First of all, Cao Cao has the stigma of "holding the emperor to make the princes", so I want to clear my name first. Look at the situation at that time. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Yellow turban insurrectionary led to chaos in the world. Dong Zhuo, the forerunner, tried his best to explore the west and was called into Beijing, which quelled the chaos of ten regular servants and gained the advantage of relying on the emperor to be a vassal. At that time, Dong Zhuo, who was in power in the ruling and opposition parties, was in high spirits, but eventually he died at the hands of the slaves of the three surnames. With Lu Bu's courage and the benefits of fighting, we can unify the whole country. But in the end, Wang's beauty is a series of tricks, but he is different from a martyr and laughs at the world! Look at Cao Gong again. Lu Bu was captured in Pi City and killed in Baimenlou. At that time, Liu Bei also offered a plan to kill Lu Bu. It is true that Lu Bu is greedy for money and lustful, and he has no faith at all, but it is also good for him to shoot halberds at Yuanmen to relieve the blood disaster. Liu Bei's counterattack against him may be closely related to Lu Bu's capture of Xuzhou, which shows that this person is narrow-minded and uses the power of others. According to my own inference, Cao Cao wanted to save Lu Bu's life at that time, just as he later stayed in Guan Yunchang. From this point of view, Cao Cao cherishes talents. Just as Cao Cao didn't kill Zhang Liao at that time, he accepted the suggestion that "a thousand troops are easy to get, but a general is hard to find". Why Cao Cao got the stigma of "holding the emperor to make the princes" coincides with the Confucian culture in China. Whether in ancient China or in modern times, China people always have orthodox ideas in their hearts. Isn't it a "rebellion" for Emperor Gaozu to kill snakes and establish the Western Han Dynasty? Don't think about the ignorant ordinary people. If society wants to develop, there is no way to destroy it. This is an irrefutable historical law. Of course, my point of view now is that of modern people. The ancients had the limitations of the times, and Luo Guanzhong certainly couldn't get rid of them. We can't force them, but people born in modern times can't follow suit. Therefore, whenever I hear people talking about Cao Cao now, I always use Luo Guanzhong's point of view directly, which is really sad. The main reason why people are human is that they have their own sound brains, their own rules of communication with people and the ability to distinguish right from wrong, otherwise they are no different from livestock!

Secondly, when Cao Cao moved the capital to Xudu, although he was among the governors, he did not dominate the country. At that time, there were Dong Zhuo's figurehead Guo Si in Xiliang, Yuan brothers in Hebei, Sun Ce in Jiangdong, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Liu Zhang in Xishu and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong. Cao Cao is only a small warlord at best. But he can destroy Lu Bu first, then Yuan Brothers, Liu Biao and Liaodong, pacify the north in one fell swoop, and establish the foundation of unifying the whole country. This is because Cao seized the opportunity and kept pace with the times. Deeply understand the truth of creating heroes in troubled times. Look at Liu Bei again. Although he was honored as an uncle by Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, he was actually a village man who sold shoes and woven mats. Although he has Liu's blood, he has no military strategy, running around and secretly making profits. There are thousands of generals under Cao, although this is related to Zhang's valiant generals, but compared with Cao Gong, it is really too few, which is due to personal charm. Although Liu Bei has a story of three visits to the cottage, Cao Gong has a kind greeting. "The Duke of Zhou vomited, and the world returned to the heart." Only those who are open-minded and ambitious can understand the truth. Cao Cao's ability to defeat Yuan Shao's 700,000 troops with 70,000 troops is enough to show his military talent, and at the same time, it also strongly contrasts the personality charm of Yuan Shao and Cao Cao. Yuan Shao was indecisive and headstrong, and could not accept the advice of Xu You and others, and was finally beheaded. Cao Cao, who had his own ideas, was resolute in seizing the Wu Dynasty, good at grasping the opportunity, and also very open-minded, with the help of Guo Jia, a contemporary celebrity. Although the battle of Guandu was a scuffle between warlords, Tsao Gong was able to win more with less and win stronger with weaker ones, and he was really capable of strategizing. At the beginning of this year, although there were three countries in the world, brothers were at odds, lacked strategy and limited charm, which led to genocide. Therefore, Cao is known as a strategist and strategist who kept pace with Zhuge Liang during the Three Kingdoms period.