After he came to power, he quickly defeated the yellow turban insurrectionary and drove it out of Xuzhou counties and countries, making it "natural in China".
He is indeed a talented person with both civil and military skills. The Biography of the Three Kingdoms Shu Wei Tao Qian described him as worthless, saying that he was close to villains, alienated from celebrities, and the judiciary and administration were abandoned. Cao Hong is the only villain in the biography, but he doesn't explain how much "goodness" Cao Hong has suffered. The celebrity mentioned in the biography is Zhao Yu, the "Prohibition Order" of Xuzhou Prefecture. Zhao Yu was recommended by Tao Qian as Guangling County Magistrate. How can this be said to be alienating Zhao Yu? In fact, don't drive in just an adjutant, status is far less than the "two thousand stone" rank. This is Tao Qian's reuse of Zhao Yu instead of alienating Zhao Yu.
At that time, Tao Qian had been promoted from Xuzhou Secretariat to Xuzhou Pastoral. Presided over by Li Jue and Guo Fan, the Chang 'an imperial court promoted (the salary of the state shepherd is "two thousand stones", which is higher than that of the magistrate of two thousand stones and higher than that of the secretariat of six hundred stones. The word "zhong" in the middle front room refers to "palace" in the vocabulary of politicians in Han Dynasty, and it is extended to "central" and "higher than average". So "Zhong 2,000 stone" is higher than "2,000 stone". The so-called two thousand stones, two thousand stones and six hundred stones all refer to the annual salary, which is equivalent to several stones of millet, and then distributed at a discount, and a large part of them are converted into cloth, silk, copper coins, etc., so there are actually not so many millet).
Immediately after Dong Zhuo abolished Shao, Tao Qian never joined the alliance of Yuan Shao, Wang Kuang and others. However, when Judy was stationed at the festival, she sent 3,000 soldiers and enough rations, and recommended Judy's "riding general", which was Dong Zhuo's open enemy.
Soon, Dong Zhuo sent Guo Fan to fight Zhu, defeated Zhu's army and looted Yingchuan and other counties. Tao Qian supported Zhu until Dong Zhuo was killed. He teamed up with the Yangzhou secretariat at that time, took the leaders of the five countries, the prefect of two counties, the former prefect of one county, and a doctor (a university professor), * * * wrote a letter to Zhu, recommended him as a "Taishi", promised him enough troops and food support for half a year, and invited him to Chang 'an to fight and host Guo Fan.
Among the five countries called by Tao Qian, the most famous is Kong Rong in Beihai; Among the two current governors, there is one whose name is known to later scholars: Ying Shao, the satrap of Mount Tai. The former Jiujiang satrap who attended the signing ceremony is a "storyteller" who we have learned a lot. The doctor was none other than Zheng Xuan, a master of Confucian classics.
Zhu has his own views on it. Zhu thought, since Dong Zhuo is dead, it is better to let bygones be bygones and be kind to others. Li and Guo listened to Qiu He's advice from Jia Xu, a senior minister, and embraced the DPRK in the name of ". Judy politely declined the kindness of Tao Qian and others, and went to Chang 'an alone to put all your eggs in one basket in an attempt to turn Gan Kun around with her own life. When I arrived in Chang 'an, I worked as a servant, commander-in-chief, general of a title of generals in ancient times and so on. I was finally detained by Guo Fan to mediate the struggle in LiGuo, which made me very angry.
As for Zhu, since he arrived in Chang 'an, he no longer opposed Guo Pan, but resumed his contacts with the imperial court and accepted the imperial edict to promote him as a shepherd in Xuzhou.
The most boring sentence in Biography of Tao Qian is that Tao Qian and a self-proclaimed son of heaven in Xuzhou "joined hands". Cao Kou is from Xiapi, and his surname is Quemingxuan.
Tao Gangui is the king of a country, how can he form an alliance with a mere lack of publicity?
