Cao Shen

Cao Shen

Cao Shen? In 190bc, he was born in Peixian County, Sishui county (now Peixian County, Jiangsu Province). He was the second prime minister of the Han Dynasty, known as "Cao Xiangguo" in history.

At the beginning of Qin Dynasty, he started Peixian prison. In the first year of Qin II (209 BC), he joined the army in Peixian county. After a hundred battles, he fought against Qin and Chu, and made many achievements, conquering two countries and 122 counties. After Liu Bang established his capital Chang'an, he was awarded the title of marquis Pingyang. He became the Prime Minister of Qi and assisted Liu Fei, the king of Qi. Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty ascended the throne and succeeded Xiao He as prime minister. Adhering to "Xiao's rules and regulations, Cao followed and recuperated", he laid a good material and theoretical foundation for the rule of Wen Jing.

Han Huidi five years (190 BC), died, posthumous title for Yi.

Life of the characters

Early experience

Cao Shen, Marquis of Pingyang, is a member of Peiren. In his early years, he was a jailer in Peixian County in the Qin Dynasty. He was a minor official (probably the warden) in charge of the prison, but he was quite famous. Xiao He was Cao Shen's superior (principal official), and Liu Bang was the official (Pavilion chief) who escorted the prisoners and was his subordinate.

Cao Shen and Han Gaozu Liu Bang, Xiao He and fan Kuai are all from Peixian County, but Xiao and Cao have become officials, and most of them have a good reputation in the county. Liu and fan have the same status as local ruffians, and their status is very different in the eyes of the local people. However, Xiao He, Cao Shen and Xia Houying all have a deep friendship with Liu Bang.

Fight against Qin Dynasty

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Peasant war at the end of Qin Dynasty

When Liu Bang became Peigong, Cao Shen followed Gaozu as Zhongjuan. Cao Shen led his troops to attack Huling and Fangyu, and attacked the army of the Qin Dynasty, which greatly defeated the enemy. Cao Shen took Xue county to the East and attacked the army of the governor of Sishui county to the west of the outer city of Xue county. Then they attacked Huling and captured it. Cao Shen led his troops to guard Fang Yu. Fang Yu had rebelled and surrendered to the king of Wei. Cao Shen attacked Fang Yu. Fengyi also rebelled and surrendered to the king of Wei, and Cao Shen went to attack Fengyi. The title given by Peigong to doctor Cao Shen. Cao Shen attacked Xi'an's army in the east of Dang County, defeated it and captured Shanzhi post in Dang County, Hufu county and Qi county. Cao Shen also attacked the west of Xiayi, as far as Yu County, and attacked Zhang Han's army. When he attacked Yuanqi and Kangfu, Cao Shen was the first to climb the tower. Cao Shen was promoted to the rank of five doctors. Cao Shen went north to rescue Dong'e, attacked Zhang Han's army, captured Chen county and pursued Puyang. Attack Dingtao and seize Linji. He went south to rescue yongqiu, attacked Li you's army, defeated it, killed Li you, and captured one of the soldiers of Qin Dynasty. At this time, Qin General Zhang Han defeated Xiang Liang's army and killed Xiang Liang. Peigong and Xiang Yu led the army back to the East. King Huai of Chu appointed Peigong as governor of Dang county to command the army of Dang county. The Duke of Pei granted caoshen the title of Zhibo, known as jianchengjun. Later, Cao Shen was promoted to Qi Gong, subordinate to Dang county.

