Look at his background first, it should be said that his background is not very good in the princelings, and the eunuch is the son of his adopted son. This is not shameful for a real aristocratic gentleman, especially after the partisan struggle. However, Cao Cao is one of them. He had a good relationship with most of the children of the gentry, such as Yuan Shao and others, and he also opposed the eunuchs playing politics. However, this is normal. There are eunuchs who play politics and eunuchs who are loyal to the emperor. After all, the power of eunuchs in the Han Dynasty was limited. It would be better if future generations could bleach them into literate people.
So Cao Cao made a lot of friends when he was young, but the method of making friends at that time was naturally not a good way, so we don't have to delve into it. Nobles have ways to make friends with nobles. Then Cao Cao and Yuan Shao have much advantages over Liu Bei and Sun Gu. Liu Bei, a commoner, knew a rebellious hero, and then he finally hanged a descendant of the Han family, but he later used it as his brother Liu Biao and Liu Zhang, and those who were powerful ignored him at all. As for Sun Ce, he used to be a robber. He is a local strongman at best. Compared with Cao Cao, he has great power in the central government, and there is little difference.
Cao Cao later became an official, so it was natural and convenient to have the support of his parents. The eunuch has the support of his grandfather, and the cremation has a good impression on him because of his extensive friends. Later, the court and eunuchs made a mess, but my grandfather lived in peace with eunuchs, which was a great contribution to the cremation.
Then there was the yellow turban insurrectionary. To tell the truth, the Yellow Scarf Uprising was much weaker than the Red Eyebrow Green Forest Uprising at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, and it was far from being able to overthrow the regime. Not as good as the Taiping Rebellion. Although many local forces have taken this opportunity to have their own armed forces, they can still support them as long as the central government guarantees stability. If they come to ZTE, the blade will only kill pigs and do nothing. First, foreign soldiers entered Beijing, and then they were killed by eunuchs. After Yuan Shao killed the eunuch, it was really a mess. (But at this time, Cao Cao's family is no longer a eunuch force, otherwise it's hard to say if he dies. ) This mess really ruined the Korean family. It is said that the eunuch chief said that the court was finished before he was killed. This sentence is correct. Even if eunuchs were in power, the forces of the gentry could resist, and eunuchs could not destroy the Han Dynasty. But the eunuchs and consorts were all destroyed, and foreign soldiers were in power. The Han Dynasty is really finished. After Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, his prestige as a hillbilly in the northwest could only be suppressed by force. At this time, the local forces had an excuse, and the Han Dynasty entered the separatist moment.
At this time, Cao Cao was still very loyal to the court. To tell the truth, he didn't make any money before suppressing the yellow turban insurrectionary uprising. ) status is not as high as Yuan Shaogao, but it is more single-minded in seeking Yuan by the allied forces. There is no denying that he has jealousness and jealousy, but at this time he still wants to be a capable minister and be loyal to the Han Dynasty. (If Dong succeeds, the most profitable person should be Yuan Shao, commander-in-chief of the allied forces. But judging from his later actions, he had never seen Xian Di. It seems that he still has no ambition and wants to be a local tyrant. In this operation, everyone has selfishness. One is the eunuch's son Cao Cao, and the other is Sun Jian, who turned out to be the leader of the local underworld. Other officials were selfish, and it was really bad luck that the Han Dynasty ultimately relied on their support.
After the separatist regime, Cao Cao went home to recruit. Of course, compared with Yuan Shao's three generations and five generations, Cao Cao is inferior, but compared with Liu Bei's self-made, the trilogy left by Sun Ce's father and old friends is much better. His Cao family is powerful and there is no shortage of new recruits. There are also many Xiahou brothers in Cao Jiahe, all of whom are masters of fighting. They are inseparable from their father and son. Cao's brothers don't have to worry as much as their physical names, and they are also handy to use. In addition, Cao Cao himself is a great master of art of war. In addition, Cao Cao's counselor, Cao Cao's talent in employing people, and his ability to defeat northern heroes in a row have all established a certain foundation. Of course, the most important thing is two points. The first point is to hold the emperor as a vassal. Although the emperor of the Han Dynasty lost his real power, it is generally acknowledged that the nominal authority is still the central court. If Cao Cao wants to crusade against someone, it is a warlord melee, but the emperor ordered a famous teacher. I crusade against you, and your resistance is resistance. Everyone in the world can beg it. This weapon is very important. Look at those who hate Cao Cao, all under the guise of reviving the Han Dynasty. However, ordinary people can ignore who is right and wrong. First, who gave the food, and second, where is the emperor? Where is the central court? As for who is a thief, there is nothing to study. But everyone wants this delicious steamed bread. If Yuan Shao was short-sighted and wanted to be a local tyrant, and Liu Bei was too weak, Sun Jian would have been assassinated. This son of