I. Cao Cao's "Special Hobbies"
During the Three Kingdoms period, it would have been unimaginable without Cao Cao. At least the most tacky explanation is that there are many fewer topics for posterity. Because Cao Cao is too complex and comprehensive.
In the thesis, he pioneered the Jian'an Style Bone School. On the military, he almost unified the three countries and was recognized as a military expert. In terms of eloquence, Cao Cao dared to say that he was second, and no one dared to admit that he was the first. A sentence "when having a son is like Sun Zhongmou" will amaze history, praise? Taking advantage? You understand it correctly, and can be called the most cattle "talk show" master of the Three Kingdoms!
And if we talk about means and forward-looking vision, he will throw half a street from the other three countries competitors. So much so that in order to crack this advantage of Cao Cao, Liu Bei generally emphasized: My old Liu, the uncle of the Emperor of the Great Han, holds the Heavenly Son's clothes and edicts, and is ordered to rebel against the thief Cao Cao! The result? Seems reluctant!
However, none of the above is as eye-catching as a special hobby of Cao Cao. To put it nicely, Cao Cao is too spontaneous and frank, and ugly is too lustful! For example, in the Battle of Wancheng, Cao Cao coveted Zhang Xiu's sister-in-law, resulting in heavy losses. So much so that this incident became an event that affected the history of the Three Kingdoms, if his eldest son Cao Ang did not die in battle in Wancheng, even if there was a dispute between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, Sima Yi would be even less dramatic.
There was also the Battle of Xia PiCheng to capture Lü Bu, and Cao Cao snatched Lady Du, whom Guan Yu was looking for, and guan Yu was "uneasy". This became one of the reasons why Guan Yu said that he did not follow Cao Cao at all.
Why was Cao Cao unable to unify the Three Kingdoms before his death, and after his death, his Cao clan was snatched away by Sima Yi? Looking at the above two examples, it is obvious that Cao Cao's lust is a key reason. However, it must be noted that although Cao Cao had many wives and concubines, it was not all due to his lust. One of them, apparently Cao Cao, was rewarded for his kindness, and that was: Yin Shi, known in history as Lady Yin. But all this must start from the time of Cao Cao's departure.
2. Cao Cao repaid Enna's concubine
After Cao Cao graduated from Taixue, he became a councilor at the side of Emperor Ling of Han. With the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the great general He Jin formed a cavalry, so who would command it? He Jin took a fancy to Cao Cao! As for the reasons, there are roughly two.
The first is that Cao Cao has the label "eunuch queen" on his body, and his father Cao Song is the adopted son of the eunuch Cao Teng. However, at the same time, Cao Cao's behavior was obviously inclined to the Qingliu circle (belonging to foreign forces). This made Cao Cao acceptable to both eunuch forces and foreign forces.
It should be noted that in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the eunuch forces and the foreign relatives were the two major forces that constituted a balance. Therefore, any competition for a position must take this factor into account. The reason why the chaotic world of the Three Kingdoms can be opened is because Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu destroyed the eunuch forces and made the emperor lose the "sword in his hand".
The second is that the young Cao Cao "does not do the right thing", when the other second generations are either vassals or elegant, or climbing camps, he is holding a military book or a miscellaneous family to read, and he has a specialty in this area!
In this way, Cao Cao became a subordinate of the great general He Jin, commanded this cavalry, and had his first military position: knight lieutenant! Subsequently, Cao Cao was sent to the Yingchuan area, followed by the famous general Huang Fusong, and fought against the Yellow Turban Army. It is said that Cao Cao started by suppressing the Yellow Turban Uprising, and it is obvious that the starting point of his development is this "Riding Lieutenant" position!
In other words, although the great general He Jin was mediocre, he was killed by the eunuchs. But for Cao Cao, it was his benevolent father! With He Jin killed, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu counterattacked and invaded the palace, slaughtering eunuchs, and the two major forces of the Eastern Han Dynasty were wiped out in an instant. This led to Dong Zhuo's rocket jump and control the government in one fell swoop, and even the emperor's eldest brother dared to change.
He Jin's family also decayed as a result. Later, Cao Cao took Emperor Xian of Han to Xu Du, and after becoming his superior, he learned that He Jin's son had died prematurely, leaving only a pair of orphans and widows, so he took He Jin's daughter-in-law, that is, this Yin Shina, as a concubine. Hence the Name of the Yin Clan: Lady Yin. Later, she gave birth to Cao Cao's own son: Cao Ji.
At the same time, Cao Cao was also extremely fond of Lady Yin's son and regarded him as his own! All made Cao Pi, all kinds of envy and jealousy hated. According to the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Wen Di Te hated it, and whenever he did not call his surname, he tasted it as a "false son"!
That is to say, Cao Pi was angry and helpless, and did not dare to substantially hurt others, so he could only make a fuss about words and titles, take advantage, and call him a "fake son". The better translation is "adopted son, righteous son", and if it is difficult to hear some translations, I am afraid it is "bastard" or something.
Because Cao Cao also scolded Liu Bei and Liu Feng in this way, it was during the Battle of Hanzhong, cao Cao heard about Liu Feng's challenge, and he was angry and scolded: Sell the shoes, and make the fake son refuse Ru Gonghu! Wait for me to come to the yellow whiskers, and order them to strike. The ancient text seems to be very elegant when you look at it, but it is very difficult to hear if you taste it in detail. Equivalent to the old Cao at this moment, is jumping on the foot to scold the street, this "fake" can sound good? That's weird.
