Liu Bei, a man who sold straw shoes, was able to become a cattle man who competed for a generation of tyrants and Cao Cao, which was inseparable from his early education. He had a famous teacher named Lu Zhi, and Lu Zhi's classmate was Hua Xin, both of whom were students of Chen Qiu, the Eastern Han Dynasty's lieutenant. Although Lu Zhi is 20 years older than Hua Xin, the two are classmates, and hua Xin is indeed Liu Bei's uncle in terms of generations.
In his historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong portrays Hua Xin as a shameless villain, an out-and-out flatterer. Its bad deeds are mainly manifested in the following three aspects. Hua Xin, who had been the Taishou of Yuzhang, submitted to Eastern Wu after Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong. After Sun Ce's death, his younger brother Sun Quan came to power. Later, Eastern Wu had difficulty in suppressing the Shu Han in the west militarily. Sun Quan thought of a crooked idea, and wanted to send people to the Cao Wei camp to spread rumors, carry out counter-plots, and create contradictions between Cao and Liu, so that Eastern Wu could benefit from the fishermen. This person must be someone that Cao Cao admired, Hua Xin was already admired by everyone in his early years, and Gu Yong recommended Hua Xin to Sun Quan. After Hua Xin arrived in Cao Cao's camp, he was directly named Dali Shaoqing, and as a result, he forgot his mission as an envoy of Eastern Wu, and directly became an official in Cao Wei's camp, forgetting Sun Quan's heavy trust, which was disgraceful to the literati.
The second thing is to help Cao Cao capture Empress Fu. Empress Fu had two hearts for Cao Cao and sent someone to take her handwritten letters out to her father, plotting to overthrow Cao Cao's rule, but the matter was revealed, and Cao Cao wanted to destroy her three tribes. After Empress Fu knew that the matter had been revealed, she ran alone to hide in the wall behind the main hall. Hua Xin led 500 soldiers to the apse, chiseled through the wall and dragged Empress Fu out, which was also disgraceful to posterity. Cao Cao blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes, and Hua Xin was aiding and abetting. Hua Xin's most shameless thing must have been to help Cao Pi force emperor Xian of Han to the palace, and to draft an edict himself, asking Emperor Xian of Han to cede the throne to Cao Pi. After winning the hand, Hua Xin became Cao Pi's confidant, was crowned xiangguo by Cao Pi, and entered the core decision-making circle controlled by Cao Pi.
Luo Guanzhong wrote vividly when writing about the scene where Hua Xin forced the palace, Hua Xin grabbed the dragon robe of Emperor Xian of Han and asked, "Do you let me or not let me?" Its ugly features are incomparable. After poor Emperor Xian of Han, Chan gave the throne to Cao Pi three times, and Cao Pi got his wish and usurped Han to establish himself as emperor. Luo Guanzhong's huaxin's life course changes, which is generally good. However, the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms does not say anything about the specific role that Hua Xin played in the process of Cao Pi's usurpation of the throne. Hua Xin was not as bad as Luo Guanzhong wrote.