As we all know, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the princes of all walks of life began to use troops because of Dong Zhuo's rebellion, especially in the early days of the Alliance, the Eighteenth Route princes rebelled against Dong Zhuo, and because of their respective interests, they were unwilling to consume their own living forces, as Cao Cao at that time, he also relied on his own five thousand men and horses to go to the road of hegemony.
Also on the road to hegemony, Cao Cao relied on his own power and martial arts to continue to expand the territory among various princes, and cao Cao also attached great importance to the thirst for talents because of his own mind, especially his subordinate Mao Jiu made a strategic plan for Cao Cao, suggesting that Cao Cao welcome the emperor into Xu County, and rely on the strength of the emperor to achieve the elimination of the princes, which is said to be to welcome the son of heaven to order not to be subordinated.
Similarly, Cao Cao's approach was also valued by other opponents, and for a while, when the opponent was fighting against Cao Cao, he always said that Cao Cao's name was Han Xiangshi as a Han thief, believing that Cao Cao was holding the Son of Heaven hostage to order the princes, and relying on this banner, he could expand his own power, but unfortunately, everyone was half a head shorter than Cao Cao morally. Similarly, after trapping Emperor Xian of Han in his own Xu County for many years, Cao Cao himself has always maintained no usurpation, and the reason for this should be that he wants to hand over the Han Dynasty to his son Cao Pi, followed by Cao Cao's claim to the throne, liu Bei, who is an opponent, is likely to send troops to attack himself under the pretext of usurping the throne, so Cao Cao does not want to fall into such a pretext, and becomes the reason for the other side to send troops.
And until Cao Cao's death, did not claim the title of emperor, and Liu Bei is also a patient, in the case of Shu Han, Liu Bei's military clique in dealing with the locals, but also always need a banner of justice, that is, their own Kuang support Han Dynasty psychology, but many ordinary people do not attach importance to this, for Liu Bei, from his own righteous point of view, or to his own real ascension to the throne, are their own single-handed planning.
In fact, Liu Bei's own purpose is also very simple, that is, to be a non-action king, from the timetable, it can be seen that Liu Bei actually wants to be an emperor, because after Cao Pi became emperor, he could not wait to see the environment. The so-called Kuangfu Han Room was nothing more than a means used by Liu Bei to recruit traitors to gather talents. Relying on such technology, Liu Bei still subdued Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yun, and other first-class generals.
Similarly, in the later process, Liu Bei was also because of the measures he had made in Shu land, as well as the possession of Jingzhou and Yizhou, and Cao Cao's Sun Quan could stand on three feet. From here, it has to be said that Cao Cao's methods and means still compared Liu Bei's heart and mind, but in the later contest, Liu Bei still changed the previous ideal of Kuang Fu Han and completely expressed his dream of being a king, especially Guan Yu because of his death in the battle of Jingzhou, which made Liu Bei eager to take The Eastern Wu sword after becoming emperor, the purpose of which was to show his ability and prestige, and hoped to regain Jingzhou and establish his hegemonic position.
Of course, Liu Bei has always said that he has always taken the Kuangfu Han Room as his responsibility in the early days of entrepreneurship, and what really changed him was that after the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei won Jingzhou, and only then did he turn the ideal of the Kuangfu Han Room into a reality of fighting for himself. Perhaps this ideal may not be able to unify the world, but Liu Bei himself still wants to become a king.
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Romance of the Three Kingdoms
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