Let's start with the origin of Cao Cao. As the saying goes:? Dragon begets dragon, phoenix begets phoenix, and mouse begets burrow. ? The ancients believed that birth determined fate. Cao Cao came from a humble background. His father Cao Song was originally not surnamed Cao, but belonged to Xiahou. In order to please powerful people, he recognized Zhong You as his adoptive father and changed his surname to Cao. Therefore, Xia He is both Cao Cao's immediate family members and his cousins. Chang Shi, also called Chen Zhong Shi, is the name of the eunuch. The eunuchs of the imperial court, on the one hand, have a high status and are the red people around the emperor; On the other hand, his status is very low and he is a slave of the royal family. So in Chen Lin's "Anti-Cao Cao's Prose" written on behalf of Yuan Shao, he said that Cao Cao was? Ugly and ugly? Is that he is an ugly man left by eunuchs. This is an enlightening sentence, which hit the nail on the head and stung Cao Cao's self-esteem. Cao Cao never denied that he was a eunuch's adopted son. He claimed to be a descendant of Cao Can, a famous prime minister during the reign of Emperor Gaozu Liu Bang. In fact, his family name is not Cao, but he insists on flaunting it himself. This is really a tiger banner, and it's not bad to talk about it. It can also be seen from here that Cao Cao attaches great importance to birth, and he has a strong sense of inferiority. At the same time, you have a strong self-esteem? Although my background is not high and my composition is not good, I have the ability, and I want to use my ability to change my social status. Although Cao Can is not my ancestor, I can continue this ancestor's genealogy with the help of the improvement of social status. This is a state of mind of Cao Cao. It is this mentality that gives Cao Cao the spirit of hard work and enterprising, and also gives him that kind of rough and simple life style. Anyway, I don't have a high background, and I can do whatever I want without any psychological burden. This is completely different from the origins of Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Although Liu Bei? Knitting shoes and selling seats? He is a peddler who knits straw sandals and sells sleeping mats. His social status is very low, but his pedigree is particularly pure, and he is in the same strain as the royal family. Sun Quan was born in various aristocratic families and had a high social status. Therefore, both Liu Bei and Sun Quan belong to a family, or a declining family. But Cao Cao is neither as noble as Liu Bei nor as noble as Sun Quan's ancestors. He is just a civilian, of course, a civilian clinging to power. This special civilian background is related to Cao Cao's unique attitude and character. (2) So when Lv Boshe was killed in the novel, Cao Cao's first offensive act was to kill Lv Boshe (Volume 1, Cao Mengde killed Dong Zhuo). This is one of the most abominable evils in Cao Cao's life. Some people say yes? Lv Boshe manslaughter? This is inaccurate because he killed Lv Boshe's family by mistake. It is obvious to Lv Boshe to kill him. Cao Cao tried to assassinate Dong Zhuo and fled Luoyang for refuge. On the way through zhongmou county, Chen Gong, the county magistrate, admired Cao Cao's heroic act of risking his life to assassinate Dong Zhuo. He thinks he is? Loyal ministers in the world? So I let him go, and my county magistrate was improper, so I abandoned my official position and fled with Cao Cao. Cao Cao and Chen Gong fled to Gaoping and went to Lv Boshe, a friend of Cao Cao's father. Father's friend, called by the ancients? Father? Like what we're talking about now? Uncle? , is the elder. Lv Boshe also admired Cao Cao's heroic act of assassinating Dong Zhuo, so he warmly entertained him, ordered his family to kill pigs, and rode his donkey to the West Village to sell wine. This was a high courtesy at that time. At this time, Cao Cao was in shock when he suddenly heard the sound of sharpening a knife from behind the villa. He is suspicious. After sneaking into the thatched cottage with Chen Gong, they heard someone say through the partition wall. Tie it up and kill it. ? We tied him up and killed him. Cao Cao thought, isn't this going to kill me? You'll tie me up and kill me. So the first strike was the best, and they drew their swords with Chen Gong, regardless of gender, age, and indiscriminate, killing eight people in a row. After the killing, it turned out that there was a pig tied to the kitchen. He didn't kill it, only to know that people were going to kill the pig to entertain him. Everyone who has lived in the