This is the most prominent aspect of Cao Cao's ambition. He can be wrong, but his subordinates cannot be wrong. There is a two-part allegorical saying that Cao Cao killed Lv Boshe-he was wrong when he was wrong. In order to seize the world, relying on the emperor to be a vassal is the embodiment of Meng De's great talent. He is in no hurry to achieve success, knows how to hide his strength and look forward to it. However, a wise man's efforts will fail, and his suspicious heart has no intention of being the reason for his failure.
His ambition can also be reflected in his cruel nature. In order to avenge his father, he attacked the city and plundered the land, killing tens of thousands of people, and innocent debris stopped the drowning people.
However, his great talents are still told for us.
Cao Cao is a famous historical figure in China. For thousands of years, there have been different opinions about Cao Cao. Those who are praised are heroes who serve the world, and those who are eliminated are called traitors and treacherous courtiers. Cao Cao's historical achievement in unifying the North is an indelible historical fact. In the northern unification war, Cao Cao played a prominent role, and the battle of Guandu laid the foundation for northern reunification. I agree that Cao Cao is a strategist. Some scholars think that Cao Cao is a poet, and I agree with him. Because "wine is a song, what is the geometry of life?" ..... The poem "The Duke of Zhou vomits food, and the world returns to the heart" is not a literary artistic conception that ordinary literati can achieve.
Some people think Cao Cao is a politician, but I think some comments are on the high side. First of all, Cao Cao committed the atrocity of killing people. In A.D. 193, Cao Cao avenged his father Cao Song, and once bloodbath Xuzhou and the unarmed people who fled Yong and Liang. The war is cruel and the people are innocent. They should not be victims of wars between warlords. Hundreds of thousands of Li people were massacred, and "Surabaya is not smooth" (biography of the later Han Dynasty) recorded that the killing scene was tragic at that time. It's cruel. This incident exposed the cruelty in Cao Cao's heart. It is also the biggest stain of Cao Cao's life. Cao Cao also committed the crime of suppressing peasant rebels, and his hands were covered with the blood of the Yellow Scarf Army. Secondly, Cao Cao's personal style has great problems. Cao Cao is very lewd. Although the "sage" has a wonderful exposition that "food, color and sex are also important", Cao Cao is really crazy about women. In Zhang, he caught his aunt. When he beat Lu Bu, he caught his wife, Qin. Although it is not very bad, it should be condemned on moral issues. Finally, Cao Cao slaughtered many civil servants and military commanders for his own power. Kong Rong, Yang Xiu, Cui Yan and others who made great contributions to Cao Cao also died one after another. It proves the bad style that feudal rulers can use it for us and kill it without using it. It is ridiculous that Mr. Guo Moruo, the so-called tycoon in China's literary world, should write such a worthless article as "repeating the mistakes of Cao Cao". The article did not face up to some crimes of Cao Cao's massacre of the people, and unilaterally advocated Cao Cao's reclamation. Cao Cao's reclamation is actually a very exploitative system, which is not worth imitating by future generations. Lu Xun, who is worshipped by our people, thinks that Cao Cao is at least a hero. Where is Cao Cao's hero? But it's not clear. Any extreme evaluation of Cao Cao's views is wrong. We should evaluate and understand Cao Cao more dialectically and fairly.