After that, Cao Shen followed Peigong's army to attack Dongjun Jun Jun and defeated the enemy in the south of Chengwu. He attacked Wang Li's army in the south of Chengyang, and then fought with Wang Li's army in the bar, and defeated it greatly. Pursuing the defeated enemy, he went west to Kaifeng, attacked Zhao Ben's army, defeated it, and surrounded Zhao Ben in the city of Kaifeng. To the west, he attacked the army of General Yang Xiong of Qin Dynasty in Quyu, defeated him, and captured one Sima and one censor of Qin Dynasty. Cao Shen was promoted to Zhiyu. He followed Peigong to attack Yangwu, took Fuyuan and Goushi, blocked the Yellow River Ferry, and the Hui army attacked Zhao Ben's army and defeated it in the north of Shixiang. He followed Peigong to attack ch ō u in the south, and fought with LV 齮, the prefect of Nanyang County, to the east of the outer city of Yangcheng, breaking the array of LV 齮's army. Following Peigong to the west, he attacked Wuguan and Yiguan, and captured these two passes. They first attacked the Qin army in the south of Lantian, and then defeated the Qin army in the north of Lantian at night. Then they reached Xianyang and destroyed the Qin Dynasty.

The struggle between Chu and Han

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battle between Chu and Han

Xiang Yu went to Guanzhong and made Liu Bang king of Han Dynasty. The king of Han made Caocan Marquis of Jiancheng. Cao Shen followed the king of Han to Guanzhong and became a general. At first, they attacked Xiabian, Gudao, Yongxian and Tiao (t á I, Tai) counties. To the south of Haohe, Zhang Ping's army attacked him, defeated him, surrounded Haohe and captured Tuxiang. In the east of Tuxiang and the area of Gaoli, the army attacked Sanqin and defeated it. He surrounded Zhang Ping again, and Zhang Ping escaped from Haohe. So they attacked Zhao Ben and neishibao's army and defeated him. Xiangdong captured Xianyang and renamed it Xincheng.

Cao Shen led his troops to guard jingling for 20 days. Sanqin sent Zhang pingren to attack Cao Shen. Cao Shen sent troops to attack and defeated the enemy. The king of Han gave ningqin to caoshen as a food city. As a general, Cao Shen led the troops around Zhang Han in the abandoned hill and followed the king of Han out of Linjin pass as a lieutenant. When he arrived in Hanoi, he took Xiuwu, crossed the Yellow River from Weijin, and attacked the army of Longji (JU) and xiangta in Dingtao to the East, defeating it. Dangxian, Xiaoxian and Pengcheng were captured to the East. After attacking Xiang Ji's army, the Han army was defeated and fled. Cao Shen encircled yongqiu as a lieutenant. Han General Wang Wu rebelled in waihuang and Cheng rebelled in Yan County. Cao Shen led his troops to attack and defeated them. Zhu Tianhou rebelled against Yan, and Cao Shen defeated the rebels and recaptured Yan. Attack Yuying in Kunyang and pursue yeyi. The Hui army attacked Wuqiang and then Xingyang. Cao Shen worked as a general and lieutenant in Hanzhong, followed the king of Han Dynasty to wipe out the princes, and returned to Xingyang after Xiang Yu was defeated in the war.

Sasuke Hanxin

In 205 BC (the second year of emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty), Cao Shen was appointed as Prime Minister Zuo to lead the troops to Guanzhong. After more than a month, the Wei King Bao rebelled. Cao Shen, acting as the Prime Minister of Zuo, led the army eastward with Han Xin to attack the Wei general sun's army in Dongzhang, and defeated sun's army. Attack Anyi and capture Wei General Wang Xiang. He attacked the king of Wei in Quyang, chased Wuyuan and captured the king of Wei Bao alive. He captured Pingyang, captured the mother, wife and children of the king of Wei, and pacified the land of Wei, with a total of 52 cities. Liu Bang gave Pingyang to Cao Shen as a food city.

Cao Shen later followed Han Xin and attacked the army of Xia Shuo, the Prime Minister of Zhao state, in the east of Wu County. He defeated the army of Xia Shuo and killed Xia Shuo. Han Xin and Zhang Er, the king of Changshan, led their troops to Jingxing to attack Chen Yu, the king of Cheng an. At the same time, they ordered Cao Shen's troops to encircle general Qi, the other general of Zhao state, in the city of Wu County. General Qi broke through the encirclement and fled. Cao Shen pursued and killed him. So Cao Shen led his troops to the camp of King Han in aocang. By this time, Han Xin had defeated Zhao and became Prime Minister of Zhao.

