The twenty-nine officials who were able to become officials in Henan through the recommendation of the crown prince Cao Pi and meddled in the transportation of military rations and materials, and finally lost their names because of this, can be roughly divided into three types.

First, it was selected from among the Zhulang, and basically it was recommended to Cao Pi by Chen Qun, the secretary of the ministry. These are all children of the family, Chen Qun has heard his name for a long time, and he was entrusted by their family, so he recommended Cao Pi, and Cao Pi then performed Wen Guangluxun, so that these people went to the Ministry of Officials to be selected - of course, it was Chen Qun's idea, and it was naturally a choice.

Second, he was Cao Pi's henchman, or a guest in the palace in the past, a friend and friend outside the palace, or a relative of today's prince's subordinates.

The third type is relatively special, neither Cao Pi nor Chen Qun know enough, it is completely entrusted by others to the people around the prince, and Cao Pi is appointed by Chen Qun - for example, Ma Qi Ma Boyong. This group has the smallest number of people, and three of them have been found so far, who greeted Cao Pi through the relationship between the crown prince's concubine Chai, the brother of the concubine Zhen, Zhen Yao, and Cao Pi's brother Cao Hui. Ma Qi, the culprit, took the path of the Chai family's family and offered gold beads to be elected to Guanjinei.

The imperial examination system only opened the door to entering the office, and the promotion of serious officials had nothing to do with the imperial examination; The relatively perfect bureaucratic system, through the ministry, has taken the power of appointment and dismissal into its own hands. However, this does not mean that the recommendation is completely invalid, and it is not uncommon for high-ranking officials and noble relatives to interfere in the appointment and dismissal of officials, but as long as it is limited to a certain degree and scope, everyone will turn a blind eye and close one eye. So Cao Pi recommended officials to Chen Qun. I can't really say that he did anything wrong.

Improper referrers. is his greatest sin. And the use of people is improper. It's to blame Chen Changwen.

Any minister can hand a note to the ministry, saying that someone is good, please take care of him and give him a good position. The limitations are only because: first, the person must have the corresponding qualifications for appointment and cannot be super promoted; Second, the rank should not be too high. For example, if Huan Fan is admitted to the academy in the future. The small officials who have been awarded 400 or 600 stones, Shi Xun can greet Chen Qun, this is my guest, known as a talented learner, and should be given a good position in the court or in Jinai.

And if the recommended person's character rank is too high, the officials don't need any reason at all, and they can directly call back the ticket. In fact, even the emperor, if the person he wants to use is not qualified, and wants to overpromote, even if it is only one level, more than 800 graphite ribbon chiefs, the officials can be dismissed. Of course. This is true only of the system, but the system is ultimately implemented by people. In particular, there is an emperor who theoretically has unlimited authority, that is, with Cao Cao's prestige, coupled with Chen Qun's caution, if he wants to go even further, it is possible to pass.

However, it may be followed by the imperial history and the minister's advice, and at the same time impeachment of the officials who passed this appointment......

And Cao Pi just stepped on the back of this red line, and did not dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi, the highest he recommended was only 600 Shi County, and the qualifications were sufficient, just to ask Chen Qun to take care of him in the specific position of the official - the same 600 stones, in the central government and in the local government, in the province and in the remote counties and counties, the gold content is very far away.

Cao Pi wants to use this to cultivate his own henchmen, Chen Qun is Cao Pi's party, and he knows this, as long as he doesn't go too far, he will naturally open the green light. It's just that the original intention was to earn credit for them through the rare military loss work, and whoever wants to invest more will have greater risks, and most of them ended up planting in this matter......

In particular, Ma Qi was awarded an official due to bribery, and the problem was even more serious, so Cao Cao directly ordered Cao Pi to abandon the Chai clan and expel him from the palace. Zhen Yao and Cao Hui's sins are not so big, the people they recommend are relatives and friends, and they don't seem to have any interests, and although they also lost their lives, they are not the main culprits after all. It is said that Zhen Yao was led by his sister Zhen, and went directly to Cao Cao to kowtow and ask for guilt, and expressed his willingness to cut off his title.

As for Cao Hui, he was still young, so he was not sensible, Cao Cao ordered him to be grounded with his brother Cao Pi, not to go out for a year, and cut Cao Hui and his mother Mrs. Song half of it.

Originally, the punishment for these recommenders was severe enough, but for the people who had problems, they were even more merciless, as Lian Zhao said, it was "perverting the law and not punishing". Even if the main culprit Ma Boyong deserves to be killed for the crime of stealing military rations, it may not be to the extent of abandoning the city, and there is no need to be killed, but it is okay to kill secretly. The so-called "Yu death", if in the edict prison, is actually mostly secretly strangled - that is a case of the Son of Heaven interrogating alas, who dares to let the prisoner hang up inexplicably?

Ma Boyong's argument is still like this, then the accomplices have no reason to abandon the market, and they really have to be punished according to the criminal law, even if it is heavy, it is not too far away. But Cao Cao was so unreasonable, instructed Yousi to take the lives of these people, and also displayed the corpses in the West City, in order to show the majesty of the court to the whole world.

