What kind of person is Cao Cao in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms?

Cao Cao had a counselor named Yang Xiu. He was very clever and liked to show off his talents, which made him unhappy many times. Once, Cao Cao asked a craftsman to build a garden. After the repair, Cao Cao came to inspect, wrote a word "live" on the gate and left. The craftsmen don't know what this means.

Yang Xiu told them that the Prime Minister meant that they were too "rich", so the craftsmen made the door smaller. This time, Cao Cao was satisfied, but when he heard that it was Yang Xiu's idea, he was unhappy.

On another occasion, someone gave Cao Cao a box of shortbread. Cao Cao wrote "a crisp" on the box cover, put things on the table and went out. When Yang Xiu saw it, he gave it to everyone. Cao Cao knew that he was angry and questioned Yang Xiu.

The wise Yang Xiu said, "Didn't the Prime Minister write' one person is crisp' on the box cover?" Cao Cao has nothing to say, but he is more jealous of Yang Xiu.

Later, Cao Cao attacked Liu Bei once, but he was resisted and could not attack for a long time. He was very sad. The cook brought him a bowl of chicken soup, and he saw a chicken rib in it, just right. At this time, he asked the password of the day, and he answered "chicken ribs, chicken ribs" smoothly.

When the news reached Yang Xiu's ears, he told people that chicken ribs didn't taste like meat, so it was a pity to throw them away. It seems that the Prime Minister is quitting. Originally, the soldiers didn't want to fight endless wars. Yang Xiu said these things, and they were all ready to go home happily.

When Cao Cao heard about it, he thought that Yang Xiu had shaken the morale of the army, so he took the opportunity to kill him, but soon after, Cao Cao really retreated.

Extended data:

1, Chen Ruoming: "Virtue is very high, and it is karma that makes this achievement."

2. Huang Moses: "Being a hero should also occupy a seat; Although it is easy to use tactics, from the perspective of ancient heroes, is there anyone who doesn't use tactics at all?

3. Lu Xun: "Cao Cao is a very capable person, at least a hero. Although I am not a client of Cao Cao, I always admire him anyway. "

4. Mao Zedong: "Cao Cao unified northern China and established the State of Wei. He reformed many evil policies in the Eastern Han Dynasty, suppressed the strongmen, developed production and practiced the system of reclaiming farmland. He also urged land reclamation, advocated the rule of law and thrift, so that the society that suffered great damage began to stabilize, recover and develop. "

5. Fan Wenlan: "He is a hero who stirred up troubled times, so he is sad, generous and heroic in literature."

Cao Cao (155-220 Gengzi in the first month), whose real name was Meng De and Zhen, was born in Guo Pei (now Bozhou, Anhui), Han nationality, a famous politician, strategist, writer and poet at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the founder of Cao Wei regime.

In the name of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he conquered the four directions, eliminated the separatist forces such as Er Yuan, Lu Bu, Liu Biao and Han Sui at home, surrendered the southern Xiongnu, Wu Huan and Xianbei abroad, unified the northern part of China, and implemented a series of policies to restore economic production and social order, which laid the foundation for the founding of Cao Wei.

Cao Cao was the prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty before his death, then Wang Wei, and after his death, posthumous title became King Wu.

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