Cao Cao killed many people in his lifetime, including Yang Xiu, a civilian minister after the Battle of Hanzhong, who was proud of his talents and had no one in sight, and at the same time violated military law during the Battle of Hanzhong. Cao Cao's killing of Yang Xiu also makes sense from the legal point of view. But Cao Cao had also killed a divine doctor before that, and he was Hua Tuo. Hua Tuo was an angel practicing medicine, and even now Mr. Hua Tuo could not be regarded as a "national soldier", so why did Cao Cao kill Hua Tuo? In fact, Hua Tuo's identity is very catty!
What is wrong with Hua Tuo?
As we all know, Cao Cao suffered from a strange disease in his early years, and when he attacked Yuan Shao, Cao Cao had a headache, and later received Chen Lin's letter of solicitation of thieves, and Cao Cao was cured. At that time, Cao Cao also said that Chen Lin's article of begging thieves was far superior to 100,000 male soldiers, and the lethality was self-evident.
However, Chen Lin was not a doctor after all, and could only stimulate Cao Cao's heart, but it could not cure Cao Cao's illness.
To this end, Cao Cao, under the recommendation of Xun Yu and others, finally invited the famous doctor Hua Tuo.
Hua Tuo was already a famous doctor at that time, and his reputation was outstanding, if there was vibrato and Weibo at that time, Mr. Hua Tuo was at least 100,000 level big V.
However, Cao Cao did not care what kind of doctor he was, he only knew that his illness must be cured, and if he did not, there would be punishment. After some careful investigation, Hua Tuo found that Cao Cao had "wind saliva", and in order to alleviate the disease, he used his own acupuncture to heal Cao Cao.
Sure enough, the pain of Cao Cao, the King of Wei, did get better. Therefore, Cao Cao planned to hire Hua Tuo at a high salary and arranged for someone to let him live in the palace for a long time.
And Hua Tuo is a caged bird, willing to stay in the bird cage? So Hua Tuo ostensibly claimed that his wife was ill and had to go back to his hometown to see cao, so he took a leave of absence to bid farewell to Cao Cao. For several months, Hua Tuo did not return to Cao Cao's mansion, but Cao Cao's headache worsened, and he could only go to Hua Tuo's home to look for it.
Cao Cao ordered at that time that if Hua Tuo's wife was really ill, she should be rewarded heavily. If you are not sick, you can directly arrest and punish him. And Hua Tuo? Apparently, he belonged to the second situation, so he was questioned by Cao Cao and imprisoned.
So, just because Hua Tuo deceived Cao Cao, would he be asked to be beheaded? As the saying goes, the sin of deception is the capital offense. However, Cao Cao was not yet emperor at that time. Therefore, if Hua Tuo had committed the crime of deceiving the king, I am afraid that Cao Cao would not dare to use this crime to get rid of Hua Tuo. In fact, there were four major reasons why Cao Cao wanted to get rid of Hua Tuo.
First: Hua Tuo violated Cao Cao's legal will in public, which directly provoked Cao Cao's bottom line.
In real history, Hua Tuo died in 208 AD, around the Time of Chibi. It can be seen from this that when Guan Yu was in the Northern Expedition to Xiangfan, after being severely poisoned, it was not Hua Tuo who smelled the poison for Guan Yu, but someone else. Who is this person? Although it is not Hua Tuo, it is by no means a quack.
Otherwise, with Guan Yu's temperament, this person will definitely be beheaded.
Hua Tuo, after diagnosing Cao Cao, tried to escape Cao Cao's control because he lied that his wife was ill and needed to go home to take care of her. In Cao Cao's view, Hua Tuo's move was a blatant disobedience to his orders, and if Cao Cao had already claimed the throne at that time, how could Hua Tuo publicly provoke Cao Cao's Wang Wei?
If Hua Tuo, after being escorted back, begged for forgiveness and promised to do his best to save Cao Cao, perhaps Hua Tuo still had a chance to live, but Hua Tuo directly confessed. At that time, Cao Cao sent Hua Tuo to prison for "not conscripting crimes" and sent soldiers to severely punish Hua Tuo, how could Hua Tuo, a weak doctor, bear such a heavy punishment? In fact, it was hua tuo who was sentenced to death.
Second: Take Cao Cao as a guinea pig and challenge authority!
Hua Tuo's personality was actually somewhat similar to Guan Yu's, and he thought that his medical skills were unmatched, so he took Cao Cao's words as inappropriate. At the same time, the most fatal thing is that Hua Tuo regards Cao Cao as a guinea pig, claiming Cao Cao's illness in front of the internal servants, and wanting to use acupuncture can only delay his onset pain, and cannot be cured at all.
If you were Cao Cao, how would you feel when you heard Hua Tuo talk like this? In his heart, he wanted to thwart this man's arrogance, and as soon as he found a suitable reason, he immediately cleaned him up.
