatism.In other words, by the time of this adjustment of administrative divisions, the situation of three points in the world had not yet been formed.

It is true that the battle of Chibi created a three-legged confrontation, but it did not form a three-point situation immediately after the war. It still has a process. Wei Gong is not a "junhou". His food range not only includes Wei County, although this county already has as many as 29 counties.According to the edict promulgated by Emperor Xian, Duke Wei's food town also includes nine other counties around Wei County, namely Hedong County, Hanoi County, Wei County, Zhao State, Zhongshan State, Changshan State, Julu State, and Anping State , Ganling State, Pingyuan State, Youzhou and Bingzhou were abolished, and they all belonged to the Jizhou Governor's Department at this time.

These ten counties are actually a country within a country, let's call it "Wei Dukedom". Xi Ji and his party brought a long edict issued by Emperor Xian to seal Cao Cao. This edict is still completely preserved in "Three Kingdoms Records of Emperor Wu". What Xu did, he is a famous stele ode master. However, such articles are difficult to read. There are too many allusions and rare words, too many nasty words, and there is no real content.However, there are also some substantive words in it, such as allowing the Duke of Wei to set up a hundred officials below the prime minister like the princes and kings in the early Han Dynasty (the prime minister in Wei Guo has already sent down a group of ministers and officials, all of which are like the system of princes and kings in the early Han Dynasty).

Emperor Xian also bestowed the honor of "Nine Tin" on Cao Cao. According to historical records, from Duke Zhou to Wang Mang and then to Li Yuan in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, about a dozen individuals were awarded "Nine Tin", including Sun Quan, Sima Zhao and Huan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Xuan, Li Yu of the Southern Dynasties, Wang Shichong of the Sui and Tang Dynasties and others.Most of them received "Jiuxi" in the previous dynasty, and in a blink of an eye they became the gravediggers of the old dynasty, which caused the reputation of "Jiuxi" to plummet. No one tried it after Li Yuan and Wang Shichong.

According to the "Book of Wei", Cao Cao also declined many times to Wei Gong and "Jiuxi". Once Cao Cao said: "Accepting 'Jiuxi' and establishing a country can only be tolerated by a great man like Zhou Gong. The eight kings with different surnames all rebelled with Han Gaozu when they were ordinary people and established the king's business. They have made great contributions. How can I be qualified to compare with them (Fushou Jiuxi, Guangkai Tuyu, Zhou Gong is also a person. Eight kings of different surnames in the Han Dynasty, together with Gaozu, set up common clothes and established the king's career, their merits are extremely great, how can I compare with them)?"

Of course, this is just being polite. After so much effort, changing the division, and doing work everywhere, how can there be any reason not to accept it?Cao Cao refused again, and everyone made a persuasion, and you have to accept it if you don't accept it. "Book of Wei" records a list of about 30 people who persuaded them to advance. They are: Lu Shuting Hou Xunyou, the Central Military Advisor, Dongwuting Hou Zhongyou, the Former Military Advisor, Liang Mao, the Left Army Advisor, and Mao, the Right Army Advisor. General Wu of Qingyuan Tinghou Liu Ruo, Fubo General Gaoan Hou Xiahou, Yangwu General Duting Hou Wang Zhong, Fenwei General Lexiang Hou Liuzhan, Jianzhong General Changxiang Tinghou Xianyufu, Fenwu General Anguoting Hou Chengyu, Taizhong Doctor Duxianghou Jiaxu, Junshi Jijiu Qianqiutinghou Dong Zhao, Dutinghou Xuehong, Nanxiangtinghou Dong Meng, Guanneihou Wang Can, Fu Xun, Wangxuan, Yuan Huan, Wang Lang, Zhang Cheng, Ren, Du Xi , Cao Hong, Hou Mingting of the Central Guard Army, Han Hao, the Long Live Pavilion Marquis of the Central Army, Cao Ren, the Marquis of Anpingting, the Xingxiao Cavalry General, Wang Tu, the General of the National Guard Army, and Chang Shi Wanqian, Xie Huan, Yuan Ba, etc.

This is a rare first-hand historical document. There are a few people whose deeds are not known much, such as Liu Ruo, Liu Zhan, Dong Meng, Wang Tu, Yuan Ba, etc., but they all held important positions back then and were able to Among the ranks of persuasives, he must not be an idler. Under everyone's persuasion, Cao Cao expressed his acceptance of Duke Wei and "Jiuxi", but the scope of "Duke Wei" could only accept Wei County, not the other nine counties (so the imperial edict was a chapter, but Wei County was accepted).Xun You and others persuaded him to advance again, with more earnest words, and finally Cao Cao accepted the order. The book "Wei Lue" contains Cao Cao's letter of thanks and acceptance. Although the writing is neat and well-written, it looks like it was written by secretaries. It reads completely different from "Rangxian Ziming Benzhiling".

In July of this year, the shrine and ancestral temple of Wei Dukedom were built in Ye County.In September, Jinhu Terrace was built beside Tongque Terrace.In November, according to the system of the early Han Dynasty, Wei Gong set up official positions such as Shangshu, Shizhong, and Liuqing. According to "Wei Shi Chunqiu", Wei Gong Cao Cao appointed Xun You as Shangshuling, and Liang Mao as his deputy (Shangshu Pushe ), Mao, Cui Yan, Chang Lin, Xu Yi, and He Kui were ministers, and Wang Can, Du Xi, Wei Ji, and He Qia were servants.Most of them were transferred from the Prime Minister's Mansion, and they were practical talents who initially established the management structure of the Duke of Wei.

In the first month of the 19th year of Jian'an (214) in the second year, Cao Cao cultivated his native land in the Duke of Wei according to the old system. The so-called Jitian means that before the spring plowing, the emperor led the princes to plow the fields in person, which means praying for a good harvest.According to the records of "Tong Dian", the specific ceremony is: early in the morning, the god of agriculture was sacrificed with the ceremony of Tailao, and then he came to the thousand mu field specially set aside in the south of the capital, and the emperor personally held the plow and plowed it back and forth three times (Son of Heaven, Meng Chunzhiyue, chooses Yuanchen. He personally carries Leisi, places Cheyou, Shuai Gongqing, princes and officials, and cultivates thousands of acres of land in the southern suburbs. Crowned and Zhu bowed, and the Son of Heaven pushed it three times to serve the world, mountains, rivers, and society. ). In March of this year, Emperor Xian issued an edict to clarify that the status of Wei Gong was above all the princes and kings surnamed Liu, and he was awarded a gold seal, a red ribbon, and a distant tour crown. Pei Mao made a special trip to send these things. It was also in this year that the last of the "Three Terraces of Tongque" was completed and named "Bingjing Terrace".According to the Jin Dynasty Zhang Zai's "Wei Du Fu Notes", this is a huge group of buildings. The three towers are not only huge in size, but also have many palaces built on them, including 110 Tongque Terraces and Jinhu Terrace. One hundred and nine rooms, and one hundred and forty-five rooms in Bingjingtai. The base of the platform alone has the ten-foot-high Tongque Terrace in the middle, and the Jinhu Terrace and Bingjing Terrace on both sides are eight feet high respectively. The most unique one is the Bingjing Terrace. There are not only rice and salt cellars on it, but also several ice wells. Extending vertically from the platform to the ground, using the low temperature in the well to store ice and coal (graphite), even in hot weather, people on the platform can drink iced drinks and eat iced melons and fruits.