During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao relied on his unique advantages to bring the Son of Heaven to order the princes and the imperial court to monopolize power, although he was a chancellor, he actually performed the imperial duties, so why did Cao Cao not depose The Han XianDi and establish himself as emperor?
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First, Cao Cao's position is high and powerful, above ten thousand people, and the desire to be an emperor is no longer so strong.
Cao Cao, who had the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes, actually monopolized the power, and wanted the wind to get the wind and the rain to get the rain. No one below opposes, nor dares to oppose, as the actual ruler, the fly in the ointment is that he has not yet become the emperor. Cao Cao has come to this point, he has the right to have everything he wants, and he has enjoyed all the glory and wealth, and being an emperor is no longer something he has to do.
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Second, fear the power of public opinion and fear of losing the hearts and minds of the people.
Although Cao Cao was already a high-ranking and powerful person, it was a lie to say that he did not want to be emperor at all, but the foundation of the Han Dynasty was still huge, and there were many old ministers who supported the Khan Dynasty, and Cao Cao did not want to leave a notoriety of usurping power, and was pointed out by thousands of people and lost the hearts of the people.
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Third, Cao Cao likes talents.
Cao Cao had a far-sighted vision, and did his best to recruit the world's talents, if the reputation was bad, even people with lofty ideals dared to come and run.
At that time, Guan Yu fell to Cao Cao's hands, Cao Cao cherished Guan Yu, could not bear to kill him, treated him as a guest, and then Guan Yu did not quit, Cao Cao did not issue a must-kill order in the end, Cao Cao respected Guan Yu's personality, it can be seen that Cao Cao not only likes talents, but also cherishes talents. Guan Yu fell into the hands of Sun Quan, but he did not have such good luck, because in Sun Quan's eyes, he only saw benefits.
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Although Cao Cao also killed many talents, they were all forced to do so when they could not bear it. Kong Rong was one of the Seven Sages of Jian'an, but he liked to criticize current politics, often speaking fiercely, angering Cao Cao, and as a result, he was killed. Yang Xiu was also a talented eight dou, just because the waiter was proud, he often played some clever tricks in front of Cao Cao, so that Cao Cao was praised on the surface, disgusted in his heart, coupled with political disagreements, and finally caused trouble. This does not mean that Cao Cao did not love talent, but can only say that they could not see the form clearly and did not know people.
Although Cao Cao did a lot of things that everyone spurned, he made indelible contributions to the construction and development of the country and in the field of literature. Although Cao Cao did not become an emperor, in everyone's hearts, he was a generation of tyrants, the king of the Wei kingdom!