Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Eastern Han Court has ceased to exist in name only, and princes everywhere have set up their own portals.
The world has changed from unity to division, the situation has changed from static to dynamic, and the pattern has changed from orderly to chaotic. The old and new forces alternate, and you sing me on the stage.
In this situation of the central plains of the deer, heroes emerge like volcanic eruptions, and some take advantage of the current situation to establish themselves as kings, such as Cao Cao, Dong Zhuo, and Lü Bu; some use family resources to dominate one side, such as Yuan Shao and Sun Quan; and some use the imperial signboard to expand the territory, such as Liu Bei. At that time, in the Three Kingdoms, everyone had a heroic dream; in the world at that time, everyone had the opportunity to jump the dragon gate.
Among the heroes in this world, the most dazzling ones are undoubtedly Cao Cao and Liu Bei. When Qingmei boiled wine and talked about heroes, Cao Cao said that the heroes in the world were only him and Liu Bei. At that time, Cao Cao had already blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes, and the number of civilian generals under him was innumerable. At that time, Liu Bei was a bit shabby, and the hero was useless, but the later struggle experience also proved that Cao Cao did not recognize the hero.
Cao Cao was known for his power and hard power, and Liu Bei used soft power such as benevolence and righteousness as the foundation of his life. The two complement each other and have ambitions to unify the world.
If the two join forces, they will not be able to dominate the world. Cao Cao was responsible for marching and fighting and expanding the territory, and Liu Bei was responsible for recruiting troops and stabilizing people's hearts. The advantages and resources of the two people, when fused together, will be invincible, and there will be no three-point world at all, let alone the later Sima family.
History cannot assume that Liu Bei and Cao Cao not only did not join forces to unify the world, but resisted to the end. gratifying! pity! It is a pity that their heroes have met but it is like a road; the joy is that they did not cooperate to have the three kingdoms in history.
Since Liu Bei and Cao Cao were both heroes, why didn't they join forces to unify the world?
First, like-mindedness.
Liu Bei and Cao Cao are both heroes and have the heroic ambition to unify the world, but their ultimate ideals are different. Liu Bei was a relative of the Han Dynasty, and if he wanted to recreate a unified Han Dynasty, he must be at odds with the Han thief Cao Cao; what Cao Cao wanted to establish was a Han society, and the Han Dynasty royal family was only a tool for him to unify the world. The different attitudes towards the "Han Room" determined that the two did not have the political basis for cooperation.
Liu Bei's legitimacy comes from the "Han Room", he was edicted by the Son of Heaven to fight against han thieves, Cao Cao was a universally recognized Han thief, and the two were bound to be incompatible.
Second, one mountain does not allow two tigers.
Heroes often have to get ahead and don't always send people under the fence. Cao Cao and Liu Bei are both people who have been born for hundreds of years, and everyone wants to be the boss, and can only decide who is the last hero through the battlefield.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei never fulfilled their ideals throughout their lives. It is the times and the situation, and the mission of that generation is to complete partial unification. They couldn't have imagined that the Jiangshan they had worked so hard to fight would finally cheapen the Sima family. History is so dramatic, the former planted trees, and the posterity cooled off.