When it comes to benevolent masters during the Three Kingdoms period, everyone will invariably think of Liu Bei. In fact, during the Three Kingdoms period, there was a prince who was generous and kind to the people. After his death, the people cried for him. This man They are Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu ??of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes.
Due to the influence of the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Yuan Shao gives people the impression of an incompetent person, always scheming, lenient on the outside and taboo on the inside, and often does stupid things. He seems to be a mediocre person, but in fact In history, Yuan Shao was very capable and heroic. When he was young, Yuan Shao liked to take over heroes. Later, when Dong Zhuo came to Beijing, he wanted to depose the young emperor and establish another emperor. Yuan Shao stood up and opposed it. Dong Zhuo said sternly: The affairs of the world are decided by me, who dares to disobey! Yuan Shao did not flinch. He pressed his sword and said, "Dong Gong is the only one who is the strongest in the world!" Then he walked away. No one dared to stop him. Because Yuan Shao was the fourth and third son of the family, Yuan Shao's reputation was very high, and Dong Zhuo did not dare to Kill him. Later, all the princes in the world united against Dong Zhuo and elected Yuan Shao as the leader. Dong Zhuo said: As long as I kill two Yuan, Liu Biao and Sun Jian, the world will be mine!
Yuan Shao has many talents. At the beginning, even Cao Cao was Yuan Shao's subordinate. At the beginning, Cao Cao was still very weak. He was once besieged by Yuan Shu, Lu Bu and others. It was Yuan Shao who sent troops to help Cao Cao defeat them. Later, despite the continuous expansion of Cao Cao's strength, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao became the two most powerful military princes in the north. Among them, Yuan Shao was superior to Cao Cao in terms of reputation, manpower and material resources, especially when Yuan Shao After defeating the Black Mountain Army and annihilating Gongsun Zan, he now has the four states of Qing, You, Bing, and Ji, and has the potential to dominate the world. However, although Yuan Shao has many talents and many counselors under his command, he is not as good as Cao Cao in employing people. At the critical moment, He often made wrong decisions and eventually suffered failure in Guandu, and died of illness in Yecheng two years later.
Yuan Shao was generous and kind to the people, and his government laws were lax. During his rule, agricultural production in the north was stable, and there were few strict tax systems and severe penalties. Therefore, Cao Cao believed that he was too lenient in politics. It is precisely because of this loose policy that gave the people in the north a chance to recuperate. After Cao Cao got Jizhou, he couldn't help but sigh with emotion when he saw Jizhou's rich population resources and material inventories. Historical records record that "Shao was a man of great generosity in his administration. The people are virtuous. When Shao died, the ladies of Hebei were all grieved and shed tears in the streets, as if they were bereaved. "The fact that he was so remembered by the people after his death shows that Yuan Shao was also a deeply popular and kind man in the north.