After all, how many people in the world can compare with the lofty sentiments that I would rather be negative than negative? Even Mr. Lu Xun once said that Cao Cao is a very capable person, at least he is a hero. Although he is not a party to Cao Cao, he has admiration for Cao Cao anyway.
As the saying goes, in troubled times, a lean man comes out. Although Cao Cao's style of writing is not particularly distinctive, he is brilliant. His political talent, literary talent and ability to know people and employ people were really rare in the Three Kingdoms period, otherwise it would be impossible to establish the Cao Wei regime.
Of course, no one is perfect and Cao Cao is no exception. In history, Cao Cao liked widows very much. This also makes future generations very puzzled. After all, Cao Cao, a lean generation, established the Cao Wei regime and held a very high position in the Three Kingdoms period. It is no exaggeration to say that any woman will climb into bed as long as Cao Cao waves his sleeves, but why does Cao Cao like widows so much?
In the eyes of modern people, it is obviously abnormal for Cao Cao to like widows, but in fact it is not. After all, how can a man who can achieve great things like Cao be abnormal? It is a clever way for Cao Cao to marry a widow.
In the Han dynasty, it was common for consorts to interfere in politics. So Cao Cao married a widow, hoping to reduce the phenomenon that Cao Wei was ruled by consorts through his own behavior. Of course, in the final analysis, it may also be because Cao Cao prefers widows. But this can solve the phenomenon that consorts interfere in politics and realize what they want, which is also killing two birds with one stone.
In addition, since ancient times, the emperor's children have been fighting for the throne, so most of these widows married by Cao Cao have already given birth to children. And Cao Cao will treat these children as his own. But obviously, no matter how Cao Cao regards these children as his own, it is generally impossible for them to inherit the Cao Wei regime, which has played a stable role in a country's political power.
Pods burn and boil peas, and peas cry in the pot: grow from the same root, please, why are we so hot? This is written in Cao Zhi's famous seven-step poem. From this poem, we can't see that in the Cao Wei period, the phenomenon of Cao Cao's children fighting for power and profit was still fierce. If Cao Cao didn't love widows, the Cao Wei regime might have been overthrown long ago because there were too many children.
The social status of women in ancient China was relatively low. Even in the late feudal dynasty, women were encouraged to set up chastity archways. But this is also a phenomenon that only existed in the late feudal dynasty. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, the folk customs were relatively open, so it was normal for women to remarry, not to mention that the object of their remarriage was a generation of fierce Cao Cao.
Although Cao Cao likes widows, he doesn't like them blindly. Just look at these widows in Cao Cao's harem, and you will find that most of them are powerless. What should widows do in wartime? From this perspective, if Cao Cao had not provided them with shelter, they would have passed away long ago.
Cai Wenji, a famous woman in history, has been married for three times, and is also a very famous woman in animation timekeeping. He is not only good-natured, but also knowledgeable and even beautiful. But Cao Cao didn't do anything for him, and even bombed him to Dong Si to atone. It can be seen that Cao Cao's love for widows is that a gentleman loves money and takes it properly.
However, even if Cao Cao really only likes widows unilaterally, what can he do? He is the builder of Cao Wei regime, who dares to say more? But then again, how can such a capable generation get carried away for their simple preferences? I don't know if everyone thinks that Cao Cao likes widows to satisfy his own selfish interests or to stabilize the court.