Cao Cao
First of all, from the historical background at that time. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Emperor Han Ling indulged in debauchery all day long, ignoring political affairs. Korean traitors and traitors are rampant, and the two major forces, consorts and eunuchs, are fiercely fighting for power, which has caused people all over the world to live in dire straits all the year round. This directly led to the outbreak of the yellow turban insurrectionary. After the uprising broke out, the imperial treasury was empty and the military forces were insufficient. In order to suppress the uprising and quell the rebellion, Emperor Han Ling devolved the general power and political power to various counties, formed his own army, and fought against the insurgents. Although the uprising was suppressed, it brought a more serious impact, that is, the power of various counties expanded rapidly, and even the phenomenon that local troops were stronger than the central army appeared. It happened that the emperor at that time was also addicted to women all day, regardless of the affairs of the court.
Han lingdi
In order to continue to expand their power, the consort He Jin waged a fierce struggle with Shi Changshi, the eunuch trusted by the emperor. Unexpectedly, blades died unexpectedly, and the large-scale imperial army was leaderless at that time. How did you expect Dong Zhuo to die halfway? Who is Dong Zhuo? An ambitious warlord with 200,000 troops in Xiliang! After he took the opportunity to enter Beijing, he used his powerful strength to forcibly abolish Liu Bian, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and made Liu Xie the new king. Even if the court officials are not satisfied, there is nothing they can do. After all, people's power is there.
Han xiandi
Just when everyone was complaining, only Cao Cao stood up and used the seven-star nod to assassinate Dong Zhuo. This is the first person who dares to confront Dong Zhuo. What's more, Cao Cao is not for his own self-interest, but for the sake of the whole man and the people all over the world! Although the assassination ended in failure, there is no doubt about this spirit of courage to resist. What's more, after the assassination failed, Cao Cao didn't choose to give up, but with the help of his friend Yuan Shao, he called 18 princes to crusade against Dong Zhuo. However, because the governors of the 18 route have different minds, they are all playing their own small abacus and want to sit quietly and watch the tigers fight, so as to make their power bigger. So this massive crusade ended in failure. At this time, Cao Cao realized that it was useless to rely on others, but he had to rely on himself.
Liu Bei
By chance, Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Han Xian back to Xudu. Although there was a Xian Di in the Han Dynasty in name, in fact, many governors didn't quite agree with him. They just attacked him because of his reputation or fear of causing an uprising, and temporarily listened to Xian Di's horn. Cao Cao naturally knows their little thoughts. Then, the policy of "serving the son of heaven, so that he can not be a minister" was implemented, and he moved to all parts of the north and south, suppressing the real Han thieves and princes who did not obey the orders of the court. This is because many people will spray Cao Cao to commit crimes and seek power to usurp the throne. In fact, I personally think that Cao Cao is more worthy of respect than Liu Bei's hypocritical slogan of "reviving the Han Dynasty". After all, Cao Cao is already in power in the ruling and opposition circles. However, he did not choose to be emperor, but continued to be his Wang Wei (Wei, like the name, was just a vassal state of the Han Dynasty). As for his son Cao Pi, he later overthrew the Han Dynasty, which was both unexpected and expected by Cao Cao. The former is because Cao Cao doesn't want to be an emperor, and the latter is because Cao Cao's legacy to Cao Pi is too great for a great emperor to stop. On the one hand, it is really disgusting that Liu Bei became emperor in the name of Xing Han. What's more, the identity of Liu Bei after Wang Jing in Zhongshan has yet to be verified.
Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor.
To sum up, Xiao V feels that Cao Cao is not as hypocritical and cunning as in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. At least his initial intention is good. Just because of that turbulent dynasty, it also had a great influence on his personal growth.
Romance of the Three Kingdoms and History of the Three Kingdoms