There is no shortage of heroes in history, and although some people do not have a good evaluation in the history books, and even many people in later generations do not understand their practices, they still go their own way and finally reach the peak of power.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was such a widely criticized tyrant, who had his own considerations for everything he did and was never understood by outsiders. And Cao Cao did a ridiculous thing in his life, marrying all seven of his daughters to Emperor Xian of Han, and his approach was really very puzzling?
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, various overlords were looming
In the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, because of the great chaos in dong zhuo's dynasty, when he was taking control of the government, various forces were also waiting for an opportunity.
Dong Zhuo's existence also gave others a reason, "cutting Dong" is what everyone pushed Yuan Shao and let him take the lead. In fact, everyone hopes that the world is as chaotic as possible, because of chaos, they have a chance to share a piece of the pie, if it is still too peaceful, then the Han room is still the Han room, so thankless, everyone is not willing to do it.
As soon as Dong Zhuo died, the world was completely in chaos, and Cao Cao finally ushered in his opportunity.
In 196, Emperor Xian of Han and his ministers were chased by the Western Liang soldiers, fled abroad, and had no place to stay, for Emperor Xian of Han, the feeling of freedom was really good, from the moment he became emperor, he was forever detained in the imperial palace, no freedom. However, after escaping from the tiger's mouth, he soon ushered in the wolf's den. He met Cao Cao, who welcomed him back to Xuchang and changed Xuchang to Xu Du, and, like Dong Zhuo, blackmailed Tianzi to order the princes.
Cao Cao ascended to the throne and blackmailed the Son of Heaven to order the princes
Although the Han Room existed in name only, but there was Emperor Xian of Han, as long as it was a person who wanted a good reputation, he would naturally pretend to be on his face, and did not dare to do anything to Cao Cao, nor did he dare to openly resist.
Emperor Xian of Han had already seen through Cao Cao's thoughts, and he understood that his existence was actually very obstructive to the eyes of some people, and Cao Cao only regarded him as a puppet, and if he had no use value, Cao Cao would definitely be the first to kill him. In 200, Dong Guiren in the harem of Emperor Xian of Han joined forces with his father Dong Cheng to kill Cao Cao and save Emperor Xian of Han.
Unfortunately, Cao Cao had already taken precautions and secretly began to prepare, and in 213, Cao Cao began to recommend his three daughters to Emperor Xian of Han, namely: Cao Xian, Cao Jie, and Cao Hua, and gave them all to Emperor Xian of Han, and assured Emperor Xiandi of Han that his other four daughters would all marry Emperor Xian of Han when they reached adulthood. Just as the so-called most difficult to consume the grace of beauty, especially this kind of forced buying and selling, Emperor Xiandi of Han could not do anything even if he did not want to, who let him still have to live under Cao Cao's hands.
Cao Cao married a daughter and forced her to buy and sell
In 214, Cao Cao finally attacked the harem of Emperor Xian of Han, removing empress Fu, the lord of the harem, and the women who were helpful to Emperor Xian of Han. In 215, Cao Cao forced Emperor Xian of Han to make empress, and Cao Cao's daughter Cao Jie took control of the harem, so that Cao Cao's plot also succeeded, as long as Cao Cao did not fall, Cao Jie did not fall, then in the future Cao Jie gave birth to a son, and the throne was passed to Cao Jie's son, Cao Cao achieved the real purpose of controlling the Han Room, which shows how deep his heart is.
What was Cao Cao's reason for doing this?
The first is to better control Emperor Xian of Han, start from his harem, and achieve the purpose of controlling Emperor Xian of Han in this name, even if others have something to say, Cao Cao can refute it and put himself in the perspective of a loyal subject.
The second is an alliance in another sense, for Emperor Xian of Han, knowing that Cao Cao was using him as a puppet, he was naturally worried in his heart, but Cao Cao married his daughter to him, that is, to reassure him that as long as Emperor Xian of Han did not engage in small actions and obediently became this puppet, then Cao Cao would not embarrass him, but would entertain him well.
Moreover, Cao Cao's actions can also deter the rest of the forces, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were more divisions of forces, and finally the forces led by Sun Quan and Liu Bei gained a firm foothold, Sun Quan was the lord of Jiangdong, and had been waiting for the rebellion, while Liu Bei was rebelling under the banner of the Han Chamber, and now Cao Cao had Emperor Xian of Han on his side, how dare Liu Bei come to attack?
Resources:
Romance of the Three Kingdoms, etc