Chapter 34 Six, the heights are too cold

Cao Cao's series of political actions made many people doubt his confession in "Rang County Self-Menting Ben Zhi Ling".In the eyes of those who support and sympathize with the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's actions are clearly pressing every step of the way. The Han Dynasty has no way to retreat and is in a precarious situation. Especially when Cao Cao called Queen Wei, this kind of suspicion, uneasiness and worry became more intense. A few people with extreme ideas were unwilling to be passively restrained. There were three incidents of rebellion in succession. The first rebellion occurred in the twenty-first year of Jian'an (216), the year Cao Cao ascended the throne.The protagonist of the rebellion incident is Yan Cai. Little is known about his situation in later generations. The whole incident is only recorded in "Three Kingdoms Wang Xiuzhuan".According to records, Yan Cai suddenly rose up at that time and led "dozens of disciples" to attack the gate of the Wei Palace in Ye County.Wang Xiu, who was in charge of the Lang Zhongling, was the first to get the news. Before he had time to mobilize his troops, he led his subordinates who were on duty at the government office to the palace gate on foot to protect the safety of the palace.

Lang Zhongling was the official name of the Qin Dynasty. It was changed to Guanglu Xunqing in the Han Dynasty. After the establishment of the Wei Kingdom, the name was changed back to Lang Zhongling. One of its main responsibilities was to protect the safety of the palace.In quelling the rebellion, Wang Xiu made great contributions, and at the same time, the function of the newly completed Tongque Terrace in terms of security and defense was also highlighted.Cao Cao himself was on the Tongque Terrace when the rebellion happened, and watched the whole process condescendingly.When Cao Cao saw someone coming out to fight the rebels, although he was too far away to see who it was, Cao Cao told the people around him that it must be Wang Xiu.

This rebellion incident did not cause much impact, and Yan Cai and others must have been suppressed soon.Although Yan Cai's specific background is not recorded, judging from his "apprenticeship", he is not an ordinary civilian and should hold some kind of official position. Two years later, that is, the first month of the 23rd year of Jian'an (218), another rebellion occurred in Xu County, this time on a large scale and with great influence. Participating in this rebellion were Imperial Physician Ling Jiben, Shaofu Geng Ji, Si Zhi Wei Huang, Guanzhong native Jin, and Jiben's two sons Jim Miao and Jimu.

The Imperial Physician Order belongs to the Minister of the Shaofu, responsible for the medical and health care work in the palace. He is a bureau-level cadre, and Gibbon himself is unknown.Shaofuqing is the immediate boss of the Imperial Medical Order, one of the nine ministers, at the ministerial level, in charge of palace affairs, equivalent to the Qing Dynasty's House of Internal Affairs. Appreciation, he was promoted to be a servant and a young man. The official name of Si Zhi is not common, but it is quite remarkable. This is also a ministerial level (bierqianshi) high-ranking official. It was originally set up by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to assist the prime minister in prosecuting the illegal activities of hundreds of officials. According to the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty Xiaoxian Emperor", it was re-established in the eighth year of Jian'an (208).

The positions of Jin and his son are unknown, but they are not ordinary civilians. They were born in the Jin family in Jingzhaoyin (now Xi'an, Shaanxi). This family has produced famous officials such as Jin Ri who are related to Yuan Shao's family.Jin had a good relationship with Cao Cao's confidant Wang Bi. Wang Bi was the Secretary-General of the Prime Minister's Mansion (Prime Minister Chang Shi) at this time, but he was not serving in Ye County. Superintendent Xu Zhongshi), is the key person to grasp the situation in Xu County. According to the "Sanfu Juelu Notes", the reason why these people joined together was because "seeing that Han Zuo was about to move, it was said that Ji Xing was so angry, they were angry", that is, they wanted to seize power in chaos.Their specific plan is to use the personal relationship between Jin and Wang Bi to find a way to control Wang Bi, or kill Wang Bi, and then hold the emperor to occupy Xu County, and then use Guan Yu, who was in Jingzhou at the time, as a backup to wait for the opportunity to succeed.Jin Xian sent someone to try to sneak into Wang Bi's barracks as an internal response, because he usually had a good relationship, Wang Bi was not prepared.At night, Ji Miao and others gathered more than a thousand disciples and household children, and suddenly set fire to the gate of Wang Bi's camp.Jin's people responded inside, and the incident happened suddenly. Wang Bi rushed to fight, and was shot in the shoulder.Wang Bi didn't know who instigated the rebellion, so he escaped with wounds, because he usually had the best relationship with Jin, so he went to Jin's place. The ridiculous thing is that Jin didn't know it was Wang Bi who came, and thought it was Ji Miao and others When he came back, he shouted to Wang Bi in the dark: "Is Secretary-General Wang dead? It seems that our major event is about to be completed (Is Wang Changshi dead? Qing Cao's matter is over)!"

