Writing on the door, a combination of crisps, chicken ribs, these seemingly unrelated small things, but let Cao Cao kill Yang Xiu
Yang Xiu was executed by Cao Cao, was he really clever but mistaken by cleverness? Only because he committed these workplace taboos
Yang Xiu was a strategist of Cao Cao during the Three Kingdoms period, who not only had outstanding political talents, but also had very high achievements in literature, and was once evaluated by Luo Guanzhong as "the dragon and snake walking in the pen, and the cotton in the chest", which shows his literary level. Nowadays, most of his works have been lost, but the "Reply to Linzi Waiting Notes", "Goddess Endowment" and "Peacock Endowment" that have been circulated in the world also have high literary value.
Yang Xiu once served as the main bookkeeper around Cao Cao, and the famous military master Sima Yi in history was also a master bookkeeper around Cao Cao, and the talents of the two were comparable, and they were very rare talents.
It should be known that although Cao Cao's personality is very suspicious, he has always loved talent, and even can be called thirsty for talents. In the Battle of Guandu, Xu You was greatly disappointed by Yuan Shao's various actions, and decided to surrender to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was sleeping, and when he heard about this matter, he walked out of the tent barefoot without wearing shoes, and the contrast between the two made Xu You even more determined to surrender to Cao Cao, so he proposed to Cao Cao a plan to sneak attack Wuchao, where Yuan Shao's grain and grass were located, and finally Cao Cao was able to defeat Yuan Shao, who was several times as numerous, and the Battle of Guandu also became a famous battle in history with fewer victories and more victories.
In Cao Cao's literary work "Short Song Line", it is written: Qingqing Zizhen, leisurely my heart. But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning to this day. Yo yo deer singing, eating wild apples. I have guests, drummers and trumpeters. All this fully illustrates Cao Cao's desire for talent.
But why would such a leader who loves talent as much as his destiny execute a subordinate as clever as Yang Xiu? Only because Although Yang Xiu has a very high IQ, his emotional intelligence is extremely low, always violating Cao Cao's taboo and triggering Cao Cao's suspicions, his story is also deeply enlightening to our behavior in the workplace today.
Once Cao Cao ordered someone to build a back garden, after the repair in the garden around the circle did not say anything, only wrote a "living" word on the door, the craftsmen asked Yang Xiu, Yang Xiu directly told the craftsmen: "Add work inside the door, it is a broad character, and the minister thinks that you have made the door too wide." Although Cao Cao was very happy after he knew this, he already had a jealous heart in his heart.
Another time someone sent a box of exquisite pastry to Cao Cao, Cao Cao's mind was moved, just in the crisp box wrote "Yihe crisp" to test the ministers, so he asked the envoys to bring the pastry to the ministers, the ministers did not understand, Yang Xiu let people take the tableware to distribute the pastry to the ministers, and explained to everyone: "It is the King of Wei who let us eat this box of crisps, and the 'one crispy pastry' on the box is the meaning of one person and one bite." Everyone praised Yang Xiu's cleverness and wit, and Cao Cao was very happy when he found out, but in his heart he was very jealous of Yang Xiu stealing his own limelight.
In addition to such an incident of stealing the limelight, Yang Xiu's practice of exposing Cao Cao's thoughts was even more deadly. Cao Cao, because of his suspicious disposition, was deeply afraid that someone would assassinate him, and often instructed his attendants to say, "I love to kill people in my sleep, so you should not come near me when I sleep." Later, when he slept again, he deliberately dropped the quilt on the ground, and a waiter next to him rushed forward to pick up the quilt for Cao Cao, but Cao Cao suddenly jumped up a sword at this time and stabbed the attendant to death, and then lay down on the bed and fell asleep, and when he woke up the next day, he pretended to be very shocked, and asked who killed his attendant, and everyone told Cao Cao what happened during the night, Cao Cao cried bitterly, and ordered the servant to be buried thickly.
Everyone was convinced that Cao Cao would kill people in his sleep, but Yang Xiu stood up and said to everyone, "It is not the minister who is in the dream, it is the princes who are in the dream." One sentence pointed out Cao Cao's intentions, broke Cao Cao's plan, and aroused Cao Cao's deep jealousy.
In the end, cao cao ordered the killing of Yang Xiu, there was another thing, Cao Cao was unable to achieve victory when attacking Liu Bei in Hanzhong, and was in a dilemma at the mouth of the Xiegu Valley, and was in a dilemma when he encountered a chicken soup bowl boiled by the chef, so he felt nostalgic, at this time Xiahou Huan came into the tent to ask about the night slogan, and Cao Cao casually replied, "Chicken ribs, chicken ribs." Xiahou Huan passed on the slogan to his subordinates, but Yang Xiu knew that after that, he ordered the soldiers to pack their bags and prepare to withdraw.
Xiahou Asked the reason, Yang Xiu replied: "From the night password of the King of Wei, it can be seen that the troops will be withdrawn soon, chicken ribs and chicken ribs, it is the food that has no meat, abandoning it has taste, today's situation, dilemma, it is better to return early." Cao Cao knew that they were all packing up and summoning Yang Xiu to inquire, Yang Xiu said his thoughts, Cao Cao was furious, and on the charge of disturbing the hearts of the army, ordered the axemen to take Yang Xiu out and behead him outside the Gate. Soon after, however, Cao Cao did retire.
Yang Xiu's death is precisely because he has repeatedly speculated on the minds of his superiors and has not hesitated to make public, exposing all of Cao Cao's careful thoughts to the public, and repeatedly bluntly saying that he stole the limelight of his superiors, and finally made decisions for his superiors without authorization, compared to his talent, Cao Cao was deeply jealous of his various behaviors, so he ordered Yang Xiu's execution. In the workplace, we must also learn the lessons of Yang Xiu and do a good job in the role of auxiliary leadership, rather than overstepping our authority and speculating without authorization, which will cause the suspicion of our superiors.