countryside knows that pork can only be eaten on holidays. Until the 1960 s and 1970 s, pigs were killed on holidays and not at ordinary times. Usually kill pigs to entertain guests, and they must be distinguished guests. People treated Cao Cao very warmly and regarded him as a distinguished guest. As a result, he killed all the family. This time it was really a manslaughter. In desperation, Cao Cao and Chen Gong had to flee in a hurry. On the way, they met Lv Boshe who was excited to buy wine. Cao Cao let Lv Boshe go first, and then deliberately told him that someone was coming behind him. When he turned around, Cao Cao killed him with a knife. At this time, it is not manslaughter, but intentional homicide. So Chen Gong blamed Cao Cao, saying that it is a great injustice to kill while knowing it! ? You knew it was manslaughter, but now you killed Lv Boshe on purpose. This is against morality. So, should Cao Cao kill Lv Boshe? Why? We can evaluate historical events from two angles: moral angle and realistic angle. Moral view is a kind of moral judgment. On the moral trial platform, from a moral point of view, Cao Cao killed Lv Boshe's family, and then deliberately killed Lv Boshe. It is absolutely intolerable that he is so cruel to his father's friend and to a friend who treats you warmly. But from another angle, what should Cao Cao do in that realistic situation at that time? What can he do? This is worth considering. That is to say, when we put ourselves in that specific situation, Cao Cao is fleeing in a hurry, and he feels like a lost dog. At this time, he thought that anyone could hurt him, because there was a reward for catching him, and anyone could kill him. At this time, his consciousness of saving his life is very strong. Killing Lv Boshe's family, of course, was unintentional. This is manslaughter. But if Lv Boshe hadn't been killed at this time, he would have a 50% safety factor and a 50% insecurity factor, which is certain. Lv Boshe may or may not sue him. If we consider the emotional factors again, when Lv Boshe came home, his family had been killed, and Lv Boshe was more likely to betray Cao Cao. When Cao Cao killed Lv Boshe, he could save his life 100%. Therefore, Cao Cao made a very decisive behavior, but behind this decisive behavior, there are his realistic considerations. What is really hateful is not that Cao Cao killed Lv Boshe, but that Cao Cao did such a big injustice that he had no sense of shame and said such an eternal famous saying:? Instead of teaching the world to be negative to me, let me be negative to the world! ? Even Chen Gong, who has always admired him, thinks he is a? A cruel and heartless dog? , abandon him. This description in the novel is based on historical facts. According to the reflection Pei Songzhi cited Sun Shengyi with miscellaneous words, after Cao Cao killed Lv Boshe's family,? Sad? Whisper:? I would rather be negative than negative! ? Sad? The word conveys Cao Cao's complex psychology after killing people. And the novel was deleted? The ideograph of, supplement? This world? Modifiers have become the theory of Cao Cao's whole heart. The meaning of this sentence is very clear, that is, no one in the world can fail me, but I can fail anyone in the world. This made me stand on the other side of the world. From this we can see that there are strong things in Cao Cao's character. He dares to be the enemy of the world, which is a prominent feature of Cao Cao's character. In addition, we can also see that if someone else did this kind of thing, such as killing Lv Boshe, Chen Gong would certainly exonerate himself from this accusation. He wants to defend: I didn't mean to. I didn't try to escape. I can't help it I really have to do this. Please forgive me this time. ? Others will always explain, but Cao Cao won't. He spoke frankly about his principles of being a man. According to the ancients:? In two words, generations have taught me that although it is not immortal, it can be told for thousands of years. ? (Jiajing's Romance of the Three Kingdoms quoted Huan Wen in the late Jin Dynasty) These two words of Cao Cao are enough to be told for thousands of years. So through the ages, no one will make these two sentences into banners and hang them in the study to tell others that this is my motto. But Cao did it, and he openly took these two sentences as his motto. Therefore, compared with ordinary political careerists, Cao Cao is really different. General political careerists tend to hide their true colors, but Cao Cao dares to speak out his inner psychology, which is also a prominent feature of Cao Cao's character. Li