Our book is back to the truth, so who is this dummy that makes Cao Pi envious and jealous? It is the famous Sanguomei man in the future: He Yan!
Third, the person who makes trouble with the moth
Why do we Chinese pay so much attention to inheritance? Because this is one of the driving forces of struggle. When it comes to the glory of the ancestors, the younger generations should naturally be self-reliant! The same is true of He Yan, who has arrogant capital, so he has "no scruples".
According to the "New Language of the World", Cao Cao liked He Yan too much, so he wanted him to be surnamed "Cao", just like Cao Zhen! But He Yan is not Cao Zhen, he "paints the ground as a prison". Draw a frame on the ground and stand inside and say: This is the house of our old He family!
The subtext is that I am the grandson of the great general He Jin. When Cao Cao learned about it, he immediately understood his careful thinking. I had to admire Cao Cao's temperament, and instead of getting angry, I respected his choice.
But the problem is that Cao Cao is an extraordinary master, but Cao Pi is not! Naturally, he hated He Yan very much, which was also a very normal reaction - you ate my Cao family, drank my Cao family, wore my Cao family, my father still gave his daughter Xu to you, but you did not recognize my Cao family, how many meanings do you have?
Therefore, after Cao Cao's death, although Cao Pi regarded Cao Zhen as a confidant and brother, he obviously restricted and suppressed He Yan separately, and did not give him any official and half a post! And He Yan naturally understood why this was, so he began a commotion operation, the most famous of which was to create "metaphysics" together with Xiahou Xuan and Wang Bi.
In short, it is completely a high posture. It means to say: Be an official? That's also too cheesy! Don't think that if you Cao Pi doesn't give me official duties, I will obey you! I am a man of moral perfection – so is that true?
Not at all! After Cao Pi's death, Cao Rui ascended the throne, and like his father, imposed various restrictions on He Yan. However, Cao Rui was also a person with a short life, and before he died, he entrusted cao shuang and Sima Yi to him. And He Yan immediately realized that his time had finally come, and immediately abandoned "metaphysics" and became Cao Shuang's right and left arm, and his power was in the sky for a while!
From the perspective of He Yan's change, although Cao Pi can't compare with his father Cao Cao, he really has a set of people, and it is obvious that Cao Pi is aware that He Yan is a person who can make trouble with moths.
This has also been proven. Nowadays, we all say that Sima Yi is too tolerant, but from the analysis of historical materials, the real reason is that if there is no He Yan's "Dingli help", Sima Yi is very likely to choose to be a quiet "expired beautiful man".
Fourth, help Sima Yi seize the power of Cao Wei
When Cao Shuang and Sima Yi first jointly assisted the government, their relationship was relatively harmonious. Cao Shuang respected Sima Yi's old qualifications, and Sima Yi also scrupulously fulfilled his duties. But all this was destroyed by He Yan and others—that is, in fact, He Yan was equivalent to helping Sima Yi and taking away Cao Wei's power in one fell swoop.
First of all, He Yan and Ding Mi believed that Cao Shuang was too young, had no merit but was in a high position, and was not as hardcore and responsive as Sima Yi, so he must sink Sima Yi. Cao Shuangzhen listened, and tossed Sima Yi to a high-standard "pension" official position such as "Taifu", and Cao Shuang thus monopolized the government.
Sima Yi was sunk like this! But the matter was not over, he Yan then proposed: Empress Guo is too obstructive, she is not the emperor's birth mother, but controls the emperor, in order to completely control the young emperor, you should also kick Empress Guo out of the game. Cao Shuang listened again, so he "moved the empress dowager to the Yongning Palace; she specialized in government affairs, pro-party, and repeatedly changed the system."
Look at Cao Shuang these two things. Why was it that at the time of the Gaopingling Rebellion, almost all the ministers were on Sima Yi's side, even jiang ji, an old minister who was bold and loyal?
Cao Shuang played too much! "Specializing in government affairs, pro-party, and repeatedly changing the system", the most straightforward translation is that lawlessness, want to overthrow and start over, and even do not rule out that Cao Shuang wants to replace it. How much of this harmed the interests of Cao Wei's ministers? Could they not gather around Sima Yi?
And Cao Wei's clan relatives were naturally even more unhappy. We are the real Cao family, you Cao Shuang is only a descendant of the Cao family's "fake son" Cao Zhen, why are you unscrupulous and enjoy the fruits of our Cao Wei!
It was in this context that Sima Yi's "Gaopingling Change" was successful. Sima Yi didn't say a word, so he assigned He Yan to interrogate Cao Shuang—this is called the fortress being breached from within!
So did He Yan try Cao Shuang? Of course it was judged! And he was also very serious and responsible, he was originally Cao Shuang's right and left arm, and naturally Cao Shuang's forces were uprooted after He Yan's trial! Then he came to report to Sima Yi, but Sima Yi smiled and said, "No! Yan was in a hurry, but he said, "What a yanhu!" Xuan Wang said, "Yes and yes." ”
That is to say, Sima Yi shook his head and said that Cao Shuang's forces had not yet been completely eradicated. He Yan heard the meaning of the words and said: Are you referring to me? Sima Yi nodded: "Smart, it's you!" In this way, He Yan, like Cao Shuang, was "exterminated by Sima Yi".
And the Sima family, as a result, officially opened the prelude to the "three horses nibbling groove", until Sima Yan finally kicked Cao Wei and founded the Jin Dynasty!