On the one hand, Cao Cao wants to be a benevolent government, but on the other hand, even Liu Fu, a junior minister, can't stand it. He stabbed him to death by leaning on wine when he was writing a poem on the crossbar. (Just because the blunt poem is unlucky: "The moon stars are rare, and the black magpies fly south; Three turns around the tree, no branches to follow. " ) and so on, will you still listen to Cao's harsh advice and the second time? Fortunately, the three counselors had foresight and alienated Cao Cao in advance, otherwise they would have been in the end. By analogy, what will happen to Cao Cao once he becomes emperor? Therefore, his surrender strategy is nothing more than "follwed modesty is out of place"
In my opinion, from the beginning of the battle of Guandu, Guo Jia was "the theory of winning and losing ten wins", or he remonstrated with Cao Cao many times until the end. Things are unpredictable, and in a blink of an eye, the Lord and the minister changed from mutual assistance and mutual trust to mutual separation and abandonment. This is an irresistible law of unity of opposites.
It's the middle of winter, but there are west winds and north winds. Are there easterly and southerly winds? "If he uses fire, he will burn his own soldiers. Why should I be afraid? " After doing this kind of subjective thinking, Cao Cao certainly didn't doubt Pang Tong, and even thought that only he could understand the strategy of the great hermit Pang Tong. Pang Tong really praised him: The Prime Minister's use of troops is so well-deserved! The counselors immediately bowed down and said, "Everyone is inferior to others." It means-there are no jokes in the army. Don't break your word!
It is precisely because the previous Cheng Xian strengthened Cao Cao's mentality of doing the opposite, so when the southeast wind really blew, he still insisted: "When the solstice of winter comes, there will be no southeast wind." Why is it strange? "Heart said this small probability wind unpredictable, no practical application value, limelight will turn at any time.
However, he didn't want to think, why didn't the counselor mention this "not surprising weather common sense" from the beginning? They only praise "high opinion"?
Cao Cao also played a new trick of human resources, that is, temporarily hiring foreign counselors. He thinks that anyone can buy it as long as he gives enough face or money. Moreover, this mercenary will not compete with himself and can be fired at any time. He did try it before. For example, Guan Yu helped him out of gratitude, but Cao Cao didn't think that there are people in the world who can't be bought with lust, lust, wealth and hypocrisy. Even for a moment, politics brought him irreparable failure. After Chibi, Cao Cao could not trust the people around him, nor could he trust the foreign monks. Sima Yi was born in the cracks after being eliminated.
Second, Cheng Yu is a combination of a counselor and a politician. Among the four main students (or friends) in Si Mahui, the ranking of Zhimou from high to low is Pang Tong, Zhuge Liang, Xu Shu and Cheng Yu. Theoretically, ceramic tiles are "ten times worse", but actually they are Xichuan, Jingzhou, Fancheng and Dong 'e County. Among them, Pang Tong and Xu Shu are pure Confucian counselors, who are both filial and loyal, while Zhuge Liang and Cheng Yu (including Si Mahui) are counselors who are a mixture of Confucianism and law and have the ambition of Wang Ba. That is to say, Guo Jia and Cao Cao opposed Liu Bei, while Cheng Yu and Zhuge Liang supported their families (specifically, Zhuge Liang wanted to help Zhuge Liang proclaim himself emperor).
Zhuge Liang said, "When people ask what is Kongming's ambition, Kongming just laughs and doesn't answer." . In the society at that time, just wanting to be an emperor was an "alien ambition" that could not be exposed. Compared with Guan Zhong, Le Yi, Lv Wang and Sean, others' egos are nothing.
Although there is no description of Cheng Yu in the novel, it can be judged from his behavior. For example, he used Xu Shu's filial piety to frame his mother and son, which is a very bad tactic. Anyone who can do such a thing will be unfaithful to his master (this is an ancient human logic. Filial piety is faithful, and ingenuity is intentional). Accordingly, Kong Ming used Pang Tong's loyalty to Liu Bei to kill him. Because the people's hearts and war forms in the Three Kingdoms period were more complicated than ever before, most loyal officials did not have a long career. They are either eliminated by their masters, or calculated by the same kind of resourceful and highly skilled politicians. Similar to the current high scores and low energy.
In Luo Guanzhong's view, it is reasonable for the Han Dynasty to usurp the inverse. For example, Cui once told Liu Bei that the restoration of the Han Dynasty was an act of God, and the king should be renewed.
Unveiling the hidden show of Romance of the Three Kingdoms, disloyal counselors are more heroic than loyal counselors, and the more thorough the opposition, the better. Of course, there is a definition principle here. They must be subjective to the world and objective to themselves, such as Cheng Xian, Cui, Zhuge Liang and Si Mahui. Opportunists who only care about personal or local interests are bears, such as Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao. The motivation can be inferred from the ending when distinguishing, which is also the convenience of literature. Actually, the problem is not that simple. There is no one in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms who is not a hero, and no one is an out-and-out hero.
Cheng Xian wanted to continue to remonstrate and not let Cao Cao succeed, and another purpose was to hope that Cao Cao could reuse himself as a favorite after his failure. Then make a new plan. His practice is exactly the same as Sima Yi's.
Sima Yi downplayed several strategies whether Cao Cao adopted them or not, and Cao Cao gradually accepted him after comparison. However, due to the premature implementation of the plan, Cheng Xian did not achieve the expected success. Cao Cao was still very frivolous after Huarong Road and did not fall into Cheng Xian's trap. He still only looked at Guo Jia, and Cheng was more "untimely" than Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang. However, it is good to climb to the position of General Wei Zhen with a county magistrate and die a fair death.
His official friends, Tao or He Zuoxiu, later died at Cao Cao's hands to resist Cao Cao's promotion. Speaking of Cao Cao himself, it didn't go well either. First, I was tripped by Cheng Yu and Yang Xiu. When the old man was no longer stubborn, he was caught by Sima Yi. '
In a word, Cheng Yu also realized that Cao Cao could only be defeated and could not die, so he finally uncovered the falsehood of Huang Gai's grain ship in time and let Cao Cao escape. Moreover, this time Cheng Xian explained this common sense to him in great detail: "When the grain is on the boat, the boat will be stable; Watching the boat today is light and airy. 99
I think so. Cao Cao didn't understand the truth, because Cheng Yuguang had already said this argument, without emphasizing or demonstrating it. Cheng Yu knows very well that in many cases, expressions are more important than expressions. Especially for the immortal.