Cao Cao, adoptive grandfather Cao Jie was the Great Changqiu (two thousand stones), his father Cao Song served as a lieutenant (ten thousand stones), and after entering the army, he served as the minister of state of Jinan (two thousand stones).
Liu Bei, grandfather Liu Xiong was a county commander (six hundred stones), his father had no official, and after he made meritorious service in the army to recruit the Yellow Turban, he became a lieutenant of Anxi County (four hundred stones).
(Han Dynasty official system: 10,000 stones are equivalent to the positive one product of the later generations, two thousand stones are equivalent to the positive two products, six hundred stones are equivalent to the positive seven products, and four hundred stones are equivalent to the positive eight products)
Therefore, it is often believed that Liu Bei started from scratch as a commoner who weaved straw shoes, and was able to stand on his own feet with Cao Cao and Sun Quan, and his ability was definitely stronger than Cao Cao's "second generation official", but it was a pity that the timing was not good, and he did not cast a good fetus, and therefore regretted that Liu Bei's ambitions were difficult to fulfill, and his dream of restoring the Han Room was in vain.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao:
So, is this really true history?
In fact, the "three divisions of the world under Wei Shu Wu" itself is only a one-sided historical fact. Modern people just look at the map of the three kingdoms at the time of the establishment, and there is probably the illusion that the territory of Shu and Wu is vast, and the sum of the two can compete with Cao Wei.
In fact, during the two Han Dynasties, the world was divided into thirteen states, and the Cao Wei Dynasty occupied a total of nine prefectures in the Central Plains: Yanzhou, Yuzhou, Sizhou, Xuzhou, Jizhou, Qingzhou, Hezhou, Youzhou, Liangzhou, and 1/3 Jingzhou, and parts of Yangzhou:
The State of Shu occupied only one prefecture of Yizhou, while Eastern Wu occupied all of Jiaozhou, most of Jingzhou and Yangzhou.
Therefore, the Shu state of Wu seems to be a big place, but in terms of population density and development, the two countries combined are only equivalent to half of Cao Wei, which has seven of the world's seven.
Han Dynasty population density map
: The darker the color, the greater the population density, and the lighter the color, the smaller the population density.
If we compare it to the modern territory, the State of Shu is equivalent to occupying the three northeastern provinces; the State of Wu is equivalent to occupying the sparsely populated Xinjiang, Qinghai, and Tibet; and the State of Wei is equivalent to the traditional Eighteen Provinces of the Central Plains Han Dynasty, plus Inner Mongolia.
Then such a three-way force, who is the orthodox of the Central Plains and who is the remote division, is already clear at a glance.
Cao Cao spent twenty years and successively flattened the Central Plains: yanzhou by yellow turbans, Yuzhou by yuanshu, Emperor Desizhou by emperor, Xuzhou by lübu, Yangzhou (north by yuan), Jingzhou (north by zhangxiu), Jingzhou (north) by Zhang Xiu, Jizhou by Yuan Shao and Yuan Shangzhou, Qingzhou by Qingzhou, Gao Gande prefecture by gao, Youzhou by youzhou, Yongzhou and Liangzhou by Two, and finally two Han and thirteen states in jiuzhou, and two of the three worlds.
(Note: The Han Dynasty's Si Li Colonel's Department was divided into Si Prefecture and Yong Prefecture in Cao Wei)
Compared with the two brothers who inherited the past and the future, and worked together to seize the power of Sun Ce and Sun Quan of Jing, Yang, and Jiao, and liu Bei, who fought hard all his life to benefit only one prefecture, Cao Cao was of course the "Three Kingdoms Period" at the end of the Han Dynasty.
Ming Li is the best, very person, supernatural master.
(Chen Shouyu, author of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms), worthy of the later Li Shimin "
With a majestic posture, often difficult luck, the responsibility of the beams, the same time, the merit of Kuang Zheng, different from the past
Praise.
Because too many people are based on the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" and its derivatives of film and television, drama, games, fan fiction, etc., to understand the Three Kingdoms, but the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is based on Liu Bei as the protagonist's perspective, focusing on Cao Cao as an opposing villain demon king to portray, so many readers do not have sufficient understanding of Cao Cao's political, economic, military measures, naturally cao Cao's historical merits and historical status will be greatly underestimated.
For example, in the warlord melee, the chaotic era of the end of the Han Dynasty, cao cao almost single-handedly and one army turned to the northern frontier of the Central Plains, commanding a total of eleven major victories against the Yidi army.
Sweep away Wuhuan, suppress the Xiongnu, pacify the Qiang, and surrender Xianbei
, so that all parties Yidi could not take advantage of the void into the Central Plains as a disaster. Such a great contribution to the historical merits was mentioned in the "Yanyi".
