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Jiang Ji was one of Cao Wei's core advisors and a major minister of Cao Wei. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Like Sima Yi, Man Chong, Wang Ling and others, he was also the fourth generation of Cao Wei's veteran ministers, and the official was the chief lieutenant, but after helping Sima Yi eliminate Cao Shuang, Jiang Ji soon died of illness.

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Jiang Ji, Zitong, is a native of Ping'a County, Chu State. He used to be the planner of Jiujiang County and the driver of Yangzhou. He was one of Cao Cao's main advisors in the later period, and later often advised Cao Pi and Cao Rui.

In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Cao Cao was defeated in Chibi, Sun Quan took the opportunity to attack Hefei, and Cao Cao only sent the general Zhang Xi to lead a few soldiers to relieve the siege. When Jiang Ji learned about it, he secretly pretended to tell the assassin that he had obtained Zhang Xi's letter, saying that 40,000 infantry and cavalry had arrived at Yanlou and sent the chief secretary to meet Zhang Xi. The morale of the city was greatly boosted after learning the news, and Sun Quan withdrew directly after learning about it, so Hefei City was preserved. The following year, Cao Cao wanted to migrate the people in Huainan, Jiang Ji advised Cao Cao not to listen, as a result, the people fled to Wu in panic, Cao Cao therefore looked at Jiang Ji differently, and later someone falsely accused Jiang Ji, Cao Cao did not pay attention to it at all. Later, Cao Cao appointed Jiang Ji as the prime minister's chief secretary and a subordinate of Western Cao, and Sima Yi, who was then the prime minister's chief secretary and a subordinate of Eastern Cao, was a subordinate official of the prime minister's mansion.

After Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army, the momentum was very strong, Cao Cao was even ready to move the capital, Jiang Ji and Sima Yi knew that Cao Cao did not move the capital, thinking that Sun Quan could be used to deal with Guan Yu, and later Sun Quan really betrayed the alliance and attacked Jingzhou, and the siege of Fancheng was lifted.

In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220), Cao Cao died, Cao Pi succeeded him as the king of Wei, and Jiang Ji served as the prime minister. In the same year, Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor, and Jiang Ji was appointed as the general of Dongzhonglang. Jiang Ji asked to stay in the court, and on the table "Theory of Ten Thousand Machines", Cao Pi praised it as good, and reappointed Jiang Ji as a regular attendant.

At that time, Xiahou Shang, the general of Zhengnan, as a close relative of the royal family, won the trust of Cao Pi, Emperor Wen of Wei. Grace is enough to die, and wisdom is loved. Powerful and powerful, killing the living. Xiahou Shang received the edict and had the right to kill and take it, and he was very proud, so he showed the edict to Jiang Ji. Later, Jiang Ji entered the palace to meet him, and Cao Pi asked: "How is the customs and education of the world as Qing sees it?" Jiang Ji replied: "There are no good customs, just hearing the words of the country." Cao Pi was very angry when he heard this, and asked Jiang Ji the reason. Jiang Ji said: "'Doing power and blessing' is a clear warning in the "Book of Shang" that you should not do as a courtier, 'the Son of Heaven has no jokes', the edicts of the Son of Heaven in ancient times were very cautious, I hope Your Majesty will be clear!" So Cao Pi's anger disappeared and he hurriedly sent someone to Xiahou Shang to retrieve the previous edict.

In the third year of the early Huang Dynasty (222), Cao Pi divided his troops into three ways to attack Wu, Cao Ren was the great Sima at that time, led the army to crusade against the mouth of the water, Jiang Ji followed, the early progress was relatively smooth, and later Cao Ren was ready to send troops to attack the Shazhou Island where the family of Sun Wu's soldiers was located, Jiang Ji thought that the risk was too high, and advised Cao Ren not to send troops easily, but Cao Ren did not listen, and then it was a fiasco.

In the sixth year of the early Huang dynasty (225), Cao Pi went south to attack Wu for the last time, when Jiang Ji thought that the waterway would be blocked, which was not conducive to the march, and even made the "Three Prefectures" exhortation. But Cao Pi did not listen, and in the end thousands of warships were stagnant due to the freezing of the river, and some people advised them to simply let these be counted in the local tuntian, Jiang Ji thought it was inappropriate, Cao Pi entrusted the matter to Jiang Ji, and Jiang Ji used the lake water to wash and guide the ships into the Huai River.

