In the war in the Three Kingdoms, all kinds of tyrants did everything in order to compete for the world, robbing talents became the top priority, Cao Cao was suspicious, and there were several talents who died under his suspicions, among which the death of Yang Xiuzhi became the focus of people's discussion for thousands of years.
Although Cao Cao was suspicious, he also tried to hide his true self in front of talents in exchange for the defection of various talents, but why did he decisively kill the extremely intelligent Yang Xiu in the case of Cao Ying's shortage of talents?
Photo: Stills of the generals of Cao Ying
I. Death of Yang Xiu
The death of Yang Xiu in the textbook is excerpted from the novel "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Luo Guanzhong is a novelist, his rendering of the storyline must be deliberately compiled in order to make the novel more eye-catching, and there is not much description of Yang Xiu's death in history, so this excerpt has become the final description of Yang Xiu's death.
Cao Cao led his troops and Liu Bei's subordinate Ma Chao met, obviously there was already a defeat, Cao Cao was a great military expert, there was no doubt about this, in the face of such a situation, he also knew that there was no benefit in fighting himself hard, but at this time, when it was said to withdraw troops, was it not laughed off by Liu Bei's old fox?
The difficulties in the face, the suffering in reality, made Cao Cao tangled for a while, nibbling on the chicken leg but he was very worried, but when it was time to pass on the secret code every night, Xiahou Chun came in and asked Cao Cao what to use at night? Cao Cao was in a daze at the chicken leg, did not check for a moment, and muttered to himself: Chicken ribs!
Xiahou Chun completely looked like an incompetent secretary, seeing that the main prince's soul was not guarding the house, he would not wake up and ask again, so he ordered that "chicken ribs" be used as a secret code to pass it out.
Image: Stills of the "Chicken Ribs" code of the creep biography
After these two words were known to Yang Xiu, the reaction was very fierce, and Yang Xiu quickly told the people around him: Look, the lord feels that this battle has been fought unjustly, just like chicken ribs, this will soon abandon the war and return to the Dynasty, and we also quickly pack up and save the time when the soldiers are thrown away. Xiahou Chun had no brains, and he had always admired Yang Xiu's "mind reading technique", so he packed up his luggage in a panic.
Cao Cao was uncertain all night, whether to abandon the war and disturb his sleep, after eating chicken, he felt panicked, so he walked out of the tent and planned to go for a walk. It didn't take long for him to discover that something was wrong, how many soldiers were packing their bags? So I called a question, and this question almost didn't faint!
His own thoughts were told to the world by Yang Xiuzhao in this way, and it was a shame to be thrown home! At this time, if Cao Cao did not kill Yang Xiu, it was absolutely abnormal, because it was obvious that Yang Xiu was already disturbing the hearts of the army, and Cao Cao, who was furious, also used this reason to behead Yang Xiu.
Afterwards, Cao Cao was really defeated, and after he went back, he also buried Yang Xiu, it seems that Cao Cao regretted a little, in fact, it was not, because Yang Xiu's death was sooner or later, but the "chicken rib incident" made Yang Xiu's death more standard, let Cao Cao explain Yang Xiu's family better, let Yang Xiu die, this idea Cao Cao actually thought about it for a long time.
Photo: Stills of Yang Xiu being beheaded
Second, the brilliant Yang Xiu
To know how smart Yang Xiu really is, you must first look at his family background. Now people say that eugenics are preferred, and Yang Xiu's birth in ancient times is absolutely in line with this parenting concept.
Yang Biao is Yang Xiu's father, he soared all the way to become a lieutenant, the IQ must not be said; Yang Xiu's mother, Yuan Shi, is Yuan An's great-granddaughter, Yuan Shu is Yang Xiu's uncle, in such a family to grow up in a thousand gold misses, Yuan s cultural literacy is certainly particularly outstanding, strong and strong combination of children born, talent is not envied by others.
In addition, the Yang family ancestors already have three generations of lieutenants, so the way the Yangmen family cultivates children must be very special, therefore, Yang Xiu, who was born with a high IQ, has a deeper cultural cultivation, and when he grows up, it is naturally like having a seven-in-one heart, and it is easier to see the essence than others.
