At the moment when respecting Liu and degrading Cao, Cao Cao always seems to appear as a negative image, but Cao Cao is an extremely complex personWhen he was young, he also devoted himself to supporting the Han family and serving the country and the peopleThe blow of reality and the disappointment with the Eastern Han Dynasty court gradually turned into a traitorous male image, let's take a look at how Cao Cao changed from a dragon slaying boy to an evil dragon.
Cao Cao's father was named Cao Song, the adopted son of the eunuch Cao Teng. Relying on Cao Teng's background, Cao Song's career was smooth, and he successively served as a lieutenant and other positions, ranking in Jiuqing, with a high position. Cao Cao was born in such a family of eunuchs, a proper rich second generation and an official second generation. The pampered life has created the habit of Cao Cao's children, who fly eagles and lackeys all day long, wandering excessively.
If it is just like this, Cao Cao's life may be from a small gentleman to a middle gentleman and then to an old gentleman, but fortunately, Cao Cao still has one of the biggest advantages:Loves to read, especially like to read the book of soldiers, not only read, but also to copy down the essence of the place to write notes, now widely circulated "Sun Tzu's Art of War", the most valuable is Cao Cao's annotations. The life of a ranger has trained a good martial arts, and he is familiar with the art of warIn the eyes of outsiders, the gentleman has quietly become a young talent with both civil and military skills.
In 174 AD, Cao Cao was twenty years old, promoted filial piety and honesty as a Lang official, and officially entered the official career. At this time, Cao Cao was an aspiring young man full of enthusiasmDifferent streams are combined and polluted, and they do not follow the flow, eager to save the declining Eastern Han Dynasty through his own struggle. served as the lieutenant of the northern part of Luoyang, upright, not afraid of power, and used a five-colored stick to beat to death the law-abiding magnates; Promoted to the order of Dunqiu County, for the benefit of one party; Recruit worshippers, face the corruption of the court, and have the courage to admonish directly; It's just a pity that Cao Cao got the reward for being dismissed and ignored. Individual efforts seem so small in the face of the background of the timesHow can the light of the candle illuminate this whole dark world?
Although confused, Cao Cao still did not give up. He was still looking for a way to support the Han family. The Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. Cao Cao responded to the imperial court's call, rushed to the battlefield with the military rank of cavalry captain, and then was promoted to Jinan Minister with military merits, during which he rectified the rule of officials, banned obscenity, and gave the people a peaceful living environment, the sky over Jinan was just clear, and Cao Cao was forced to resign and return to his hometown by reality.
A generation of traitors. Then came the rebellion of the Ten Standing Servants, Dong Zhuo entered Luoyang, Cao Cao fled back to Chenliu, sold his property to recruit troops, pulled up a team of 5,000 people, and joined the rebel army that crusaded against Dong Zhuo. Reality once again gave Cao Cao a blow to the head. The so-called alliance against Dong and the so-called rebel army are just warlords like Dong Zhuo, ostensibly under the banner of Kuangfu Han DynastyIn fact, he just wants to borrow Dong for a piece of the pie. Cao Cao was completely disappointed, but still with the last blood in his heart, he led the team to Dong Zhuo, and the result was also expected: Cao Cao was defeated, and he himself was shot by random arrows and fell off his horse.
Cao Cao's heart of loyalty and ambition to serve the country was finally shattered by the ruthless reality. Xu Shao, a famous critic in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, once commented that Cao Cao was a capable minister in the world and a traitor in troubled times.
When Cao Cao welcomed the Han Emperor back to Xudu and coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, the dragon-slaying boy finally became an evil dragon.