Why did Yang Xiu die?

Many people may blurt out the word because it is tasteless.

But it's not that simple.

Cao Cao was a mature politician. He would not rashly kill Yang Xiu, the eldest son of the Hongnong Yang family, because of his personal likes and dislikes.

Given Yang Xiu's identity, it can be said that as long as he makes good friends with the Hongnong Yang family, Cao Cao's rule in Kansai will be quite stable.

Cao Cao also knew that killing Yang Xiu rashly would definitely cause great dissatisfaction among the Kansai family headed by Yang Biao.

Because of Yang Xiu's status and talent, it is foreseeable that after Yang Biao's death, Yang Xiu will definitely become the new leader of the Kansai family, or the representative of the political interests of the Kansai family in the central government.

Wouldn't Cao Cao know what impact rashly killing the guarantor of the interests of a family group would have on Cao Wei's rule?

Cao Cao must have known that the Yanzhou Rebellion was caused by Cao Cao's killing of Bian Cang, who had a similar status.

A teacher who remembers the past and remembers the future. In addition, Cao Cao knew that he was not going to die soon, so he was actively paving the way for Cao Pi's Zen Dynasty.

So normally speaking, Cao Cao should try to win over the Kansai family as much as possible, and would not suddenly kill Yang Xiu with thunder before his death.

Moreover, Cao Cao's crime of killing Yang Xiu was "leaking his teachings and teachings to the princes".

This crime can be said to be extremely far-fetched. Is it considered a crime to "leak out your teachings and communicate with the princes" in this world?

It definitely doesn't count. Which famous person in Cao Wei has no contact with other princes?

A broad network of friends is the greatest characteristic of celebrities.

Even this year, famous Cao Wei people such as Hua Xin and Wang Lang often wrote letters to communicate with Zhuge Liang on personal matters. If Yang Xiu died, every famous person in Cao Wei would die.

But in the end, Cao Cao still forcibly killed Yang Xiu on this far-fetched, almost "unfounded" charge.

To put it bluntly, this kind of behavior is Cao Cao pissing on the head of the entire Kansai family.

So why did Cao Cao use such humiliating methods to slap the Kansai family in the face when he was supposed to be maintaining stability before his death?

As a mature politician, there was only one reason why Cao Cao could do this, and that was that he realized that Yang Xiu's existence might bring turmoil to Cao Wei's subsequent political situation.

As for why Cao Cao thought so, the crux lies in the battle for the right to inherit the throne.

The battle for the heir apparent was a struggle for power between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, but in reality it was also a struggle for the interests of the families who supported them.

Judging from the situation at that time, it is not difficult to see which family power behind Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.

Those who supported Cao Pi back then were the Hebei aristocratic families represented by Sima Yi, while those who supported Cao Zhi were the Guanxi aristocratic families represented by Yang Xiu.

Judging from the final result, Cao Pi won the battle to seize the direct descendants. Since Cao Cao has decided that Cao Pi is his successor, Cao Cao in his later years must consider Cao Pi's future.

Because whether Cao Pi's future is stable represents whether the future of the Wei Dynasty is stable.

And as soon as this was taken into consideration, Yang Xiu would be guilty of death in Cao Cao's heart.

Yang Xiu's youth, Yang Xiu's talent, and the powerful political power behind Yang Xiu made Cao Cao have no choice but to risk offending the entire Kansai family by killing Yang Xiu for the sake of the future of the Wei Dynasty.

And since Yang Xiu was killed with such a purpose, the impact of Yang Xiu's death was not just as simple as Yang Biao losing his son and Yang Xiao losing his father.

Yang Xiu's death represented the defeat of the Guanxi family in the war to compete for the power of Conglong, and also represented that the political interests of the Guanxi family in Cao Wei had suffered a serious blow.

Because of this, Meng Da asked two heart-breaking questions in front of Yang Biao.

Meng Da asked the first heart-breaking question for Yang Xiu, hoping to arouse Yang Biao's love for his son and hatred.

In the second heart-wrenching question, Meng Da spoke out for the Kansai family, which has been in decline in recent years.

Don’t forget, Meng Da, who was born in the Fufeng Meng family, is also a member of the serious Kansai family.

After listening to Meng Da's two heart-wrenching questions, not surprisingly, the resentment that had been accumulating in Yang Biao's heart was completely aroused by Meng Da.

As a father, how could Yang Biao not feel resentful for Yang Xiu's death that year?

Yang Xiu is Yang Biao’s only son!

Yang Biao had a grudge against Yang Xiu's death. This can be seen from an incident that happened when Cao Cao was alive:

At a banquet, why did Cao Cao and Yang Biao become so thin?

Facing Cao Cao's inquiry, Yang Biao responded directly in front of the public: "I am ashamed of Rixi's foresight, but I still have the love of an old cow licking a calf."

After hearing Yang Biao's words, Cao Cao's expression changed immediately.