Han Xin attacked the state of Qi to the East. Cao Shen was subordinate to Han Xin as the Prime Minister of Zuo. He defeated the army of Qi and captured Linpeng. The Hui army subdued Jibei county and attacked Luoyin County, Pingyuan County, Xiang county and Lu county. Soon, he followed Han Xin to attack Longji's army in shangfeimi, defeated the enemy, killed Longji, and captured Zhou Lan. The state of Qi was pacified and more than 70 counties were obtained. He captured Tian Guang, the Prime Minister of Tian Guang, the former king of Qi, Xu Zhang, who replaced the prime minister, and Tian Ji, the former Jiaodong General of Qi.

Han Xin became the king of Qi, and led his troops to Chen County, where he met with the king of Han and defeated Xiang Yu, while Cao Shen stayed to pacify the place where Qi had not yet surrendered.

Hou Pingyang

Xiang Yu died and the world was calm. In 201 BC (the sixth year of emperor Gaozu of the Han Dynasty), he was granted the title of marquis. The imperial court and the vassals were separated as a basis, so that the titles of the enfeoffees were handed down from generation to generation. The 10630 households in Pingyang were granted to Caoshan as a food town, and the title was Marquis of Pingyang. The former food town was taken back.

Cao Shen's achievements: he defeated two vassal states and 122 counties; he captured two princes, three prime ministers, six generals, one prefect, one Sima, one Marquis and one censor.

When Cao Shen was a Peili, he had a close relationship with Xiao He. After the incident, Cao Shen often led the troops to the battle, while Xiao He was the prime minister guarding Guanzhong. One was a general, the other was a prime minister, and there was a gap between them. And when they were enfeoffed, they set the rank of meritorious officials, and the prime minister began to have doubts. Even so, they know each other very well.

As prime minister

Liu Bang became emperor, Han Xin was appointed king of Chu, and Qi was designated county. Cao Shen returned the seal of the Han prime minister. Soon after, Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty made his eldest son Liu Fei king of Qi. Because he was young, he appointed Cao Shen to assist Liu Fei, king of Qi.

Cao Shen, as the Prime Minister of Qi, led the attack on Zhang Chun's army, which was Chen's Ministry, and defeated the enemy. Q í ngbu rebelled. Cao Shen, as the Prime Minister of the state of Qi, followed Liu Fei, the king of Qi mourning Hui, and led 120000 troops to attack the army of Q í ngbu with Gaozu. After fighting south to Qi County, the Huijun army pacified Zhuyi, Xiangxian, Xiaoxian and Liuxian.

In 194 B.C. (the first year of emperor Xiaohui), the decree of establishing a prime minister state was abolished and Cao Shen was appointed Prime Minister of Qi. When Cao Shen was the Prime Minister of Qi, there were 70 cities in Qi. At that time, the world had just calmed down. Mourning king Huiwang was very young. Cao Shen called the old people and scholars to ask for ways to pacify the people. However, there were hundreds of scholars in the state of Qi, and there were different opinions. Cao Shen didn't know how to decide. When he heard that there was a guy in Jiaoxi who was good at studying Huang Lao's theory, he sent for him with a big gift. After seeing him, he said to Cao Shen that the way to govern the country is to be clean and do nothing, so that the people can settle down on their own. By analogy, we have explained the truth in this respect. Cao Shen then gave up his main office and let gaigong live in it.

Since then, Cao Xianshen, the Prime Minister of Qi and Ming, has been greatly praised by the people for his theory of governing the country.

Succeeding Han Xiang

In 193 BC (the second year of emperor Xiaohui), before Xiao He died, only Cao Shen was recommended by Xiao He to Emperor Xiaohui Liu Ying. After hearing the news of Xiao He's death, Cao Shen told his disciples to pack up quickly and said, "I'm going to be the Prime Minister of the imperial court." After a while,

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