Although Cao Cao left a lasting infamy during the Three Kingdoms period, he was the best at sending favors to others_The following text information was collected and published by the editor for everyone. Let's take a look at it together!
In the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao is the biggest villain. But Cao Cao's badness is different from that of Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu. Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu were mean and ungrateful, and they had very few real die-hard buddies. Compared with them, Cao Cao was very flexible and often sent some favors to win people's hearts. This is an important reason why Cao Cao was able to make his career bigger. In this regard, Cao Cao is a bit like Liu Bang, the great ancestor of the Han Dynasty. When Liu Bang was about to be defeated by Xiang Yu on the Western Front, he hoped that Han Xin, who was in Qi, would come to rescue him. Han Xin asked Liu Bang if he could ask him to be the acting King of Qi to stabilize the situation. This was obviously an opportunity to blackmail. Liu Bang was very angry and scolded Han Xin for being untrue. Liu Bang's two counselors, Zhang Liang and Chen Ping, kicked Liu Bang's feet under the table. Liu Bang immediately woke up and shouted: If a man wants to be a true king, why bother to be a fake one? Liu Bang immediately gave the seal of King Qi to Han Xin's envoy. Han Xin received the seal of King Qi and sent troops. As a result, Liu Bang finally defeated Xiang Yu.
Liu Bang made Han Xin the King of Qi, but he was reluctant and had no choice but to do so. But he could understand the counselor's hints and turn around quickly. Sima Qian said that he was open-minded and generous, and praised him as a genius. This kind of person is a natural political leader and can adapt to changes in circumstances. The manifestation of this characteristic in Cao Cao is that when he can do something good, he tries not to do bad things. Even if he has malicious intentions in his heart, he must be polite on the surface. This distinguishes Cao Cao from warlords such as Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu. Of course, there are differences between Dong Zhuo and Lu Bu. Dong Zhuo did many bad things and was full of evildoers. After his death, a lantern was lit in the sky. Lu Bu is a mother as long as she has breasts, and he keeps killing old leaders, but sometimes he will do things like shooting halberds at the gate, which not only sells favors, but also saves himself.
In Peking Opera, Cao Cao is a villain with a white face. The trait of a traitor is that he is deeply scheming. Cao Cao killed Lu Boshe's family on his way to escape, killed the petty officials in charge of food when he was short of food, and killed the guards around him while pretending to be dreaming while sleeping. These are all his treacherous side. But for Cao Cao, these actions were all done by chance. If Cao Cao did bad things all day long, everyone would know at a glance that he was a bad guy, and he would not have become a big shot in the Three Kingdoms period. More often than not, Cao Cao is doing good things. Or, he tries to appear to be doing good things. For example, Cao Cao's military discipline was relatively strict. Every time he marched and fought, he had to declare that he would not harm the interests of the people. Cao Cao also redeemed Cai Wenji, a talented woman at that time, from the Huns. Before his death, Cao Cao distributed the remaining spices to his concubines so that they could learn the art of weaving to make a living. This was known in history as sharing the fragrance and selling shoes. This shows that Cao Cao still cares about people. Precisely because he cared about people, Cao Cao was able to have thousands of generals and hundreds of advisers under his command.
Back to the book. After Dong Zhuo took control of the government, Cao Cao volunteered to assassinate Dong Zhuo. After going there, Cao Cao was afraid of missing a single blow on the one hand, and even more afraid of the brave and invincible Lu Bu on the other. As a result, Cao Cao, who had been unable to wait for the opportunity, was discovered by Dong Zhuo carrying the sword. At this time, Cao Cao had an idea and claimed that he was here to offer the sword. Thus escaping a disaster. In Water Margin, Lin Chong clearly followed the instructions of Captain Gao conveyed by Lu Qian to deliver the sword, but was falsely accused of assassination. As a result, he was imprisoned and almost killed. By comparison, we can know why Cao Cao is the big leader and Lin Chong can only be a coach.
