Qingqing Zijin, leisurely my heart. But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning so far. - Cao Cao.Everyone has a love for beauty, in troubled times, beauty and heroes are proper standards, especially in the troubled times, the wife around must be both rich and beautiful, after all, under their power, it is easy to get a beauty, but there are always exceptions to everything.
As one of the founders of the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao can be regarded as a success, although he did not complete the unification of the hegemony during his lifetime, but in terms of power, he has already sat firmly in the first place in the Three Kingdoms
According to Cao Cao's situation at the time, it was a matter of one sentence that he wanted to get a beautiful woman, but Cao Cao had a much-criticized habit, that is, widows, why did Cao Cao like to marry widows as wives?
Friends who are familiar with the Three Kingdoms know that Cao Cao and Xiahou are actually their own family, so there will be a large number of generals of the Xiahou family in Cao Cao's army, so why is Cao Cao not called Xiahou Cao, but Cao Cao? It all started with Cao Cao's father.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there was a eunuch named Cao Teng, although he was a eunuch, but Wen Taowu was very good at everything, and was deeply appreciated by the emperor, not only was he rewarded with a lot of wealth, but also obtained a high official position.
Cao Teng did not live up to the emperor's expectations, and served the four emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty successively, which made him the most prestigious person in the Eastern Han Palace.
But no matter how great the power is, he still has a regret in his heart, that is, he has no heirs, as a eunuch, he has no ability to reproduce, in order to make up for this regret, he chose to adopt a child as his descendant, and this person is Cao Cao's father Cao Song.
With the energy of his adoptive father, Cao Song's status in the Eastern Han Dynasty jumped up, except for the current royal family, almost no one dared to offend him, and soon, Cao Song reached the peak of his life, and became the official of Dasi Nong.
This official position is not simple, in the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dasi Nong was mainly responsible for two jobs, respectively said the country's etiquette and finance, equivalent to the current Minister of Finance and Minister of Culture,And Cao Song also took the opportunity to gather a lot of wealth, laying a solid foundation for Cao Cao's later development.
In such an environment, Cao Cao was born, although Cao Cao was not Cao Song's only child, but with his excellent mind and super high martial arts, he soon stood out from Cao Song's many children, and also won the appreciation of the royal family, rising step by step, as for the later development, everyone is familiar with it.
Cao Cao, who grew up in such an environment,In addition to Wen Taowu's outstanding skills, he also retains two very obvious characteristics, one is suspicious, and the other is that he can deal with the enemy without compromising means.
There are a large number of records in the history books for Cao Cao's suspicion, the most typical of which is to kill him because he suspected that Hua Tuo had ulterior intentions in curing his illness, and there is also a good example of Cao Cao's unscrupulous means, that is, Cao Cao's classic quotes:Rather teach me to bear the world, don't let the world bear me. It can be seen that Cao Cao is a self-centered person.
Therefore, Cao Cao was able to quickly gain a foothold in such troubled times, the Han dynasty declined, Dong Zhuo died, and the world also became a stage for Cao Cao to show himself, although Cao Cao was not able to win in the Battle of Chibi, but the foundation laid by Cao Cao still made Wei the ultimate victor.
In addition to Cao Cao's eloquence, Cao Cao's preferences are often criticized, that is, he likes widows, why does Cao Cao love widows? In addition to the historical reasons for this, there are deeper reasons for this.
On a more superficial level, Cao Cao liked widows for two reasonsFirst of all, in that era, there was not much prejudice against widows in society, and there was no such thing as "there are many widows in front of the door", and there was not much discrimination against widows remarrying, which was a normal relationship between men and women.
Secondly, whether it is for the aesthetics of the ancients or the aesthetics of modern people, most of the widows at that time were still relatively popular, because the ancients married very early, most of them would marry around the age of 13.
But after becoming a widow, not only did she reach the age of a flower, but after experiencing people, she also had a mature charm on her body, which was fatal to men.
It's not so much that Cao Cao likes widows, it's better to say that men at that time like widows, and the widows around Cao Cao are not ordinary people, almost all of them are as beautiful as flowers, so it's not surprising that Cao Cao likes them.
But Cao Cao's love for widows has a deeper meaning. Many people don't understand.
Cao Cao had a total of seven wives in his life, including three widows, not including Cao Cao's people who were married to no Ming media, which means that Cao Cao did not only love widows, but maintained the aesthetics of a normal person.
It can be seen from Cao Cao's wives that almost none of the people Cao Cao married were commoners, and behind them, they all had different degrees of background, and most of them were generals.
In other words, Cao Cao married these widows, and while obtaining beauty, he also obtained a large number of troops and wealth, and the results and marriages were undoubted.
Of course, Cao Cao would not refuse this kind of money-making business, or rather, the leaders of the three countries would not refuse, but Cao Cao took the lead.
Secondly, Cao Cao's marriage to a widow has another meaning, that is, to fight the enemyThe people Cao Cao married did not have the wives of his own subordinates, almost all of them came from the hostile camp, which had the same effect as the Mongols robbing the women of other tribes, and would cause a psychological blow to the enemy.
In the troubled times, Cao Cao was calculating almost every step of the way, and almost everything he did was not premised on satisfying his selfish desires.
It's like Cao Cao marrying a wife, if Cao Cao really likes beautiful women, are there only these widows in the world, from a certain level, Cao Cao is not marrying a wife for himself, but for the forces behind him. From this point of view, we have to sigh at Cao Cao's wisdom.
For Cao Cao, the army, money, the support of a large family, and even the fight against the enemy, any one of them could be a reason for him to marry a wife.
Behind the war, in fact, is the union and ** of various families, Cao Cao is like this, Liu Bei and Sun Quan are also the same.
And only those women suffered, they watched their husbands die tragically, and they had to succumb to the enemy's camp, but they didn't have any ability to resist, a woman, if she didn't become someone else's wife, how could she survive in the troubled times, at least commit to Cao Cao, don't worry about the safety of her life.