General reading "? Everyone in The Romance of Three Kingdoms knows the cause and effect of Yang Xiu being killed by Cao Cao. Yang Xiu is witty, clever and eloquent. With his own talent, he was appreciated and valued by Cao Cao and became the prime minister of Cao Cao.
After the Guangmen incident, there was a crunchy sound, and the murder case appeared in Cao Cao's dream. When Wu Zhi happened, Cao Cao secretly watched out for Yang Xiu. Later, he secretly intervened in the abolition of Prince Li, which caused great dissatisfaction and jealousy of Cao Cao. During the Hanzhong War, Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu on the charge of "chicken ribs" and gave him a heavy funeral, giving him many things to show his comfort to his relatives. Yang Xiuzhi's death is vividly written in Luo Guanzhong's Romance of the Three Kingdoms, leaving no trace of Cao Cao's murder of Yang Xiu. Instead, he handled the "chicken rib incident" impartially, beheaded Yang Xiu according to law, and did it perfectly, eliminating a hidden danger in his heart and relieving his worries.
Yang Xiu, as a counselor in feudal times, was a typical figure in ancient China. His talent and knowledge are outstanding, and his speculation, analysis, judgment and prediction of the psychological activities of Prime Minister Cao Cao are also quite accurate, rapid, agile and predictable. Yang Xiu also lost his life because of the accuracy of this foresight. Yang Xiu hesitated about Cao Cao's ambivalence before withdrawing troops. Although he is knowledgeable at the helm, as Cao Cao's staff for many years, he has enough knowledge of Cao Cao's suspicious and violent character. He mistakenly thought that Cao Cao wouldn't take his head at all, so he dared to tell the truth in the army that Cao Cao was going to retreat, let the soldiers pack up and salute, and prepare to move troops back to the DPRK. This is a typical example of cleverness being overtaken by cleverness.