I still remember a sentence he said when chatting with Liu Bei: "Heroes in the world only behave like kings." When he said this, Cao Cao had gathered many military commanders and advisers around him, holding a super-strong army, and he had enough strength to prove himself a hero. As for him calling Liu Bei a hero, it may be because of his unique vision, or even because he remembered an experience when he was young.
We all know that Cao Cao's birth can be said to be both noble and noble. It is said that it is noble because his grandfather and father are both high officials, especially his grandfather is a red man around the emperor. How many such families can there be in the country? But Cao Cao is also very humble, because he was born in a eunuch family after all. So not many people looked up to him at that time.
But Cao Cao is also an ambitious man. He wants to prove himself, but he has no chance, so he wants to find someone to promote him. Cao Cao thought of a famous scholar at that time, and this person was Xu Shao. It is said that when Xu Shao was a child, his honor was lofty and he loved the etiquette of seniority. At that time, people from all walks of life in the white underworld appreciated him and trusted him. At the same time, those young people who just started out want to make friends with him and get a good evaluation. That's a passport, so you don't have to worry about finding a job outside the society.
So at that time, many people were admitted to the top 500 enterprises because they got less recognition. At that time, Cao Cao's career had just started, so he humbly asked Xu Shao for advice. But Xu Shao looked down on Cao Cao and refused to talk to him. So Cao Cao, who was born in a routine, found an opportunity to force Xu Shao to evaluate himself. Although Xu Shao was very angry, he had no choice but to give Cao Cao eight words: He can rule the world and be a traitor in troubled times. It means that in times of peace and prosperity, you are a capable official; If you are in troubled times, you are an unscrupulous person. Who knows that Cao Cao listened and left happily.
Xu Shao's evaluation of Cao Cao Can is very accurate. Cao Cao's ability to rule the world is excellent: when he was a captain in the north of Luoyang, he was not afraid of dignitaries, and all offenders were put to death, shaking the capital and the dignitaries disappeared. No one dares to repeat this ban. Later, Cao Cao became Jinan's prime minister. After he took office, he dismissed eight county officials who were attached to powerful people and took bribes and perverted the law, ordered the demolition of ancestral temples and prohibited sacrifices. At that time, the social atmosphere in Jinan changed a lot. Wait, we can really conclude that Cao Cao is a capable minister.
As for saying that Cao Cao is a traitor, it is more accurate. In the later battles, the true face of Cao Cao's "traitor in troubled times" was revealed. Cao Cao is always disloyal in war. He can do whatever it takes to achieve his goal. Some of his actions can be said to be cruel. But there is a saying in China that "no poison, no husband". At that time, in order to survive, no one could play a little trick. It is precisely because of Cao Cao's "treacherous man in troubled times" that we can unify the north and turn troubled times into the rule of the world.
It can be seen that the so-called "traitors" in troubled times are actually synonymous with tactics, and heroes are heroes. To sum up, he is a tactical hero.
However, few people noticed that Xu Shao, from whom Cao Cao once asked for advice, had a rather miserable life. He found the worst teacher and followed Liu You all his life, which can be said to be nothing. He probably never dreamed that he would be immortal because he got the right person, that is, Cao Cao, because Cao Cao was very famous in Xu Shao at that time, but he didn't want to be known in Xu Shao for thousands of years because of his evaluation of Cao Cao and others.