Sima Guang pointed out in the textual research of Zi Tong Zhi Jian that it is hard to believe such a statement: "According to modesty, Xuzhou is loyal and diligent. How can you announce thousands of people and follow them? "
Tao Qian Biography also said that Tao Qian and Que Xuanhe killed Que Xuanhe soon and annexed his followers. The fact is that from the day Quexuan began to rebel, Tao Qian began to crusade against him, and soon defeated him and killed him. Quexuan rebellion was defeated and killed less than a month before and after: June in the fourth year of Chuping.
The Biography of Tao Qian in the Later Han Dynasty was copied by Chen Shou from the History of the Three Kingdoms Shu Wei. Wei Shu is the official record left by Wei historians to the Jin Dynasty. Historians of Wei had to tell Tao Qian about his difficulties, because Tao Qian was the enemy of Cao Cao, the pioneer of Wei.
Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, died on his way to Langya via Xuzhou. Cao Song's death was committed by a man named Zhang Minglu, a subordinate of Tao Qian. Cao Cao believed that Zhang Kai was carrying out Tao Qian's orders.
Cao Song's way of taking life is very good. He is Cao Teng's adopted son, and he is very rich. He spent10 million to buy Qiu's official. In the third year of Chuping, he came to Langya from Luoyang with more than 100 cars of luggage and gold and silver treasures, ready to go to the seaside not far from Qingdao today and to the southeast of Zhucheng County for the elderly. He not only paraded the streets, but also traveled half of China.
Cao Song led his generals to Xuzhou, and Tao Qian sent two hundred soldiers to escort Cao Song. According to the Book of Wu, I couldn't resist the temptation of 100 cars, luggage and treasures. Between Mount Tai and Huaxian and Feixian, he commanded the guards, killed Cao Song, robbed Cao Song of his property and fled to Huainan.
The Biography of Tao Qian in the Later Han Dynasty never pointed out whether the person who killed Cao Song was surnamed or not, nor did it say that Cao Song died between the imperial concubines in Mount Tai, only that the person who killed Cao Song was a "foot soldier" in southwest yi county. These infantry belong to a special general of Tao Qian.
There is another sentence in the Biography of Ying Shao: Cao Song was not killed by the tied generals and their subordinates, not by the so-called Zhang Lu, but by several light cavalry in Tao Qian. According to Biography of Yingshao, these cavalry were sent by Tao Qian himself. Reason: Tao Qian hated Cao Cao who attacked Xuzhou many times.
The statement in Biography of Ying Shao is untrue. Before Cao Song was killed, Cao Cao never attacked Xuzhou once. Tao Qian has no reason to hate Cao Cao, so that he will kill Cao Cao's father.
There are too many trivial things in history to be verified. You don't have to take an in-depth exam. What matters is not who killed Cao Song, but Cao Cao insisted that Cao Song was killed by someone sent by Tao Qian. In the fourth year of Chuping, he led many people to attack Xuzhou, claiming revenge for his father.
Hundreds of thousands of men, women and children in five cities, including refugees who fled from Shaanxi to Xuzhou because of the rebellion of Li Jue and Guo Fan, were all killed by Cao Cao's army. These five cities are Pengcheng (now Xuzhou), Fuyang (south of yi county), Qujian (southwest of Suining), Suiling (now Suining) and Xiaqiu (west of Anhui Sixian).
Cao Cao's massacre of these five cities is really an example, and it is cruel to the point of "ignoring water and not flowing"!
This is a big stain on Cao Cao's life. With his ability and achievements, he could have won the reward of people with lofty ideals all over the world. He did such a cruel thing, exposing the fierceness of his character and only chilling people with lofty ideals. As mentioned earlier, Chen Gong defeated his brother and led Lu Bu to attack Yanzhou, probably because he was chilling to Cao Cao. Later, Cao Cao was very kind to Liu Bei, but Liu Bei refused to be kind to him, which may be the same reason.