During the Three Kingdoms period, although the world was divided, there were many talents.
When it comes to talent, we have to mention a famous military general, who made great achievements in his life, but finally died of carelessness.
Despite this, he was still named a god by his descendants after his death, because of his loyalty, he is still admired by people today, he is Guan Yu.
Looking back at Guan Yu's life, he passed five levels and killed six generals, and went to Dongwu single-handedly, all kinds of heroic behaviors are admirable. But in the end, the head of such a hero was mentioned in front of Cao Cao by Sun Quan, and the end was embarrassing.
After Guan Yu's death, Cao Cao said 10 words, and Sima Yi only said 9 words, a few sentences reflect the difference in the two people's views on the problem, and their political level is also high.
What did both men say?
One. Guan Yu and Cao Cao's past
In the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao went east to conquer Liu Bei, Guan Yu was defeated and captured, and he briefly took refuge in Cao Cao. During this period, Guan Yu participated in the Battle of Guandu, relieved the siege of Baima, and made military achievements, but also let Cao Cao see Guan Yu's combat effectiveness.
At that time, Lu Bu had died, and Guan Yu could be called the strongest force. Cao Cao wants to strengthen his own power, and for talents, he doesn't care about his background and thirst for talent. So he began to woo Guan Yu, hoping to bring talents under his command.
However, Guan Yu has always been a righteous person, and Taoyuan's three knots are still vivid, how can he help his eldest brother Liu Bei's nemesis!
Even though Cao Cao lobbied all kinds and gave high-ranking officials generous benefits, Guan Yu was still unmoved.
A person like Guan Yu, if he can't take it for his own use, he will join the hostile camp in the future, and he will have endless troubles, Cao Cao also knows this, but Guan Yu is too good, so Cao Cao is really reluctant to kill him.
At Guan Yu's insistence, Cao Cao realized that it was useless to keep people and not keep his heart, he was going to leave after all, so he agreed to let Guan Yu go.
Guan Yu thought that Cao Cao had the grace of not killing him, and helped him eliminate Yuan Shao's general Yan Liang, but Cao Cao repaid him with a heartfelt matter.
Later, in the battle of Huarong Dao, Guan Yu could have destroyed Cao Cao, but because he had a favor and would be repaid, he failed to kill him after all.
There are too many intersections between Cao Cao and Guan Yu, and the two seem to have a kind of sympathy for each other, and they can't bear to kill each other.
It's just that one mountain can't tolerate two tigers, starting from Guan Yu's firm choice of Liu Bei, he and Cao Cao are destined to be enemies who will meet each other on the battlefield.
After Guan Yu's death, Cao Cao said a sentence that revealed Guan Yu's position in his heart.
Two. Cao Cao's insights
In 220 AD, Guan Yu besieged Fancheng, and was attacked by Sun Quan's men and horses, resulting in the defeat of Maicheng, and was caught up by Sun Quan's army on the way to Yizhou, and his eldest son Guan Ping were both beheaded.
Sun Quan gave Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao said ten words when he saw this: "Yun Chang is dead, and I sleep at night." ”
After Cao Cao let Guan Yu go, he knew that it was difficult to please Guan Yu head-on, and he tried to avoid Guan Yu in the subsequent wars.
He has always admired Guan Yu, but he is also afraid of Guan Yu, but he can't bear to kill such a loyal person who is both wise and brave.
By Sun Quan, Cao Cao will have one less major trouble and will not have a psychological burden, and Guan Yu's death has caused the enemy camp to lose a fierce general, and his vitality will be greatly damaged.
All this can't help but make Cao Cao sigh, what he meant by that sentence is: Guan Yu is dead, and I can finally sleep peacefully on the mat at night.
It is not difficult to see that since the tiger returned to the mountain, Guan Yu has always been a big stone that Cao Cao can't let go of in his heart, and only when he dies can Cao Cao rest assured.
In addition, Cao Cao's sentence is also a kind of emotion, implying regret for the deceased.
