1, suspicious, but this is also the same characteristic of people in high positions, otherwise they will not live long.
2. A real villain. Compared with other princes' hypocrites, Cao Cao is the real villain. Real without affectation. Be kind to anyone, and give him a look if he is unhappy, because he is a man of temperament. He was extremely cruel to the enemy, but at the same time he was the best to the peasants by the governors in the Three Kingdoms period.
3. Ambition is slowly expanding. Cao Cao was an extremely loyal person at first, and his dream, according to his poems, was to be a general with troops or a prefect of the governing party. "Serve the heavenly son to make the princes" is exactly the decision made by Yuan Shao, the four great officials of the Three Dynasties, when he was unwilling to save the emperor. It can be seen that Cao Cao is more loyal than Yuan Shao. However, the influence gradually became strong, and the "seal" became a "hold", and successively asked the emperor for official titles such as, Prime Minister, and Wang Wei. But what is certain is that Cao Cao never wanted to usurp the throne in his life, but if Chibi wins, according to Cao Cao's nature, he must be ambitious and want to be an emperor.
Politically, Cao Cao is an excellent man.
Cao Cao attached importance to people's livelihood, established a stable rear area in the Central Plains long ago, paid attention to the introduction of agricultural science and technology, and levied taxes on the people reasonably. Cao Cao's outstanding achievements in civil affairs directly provided material guarantee for Cao Cao's invincible in the battlefield of eastward expedition and western war.
Cao Cao values talents. There were many people who valued talents in the Three Kingdoms, but the definition of talents was different. For example, Yuan Shao's definition of talents is: well-born, excellent family background and pure moral character. Cao Cao is different, he focuses on practical ability. Once the recruitment order is issued, no matter how bad the moral character is, as long as it is talented, it will be used. This was a great shock to the scholars at that time. Cao Cao resisted great pressure, and even killed the celebrities who jumped up and down, such as Bian Jean and Kong Rong, and gained the notoriety of killing celebrities. As a result, Cao Cao's evaluation in Shilin was very poor, but the grassroots and the less powerful aristocratic families supported Cao Cao very much. Therefore, in Cao Cao's talent pool, there are more people from the grassroots than the rest of the princes combined, which is the reason.
Cao Cao attached importance to dealing with foreign invasion. Other governors always pull foreigners to help fight the civil war, and the reward is often a promise that they can plunder the people themselves after winning, which causes great harm to the people. Cao Cao is different. He has only one word for foreigners: kill. Cao Cao's northern expeditions to Wuwan, Xianbei and South Xiongnu, and his western expeditions to Qiang ministries have always stood on the side of the nation, which is much more just than Liu Bei and others.
Cao Cao also brought up a simple style in politics. He is diligent and thrifty. He seldom built towers and pavilions when he was alive, and refused to build a grand mausoleum after his death. This ethos played a great role in winning the hearts of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period.
Culturally, Cao Cao himself is the founder of Jian 'an literature. Cao Cao's poetry has its own strong color in the history of literature. In addition, Cao Cao also paid attention to the collation and reorganization of ancient books. For example, the art of war now seen by Sun Tzu has been lost. Fortunately, the edition of Cao Cao's editorial notes still exists, which saved this famous book from being lost. There are many similar examples. Cao Cao made great efforts to make Cai Yan sort out his father's books and saved countless books. Among the three countries, Cao Cao made the greatest contribution to culture.
Militarily, Cao Cao is also a well-deserved strategist.
Cao Cao paid attention to logistics when fighting, not only ensuring his own logistics, but also paying special attention to attacking the enemy's logistics. Burning and robbing grain is Cao Cao's specialty. This tactic greatly influenced China's later art of war.
Cao Cao also paid attention to the adoption of military science and technology. The earliest catapults and crossbows in China were first used by Cao Cao. The armor binding that influenced China armor 1000 years was also the first time that Cao Cao generally equipped the army.
In a word, Cao Cao is an excellent man. Although he has some shortcomings in character, after all, no one is perfect. Besides, who is a heartless politician? It is estimated that Cao Cao is still a very pure lamb among politicians.
Guo Jia, the first counselor of Cao Cao, was resourceful and a military genius. Predictable, adventurous, tightrope walking, dialysis of human nature.
Zhuge Liang, who is short-sighted and good at governing the country, is actually the master of Liu Beijun, Pang Tong and Fa Zheng who are good at military strategy.
As for Guo Jia's immortality, it's hard to say whether he has a fight with Zhuge Liang. Battle of Red Cliffs at least has a contest with Zhou Yu, the protagonist of Battle of Red Cliffs, and the alliance between Sun and Liu is Zhuge Liang's main achievement in Battle of Red Cliffs.