"Shame on the foresight of the sun, and cherish the love of the old calf." --Yang Biao
Regarding the death of Yang Xiu, Cao Cao's master book during the Three Kingdoms period, there are many opinions in history. Some people say that Yang Xiu was killed because he did not understand politics. Of course, some people say that he is not clear about his position. Others believe that Yang Xiu was killed because Cao Cao was too small.1.
There are many such statements, but there is one the most representative one, that is, Yang Xiu himself is too "arrogant and open-minded", always making a fuss around Cao Cao, so that the clever is mistaken by the clever, and eventually leads to the disaster of killing.
On the surface, it seems that Cao Cao was not angry that he had repeatedly guessed his own thoughts, so in the spirit of jealousy and virtuousness, he killed Yang Xiu for the crime of "disturbing the hearts of our army", but in fact, Yang Xiu's death sin was his own.
I. Death of Yang Xiu
After reading through the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, we will find that Cao Cao is indeed a very contradictory person. Because in the book he is a self-absorbed, insidious and hypocritical person. The famous saying, "I'd rather teach me to bear the world's people than teach the people of the world to bear me" was what he said.
However, judging from his life's actions and ability to resist Shu Wei, he was definitely a man of great talent who could rule the world. Therefore, if you judge Cao Cao's small belly and chicken intestines by Yang Xiu's death, it is indeed impossible to say.
In fact, Cao Cao still attaches great importance to talents. For example, Chen Lin once wrote a text for Yuan Shao and insulted Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was still willing to accept the other party.
So, what crime did Yang Xiu commit that led to being killed by Cao Cao? A little interesting talk is nothing more than "adding life inside the door to become wide", "one person eats crisp and crispy" and so on. Although Cao Cao was surprised that Yang Xiu could guess his own thoughts, he was still very jealous of Yang Xiu in his heart, and even felt disgusted.
Of course, at this time, Cao Cao was not ready to kill Yang Xiu, so he thought of a way to mention Yang Xiu on the grounds of killing people in his dreams. But Yang Xiu made himself clever and said Cao Cao's meaning in public. As a result, Cao Cao was even more disappointed in Yang Xiu.
If Yang Xiu could restrain his wild personality, then the ending might be different. However, he did not know whether he was alive or dead, he actually participated in Cao Cao's family affairs and was involved in the struggle between Cao Zhi and Cao Pi for power. In order to support Cao Zhi to come to power, Yang Xiuli threw himself into Cao Cao's favor, which triggered Cao Cao's murderous heart.
Sure enough, in the later "Chicken Rib" incident, Yang Xiu made himself clever to use as a military order, and as a result, Cao Cao, who could not bear it, was overjoyed in his heart and cut him off on the charge of yang Xiu's confusion of our army's heart.
Second, the old calf
After Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Although Yang Xiu is a very talented person and can often guess his thoughts, such a person is too unscrupulous. Guessing Cao Cao's thoughts is just that, but he still likes to say it in public, which is not to expose Cao Cao's dark side.
In desperation, Cao Cao had no choice but to kill him. Of course, Cao Cao thought that he was a male lord who was lenient with others, and naturally could not let people gossip, believing that he was jealous of Xianneng before killing Yang Xiu. So what to do? Cao Cao thought of a way and took the initiative to go to Yang Xiu's father Yang Biao for questioning.
Yang Biao's son was killed by Cao Cao, so his heart was naturally painful. But Cao Cao took the initiative to come to ask questions and asked him why he had become so thin? On the surface, it seems to be a simple greeting, but the implication is nothing more than whether Cao Cao has lost weight because he did not eat well and sleep badly because cao Cao killed his son.
As a result, Yang Biao was very "on the road", and directly said that he was very ashamed, not as prescient as Kim Il-seok, but still harbored the love of the old calf.
Obviously, Cao Cao was very satisfied with Yang Biao's answer. Because Kim Il-seo's foresight was to take the initiative to kill his son who misbehaved, and the reason why Kim Il-seok's son was killed by himself was because he was "arrogant and open-minded".
Yang Biao's answer obviously pushed all the blame on his son. In other words, Yang Biao also believed that his son's murder was a deserved thing.
Therefore, for Cao Cao's question, Yang Biao can at most express his love for his son. And Cao Cao himself also achieved his own goals, it is obvious that he killed Yang Xiu, whom he hated very much, and did not turn his face with the Yang family, the key is that he also saved his reputation, which can be described as killing three birds with one stone.
So, did Yang Xiu really do something wrong?
Third, Yang Xiu's own problems
In fact, Yang Xiuwei is really not commendable in terms of human handling. It must be admitted that Yang Xiu is indeed quick-witted, and his brain turns faster than ordinary people. However, since he was extremely clever and could guess Cao Cao's thoughts again and again, how could he not guess that Cao Cao was still an old and treacherous lord.
For example, Cao Cao wrote a movable word on the door, since Yang Xiu guessed Cao Cao's thoughts, he should take the initiative to mention it to Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao can have room to play, and it is not better to change the door to smaller after Cao Cao speaks!
For another example, Cao Cao's order "chicken ribs", since Yang Xiu can guess Cao Cao's dilemma, then take the initiative at this time, and analyze the inappropriateness of entering and refusing to defend, and then state the reasons for the retreat, I think Cao Cao will also be very satisfied with Yang Xiu's talent.
But how did Yang Xiu do it? He directly "solved" the meaning of chicken ribs, directly passed on military orders, and let the troops pack their bags and prepare for retreat. This kind of thing is small, just showing his talent, but on the big side, it is bypassing Cao Cao himself and directly passing on military orders. This was absolutely intolerable to Cao Cao.
As a result, Yang Xiu, who was arrogant and arrogant, was beheaded by Cao Cao for the crime of "disturbing the hearts of our army". For the death of his son Yang Xiu, Yang Biao, the father, could see through it, so when answering Cao Cao's question, he only said that he did not have the foresight of Jin Il-ri.
It can be seen from this that Yang Xiu's death is no wonder to Cao Cao, he is all self-inflicted.
epilogue:
According to the records of books such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Book of later Han, Yang Xiu was killed because he sided with Cao Zhi during the conquest, and because he was Yuan Shu's nephew, he was killed by Cao Cao. But a closer look reveals that Cao Cao killed him for his own sake. Because he can't tolerate a person who can guess his own mind and still shout everywhere.
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