We often use Cao Cao? Holding the emperor as a minister? To evaluate Cao Cao as a Han thief. In fact, Cao Cao, with his keen vision and political and military height, discovered that the whole situation in China at that time (when Emperor Han offered the emperor) was a separatist regime, with warlords fighting, bones everywhere and people living in poverty. In this crisis, Cao Cao seized the desperate emperor, moved the capital to Xu County, and tried to unify China by force, which played a positive role in the political stability of the Eastern Han Dynasty. So Cao Cao is not a thief in China. Cao Cao was the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the founders of the Three Kingdoms, and a figure who laid a solid political foundation for the unification of the Western Jin Dynasty.
Let me talk about Cao Cao's great achievements first.
1. Restore the people's livelihood and economy in Huanghuai Basin. Years of war have made the people in Huanghuai Valley miserable. Can you say that? All the names are empty, and there are countless people in a hundred miles. ,? Bones are exposed in the wild, and there are no crows in a thousand miles? . Faced with this tragic situation, Cao Cao implemented a series of policies to restore the economy and stabilize the situation before his death. Judging from the implementation of Cao Cao, the system of reclaiming farmland, building water conservancy and selling salt and iron by officials has played a positive role in the recovery of social economy and the rectification of economy.
2. Cao Cao strengthened the rule of law and won the hearts of the people. Sima Guang said Cao? Turn chaos into governance? , not groundless. Use Wang Xiu, Sima Zhi, Yang Pei, Lv Qian, Man Chong, Jia Kui and other local officials to curb the lawless strongmen. He said:? Husband's punishment, the life of the people? ; ? Punishment comes first in the policy of bringing order out of chaos? . Immediately after Cao arrived in Jizhou? Attach importance to the law of merger of powerful countries? , thus receiving can make? Happy? Effect.
3. meritocracy means making good use of people. He called three times from 2 10 to 2 17? Asking for a sage order? Select and appoint some talented people. Break the concept of family status, attract the middle and lower classes of the landlord class, restrain the strongmen and strengthen centralization.
4. Cao Cao's thought is influenced by Confucianism, and its foundation belongs to the category of Confucianism, which advocates benevolence, righteousness and propriety, and tries to educate the people and administration with benevolence, morality and propriety, that is? First ruling ceremony? . On the other hand, the well-documented history of Cao Cao's attaching importance to the law and neglecting the technique, imposing severe punishment and strict law constitutes another important aspect of Cao Cao's thought. What is that? Dial the penalty first? . Therefore, Cao Cao's thought is a contradictory unity. Cao Cao in troubled times not only emphasized criminal law, but also remembered the use of ethics. He has always respected etiquette and law, used both hands, and showed unique ability and effect in both etiquette and law.
5. Cao Cao is good at the art of war and good at fighting. Cao Cao played an active role in unifying the north, successively eliminating the separatist forces north of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and unifying most of northern China. Cao Cao's war to unify the north lasted 17 years, which was a battle for the founding of Cao Wei and laid a solid foundation for the later unification of China in the Western Jin Dynasty.
6. Cao Cao's poems are excellent. A Brief Explanation of Sun Tzu is the first book to sort out the thirteen annotations of Sun Tzu. "Tongdian? Military classics such as Wei Wu Military Order, Wu Wei Warship Order and Wei Wu Exhibition Order are all included in the Military Code. Please, Cai Wenji. Write a book, the text is correct? . Because he attached importance to the cultural construction of the country, he gradually established the National Library of Wei State. Poetry has been handed down to later generations, the most famous of which are Looking at the Sea and Short Songs.
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Therefore, Cao Cao is not a thief in China, but a man with ambition, ideals and goals, and a talented and resourceful political expert. Cao Cao was the founder of the Cao Wei regime in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, one of the founders of the Three Kingdoms, and a figure who laid a solid political foundation for the unification of the Western Jin Dynasty.