Van Gogh said Three Kingdoms
Liu Ye was the most special of Cao Cao's courtiers, he was an authentic Han dynasty relative, a descendant of Emperor Guangwu of Han's son Wang Yan of Fuling, but he became Cao Cao's senior think tank. He is a courtier, but he acts decisively, can personally kill people to solve problems if necessary, and has the style of a ranger. In Cao Ying, his advice and judgment were always different, and they were proved to be extremely correct afterwards. His main deeds are not lacking in the history books, and they are quite well-known. His last official worshiped Taizhong Dafu, Dahongxu, a high-ranking official of the Jiuqing level, and he died a long time, which should be said to be a very successful figure in the Three Kingdoms era.
But I always feel that when I read Liu Ye's story, there is a kind of regret that is difficult to say, Liu Ye was a maverick figure of that era, pride and loneliness were his double background, and his suggestions recorded in the annals of history, if they could be implemented, perhaps the entire history of the Three Kingdoms would be rewritten, he was the most strategic strategist in the Three Kingdoms era, and he was also the most insightful psychoanalytic expert, but his popularity obviously did not match it.
Now let's look at his extraordinary life and deeds.
It is said that before Liu Ye's mother died, she warned Liu Ye, who was seven years old at the time, and his brother Liu Zhuo, saying that their father's attendant was an evil person who would definitely destroy the family in the future, and that the two brothers would have the opportunity to rape when they became adults, so that she could die without hatred. Six years later, the adult Liu Ye did follow the instructions of his deceased mother, personally killed the waiter, went to his mother's grave to worship and inform, and afterwards calmly returned to his father to plead guilty, which made Father Liu greatly shocked, thinking that this son was extraordinary, so he did not punish him for this. This incident made Liu Ye famous, and Xu Shao, a famous scholar who was famous for his acquaintance, looked at Liu Ye and said that he had the talent of Wang Zuo.
Zheng Bao was a powerful man in Yangzhou at that time, in the chaotic world, he supported the army and respected himself, and wanted to force Liu Ye to do something unfavorable to the imperial court, Liu Ye, who was more than twenty years old at the time, personally set up a banquet at his home, lured Zheng Bao to come, personally killed Zheng Bao in the banquet, and cut off the first rank, rode Zheng Bao's horse to his camp, gathered Zheng Bao's leaders and subordinates, knew the stakes and righteousness, made everyone happy and convinced, and successfully stabilized the situation. The demeanor of a ranger on Liu Ye's body is not alarmed, and the decisive shot is once again impressive.
Liu Ye knew that the decline of the Han Chamber was irreversible, although he was a relative of the Han Chamber and a side branch, but he had identified Cao Cao very early in his political choices, and the person who knew the current affairs was Junjie, Liu Ye was unusually sober, and he did not have that identity baggage.
In the deeds of Liu Ye recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, I found that all those who Liu Ye could be autonomous generally achieved his goals. His advice was not taken, and the consequences proved to be fatal at the cost of not listening.
Cao Cao's most fatal misjudgment was not to take Liu Ye's advice, and after defeating Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, he took advantage of the victory to attack on an unstable footing, and Liu Bei, who had just occupied Shu land, gave Liu Bei valuable respite, and finally raised a tiger to be left unmanageable.
At that time, Liu Ye's suggestion was, "... Liu Bei is a hero among men, strategic but not sensitive, the days of obtaining Shu land are still few, the Shu people have not yet believed him, now you have defeated Zhang Lu and gained Hanzhong, the Shu people are very frightened, at this time your army suppresses the territory, with the gods of justice, there is no attack. If the hesitation is delayed, and Zhuge Liang's wise and wise way is used as the prime minister, and the general who bravely crowns the three armies like Yu Zhangfei, and then stabilizes the hearts of the people of Shudi and guards the places where they want to be dangerous, then Shudi will not be ours, and it will certainly be a big problem for us in the future. Unfortunately, Cao Cao did not listen.
