Chapter 52 3. The death of Xu You

But there are also two people whose life is not easy, but their final ending is just the opposite. One is Gao Rou, Yuan Shao's nephew and Gao Gan's cousin. Because of his relationship with Yuan Shao and Gao Gan, Cao Cao became prejudiced against Gao Rou after Gao Gan's rebellion.Gao Rou was originally the county magistrate, but Cao Cao ordered him to be transferred back and appointed him as the assassin.Assassination is a law enforcement officer, which was first set up in the army, and later also in localities; Lingshi is an official of Ling.The official position of assassinating and raping Lingshi is roughly equivalent to the president of a grassroots court.

"Three Kingdoms Gao Rou Biography" makes it very clear that Cao Cao asked Gao Rou to take up this position, not to cultivate him, but to find a fault and kill him.Because judges decide cases every day, it is not difficult to find a few unjust, false and wrongly decided cases. At that time, they can find evidence to kill him (Taizu wanted to punish him for the matter).However, Gao Rou did not let Cao Cao find a chance, because he judged the case well and there were no backlogged prisoners in the prison he managed. Cao Cao gradually developed a good impression of Gao Rou. It was a trivial matter that made Cao Cao completely change his mind. According to "Wei Shi Chunqiu", Gao Rou was very dedicated to his work and often worked overtime until late at night.Once when Cao Cao went on a patrol at night, when he arrived at Gao Rou's department, he found him sitting there and falling asleep with the document (embracing the document with his knees in his arms). Cao Cao was so moved that he took off his fur coat and covered Gao Rou quietly left.

Cao Cao later transferred Gao Rou to the Sikong Mansion as a subordinate of Cao Cao. The various departments under the Sikong Mansion are called "Cao", which is similar to bureaus or divisions. The position is similar to the deputy director of the food department. Gao Rou has more experience in the judiciary. After Cao Cao became the prime minister, Gao Rou was made the chief of the judicial department of the prime minister's office (Fa Cao掾).After Cao Pi became emperor, he was appointed Minister of Justice (Ting Wei). Compared with Gao Rou, another person who made Cao Cao unhappy was not so lucky, he was Xu You.According to "Wei Lue", after Cao Cao pacified Jizhou, Xu You relied on his meritorious service and had an old friend with Cao Cao, so he often pretended to be a veteran, spoke in a loud tone, and did not take ordinary people seriously.

It’s fine if that’s all there is, probably not many people would cheer him up, but he is also quite contemptuous of Cao Cao. He often pats the leader on the shoulder in public, jokes with the leader (when he played with Taizu), and sometimes calls Cao Cao He often said: "Ah, without me, you wouldn't have Jizhou." Cao Cao smiled and said, "You're right." Once when Xu You passed by the east gate of Ye County, he turned around and said to the people on the left and right, "If it weren't for me, the Cao family would not have been able to enter this gate." killed.

Cao Cao can tolerate enemies, enemies, and people who betray him, but even such a broad-minded person can't bear it sometimes.Cao Cao can tolerate Ni Heng, although he is arrogant, Cao Cao can tolerate Zhong Changtong, although he speaks straighter, but he cannot tolerate people who challenge his authority.Is leadership authority so important?Of course it is important.If you say it doesn't matter, then you must have never been a leader.Xu You probably has never been a decent leader. He may have been a think tank for a long time, so he doesn't understand Cao Cao's psychology.

Liu Bang was also a relatively easy-going emperor at the beginning, because he came from a grassroots background, he could walk with airs, and he could walk without airs, especially in front of the old buddies who fought with him, Liu Bang was even more unrestrained.However, when he sat on the emperor's throne and looked down at these old comrades-in-arms, he found that they were still ignorant of him, talking nonsense during meetings, calling him by his nickname, and casually hooking the leaders' shoulders on the road.At this time, Liu Bang discovered that these habits were so unpleasant.

So Liu Bang reused Confucian scholars. At first he used other people's hats as urinals, but now he finds that these people are indispensable, because they can formulate etiquette norms and help leaders establish authority. This is what Liu Bang urgently needs when he is the emperor. Xu You was very close to Cao Cao in the past, and at that time, he might have called "A Man" directly, which seemed very friendly.However, many years have passed, Xu You is still the same Xu You, at most he has made a little contribution, and Cao Cao is no longer that fool, at least he can't be called that in the public.

For those people who are very high-ranking, everyone is in awe and trembling when they see them, if you dare to call him "Old Zhang" or "Lao Wang" in public, the people next to you will definitely look at you with admiration. It can represent your qualifications, your status, and your weight. However, this is usually not something you can shout at will, unless you are really close with him and he doesn't treat you as an outsider.Otherwise, to put it mildly, the leader will be displeased, and to put it more seriously, you will have to pay the price. The price Xu You paid was his head.

A former leader once said sharply: If you have the ability, you are willing to obey me, and I will promote it; if you have no ability, you will obey me, and I will cultivate; But if you don’t accept me, please leave! Cao Cao used Xu You's head to express what he wanted to say: For meritorious ministers, rewards will definitely be given, but whether to give them, when to give them, and how much to give them is not something you worry about.No matter how senior you are, no matter how much credit you have, no matter how good you are, you must always obey the leadership, unite with colleagues, and not raise your tail so high.