Wine is a kind of culture for the Chinese. There are many allusions and banquets about wine in history. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang’s Hongmen Banquet and Zhao Kuangyin’s cup of wine to release the military power are all related in history. Wine is famous. Of course, there are also culture and allusions about wine in the Three Kingdoms. The most famous ones should be the stories of Guan Yunchang warming wine and beheading Hua Xiong and green plums boiling wine to discuss heroes. Before the story of warming wine and beheading Hua Xiong, the encyclopedia has also given you As I said, the person who killed Hua Xiong was not Guan Yu, but Sun Jian. Therefore, here is a small encyclopedia to talk about the secret behind the discussion between Cao Cao and Liu Bei about heroes.
The story "Cooking Wine and Discussing Heroes" is not actually found in official history. It was adapted by Luo Guanzhong, the author of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", based on relevant records in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". This story is based on the novel "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms". A story happened after Cao Cao strangled Lu Bu at Baimen Tower. Cao Cao took Liu, Guan, and Zhang back to Xuchang. Liu Bei said that he was the great-great-grandson of Prince Jing of Zhongshan and His Excellency Emperor Xiaojing. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and Liu Bei talked about being relatives and called Liu Bei. For the emperor's uncle. At this time, Emperor Xian noticed Cao Cao's disobedience, so he sent an edict to Dong Chengyi to get rid of Cao Cao.
Dong Cheng secretly united with Liu Bei and other ministers to plot to get rid of Cao Cao. The advisers persuaded Cao Cao to kill Liu Bei as soon as possible to prevent Liu Bei from becoming big in the future. Cao Cao said: "It is within my control, so why should I be afraid?" In fact, he still had concerns. The world knows Liu Bei's benevolence and righteousness, and Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are both Tiger and wolf generals, so it happened that Cao Cao wanted to test Liu Bei. This description in the novel of the Three Kingdoms is actually very exciting. I suggest you read the novel or the CCTV version of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.
Back to the topic, Cao Cao placed a plate of green plums and a bottle of boiled wine. The two of them sat across from each other and drank happily. After the wine was half full, they watched the changes in the wind and rain, and saw dragons hanging from the sky. In fact, in today's terms, it was a thunderstorm. The weather, clouds in the shape of a dragon appeared, Cao Cao pointed to the sky as the title, and the dragon's changes, rising and disappearing alluded to the hero's behavior. In fact, this was the beginning of testing Liu Bei. This was also Liu Bei's pain point at this time. Liu Bei was under Cao Cao at this time. .
The most worrying thing is that Cao Cao regards him as an opponent. If Liu Bei is so ambitious, his survival will be a problem. Therefore, Liu Bei is just pretending when he is questioned. Confused, even people like Yuan Shu, Liu Biao, Zhang Xiu, Zhang Lu, and Han Sui came to prevaricate, and Liu Bei kept a low profile in front of Cao Cao. However, Cao Cao did not buy Liu Bei's words when he faced him. He pointed at Liu Bei and then himself, He said: Today, the only heroes in the world are your envoy and Cao Er. This was also the climax of the conversation between the two. Liu Bei was so frightened that he changed his color. He dropped his spoon and chopsticks to the ground and used thunder to cover up his inner uneasiness. The world.
In the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, it is recorded that the two people cooked wine and discussed heroes at that time. The two people did not talk about heroes at that time, but Cao Cao directly lamented to Liu Bei, "The only heroes in the world today are the emperor and Cao Er." There are not many disciples of the origin." After hearing this, Liu Bei was disappointed. In fact, at this time, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, as the two largest forces in the north, had already had conflicts. Although Yuan Shao had many shortcomings, in terms of strength, this There was still a big gap between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao at that time, so what Cao Cao said to Liu Bei at this time was mostly to encourage or appease his subordinates. In essence, it was about the political forces choosing their teams before the Battle of Guandu. choose.
Liu Bei at this time is indeed like the hidden dragon in the story "Cooking Wine and Discussing Heroes". Liu Bei is still young and does not have much strength. In other words, Liu Bei at this time has no ability to challenge Cao Cao at all, and What is different from "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is that before this incident occurred, Liu Bei had not participated in Dong Cheng's "Belt Edict" conspiracy.
After this incident, Liu Bei faced that he was under Cao Cao. Cao Cao viewed him as an opponent, so Liu Bei chose to participate in Dong Cheng's plan. Judging from the results, Cao Cao's words: "Today's heroes are only the emperor and Cao Er." It contributed to Liu Bei's determination to break away from Cao Cao's group. It happened that Cao Cao sent Liu Bei to intercept Yuan Shu, and Liu Bei was out of Cao Cao's control.