Three Kingdoms, a turbulent era; a man of the Three Kingdoms, whether Tengda or Fallen, in which character plays a crucial role.
Xun Yu, as Cao Cao's most important person, nearly half of the advisers in the Wei think tank were recommended by him. Cao Wei founded the country, his greatest contribution, his own character is good, and Cao Cao is also a child's family. The prestige and status of Wei can really be said to be indistinguishable for a while!
With Xun Yu's prestige, he only slightly expressed his dissatisfaction with Cao Cao's claim to be the King of Wei, who knew that he had provoked the ruler's chance to kill: Cao Cao first put Xun Yu under his own mate, putting him in an awkward position, and then at the right time sent an empty box to signal an emptiness, Xun Yu would understand, so he took poison and committed suicide - there is also a saying that he died of anger, but in short, he was forced to die by Cao Cao. (Although Xun Yu was a heavy courtier, he was only honored in fame and did not have much real power in his hands, so there should be no reason for the high merits of the lord, and it is very likely that he was framed, and it is more important to say that Xun Yu's death was mainly related to Yuan Shao's letters in Xuchang... ）
Looking at the entire Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao's two favorite things to do are nothing more than killing people with a knife and eliminating dissidents, and getting rid of those who pose a threat to him: just say that Xun Yu is essentially a good person, treating things fairly, his popularity is good, and his personal honesty and honesty are also recognized by everyone - but a good old man obeyed for a long time, but in the end he could not help but get up and fight (not to mention that Xun Yu only made a few complaints) Such a small complaint may not sound like anything in others, but in the ears of Cao Cao, who is becoming more and more eager to achieve success in his later years, Xun Yu's voice was really no less than a terrifying noise: Even Xun Yu had to rise up against me, let alone other people?
Sure enough, Xun Yu's few complaints made Cao Cao nervous at once. To this day, although our descendants cannot speculate on Yu Yuxiong's words and deeds, they can kill their closest comrades-in-arms - it can be seen that in order to clear the last obstacle, Cao Cao has made great determination. For a person who is resolute and resolute and advocates power, he can do whatever it takes to achieve the goal, or even to the extreme!
Even we have a lesson in this: an old and good person in everyone's impression, don't suddenly try to change yourself after living for most of your life - 80% of others will treat you as a foreign body! There is a hypocritical side to human nature, and although the long-term mask is really depressing, you must face the harsh reality of society! Xun Yu was the same, if he didn't resist, Cao Cao probably didn't have a good excuse to kill him, and probably he was reluctant to kill him--just some things, although there were some things that didn't need to be justified, but a small detail, a small mistake was enough to be fatal!
What's more, we can also see that Xun Yu did not really want to oppose Cao Cao--the blood in his bones did not have much spirit of resistance, but the so-called "orthodox thought" that hovered in the heads of every dignified scholar at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty made him unable to accept his full assistance for a while, and he was faced with a rebellious "national thief"!
As the Wei forces grew stronger and stronger, Cao Cao's ambitions could be seen by everyone, and the death date of the Han Dynasty was only a matter of time; but Xun Yu's bloodiness still made him reluctant to see this scene too early, so he, as the only remaining heavy minister of the Eastern Han regime and the head of the Han faction in the imperial court, of course, he had to make his position clear. But dissatisfaction is only dissatisfaction, but not opposition, let alone full resistance and obstruction. Without this small friction, he would still be Cao Cao's closest comrade-in-arms in the same trench, the most ardent son and daughter...
It was a pity that different voices upset Cao Cao at that most sensitive moment--Xun Yu probably didn't expect that what awaited him would be such an end! If he had known that Cao Cao was such a person, would he regret his original choice?
Cao Cao's real thoughts were: Xun Yu, damn it! He also really made a move, from Kong Rong all the way to Xun Yu, and sure enough, all the people were silenced--the perhaps only trace of freshness in their minds was also escorted out of the noon gate along with Kong Rong and others, in the hot afternoon, in the dull air, with the wind fluttering...
As for Cao Cao, he has regained the old chatter and laughter, the calmness of Qingmei boiling wine, and he can continue his own way of being a diligent king under the banner of recruiting sages and cherishing talents, and he can also wave the world's radish stick to round his dream of "Cao Hou, the general of the Han Dynasty".
Xun Yu's death was thought-provoking—he could have taken a generous pension and made great strides on the bright road of the founding father and the three dukes of Great Wei, but in the end he became a pawn for the rulers of the Cao Wei regime to kill chickens and monkeys and stifle public opinion; with Cao Cao's strength and meritorious prestige, he could have taken the road of Wang Mang, but in the end he became the King of Zhou Wen. Isn't all this due to character?