The history of the galaxy is brilliant, the old music is bold and drummed up, we continue to talk about the three kingdoms, and taste life. Before talking to you about the fourth time, mainly to Cao Cao's "famous words", talked about some of my personal views, but this time the amount of information is still very large, or that Cao Cao's real "debut" in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" began with his assassination of Dong Zhuo. At that time, Cao Cao really had a look of righteousness and awe, which seemed to show that the hero and the widow seemed to be only between one thought, only a line apart.
Therefore, Lao Le felt that it was still very meaningful to continue to talk to everyone about the fourth time, the content of Meng De's sacrifice of the knife. In fact, in the Three Kingdoms of Mao, Mao Zonggang was also very "sorry" for Cao Cao's approach, and he believed that if Cao Cao did not survive and was generous and righteous, he would definitely become a loyal subject of the Han Dynasty for thousands of years, so that he would not fall behind and be cursed. Mao Zonggang also compared Wang Mang with Cao Cao for this purpose.
Wang Mang's usurpation of han is definitely an important historical event, in the eyes of traditional literati doctors, Wang Mang is naturally also a clown with a reputation for thousands of years, but when Wang Mang was young, he was the most standard moral gentleman in Western Han society and was sought after by countless people. This is more in stark contrast to his later behavior, so Bai Juyi, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, also wrote a poem lamenting that the Duke of Zhou feared rumors on the day, and Wang Mang was humble and courteous. Xiang Xiang died in the first place, and who knows the truth or falsity of his life?
In Mao Zonggang's view, this sentence can also be used to ask Cao Cao, if you don't shake your wit, the assassination failed, and you were caught and cut by Dong Zhuo, is no one scolding you? But survival is human instinct, and Cao Cao is not to blame for doing so, but after Chen Gong caught him in Zhongmu County, he was infected by his righteousness and decided to oppose Dong with Cao Cao, which gave Cao Cao the opportunity to completely escape from heaven. Therefore, if Chen Gong caught Cao Cao and used him to ask for credit, there would be no Cao Mengde's later "blackmail of the Son of Heaven to order the princes".
However, all this is hypothetical, not to mention that the story recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms is inevitably exaggerated and different from history. Even according to the context of the novel, cao cao is really like Wu Fu and others, if he is generous and righteous, what is the practical significance? Even if he succeeded in assassinating Dong Zhuo, judging by Cao Cao's personality and ability, who can guarantee that he will not become the next Dong Zhuo? After all, Cao Cao was still very young at that time, and after he was young and successful, it was easier to go astray, but it was not as mature as he was more mature after experiencing more failures, looking at problems from a more perspective, and solving problems more comprehensively.
Then, speaking of this, it is easy to reply to the "regret" expressed by the Three Kingdoms of Mao Pi to Cao Cao, if Cao Cao did not sacrifice the sword and only chose righteousness, except to become cannon fodder, it would have no meaning to the Eastern Han court; and if he succeeded in assassinating Dong, for the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was really not as good as the result of his later monopoly of power. This is different from Wang Mang, who can be said to be deliberately achieving his goals step by step, so on the road of "struggle", there are current setbacks and failures, and he is bent on moving forward. But Cao Cao is different, it is precisely because he has experienced more tribulations that he has exercised his character and ability. Therefore, Lao Le feels that the most realistic significance of the story of Meng De's sacrifice of the knife to us today is that young people, experiencing more wind and rain, are not bad for others and themselves.