It can be seen from this incident that Yang Biao was extremely sad about Yang Xiu's death, and he had a lot of resentment in his heart.

And since there was resentment in his heart, how could Yang Biao not have any desire for revenge?

The reason why Yang Biao has not taken any action is simply because Cao Cao was looking down on the world at that time and was thinking about the entire Hongnong Yang family.

Even if we don’t talk about the resentment that Yang Xiu’s death brought to Yang Biao, what about the fact that the Kansai family has been lonely for more than ten years?

The ancestor of Yang Biao was called "Kansai Confucius" by Kansai scholars. This was a great honor for the Hongnong Yang family that could be passed down for thousands of years.

But everyone pursues interests, and behind this honor, there is a very real interest entanglement.

The Kansai scholars admired Yang Zhen so much in order to make Yang Zhen a model figure for the Kansai scholars, and also to make the Hongnong Yang family the protector of the interests of the Kansai family.

With the efforts of the entire Kansai family, the development of the Hongnong Yang family can be said to be very rapid, but it took more than a hundred years for the Hongnong Yang family to achieve the achievement of four generations and three princes.

And in the past hundred years, the successive heads of the Yang family since Yang Zhen have indeed spared no effort to protect the political interests of the Kansai family.

The Yang family of Hongnong and the Guanxi family can be said to have experienced both prosperity and loss.

This exchange of interests has always been mutually reinforcing.

However, since the Ling Emperor, this originally stable pattern of exchange of interests has been broken by the chaos in the world.

Under the fierce war and danger, a large number of Kansai scholars like Dharma Zheng and Meng Da moved south, causing the strength of the Kansai family to suffer a heavy blow.

Later, in order to reverse this decline, when Cao Cao pacified Guanzhong, the Guanxi family spared no effort to help Cao Cao and beat Ma Chao to death.

Originally, the Kansai family thought that after Cao Cao ruled Kansai, they could usher in a revival with their strong foundation.

But what's the result?

Under the leadership of Yang Biao, the Guanxi family did not occupy a very important position in the political structure of Cao Wei.

On the contrary, Hebei Shijia, as a rising star, took advantage of the battle to win the rightful son and directly overtook others in corners.

The desolation of the Guanxi family in Cao Wei cannot be said to be a trend, but a fact.

Faced with this fact, would the Kansai family have no complaints about the Hongnong Yang family who led them?

You must know that the reason why the Kansai family regards the Hongnong Yang family as their leader is that the Hongnong Yang family can protect their interests, but what if the Hongnong Yang family cannot do this?

Without the support of the basic Kansai family, the decline of the Hongnong Yang family will soon become a reality.

As the contemporary head of the Hongnong Yang family, Yang Biao, how could he not be worried about the increasing decline of the Hongnong Yang family?

If he cannot keep the fame and fortune left to him by his ancestors, that would be unfilial!

And Yang Biao is more likely to become the person blamed by countless descendants in family history.

It must be said that only the aristocratic family understands the aristocratic family best.

Meng Da's two heart-wrenching questions were an all-round attack on Yang Biao from both public and private aspects.

Even if Yang Biao is hard-hearted and doesn't want to avenge Yang Xiu, then as the head of the Yang family in Hongnong, how can you, Yang Biao, not think about the rise and fall of the Yang family in Hongnong?

This is naturally impossible.

Thinking of the anger that Yang Xiu's death brought to him, as well as the family's decline and the accusations against him from many Kansai aristocratic families, the old Yang Biao felt as if his heart was burning with a blazing fire at this moment.

His eyes were no longer cloudy, but instead flashed with an imposing brilliance.

Yang Biao first waved away the surrounding guards, and then shouted angrily at Meng Da in a frightening tone:

"Tiger Poison still loves his son, how can I do that!"

As for me, it’s not that I don’t want to benefit you, nor am I willing to be an unworthy descendant and let the family decline in my hands.

It was precisely because I wanted to revitalize the family and the Guanxi family that I asked Dezu to support Cao Zhi.

But I failed in the end, and Dezu died because of it. Didn’t I do enough?"

The further he talked, the more indignant Yang Biao's tone became.

He now no longer regards Meng Da as Mi Yang's envoy, but as a scholar from Kansai.

Faced with Meng Da's accusation of his inaction, Yang Biao could only use an indignant tone to express his unwillingness.

It is unkind to be unable to save one's own son when he is in trouble.

The decline of the family cannot be stopped, which is unfilial.

It is unjust that the interests of his allies who have always supported him cannot be protected.

Would Yang Biao want to be regarded as such an unkind, unfilial and unjust person?

Yang Biao's angry shout made Meng Da stay where he was.

The prestige that Yang Biao had held in a high position for many years was suddenly released, which was very intimidating.

However, Yang Biao's angry shouting also meant that he had been pretending to be dead before.

Although we don’t know when Yang Biao will die, Yang Biao is in good spirits now.
To be continued...