Zhi made an interesting remark when commenting on The Romance of Three Kingdoms. He said: who in the world does not have this heart, who can open this mouth? ? (Mr. Li Zhuowu criticized the fourth general comment of the Three Kingdoms) That is to say, all people in the world will have this kind of heart, that is, I had better be bad to all people in the world, but no one in the world can be bad to me, and I will always pay a price for being bad to me; But I can lose others, and I can feel at ease without others. Everyone in the world has this kind of heart, but who dares to say so frankly? Only one person dares to say so, and that is Cao Cao. So the novelist commented on Cao Cao and said that Cao Cao was? A little man with such a heart? . This has nothing to do with Liu Bei? A gentleman outside and a villain inside? One more thing. Cao Cao is a villain, but he has a down-to-earth heart. This reminds us of a sentence that Confucius said in The Analects of Confucius. An upright man is open and poised, little people are always sad. ? Cao Cao is different now. He is an open villain, not a gentleman who always shares weal and woe. He's a ... Little people? , but by heart? Be honest? This constitutes a contradictory combination. A treacherous man? That contradictory combination is similar. ? Be honest? It is Cao Cao's unique personality quality and a unique way of being a man. But he's essentially a ... Little people? From a moral point of view, his speech and behavior are absolutely those of a villain. If you were a gentleman, such as Liu Bei, you wouldn't do it, let alone say it. Of course, Liu Bei also has a lot of villain behavior, which is another matter. But Cao Cao did it and said it. He dares to act, speak, take responsibility and be a man, which is admirable. (3) Avoid killing Yang Xiu and Cao Cao? A little man with such a heart? Traitor's character, in the case of avoiding killing Yang Xiu also showed incisively and vividly. In the novel, Cao Cao and Yang Xiu formed a very special relationship. Because Cao Cao has always longed for talents and attached importance to talented and intelligent people, he gathered a group of talented and intelligent people around him. He is good at reusing them. Yang Xiu is very clever and talented. In a sense, his intelligence is not inferior to that of Cao Cao, that is to say, Yang Xiu's IQ will never be lower than that of Cao Cao. However, why can't Cao Cao always reuse him? Why did Cao Cao kill Yang Xiu? Some people think that this is because Cao Cao is jealous of talents. A few things are written in the novel, and the key points are prominent. Are treacherous people jealous and clever? That is to say, Cao Cao is very jealous of people who are too clever like Yang Xiu. This novel has written several stories (Volume 15 "Cao Mengde avoids killing Yang Xiu"). The first story is that Cao Cao built a garden and inspected it after completion. Now, after the building is completed, the leaders have to accept it and cut the ribbon. After reading it, Cao Cao wrote one on the door without saying anything? Live broadcast? Without saying anything, he left with his hand behind his back. The workers don't understand what this means. Building a garden is no problem. Why did you write one? Live broadcast? Word, said nothing? At this moment, the clever Yang Xiu guessed it and said? The Prime Minister thinks the door is too wide. ? Door? One of them? Live broadcast? Word, isn't it? Broad? Words? ? So the workers immediately narrowed the door and asked Cao Cao to accept it. Cao Cao was happy to see it. He didn't know it was Yang's handwriting until he asked. Although the face is happy, the heart is evil? Pay lip service, but be jealous. Another time, Saibei gave Cao Cao a box of crisp candy. Cao Cao read it and wrote it vertically on the box? A crisp? Three words, on the table. When Cao Cao went to sleep, Yang Xiu made everyone eat it. When Cao Cao woke up, he wanted to eat crisp candy. When it disappeared, he asked what had happened. Yang Xiu said? The prime minister has his own life. What does the box say? One person is crisp? How dare we disobey the orders of the Prime Minister? ? Cao Cao? Although I am happy, I hate it? , the in the mind more hate Yang Xiu. There is another thing that is hard to tolerate. Cao Cao told the left and right:? I like killing people in my dreams, so don't come near me when I am asleep. ? Killing people in dreams? , is really a very special personality. As I said before, Cao Cao has an inferiority complex. If this inferiority complex really becomes a heart disease, if he is neurotic, he will be very suspicious, and even when he sleeps, he will always stop others from attacking him. Just like people who talk about martial arts now, he covers himself with martial arts, so you can't touch him easily. So is Cao Cao. He covers himself when he sleeps. If you touch him easily, he will kill you. So he told his entourage not to touch him easily. Cao Cao took a nap that day and the quilt fell to the ground. One of the guards kindly covered him with a quilt for fear that he might catch cold. