In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Xu You was killed by Xu Chu, so many people feel that Xu You's death was actually Xu Chu's doing, but when we study the History of the Three Kingdoms, we will find a more interesting secret, that is, Xu You was not killed by Xu Chu, but cao Cao personally ordered the killing.
Xu You was originally an excellent strategist around Cao Cao, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao's Battle of Guandu, if there was no xu You's appearance, it is estimated that Cao Cao would have been beaten down by Yuan Shao long ago, fortunately Xu You appeared, only to reverse the battle situation of the Battle of Guandu, it can be said that Xu You was one of the biggest heroes of Cao Cao's unification of the north, why did Cao Cao later have to unload and kill the donkey and kill Xu You?
Xu You betrayed Yuan Shao in distress
Whether it is history or real life, people are very concerned about whether a person's moral character is noble or not, for example, during the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, the reason why he wanted to kill Shan Xiongxin, there is a very important factor is that Li Shimin feels that Shan Xiongxin has a problem with his character and always betrays his leadership in danger.
Once a person has such a moral defect, whether it is a friend or a leader around him, he is very despised, it just so happens that Xu You is such a person, although he is indeed very capable, but he betrayed his old leader Yuan Shao in the midst of danger, this matter Cao Cao saw in his eyes, remembered in his heart, and became one of the fuses for Xu You to be killed later.
Xu You was originally friends with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, and Xu You became famous earlier than Yuan Shao and Cao Cao, as early as 184 AD, when Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were not so famous, Xu You did a major event that was enough to sensationalize the world.
This big thing is Xu You participated in and planned the plan to depose the Han Ling Emperor, Xu You himself was the mastermind, after the abolition of the Han Ling Emperor, it was as if nothing had happened, and finally he withdrew, to know that things involving imperial power, especially the major rebellion, in history, any dynasty is intolerable, but Xu You not only participated, but also retreated after the fact, and had to admire Xu You's ability.
During this period, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were not yet famous, and they were still more or less impressed with Xu You, and later Xu You watched the favorable family background of Yuan Shao's "fourth and third dukes" precipitate, and planned to concentrate his firepower against Dong Zhuo when Dong Zhuo threatened tianzi to order the princes.
It was under Xu You's advice and various plots that Yuan Shao began to participate in the campaign against Dong Zhuo, and eventually succeeded in becoming the lord of the Eighteen Roads Against Dong Zhuo by virtue of his family background, which played an important role in promoting Yuan Shao's later development.
When we open up those glorious histories of Yuan Shao, we will find a detail, no matter when, Xu You is one of the key figures in Yuan Shao's victory, and the role played by Xu You in the process of Yuan Shao's meritorious service is indeed irreplaceable, but it is such a figure who helped Yuan Shao make a miracle, and he is actually a perfidious guy.
Xu You himself is relatively high-profile, whether it is to be a person or to do things, are very high-profile, in addition to their own high profile, Xu You also connived at his family to wantonly amass wealth, at the beginning Yuan Shao actually found this problem, but at that time, in view of Xu You's important role, Yuan Shao has always turned a blind eye.
Until the Battle of Guandu, Xu You's family behaved excessively and was impeached by the rest of Yuan Shao's subordinates, and there was no way for Yuan Shao to arrest several of Xu You's family members who committed the crime, but at this time Yuan Shao did not dispose of these people, because Yuan Shao was worried that once he disposed of these people, it would affect Xu You's performance in the Battle of Guandu.
No one expected that Yuan Shao had already given Xu You enough face, but Xu You was not willing to leave Yuan Shao with the slightest loss of face, after Yuan Shao captured Xu You's family, Xu You had always been grumpy, the Battle of Guandu had begun, but Xu You was angry that Yuan Shao had captured his family and did not give himself an explanation, and in anger, Xu You betrayed Yuan Shao and turned to Cao Cao.
To know that at that time, Xu You's family was in the hands of Yuan Shao, and his life and death were uncertain, Xu You could actually disregard his family's life and directly turn to Cao Cao, such a ruthless and unrighteous person, who in the world is not afraid? The second is that Xu You's family has always been unscrupulously collecting wealth, as the leader of the family, Xu You obviously knows what virtue his family is, but he not only does not stop his family, but also continues to connive with his family with his own power, even the superior leader Yuan Shao has no choice but to punish Xu You's family, Xu You is instantly mad, such a subordinate, no matter what kind of leader is absolutely afraid to reuse.
After defecting to Cao Cao, Xu You relied on his familiarity with Yuan Shao's internal affairs to provide heavy news of the Wuchao granary, and finally helped Cao Cao to turn defeat into victory, completely defeat Yuan Shao, and lay the foundation for the great cause of unifying the north later.
Selfish and greedy to the point of not being satisfied
It is precisely because Xu You has been helping Cao Cao to build a career all the way, so Xu You's own ambitions are getting bigger and bigger, and with Cao Cao unifying the north, Xu You's ambition and greed have reached their peak, and he has gone to look for Cao Cao many times, calling Cao Cao "Aman" nickname, and also asking Cao Cao for credit.
At the beginning, Cao Cao also praised and affirmed Xu You, but later, Xu You not only showed no signs of convergence, but instead intensified, openly saying to Cao Cao, "If there is no Xu You, your battle of Guandu will inevitably fail", Cao Cao zai can hold a boat in his belly, and he does not have the general knowledge with Xu You, and he rushes to echo and affirm Xu You, for fear of losing Xu You's talent.
After these repeated detailed events, Cao Cao actually had many opinions about Xu You, and combined with the scene when Xu You betrayed Yuan Shao and surrendered to himself, Cao Cao did not feel a chill in his back, in case Xu You directly chose to betray himself and defect to Liu Bei or Sun Quan because he did not give him the power he wanted, the consequences would be unimaginable.
The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more frightened he became, Xu You continued to increase his demand for power, Cao Cao finally couldn't bear it, he obviously only had so much power, and he still had to use it to win over the rest of the outstanding talents, if all of it was given to you Xu You, what would Cao Cao himself do? Is it difficult to give up this position to Xu You, and Xu You will be satisfied?
Cao Cao has always preferred me to bear the people of the world, rather than the people of the world to bear me, so after having doubts and dissatisfaction with Xu You, Cao Cao is definitely impossible to be as kind as Yuan Shao, so Cao Cao killed Xu You, and Xu You's life ended.
epilogue
In the chaotic world, many times they need to have a little self-awareness, if they are always controlled by desire, so that they do not care about moral constraints, regardless of the mood of the leader, only consider their own interests, once the leader can not be satisfied, treachery and bite back, such a person is estimated to be unable to survive in any era, Xu You's death, undoubtedly died at two points, one is perfidy, one is insatiable, throughout the five thousand years of history, all subordinates similar to this, How many people can die?
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