Anecdotes of Honesty Celebrity in Xuchang during the Three Kingdoms Period.

Once Cao Cao broke his hair, and Cao Cao personally led the army to battle. On the way to March, I saw that the wheat on the roadside was ripe. It turned out that ordinary people fled outside for fear of soldiers and dared not come back to collect wheat. Cao Cao sent people from door to door to tell the villagers and officials guarding the border crossing, saying, "I was ordered by the emperor to send troops to wipe out the rebels and kill them." It's time to harvest the wheat. As long as someone tramples on the wheat field, they will be beheaded, as promised. Fellow villagers, please don't be afraid. "The people didn't believe it at first, but still hid in the dark to observe the action of the army led by Cao Cao. The officers and men who crossed the wheat field dismounted and waded carefully through the wheat field with their hands, so that they crossed the wheat field one by one, and no one dared to trample on the wheat. When the people saw it, they all liked it and praised it endlessly. Looking at the loyalist's back, they knelt on the ground to thank humbly. Cao Cao is riding a horse. Suddenly, a bird flew into the field screaming. Cao Cao's horse was frightened and immediately jumped into the wheat field and trampled a wheat field. Cao Cao immediately called the accompanying officials to punish himself for trampling on the wheat fields. The official said, "How can you punish the Prime Minister? "Cao Cao said," If I don't abide by what I say, who else will willingly abide by it? How can a man who breaks his word command thousands of soldiers? " Then he pulled out his sword from his waist and tried to kill himself. They stopped at once. At this moment, Guo Jia, the minister, came forward and said, "The ancient book Spring and Autumn Annals says that law does not apply to respect. "The prime minister is in charge of the army, how can he commit suicide?" Cao Cao pondered for a long time before saying, "Since the ancient book Spring and Autumn Annals has the saying that law is disrespectful, and I am shouldering the heavy responsibility entrusted to me by the son of heaven, I will avoid death for the time being. But I can't break my word. I should be punished if I make a mistake. " So, Cao Cao cut off his hair with a sword and threw it on the ground, saying, "Well, I'll cut my hair, not my head." Cao Cao also sent a message to the three armed forces: "The Prime Minister trampled on the wheat field and should have beheaded the public. Now he has cut off his hair. " People nowadays think it's normal to get a haircut. But at that time, people thought that "the body is influenced by the skin" and hair is inherited from parents. Cutting off your hair at will is a rude violation and a sign of unfilial. So in the eyes of people at that time, Cao Cao cut his hair and beheaded in public.