Cao Cao told us with three things: if you don't want to be eliminated, you must reverse these three aspects
Now there is competition everywhere, and the difference we are talking about is only the result of fierce competition. As we all know, the Three Kingdoms period was a chaotic world, which doomed its competition to be very fierce, and the result was cold - life and death. Cao Cao was a victor, but the process was very difficult, because in any way, he was inferior to others, so how did he come step by step and not be eliminated by this chaotic world? The reason for pursuing this is because of these three aspects, he always does not follow the normal routine, which plays a reference role for us now, and we will talk about it together according to Cao Cao's example.
The first feature is that when doing serious things, it is very low-key, and when doing surface work, it is very high-profile, and this feature of him is the opposite of what we said above, carefully classified, the so-called serious things are about life and death or development, and surface work refers to the responsibility, the most classic is that he killed Yang Xiu.
One of the serious things we want to talk about is that Cao Cao wants to retire, and this big war is not good for Cao Cao. And he's been gone for two years. They all said that Cao Cao threatened others and occupied many opportunities, but they forgot how much gain there was, how much risk there was. Around Emperor Xiandi of Han, there has always been a voice against Cao Cao, and his weakness is also here. Once Emperor Xian of Han had taken control of the situation while he was away, the chances of Cao Cao wanting to turn the tables were slim. It was under such circumstances that Cao Cao said chicken ribs, how could he think that he was actually enlightened by Yang Xiu, and as a result, he was killed. This led to another serious thing, the vigilance of the Gate Valve Clan, and Yang Xiu belonged to this category, and he also participated in the struggle of his two sons, which was another serious matter for him, related to his life and death. Therefore, Cao Cao announced in a very high-profile manner that Yang Xiu disturbed the hearts of the army, so I want to kill you, this is my duty, if I don't kill you, I will not be able to correct the heart of the army. But the reason hidden behind it was Cao Cao's two weak ribs, so his death was not unjust at all.
Cao Cao had done such things many times, just like in the Battle of Guandu, he had correspondence with Xun Yu and discussed some serious matters. But on the surface, he high-profile encouraged the soldiers, don't worry, within half a month, I will definitely defeat Yuan Shao, then you don't have to work so hard, but in a while, he will work with the generals to study how to kill him.
When he was killed, he found that many of his men had exchanged letters with Yuan Shao, and he didn't look at it, so he let people burn it, saying that even I didn't have a bottom at that time, don't say you, I forgive you. So you see, that's where he's great.
The second feature is that he leaves no room for doing things, but his mind is very delicate. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that Liu Bei loves to cry his nose, but historically speaking, Cao Cao is indeed very fond of crying, he will cry a lot of people, from Cao Cao's series of crying, it can be seen that he treats people very delicately, and it is completely different from the mood and anger we know. His very humane feature is its charm. At the same time, it washed away the influence of his work. The most classic case is that during the Battle of Guandu, he secretly attacked Wuchao, and the general of this nest was named Chun Yuqiong, who, like Cao Cao, was one of the generals during the Han Ling Emperor's time, and was later subdued by Yuan Shao, after the sneak attack, he cut off Chun Yuqiong and the nose of his men, but let his men go and kill him. Letting go of his men was to create chaos for Yuan Shao's army, and first, it could shake the hearts of the army. The second is that they see that these noseless soldiers will have a visual impact on other soldiers, why does so many of his troops seem to be crushed in one day, and so many people are captured? That's why it's important. Even after the end of the war, when he personally paid tribute to Yuan Shao, he cried.
And he can also show that he is a person with a very serious sense of crisis, he must change this situation, he must start when he should start, and people and things come together, after all, things are man-made, who can tell so clearly? But as soon as the situation was improved, he recovered, in fact, he was very rational and calm.
The third characteristic is his trust and willingness to give power to people who dare to doubt him. First of all, the people who dare to doubt themselves and express themselves are the subordinates you should cherish, because doubt is another way of verification, and daring to express it is trust in you. One of the most classic examples is Zhang Liao's opposition to Cao Cao's decisions. When Cao Cao decided to conquer Karasuma, he disapproved, saying that this place could not leave people, because there was still Liu Biao, what if he and Liu Bei sneaked in together? Cao Cao vetoed his idea, believing that Liu Biao did not dare, and Liu Bei did not have this strength, so he took Zhang Liao with him on the expedition, and when Cao Cao occupied the White Wolf Mountain with some elite troops, in the face of the continuous arrival of the army, Cao Cao asked Zhang Liao again, what should he do now? Zhang Liao's proposal to him was because Karasuma's foundation was not very stable, and now he didn't know how far we had reached, so he should defeat them in one fell swoop. So Cao Cao handed the command flag to Zhang Liao without saying a word. The meaning is also quite obvious, you can command all the armies when I don't exist. Such a trust gave Zhang Liao great encouragement. So Zhang Liao defeated the Karasuma army and won the victory. You see, Cao Cao dared to come the other way around.
Many experiences have taught us that we should not reuse people who doubt ourselves. The example is a man named Zhang Gao, who was very opposed to robbing Cao Cao's camp after he learned of Cao Cao's sneak attack, and his suggestion was to rescue Cao Cao, but Yuan Shao did not listen, but instead sent Zhang Gao as the main general to attack Cao Cao's camp, and he was defeated. Only because there is less trust and decentralization in him, but trust in other people.