Cao Cao launched an army to attack Tao Qian of Xuzhou in the name of his father's murder. Kong Rong and Tao Qian from Beihai were good buddies and wrote to Liu Bei asking for help. Liu Bei and Gongsun Zan borrowed troops, and also borrowed Zhao Yun, and took two brothers Guan and Zhang to rescue Xuzhou. After Liu Bei came to Xuzhou, he did not immediately fight with Cao Cao's army, but wrote a letter to Cao Cao to persuade him to make peace. Liu Bei did this because he was not strong enough. With five thousand soldiers and horses against Cao Cao's tens of thousands of troops, his chances of winning were extremely slim.
The second is that the two fought side by side when suppressing the Yellow Turban Uprising, and Cao Cao also supported Liu Bei when the Eighteenth Princes attacked Dong Zhuo. The two of them seemed to have a bit of a friendship. Liu Bei's letter was very polite. On the one hand, he expressed his feelings of farewell, and on the other hand, he excused Tao Qian and hoped that Cao Cao could withdraw his troops. Cao Cao was very angry when he got the letter and cursed Liu Bei for who he was and what qualifications he had to write such a letter. Although Liu Bei is known as the world's greatest hero, at this time he has only a small army and few generals, so Cao Cao doesn't pay much attention to him. Guo Jia, Cao Cao's counselor, was relatively calm and advised Cao Cao to reply politely, treat Liu Bei with courtesy, paralyze Liu Bei's military morale, and then conquer Xuzhou in one fell swoop.
While they were discussing, Cao Cao received intelligence that Lu Bu was attacking Cao Cao's hometown, Yanzhou. At this time, Cao Cao's only territory was Yanzhou. Once lost, the consequences would be unimaginable. Therefore, Cao Cao decided to withdraw his troops and wrote back to Liu Bei to give him face. Cao Cao had no choice but to withdraw his troops, and in desperation he did not forget to show his kindness to Liu Bei. Cao Cao was able to control his emotions, obey the advice and treat Liu Bei politely, which shows that his mind works very quickly and he is flexible and tactful in weighing the pros and cons.
Wancheng fought against Zhang Xiu. Zhang Xiu listened to the advice of counselor Jia Xu and decided to surrender. The lustful Cao Cao could not bear the loneliness while living in Wancheng, and even had an affair with Zhang Xiu's widowed aunt Zou. When Cao Cao saw Zou, he said: It is because of you that I accept Zhang Xiu's surrender, otherwise he will be exterminated. Cao Cao sold such a huge favor to Zou just to trick her into willingly providing for his sexual pleasure.
Baimenlou beheaded Lu Bu, Lu Bu's men were civilized and martial, the most stubborn ones were Chen Gong and Zhang Liao. Chen Gong had been killed, and Zhang Liao insulted Cao Cao. Cao Cao drew his sword to kill Zhang Liao. Liu Bei and Guan Yu both begged Cao Cao to show mercy. Cao Cao gave Liu Bei and Guan Yu face. Later, Zhang Liao became Cao Cao's most outstanding general and saved Cao Cao's life many times. When the three generals were guarding Hefei, Zhang Liao led Yue Jin and Li Dian to defeat Sun Quan's 100,000 army with 800 men, and fought against Xiaoyaojin, which shocked the world and saved Cao Cao's territory in the southeast.
Cao Cao’s greatest favor was to Guan Yu. Guan Yu was surrounded by Tushan and had no way out. Zhang Liao suggested that Cao Cao recruit and surrender Guan Yu for his own use. But Guan Yu was a man who wanted to save face and made three demands. Some of these demands are quite unreasonable. Cao Cao agreed one by one, and from then on he sent money, beautiful women, and promotions to Guan Yu. Guan Yu is a man, so of course he doesn't like these things, but after all, he feels grateful to Cao Cao because of this. After that, Guan Yu killed Yan Liang and Wen Chou and solved Cao Cao's big problem. During the Battle of Chibi, Huarong Road guarded by Guan Yu was the last pass to the north. Guan Yu, who was nostalgic, thought over and over again and finally let Cao Cao go.
Cao Cao's favor is great, and Guan Yu's reward is also great.