The article "The Death of Yang Xiu" was learned by everyone when they were reading, and the article said that Yang Xiu was eventually killed by Cao Cao because cao cao was jealous of his talent. In fact, Cao Cao was not a jealous person, otherwise so many people who defected to Cao Cao would be fine, why was Yang Xiu killed? The reason why Yang Xiu ended up like this should be largely attributed to himself, and his personality characteristics and style of behavior are doomed to him not having a good ending.
Yang Xiu was born into a noble family, his father Yang Biao was a concubine of the Hongnong Yang clan, and his mother was born in the yuan clan, a top magnate in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. As a descendant of a family, Yang Xiu's life start was very high, and he held filial piety and honesty to Langzhong, until he finally became the master of the Xiang Mansion. During his tenure at the Chancellor's Mansion, Yang Xiu actually cooperated quite well with Cao Cao, and Cao Cao was busy with military affairs, and yang Xiu was completely entrusted with internal and external affairs. And Yang Xiu was indeed shrewd and capable, and handled the affairs of the Chancellor's Mansion in an orderly manner, which was very much in line with Cao Cao's wishes.
Yang Xiu was originally very valued by Cao Cao, but one of his wrong choices pushed him to the opposite side of Cao Cao, that is, he should not have participated in the dispute between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. Yang Xiu is very talented, Cao Zhi is also very talented, and both of them are also the same arrogant and proud, such a personality is actually not suitable for participating in the sinister battle for the wife.
Cao Cao had tests for both Cao Pi and Cao Zhi when choosing the heir to the King of Wei, and at first Cao Pi's performance was not very good, but Cao Zhi passed Cao Cao's test against him many times with the help of Yang Xiu. If Cao Zhi really passed the test on his own, Cao Cao would certainly be particularly happy, but when Cao Cao knew that Cao Zhi had passed the test with the help of Yang Xiu, he had a strong dissatisfaction with Yang Xiu.
Cao Cao's dissatisfaction mainly stemmed from two aspects, one was that Yang Xiu, as a courtier, should not participate in the dispute over the seizure of the prince of Wei, and the other was that since Yang Xiu was involved in the dispute over the concubine, he planned to abandon Cao Zhi halfway in the middle.
Because Cao Zhi repeatedly passed Cao Cao's test of him, he thought that he could become the Prince of Wei, and his style of behavior also became arrogant, and he was even more arrogant and proud of his behavior. Cao Cao saw this change in cao zhi's arrogance, and then looked at Cao Pi, who was always cautious, and finally decided to pass on the position of king of Wei to Cao Pi, because although Cao Zhi was talented, his personality was really not suitable for being the king of Wei. Cao Pi, who had always been cautious and cautious, seemed to be low-key and unremarkable, but he was the perfect candidate for the King of Wei.
Yang Xiu was more clever, and before Cao Cao could announce the selection of Prince Wei, he had already understood Cao Cao's choice. Yang Xiu had a premonition that Cao Zhi was about to fail, so he planned to withdraw halfway. But Cao Zhi was Cao Zhi's son after all, and even if Yang Xiu wanted to leave Cao Zhi, he couldn't show it so obviously, because the future of the two was already tied together.
In this way, Yang Xiu has always been in a wavering attitude, both wanting to leave Cao Zhi and not daring to show too obviously. Cao Cao saw all this in his eyes, and naturally hated Yang Xiu to the bone, believing that Yang Xiu, as the lord of the Xiang Mansion, should not participate in the dispute over the concubine, let alone want to retreat after Cao Zhi's failure to seize the concubine.
Cao Cao's hatred for Yang Xiu was already born, but for a time there was no way or reason to get rid of Yang Xiu, so he wrote a letter to Yang Xiu's father, Yang Biao, which specifically mentioned: "The sage under the foot, the power of the father, every time he does not share with me, that is, he wants to straighten the rope, and Gu quite hates and hates." ”
After Cao Cao learned that Yang Xiu was involved in the battle for the concubine, he always wanted to get rid of Yang Xiu, but he had no excuses. However, this opportunity soon came, and it was Yang Xiu himself who sent it to the door.
Cao Zhi originally thought that he could become the Prince of Wei, but suddenly falling out of favor made him depressed, and Yang Xiu was not very comfortable because of Cao Zhi's failure to seize the concubine, plus Cao Cao had begun to anger him. Because the two are not in a good mood, when they get together, they will inevitably speak wildly, especially after getting drunk, and even dare to slander Cao Zhang after drinking, saying that he is a "yellow-bearded child".
Cao Zhang's nickname "Yellow Bearded Child" was actually taken by Cao Cao himself, but this nickname Cao Cao can be called, does not mean that others can also call. Cao Cao was originally indignant about Yang Xiu, but now that he learned of this, he naturally hated Yang Xiu more and more, so he ordered Yang Xiu to be executed on charges such as "leaking words and teachings before and after, and handing over the princes of Guanguan". Many people think that Yang Xiu was very young when he died, but in fact, he was 45 years old at this time, and Yang Xiu himself sighed before he died: "I insisted that I would die late."
After Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu, he was naturally satisfied, and deliberately asked his father Why Yang Biao had lost weight. Yang Biao painfully lost his beloved son, naturally he was getting thinner and thinner, but he could not take revenge, so he had to reply to Cao Cao: "Shame on the foresight of the sun, and cherish the love of the old cow licking calf." "This sentence later became a famous sentence, and everyone in the world thought that Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu because he was jealous of Xianxian's ability, but in fact Yang Xiu's death was completely self-inflicted." The story of a box of crisps and "chicken ribs" can only be said that Yang Xiu is clever, and he actually did not offend Cao Cao because of this.
"The Death of Yang Xiu" is a very educational article, and such an article certainly cannot be just to highlight Cao Cao's ability to be jealous. Yang Xiu's participation in the battle to seize the concubine is not right, and almost all the people who have participated in the failure of the dispute to seize the concubine in history have not had a good end, and since Yang Xiu has helped Cao Zhi to seize the concubine, he should have this kind of consciousness. Moreover, after Yang Xiu failed to take the concubine, he could have retreated completely, but he was hindered by his reputation, twisted his posture, and was embarrassed to leave his relationship with Cao Zhi.
Yang Xiu was proud of his talents, cherished his reputation after the failure of the concubine, did not withdraw in time, and constantly suffered from his chaos. Later, he drunkenly slandered Cao Zhang with Cao Zhi, and was convicted of his words. Cao Cao gave Yang Xiu a chance, but he did not grasp it, which was the real cause of his death. Looking at the outcome of the famous events in history, such as the "change of Xuanwu Gate" and "the seizure of the nine sons", it can be said that Yang Xiu's death is actually not unjust at all.