As a well-known figure in the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao had long since left the ranks of heroes and was called a generation of heroes by posterity. Throughout the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao's presence in a chaotic world can be described as an infinite scenery. As a generation of tyrants, the topics on Cao Cao can be described as innumerable - "killing people in my good dreams", "Cao Cao alone and a good wife", etc., are one of the topics in Cao Cao's body, but the most unsatisfactory thing is Cao Cao's deeds of "holding the son of heaven to make the princes". As a politician, Cao Cao had many means, he killed people in his dreams, he had a good wife, and married all seven beautiful daughters to the same person... Cao Cao, how much more do we not know?
First, kill people in good dreams
People in the world commented that the people who lived and worked around Cao Cao were all high-risk groups. First follow the small editor to count the people around Cao Cao killed (everyone basically knows), and then judge how to count high-risk occupations:
Lü Bohao's entire family, Cao Cao was in exile, overly cautious and suspicious, and had to be killed in order to survive.
Yuan Zhong, Huan Shao, Bian Rang. There was an old vendetta, in the past, Cao Cao had a crush on the Ge Ji Bian clan (曹丕, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhide's mother, Lady Bian) in Huan Shao's mansion, and later because Huan Shao's housekeeper flirted with the Bian clan, Cao Cao and Xiahou Yuan killed the housekeeper in order to save people, and formed a vendetta with Huan Shao and others. The three of them passed through the Chen Palace and, led by Bian Rang, insulted Cao Cao and were killed by Cao Cao.
Xuzhou City. Because his father passed through Xuzhou, Bao Taoqian's men were killed, and the soldiers sent Xuzhou to Slaughter City.
Chen Gong, Lü Bu. After Cao Cao killed the three sages (桓, 邊, Yuan), Chen Gong regretted bringing in his friends, and at night he saw Cao Cao's cruelty (bloodbathing Xuzhou), launched the biggest rebellion in Yanzhou, led Lü Bu to lead Yanzhou, and after Lü Bu was defeated, killed Chen Gong and Lü Bu.
Indirectly kill You Heng. You Heng beat the drum and insulted Cao Cao, and Cao Cao did not kill himself, because he had the experience of Chen Gong's previous car, so he sent You Heng out of Xu Capital.
Dong Cheng, the father and daughter of Dong Guiren in the Yidaizhao incident, Prince Liu Fu and others.
Xu You. I have a good plan, and I will do what I need. Ah, without me, you can't get Jizhou. (Died on a ship in the Conquest of Eastern Wu, Cao Cao pushed Xu Into the water, and Cai Mao secretly saw it.)
Yang Xiu. Chicken ribs, too arrogant, arrogant, over-guessing the heart of the Lord, and broken.
Xun Yu (the cause of death to be examined) failed the Second Expedition to Eastern Wu, and on the way back, he emptied the food box, and Xun Yu committed suicide by taking poison.
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Therefore, if you look at the people Cao Cao killed, one is the person who scolded him, cannot be used by him, and still looks down on him; one is the person who is used to frighten other restless elements and the military; one is the person who is arrogant and arrogant, no big or small; and the other is the person who runs counter to him. Cao Cao could forgive Zhang Xiujia, but that was killing his son and killing his nephew. So, high risk, depends on what you do and what you do. You loyally follow him, and it is not another position, how can you be a subordinate, whether he is Western Cao or Eastern Cao, understand his position, in his position to seek his own government, Cao Cao generally will not kill you.
Two and seven women marry one at the same time
In ancient times, it was not uncommon for sisters to serve a husband, and Cao Cao undoubtedly did this to the extreme, he married his seven beautiful daughters to the same person, and this person was Emperor Xian of Han.
The success of the marriage further increased Cao Cao's power, and he also commanded his ministers more justifiably, especially Cao Cao forced Emperor Xian of Han to make his daughter empress, and all the ministers obeyed Cao Cao's orders.
As Cao Cao's daughter, she also had their helplessness. For Cao Cao's plan, these seven young and beautiful girls were forced to become tools for marriage, and they were even more constrained by Cao Cao to monitor and influence a series of ideas of Emperor Xian of Han, which was undoubtedly equivalent to sacrificing the lifelong happiness of their seven sisters.
Secondly, Emperor Xian of Han was also very helpless. Originally, as a puppet emperor, although he did not worry about eating and wearing, his daily use was also excellent. However, he not only had to watch a powerful courtier try to occupy his country and country, but also to empty his rights, but even to his own harem. He also had to take good care of these seven girls, otherwise if he angered them, it would be difficult to ensure that they would not let Cao Cao be angry for them, and in the end it was Emperor Xian of Han himself who suffered. How could this not make Emperor Xian of Han helpless?
Third, a good wife
According to historical records, Cao Cao had at least 15 wives and concubines, and 10 of them were wives with husbands, which is really unprecedented.
Every time Cao Cao attacked a place, in addition to taking over the city and the army, he was taking over other people's wives and concubines. For example, Lady Liu was once the wife of Yuan Shao, Lady Du was the wife of Lü Bu's general Qin Yilu (Qin Yilu was worn by Cao Cao with a "green hat" and worked under his command with a dead heart, and later Zhang Fei looked down on him and stabbed him to death with a shot), and Lady Yin was Li Wei's wife.
Cao Cao also paid a heavy price for his habit of loving other people's wives and concubines, and during a crusade against Zhang Xiu, Zhang Xiu could not see Cao Cao and deliberately surrendered to him. However, Cao Cao took a fancy to Lady Zou, the widow of Zhang Xiu's uncle, and the overlord took a hard bow and took possession of himself. This made Zhang Xiu lose face, burn the flames of hatred, overturn the friendship boat, and sneak up on Cao Cao at night. This surprise attack caused the Cao army to be defeated. Cao Cao was almost killed, his eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin were killed, and the fierce general Dianwei was killed. Cao Cao fled in a daze, and Lady Ding also returned to her mother's house because of Cao Ang's death, and did not return to Cao Cao's side for life.
In today's parlance, Cao Cao is an out-and-out "human wife control".
Cao Cao can be described as a complete and out-of-the-art "politician" who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals. But it is also because some fetishes cannot extricate themselves, suffer countless losses, and almost lose their lives. He never cared about what others thought of him, and even mentioned in his epitaph that it did not matter what future generations saw him, and later generations had their own comments. Someone once commented that he was "a historical figure with advantages and disadvantages, great merits, and no small sins." Others have commented that he is "a hero who has torn the world."
In any case, it will not change Cao Cao's strong mark in Chinese history.
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