But Yang Xiu's EQ is definitely low enough to make people drop their glasses, many people say that Yang Xiu died because he was too smart, in fact, the bigger reason is that this family child born with a golden spoon does not have too much human contact, and the EQ is too low.
Photo: Stills of Yang Xiu and his father Yang Biao
3. Cause of Yang Xiu's death
How low is Yang Xiu's EQ? Cao Cao himself is a suspicious nature, unwilling to say anything too thoroughly, perhaps this is a common disease of many leaders, let the subordinates guess it, guess the ignorant, semi-transparent look, in order to show the depth of the leadership.
And what leader would be willing to see his true thoughts again and again by his subordinates? Wouldn't that be a mystery? Yang Xiu's EQ was low in this place, he constantly ripped off Cao Cao's fig leaf, Cao Cao couldn't bear it, and his heart had long been full of murderous intentions.
Photo: Cao Cao writes on the door for everyone to guess the stills
1. Talent exposure
Many subordinates who will flatter the leader, even if they see the problem more quickly than the leader, will pretend not to understand, waiting for the leader to interpret, but Yang Xiu does not have this awareness.
Not long after Yang Xiu was Cao Cao's secretary, the two went out together, passing a stone stele with the words "Yellow Silk Young Woman, Grandson Usu" engraved on it, and Cao Cao immediately asked Yang Xiu, Can you guess the meaning of these eight words?
Yang Xiuzhi was stunned and said that he had guessed it, and Cao Cao's heart was trembling: You actually guessed it, I don't know it yet! However, cao cao was not good at showing it on the face, and he successfully endured: Then I think again, you don't say it first, wait for the two of us to answer it later.
So the two of them walked another thirty miles, at this time Cao Cao felt that he had guessed the answer, so he and Yang Xiu wrote out the answer together, only to see that both people wrote on the paper: Wonderful words. Cao Cao couldn't help but sigh, the same answer, I actually thought about it thirty miles more than you.
Yang Xiu was still complacent, in fact, he had already left a very bad impression on his direct superiors at this time, and his talent was exposed, Cao Cao, a suspicious and jealous person, how could he like Yang Xiu's subordinates with extremely low EQ?
Picture: Yang Xiu explains the inscription stills in front of Cao Cao
2. Participate in the conquest
Cao Zhi has talent, Yang Xiu feels sorry for each other, and becomes Cao Zhi's behind-the-scenes think tank. Cao Cao struggled for many years on the question of supporting Cao Pi or Cao Zhi, the two sons were the same father and mother, in the eyes of Cao Cao as a father, his children are all good, each has its own benefits, it is more difficult to choose, so he always likes to ask some questions to test the two children, to see who can answer better.
At the beginning, Cao Zhi's answers made Cao Cao very satisfied, more and more inclined to Cao Zhi, but during this time, Cao Cao's dissatisfaction with Yang Xiu was also increasing, when people with hearts deliberately exposed the high-ranking people behind Cao Zhi to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was implicated in Cao Zhi because of his dissatisfaction with Yang Xiu, believing that Cao Zhi was deceiving himself, and also began to have some concerns about Cao Zhi.
Cao Cao even felt that he was too obedient to Yang Xiu's words, didn't he let Yang Xiu lead the nose away? As a result, Cao Zhi lost the election, and Yang Xiu also became a thorn in Cao Zhi's heart, and if he did not pull it out, he was not Cao Cao.
Photo: Stills of Yang Xiu and Cao Zhi
3. Different political backgrounds
Cao Cao and Yuan Shu discord, this is a matter that passers-by know, Yang Xiu can be selected by Cao Cao as a secretary, because of this relationship, he should be more low-key, but Yang Xiu is not, he is like a rookie in the workplace, forty years old still can't control his mouth, let Cao Cao be angry, and the killing intention is getting stronger and stronger.
In summary, people in the workplace should be low-key and introverted, especially in front of the leader, do not hesitate when it is time to perform, and do not clip the tail when it is not sharp, otherwise it is sooner or later to be cleaned out.
Article author: Dahui
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