It is said that when Cao Caogang started his business, his troops were very limited, and he could not support the grain, grass and salary of a huge army at all. In order to solve this problem, Cao Cao thought of robbing the tomb, and he also set up a corps commander and a captain who touched the gold to rob the tomb. When Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were fighting for the Central Plains, there was a man named Chen Lin. In order to help Yuan Shao, he specially wrote a "Thief Fu". In addition to cursing Cao Cao, the article also lists Cao Cao's evil deeds of sending a corps commander to a mound and touching a captain to rob an ancient tomb.
The original words in the campaign are as follows: "Cao Cao specially sent a senior general to touch a captain Jin, and he died suddenly without showing his bones." Of course, if there is only this sentence in the text, the intensity is obviously not enough. In order to convince the world of the misdeeds of Cao Cao's grave robbery, the article also points out that the object of Cao Cao's grave robbery is Liu Wu's tomb in Liang Xiaowang in the Western Han Dynasty. The original text said: "Liang Xiaowang, the late Emperor Mother Kun, was revered in the tomb, and pines and cypresses should be respected, and his officials personally dug up, broke the coffins and naked bodies, and plundered treasures."
The implication is that Cao Cao is so rebellious that he even dares to steal the tomb. Liang Xiaowang Liu Wu's identity is really special. He is the younger brother of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty and the uncle of Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty, and his position is very distinguished. In addition, he played an important role in the process of Emperor Jing's quelling the rebellion of the Seven Kings and made great contributions, so his funerary objects were absolutely rich.
Liu Wu was extremely extravagant, because he was not only rich, but also had a higher status than other kings. It is said that after his death, countless stone vessels and jade articles were buried with him. The ancient book Shui Jing Zhu records: "Cao Cao led soldiers into the village, sent Liang Xiaowang's tomb, broke coffins and collected tens of thousands of Jin of treasures". It can be seen how rich the funerary objects in Liu Wu are, even the tombs of some emperors are not comparable.
After Cao Cao dug Liu Wu's mausoleum, he not only solved the problem of pay and food, but also this large sum of money, so Cao Cao began to recruit and strengthen his strength and became a vassal from now on. This is really what the antique dealer said, "If it doesn't open for three years, it will open for three years." Cao Cao has spent more than three years, and I'm afraid he will eat, drink and drink for five years. Therefore, many warlords in later generations followed Cao Cao's example, such as Wen Tao in the Five Dynasties and Sun Dianying in the Republic of China.