In the novels and stage plays, Cao Cao is a sinister and cunning white-faced traitor, and Liu Bei is the uncle of the Han Emperor who is bent on restoring the Han Room. If we look closely at the history, we will find that if Liu Bei wants to become an emperor, he will have to wait at least two hundred years - Liu Xie, the son of the Han Dynasty at that time, was five generations higher than Liu Bei, and liu Bei's sixth grandson became emperor before Liu Bei could be worthy of his name.
Liu Xie could not see his sixth grandson as emperor, because his position as the Son of Heaven of the Great Han Dynasty was taken by his uncle Cao Pi to sit on his own, and when he insincerely issued the "Edict of the Zen Position", he did not know whether Liu Chan regretted it: If that sword had been cut down that year, how could Jiangshan Sheji have changed his surname to Cao so quickly?
Cao Cao already had the opportunity to stand on his own behalf of Han, but in the end he did not take that step; Liu Xie had countless opportunities to behead Cao Cao above the court, and he also did not drop that sword. The relationship between Cao Cao and Liu Xie, a prince and a son-in-law, is still a mystery to this day: if he wanted to monitor Liu Xie, Cao Cao would have to give up a Cao Xian, and why bother to send his three daughters into the palace together, and even Cao Hua, who was not yet an adult, had long become Liu Xie's nominal concubine.
You don't guess Cao Cao's mind, and you can't guess it when you guess it. This "extraordinary man and transcendent master" had always refused to "seek false fame and deal with real disasters", but in his later years he was bent on "entering wei gong and jia jiu xi", and for this reason he also quarreled with his long-time best friend Xun Yu - readers know that Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi did not care about Jia Jiu Xi at all.
"Jia Jiu Xi" courtesy, Zhuge Liang Sima Yi disdainful, in Cao Cao's eyes but as heavy as Taishan, this shows what, readers must also have their own opinions: Cao Cao, this person, it seems that there is no "ambition" at all, he just wants to be "the great Han super courtier" as a famous history.
Cao Cao wanted to be a super courtier, but his son would not let him do so, if they met under the Nine Springs, Cao Cao would definitely pull Cao Pi over and beat him up: "I want to be emperor for a long time, and I still use your horse cannon to chase the seal?" For the sake of a little false name, you can make Lao Tzu miserable! ”
Cao Cao was a life-saving favor to Liu Xie, the emperor of Han, and if cao Cao had not appeared in time and provided daily necessities, Liu Xie and his courtiers who could say no and could not do it would have become starving long ago. Cao Cao had a life-saving grace for Liu Xie, and Liu Xie also had a grace not to kill Cao Cao--when Liu Xie wanted to kill Cao Cao, it was a one-sentence thing, but Liu Xie refused to say the words "kill Cao Cao".
Of course, the "Yidai Zhao" was forged, because the "Uncle Dong Cheng( who was actually Liu Xie's father-in-law) who was supposedly holding the YiDai Edict" was not a good person, he was just a small pawn of Dong Zhuo (the part of Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu), and the struggle between the che riding general and Cao Cao was only about power and had nothing to do with loyalty. It is even more nonsense to say that Liu Bei and Ma Teng both signed the "Certificate of Righteousness" - Liu Bei, under Cao Cao's close surveillance, did not dare to see outsiders at all, and Ma Teng was still fighting with his "brother with a different surname" Han Sui (Taoyuan Sanjieyi is not found in the zhengshi, Han Majie worship, recorded in the "Dictionary"), and there is no time to take care of the bad things in the capital.
The reason why it is said that the "Edict of the Belt" belongs to Dong Cheng's forgery is because of Dong Zhuo's previous experience, and Although Liu Xie was cowardly, he was not confused: letting Dong Cheng hook up with Ma Teng, Liu Bei, and kill Cao Cao was to repeat the mistakes of He Jin and Dong Zhuo into Beijing.
Liu Xie wanted to kill Cao Cao, there was no need to spend a lot of time, and Cao Cao's words when he ridiculed He Jin for attracting wolves into the room to recruit Dong Zhuo could be a good idea for Liu Xie: "The lord of the world should not be a fake power favorite, so as to do this." If he is punished for his sins, and when he is cursed with evil, and one jailer is enough, why should he summon outsiders one after another? ”
Liu Xie killed Cao Cao, relying only on prison guards is not enough, and Liu Xie's men not only have prison guards, he also has the most elite Tiger Ben army at that time, these Tiger Ben army has always only listened to the name of Tianzi, and did not know that there was Cao Cao Yuan Shao, if Liu Xie wanted to kill Cao Cao, it would be much easier than Kangxi to capture Aobai.