From the perspective of "Yanyi", watching Liu Bei's clique from the beginning of the army, it has won small victories and big victories all the way, and has repeatedly killed the generals of the Cao Army in a fictitious manner, and the real fiasco has been passed by
Battle of Dangyang
Cao Cao personally led five thousand tigers and leopards to ride to crush the main force of the Chinese army, the two daughters were captured by Cao Cao, and from then on life and death are unknown, and the fiasco of this level can also rely on a fictional "Zhao Zilong seven in seven out of ten thousand troops are difficult to defeat", whitewashed as if it were a big victory.
As everyone knows, Liu Bei relied on pits to deceive Liu Zhang, anti-guest, so that it was easy to take Yizhou as a foothold at the same time,
Cao Cao had already crushed Ma Chao, killed Han Sui, pacified the Guanxi warlords, taken yongzhou and Liangzhou, and fought four battles at Chaohu Lake, allowing Sun Quan, who was suppressed by hundreds of thousands of troops, and struggled to resist the exhausted Sun Quan and finally sought peace and submission
Wei and Wu jointly attacked Jingzhou and besieged and killed Guan Yu
A big drama.
The final ending is Cao Caoyi
Excellent strategic layout
and
A powerful diplomatic offensive
He sent troops to kill Guan Yu, captured Jingzhou, and sacrificed his first rank, and was also made a general of the Hussars, Jingzhou Mu, and Nanchang Marquis. Sun Quan paid tribute to Cao Cao and released all the Wei generals who had been captured before.
Therefore, after the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao and Liu Bei, who was more successful? Does anyone really think that [0+2-1] is stronger than [7+2]?
By the time of Cao Cao's death, the two Han and thirteen prefectures had nine prefectures, nominally twelve prefectures, and those who still raised troops to resist, leaving only Yizhou and one prefecture occupied by Liu Bei.
In contrast, isn't Liu Bei still a Yizhou pastor in essence? Before he died, he left behind a mess of a dying country, whether he was the king of Hanzhong or the emperor of the Han Dynasty, could he change the ruthless reality?
In just a few years, the Battle of Jingxiang and the Battle of Xiaoting were defeated twice, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses lost before and after, and the generals and backbone of the army suffered countless losses, (the chief general Guan Yu, the mastermind Ma Liang, the general Guan Ping, Feng Xi, Zhang Nan, Fu Wei, etc.; the general Zhang Fei was assassinated; the heavy general Meng Da, Huang Quan, and other defectors to the enemy country... ）
This is no different from the Chen Youyi regime after the defeat of the four prefectures in Hebei and Poyang Lake before Yuan Shao's death. As Zhuge Liang said in the "Table of Renunciation": "
This is also the autumn of the dying of the dying
”。
Zhuge Liang was able to return to his fate against heaven, resist Jiuzhou strongly, and fight Sima Yi to stick to it, so he was a soldier of the country that was unparalleled in the ages, but it was not how good the foundation that Liu Bei left for him!
however
Cao Cao played a "9:1" super high score against Liu Bei before his death, which directly laid the absolute national strength advantage of Cao Wei over Shu Han.
After Zhuge Liang took over the Shu Han regime, he had to fall into the dilemma of poor national strength, and even though he exhausted his mental strength and bowed down to the end, he was unable to return to heaven after all.
Of course, although Liu Bei did not fight a foreign war to resist Hu Kou and open up the territory, he did not slaughter the city or kill prisoners in his life, nor was he worthy of a generation of benevolent monarchs. Liu Bei's heart was equally open-minded, and when he discussed Cao Cao, a fierce enemy in his life, he always admired his talents when he discussed privately with Zhuge Liang ([...]
Emperor Xian called Cao Neng
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Zhuge Liang, an ancient sage and the embodiment of national wisdom, also recognized Cao Cao's personal ability:【
Cao Cao's wisdom and scheming are extraordinary to people, and his use of soldiers is also like Sun Wu
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There is also Cao Cao Liu Bei Qingmei boiling wine, discussing heroes together, Cao Cao feels sorry for Guan Yu, and Liu Bei praises Zhou Yu
Gong Jin Wen Wu Strategy, Ten Thousand People Ying
Sun Quan praised Zhuge Liang【
Received by the bequest of the auxiliary government, the wealth of the country was punished, although Yi Yinge was in the imperial heaven, and Zhou Gongguang was in the four tables, it was incomparable
Sima Yi admired Zhuge Liang's "wizards under the heavens." After Sima Yan unified the Three Kingdoms, he specially sent people to collect and learn Zhuge Liang's art of war...
This kind of open-mindedness that opposes each other's positions, but also respects and recognizes the ability and performance of opponents, is the three countries!
It is the charm of the culture of the Three Kingdoms that has been passed down for thousands of years in our great nation!
And some of the "fan circle theory history" disciples who adhere to the thinking of primary school students who are not black and white, good and evil, with the purity of Zhuge Cheng's character and the suddenness of their hearts, if they see this group and the traffic star fans are no different
Brain residue powder
, will also cry and laugh.