All the dynasties perished with weakness, while the Han dynasty perished by force.
The mighty Han Empire collapsed, the vast territory split into many princes, and the land in the north has always been a place of contention.
On top of this land cultivated by the Han people for thousands of years, Cao Cao, a tyrant, stood out, and he followed the path of most emperors to unify the world, from the north to the south. But this road has always been very difficult to follow, and Cao Cao has exhausted his life's energy and only barely unified the north, so he has to give his dream to his descendants.
And Cao Cao's sons are also very talented and practical, but it is regrettable that Cao Cao's favorite youngest son Cao Chong died prematurely, which also made Cao Pi lose a strong competitor, was Cao Chong killed by Cao Pi?
The conflict between Cao Cao's descendants
Cao Cao was a generation of tyrants, and the great rivers and mountains he had conquered definitely needed to be inherited.
But Cao Cao and the former Qin Emperor Han Wu had the same fate, they all had the most suitable eldest son to inherit their careers, but without exception, these eldest sons died unexpectedly.
Emperor Qin's eldest son Fu Su was killed by Zhao Gao and Hu Hai, and Prince Wei of Emperor Wu of Han died of his sins because of the scourge of witchcraft. Even Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang, was killed while Cao Cao was fighting Zhang Xiu to save his father.
In this way, the future battle for the throne arose because of him, and he was originally the best candidate, but after his death, other sons had a chance, which made it difficult to determine the position of crown prince after Cao Cao's old age.
The only people who are really qualified and have the potential to inherit Cao Cao's position are Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Chong. The other sons were relatively incompetent, or did not possess the talents of rulers.
Cao Cao's youngest son, Cao Chong, showed wisdom and agility from an early age that was different from others. At that time, Sun Quan of Eastern Wu sent an emissary to send an elephant, the gap between the north and the south of China at that time was very large, not many people in the south had seen the elephant, let alone their group of northern Hanzi, and Cao Cao was using the elephant to consider the wisdom of the group of subjects, to see who could accurately measure the weight of the elephant between them.
Some people say that elephants are cut into small pieces, and some people say that a large scale is made, but without exception, none of them are satisfactory to Cao Cao.
Later, Cao Chong proposed an unprecedented method, that is, to use a boat to carry an elephant on the river, and the river water was submerged in the place of the boat as a tick line, and then put the same object on the boat to submerge the water on the tick line.
This is the equal substitution method of later generations, you know, it was conceived by Cao Chong in the Three Kingdoms period more than a thousand years ago.
Why did Cao Chong get Cao Cao's affection? At that time, it was by relying on excellent skills, and he could do things that no one could do, which was called the son of the Son of Heaven, although Cao Cao had not yet been called emperor at that time.
Cao Zhi, on the other hand, relied on his talent in poetry and articles to give Cao Cao Gao a look. Although he also has the opportunity, he is still much smaller than Cao Chong and Cao Pi, after all, poetry and articles cannot be eaten as cooking, and in that chaotic world, there must be ambitious people to govern the country.
Cao Pi, on the other hand, relied on his own "inaction" and filial piety, his poetry and wisdom were not as good as Cao Chong and Cao Zhi, and he was fortunate not to do anything, which was to do nothing. In addition, Cao Pi's loyalty made Cao Cao very relieved, it is said that once Cao Cao was sleeping with assassins, Cao Pi learned of the news and quickly called on all the soldiers to come to the rescue, Cao Cao looked at it and deeply believed, and his good feelings for Cao Pi became better and better.
Whether cao pi has the possibility of killing cao plants
Analyzing whether this kind of Cao Pi killed Cao Chong requires not only iron historical evidence, but also legal logic.
Cao Pi's real opponent was not Cao Zhi, but his much younger half-brother Cao Chong, who had the intention of letting him inherit the throne a long time ago. However, because Cao Chong was too small, coupled with the early death of the latter, Cao Pi was proud to succeed to the throne smoothly.
Through the light of history, is Cao Chong's death providential or man-made?
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an (208), Cao Chong was seriously ill, and Cao Cao even personally set up an altar to pray to the heavens to pray for Cao Chong's blessing, but it still had no effect, Cao Chong was still sick and died, you know that at this time Hua Tuo was already dead, and Cao Pi was still comforting Cao Cao.
According to the time of his presence, Cao Pi was suspected of committing a crime. At that time, Cao Cao once said that his misfortune was your luck!
This sentence actually has a deep meaning, on the one hand, it is sorry for Cao Chong, on the other hand, it is telling Cao Pi that Cao Chong is dead, you can take the throne, right? Cao Cao's words actually carried a hint of anger, but there was no way.
Why do you say so, you know, at that time, although Cao Cao was a man of great talent, the following sons could really assume the big responsibility of cao pi cao chong, Cao Zhi several people Cao Zhi because he was not a tool, only love to dance and ink, has been excluded, and Cao Chong is already dead at this time, can only be succeeded by Cao Pi.
If Cao Chong really died of a normal disease, Cao Cao would not have been so angry to show Cao Pi, and it must have been cao Cao who already knew something.
But knowing that the time was too late, Cao Chong could not be saved, so Cao Cao could only admit the established reality, if Cao Chong could save it, Cao Cao would definitely do something.
Therefore, Cao Chong's death may indeed be Cao Pi's doing, but this is only the speculation of posterity.
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