Guan Zhong once said to King Chu Cheng: "In the past, the Duke of Zhaokang ordered my ancestor to say: "Five Marquis and Nine Uncles (Yin Ba), the female real Zheng Zheng, to clamp (sound coercion) to assist the Zhou room." ”

Now most people think that in the history of the Three Kingdoms, it was first proposed by Jia Xu, and everyone should have a little impression that during the Li Guo Rebellion, Jia Xu proposed to the generals of the Xiliang Army to attack Chang'an, and said something similar, that is, it is considered by many people to be the earliest "to serve the country to conquer the world".

But in history, in fact, there is a person who has put forward a similar point of view as early as a year before Jia Xu said this kind of thing, Jia Xu said it in the third year of Chuping (192), and Fu Zhu was as early as the second year of Chu Ping (191), when Dong Zhuo was still alive, Yuan Shao had just obtained Jizhou from Han Fu, and when Yuan Shao asked him for advice, Fu Zhu had already said in the "Jizhou Pair": "Yingda is in Xijing, and the temple is restored in Luoyi, and the world is ordered to seek the unrecovered."

Later, after Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty moved eastward, Fu Zhu actively promoted Yuan Shao to welcome the Son of Heaven, and even said to Yuan Shao very bluntly, "Coerce the Son of Heaven and order the princes, and the beasts and horses will not be courted." But it's a pity that Yuan Shao just didn't listen.

Later, there was also a strategist under Cao Cao who said this kind of thing, called Mao Jue, and it was also introduced above, he was ready to go to Jingzhou at first but did not go, and later when Cao Cao became the pastor of Yanzhou, Cao Cao was engaged in the governance of Cao Cao.

Mao Jue took refuge in Cao Cao after Cao Cao became the pastor of Yanzhou, and later he made a directional suggestion to Cao Cao, the original text is as follows:

"Today, it is falling apart, the lord of the country is moving, the people are abandoned, the people are in exile due to famine, the public has no savings for years, and the people have no will to be stable, and it is difficult to last. Today, Yuan Shao and Liu Biao, although the people are strong, have no long-term concerns, and they have not built the foundation. The husband and the righteous win, defend the position with wealth, it is advisable to serve the Son of Heaven to order not to obey, cultivate and plant, livestock and military resources, so that the overlord's business can be successful. ”

It probably means that the country is divided, the monarch is divided, the people are unemployed, starving and fleeing, the public has no reserves that can last for a year, and the people have no stable mind, and this situation is difficult to last. Although Yuan Shao and Liu Biao had a large number of soldiers and people and strong strength, they did not have long-term considerations, and there were no people who established the foundation and built the foundation. In the matter of using soldiers, only justice can win, and it takes financial resources to maintain power, so it is necessary to support the Son of Heaven to order those who refuse to submit to devote themselves to farming and accumulating military supplies, so that the great cause of hegemony and domination can be successful.

Although the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" does not indicate the time when Mao Jue said this passage, it is inferred from the words "the migration of the lord of the country, the abandonment of the people and the exile of famine" should be said by Cao Cao before welcoming the emperor, "the migration of the lord of the country" refers to the eastward migration of the emperor to Luoyang, and the sentences such as "the people are abandoned, and the people are in exile by famine" should refer to the battle of Caolu in Yanzhou and the situation after the locust plague.

Mao Jue's strategy of "serving the Son of Heaven with orders not to be subordinate, cultivating and planting, and raising livestock and military resources" was very valued by Cao Cao.

"Feng Tianzi is not a minister" corresponds to "the world is falling apart, and the lord of the country is moving", which tells Cao Cao that Emperor Han Xian is a trump card, and whoever gets him will have great righteousness.

However, the "cultivation and cultivation of livestock and military funds" was very aimed at the ruined situation of Yanzhou at that time, "the people were abandoned, starvation and exile, the public had no savings for years, and the people had no will to be stable, which was difficult to last", and the restoration of Yanzhou's development was actually an imminent problem for Cao Cao.

