The Three Kingdoms Chronicle's comment to Cao Cao, "The Capable Minister who Governs the World, the Adulterous Hero of the Chaotic World" is a good summary of Cao Cao's life. Cao Cao, this person, not only adulterous, but also deceitful, in the present point of view, is the kind of person who has a lot of ghost ideas, maybe not too bad heart, if there is no conflict of interests, there will be no contradiction with anyone, but this kind of person is absolutely interest-oriented, interests and human feelings, he will definitely choose the former. This kind of person is not bad, but it can't get too close.
After Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo that year, he fled with Chen Gong to the home of the late Lü Bohao, mistakenly taking the sound of Lü Bohao's killing of pigs as the other party wanting to kill himself, and after killing Lü Bohao's entire family, he also left the famous saying that "I would rather bear the people of the world than the people of the world bear me". It is a blatant demonstration of his principle of the primacy of interests. When the crusade against Yuan Shu was exhausted, he "borrowed" the head of the grain transport officer to appease the hearts of the army, and took down Yuan Shu with a single blow, which showed the depth of Cao Cao's heart and the fierceness of his means.
In fact, in the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao had a poisonous plan used twice, perhaps this scheme was too hidden to be written in the interpretation.
As we all know, the reason why Guan Yu passed five levels and beheaded six generals was because Cao Cao "forgot" to hand over the customs clearance documents to Guan Yu, and after careful analysis, it was not difficult to find that it was catty. Cao Cao is such a careful person, although the intelligence is not as high as Zhuge Liang, Guo Jia such as the anti-heaven CPU, but it is also considered to be the top figure of the Three Kingdoms, moreover, the CEO of the company has his own secretariat to manage daily affairs, Cao Cao Gui is the prime minister, the secretary around him must be a first-class careful person, how can this kind of thing not be imagined, not to mention, when Guan Yu left, Cao Cao also chased up to him to send him the national trip, will he not remember before leaving? Looking at the reactions of the five levels and six generals, one by one, as if they have a vendetta against Guan Yu, they can take it wisely, they can also be tough, they must kill Guan Yu quickly, is there any mistake, Guan Yu is a figure who is respected by the twelve points of the Chancellor, where do these little minions come from and tear his face? The only explanation is that Cao Cao deliberately failed to give Guan Yu a pass and secretly ordered his subordinates to kill Guan Yu, while Cao Cao ostensibly showed Guan Yu a show of favor to show his love for the people of the world, and the pot that killed Guan Yu had its own little minions. It was only because Guan Erye's wisdom and courage were unmatched, that he did not eat Cao Cao's set at all, forcibly passed the pass and beheaded the general, and zhang Liao secretly assisted, leaving a good story for future generations to pass five levels and cut six generals.
In his later years, Cao Cao repeated the same trick and used the same plan for himself and his career partner Xun Yu. Xun Yu was Cao Cao's first meritorious servant in pacifying the north, especially Guo Jia, and the leader of the Yingchuan Shi clan, making great contributions to Cao Cao's unity of clan forces. In their later years, the contradictions between the two gradually intensified on the issue of dealing with the Han Dynasty, and the contradictions in Cao Cao's claim to the throne could not be reconciled. Therefore, when Cao Cao conquered Sun Quan, he was known as a laborer and transferred Xun Yu away from Xuchang, the most powerful warrior clan, and gave Xun Yu an empty food box in Shouchun, near his garrison. Ancient called food Lu, no food is no Lu, according to the Book of Rites, the death of a soldier is not Lu, full of poetry and books and understand Cao Cao's Xun Yu naturally understand the deep meaning, unlike Guan Yu, he as Cao Cao's adviser, the main subject died, the subject had to die.