heaven cannot be saved. However, before Cao Cao greeted Emperor Han Xian, no one expected that Cao Cao's judgment was wise. Second, defeat Yuan Shao. Although Cao Cao controlled the emperor's court and defeated some small forces before, his overall strength was much worse than that of Yuan Shao. From the appeal point of view, although Cao Cao has a son of heaven, his rank is not as good as that of Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao has become the target of public criticism, while Yuan Shao III and Wu Gong have far more appeal and reputation among the gentry than Cao Cao. In terms of strength, although Cao Cao is stronger than Mazhuang, his territory, strength and supplies are far less than Yuan Shao's, and he is caught between Scylla and Charybdis. Even his generals are no better than Yuan Shao's generals in Hebei. Take the situation before Guandu. Although Cao Cao has won many battles in tactics, he is still at a disadvantage in strategy. Although Yuan Shao has made many mistakes, he will slowly grind Cao Cao to death by strength. Guandu confrontation, jun lack of food, and can't retreat, a retreat, immediately rout, a large number of jun people surrendered to lombardi, this has shown that the situation is critical. If Xu You hadn't surrendered, the lair of the Wu Dynasty had been attacked, and the north was Yuan Shaozhi's world, the situation would have been completely different. After defeating Yuan Shao, Cao Cao merged into the four northern States, and after unifying the north, he became the master of the world, which is the general trend. After that, the setbacks in Chibi and Hanzhong only hurt one finger, but not the root. However, in this case, Liu Bei and Sun Quan can still be regarded as world heroes, especially Shu Han, who made several northern expeditions and suppressed the north.
Cao Cao originally had the heart to dominate the world, but Chibi Hanzhong was frustrated and he was old, so he had to temporarily put down his ambition to dominate the world. He once said that without him, "if the country is not alone, I wonder how many people call themselves emperors and how many people call themselves kings." Even so, it is also a reputation. Without him, Yuan Shao, Sun Quan, Liu Bei and others can also unify the whole country. In fact, he is just one of the winners.
Why Cao Cao didn't proclaim himself emperor is a big problem. At that time, he was already in Wang Wei, and he broke the convention that Liu could not be king. Why not go further?
Does Cao Cao want to go backwards for himself? Cao Cao knew that he was hated for sure, and he couldn't guarantee that Cao Cao would be in power after him, so he arranged many fake graves for himself. Is it because of this that he has scruples and wants to leave a way out for himself? I don't think so. Even if he doesn't claim to be the emperor, others won't hate him, and if he claims to be the emperor, the effect will be the same as his own son.
Is it the heart of Cao Cao and Chen Han? It's hard to say. If Cao Cao was loyal to the Han Dynasty before, that's ok. But now Cao Cao is the overlord of a generation, and the son of heaven has become a doll in his hand. In addition, he became Wang Wei, breaking the tradition that Liu Can could not be king. Such behavior can no longer be called Han Chen. (Liu Bei later claimed that there was nothing wrong with Wang's arrival, and the surname took advantage. However, maybe he really has a little loyalty and just wants to be Zhou Wenwang.
Cao Cao has scruples? Indeed, many of his ministers opposed his claim to the throne. Even though he knew that Sun Quan advised him to be the emperor in order to roast him on the fire, there were still many ministers who wanted to be the founding fathers, and it was these ministers who pushed Cao Pi to the throne.
Maybe it has something to do with everything. In a word, Cao Cao didn't become emperor, but his son Cao Pi did it at once. Cao Cao immediately made him emperor.
What if Cao Pi ruled as a shogun like Japan instead of usurping the Han Dynasty? Here are a few questions. The emperor is just a puppet, and the emperor of the Han Dynasty has real power. China is often invaded by powerful enemies in the north, and needs a powerful central government controlled by the emperor to control everything, which is unlikely to happen in the Japanese island country. Moreover, Japan has no tradition of changing emperors. China experienced two changes from Qin to Han, from Western Han to New Han, and then to Eastern Han. Moreover, in fact, the generals of all dynasties have the blood of the emperor. It is not so much a consort as a general's dictatorship.
Of course, this may also happen. Wang Mang usurped power in the Western Han Dynasty, and later Liu entered Beijing as king. This shows that the world of the Korean family is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. If it weren't for the corruption of the political affairs in the late Eastern Han Dynasty and the deviation of the people's hearts, Cao Wei might really be called the world by Wei Zhi, especially when Liu Bei was called the world by the descendants of the Han family, and the world would be better by this name. However, Liu Bei is more likely to rebuild the Han Dynasty than Cao Wei.
And that kind of situation is really rare in Japan, even if the Japanese emperor is not without threats, but Japanese generals can't really control the whole country like China, leaving only the emperor as a cover. When Nonaga Oda began to unify the world by force, he actually showed the idea of replacing the emperor, especially the idea that he is a god, which is obviously the same as the saying that the emperor is a god. If it weren't for the change in Honnoji Temple, it's hard to be sure that the Japanese emperor would be.