On the eve of the Battle of Guandu, Cao Cao, who was originally inferior to Yuan Shao in the Kanto region, was extremely afraid of the rise of the new warlords in Guanxi. At this time, the "Police of Restraint" and Zhong Yao proposed and recommended by Guo Jia, soon received support from the court and quickly came to the forefront due to the needs of the actual situation.

However, Zhong Yao appointed by Cao Cao, who was also promoted by Cao Cao, was also very different from Wei Ji's policy of "buying cattle by official salt, raising farmers to give seeds, placing Guanzhong, and weakening the generals" in essence.

Zhong Yao, who was "special envoys are not subject to the discipline system", was not set up in Guanzhong, but stayed in Hongnong. I don't know if it was Pei Mao's envoy, but was responsible for the salt supervision officer.

Later, Zhong Yao wrote to Han Sui and Ma Teng, asking them to send their sons to serve. The generals of Guanxi recognized the Xudu court and remained neutral in the Battle of Guandu. Cao Cao's camp also recognized the privilege of the generals of Guanxi to separatist the country for a long time.

Zhong Yao, who was stationed in Hongnong, has been doing this for many years since then. At the same time, the place where he recruited farmers to plant was not Guanzhong, but Henan.

"The people of Luoyang were completely gone, and (Zhong) Yao moved the people of Guanzhong, and recruited the deceased and rebels to fill them. The people's households have become more and more powerful for several years."

In this way, except for the implementation of "official salt", the other policies of "purchasing oxen, raising farmers to give seeds, pacifying Guanzhong, and weakening the generals" were not truly implemented. Moreover, he was recalled by Cao Cao and turned to the position of the imperial court.

Although the historical books are not explicitly recorded, the proposed policies have not been implemented, and important positions have been replaced and subsequent achievements have been taken over. I think Wei Ji, who returned to Xudu at this time, must be filled with bitterness in his heart.

The "restraint policy" implemented by Zhong Yao has achieved good results after Wei Ji left office.

During the Battle of Guandu, Zhong Yao sent two thousand war horses to Cao Cao's army through trade with the neutral generals of Guanxi. In the seventh year of Jian'an, the generals of Guanxi turned to Cao Cao's camp that had won the Guandu victory, and refused to recruit the senior officials and sent troops to resist the invasion of the senior officials of Bingzhou. In the tenth year of Jian'an, he sent troops again to help Hedong County, which had been under management for a period of time.

When Cao Cao fought south in the 13th year of Jian'an, Zhang Ji even deprived Ma Teng, him and his son to Yecheng. Unfortunately, Cao Cao, who was so close to the world, was still defeated by Zhou Yu's navy on the Yangtze River and retreated in a mess. His dream of pacifying Jiangnan in a short time was shattered.

After that, Cao Cao, who was busy stabilizing his internal affairs, had to wait until the 16th year of Jian'an to turn his attention to Guanzhong, which had been implementing the policy of restraint for a long time.

"At that time, the generals in Guanxi, although they were not trustworthy outside, they were not trustworthy inside. Zhong Yao, the chief officer of the Sili, so he asked to enter the pass with three thousand soldiers, and to entrust Zhang Lu outside to take responsibility inside."

As the promoter of the ban policy, Zhong Yao, when Cao Cao looked at Guanzhong, became the first candidate to surrender the generals in Guanzhong as a matter of fact, and proposed to Cao Cao that he was a strategy of placing a false entrusting to attack Zhang Lu, which was actually a strategy of leading troops into the pass to surrender the generals.

Just in time, Wei Ji, who advocated the policy of "buying cattle by official salt, raising farmers to give seeds, pacifying Guanzhong, and weakening the generals", was confronted by tit-for-tat, and opposing Cao Cao, and making a judgment that if the generals in Guanzhong would rebel, they would send troops into the pass.

Gao Rou also made a similar judgment. However, Zhong Yao has always been the person in charge of Guanxi, and his proposal is obviously more authoritative, so Cao Cao still sent generals such as Zhong Yao and Xiahou Yuan to lead troops into Guanxi under the banner of conquering Zhang Lu.

This also led to a series of major events such as the rebellion of the generals in Guanxi, the failure of the policy of restraint, Cao Cao's personal expedition, and the Battle of Weinan.

Because Cao Cao and his advisers were full of wisdom in the process of pacifying Guanzhong, when future generations viewed this historical event, they often liked to regard it as a strategic plan by Cao Cao who had already planned to force the generals to rebel against Guanxi.

Here, I do not agree with this view. This view has a clear outcome theory, that is, based on the result of Cao Cao's great victory in suppressing the rebellion, we will deduce Cao Cao's magic tricks during the rebellion, and finally conclude that Cao Cao had planned and prepared early in the morning.