He knew from the beginning that Guan Yu was definitely a fierce rival to him, but he always loved and hated him, wanted to kill but was reluctant to kill, this kind of mentality of cherishing talents, for Cao Cao, is not a kind of "weakness"?
Now that Guan Yu has died in the hands of others, he has solved the great trouble in his heart, and it can be regarded as the hand of others, and he understands his weakness.
Just when Cao Cao thought he could feel at ease, the strategist beside him said nine words unhurriedly: "This is Dongwu's plan to remove trouble." ”
While everyone was in the joy of victory, this strategist was able to calmly and calmly look at the problem from other angles, which shows his thoughtfulness and political vision.
This is the famous Sima Yi, as soon as these words came out, a word woke up the dreamer, and Cao Cao had to analyze the next situation with Sima Yi.
Three. Sima Yi's different view
Sima Yi believes that Guan Yu's prestige is known to everyone, and the killing of Guan Yu by the people of Eastern Wu should be a proud thing to strengthen his prestige, why should he give this credit to Cao Cao? There is really a good thing, will the people of Dongwu give it up?
Obviously, the Dongwu people's unconventional style of acting must have a clear purpose, that is, to shift the responsibility for killing Guan Yu to Cao Cao.
Everyone knows that Guan Yu is highly respected in Shu Han, and he is a sibling with Liu Bei, Guan Yu was killed, how can the Shu Han faction sit still, and they are bound to find a way to retaliate madly.
The people of Eastern Wu killed Guan Yu by themselves, and they were afraid of Shu Han's revenge, so they wanted Liu Bei to mistakenly think that Cao Cao was involved in Guan Yu's death, so as to divert Liu Bei's hatred and let Cao Cao be the culprit.
The people of Eastern Wu had a good plan, so that Shu Han attacked Cao Wei, and the sandpiper and clam fought and lost both, and they Dongwu fishermen benefited.
Sima Yi's opinion, Cao Cao was instantly enlightened, and he couldn't help but trust Sima Yi's vision. According to Sima Yi's suggestion, Cao Cao buried Guan Yu.
Only the head lacked a body, so Cao Cao used gold to build a body for Guan Yu and buried it with the head, and the funeral was all carried out in accordance with the standards of the princes' burial, and Cao Cao himself also attended the whole process, so it can be said that the pomp and face were enough.
At the same time, Cao Cao also sent someone to tell Liu Bei the news.
After doing enough work on these scenes, in Liu Bei's perspective, Guan Yu was killed by Sun Quan, and it was not directly related to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was able to bury his siblings regardless of his previous suspicions, and specially sent someone to inform him.
Maybe it was Cao Cao's thoughtfulness, Liu Bei really didn't trouble Cao Wei later, but gathered an army with anger to attack Eastern Wu, for Guan Yu's death, Liu Bei's faction raised morale, and directly killed Red Eye, which brought a heavy blow to Eastern Wu.
If there was no insight from Sima Yi, Cao Cao might have been confused, and a vicious battle with Shu Han would be indispensable, and it would be Cao Wei who lost his combat strength in vain.
epilogue
In the matter of Guan Yu's death, Cao Cao and Sima Yi's overall views were different.
Although Cao Cao was an emperor, he lacked calm at critical moments, and was easily carried away by temporary victories, especially inferior to Sima Yi in his thoughtful insight into the situation.
However, it was also because Cao Cao was already old at this time, suffering from a head disease, and because he regretted Yun Chang's death and was immersed in a sluggish mood, he really didn't think about it deeply.
Sima Yi is different, he only has power in his heart, and he has no feelings, so he can naturally point out the stakes in a burst of blood.
Sima Yi is also an existence that Cao Cao is afraid of and reluctant to kill.
Cao Cao's jealousy was not groundless, the Sima family was resourceful and ambitious, and he saw it all.
It's just that Cao Cao couldn't have imagined that Cao Wei's world was finally taken away by the Sima family.
Source: CNKI "Guan Yu's death was not caused by the Shu Han regime's murder with a knife" Yu Chen, Yin Qin