Wang Bi was terrified when he heard that, so he quickly changed to another place.According to the "Three Kingdoms", Wang Bi put down the rebellion with the help of Yan Kuang, the Zhonglang general who was in charge of farming in Yingchuan County. However, Wang Bi was seriously injured and died more than ten days later. According to "Xiandi Chunqiu", Geng Ji, Wei Huang and others who participated in the rebellion were all arrested, and Cao Cao ordered them to be executed on the spot.Before the execution, Geng Ji called Cao Cao's name and shouted: "Cao Cao, I only hate that I did not do my best and was delayed by these boys (I hate my business, but I was deceived by the group)!" Stamping one's own face while stomping one's feet, expressing one's dissatisfaction (slapping one's head and slapping one's cheek to the point of death).

"Shanyang Gong Zai Ji" also said that Cao Cao was "furious" when he heard the news of Wang Bi's death.Wang Bi's status is not very high, but he is Cao Cao's absolute confidant. He followed Cao Cao very early, similar to the role of a retainer, and he was entrusted with the important task of envoy to Chang'an. Cao Cao ordered all the officials of the Han Dynasty in Xu County to come to Ye County for inspection, and asked those who participated in the fire fighting that night to stand on the left and those who did not fight the fire to stand on the right.Everyone thought that those who participated in the fire fighting would not be guilty, so most people crowded to the left.Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's thinking was just the opposite. He thought that it was a normal reaction not to run out to fight the fire in the middle of the night, and those who ran out probably wanted to join the rebellion, so he killed all the people standing on the left (call Han Baiguan Yiye, Make those who put out the fire left, and those who don’t put out the fire go to the right. Everyone thinks that those who put out the fire are innocent, so they all go to the left. The king thinks that those who don’t put out the fire are not helping the chaos, and those who put out the fire are real thieves, so they all kill them.)

The latter record is very famous, and it best reflects Cao Cao's treachery and cruelty.But when you think about it, it is unlikely. Although there are few officials left in the name of the Han Dynasty at this time, their influence in society cannot be underestimated. It is very unlikely that Cao Cao would kill him so rashly. .However, through the trial of this case, it is possible to dig deep into the behind-the-scenes instigation and expand the case to take the opportunity to eliminate those who are usually dissatisfied. The aftermath of this rebellion is still undecided. In the second year, that is, in September of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an (219), Wei Tiao's more influential rebellion occurred.This incident happened in Ye County, Cao Cao's base camp. Zhong Yao, Zhang Xiu, Wang Can, Liu, Fanqin, Yang Jun and other people around Cao Cao were either dismissed or demoted because of this incident, or their relatives were implicated.

There are more than ten references to this incident in "Three Kingdoms", but it does not focus on describing the whole process of the incident. Comprehensively, Zhang Xiu, Zhong Yao, Xu Yi, Dong Zhao, Wang Can, Chen Qun, Liu, Yang Jun, Wang Jun, etc. The biographies of Chang, Wen Qin and others, as well as the records in books such as "Shiyu", "Fu Zi", "Wei Shu", "Wen Wen Zhi" and "Natural History" can clearly see the general ins and outs of this incident. Wei Zijing, whose name is Zijing, is from Peiguo, Cao Cao's hometown of Yuzhou, the governor of Yuzhou. He is very eloquent.Ye County is not an ordinary place, there are all kinds of talented people there, and those who can make frequent appearances on social occasions and gain popularity must be the elite among the elites, and Wei Xie belongs to such people.

Zhong Yao, who served as the prime minister of the state of Wei, was also deceived by him and recommended him.Wei Xie actually became the director of personnel affairs under Zhong Yao (Xicao Yu). He took advantage of his position to get in touch with a group of upper-class children in Ye County, including Zhang Xiu's son Zhang Quan, Wang Can's son, and Wang Can's son. Two sons, Liu's younger brother Liu Wei, and Cao Cao's fellow villager, Wen Qin, who was a man of the late Cao Wei period but was still a young man at this time, and others. Some people saw that there was something wrong with Wei Xi. Wang Chang, Fu Xun, and Liu Ye all told their friends or family that Wei Xi would definitely rebel.Liu also advised his younger brother Liu Wei, saying that Wei Xi is a man who does not practice virtue and weaves a network of relationships all day long. Sarcasm, immoral, but dedicated to the business of dovetailing, flashy and unreal, this is also a person who disturbs the world and fame. Please be careful, don't talk to him again), but Liu Wei won't listen.

