But I think this statement can also be discussed. Although it is said in the History of the Three Kingdoms and the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, why can it be discussed? There are two suspicious places: first, Yang Xiu is indeed a client of Cao Zhi, but he is not a friend, but a living client. After Cao Cao decided to make xelloss the prince, Yang Xiu wanted to alienate Cao Zhi, and it was Cao Zhi who caught him. Yang Xiu dared not turn against Cao Zhi and maintained such a relationship. Since he is not the best friend, why did you kill him? This is the first point. Second, the relationship between Yang Xiu and xelloss is not bad, and it is very good. Yang Xiu once gave xelloss a sword. The man who made the sword is called Wang Temei, so this sword is called Wang Temei Sword. Later, Cao Pi became emperor. One day when he left the palace, he took this sword with him. When he took it out, he thought of Yang Xiu. He said, stop the car. Do you know that this is the beautiful sword of Te Wang that Yang Dezu gave me? -Where is Wang Temei now? Say where. Say, look at Wang temminick. I drove my car to Wang Temei's house and gave Wang Temei many gifts. As the saying goes, love me, love my dog. Cao Pi even wants to visit Wang Temei. How could he hate Yang Xiu? Xelloss himself doesn't hate Yang Xiu. What did Cao Cao kill for him? It doesn't make sense.
Yang Xiu did participate in the battle for official positions, but he was not alienated from the popular candidates Cao Zhi and Cao Pi at that time, and no one dared to offend him. Although Yang Xiu supports Cao Zhi, he is not the best friend, so Cao Cao is unlikely to kill Yang Xiu because of the problem of establishing a prince. So why was Yang Xiu killed by Cao Cao? Is Cao Cao really jealous of Yang Xiu?
What's my opinion? I think Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu for himself. As we said before, Yang Xiu is very clever, but in my opinion, he is very clever. According to the Records of the Later Han Dynasty, because there is no biography of Yang Xiu in the History of the Three Kingdoms, I dare not do a biography of Yang Xiu. There is a biography of Yang Xiu in the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, and there are also related records in Shi Shuo Xin Yu. According to this record, that is to say, Yang Xiu is very clever. He works under Cao Cao and handles these official documents. He doesn't think this kind of work needs much time at all. Cao Cao wrote a note asking what to do? He calculated all the problems in advance. He can figure out what questions Cao Cao will ask today. He can figure out what the first question, the second question and the third question Cao Cao will ask. Then he wrote the answers in advance according to this idea, put them in that place one by one, and then said to his opponent, remember, when Cao Gong comes later, you can take this when you ask the first question and you can also take this when you ask the second question. Then I went out to play by myself, so I dealt with Cao Cao, which was very successful. As a result, one day, it was called "people are not as good as the sky." One day, he went out to play, and the wind blew the paper everywhere. His people picked it up in a mess. Cao Cao handed in the third answer when he asked the first question, and the first answer when he asked the second question. When Cao Cao saw the mess, he called him and told him the truth. Cao Cao hated him to death and said, how can you fool me like this? I hate him.
Even less clever is Yang Xiu, who wants to show off his cleverness. There are several stories in Shi Shuo Xin Yu, saying that Cao Cao repaired the Prime Minister's Mansion, and when it is finished, go and have a look. Without saying anything, he wrote a word on the door: "live". Yang Xiu immediately said, come on, make the door smaller. There is a "live" in the "door" which is "wide". The Prime Minister thinks the door is too big. He guessed. Another time, someone gave me a box of shortbread, or cheese, I forgot. Cao Cao took a bite, and then wrote "he", together with one. Yang Xiu brought it here and ate it. What do you mean? Look, isn't it "one bite for each person"? Everyone has a bite. Are so smart. You can show off, show off, show off at will, but he still has to guess Cao Cao's military arrangements. When Cao Cao fought Liu Bei in Hanzhong, he quit without a fight. One day, people came to ask Cao Cao what his military orders were tonight. Cao Cao said that chicken ribs are tasteless, but it is a pity to abandon them. After this password came out, Yang Xiu packed at home. People asked him why. He said you still don't understand. Wang Wei is ready to go back and give up Hanzhong. So this is a military operation. What are you smart at this time? Shortly after returning home, Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu. How much is the charge? Translated into modern Chinese, these eight words "divulging secrets to teach, making friends with princes" are the crimes of revealing state secrets, engaging in selfish ends to become a party, and spreading rumors to confuse people.
Yang Xiu said this before he died. He said that I also know that I died too late. I should be dead. But I don't know why Yang doesn't understand why he should have died a long time ago. Does he understand this question? If according to the understanding in the History of the Three Kingdoms and the History of the Later Han Dynasty, Cao Cao wanted to kill him because of his close relationship with Cao Zhi, then he didn't figure it out either. Why? He doesn't know who Cao Cao is and who he is. Dictator, Cao Cao must want to monopolize power. Whether he wants to be emperor or not, there is no doubt that he wants to monopolize power in this dynasty. So how can such a person tolerate others guessing their own ideas? He wants to engage in secret politics and spy rule. How can he tolerate you reading my mind? He can only read your mind through me, but you can never figure out me. This is called unpredictable grace, or unpredictable power. And you not only guessed my mind, but also shouted everywhere, at least it seemed that I had no talent for Cao, so I let you see through it at a glance, and you even guessed the order of my questions. How can such a person get it? He must be killed.