"Emperors of thousands of years, leisurely and all things, merits have their own people's words", there are several controversial emperors in the history of our country, such as The Weiwu Emperor Cao Cao, he is quite controversial in history, many people think that he is a generation of tyrants, and some people say that he is a generation of adulterous males. In short, Cao Cao has been controversial in history, received more praise, and received more depreciation, and some of Cao Cao's practices are even considered disgraceful by historians.
For example, chen Shou in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" in response to Cao Cao's killing of Cui Yan, he thought that Cao Cao's approach was really a cruel villain. In fact, in addition to killing Cui Yan and Kong Rong in his life, Cao Cao was also scolded for killing Yang Xiu and other famous people.
The story of Cao Cao killing Yang Xiu, we all learned in a text "The Death of Yang Xiu", Yang Xiu was proud of his talents, he loved to show off in front of Cao Cao, he originally wanted to get Cao Cao's appreciation and reuse it, and participated in Cao Cao's lichu major event, which undoubtedly touched Cao Cao's bottom line, and finally in the Battle of Hanzhong, he randomly guessed Cao Cao's mind in the name of chicken ribs, and was executed by Cao Cao.
When Cui Yan and Kong Rong were killed, they were both from their father's generation, and Yang Xiu was a young talent. History has also paid much attention to the story of Cao Cao's killing of Yang Xiuhou, and these records show Cao Cao's poisonousness. For example, the Guwenyuan records that after Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu, he wrote to Yang Xiu's father, Yang Biao, saying: "Yang Xiu relies on your influence and often does not share the same heart with me, which will cause your family to suffer, so I executed Yang Xiu." ("The power of the father, whenever he does not share with me, he will extend his feet to the next door and be tired")
The above meaning is that after Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu, he also told Yang Xiu's father, Yang Biao, saying: Your son is not angry, I killed your son for you, and you have to thank me. From Cao Cao's face, it could be seen that he was humiliating Yang Biao. Cao Cao's birth was very low, and after castration, once he gained power, he was like a mu monkey and crowned, and he would definitely be a blessing in disguise. Yang Biao and Yang Xiu were famous and prestigious families at that time, Yang Xiu was Yang Zhen's grandson, born in a family of generations, and the Book of Later Han said that "from zhen to Biao, the fourth taiwei".
First of all, Yang Xiu's birth alone was enough to make Cao Cao ashamed of himself, and Yang Xiu's talent made Cao Cao hopeless, and the "World Speaks New Language" said that Yang Xiu's talent Cao Cao had lamented that he was inferior. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that Cao Cao still did not understand his hatred after killing Yang Xiu, in addition to writing a letter to humiliate Yang Biao, he wanted to humiliate Yang Biao when he met Yang Biao once, and as a result, he was scared back by Yang Biao, and this dialogue is very famous: (Cao Cao) saw his father Biao and asked: "Why is gong so thin?" Right: "Shame on the foresight of the day, like the love of the old cow licking calf." it up.
It means that after Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu, he saw Yang Xiu's father, Yang Biao, and asked him, "Why are you so thin?" Yang Biao replied, "I am ashamed that I do not have the foresight of Kim Il-seok, and I still have the love of an old calf." ”
Here is a story that Emperor Wudi's favorite minister, Jin Ilju, had two sons, the eldest of whom was very popular with Emperor Wudi of Han. Emperor Wu of han even often referred to Jin Il-ri's son as "Wu'er". When Kim Il-seok's eldest son became an adult, he actually committed adultery with the palace maid, and Kim Il-seok knew about this and killed his son without hesitation.
Obviously, Yang Biao quoted this story, saying that he did not have the foresight to kill his son, and was satirizing Cao Cao's fierce heart, "What is my son's crime, how do I not know his crime, how did you Cao Cao fabricate the crime and kill my son?" What is even more absolute is that in the second half of the sentence, I cherish the love of the old cow and calf, miss my son, and feel sorry for my son being killed, and my body has become thinner! "Old cow lick calf" has also become an idiom, and later it has become a mantra for the elderly to prefer their children and grandchildren.