Regarding Cao Cao's views, everyone has different opinions, but one thing is recognized by everyone, that is, Cao Cao is a well-deserved tyrant. With the subversion of the true image of Cao Cao in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", many people began to feel that Cao Cao was not as bad as it was written in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and he also had a lot of merit, and he was a famous politician, thinker, and even a military expert.
But whether it is the Romance of the Three Kingdoms or the History, there is a common description of Cao Cao, that is, he likes to rob other people's wives.
During the Battle of Xia Pi, Cao Cao took Guan Yu to attack Xia Pi, and before the siege of the city, Guan Yu had heard that Qin Yilu's wife Du Shi was quite beautiful and wanted Cao Cao to give himself a promise after capturing the city. Therefore, before the siege of the city, Guan Yu put forward his ideas to Cao Cao and repeatedly emphasized them. Cao Cao also liked Guan Yu very much at that time, and immediately made a promise to reward Guan Yu.
Before the war, Guan Yu was still uneasy and made his own request to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao saw that Guan Yu attached great importance to this matter, so he also left a heart eye and perfunctorily said two sentences to Guan Yu. After the battle, Cao Cao remembered Guan Yu's previous request, met Du Shi, found that Du Shi looked quite beautiful, and immediately moved his mind to take this Du Shi for his own use. At this time, Guan Yu approached Cao Cao to inquire about Du Shi, but Cao Cao began to pretend to be stupid, and Quan Dang Guan Yu never asked for it. This also made Guan Yu hold a grudge against Cao Cao, which led to Guan Yu's action of slapping his horse to behead Cao Cao during the hunt of Emperor Xian of Han.
In addition, in cao cao's battle of Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu saw that he could not compete with Cao Cao, so he could only surrender to him. However, after Cao Cao saw Zhang Xiu's uncle's wife, he suddenly had an idea and wanted to include the other party in his harem. But where does this make Zhang Xiu's face go? Surrender was not a glorious thing, and Cao Cao humiliated himself in this way. Zhang Xiu suddenly thought more and more angrily, taking advantage of Cao Cao's relaxation of vigilance to raid Cao Cao, killing Cao Cao's army and fleeing. Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang, nephew Cao Anmin, and the fierce general Dianwei were all killed in this battle.
There was also the Battle of Yecheng, where Cao Cao had heard that Zhen Mi, Yuan Xi's wife, was very beautiful and wanted to take the other party for himself. After the attack on Yicheng, Cao Cao was also in a hurry to see Zhen Mi, not wanting his son Cao Pi to be one step ahead of him at this time and occupy Zhen Mi. Cao Cao saw that it was dumb to eat Huang Lian, but he was a father, and it was impossible to rob his son of his wife, so he had to leave in anger.
So what is the reason why Cao Cao left behind this characteristic of liking "human wives"? In the society of that time, there were three points.
1. Beautiful
Although it is said that Cao Cao likes to rob other people's wives, it does not mean that he has ideas when he sees everyone, and all the concubines who are robbed by Cao Cao are beautiful and immortals. At that time, women were basically married at the age of thirteen or fourteen, and Cao Cao was still just an unknown person at that age, where was the blessing to marry a beautiful wife?
2. Power
In ancient times, there was a saying that "the parents' fate matchmaker's words", and there were countless marriages for political reasons. Among these wives taken by Cao Cao, there was also a very important point, that is, they took a fancy to the family forces behind them and could help themselves to rule the territory in their hands more conveniently.
3. Era
Due to the frequent wars at that time, a large number of men lost their lives because of the war, and women were widowed in that era and could hardly support themselves, so they had to remarry. This remarriage also caused her to become someone else's wife, and even if Cao Cao wanted to find those yellow flower girls, he couldn't find anyone.