Either it means that Wei Xi's charm is too great and his ability to bewitch is too strong, or it means that these high-ranking children lack life experience, and they like to show off and make friends, so they got involved in it in a daze.Most of them had no motive for rebellion. Although some were held accountable or even killed afterwards, most of them were caused by their close contacts with Wei Xi. Wei Xi's main supporter is Changle Weiwei Chen, who has military power in his hands. Weiwei is responsible for guarding the palace, and Changle Weiwei is responsible for the security of Changle Palace.There is no Changle Palace in Ye County. Changle Palace usually refers to the Queen Mother's bedroom. However, no matter the Han Dynasty or the Wei Kingdom, there is no Queen Mother or Queen Mother at this time. So Wei Xi made him a key target to win over. Chen's other deeds are unknown, and Wei Xie made an appointment with him to prepare for an incident. At this time, Cao Cao led an army to the west and Liu Bei did not return. Cao Pi stayed in Ye County, which happened to be an opportunity. However, according to "Shiyu", Chen Dao became terrified when he raised the incident. He reported the treason to Cao Pi, and Cao Pi immediately carried out the arrest operation. People were arrested, including the few high-ranking officials mentioned above. According to the relevant records in "Three Kingdoms Wang Can Biography", before Cao Cao came back, Cao Pi had killed Wei Xie first, and also killed some other people including Wang Can's two sons, probably as many as dozens of people.Cao Cao was still in Hanzhong when he heard the report of the Wei satire incident. At this time, Wang Can had already passed away. According to the "Biography of Wang Can", Cao Cao heard that Wang Can's two sons were punished and killed. Zhongxuan (Wang Can's style name Zhongxuan) is extinct (if he is alone, Zhongxuan will not have no heirs)." This case affected many people. Wei Guoxiang Guo Zhongyou was dismissed from his post, and he reflected at home (at home).Of course, this is only temporary. Cao Cao's trust in Zhong Yao has not changed, and Zhong Yao will come out to take up important positions in the near future. Lieutenant Yang Jun, who is directly in charge of Ye County's security work, was demoted. Through reflection on this incident, Cao Cao believed that the reason why Wei Xi and others dared to rebel was because of the ineffectiveness of the key departments, and they could not prevent problems before they happened (satire so dare to be disturbed, because my ministers can't stop them It is also because of the treacherous and conspirator).It was at this time that Cao Cao sighed "Where can we find someone like Zhuge Feng to replace Yang Jun".Zhuge Feng is the ancestor of Zhuge Liang. He once served as the captain of Sili in the early Western Han Dynasty, and he did a very good job. At this time, Shangshu Huanjie was in charge of the personnel affairs of Wei State, and he recommended Xu Yi to Cao Cao.Xu Yi served as the first governor of Yongzhou, and later changed to the prefect of Wei County. After the establishment of Wei State, he served as Shangshu, and was later promoted to Shangshu Ling, who was Huanjie's immediate boss. Zhang Xiu was posthumously named Dinghou after his death, and was succeeded by his son Zhang Quan, who had 2,000 households in the city. After Zhang Quan was killed, the title was revoked.Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, died many years ago at the hands of Zhang Xiu. Some people think that Cao Pi killed Zhang Quan so quickly and took back his title to avenge his elder brother. Liu was punished by his younger brother Liu Wei and even went to prison. He was supposed to be sentenced to death, but Liu persuaded Liu Wei not to associate with Wei Xi, and Liu's good friend Chen Qun tried his best to plead with Cao Cao. Cao Cao ordered Liu to be spared the death penalty. and resume their original duties. Wenqin was locked in the prison, and he suffered hundreds of boards first, and suffered so much that he was still sentenced to death.After Cao Cao knew about it, he spared Wen Qin's life considering that his father Wen Ji had made military exploits. Wen Qin later grew into a fierce general, and Cao Wei later served as a former general and governor of Yangzhou.He had a deep affection for Cao Wei and was very dissatisfied with the Sima clan's dictatorship. He joined forces with Qiu Jian to attack the Sima division.However, because of his disagreement with Zhuge Liang's nephew, Zhuge Dan who was in charge of the military in Wu State at that time, he was killed by the latter, but that was more than forty years later. The Wei satire incident must have aroused Cao Cao's painful reflection. These young high-ranking officials actually stood on the opposite side of him. It is terrible to think about it.