At that time, the theory of the Son of Heaven and the destruction of Yanzhou were the two most important problems faced by Cao Cao, and their importance was above the foreign enemies of Yanzhou. Mao Jue was also transferred to the shogunate by Cao Cao.

In history, the person who really made Cao Cao make up his mind to welcome the Son of Heaven was not Mao Jue, but Xun Yu.

After Emperor Xian moved eastward, Cao Cao wanted to welcome the Son of Heaven to move the capital to Xu County, but many people thought that Xuzhou had not yet been pacified, and Han Xian and Yang Fengxin had recently welcomed the Son of Heaven to Luoyang, and united with Zhang Yang in the north, so they could not immediately control them.

At this time, Xun Yu stood up and said: "In the past, Duke Wen of Jin welcomed the return of King Xiang of Zhou and the princes obeyed, and Han Gaozu went east to conquer Xiang Yu, and the world returned to the heart of the world for the righteous emperor to wear plain clothes and mourn. Since the Son of Heaven was in turmoil, the general first advocated the righteous soldiers to serve the king, just because of the chaos and war in the Kanto region, and could not go to the right of the Guan, but still assigned generals and risked communicating with the imperial court, although it was difficult to save the country outside the imperial court, and the heart was always tied to the royal family, which was the general's consistent ambition to help the world. Now the son has returned to the capital, and Luoyang is in disarray, a barren, the righteous have the idea of protecting the court, the people miss the old lord and increase their sorrow, if you can take this opportunity, support the Son of Heaven to obey the people's hearts, this is the great shun; Uphold the selfless heart of the public to make the heroes of the world submit, this is the general strategy; Presiding over justice is a great virtue.

In this way, it is clear that even if there are people in the world who rebel, they will not be a trouble for us. How dare Han Xian and Yang Feng do harm? If the court is not corrected in time, the world will have the heart of rebellion, and even if you think about this matter in the future, it will be too late. ”

Xun Yu's words were final, he first told Cao Cao the necessity of the righteousness of the Son of Heaven with the examples of Jin Wengong and Han Gaozu, and then also high-profile evaluation of Cao Cao's maintenance of the imperial court in the past, thinking that this is also righteousness, hoping that Cao Cao will not give up halfway, and finally told Cao Cao what the righteousness is with the great shun, Da Liu, and Dade to welcome the Son of Heaven, and also emphasized that time is urgent, and the opportunity is rare, so that Cao Cao can seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity as soon as possible.

In the first month of the first year of Jian'an (196), Cao Cao sent Cao Hong to the west to meet the Son of Heaven, but was stopped by Dong Cheng and Yuan Shu's general.

But soon after, Dong Cheng changed his mind and began to woo Cao Cao, secretly summoning Cao Cao into Beijing, so Cao Cao personally led a large army to Luoyang, and was appointed as the captain of Si Li, and welcomed the emperor to move the capital to Xu County (now Xuchangdong, Henan), renamed Xu County, and used it as the capital of the Han Dynasty. Subsequently, Cao Cao was named a general, Marquis of Wuping, and Xun Yu was also promoted to a Han servant, guarding the Shangshu order.

At the beginning, everyone said very tactfully about welcoming the Son of Heaven, Jia Xu said that he was serving the country, Mao Jue said that he was serving the Son of Heaven, and he said that it was better to listen to "Yingda is in Xijing, and Fuzong Temple is in Luoyi". And what does "bong" mean? Is it the meaning of support, actually? Why do these princes want to welcome the Son of Heaven, to put it bluntly, aren't they just using it, as for supporting the emperor and serving the Son of Heaven, don't laugh, you will be the boss and will go to the position of the second child again, and you may not even be able to do the position of the second child? Would you do such a stupid thing?

But then he had no choice but to simply remove this layer of cover-up, and directly said to Yuan Shao, "coerce the Son of Heaven and order the princes", but Yuan Shao just didn't move, and watched Cao Cao snatch the emperor away.

So in the history of the Three Kingdoms, are there any princes who worship the Son of Heaven in the true sense? Is there such a high-spirited prince?

There really is.