For this point, Huan Fan's judgment was not wrong at all, Cao Cao was because of the unfinished work of the Western Expedition, so he blamed these low-level officials. And on the other hand, he originally planned to raise a division in the autumn and destroy Liu Bei in one fell swoop, even if Liu Bei rushed to Guanzhong first, and then retreated safely, Cao Cao also wanted to gamble and kill the other party in Hanzhong. As a result, because of the problem of grain and grass, he was forced to retreat to Luoyang, and the more Cao Cao thought about it, the more he felt that if he didn't have this, he would probably have taken Shuzhong down.

That's why he has zero tolerance for these officials involved in the case, and he is also ruthless to the noble relatives who recommend these officials. In the Han Dynasty, there was already the crime of holding the lord together, but according to the specific situation, the difference between the crime and the crime is still quite large. For example, when I was a county warden, I recommended a subordinate official, and then after 20 years, I was already the third prince of the imperial court, and the subordinate officials who used to be the county guards the county, and then committed a crime...... Does this mean that I can't even sit still? So who would dare to recommend officials? Another example is recorded in the "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms": "Taizu took (Xun) Yu as a knowledgeable person, and all the places he advanced were competent, but Yanxiang was Yangzhou, and Weikang was Liangzhou, and then he was defeated." Cao Cao didn't blame Xun Wenruo for this.

In particular, the Wei Dynasty no longer implements a complete inspection system, even if it is raised, it must first be selected by the Ministry of Officials, and the specific distribution also depends on the arrangement of the Ministry of Officials, so the responsibility can be shifted to the Ministry of Officials: It's not that I am lifting non-people, it's you who use it, so who is to blame? Cao Pi gave Chen Qun a comment, in fact, there is only one Ma Boyong who can really affect him, one is that this person took the initiative to commit a serious crime, which is not negligence or dereliction of duty, and the other is that he has nothing to do with Cao Pi, but bribed to get an official. It's just that no matter how big Ma Boyong's sin is, it's only a 600-stone official, and blaming the prince for the crime of the little official is quite unkind.

According to Huan Fan's analysis, it was precisely because Ma Boyong's crime made Cao Cao's western expedition unfinished, so the old man was half angry, and that guy hanged himself after the incident, and there was nothing to kill, so he sprinkled all the evil spirit on Cao Pi's head. And he asked Shixun: "The Son of Heaven's view of the prince, what if?" "Does the emperor really love this crown prince? It doesn't look like a big thing......

Heroic fathers are always prone to blame their sons, especially if they have enough sons, they often feel that none of them are successful, and it is difficult to really say the word "satisfied". When Xun Qianshi read history, he felt that Cao Cao didn't like Cao Pi, why? When Cao Ang died in battle, Mrs. Ding divorced, and Mrs. Bian took care of the interior, Cao Pi was the eldest son who was really upright and justified. Besides, this son is talented and very good, if he wants to be literate, he wants to be martial, even if he is not as good as Lao Tzu, he is always better than other people's sons. But Cao Cao dragged on for many years, obviously in 211 Cao Pi had been appointed as the general of the five senses, as the deputy of the prime minister, in 212 Cao Cao became the Duke of Wei, established the Wei State, in 216 entered the throne of Wei, but in 217 Cao Pi was officially established as the prince of Wei - of course, the specific year is Xun and I can't remember clearly.

It can be seen that Cao Cao did not think that Cao Pi was the most suitable heir, and he had to wait until the original form of Cao Zhi, whom he had high hopes for, was revealed, and he felt that it was really unreliable, and he was forced to give up, before finally allowing Cao Pi to take the throne. The root cause may be a simple incompatibility between father and son.

Of course, there may be another possibility, that is, Cao Cao noticed that Cao Pi was surrounded by too many big families, and he was afraid of threatening the interests of his own regime and the military nobles of the poor family, so he hesitated to give up Cao Pi. Of course, this is a matter of reversing the former, and in the game, it is still unknown whether Cao Cao has such a clear class consciousness.

All in all, in the original history, Cao Cao didn't seem to like Cao Pi very much, and this timeline is even worse: first, Cao Ang is still there, second, Cao Zhi's unreliability has not been fully exposed, and third, ...... There is also a Cao Chong! In the original history, after Cao Chong died, Cao Pi went to comfort Cao Cao, and Cao Cao made it clear: "This is my misfortune, and you Cao's luck is also." Later, Cao Pi himself said: "If Cangshu is here, I will have no world." In this timeline, Cao Chong was able to grow up safely, and although he had plotted to frame Cao Ang, Cao Cao did not blame him severely, but just drove him to the fiefdom like the kings - it can be seen that the favor has not completely declined.

So Cao Pi's position as the crown prince was lucky, and the foundation was not solid, which is why he was in a hurry to cultivate his henchmen - but unfortunately he completely messed things up.

Of course, there is no need to reveal all this to Huan Fan, Shi Xun just said: "The kings have received the holy favor, so the ministers advise the country." ”

Huan Yuan nodded, lowered his voice and said to Shi Xun, I always feel that there is a mastermind behind this matter, and I want to take the opportunity to attack the prestige of the prince and ruin the prince's impression in the emperor's mind. Boldly speculated, one of the kings must also - Cao Ang can be roughly excluded, but the other three can't run. But this incident alone is not enough to bring down the prince, and when the situation calms down, time will be able to wash away all kinds of stains on the prince. Therefore, the other party must still have a backhand, and it will be launched one after another in a short period of time - unless the mastermind behind this scene is Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, of course, the dead man can't do anything.

It's just - "The people all say that the king of Ren Cheng is poisoned, and there are all of them?" (To be continued.) )