"Romance of the Three Kingdoms" can be called a "magic book" to some extent. Because he was obviously a hero of the Three Kingdoms period, he became a "villain" just because he was hacked by the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", such as Cao Cao.
On the contrary, they are obviously shameless people, but because of the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" to beautify, they have successfully whitewashed, and even become "heroes". Among them, the most prominent are these 3 three kingdoms figures. In order to whitewash these three people, the Romance of the Three Kingdoms almost used a "full set of martial arts".
First, Liu Bei's divine assist: Gongsun Zhan
Gongsun Zhan in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" belongs to the character of "the dragon sees the head but does not see the end". Always magically appear at key moments, assist Liu Bei!
For example, when the Eighteenth Route Princes rebelled against Dong Zhuo, Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei were not eligible to participate at all, but because of Gongsun Zhan's acceptance, they appeared among the Eighteenth Route Princes and became famous in one fell swoop. The reason for this is only because Gongsun Zhan and Liu Bei are classmates. Later, he gave Zhao Yun an assist to Liu Bei.
What about the real Gongsun Zhan in history? It is much more powerful than in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". At one time, he was called Xiong liaodong and threatened hebei, and Yuan Shao, who had beaten him, could not lift his head. However, Gongsun Zhan was a shameless person who divided up the localities for his own selfish interests. Originally, the imperial court ordered Liu Yu to sit in Hebei, because he had a very high prestige among the ethnic minorities in the north and knew how to "combine rigidity and softness".
However, Gongsun Zhan obstructed from it, and eventually coerced the emissaries of the imperial court to kill Liu Yu, and from then on, he divided one side and plundered the people's fat and people's ointment, which once again triggered the liaodong rebellion, but he remained the same. This led to his rebellion and eventual failure. Therefore, the evaluation of Gongsun Zhan in history is not high, so that it is compared with Yuan Shu: the death of Gongsun Zhan is the same as that of Yuan Shu.
Second, Cao Cao's black powder: You Heng
In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, You Heng, similar to the historical appearance, belongs to Cao Cao's black powder. However, in order to highlight You Heng's courage, many key details were deleted, resulting in a positive image of You Heng, a "drumming and cursing Cao", which attracted the full hall of color in future generations.
Although you Heng in history also "beat the drum and cursed Cao", several details show his shameless color. For example, after Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han to Xu Du, he triggered many able people to run to Xu Du to serve the Han Dynasty. Among them, You Heng sprinkled many business cards all over the sky, but no one appreciated them.
Someone kindly reminded: "Chen Qun and Sima Lang were reused by the imperial court, why don't you go to them?" But You Heng said, "I won't make friends with people who kill pigs and sell meat." Then he satirized Xun Yu again: The line of dry mourning is the best.
Later, he was easily recommended to Cao Cao by Kong Rong, but he said that he looked down on Cao Cao and satirized Cao Cao many times. Cao Cao was so angry that he couldn't do anything, but he appreciated his talent, and after hearing that You Heng was very good at drumming, he made him a "drum official". Judging by Your previous performance, he should refuse. But who expected him to take office, so this happened when the drumming and cursing Cao incident occurred.
Therefore, the shamelessness of Your Balance lies in the fact that once you do not get the desired results, you become irrational. Obviously, the heart is as small as a sesame seed, but it is necessary to show a crazy appearance with the world in mind.
Third, Liu Bei's mascot: Ma Chao
Ma Chao in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" can be called loyalty, filial piety, and righteousness, and he is all-encompassing. In order to avenge his father, he rebelled against Cao Cao and killed Cao Cao badly, because he laid the true color of "tiger general".
But in fact, Ma Chao in history can be called a shameless person who is unfaithful, unfilial, and unrighteous. After his father Ma Teng went to Xudu, he handed over the Xiliang team to him to lead. However, Ma Chao completely disregarded the safety of his father Ma Teng, and united to kill his mother's enemy Han Sui and turned against Cao Cao.
And Ma Chao also said such a sentence to Han Sui: Now, I don't want my father, take you Han Sui as my father! So, don't want your son, take me as your son!
It should be noted that Ma Chao's mother died at the hands of Han Sui. Now, in order to dominate Xiliang, he also confessed to being a thief and murdering his father. Where in the world is there such loyalty and filial piety? In the end, this led Cao Cao to kill Ma Teng.
Talking about Ma Chao's injustice, the main evidence is that when Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, even his general Pound De threw it to Zhang Lu! It should be noted that Ma Chao also needs helpers no matter how brave he is, and Pound is his most powerful helper, and he has been following Ma Chao since the beginning. Whether Ma Chao is prosperous or decaying, he will not abandon it.
Now, Ma Chao defected to Liu Bei, which is equivalent to betraying Pound De to Zhang Lu and betraying his father Ma Teng with him, which is a routine. So why would Pound later prefer to die and surrender? With such a lord as Ma Chao, who wants to go over again?
Therefore, although "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" uses various means to wash Ma Chao, it ultimately gives people the feeling that "Ma Chao is Liu Bei's mascot", because shamelessly arrived home, it is difficult to wash white!