The Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty was the most star-studded era in ancient history, and all kinds of talents took to the stage, and they were radiant and brilliant. The Three Kingdoms are not only brilliant in military generals, but also brilliant in their strategists, as well as a group of talented people. For example, Cao Zhi, Kong Rong, You Heng, Yang Xiu and others have all left a strong mark on the history books. There were also two prodigies in the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty, cao chong and zhou buxi. Cao Chong is Cao Pi's favorite son, Zhou Bu is cao Chong's most iron friend, both are INTELLIGENT and talented, the two prodigies naturally have many common languages together.
There is a common phenomenon in the Three Kingdoms period, that is, things are grouped together in groups, like Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, they are equivalent to brothers of the opposite sex, they are all military generals. There are also Kong Rong, Yang Xiu, You Heng and others who are talented, they belong to the literati. Like Zhuge Liang, Pang Tong, and Lu Su, they were all strategists, and Zhou Bu and Cao Chong were still young, and they were all called prodigies, and they were naturally the same kind of people. Zhou is undoubtedly not particularly famous on the big stage of the Three Kingdoms, but he also leaves a strong comparison. Why did Cao Cao have to kill Zhou Buxian, even Cao Pi's intercession was useless, and he also said that Zhou Bu was not something that Cao Pi could control. Since Cao Cao always needed a reason to kill him, it may be that he could not find a reason to kill people and could only assassinate.
Cao Cao killed people all his life, killing everyone, even the common people, and slaughtered the city at every turn. Killing Kong Rong and Yang Xiu wanted to find a reason, killing You Heng also knew to kill people with a knife, and killing Cui Yan also found an excuse, even the empress of Emperor Xian of Han and the child in his belly did not let go. It is reasonable to say that such a butcher demon who can kill people as much as he wants, killing a teenage Zhou is undoubtedly still worthy of assassination? There must be some unknown reason for this.
Zhou Buxian (192-208), the character Yuanzhi (一說文直), a native of Lingling Chong'an, is now Hengyang, Hunan, which belonged to Jingzhou at that time, and his uncle Liu Xian was a jingzhou mu liu biao. Zhou Bu doubts that he has been smart since he was a child,
Rarely talented, intelligent and sensitive.
Originally wanted to go to study with the great talent Liu Ba, but Liu Ba politely refused, I don't know if it is because Zhou Bu doubts that his academic performance is too good, Liu Ba is afraid that he can't teach. Later, after Liu Biao's death, Jingzhou fell into cao Cao's hands, and Liu Xian was given the title of Shangshu by Cao Cao, and Zhou Buxi also came to Xudu with his uncle.
Shangshu was a high-ranking government official in the Han Dynasty, and Zhou bumi was able to contact the upper echelons, plus he was talented, and it did not take long to meet his best friend Cao Chong, who was five years younger than him, the protagonist of the primary school textbook "Cao Chong Called Elephant" and Cao Cao's most beloved son. Two prodigies together will always have endless words and endless academic exchanges. Zhou bu doubted that Wen Caifei had made good friends with Cao Chong, and Cao Cao would naturally know, so he would recruit him to test whether he was really talented.
"Biography of the Lingling Ancestors" said: Zhou Bu doubted the character Wen Zhi, Chang'an people. At the beginning of the infancy, there was already a strangeness, and by the thirteenth year, Cao Gongwen's desire to worship, that is, to see, that is, to take the female wife, was not doubted. Sometimes there are Bai Querui, Ru Lin and have already made praises, and there is no doubt that they have been given paper and pencil, and the order is immediately resumed. It's strange.
Cao Cao was originally a man of literary ability, and he also attached importance to talents. The book uses "
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The two words show that Cao Cao attaches great importance to Zhou Buxi. Sure enough, Zhou Buxi did not disappoint Cao Cao, after seeing it, Cao Cao was going to marry his daughter to him, which was unavoidable for others, but Zhou Bu was not suspicious, and clearly refused, although Cao Cao was not willing, but he was not angry. At that time, the white sparrow appeared and thought that it was Xiang Rui, and the scholars all praised it, and Cao Cao gave Zhou Buxian a pen and paper to let Zhou Buxian also write a poem. Zhou Bu was surprised and deeply impressed by his literary style.
Zhou Buzhi also made plans for Cao Cao, according to the "Three Kingdoms Chronicles"
"Cao Cao attacked LiuCheng, Zhou did not doubt ten counts, and the siege of the city was also down." "
When Cao Cao attacked Liucheng, he could not defeat it, and Zhou Buxian immediately attacked it with ten strategies. However, some scholars Lu Bi questioned that Cao Cao was only sixteen years old when he attacked Liucheng, that is, in 207 AD, and he believed that a teenager did not have such a strategy.
