A few years ago, there was a saying, "What is the most important thing in the 21st century?" It's talent! In fact, this sentence is not outdated in both the present and in ancient times. During the Warring States period, Shang Martin promoted his governing philosophy in various countries but was not taken seriously, and later Qin Xiaogong appreciated and reused Shang Martingale, and the Qin State flourished after the change of law led by Shang Martingale, and finally annihilated the Six Kingdoms to unify the world at the hands of Qin Wang Yingzheng.
Cao Cao, the overlord of the Three Kingdoms period, was also a thirsty monarch, and the first thing he did after each city was to inquire and recruit local sages. Although that era was still an era dominated by scholars, Cao Cao did not attach importance to his origins, only to talents, and issued 3 orders in his lifetime, which recruited many talents for Cao Wei and laid the foundation for unifying the world. But there is such a child prodigy, who was jealous and sent to assassinate Cao Cao after helping him break the city. Jingzhou Prodigy Zhou is not in doubt
During the Three Kingdoms period, Jingzhou was a great state with a brilliant spirit, because of the strong academic atmosphere, there was Sima Hui, the water mirror of the world, there were also Wolong and Fengchi who helped Liu Bei achieve hegemony, and there were talents such as Ma Liang, Ma Chen's brothers and Jiang Wan. Zhou Buxi grew up here, coupled with the solid family, when he was young, he showed an IQ different from his peers, the townspeople called him a prodigy, and the Zhou family was even more convinced that Zhou Buqi would push the Zhou family to the peak when he grew up.
In 207 AD, Cao Cao's southern expedition, Jingzhou Mu Liu Biao died in panic, Liu Bei and other military generals originally wanted to resist the enemy, but the newly succeeded Jingzhou Mu Liu Chun did not have this courage, and at the instigation of the shi clan representative Cai Mao and others, he surrendered to Cao Cao with Jingzhou as a gift. Cao Cao's soldiers were naturally very happy to get Jingzhou without bloodshed, and after disrupting and scattering the old ministers of Jingzhou to various places, they began to take over Jingzhou, and the first thing they did was to scaveng for local talents. For example, Wen Ping, Liu Ba, Huan Jie, these Jingzhou talents were recruited by Cao Cao.
At that time, Zhou Bu was no longer ten years old, he wanted to go to the capital Xuchang to study, and the Zhou family also thought that the north would be a stable place in the future, so the family moved to Xuchang to settle down. As a family of the Zhou family, Zhou Bu doubted that his IQ was very high, and his study was unusually smooth, and he soon entered the private school that was only entered by the sons of the famous and prestigious families at that time, and also met Cao Cao's most beloved young son Cao Chong here.
Cao Chong, like Zhou Bu, has shown a higher IQ than ordinary people since he was a child, and the protagonist of the famous "Cao Chong Called Elephant" is Cao Chong. At that time, Cao Cao's authority was already the best in the world, and there was no successor, in fact, regardless of the ability of Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang, they were all excellent, but Cao Cao was more inclined to Cao Chong, and often said to outsiders to let Cao Chong take over later. He tried to break Liucheng but was assassinated by Cao Cao
Zhou Bu doubted that because he had a good relationship with Cao Chong, he often went to the Xiang Xiang Mansion to find Cao Chong to play, and Cao Cao was happy in his eyes, because he also knew Zhou Bu's talent, and he naturally liked Zhou Buxi. One day when Zhou Buxi went to play with Cao Chong, he only saw Cao Chong's brow furrowed, and Zhou Buxi asked the reason worriedly, and learned that it was because the northern foreigners occupied Liucheng that made Cao Cao sleep and eat, and Cao Chong was also sullen and unhappy under the influence of Cao Cao.
Zhou Bu doubted that after learning the reason, he thought deeply about it and introduced himself to Cao Cao Mao, claiming that he had a strategy to break the enemy. Cao Cao, who frowned, thought that the two little guys were joking about him, but instead of getting angry, he asked Zhou Bu to talk about how he broke the enemy. Zhou Bu doubted that the reason why the aliens were able to quickly occupy Liucheng was because they had exploited the loophole and caught our side off guard, but their frontal strength would certainly not be very high. Another point is that the aliens do not have visible tactics and battle formations, more rangers come and go freely, good at siege but not good at defending.
After analyzing the characteristics of the alien cavalry, he offered Cao Cao ten brilliant strategies, and categorically said that as long as he adopted a plan, he could easily break the city. After Cao Cao carefully considered Zhou Bu's ten strategies, the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became, so he adopted a strategy with the shortest cycle, and ordered the general Zhang Liao to lead a light horse to the north, first pretending to be a solid wall and clearing the wilderness to lead the enemy to take the initiative to attack, and then commanding the ambush troops who had been ambushed in advance to attack the enemy army together, winning a great victory on the spot and beheading countless people.
After the battle report was transmitted back to Cao Cao's hands, Cao Cao sighed: If a person like Zhou Buxian is placed in the enemy army, it will definitely be a nightmare for our army, fortunately, it is on our side, and the relationship with Cao Chong is very good. At this time, Cao Cao was even more determined to establish Cao Chong as his heir. Worry is hard to control
Later, when Cao Chong passed away, Cao Cao said to Cao Pi, Cao Zhi and other sons with sadness, This is my misfortune but your luck! As Cao Chong's best friend, Zhou Bu also came to visit the Spirit Hall. Cao Cao looked at the young Zhou Bu in a trance as if he had seen Cao Chong, and he was getting more and more uncomfortable.
After this incident, Cao Cao made up his mind to make Cao Pi his heir, and took him to teach him how to recognize people and use people as emperors. When it comes to talents, Cao Cao asked Cao Pi, what do you think of Zhou Bu. Cao Pi honestly replied that his intelligence is a rare existence in the world, and I am not as much as him. Cao Cao asked Cao Pi again, after that, are you sure that you can control Zhou Buxi? Cao Pi replied after careful consideration that his family foundation was not in Xudu, and his relationship with me was not good, so I would naturally use him in the future, but I didn't know if he was willing to assist me.
After hearing this, Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said to Cao Pi, since you are not sure, you must kill him, otherwise people like him will fall into the hands of Liu Bei and Sun Quan, which will be a disaster for us. Cao Pi was shocked and understood Cao Cao's intentions on the spot, so he ended his conversation and called up the assassins in his hands, and sent someone to kill Zhou Buxi in Cao Cao's name that night. brief summary
Zhou Bu's undoubted talent is beyond doubt, and in time he will be able to become a great instrument, so he is loved by Cao Cao. But Cao Cao's love is not from the love of feelings, but from the love of interests involved, because Zhou Buqi can help himself and bring great help to Cao Wei, which is also the luckiest place and the saddest place for Zhou Buxi.
After all, that era was a chaotic era, and everyone was thinking about controlling risks first, and then thinking about maximizing profits. When the risk is not guaranteed, no matter how much benefit there is, it will not be tried. Zhou bu doubted that it was a great benefit, when Cao Chong was alive, his risk could be guaranteed, but after Cao Chong's death, his risk could not be guaranteed, and naturally became the object of jealousy. His experience is like a famous saying: "Piaf is innocent of his sins".