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Cao Cao was born into an official family, and his grandfather Cao Teng was a eunuch. Because of the meritorious service of establishing Emperor Huan of Han Dynasty, he was named Da Changqiu and Fei Houting. Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, was Cao Teng's adopted son, and he was Qiu (one of the three public officials, the highest official in Wu Zhi) during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
Cao Cao has been an official for three generations, and since he was a child, he has had the habits of playboys and done many practical jokes. Cao Cao's friends are also rich dude, such as Yuan Shao and Zhang Miao. But among these people, Cao Cao has the most tricks, often doing something out of line, and always letting Yuan Shao take the blame afterwards.
When Cao Cao was young, he was willful, chivalrous and bohemian, so everyone around him thought that Cao Cao was an idle prodigal son and could not achieve great things. But Xu Shao, a famous character critic at that time, commented on Cao Cao as "a capable minister in charge of the world and a hero in troubled times". Later, I made such an evaluation in the novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Because of the author's personal preference, it was changed to "can rule the son of the world, traitors in troubled times." A large part of Cao Cao's reputation as a traitor comes from this.
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Although Cao Cao doesn't learn knowledge, what he doesn't learn is the kind of rigid "everything is right" ancient books. He still has a high enthusiasm for learning knowledge and reads widely at a young age. Cao Cao especially likes Sun Tzu's art of war, and once copied various ancient strategies of Sun Tzu's art of war. These laid a solid foundation for his later military career.
Cao Cao's first official position in his life was to be appointed commander-in-chief of Luoyang Northern Army, equivalent to the director of a branch of Beijing Public Security Bureau today. At that time, Luoyang was full of royalty, and these people were usually arrogant and difficult to manage. As soon as Cao Cao arrived at his post, he announced that it was forbidden to strictly observe the law and discipline, and made more than ten colored sticks to hang around the yamen. "Anyone who violates the ban will be beaten to death with a stick." The emperor's favorite eunuch's uncle Jian Shuo was forbidden to go at night. Cao Cao showed no mercy and executed him with a five-color stick. As a result, "the capital is gone, and no one dares to commit crimes." Cao Cao also offended many powerful people, but because his father Cao Song was Qiu, no one dared to touch Cao Cao, so he rose from the sky to the ground and was transferred to Dunqiu.
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After the outbreak of the Yellow Scarf Uprising, Cao Cao was worshipped as the riding captain and was ordered to join hands with Huang Fusong and others to attack the Yellow Scarf Army in Yingchuan. As a result, he broke the Yellow Scarf Army and beheaded tens of thousands of people. Later, he was named Jinan Xiang for his work. After Cao Cao came to power, he vigorously rectified the bad atmosphere of local officialdom, but also offended local dignitaries. Later, because Cao Cao was dissatisfied with the darkness and corruption of officialdom, he went back to the village under the pretext of illness, studied in spring and summer, hunted in autumn and winter, and lived in seclusion.
In the last years of Emperor Ling of Han Dynasty, in order to strengthen the rule of imperial power, a captain named Xi Yuanba was appointed to take charge of the imperial army. Cao Cao was appointed as the captain of the imperial army among the eight captains. 189, Emperor Han Ling died. The contradiction between general blade and the eunuch group's "ten constant attendants" broke out completely. In the end, both Blade and ten regular attendants were defeated, and Dong Zhuo took the opportunity to enter Beijing and take control of the state affairs. When Cao Cao saw Dong Zhuo's perverse behavior, he fled to Liu Chen, "dividing the spoils and helping the soldiers", and called on the world's heroes to crusade against Dong Zhuo. From then on, Cao Cao led his men to the north, gradually established his position as the overlord of the north and became a hero in troubled times.