Subsequently, Hua Tuo put forward his own view, that is, craniotomy for surgery. During the Three Kingdoms period, I am afraid that even Hua Tuo did not do it, although at that time he praised in front of Cao Cao that he himself was at least half likely to succeed.
At that time, after Cao Cao heard about Hua Tuo's craniotomy, he only had two words, "This person came to murder a certain life!" Why did Cao Cao say this? In fact, this is no wonder cao Cao, after all, before the Three Kingdoms, no one had done craniotomy at all. Even if Hua Tuo was a genius in surgery, I am afraid that Cao Cao would not dare to let him use the knife. After all, it is a matter related to his own life, and without a perfect grasp, it is absolutely impossible for him to be Hua Tuo's "guinea pig".
Therefore, when Hua Tuo proposed to perform craniotomy on Cao Cao, Cao Cao decided that Hua Tuo was not at ease. This was also the most direct cause of Hua Tuo's death, if Hua Rong had prescribed formulas for Cao Cao with soup medicine and acupuncture at that time, I am afraid that Cao Cao would have blessed Hua Tuo's official position.
Third: Cao Chong's death may be related to Hua Tuo
Cao Chong was the most intelligent of Cao Cao's 25 sons. In the Chinese textbooks we have all learned, the story of Cao Chong called the elephant. But unfortunately, Cao Chong died in his early years, and if Cao Chong did not die, Cao Cao's successor would not be Cao Pi, indicating that Cao Cao would pass his position to Cao Chong.
However, according to historical records, Cao Chong died in 208 AD, and Hua Tuo's death time was also in 208 AD, if it was an illness, Cao Chong should have been in a sick state in 207 AD, and Hua Tuo was likely to be in Cao Cao's mansion at that time. At the same time, it is also possible that when Hua Tuo pretended to take leave to go home to visit his wife, Cao Chong fell seriously ill and died, which is also very likely.
It is also recorded in the "Biography of the Lingling Sages": Taizu Aizi Cangshu, who had a long and intelligent intellect, said that he could be with no doubt. This sentence is because Cao Chong died early, Cao Cao later moved the idea of getting rid of Zhou Buxi, it is very simple, if someone is too smart, and threatens the face and life of his Cao family, Cao Cao is bound to get rid of it.
And Hua Tuo? Although he was only a doctor, he did not obey Cao Cao's orders. When Cao Chong was seriously ill, he did not go to Cao Cao's mansion and asked Cao Cao if he could not kill Hua Tuo to get out of the evil in his heart?
Although Hua Tuo did not directly kill Cao Chong, "Bo Ren did not kill me, but he died because of Bo Ren", this truth is believed that Hua Tuo will also understand. And Cao Cao? He would also ignore Xun Yu's intercession and still insist on putting Hua Tuo to death and going to prison.
Fourth: Hua Tuo's real identity is actually very "catty", what is he?
Hua Tuo, many people only know that he is a doctor. However, during the chaotic Three Kingdoms period at that time, social turmoil was unstable, and it was an indisputable fact that the people were chatting about their lives. And Hua Tuo? What does it mean that his industry was considered a "lowly occupation" at the time?
Hua Tuo's profession was lowly at that time, only obeying orders, where there was an opportunity to choose, which was a common phenomenon.
In the midst of the chaotic world, Hua Tuo devoted himself to seeking medical treatment, during which he studied the treatment methods of Ma Boiling, as well as internal medicine, gynecology, pediatrics, including acupuncture and moxibustion, and at the same time, Hua Tuo also healed Chen Deng, Zhou Tai and other famous generals. From this point, it can be seen that Hua Tuo is no matter when and what generation, he only cares about his own medical skills.
However, Cao Cao did not know much about Hua Tuo. Like Hua Tuo, who disobeyed discipline, did not listen to the call, and was self-righteous, in Cao Cao's view, Hua Tuo was actually the same as Yang Xiu, who was later killed by him, and for this reason, Cao Cao also had to get rid of it quickly!
In fact, Hua Tuo's identity was that of a low-status "lowly doctor" at that time, but unfortunately, Hua Tuo had not yet figured out his status, and he was played to death by Cao Cao. If Hua Tuo had listened to Cao Cao's wishes at that time, I am afraid that Hua Tuo's name would have been even louder, and his life value and significance might have been greater!
Summary: In the chaotic world, we must be optimistic about our own status, as well as the hierarchical class, if you can't figure it out, it is likely to lose your life. Even Hua Tuo, who has excellent medical skills, and Yang Xiu, who is full of talent, cannot escape the living system in the big environment. After Cao Cao killed Hua Tuo at that time, at least he could ensure that no one in the medical field dared to provoke anymore, and as soon as he heard the call, he immediately sought medical treatment.
I just don't know if after 12 years, when Cao Cao was seriously ill, would he regret killing Hua Tuo?
After Cao Cao's death, when Cao Pi ascended the throne, there seemed to be a lot less opposition in the whole world, of course, this was inseparable from Cao Cao's death except for Hua Tuo, Yu Ji, Yang Xiu, and others.