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao suddenly jumped up and drew his sword and killed him. After the murder, he went back to sleep. I woke up and saw a bodyguard lying on the ground, bloody? Cao Cao asked in surprise. Who killed my footman? ? Everyone told him that he killed him in his dream. Cao Cao wept bitterly and ordered the guards to be buried carefully. When he was buried, Yang Xiu went to pay homage to his bodyguard and sighed. You are the cone in the bag! ? Who told you to do it knowingly? It's no use dying. Cao Cao? Smell it and hate it, the in the mind very unhappy, because Yang Xiu is exposing his shortcomings. In fact, Cao Cao never dreamed of killing people. He killed people because he was too jealous. It is this short-lived personality of Cao Cao that Yang Xiu reveals. We know that if a person is ill, he is particularly afraid of you talking about him. A person needs a pimple on his face. (Three Kingdoms) You always say that he has a pimple on his face, of course he feels bad. You just need to see it. Why do you have to say it? If a person is ill, especially with this mental illness, he is most afraid of being told about his illness. It's like being drunk. I'm not happy that you said he was drunk. So Cao Cao hated Yang Xiu even more. Finally, one day, Cao Cao found Yang Xiu. At that time, Cao Cao attacked western Shu, and the generals were also preparing. That night, Cao Cao was confused and couldn't sleep, so he took a private walk in the village. Seeing the soldiers packing, he summoned Xia Houdun and learned that it was Yang Xiu's idea. Cao Cao was very angry and said? Vertical Confucianism, dare to provoke our soldiers! ? So he beheaded Yang Xiu. Why did Cao Cao kill Yang Xiu? The ancients thought it was because Yang Xiu was too clever. Cao Cao was a man all his life, and he was most jealous of people who were too smart, fearing that others would have higher IQ than himself. Yang Xiu's IQ is higher than his own, so he must be killed. Actually, it is not. I think Yang Xiu's IQ is really high, absolutely no less than Cao Cao's, but his EQ is not good. A very important reason for poor emotional intelligence is that you don't understand your own position and don't handle the relationship between superiors and subordinates well. We know that as a junior, his IQ may be higher than that of his superiors, but in front of his superiors, he must never show all the wisdom and cleverness above his superiors. Even if your idea is the first, you should take it as the leader's idea and do it seamlessly. What's more, it is absolutely taboo to tell the leaders in advance without telling them what they are thinking. Yang Xiu didn't handle the superior-subordinate relationship properly, so he will die. This is caused by Yang Xiu's personality problems. A person is talented, but don't be too exposed. Show your talents, show yourself? This is very taboo. Especially when dealing with the relationship between the superior and the subordinate, we should put our position right. Yang Xiu didn't put himself in the right position, so he got what he deserved. Of course, Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu for a more important reason, because Yang Xiu assisted Cao Zhi. Yang Xiu's official position is the marching master book, and he is an official under Cao Cao. His two heirs in Cao Cao? Cao Pi and Cao Zhi chose Cao Zhi. Why did he choose Cao Zhi? In a sense, it may also be guessing what Cao Cao means. When Cao Cao chose his successor, he originally wanted to choose Cao Zhi, because Cao Zhi was more casual than Cao Pi in all aspects. He is smarter and better. However, although his IQ is higher than that of Cao Pi, his EQ is not as good as that of Cao Pi. At first, Cao Cao considered from the aspect of IQ, and thought that Cao Zhi's intelligence, life style, unity and cohesion and other aspects of literati and celebrities were worthy of attention. Therefore, Cao Cao's successor was Cao Zhi. Yang Xiu may have seen through Cao Cao's mind before deciding to help Cao Zhi. We know that Cao Pi is older than Cao Zhi. According to the tradition of the ancients, Cao