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At that time, Huang Quan once suggested that Liu Bei sit behind the army and test the enemy's reality first, but Liu Bei did not accept it.He appointed Huang Quan as the general of Zhenbei, and supervised the Jiangbei troops to guard against Cao Wei's troops.

After that, Liu Bei was defeated in the battle of Yiling, Huang Quan's way back to Shu was blocked, and he was forced to surrender to Wu.

After receiving the news, the Kingdom of Shu immediately arrested Huang Quan's wife and children.

When the officials reported this matter to Liu Bei, Liu Bei said: "If you live up to Huang Quan, you should live up to your own power." He ordered Huang Quan's relatives to be released immediately and treated with the same courtesy as before.

Earlier, Wei Guo had rumored that Huang Quan's wife and children had been beheaded by Liu Bei, but Huang Quan didn't believe it when he heard about it. He said that he knew Liu Bei well and he would not do such a thing.

After that, not long after, news came from the Kingdom of Shu that his relatives were forgiven.

Although Liu Bei attaches great importance to affection and righteousness, he never bends the law because of personal interests, which is especially obvious in his handling of the relationship between monarch and ministers.

Although Cao Cao and Sun Quan like to recruit talents, they often suffer from jealousy. Capable ministers like Lu Xun and Xun Yu died because of their jealousy and depression.

Looking back at Liu Bei, it seems that this has never happened.

Regardless of whether he treated the veterans of Jingzhou or those who joined him after entering Shu, Liu Bei treated them equally.

Guan Zhang is his sworn brother with a different surname, but he is not partial in terms of the relationship between the monarch and his ministers, and he does not talk about "mountain tops", let alone prejudice.

Take Huang Zhong as an example. He was originally a general under Liu Biao's command, and he surrendered to the Shu Han after the Battle of Chibi.

Huang Zhong fought bravely and made great contributions to capturing Hanzhong.

Liu Bei declared himself the queen of Hanzhong, and immediately named Huang Zhong the rear general, alongside Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, and Ma Chao, without any fear of his former status.

Besides, Wei Yan, he was originally a powerful local in Yiyang. After Liu Bei entered Sichuan, he came to seek refuge with his personal armed forces.

Later, Liu Bei promoted him to General Yamen because of his courage and strategy and his repeated outstanding achievements.

After establishing himself as the king of Hanzhong, Liu Bei wanted to move the palace to Chengdu and needed a general to guard Hanzhong.

At this time, everyone thought that Liu Bei would choose Zhang Fei, but unexpectedly he promoted Wei Yan.

After the news spread, the officials, soldiers and soldiers were all surprised, which shows the fairness of their handling of affairs.

In Liu Bei's promotion of Huang Zhong and Wei Yan, it is enough to see that Liu Bei is a person who knows people well and handles things fairly.

There is indeed a so-called "Liu Guan Zhang" gang of three within Liu Bei's power group. It is said that no one can compare with these two in terms of personal friendship.

However, Liu Bei didn't have the so-called special care for Guan and Zhang, but rewarded them for their merits, without partiality.

In the past, he ordered Guan Yu to be stationed in Jingzhou not out of personal feelings, but because of Cao Wei's fear of his ability.

Later, Liu Bei personally led the army to attack Wu not simply for righteousness, but to regain Jingzhou.

Liu Bei's way of knowing and employing people has always been sober. In order to promote the great cause of Shu Han, he made an exception to reuse Huang Zhong and others, which is difficult for Zhuge Liang to do.

In addition, Liu Bei also told Zhuge Liang not to reuse Ma Ji before his death, but Zhuge Liang didn't obey, and he really suffered a big loss later.

It can be seen that the political character reflected in Liu Bei is inseparable from the cultural environment in which he lived since childhood.

Confucian culture has always advocated "rule by virtue", that is, the ruler must "conquer people with virtue".

Although Liu Bei didn't like reading when he was young, he has long understood that only the Confucian political philosophy is the orthodox thought that rules the world.

Affected by this idea, Liu Bei attached great importance to the cultivation of his own moral character, and has been working hard to establish the demeanor of a virtuous king. This is also an important reason why he was widely loved by the people later.

Although Liu Bei's political character is branded with Confucianism, it still has very practical significance today.

In the past, people often regarded supporting Liu and opposing Cao as feudal orthodoxy, as if supporting Liu was supporting Han, but this kind of thinking seems a bit superficial now.

In fact, objectively speaking, the most valuable discussion today should be what kind of character a politician should have. This is also the eternal historical value of Liu Bei.

Chapter 135 Ten Great Heroes No.2 Cao Cao

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"No. 2 Cao Cao of the Top Ten Heroes."

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Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, whose courtesy name was Mengde and nicknamed Aman and Jili, was born in Qiao County, Peiguo.

An outstanding statesman, strategist, writer, calligrapher and poet in ancient China.

Prime Minister of the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the son of Taiwei Cao Song, the founder of Cao Wei.

Cao Cao was a young man who was alert, dissolute as a chivalrous man, and died in his career.

At the age of 20, Xiaolian was promoted to be a man, and he was awarded the northern captain of Luoyang.

Later, he served as the captain of cavalry and participated in the suppression of the Yellow Turban Army.

He moved to Jinan to be the prime minister, to exempt corrupt officials and forbid prostitution.

He was recruited as the prefect of Dongjun, but he returned home due to illness.

And Dong Zhuo was good at governing, so he scattered his family wealth and raised troops to fight against Dong Zhuo with Yuan Shao and others.

In the third year of Chuping's occupation of Yanzhou, more than [-] Yellow Turban troops were divided and induced to surrender, and their elite were selected to form the Qingzhou Army.

In the first year of Jian'an, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was welcomed to Xu.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, Yuan Shao's main force was defeated in the Battle of Guandu, and Yuan Shang, Yuan Tan and other forces were flattened successively.

In the 12th year of Jian'an, Wuhuan was defeated and the north was unified.

In the 13th year of Jian'an, he became prime minister.

In the same year, he attacked Jingzhou and launched the Battle of Chibi with the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, but was defeated.

In the 18th year of Jian'an, he was granted the title of Duke Wei.

In the 20th year of Jian'an, Zhang Lu was conquered and Hanzhong was taken.

The next year, Jinjue became the king of Wei.

In the 25th year of Jian'an, he died of illness in Luoyang. After his son Cao Pi proclaimed himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty, he honored Cao Cao as Emperor Taizu Wu and was buried in Gaoling.

When it comes to Cao Cao, few people in the world do not know his two well-known labels of "a capable minister who governs the world, a traitor who makes troubles" and "I would rather teach me to bear the people of the world than to teach the people of the world to blame me."

The former is the evaluation of Cao Cao by the character critic Xu Shao, and the latter is the description of Cao Cao by Luo Guanzhong in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

What I want to express here is people's understanding of Cao Cao's life.

He is undoubtedly a hero in history: a hero who combines love and talent into obsession, decisive killing, beautiful mind, heart for the people, frugal and simple, emphasizing love and righteousness, and suspicion.