Cao Cao
What about Cao Cao? Pei Songzhi wrote a commentary on the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and praised Cao Cao as "Wei Taizu's machine has become unfinished, and it is slightly out of the world." Li Shimin said that Cao Cao was: "The emperor has a majestic posture and often has difficult luck." Mao Zedong commented that Cao Cao was "a great politician, a military man, and a great poet." In a conversation with the head of the People's Daily on April 10, 1957, Mao Zedong said: "The novel says that Cao Cao is a traitor. Don't believe those deductions. In fact, Cao Cao is not bad. At that time, Cao Cao represented the righteous side, and Han was in decline. "History has its own say about Cao Cao's good or bad, but mao zedong turned over the case for him."
Cao Cao was born in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. At that time, the Eastern Han Dynasty was about to run out of gas, the imperial court was dim, the traitors were in charge, the people were bullied and there was no way to cry, and the capital city of Luoyang was even more smoky.
The 20-year-old Cao Cao raised Xiao Lian to beijing as an official. The emperor saw that he was both literate and martial, and could speak the Tao, so he sent him to be a northern lieutenant in Luoyang, in charge of the affairs of the northern city of Kyoto. You said that this was the emperor who took care of his grandfather Cao Teng's face, but in fact, it was not, the emperor did not have a good heart. This official is not good. Because the people living in the northern city of Luoyang were not relatives of the emperor or powerful officials. These people oppressed the people and did no evil, and no one in the past northern lieutenant dared to touch these hard stubbles -- they could not afford to offend.
Cao Cao was a scheming man, who had the ambition to govern the country and the world since he was a child, and now he was a northern lieutenant, although he was a small official, he finally had the opportunity to show his talents and wit for the sake of his life ambition. On his first day in office, the first thing he did was to find a craftsman to make ten large sticks with the thickness of the bowl, dyed red, yellow, blue, white, and black, and let the soldiers take one and arrange them on both sides outside the gate of the gate.
This matter is very fresh, the passing people do not know what medicine cao Cao sells in the gourd, just talk about you, I talk about it. Some people say that the new official took office with three fires, but I don't know which evil fire Cao Cao burned. Some people say that the new official style is different, and may cure the villains who oppress the people. Some people also say that since ancient times, officials have turned to officials and the people to the people, and Cao Cao will not turn to the suffering. People talk a lot and say anything. Cao Cao listened, did not speak, picked up a stack of notices in his hand, and told the soldiers to go to the streets and alleys to post them separately. The common people thought that Cao Cao was doing some new tricks, so they all crowded over to see it, and after watching the sneer, they all left. Originally, there were not many words on the notice, but it was only said that it was to rectify the social order in the north city, strictly prevent gangsters from committing crimes at night, and endanger the people, and from now on, a curfew was imposed. The common people know that such notices have been posted by successive northern lieutenants, but the wicked people still commit crimes in a domineering manner, and the people are still suffering. This kind of official-like article is just a formality, there is no practical at all, and those who are high-ranking officials and powerful will not pay attention to it.
Cao Cao stopped the soldiers that night and let them go to the streets to check the night. Before leaving, he repeatedly explained: I am the master of all the great things in heaven, and as long as anyone dares to violate the prohibition, all officials and eunuchs will be escorted back to yamen for interrogation. Who knew that for three consecutive nights, the soldiers who went out to patrol the night came back and reported that they were "safe and sound", and of course, they did not catch a person who violated the prohibition. Is the North City really safe? Cao Cao was such a clever man, he listened to the report of the strike soldiers, he did not say anything in his mouth, but he understood everything in his heart. On the evening of the fourth day, the soldiers who patrolled the night were saying that they were going to go to the street to investigate and patrol, but Cao Cao suddenly came. He didn't say a word, took a book servant, put on a lantern, and led the soldiers on a night patrol. This night, just in time for the black head of the moon and the cloudy day, I couldn't see five fingers, and I couldn't hear anything on the streets of Luoyang except for a few beatings every three or four times. Cao Cao took the soldiers and walked through the streets and alleys, and he checked all the cracks in the road, and he did not meet a single person who violated the prohibition. He thought in his heart: Beicheng is notorious for being powerful and powerful, is it true that I have this notice, these guys really put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha? He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard a scream, "Help—"
Cao Cao was stunned, and he trotted in the direction of the sound for a while to a small alley. It's a dead end, and there's a broken grass hut in the innermost part. The light that shot from the house could see the door falling to the ground, and outside the door stood a tall horse, and immediately sat a skeleton-like old man, laughing with a beard. Looking inside, several big men with big brains and round waists were dragging a young woman out of the house. Cao Cao was furious and "choked" and pulled out his sword from the body and shouted, "Stop!" This sound was really like a thunderbolt on the ground, which shocked the guys one by one. The skeleton riding on the horse turned his head to look at it, and the man standing in front of him was not very imposing, he couldn't help but feel a pang in his heart, and his body couldn't help but really fight the cold war. After a pause, he fixed his mind and said boldly, "Where are you from, and dare to come to the old man to pick up the tiger's whiskers?" When Cao Cao heard this, he knew that tonight's prey was him. Only to see that he was not flustered, not breathless, and replied word by word: "The old master is Cao Cao, a lieutenant in northern Luoyang!" When the dry skeleton heard that it was a little northern lieutenant, his heart dropped, and he couldn't help but "hum" with a sneer: "Do you know who I am?" Cao Cao said, "Old Master is patrolling the night and forbidden, it doesn't matter who you are!" Come on people, take it with me!" Knowing that under Cao Cao's order, the soldiers under him were all like wooden carved clay sculptures, and none of them moved. He was about to get angry when an older class leader came up and said, "Lord, this man is Lord Jian Shuo's uncle, and he can't get it!" When Cao Cao heard that it was Uncle Jian, his heart moved. He thought: If you want to rectify the order of the North City, you must take this person to open a knife, and you can't easily let him go.
Shu shuo. Both Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were his subordinates
Therefore, he narrowed his eyes and said, "Even if the prince breaks the law, he will also share the sin with the people!" If you want to bend the law, the old man will not spare it! At this time, don't do it, let alone when?" Uncle Jian usually fights and bullies people and does no evil, even these soldiers are not less angry with him, secretly they have already gritted their teeth in hatred, and now that there is a master to support and cheer, naturally they are brave to take the lead, only to listen to the roar, three times five divided by two, they tied up this group of villains to a dead horse and curled up. Cao Cao took Uncle Jian back to Yamen and beat the drums to punish these guys overnight. At first, this guy still wanted to play a trick, but the victim was present and cried bitterly, and some neighboring people came out to testify in the hall, and finally had to draw a confession to confess. Cao Cao put away the confession, "snapped" and dropped the fire stick, ordering the fifty sticks to be severely reprimanded!
The Ten Constant Attendants of the Disorderly Man
Like pulling a dead dog, the soldiers dragged Uncle Jian and a few dog legs to the street outside the yamen, pulled open their pants, picked up the red, yellow, blue, white and black sticks, and ping-ponged and beat them fifty times in one breath. Uncle Jian was disrespectful and disrespectful for the old man, and the old face fell to the ground, but the pain was unbearable, and he moaned and wailed endlessly. The people were very happy.
Since then, as soon as Beicheng Haoqiang heard the word "Cao Cao", his spine and ditch tightened, and when he saw the five-colored stick, he got goosebumps all over his body, and he no longer dared to harm the common people.
When officials do not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes. Cao Cao dared to take responsibility and be the master of the people, whether he was a good official or not, the people knew in their hearts.