My opinion is that Cao Cao, who had recovered his strength at that time, controlled the emperor and wanted to attack the generals of Guanxi without having to "force the rebellion first, then suppress the rebellion". However, Cao Cao and Zhong Yao all had a lot of confidence in the "detention policy" they implemented, and believed that they could subdue the generals of Guanxi who had been detained for the least cost. Therefore, despite the opposition of others, they insisted on sending troops to Guanxi and subjugating the generals.

As a result, the strong reaction and great strength of the generals in Guanxi not only caused Zhong Yao, Xiahou Yuan and others to retreat in a hurry, but also triggered a larger rebellion.

However, Cao Cao, whose plan failed, was already the most powerful minister at that time and had a special status. He could no longer publicly admit his mistakes in his predictions, so he could only make mistakes. While sending Cao Ren to stabilize the situation, he actively prepared for the personal battles, and declared it to the outside world a great opportunity to pacify Guanxi in one fell swoop.

This kind of "wise" image of using troops is like a god and confident, is most obvious when he leads his army across the river and is almost killed by Ma Chao who is raiding.

"The Biography of Cao Man": "The Duke is about to cross the river, and the front team is crossing. Chao is still on the verge of the Hu bed. Zhang He and others are anxious to see that things are urgent, so they lead Gong into the boat. The river is fast, and they flow four or five miles away. Chao is chased and shot him, and the arrows are like rain. When the generals saw the defeat of the army, they don't know where the Duke is. When they see him, they are all panic. When they see him, they are sad and happy, and they may shed tears. The Duke laughed and said, "I am almost trapped by the little thief today!"

Although he was obviously unprepared, Cao Cao, who was attacked by Ma Chao, relied on the wisdom and courage of Zhang He, Xu Chu, and Ding Fei to escape only after he could escape. However, when he saw the defeated general who was "sad and happy", Cao Cao covered up the disgraceful scene that had just happened on the battlefield through a few jokes and laughter.

What he left in front of outsiders is always a glorious image of being calm and calm in the face of danger.

Because at this time, Cao Cao's status as a high-ranking minister had forced his character to be a "wise" image of being a god-like military force and confident.

It was only after this "rebellion myth" that was like a god that he paid a huge price to annihilate the main force of the Guanxi generals, how could Cao Cao, who returned to face Wei Ji without any regrets?

"Yu submitted it to Taizu because of the proposal. Taizu was good at it, and then used Yao to write his own responsibilities, so he followed Yao to discuss it. The army began to advance and Guanyou rebelled. Taizu personally fought for it, but only pacified it. Tens of thousands of people died. Taizu regretted not following the proposal, and so he became more and more serious."

In summary, Guanxi's ban policy was triggered by Wei Ji and implemented by Zhong Yao, which brought many benefits to Cao Cao's camp in the early stage, but later it was declared bankrupt with Zhong Yao's plan to send troops to Guanxi and surrender the generals, and induced a large-scale rebellion and peaceful rebellion war in Guanxi.

Although Cao Cao, who made the mistake, paid a heavy price, he also pacified Guanzhong as soon as possible. After that, he recovered Longyou and Hexi, truly unified the northern region, and laid the territory for the later Cao Wei regime.

Also note:

"The Spring and Autumn Annals of Han, Jin, and the Spring and Autumn Annals" says: "When Taizu first conquered Liucheng, Liu Bei told him to attack Xu, but he refused to follow him."

"Zizhi Tongjian" In April of the third year of Jian'an, the servant Pei Mao was sent to envoy Pei, and ordered the generals of Guanzhong Duan Wei and others to attack Li and rob the three tribes. Wei was appointed as the general of Annan and was granted the title of the Marquis of the Township.

"Dianlue": "Li Jue moved Huangbaicheng, Liang Xing, Zhang Heng and others to defeat him and sent him to his head."

"The Spring and Autumn Annals of Han, Jin, and the Spring and Autumn Annals" says: "When Taizu first conquered Liucheng, Liu Bei told him to attack Xu, but he refused to follow him."

"The Three Kingdoms: Emperor Wu's Chronicle" Gong crossed north from Tongguan, but before Ji, Chao went to the ship to fight in a hurry. The captain Ding Fei was herding cattle and horses to bait the thieves. The thief fled the cattle and horses indiscriminately. The thief got the cattle and horses, and the duke was able to cross the river and form a corridor to the south.

"The Three Kingdoms: Biography of Xu Chu": More than 10,000 generals and cavalrymen came to Taizu's army, and the arrows were raining. Chu Bai, Taizu, there were many thieves, and now the ferry has been gone, so it is better to go, so he helped Taizu to board the ship. The thieves fought in a hurry, and the army fought for help, and the ship was heavy and wanted to be lost. Chu killed the climber, and raised the saddle with his left hand to cover Taizu. The shipworker died by the arrow, and Chu went up the ship with his right hand, and only got the ferry.
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