Cao Bing170,000 people consume a huge amount of food every day, and the counties and counties have suffered from famine and drought for years. Cao Cao wanted to urge the army to make a quick decision, but Li Feng and others stayed at home. I have to write to Sun Ce for help. Borrowing 100,000 grains and rice still can't meet the demand.
One day, Dong Wang, a warehouse officer under Ren Jun, a grain official, reported to Cao Cao and said, "What should we do now that there are more soldiers and less food?" Cao Cao replied: "You can use small cockroaches to distribute rations, and save the emergency for the time being!"
Not having enough to eat, the refugee camp complained that the Prime Minister had cheated everyone. Cao Cao then secretly asked the king to enter the account and said to him, "I want to borrow something from you to appease the people." Don't be stingy. " The king said, "What did the Prime Minister borrow?" .
Cao Cao said, "I want to show off your head!" " "The king was surprised and said," I am really innocent! "Cao Cao said," I know you are innocent, but if I don't kill you, it will be difficult to stabilize the army. " I will take care of your wife and children after you die, so you don't have to worry. "
When Wang tried to defend himself again, Cao Cao would have shouted out the knife and axe hand, pushed the door and cut it. Then he put his head on a high pole and posted a notice: "Wang deliberately distributed grain and rice in a hut and stole official grain, and is willing to behead him according to military law." So the resentment began to ease.
Extended data:
Dong Wang is a fictional character in Luo Guanzhong's novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. His name is not in the official records. Appeared in the seventeenth novel, he served as the grain officer of Cao Cao's conquest of Yuan Shu and Ren Jun's subordinate warehouse officer.
In order to cope with the lack of food, Cao Cao decided to let Wang Yun divide the food in a small pot. Later, he aroused people's grievances, but insidiously borrowed the head of the military attache Wang, who was in charge of distributing food, and framed others to calm people's grievances.
In this way, by intentionally hurting the interests of others, it won the sympathy of the soldiers. The soldiers psychologically thought that Cao Cao was innocent, and thus passed the plan.
Soldiers' resentment against Cao Cao because of the scattered food of Tiger turned into personal resentment against Dong Wang, which diverted the soldiers' attention and achieved the purpose of calming the people's grievances.
References:
Baidu Encyclopedia-Dong Wang