Zhang Ji

Zhang Ji

Zhang Ji? He was born in Gaoling (now Gaoling District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province). During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Wei's ministers and relatives, the son of Zhang Ji, the governor of Liangzhou, and the father-in-law of Cao Fang, the young emperor of Wei.

Zhang Ji became an official in the name of menyin. At the beginning, he was the magistrate of Wenxian county. He was quite talented. After his father Zhang died, he was appointed Marquis of Xixiang. During Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, Sun Zi was ordered to attack the Shu army. As a shangshulang, he worked well and was appreciated by Cao Rui, emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Chen's strategy of defeating Shu and Wu repeatedly won Zhuge Ke's favor. After that, her daughter Zhang was made queen of Cao Fang, the young emperor, and Zhang Ji was worshipped as a doctor of Guanglu.

In the sixth year of Jiaping (A.D. 254), because he was dissatisfied with the power of Sima Shi, he United Xia Hou Xuan and Li Feng to overthrow Sima Shi. Shi Xie was sentenced to death in prison.

Life of the characters

rapidly go up in the world

Zhang Ji is the son of Zhang Ji, the governor of Liangzhou in the Wei Dynasty. In 223, Zhang Ji died and inherited the title of his father, the Marquis of Xixiang. During the reign of Taihe, Zhang Ji was once the magistrate of Wenxian County, famous for his governance ability.

At that time, Zhuge Liang, the Prime Minister of Shu Han Dynasty, was leading the northern expedition. Zhang Ji wrote a letter to offer advice. Cao Rui, the emperor of Wei and Ming, then asked Sun Zi, the commander of Zhongshu. Sun Zi thought that Zhang Ji had a strategy. The Ming emperor ordered Zhang Ji to be the commander of the cavalry and to take part in the battle against Shu. After the war, he was appointed shangshulang, who was recognized by the emperor of Wei Ming for his competence. Wei Ming emperor thought that Zhang Ji's ability was enough to take on the important task, so he asked the prime minister to look after his face. The prime minister said, "Zhang Ji Neng's official position is no more than two thousand stones." Wei Ming emperor said: "how can such a talent and official position stay at more than two thousand stones?" Later, Zhang Ji moved to Dongguan county (now the northeast of Yishui County, Shandong Province) as zhongshulang. During this period, he analyzed the situation with the eastern Wu and Shu Han Dynasties.

In the fourth year of Jiaping (252), Cao Fang established Zhang Ji's daughter, Zhang's family, as Queen. Zhang Ji was appointed as a doctor of Guanglu, a special Jin. His wife Xiang was also granted the title of an Chengxiang Jun.

Dongxing anticipates the enemy

In December 252, the Sima division sent troops to attack Nanjun (now Jingsha, Hubei Province) and Wuchang (now Ezhou, Hubei Province), and ordered general Anton, commander Sima Zhao, and General Hu Zun, commander of Zhengdong, and general Zhuge Dan, commander of Zhendong, to attack Dongxing and destroy the dike. Zhuge birthday proposed to March three ways to attack Wu, with Wang Chang and Wu Qiujian luring the enemy to attack Nanjun and Wuchang respectively; Zhuge birthday and Hu Zun were the main forces, leading 70000 floating bridges to attack Dongxing. In an emergency, Zhuge Ke personally led 40000 reinforcements to Dongxing. He also ordered the champion general Ding Feng and Lu Ju, Liu Zan, Tang Zi as vanguards to climb up the mountain to the west, and to advance slowly because of the narrow mountain road. Ding Feng led 3000 people to go there. After going down the mountain, he took a boat and went down the river. Two days later, he arrived in Dongxing and occupied Xutang. Because of heavy snow, Hu Zun and others drink without warning. Ding Feng led his troops to attack the Wei barracks in light clothes, and LV Ju and other departments also arrived one after another. When the Wei army saw this, they ran away in panic. Because of the overload of the pontoon, they broke off. Ten thousand people fell into the water and trampled on each other. Han Zong, Le'an and Huan Jia, the Wei generals, were drowned one after another.

In 253, Wu Qiujian and Wang Chang fled when they saw the defeat of Dongxing. However, Tang Zi, the general of Wu, found a large number of food, grass and weapons left by the Wei army, and the Wu army won a great victory.

Zhang Ji said to Sima Shi, "although Zhuge Ke has won the victory, he is not far away from being killed." Sima Shi asked, "what's the reason for this?" Zhang Ji said: "his voice awes his monarch, and his credit exceeds that of the whole country. Is it possible for him to seek immortality?" Soon after, zhugeke besieged Hefei and was forced to withdraw in case of an epidemic. After that, he was killed by sun Jun. Sima praised Zhang Ji for being more intelligent than Zhuge Ke.