Cao's successor should be Cao Pi, not Cao Zhi. So wouldn't it be a mess if the ministers dissuaded Cao Cao? Family law? French is a mess, leading to? Brother addicted to the wall? The situation is very dangerous. Yuan Shao was split because of his younger son, which is a lesson from the past. In normal order, the boss is the boss and the second is the second. It is natural to have no objection to this. However, if we want to distinguish between the virtuous and the foolish, it will be difficult to distinguish between them. There is no simple scale to distinguish, and it is too arbitrary. But Cao Cao is an extraordinary man. He doesn't follow the general rules. He must rely on his own mind to make his own choices. In order to test the behavior of these two sons, Cao Cao made a very lethal move: on the one hand, he publicly ordered Cao Pi and Cao Zhi to leave the gate of Yecheng; On the other hand, he secretly ordered that the people guarding the city should not let Cao Pi and Cao Zhi leave the city. At this time xelloss one step ahead. Sometimes you shouldn't be ahead of others in doing things. You might as well fall behind, look at what others are doing first, and then decide what you should do, which is safer. Cao Zhi has a high IQ. He is in no hurry to win the first prize. He wanted to see how xelloss did it first. Xelloss, impatient, went out of town first. When the guarding city stopped, xelloss had no choice but to go home. When Cao Zhi heard this, he quickly asked Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu said? The king ordered the prince. If you resist, you will be beheaded ? So Cao Zhi came to the gate and the gatekeeper stopped him from leaving the city. He killed the gatekeeper with a knife and then went out of town. Cao Cao was very happy when he learned the situation and thought that Cao Zhi was still very powerful. Therefore, you can see that Cao Cao himself is a treacherous man. When he measures people, he doesn't look at your morality and character, but at your treachery and political skill. See if you can cheat, cheat, use power, use power, so he is very appreciative of Cao Zhi's practice. But when he asked, it was Yang Xiu's idea again. As we said just now, Yang Xiu is Cao Cao's subordinate, and Cao Cao's subordinate must be loyal to Cao Cao and cannot tear down his foundation. If you are not loyal to me, you betray me; You can betray me today and my son tomorrow? Cao Cao's reasoning is based on this kind of logic, which is the way of reasoning of treacherous men, different from ordinary people. He doesn't believe that if Yang Xiu is loyal to Cao Zhi now, he will be loyal to Cao Zhi all his life. Because he thinks that I will use you, Yang Xiu, as the marching master book, can you? Out of the military plane, you always know what's going on inside and out. The position is very important, but you stabbed me in the back and played tricks behind my back. This won't work, so you have to kill me. More importantly, Yang Xiu often offers suggestions behind the scenes to help Cao Zhi fight against Cao Pi and win the favor of Cao Cao, and it always works. Hearing this, Cao Cao was furious and said, Dude! Dare to have sex with my son, insulting orphans like this! ? How dare you play with me! At this time, the heart of killing Yang Xiuzhi was even stronger, but I kept it many times for fear of the soldiers' comments. And then there was? Chicken ribs? Great things, Yang Xiu just hit the gun, of course, die. So, what about Cao Cao? Avoid killing Yang Xiu? , in? Avoid talent? There are profound political considerations hidden behind Cao Pi's appearance: there are vigilance against Cao Zhi's self-interest in recruiting talents and forming gangs, and there are also purposes for Cao Pi to successfully take over and remove obstacles. More importantly, it is a punishment for Yang Xiu's disloyalty to himself and his elbow bending outwards. Isn't that right? Why not let me be negative to the whole world instead of teaching the whole world to be negative to me? Performance? It can also be seen from this incident that Cao Cao is indeed far-sighted. He won't kill easily. He must have killed someone for a special reason. This truth may not conform to the moral standards, but it certainly conforms to the realistic standards and also conforms to the life standards of adulterers. As a generation of adulterers, what does Cao Cao believe in? Why not let me be negative to the whole world instead of teaching the whole world to be negative to me? You can't betray me, even if you are my bosom friend and my manners, you can't betray me. This rule is unbreakable.