Cao Cao was definitely a traitor or an arch-careerist! Were there still any doubts?
Zhang Ye’s question had piqued the curiosity of everyone. They were wondering what Zhang Ye would say now.
Zhang Ye continued on, “People say that Cao Cao was wicked. A lot of people do not like him. During the times of Northern Song, Cao Cao was already an unpopular person. So why was he unpopular? Everyone knew that Cao Cao had famously said this before, ‘I’d rather do wrong to others, than have others do wrong on me’, What did this mean? This was simply saying that he would rather be the one doing wrong to everyone than to have anyone do any wrong to him. To have had said this, this person must have been really wicked. That was why people hated Cao Cao. Now, let us clear this up as to whether this was the truth.”
The audience stirred.
What? How can that not be the truth?
F**k, yesterday you had just vindicated Zhou Yu, then took off Zhuge Liang’s halo. Today, you want to vindicate Cao Cao, too? But Cao Cao’s case has already been judged! How can there still be disputes? Those words were said by him. If he could have said it, how could he have been a good person?
Wang Shuixin frowned; he hated Cao Cao very much too.
A lot of colleagues from the television station also looked at each other, waiting for Zhang Ye to continue on.
Zhang Ye said, “On this matter, there are some contradictions in the records of history books. It was likely due to Dong Zhuo’s persecution that led to Cao Cao fleeing from the capital. While fleeing, he came across an old friend’s house. This old friend was called Lu Boshe and he was involved in the tragedy when Cao Cao killed him and his family. There are three versions of this incident. The first one was……” After saying that, Zhang Ye analyzed, “Actually, Cao Cao did not mean to kill them or had killed them wrongly. When they died, Cao Cao was very sad, too. Sigh, what’s done is done. Saying he’d rather do wrong to others than have others do wrong on him… So let us look at the situational analysis of this. Cao Cao likely said this as a form of self-comfort, to put the blame on himself for the mistake he had made. But when it was presented in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he said that with a sense of self-righteousness. In fact, Cao Cao’s original words were not as everyone had known it.”
Oh?
What were his actual words?
It’s not this? Really not?
Zhang Ye slowly explained, “Cao Cao’s original words were ‘I’d rather have done wrong, than have others be wronged.’ But this was changed in Romance of the Three Kingdoms, where he was implied to be self-centered. This would have made the difference; Cao Cao said those words for that particular situation. Since they were dead, nothing could be done to make up for it. He could only admit that he was in the wrong, rather than let them die under the guise that he was right to kill them. This showed a certain kindness in him. Therefore, from this matter, it could be said that most people’s impressions of him are questionable.”
“Moving on to the tolerance of Cao Cao…..”
“Cao Cao’s will was written as such…..”
“So I believe that the evaluation of Cao Cao’s should be summed up in these three words — a lovable arch-careerist! Why a lovable arch-careerist though? Please stay tuned to the next episode, “The Mystery of the Arch-Careerist”!
Zhang Ye finished with a bow.
As this moment, everyone erupted into applause!
It was the same reaction as the first episode. This time, all the audience had also stood up. Bba bba bba bba! The applause was all for Zhang Ye!
What a cute “lovable arch-careerist”!
So Cao Cao was actually not as they had known him to be!
This condemned traitor had such a side to him!
Everyone were hooked on listening to the lecture. A few of the audience members rushed up to Zhang Ye for autographs when the recording was done. They liked his program very much and were very impressed by Zhang Ye’s knowledge!