Du Ji [jī] (163-224), the character Bohou, was a native of Jingzhao Duling (now southeast of Xi'an, Shaanxi). At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms, Cao Wei officials and generals. Descendants of Du Yannian, the imperial historian of the Western Han Dynasty. Liguan County Gongcao, abide by Zheng County Order, and be good at judging cases. Xun Yu recommended him to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao appointed him as Sikong Sizhi, transferred to the captain of Huqiang, and made Xiping Taishou.

At that time, Du Yi was on his way to Xiping Taishou, so Cao Cao sent an envoy to chase Du Ji back on a fast horse, and changed his route to Hedong to take up the post of Taishou.

The county guard of the Han Dynasty had a lot of power, which was equivalent to the princes who guarded one side, and the original Taishou Wangyi was of course unwilling to be requisitioned and resigned, so he adopted several sets of means to resist. On the one hand, thousands of soldiers and horses were sent to block the crossing of the Yellow River and prevent Du Ji from entering the country to take office; On the other hand, he sent his subordinates Wei Gu and Fan Xian to negotiate with Zhong Xuan respectively, express public opinion, and ask Wang Yi to stay. Wang Yi and others thought that as long as the public opinion was reflected, the requisition could be cancelled. As a matter of course, Zhong Xuan would not agree to Wei Gu and Fan Xian's request, but strictly ordered Wang Yi to hand over the seal as soon as possible and be replaced by Du Yi. Wang Yi was angry, and he took the seal and went to Xu Capital to reason with Emperor Han Xian.

Zhong Xuan was a man of great means, and he asked Cao Cao to send Xiahou Xuan's troops to eliminate Wei Gu and Fan Xian's troops to clear the way for Du Yi to take office. At this time, Du Yi said a very famous sentence expressing his love for the people. He said: "There are 30,000 households in Hedong County, and everyone wants to live and work in peace and contentment, but not all of them want to follow Weigu to make trouble. If the soldiers entered, the people of Hedong would be coerced by the guards and resist to the death. If General Xiahou could not win, the situation in this area of Hedong would be chaotic and could no longer be controlled; If we can win, then the people of Hedong will be completely lost. Now Wei Gu and others did not openly oppose the imperial court, but only refused the new Taishou under the banner of the old Taishou, and did not dare to really kill the new Taishou. I don't bring soldiers and horses, I take office on a bicycle, they don't dare to turn their faces with the court, they can only pretend to accept me. If I stay in Hedong for more than a month, I will be able to find a way to subdue them. So, Du Ji did not wait for the arrival of the army, and made a detour to the Yellow River and Jindu, entered the territory of Hedong, and took office on a bicycle.

According to the record of "Wei Luo", Peng Weigu of Hedong County and Du Ji are old friends, and they have known each other for a long time, and they have a little affection. And Fan Xian, the general of Zhonglang, had no friendship with Du Ji, and as soon as they met, he had the idea of killing Du Ji.

Fan Xian said to Wei Gu: "If you want to be a tiger, but you are afraid of eating human flesh, what kind of tiger is that?" If you don't kill Du Ji now, there will be trouble. Wei Gu hesitated. In order to warn and threaten Du Ji, Fan Xian successively killed more than 30 subordinate officials such as the county chief. As for Du Ji, at this time, he blindly pretended to be a grandson, and he only made promises, and there was no special reaction. Wei Gu saw that Du Yi was weak and could be bullied, so he canceled his murderous intent and said to Fan Xian: "Killing him is meaningless, but it will attract the scolding of the world, saying that we killed the chief." Looks like we can control him, or let's keep it. Fan Xian agreed, so the inauguration ceremony was held, and Du Ji was appointed as the Taishou of Hedong.

In order to further paralyze Wei Gu and Fan Xian, Du Ji solemnly stated: "The Wei family and the Fan family are famous families in Hedong, and the affairs of the county all depend on the two of you, and I just sit back and enjoy the success." However, the country has national rules, and the etiquette of superiors and subordinates cannot be abandoned. Wei Gu and Fan Xian both agreed, and Du Ji gave them a formal appointment, with Wei Gu as the governor, and concurrently served as the county and Gongcao; And the more than 3,000 generals and soldiers in the county are all commanded by Zhonglang General Fan Xian. This is tantamount to giving all the real power of the whole county to Wei Gu and Fan Xian. The two of them were relieved, and they no longer guarded against Du Ji.

Du Yi was able to save his life in the shadow of the sword, in addition to his own resourcefulness, Zhong Xuan's external support could not be ignored. Zhong Xuan and Xiahou Xuan's imminent arrival made Wei Gu and Fan Xian dare not make a move against Du Yi in the short term.

