In 200 AD, after Cao Cao drove Liu Bei out of Xuzhou, Zhang Liao led an army to besiege Guan Yu and Liu Bei's wife and children in Tushan.

In order to recruit Guan Yu, Cao Cao actually agreed to Guan Yu's "Three Agreements on Earth and Mountains", the third of which "but knows Liu Bei's whereabouts, no matter thousands of miles away, I will resign."

Obviously, it carries a great risk, that is, recruiting and surrendering can easily turn into an empty joy.

Even so, Cao Cao is still full of confidence in subduing Guan Yu.

Afterwards, he remained unmoved by the three-day small banquet, the five-day big banquet, the conferment of titles and officials, the gift of money, the reward of beauties, and the gift of the famous horse Chitu.

When Guan Yu heard about Liu Bei's news, he "killed Yan Liang and killed Wen Chou" in the Battle of Guandu to repay Cao Cao's "Three Pacts on Tushan" and planned to bid farewell to Cao Cao and leave.

After Cao Cao found out, in order to keep Guan Yu, he never saw Guan Yu again.

However, Guan Yu knew Cao Cao's heart, so he hung a seal and sealed gold to protect the two sisters-in-law from leaving.

At this time, after Cao Cao got the letter, he threw his pen on the ground and cried out sadly, "Yun Chang is leaving me", his loss is beyond words.

At this time, logically speaking, Cao Cao should give up, but he still didn't want to give up his heart to recruit Guan Yu.

On the bank of the Yellow River, just as Guan Yu was about to fight Xiahou Dun, Cao Cao apparently sent Zhang Liao to pass on his oral order to let Guan Yu go, but he really wanted to keep Guan Yu again.

In the same year, when the battle at Guandu was at a stalemate, one day Cao Cao was taking a lunch break when he suddenly heard a report that his old friend Xu You came to visit.

Cao Cao was so happy that he didn't have time to wear his shoes, so he ran outside the big tent and welcomed Xu You into the big tent.This shows that Cao Cao attaches great importance to talents.

In 189 A.D., Cao Cao, who was then a lieutenant of the Dian Army, could not get used to Dong Zhuo's chaotic and domineering government; secondly, he disdained Wang Yun and others for their mother-in-law's style.

Therefore, he planned to assassinate Dong Zhuo. Wang Yun was deeply moved after hearing this, so he gave him the ancestral seven-star sword as a gift.

Cao Cao used the excuse of visiting Dong Zhuo, carrying the seven-star treasured sword, came to Dong Zhuo's bed, pulled out the sharp blade, and was about to stab Dong Zhuo, but Dong Zhuo saw it in the bronze mirror, so he entrusted him with the name of presenting the sword. Dodged a bullet.

After that, in order to avoid being suspected by him, he resolutely fled on horseback.

After Cao Cao fled back home to Chenliu, in the first month of 190 A.D., he "distributed all his wealth and gathered volunteer soldiers", initiated volunteer soldiers, and called on heroes from all walks of life to attack Dong Zhuo together.

After that, the event of "Twelve princes discussing Dong Zhuo together" occurred.

Regarding Cao Cao's decisive killing, Pei Songzhi commented that "Wei Taizu has no way to change, and he will not be born in the world."

After Cao Cao unified the north, he attached great importance to agricultural production, vigorously developed farming, and built water conservancy, which played a certain role in restoring the agricultural diversion caused by successive years of wars and the occurrence of major famines.

In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao adopted the suggestion of his subordinate Zaozhi and others, and set up an experimental field for farming.

For this reason, using the materials seized from the Yellow Turbans, Xu Xia recruited people to farm the fields, and achieved great results in that year, obtaining millions of Dendrobiums.

After that, Cao Cao, who had repaid the sweetness of farming, worked harder to set up farming.During this period, Cao Cao took measures such as recruiting migrants, caring for refugees, persuading farmers to teach mulberry, checking household registration, and constructing water conservancy in response to the situation of population loss and barren fields, which greatly restored agricultural production.

At the same time, Cao Cao promulgated the "Rent Adjustment System" in order to prevent the rich and powerful from annexing small farmers.

In addition, during the period from the fifth year of Jian'an to the ninth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao promulgated a new agricultural tax collection system, so that the self-cultivating peasant economy that was on the verge of collapse has been continuously restored and developed.

It can be said that Cao Cao was frugal and simple all his life, his clothes were not embroidered, his shoes were not carved, his screens, curtains and curtains were patched up, and his beds and bedding were used for many years.

