During the Three Kingdoms period, although it was a three-legged situation, the strength was not equally distributed, and among them, the strongest force was the Cao Wei clique headed by Cao Cao.
We all know that Liu Bei rose up this way and established the Shu Han Dynasty, which is indeed very inspiring, but we all know that Cao Cao actually achieved greatness from childhood. Of course, unlike Liu Bei, who took the road of the wild, Cao Cao, by virtue of his eunuch origin, took the official road, which was faster and stronger than Liu Bei's promotion path.
In recent years, the evaluation of Cao Cao has gradually tended to be positive, especially as a generation of tyrants, his commanding ability is indeed unparalleled. However, even such a talented person has a headache when choosing his descendants to succeed him.
In fact, according to the ancient system, the position of the heir is not difficult to choose, after all, it is all stipulated - the boss is the first heir. But to Cao Cao's headache, his eldest son had already died prematurely at an early age. Of course, he himself is not a person who is willing to follow the system, in his view, ability is what determines everything.
There are many sons of Cao Cao, such as a text that we all studied when we were children - Cao Chong is called the protagonist of the elephant, Cao Chong. Cao Chong has been brilliant since childhood, and is deeply loved by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao also intends to let Cao Chong be the heir. However, it is regrettable that Cao Chong has not yet grown up and died early.
Fortunately, Cao Cao still had several sons as a choice, and among the remaining sons, his favorite was Cao Zhi, who was only eight buckets tall. This Cao Zhi is talented and a rare talent. Moreover, Cao Zhi has a good personality, maintains a very good relationship with others, and is the most famous son of the Cao family even in the official arena.
However, Cao Zhi has a problem, and this problem is not a big problem, but if it is not handled well, it will delay a lot of things. Cao Zhi's problem is that he loves to drink, and it is still to the point where he must drink alcohol to the point of getting drunk.
At the beginning of the Battle of Fancheng, the Cao Wei clique was in a hurry, and Cao Cao just wanted to take advantage of this rare opportunity to exercise Cao Zhi, and by the way, he could also enhance his prestige in the clique. However, Cao Zhi was really angry, obviously had strength, but he drank unconscious at the critical moment, and he could not get up the next day. After this incident, Cao Cao completely abandoned Cao Zhi and prepared to set up another person.
After some observation by Cao Cao, he finally handed over his position to Cao Pi, and after his death, the entire Cao Wei clique was all in charge of Cao Pi alone.
Cao Pi was not superior in ability to the other brothers, and even after he ascended to the throne, he did not make much achievement. However, in the past seven years, Cao Pi has at least not done anything stupid, and he has still led the country to rise step by step.
However, Cao Pi also had a flaw, which was very fatal to the king, and it was precisely because of this flaw that the Cao Wei clique lost several generals. And these generals, originally Cao Cao specially left for him, to jointly govern the country, if these generals are still there, Cao Wei clique will not finally make a wedding dress for the rise of the Sima family.
This flaw of Cao Pi is that he is too jealous of the people around him. Of course, this flaw is also a character flaw that many emperors have.
So, let's take a look at which ministers Cao Pi killed for him because of his suspicions.
There were three main ministers, Cao Zhang, Xiahou Shang, and Cao Hong.
Let's start with Cao Zhang. Although Cao Zhang was also Cao Cao's son, he was not keen on political affairs, only loved to fight on the battlefield, and was a rare general in cao wei's clique. Cao Zhang followed the famous general Zhang Liao for many years and was already a great general with great power in the army.
However, it was precisely because of this that Cao Pi thought that he was too powerful and would deter himself, so he eliminated him.
Let's talk about Xiahou Shang. Cao Cao attached great importance to the power of the Xiahou family and admired Xiahou Shang, and married his daughter to Xiahou Shang at an early age. However, Xiahou Shang had no interest in Cao's daughter and was in the company of concubines every day.
Unconvinced, Cao Pi's daughter complained to Cao Pi, causing Cao Pi to execute Xiahou Shang's concubine. Xiahou Shang was overly sad because of this matter and died of illness soon after.
Cao Hong was cao pi's elder and had also saved Cao Cao. But Cao Pi has been suppressing it only because Cao Pi asked him to borrow money before, and Cao Hong did not borrow it. Later, because of Cao Hongmen's crimes, Cao Pi found a reason to deprive Cao Hong of his ownership.