What Cao Cao, what Zhuge Liang.

Treacherous Cao Cao, clever Zhuge Liang

First, the personality characteristics of Cao Cao's characters

1, treachery. Speaking of Cao Cao, the first thing that reminds us is the treacherous image of Cao Cao. Why do people think Cao Cao is a treacherous man when he is mentioned? Of course there are many reasons. (1) The biggest reason should be Cao Cao's treacherous personality. Cao Cao's treachery can be seen in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. (1) For the first time, I wrote that Cao Cao did nothing when he was a child and was dissatisfied with his uncle's control, so he used fraudulent means to provoke the relationship between his father and uncle, just for the purpose of his debauchery, which fully showed that he was born cunning, good at conspiracy and qualified as a politician. As soon as Cao Cao appeared, he gave people a sly image, which showed his treacherous nature. (2) Episode 20: "It is said that Cao Cao raised his sword to kill Zhang Liao, Liu Bei grabbed his arm, and Yun Shang knelt before him. Liu Bei said: "These pure-hearted people should be kept properly. Yun said, "Guan has always known loyalty and is willing to lay down his life for protection." Cao Cao threw a sword and said with a smile, "I also know Wen Yuan's loyalty, so I am the ear of the play." "I was tied by myself, took off my clothes and sat on it. Liao felt it and surrendered. "This time, Cao Cao captured Zhang Liao, and Zhang Liao refused to surrender. Cao Cao was furious and wanted to kill Zhang Liao. After Liu Bei and Guan Yu begged, he immediately threw down his sword and put on a smiling face and said, "I also know Wen Yuan's loyalty, so this is the ear of the play ..." He personally untied Zhang Liao, undressed him and sat on it. This is Cao Cao, who made his reputation with his cunning. (3) Cao Cao's cunning and treachery is also manifested in "borrowing his head to press the morale of the army." It is said that Cao Cao's 170,000-strong army will run out of food and grass. What Cao Cao faced was a military strategist's biggest taboo. How did he solve it? He used the first kind of fraud, that is, sending food with a small guest. If he hadn't distributed food with a small welcome, he wouldn't have broken through the current predicament at all. However, this kind of fraud has caused dissatisfaction with the morale of the army. How to appease the morale of the army? Cao Cao actually came up with a trick of "borrowing people's heads to suppress the morale of the army." Selfishness and cruelty let Cao Cao complain about others to free himself. He said to Wang Nan, "I know you are innocent, but if you are not killed, the army will change. After you die, I will raise your wife by myself, so don't worry. " "Your wife is self-reliant, so you have no worries." Every word here is filled with creepy coldness. If distributing food with small guests is the first level of Cao Cao's treachery, then the killing of Dong Wang is the "sublimation" of his treachery. It can be said that the death of Wang Dong, the warehouse official, was brewed and decided at the same time as the food distribution order of Xiao Yingbin. (2) Cao Cao usurped the Han Dynasty. People think that Cao Cao is a treacherous villain, and another reason is that he usurped the Han Dynasty. In ancient times, the emperor was the foundation of a country, but if Cao Cao wanted to be an emperor himself, he would definitely be reviled by the people. In this respect, it should also be one of the reasons why people think he is treacherous and dislike him. (3) In the end, it may be because Cao Cao said, "I would rather lose the world than lose me in the world", which makes people hate his treachery even more. Something like this. After Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, Cao Cao was appointed as a captain of Xiaoqi. Cao Cao refused Dong Zhuo's appointment, escaped from Luoyang and took a shortcut back to his hometown. When I passed my friend Lv Boshe's house, I went to my old friend's house to have a rest. Suddenly I heard the sound of sharpening a knife at my friend's house, thinking that I had been betrayed, so I killed them all, but later I found out that he had killed my friend's family by mistake, so I said the above words. Perhaps it is precisely because of the above reasons that when people mention Cao Cao, they will think of his treachery.

2. Suspicion, malice and insidious. This is also a distinctive character of Cao Cao. His suspicious, vicious and insidious nature is clearly reflected in the excuse and knife of killing. For example, Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu with an excuse. (1) Because Yang Xiu's servants made Cao Cao have the idea of killing Yang Xiu, but because Cao Cao has a reputation of "loving talents" outside, he can only endure it. It happened that this arrogant Yang Xiu spied on his inner secret in a bad military operation, and he was upset and angry, exposing his "chicken ribs" charades, so Cao Cao did not hesitate to take advantage of this rare opportunity. Kong Rong recommended a promising young Mi Fei to Cao Cao, but Mi Fei always looked down on Cao Cao. So Cao Cao held a grudge and wanted to find an opportunity to humiliate Mi Heng. Unfortunately, at the banquet, Cao Cao was insulted by Mi Fei's drumming, which made him lose face. He hates his teeth, too Cao Cao wanted to kill Mi Heng by Liu Biao's hand, and finally Huang Zu became his voluntary executioner. Sacrificing other people's lives to relieve their own difficulties is Cao Cao's specialty and a high combination of poison and selfishness. (3) see "kill in the dream". In order to prevent others from secretly harming themselves, Cao Cao carefully fabricated a lie about "I want to kill someone in my dream", but he knew that no one would believe it if he just said it. In order to convince others of his words and ensure his personal safety, Cao Cao directed and performed a wonderful murder drama in his dream, and then watched his performances after waking up, such as "pretending to be surprised" and "crying and giving him a heavy burial." The result of this time is of course to meet Cao Cao's request: "Everyone thinks that killing people in dreams is a dream. Here, people also feel the suspicious, vicious and insidious Cao Cao.