Under Cao Cao's vigorous advocacy, the luxury style that was spread in the Eastern Han Dynasty was also replaced by frugality.

In May 220 AD, when Cao Cao was dying, he left a last word.

"The world is not yet stable, and we have not been able to follow the ancient times. After the burial, all the uniforms will be removed. Those who will garrison the soldiers are not allowed to leave the garrison. There are divisions with their own duties. Clothes are collected in time, and there is no gold, jade and treasure."

It means that everything should be frugal in your funeral, and you should not make a fuss.

Compared with the extravagant ostentation of Liu Bei when he was called the king of Hanzhong, "building pavilions and barriers, from Chengdu to Baishuiguan, more than [-] districts", it is really different.

In this regard, Sima Guang said: "Elegance and frugality are not gorgeous."

It can be seen from this that Cao Cao is a frugal and simple person.

After Cao Cao failed to assassinate Dong Zhuo, he fled to Zhongmou County and was discovered by Chen Gong. Feeling his heroism, Chen Gong decided to abandon his official position and follow Cao Cao.

Three days later, in the evening, Dang Erlai fled to Chenggao, and the family of Cao Cao's uncle named Lu Boshe lived nearby.

For this reason, Cao Cao and Chen Gong went to stay for the night.

And on the night of staying overnight, Cao Cao decisively murdered Lu Boshe's family because he suspected that Lu Boshe's family might tie up and kill the two of them.

Later, Cao Cao and Cao Cao found out that he planned to kill pigs to entertain them, but in order not to reveal their whereabouts, they also killed Lu Boshe who had returned from drinking.

Therefore, Chen Gong hated his inhumanity and was too suspicious, so he left Cao Cao.

It also leads to the famous sentence that has been passed down through the ages, "Ning teach me to bear the people of the world, don't teach the world to bear me."

In 208 A.D., Cao Cao had another attack of head wind disease, and he was confused and dizzy, and had an unbearable headache.At this time, all the doctors in the palace were helpless.

For this reason, after Hua Tuo was called to come for a consultation, he told Cao Cao that if he wanted to get rid of the root of the disease, he had to undergo surgery. He cut open the skull with a sharp blade, took out the root of the wind, and then sutured it. The disease can be eradicated.

But after hearing this, Cao Cao hated him deeply, thinking that he had the intention of harming each other, so he was imprisoned and later executed.

Therefore, it can be seen from all these that Cao Cao is a great hero who combines love and talent into obsession, decisiveness in killing, beautiful mind, heart for the people, thrifty and simple, emphasizing love and righteousness, and suspicion.

Chapter 136 The Finale

Wang Mang is different. He has kept himself clean since he was a child, studied hard, and left a very good reputation among his elders.

Later, Wang Mang's reputation reached the ears of Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty. The emperor admired him very much and rewarded him with an official.

In this way, Wang Mang gradually had his own circle and connections. He was smart and cautious, and he was very methodical in doing things. Above the court, he soon had his own followers.

After he made a series of great achievements, his ambitions gradually expanded, and he "seeked power and usurped the throne" to replace the Han Dynasty and build a new one.

It is a pity that due to various reasons, the Daxin Dynasty did not last long. In the fourth year of Emperor Dihuang, Wang Mang died in the chaos at the age of 67.

Although Wang Mang is dead, there are still legends about Wang Mang in the "jianghu". He also created five world No. [-]s that no one has ever broken.

The first thing is that Wang Mang was the first practitioner in the feudal history to implement "land to the tiller".

What does it mean to have a field to the tiller?Once other feudal dynasties enter the later stage, it is easy to solidify their class.

For example, there are more and more nobles, and the landlords have more and more money, and their fields are hoarding more and more, and the common people are squeezed, and there is no land to cultivate.

But Wang Mang was the first to jump out and broke this system. He promoted the nationalization of land, established a well field system, and then distributed it to the common people, so that the common people can also own their own fields. His thinking is very advanced.

The second number one in the world - Wang Mang is the first emperor in Chinese history to promote large denomination coins.

After Wang Mang took the position of emperor, he implemented "coin reform" many times, and ordered the current dynasty to mint large coins that "one knife equals five thousand", also known as "golden wrong knife".

What's the meaning?In other words, a "golden wrong knife" from the Daxin Dynasty can be used as five thousand "five baht coins".

At that time, a catty of gold was worth tens of thousands of dollars, and two gold wrong knives could be exchanged for a catty of gold, making it the coin with the largest denomination in ancient China.

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