The coup failed

At that time, marquis Xuan of Taichang Xia had great prestige in the world, but because he was a relative with Cao Shuang, he could not hold a powerful position, so he was often unhappy. Zhang Ji was not satisfied because he was the father of the queen and had to stay at home. Although Sima Shi promoted Li Feng, Li Feng was inclined to Xia Hou Xuan in private. So he made friends with Zhang Ji and planned to overthrow Sima Shi and take Xia Hou Xuan as the general.

Zhang Ji was not proud in the imperial court, and Li Feng was in power. He was also from the same hometown. His son Li Tao married Princess Qi Chang, so Zhang Ji believed him. Li Feng secretly ordered his younger brother, Li Yi, the governor of Yanzhou, to ask for admission to the DPRK, hoping that he would lead his troops in and work together. Waiting for Li Yi to ask for a court meeting, he was not approved.

In February of the sixth year of Jiaping (254), Li Feng and other people should pay homage to the noble. They planned to kill the general Sima Shi by taking advantage of the opportunity of the king's presence and the presence of guards. They replaced him with Xia houxuan and took Zhang Ji as the general of Hushi. Li Feng told Huangmen supervisor Su Shuo, Yongning Department commander ledun, redundant servant Liu Xian in secret: "you are in the inner court. There are many illegal things. The general Sima Shi is tough and resolute. He repeatedly stressed that Zhang Dang's fate can serve as a warning." Su Shuo and others promised to obey his orders.

But when Sima Shi heard the news, he asked Li Feng to meet him and ask him about it, but Li Feng didn't tell him the truth. Sima Shi was furious, so he beat Li Feng to death with the iron ring on the handle of the knife, and sent his body to Tingwei. He picked up and arrested Li Tao, Xia houxuan, Zhang Ji and others, and sent them to Tingwei for custody. Zhong Yu is in charge of interrogation and prison management. He said: "Li Feng, together with Su Shuo, the Huangmen supervisor, and ledun, the Yongning palace official, and Liu Xian, the redundant servants, conspire and plot to say:" on the day of worshiping the noble, the troops of all battalions guard the palace gate. When your majesty approaches the front porch, he takes this opportunity to serve your majesty together, and then leads all the officers and soldiers to kill the general. If your majesty does not listen, he will be taken away Open. " They also said, "they planned to take xiahouxuan as the general and Zhangji as the Hussar general. Both xiahouxuan and Zhangji knew about the plot." On the 22nd of gengxu, Sima Shi put Zhang Jici to death in prison, executed Li Tao, Xia houxuan, Su Shuo, ledun and Li Xian, and killed them. The rest of his relatives moved to Lelang county.

Historical evaluation

Cao Rui: first, there are so many talents to be arrested that they can be appointed. ② What's the reason for this?

Sima Shi: Zhuge Ke has many generations! In recent years, Zhang Jingzhong thought that he would be killed, but now he is. Respect Zhongzhi's wisdom to win.

Wei Lue: he was stingy of money and reserved for power. Once he went to the county with a woman, he was still sitting in the house, depressed and restless.

Chen Liang: (Li Feng, Zhang Ji) the death of the two sons was the same as that of Taichu. What a pity!

Hu Sansheng: Although he was caught, he was killed by his teacher. The teacher's dictatorship should not be based on his intelligence but on his illness. What's more, he should be famous for his intelligence!

Zhao Yi: at that time, Chinese and foreign officials and workers were all used by the Wei emperor. There are Zhang Ji, Su Shuo, ledun, Liu Xian, etc. inside, and Wang Ling, Wu Qiujian, Zhuge birthday, etc. outside, they set up troops one after another to denounce Sima.

member of family

father

Zhang Ji is the governor of Liangzhou in the Wei Dynasty.

wife

Xiang's daughter was granted the title of an Chengjun after she was made queen.

children

Empress Zhang, Queen of Cao Fang, king of Qi, was also killed shortly after Zhang Ji's death.

Zhang Miao, the son of Zhang Ji, was sent by Zhang Ji to communicate with Li Feng, and was killed when he failed.

grandson

Zhang Yin, the governor of Liangzhou in the Western Jin Dynasty.

Historical records

Artistic image

Literary image

In the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhang Ji appeared in the 19th chapter of the novel "trapped Sima Han's plot to abolish Cao Fang and Wei Jia Guo Bao", and served as the official of Guanglu as the father-in-law of the state. Because of the power of Sima Shi, Zhang Ji, Xia Hou Xuan and Li Feng were ordered by Cao Fang, the Wei emperor, to punish Sima Shi and to vent their anger. They were beheaded in the city to destroy their three clans. The three were full of curses. Before beheading, all the teeth were knocked down, and everyone died by mumbling.

Film and television image

In the 1994 TV series romance of the Three Kingdoms, Yin Huasheng plays Zhang Ji.