Since Wei Gu and Fan Xian have grasped the actual power in Hedong, for their own safety in the future and in order to make a difference in the troubled times, they must expand their army. As for Du Ji, he couldn't openly oppose it, so he used a bad trick and said to Wei Gu and Fan Xian: "If you want to do great things, you must win the hearts of the people and let the people support you." Now that there is an open conscription, the people must think that war is about to be fought and are afraid. Before the soldiers could be recruited, the people fled first. It is better to use money and quietly recruit soldiers one after another. Whoever wants money from the people will come and serve as soldiers. ”

The two big families, Wei Gu and Fan Xian, were very rich, so they agreed to this method. When recruiting troops, the generals and colonels everywhere, in order to eat more empty salaries, all went out of their way to cheat, signed up more and recruited less soldiers, and made a fuss for dozens of days before they stopped. Wei Gu and Fan Xian spent a lot of money, but they didn't actually recruit many soldiers.

Then, Du Ji gave Wei Gu a crooked idea, he said: "People are the most family-oriented, and these generals and officials under us usually can't go home, and they are very complaining in their hearts." It's better to give them a holiday, and then convene when there is something, it won't be too difficult. This is a way to unite people. The confused Wei Gu, in order to buy people's hearts, agreed again. In this way, Wei Gu and Fan Xian's henchmen were successfully dismissed by Du Ji. And Du Ji himself did a lot of persuasion work in private, and quietly united a group of people who supported him.

Soon, the war began in the area around Hedong County. The white cavalry army attacked Dongyuan, and the Gao Gan army entered the city. The situation in all counties was relatively bad, Shangdang County, and the county magistrates were killed; Hongnong County, Taishou was imprisoned. In Hedong County, Wei Gu and others were ready to raise troops to respond to Gao Gan, but the generals had dispersed and could not be summoned in a hurry. Taishou Du Ji, knowing that the counties would support him, led dozens of his cronies to flee from the county seat and found a strong county town to refuse. The officials and people of all counties in the county gathered to Du Ji one after another to unite and respond. Within a few dozen days, Du Ji gathered more than 4,000 people and horses, and his strength was strong. Wei Gu and Fan Xian took their own soldiers, together with Gao Gan and Zhang Sheng's troops, to attack Duji, but they could not win, and they went to the counties to loot, but they did not gain anything. Soon, Cao Cao's troops arrived, Gao Gan and Zhang Sheng were defeated, and Wei Gu and Fan Xian were killed. At Du Yi's suggestion, Wei Gu and Fan Xian's henchmen were pardoned by Cao Cao and went home to pursue their old jobs. The situation in Hedong County can be regarded as calm.

Hedong County did not experience too serious wars, and settled down early, and the loss of population and property was not large. Du Ji began to exercise his power as a taishou and led the people to resume production.

Du Ji's way of doing politics combines the characteristics of Confucianism and Taoism, which is not only lenient and loving the people, but also quiet and inactive. As far as litigation is concerned, he adheres to Confucius's concept of "there must be no lawsuit", tries his best to reason for the people, does persuasion and mediation work, and takes the trouble to persuade the people involved in litigation to go home to reflect and seek solutions. If you can't be convinced, you can go back to the government and listen to Taishou's reasoning. In this way, the conscience of the people was aroused, and the fathers and elders blamed themselves: "There is such a good man who loves the people, why don't we listen to his teachings?" As a result, there were fewer and fewer disputes and lawsuits among the people, and the society became stable. (Historical records are generally brief, and Du Ji's method of settling litigation should be mainly used in general civil litigation.) In the Han Dynasty and Cao Wei, the laws and regulations were very severe, and there was naturally another set of drastic methods for vicious criminal cases such as murder, arson, rape, and robbery. ）

Du Ji often went to his subordinate counties to inspect them, and when he found that there were filial sons, virgin women, and shun grandchildren, he ordered them to be exempted from forced labor and encouraged them to work hard and live well.

In terms of agricultural production, Du Yi urged the people to work hard to cultivate and weave, and raise more cattle and horses. Even the trivial things of raising chickens, pigs and dogs, Du Ji is very concerned about and has a charter. The economy of Hedong County soon improved, the people worked hard in farming, had enough food and clothing, and the government also accumulated a large amount of grain and grass.

Solving the problem of eating, Du Yi began to advocate education again. Because in troubled times, military affairs must be discussed, so he summoned young and middle-aged men to engage in military training during the winter farming. In addition, he opened a school and served as a professor to teach Confucian classics, forming a strong cultural atmosphere in the whole county, and the social atmosphere has changed greatly. There is a famous Confucian named Le Xiang in Hedong, who once assisted Du Yi in education. Later, Du Yi recommended Le Xiang to the imperial court as a doctor. Many years later, there were many Confucian scholars in Hedong County, and it is believed that this was the result of Du Ji's indoctrination.

Du Ji was in Hedong County, a total of 16 years as a guard, and the history books evaluated his political achievements as "often the most in the world".

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