The Book of the Later Han Dynasty, Volume 10, and The Tenth Book of the Empress Chronicle records such an event: "Zhao Yan, the emperor, was killed by Cao Cao for the sake of Emperor Chen's words. The rest of the inside and outside are often seen in the curse. After the exercise, he entered the temple with things, and the emperor did not let him be angry, because he said: "If the king can complement each other, he will be thick; 'Fuck out, pitch out. Old Yi, the three dukes led the soldiers to see him, and ordered Hu Ben to hold the blade hostage. out, take care of the left and right, sweaty, since then do not dare to return to the court please. ”
Cao Cao only killed one Zhao Yan, who had already angered Liu Xie, and what he said could also be understood in two ways: first, you change people; second, you get out of the egg.
Cao Cao was really frightened at that time, not only did his face change drastically, but he also prostrated his head like a pound of garlic, and after getting approval, he wiped his cold sweat and slipped away.
Cao Cao killed Zhao Yan in the second year of Jian'an, that is to say, until the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's life and death were still in the hands of Liu Xie, and Liu Xie wanted to kill Cao Cao, and with just one look, the Tiger Ben Army would take up the sword and fall.
Cao Cao prostrated his head and confessed his mistake, Liu Xie was not too much, and that almost decisive threatening sentence also frightened Cao Cao's bitter guts, and from then on he did not even dare to see the emperor's face. Therefore, there was one more contact person between Tianzi Liu Xie and Sikong and the general Cao Cao, that is, Shangshu Ling Xun Yu, who made Guan Yu the Marquis of Hanshouting, and increased Guo Jia's two hundred households to one thousand households, all of which were handled by Cao Cao through Xun Yu and in accordance with the rules and regulations.
From the above historical data, we can see that Liu Xie had the opportunity to kill Cao Cao and did not do anything in the end, and there is only one reason for this: in Liu Xie's view, killing a Cao Cao, there will be countless Cao Cao, those Cao Cao may be Yuan Shao, may be Dong Cheng, and may even be the long-armed and big-eared Liu Bei- this Han Dynasty patriarch wanted to be emperor when he was a child (when the first lord was young, he played with the children of the sect under the tree, saying: "I will take this feather to cover the car." The uncle and son respectfully said: "Ru do not speak in vain, destroy wumen also!" If he were in power, Liu Xie's life would not be the worst but worse.
To tell the truth, Cao Cao did not come to see the court, and it was also a comfortable thing for Liu Xie not to see and not be bothered, Cao Cao was very interested in sending three daughters, making it clear that he wanted to have a good relationship with Liu Xie and leave a back road for the Cao family.
Liu Xie saw it very clearly: If Cao Cao really wanted to usurp Han and stand on his own, he didn't need to give up three daughters at a time. As for Empress Fu and Concubine Dong Guifei, there is a huge family behind them, the three major families of Cao, Fu, and Dong are all foreign relatives, and whoever holds power may arbitrarily use power, and if You dong replaces Cao, it is also a soup exchange without changing medicine, and what is even more frightening is that Liu Bei Liu Xuande - his usurpation of the throne is not a usurper, and Xun Yu and Kong Rong may not oppose it, because it is a private matter of the old Liu family.
It is difficult to speculate whether Liu Bei would have done better than Cao Cao, but one thing is certain: if Fu Quan, Dong Cheng, or Yuan Shao sat in Cao Cao's position, Liu Xie's life would certainly be more difficult.
There is a chance to have the ability to kill Cao Cao, the risk of killing Cao Cao is not very great, the reason why the party Liu Xie is hesitant to move, is not completely timid, his biggest sorrow is that his government and the opposition, in addition to Kong Rong Liu Biao's sat-in, is Yuan Shao Zhang Lu Ma Teng Han Sui's ambitionist, divided warlords, there is Cao Cao alive, Liu Xie can still eat and marry a daughter-in-law, if you change to someone else, Liu Xie in addition to abdicating earlier, is dragged around to flee, please think about it: change to you are the Son of the Great Han, Are you willing to kill Cao Cao? After killing Cao Cao, how should we clean up the mess?