In the first year of Yankang, the Shu general Meng Da led his troops to rebel against Shu and surrender to Wei, Meng Da was a man with outstanding appearance and talent, and Emperor Wen Cao Pi greatly valued him, and appointed Meng Da as the Taishou of Xincheng. Liu Ye opposed Cao Pi in doing so, believing that Meng Da had a heart for success, and he also held a talent and good use of power, and he would certainly not be grateful to Huaiyi, and Xincheng was also a strategic place associated with Wu Shu, and this place must not be handed over to Meng Da, and once it rebelled in the future, it would be a disaster for the country. Unfortunately, Cao Pi did not listen, he liked Meng Da too much, and later, as Liu Ye judged, Meng Da was killed because of the rebellion.
In the first year of the Huang Dynasty, Liu Ye was made a servant and was given the title of Guan Neihou. At the Wei dynasty meeting, the emperor issued an edict to his courtiers to judge whether Liu Bei would send troops to the state of Wu to avenge Guan Yu. At that time, the general consensus of the courtiers was that Liu Bei would not, on the grounds that the strength of the Shu state was insufficient. Only Liu Ye was alone in the public opinion, he said: "Although the State of Shu is weak and small, Liu Bei will certainly not be willing to strengthen himself with might and self-reliance all his life, and Liu Bei and Guan Yu, who are monarchs in righteousness, are like fathers and sons in feelings, and Guan Yu dies without avenging him. Later, sure enough, Liu Bei sent troops to avenge Guan Yu, and while Eastern Wu used the strength of the whole country to deal with Liu Bei, on the other hand, he sent emissaries to declare himself a vassal, and the courtiers all came to congratulate him, and it was Liu Ye who suggested: "The state of Wu came to submit because it was oppressed by Liu Bei, and we cannot believe that we should take this opportunity to send troops to attack Sun Quan and beat him down. Cao Pi still did not listen.
When Liu Bei's army defeated Yiling, the State of Wu was not as obedient to the State of Wei as before, and Cao Pi wanted to send troops to attack Wu, liu Ye believed that Eastern Wu had just won, with one heart and one mind, good morale, and geographical obstacles from rivers, and the cangshi army might not be able to win. Cao Pi still did not listen, and it was the imperial conquest, the result was fruitless, in the face of reality, Cao Pi finally admitted how accurate Liu Ye's judgment was, Cao Cao Cao Pi father and son, successively at the most important strategic choice key moments, successively serious misjudgments occurred, Wei Guo's national fortunes could not last long, and Liu Ye's several suggestions were not adopted, it should be said that the relationship is significant, this is Liu Ye's regret, is Cao Wei's hatred.
Why is Liu Ye's words so reasonable, and the two generations of the Cao family are not dimwitted leaders, but they are not taken seriously? I think that later generations have perfect hindsight, because history is obvious to us, and those who have experienced it have various unknown situations and mental paths, which are not easily understood by our descendants.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms gives us a small detail, which is also a historical pen, all in the past.
It is said that Liu Ye was in the middle of the dynasty, basically did not make friends with colleagues, behaved very clean and self-righteous, someone asked him the reason, Liu Ye's answer was: "Wei room is not long after the throne, wise people know the mandate of heaven, laymen may not be able to feel, I was a branch of the clan in the former dynasty, in the current dynasty is a confidant, rare friends, for me is the best choice." ”
Liu Ye is always sober, but also extremely careful, for his own identity and status, in the cao family king's heart deep in the heart of his suspicions, respect but not kiss, listening but not believing in the complex psychology, he knows it, linked to his past style of acting, that in his bones is the ranger personality of Liu Ye, so he can understand Liu Bei, who also has a happy and vengeful personality, can combine rationality and sensibility at the same time, judge the situation, and finally be able to choose a tree to live in, in the complicated and chaotic world, he can grow old peacefully, fame and fortune, Liu Ye was truly a remarkable figure, one of the most neglected intelligent people in the Three Kingdoms.