In the seventh year of the early Huang dynasty (226), Cao Pi died, Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming succeeded to the throne, and Jiang Ji was given the title of Marquis of Guannei. In the following year, Poyang of Eastern Wu was too guarded by Zhou Yi to surrender, Cao Xiu led the troops to respond, and Jiang Ji suggested not to send troops; But Cao Xiu continued to advance, and was later ambushed by Lu Xun and defeated, and afterwards, Jiang Ji was promoted to the middle guard.

During Cao Rui's reign, Jiang Ji once talked about the disadvantages of the close ministers of Zhongshu Province, although Cao Rui issued an edict to reward Jiang Ji, moved him to the general of the army, and added scattered cavalry attendants, but did not make changes, when Cao Rui was dying, Liu Fang and Sun Zi, who had been in charge of the central secrets for a long time, found an opportunity to attack Cao Rui's original assistant minister, the general Cao Yu, and recommended Cao Shuang and Sima Yi to assist the government, laying the groundwork for the demise of Wei in the future.

In the sixth year of Taihe (232), Cao Rui sent troops to attack Liaodong for the first time, but Jiang Ji and others dissuaded him, but Cao Rui did not listen, and stopped halfway afterwards. According to the "Sima Biao Strategy", in the sixth year of Taihe, Emperor Ming sent Pingzhou to assassinate Shi Tian Yu to cross by sea, and Youzhou to assassinate Shi Wang Xiong by land, and attack Liaodong. Jiang Ji admonished: "All countries that are not annexed and do not invade and rebel should not be lightly cut down." Cutting it down without making it is driving you to be a thief. Therefore, it is said that 'the tiger and wolf should be the road, not the fox.' Eliminate the big harm first, and then do the small harm yourself'. Today, the land of the sea is full of commissions, years of selection and examination, and there is no lack of tribute. The speaker comes first, and he is making it easy to get his people in one fell swoop, and his people are not enough to benefit the country, and his wealth is not enough to be rich; If you are unsatisfactory, it is for the sake of resentment and dishonesty. "The emperor didn't listen, and Yu Xing returned without success.

In the later period of Cao Rui's reign, he was quite dizzy, Jiang Ji and others advised one after another, and Cao Rui only restrained slightly. At that time, Cao Wei had frequent foreign wars, and the people complained a lot about the palace, and the grain harvest failed year after year. Jiang Ji then went up: "Your Majesty should have a great foundation, and it is not yet time to sit back and relax." Although there are now 12 states, the number of people is only one state and county in the Han Dynasty. Nowadays, Wu and Shu have not been eliminated, and the soldiers are in the frontier, and they are ploughing and fighting, and they have accumulated grievances for many years. Now is the time to stop wasting people's power so that they don't have to be so tired. If you want to become a ruler who can do great things, you must be considerate of the people below. Gou Jian encouraged women to have more fetuses for national use, and King Yan Zhao was able to take revenge by sympathizing with the diseases of the people, so he was able to make the strong Qi submit with the weak Yan, and the weak Yue State was finally destroyed to the powerful Wu State. Now the two enemies are not destroyed, but they always come to invade us, if your majesty cannot get rid of Wu and Shu, you will definitely be blamed by future generations. However, with His Majesty's ambition, he put aside other things and concentrated on begging the thief, and the minister thought that this must not be a difficult matter. ”

He also said: "Immersing yourself in sexual affairs is harmful to Your Majesty's body, and those palace maids who have not yet been canonized should be distributed to the ministers." Cao Rong sent an edict: "If it weren't for the protectors, I wouldn't have heard such a good opinion." ”

According to the record of "Spring and Autumn of the Han Dynasty": in the second year of the early Jing Dynasty (238), Cao Rong ordered the imperial lieutenant Sima Yi to lead an army of 40,000 to conquer Liaodong. Cao Rong asked Jiang Ji: "Will Sun Quan send troops to save Liaodong?" Jiang Ji said: "Sun Quan knows that he will not gain anything from this battle, and he is beyond his power to go deep into the rescue, and only superficial assistance will not help." Even if Sun Quan's son and nephew were in a critical moment, he still didn't move, let alone the foreign people who had humiliated him in the past! Now he is proclaiming it, and it is his ruse. Between Zhuzhu, it is still far away from Gongsun Yuan, if the army in front of it is held and cannot be solved quickly, with Sun Quan's strategy of not being deep, it may be possible to cover the attack with light troops. ”