3. Suspicious and arrogant. Cao Cao always uses power and cunning to get rid of people he doesn't like. Mainly because Cao Cao is suspicious by nature. He always thinks that others will murder him, so he must make up a "dream murder" to protect himself when he sleeps, and he will pay more attention to everything. For example, in the 20th chapter of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty secretly ordered Dong Guojiu to enter the palace to get rid of Cao Cao, and promulgated the "imperial decree on clothes and belts". Dong Guojiu just walked past the palace gate and happened to meet Cao Cao. Cao Cao became suspicious and questioned. When he knew that Emperor Xian of Han had given Uncle Dong the brocade robe and jade, he immediately asked Dong to take off his clothes and watch it carefully in the sun. Fortunately, Emperor Xian of Han had already prepared for him, so he could take him out of the palace gate with a letter. Cao Cao's "paranoia" is exposed here. Cao Cao is not only suspicious, but also arrogant. For example, in "Borrowing Arrows from Grass Boat", Zhuge Liang grasped Cao Cao's character and knew that Cao Cao was afraid of fog and Zhuge Liang would cheat, so he made a sneak attack and gave his opponent 100,000 arrows in vain. In Boiling Wine on Heroes, Liu Bei was frightened by a thunder, and Cao Cao thought he was as timid as a mouse. As a result, he let his guard down and made a big mistake. In the 50th edition of Zhuge Liang's Wisdom, Guan Yunchang interprets Cao Cao and laughs at Zhou Yu's wisdom when he is defeated by flying daggers. From these events, we can see Cao Cao's arrogance, thinking that others are inferior to themselves and despise their opponents, which will lead to their own failure. In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Luo Guanzhong focused on the development of the story and the shaping of many types of characters, but did not directly describe Cao Cao's character. The description of Cao Cao puts the character above the story, and completes the personalized shaping of Cao Cao's image as a whole. In Luo Guanzhong's works, Cao Cao completed a wonderful performance of "treachery of power", which was given to Cao Cao by Luo Guanzhong, and "treachery of power" was the fundamental reason why Cao Cao won his fate.

4. Be good at playing politics. One of the main reasons why Cao survived and developed in the fierce war was that he was very good at playing politics. I thought Liu Bei was chased by Lu Bu, pitiful and eager. Cao Cao's disciples advised him to kill Liu Bei to avoid future trouble, but he treated Liu Beiru as a brother and allowed the army to help Liu attack Lu. To be kind to the enemy is to be cruel to yourself. Cao Cao knew this very well, but Liu Bei was treated by Cao Cao. Why didn't Cao Cao take the opportunity to kill Liu Bei to avoid future trouble? In fact, Cao Cao had already calculated in his heart: "Fang killed one person with a hero today and lost the heart of the world." Killing such a popular Liu Huangshu is tantamount to killing yourself. Clever Cao Cao certainly wouldn't do such a loss-making business. From here, we can clearly see that Cao Cao's mastery of politics is very stable. Cao Cao has always appreciated Guan Yu's martial arts and attached great importance to Guan Yu. He always wanted to recruit Guan Yu into his own army, but Guan Yu's loyalty to Liu Bei, deep loyalty and unyielding determination made Cao Cao helpless. So when he attacked Xuzhou, he finally got the chance to be defeated and trapped. First of all, he promised Guan Yu without hesitation. He only surrendered to Emperor Han Xian, not to Cao Cao, but he knew where Liu Huangshu was going and resigned easily, in exchange for Guan Yu's submission. In order to win Guan Yu's "return to the motherland", he changed the practice of forcibly wooing him, threw a big banquet, treated Guan Yu as a loser with a guest gift, "extended his seat", "prepared gold and silver utensils for each other", "three days for a small banquet, five days for a big banquet" and "sent ten beautiful women"; Seeing that Guan Yu's shirt was old, he gave it to "a shirt with different brocade"; Knowing that Guan Yu's war horse was thin, he gave it a red rabbit horse in an attempt to conquer Guan Yu with this caring love, respect and trust, weaken Guan Yu's loyalty to Liu Bei and make Guan Yu close to himself. However, Guan Yu finally rode away to find his brother, and his fantasy was completely shattered. But at this moment, he still refused the suggestion of "killing him to avoid future trouble", and still showed respect and attachment to Guan Yu, giving him money and official clothes. In fact, he did this not only for Guan Yu, but also for the whole world! On the surface, Cao Cao's plan to recruit Guan Yu failed, but it paved the way for Guan Yu to repay his kindness in the future and took advantage of Guan Yu's gratitude to him, which played a beneficial role in the future. Sure enough, the story on Huarong Road proved that his idea was correct. Guan Yu, under siege, replaced human kindness with personal kindness, so that Cao Cao survived, and Cao Cao was saved from being captured. In the process of Cao Cao's persuading Guan Yu, we can see that Cao Cao is actually a man who is very good at using political skills. The reason why Cao Cao didn't kill Liu Bei and Guan Yu was because Cao Cao saw clearly the power of this point, and he wouldn't do anything bad for him, which showed his personality of being good at playing politics to the fullest.