He died at the age of seventeen, and when he conquered Liucheng, he was sixteen. Undoubtedly a Lingling person, why did a boy who was more than ten years old join the army to Liucheng? Also suspicious of things also.
However, Zhou Buxian's life was forever fixed at the age of seventeen (208 AD, thirteen years of Jian'an), when Cao Cao's favorite son Cao Chong died of illness early, and the death of Cao Chong, a prodigy, also indirectly killed another prodigy, his close friend Zhou Buxi. At that time, Cao Pi heard that his father was going to kill Zhou Buxi, and rushed to the rescue.
The Biography of the Lingling Ancestors records: And Cangshu Shu, Taizu was jealous and wanted to get rid of it. Emperor Wen advised that he could not. Taizu Yue: "This person is beyond Ru's control." "He sent assassins to kill them."
Cao Pi was very impressed with Zhou Buxi's talent, and he hurriedly looked for Cao Cao to save people with a knife, and went to Cao Pi and knelt down in front of Cao Pi to cry, begging Cao Cao to spare Zhou Buxi. Cao Cao only said to Cao Pi that if you can't control him, he will kill people, and he will send assassins to kill them. Looking at Cao Cao's life, when did he invade the government and the opposition and assassinate him? There's a lot of information in it.
Cao Pi's military ability is average, but his political skills are not inferior to Cao Cao's, and his means of winning people's hearts and minds are very powerful. For example, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Jia Xu and other Cao Wei ministers and the Shijia clan basically supported him. He wanted to win Over Zhou Buxian to show that Cao Pi was also a person who loved talent, and he knew that if he saved Zhou Buxi, he would be grateful, and Zhou Buxian was a capable person who was helpful to himself.
I have a doubt, why didn't Cao Zhi, who was also a high-ranking eight-bucket, go to save Zhou Buxi? Cao Zhi was born in 192, the same age as Zhou Buxi, and the talents of both people are unparalleled in the world, and Cao Zhi attaches great importance to talented people. Like Kong Rong and Yang Xiu, who are so much older than Cao Zhi, they can become friends, and Zhou bu doubts that such a young man is certainly not going to fail to make friends with Cao Zhi. Looking at the words that Cao Cao said to Cao Pi later, you can find the answer, Zhou Is undoubtedly a person who can't get into the water, first of all, he refused Cao Cao's marriage, and he didn't even give Cao Cao's face. Explain that Zhou bu doubted that cao chong was alone, and the others could not convince him.
After Cao Ang's death, Cao Cao passed on his position to Cao Chong, and Zhou bu undoubtedly assisted Cao Chong as a great joy for Cao Cao, but with Cao Chong's early death everything changed. Zhou did not doubt that this person could not even control Cao Cao, not to mention Cao Pi, from the back of cao zhi and Cao Pi Li Chu dispute Cao Zhi failed, Cao Cao killed Cao Zhi iron powder Kong Rong and Yang Xiu, killing Zhou is undoubtedly a reason. Kong Rong and Yang Xiu are also beyond Cao Pi's control, and it is likely that they will secretly join forces with Cao Zhi to cause trouble.
The dispute between Cao Pi and Cao Zhili Chu took place in the twenty-second year of Jian'an, that is, nine years after Cao Chong's death. Cao Zhi was only known as Cao Cao's favorite son after Cao Chong's death, and at that time Cao Zhi was probably not familiar with Zhou Zhi, or Cao Cao was not so fond of Cao Zhi, so there was no Cao Zhi to save Zhou.
Another possibility that Cao Cao killed him was that the Battle of Chibi also occurred in Jian'an thirteen years, coupled with Cao Chong's death, plus Zhou Bu doubted that this person only recognized Cao Chong alone, so he killed the killer.
Then Cao Cao killed Kong Rong and Yang Xiu because cao Zhi failed, but also because the two of them were a family family, and the good villains were also killed, and it was also visible to kill You Heng with a knife. Only killing Zhou undoubtedly used "sending assassins to kill", this is excessive. Then again, Cao Cao even killed the empress dowager directly, and zhou did not doubt still use assassination?
Cao Cao can find a reason for killing people, the reason for killing Kong Rong is to insult his parents with nonsense, the reason for killing Yang Xiu is to leak military aircraft, and the reason for killing Hua Tuo is because the doctors at that time have no status and are disobedient, you heng he does not dare to kill, because he did not participate in politics, Cao Cao is afraid that people can only use knives to kill people by gossip.
That week, there was no doubt that this person was more low-key than the previous ones, he was neither involved in politics nor had a personality defect, and Cao Cao could not find a reason to kill him. But his ability made Cao Cao jealous, and the most important thing was that he only recognized Cao Chong alone. Therefore, cao chong's death is the end of Zhou Buxi, which is doomed to his tragedy.