Cao Pi, whether it is the conclusion of the history books on him, or the reputation of the people is not too good. For example, in the folk, when Mentioning Cao Pi, people can't help but think of Cao Zhi. And the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" also took the opportunity to join in the fun, and the evaluation of Cao Pi was: Cao Pi wrote poetry with great talent, in addition, if he was more generous, doing things fairer, and his ambitions were more ambitious... That would be perfect.
God knows, is this a praise for Cao Pi, or a loss to him, anyway, the more you think about it, the less flavor it is. In fact, the reason why Cao Pi has become this look, is it really strange to others, don't believe it? Look at what Cao Pi did.
As we all know, Cao Cao's starting team was with the help of the "Cao Family Class", so-called: Zhu Cao and Xiahou. Therefore, the relationship between the Cao family and the Xiahou family was very close. After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi also adhered to this attitude. In addition to the unusual trust and reuse of Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, he was even more gracious to Xiahou Shang.
Xiahou Shang was Xiahou Yuan's nephew, and had a very strong relationship with Cao Pi, marrying Cao Zhen's sister, of course, cao Pi's sister, princess Deyang as his wife. After Cao Cao's death that year, it was he who escorted Cao Cao's coffin back to Yecheng. As for his ability, he was no less than Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, and he could also be called a commander-level figure.
For example, when Cao Pi was proclaimed empress, it was Xiahou Shang who suggested that the place of Shangyong was very critical, and because of the dangerous terrain, there were not many soldiers stationed there for Liu Bei. Therefore, we should take the opportunity to sneak up on Shangyong, and it is expected that Liu Bei will not be prepared. Sure enough, Xiahou Shang and Xu Huang took Shangyong in one fell swoop and forced Meng Da to surrender!
After Xiahou Shang defeated Western Shu and took Shangyong, he turned his head and faced Zhuge Jin of Eastern Wu. He once again made a surprise move, unexpectedly crossed the river with a small boat, and attacked the Eastern Wu camp, and finally Zhuge Jin was defeated. It was also at this time, due to the outbreak of plague in the army, Cao Pi's first reaction after hearing about it was to immediately transfer Xiahou Shang back to Beijing, and never get sick.
As a result, Xiahou Shang returned to the capital. But I am afraid that even Xiahou Shang himself could not have imagined that it was precisely because he returned to Cao Pi's side that he soon triggered a major event that was enough to change the direction of history, and the cause was that Xiahou Shang married a concubine.
For this little concubine, Xiahou Shang was unusually pampered, almost to the point of obsession. Naturally, for this reason, he snubbed the main room, the princess of the Cao family. She was extremely resentful of this little concubine. This incident alarmed Cao Pi again, but Cao Pi was furious: My sister, how can you be bullied like this?
So Cao Pi advised Xiahou Shang several times, but to no avail. Finally, Cao Pi was anxious, and in order to vent his anger to his sister, he sent someone to kill Xiahou Shang's concubine. I thought that once the concubine died, Xiahou Shang would be able to change his mind and return to love husband and wife. But Cao Pi was wrong.
Since the concubine was killed by Cao Pi, Xiahou Shang changed his appearance, not only became seriously ill, but also went to the concubine's tomb to meditate. So much so that the whole person became delirious. Although Cao Pi was angry, he scolded Xiahou for not yet showing up. But after scolding, I also hoped that Xiahou Shang would get better quickly, after all, this was a rare general!
Unfortunately, the news that Cao Pi finally waited for was that Xiahou Shang had died of illness due to excessive concubines! Cao Pi was stunned for a long time, no matter what, he didn't expect this result! Because of the killing of a concubine and the loss of a large general, this business lost a lot of money. Cao Pi nian could not regret it, but at this moment, he did not realize that Xiahou Shang's death still had a more terrible consequence.
Xiahou Shang had a daughter named Xiahou Hui, who was married to Sima Yi's eldest son Sima Shi. According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, because Xiahou Hui discovered that the Sima family had a disobedient heart, he was killed by Sima Shi. This happened in the 8th year after Xiahou Shang's death.
The question now is, if Xiahou is not dead, does Sima Shi dare to kill Xiahou Hui? Definitely not daring! It should be known that in the past, these rich marriages paid attention to the door to the door. Xiahou Hui was still alive, and Xiahou Hui was hardened in the Sima family, and if Xiahou Hui died, he would surely pursue the cause. Now that Xiahou Shang is dead, then xiahou Hui's death will not be pursued deeply.
As for Sima Yi, Xiahou Hui's daughter-in-law can be said to be an eyeliner that Cao Pi planted in his home. Now, as soon as Xiahou Shang died, this eyeliner became a broken kite, and Sima Yi was immediately revitalized!
Therefore, there has always been a historical view that Sima Shi's killing of Xiahou Hui was a landmark event, which meant that Sima Yi was no longer willing to be a subject! Therefore, although the death of Xiahou Shang looks very funny, it is an event that can change the direction of history.
Conclusion: Cao Pi only killed the concubine because his sister was angry, causing Xiahou Shang to die of illness, which was really full of food! Because of Xiahou Shang's death, it is difficult to say that he was only because of excessive lovesickness—Cao Pi put his hand into his house, intervened between husband and wife, and openly killed his concubine, which was enough to make Xiahou Shang's heart break, was this a kind of intimidation? Everybody knows!