So-called, a mistake into a thousand ancient hatred. To Cao Cao, it was obvious that he had two great hatreds!
The first is why didn't he kill Sima Yi when he was alive? Obviously, there was already a "dream of three horses and the same slot", and he also found that Sima Yi "looked at the wolf with an eagle", but he was stunned to give this matter to his son Cao Pi, and he also reminded him in a serious voice: Sima Yi will definitely plot against our old Cao family in the future.
As a result, Cao Pi, who was not a weapon, became Cao Cao's "second biggest hatred". He took Cao Cao's reminder as the wind in his ears, fattened the Sima family, and starved and thinned Cao Wei. As soon as he gave up, he left, but Sima Yi could not lose his tail and continued to swell.
Until Sima Yi seized the power of Cao Wei, and his son Sima Zhao, he actually killed Cao Cao's grandson Cao Zhao—this is the famous Sima Zhaojun incident that occurred at the end of the Three Kingdoms. But things must first start with Cao Fang, Sima Shi and Empress Guo...
First, from Cao Fang to Cao Xian
Cao Fang is a descendant of Cao Zhang, the "Yellow Bearded Child". Since Cao Rui was childless, he adopted him into the harem and designated him as his successor before his death. It is equivalent to Cao Pi's tossing and turning a chicken feather, and the throne eventually returned to his brothers.
Cao Fang's first empress was surnamed Zhen and was the niece of Zhen Mi, a beautiful woman of the Three Kingdoms. Unfortunately, she had the same fate as Zhen Mi, was not favored, and died of illness after 8 years as empress. Cao Fang was about to make her favorite Wang Gui empress, but was blocked by Empress Guo. For this reason, Cao Fang and Empress Guo had a contradiction.
One is that Empress Guo is not Cao Fang's birth mother, so naturally the feelings between the two are relatively weak.
Empress Dowager Guo was related to the Sima family, and his cousin, Guo De (Without Gang), married the daughters of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao. Sima Yi was in the "Change of GaoPingling", why could he invite Empress Dowager Yi to get rid of Cao Shuang? People are also a family!
But no matter what, a rift was created between Cao Fang and Empress Guo, laying the fuse for Cao Fang's eventual abolition. Later, Cao Fang wanted to get rid of Sima Shi and regain power, but the matter was revealed. Sima Shi was about to depose Cao Fang, but his initial choice was not Cao Huan, but Cao Rui's uncle Cao Zhao, who was Cao Chong's younger brother.
What happened to Empress Guo was anxious: Which one is this? If Cao Really became emperor, my empress dowager would become his niece and daughter-in-law, and what status would I have?
Therefore, Empress Guo proposed: If you want to abolish Cao Fang, it is not impossible to re-establish a new monarch, but you must support cao Pi's descendants to become a descendant, because it was Cao Pi who opened the foundation of our great Wei.
Cao Fang is Cao Zhang's grandson, and the so-called precedent has been set. Now Empress Guo asked for Cao Pi's descendants. Therefore, the abolition of Cao Fang was obviously acceptable to Empress Guo. Otherwise, if she didn't agree, she would have to fight with Sima Shi, and Sima Shi really didn't have any good way.
Because, Empress Guo's reason, it was fully supported by the vast majority of Wen wu. That is to say, these ministers of culture and military affairs stood behind Empress Guo, perhaps because the young new emperor Cao Xian was in good control. But don't worry about it, obviously the ministers of culture and military affairs do not want to see that "the Sima family is the only one", which is certain.
Therefore, from this record, it can be analyzed that the power of the Sima family did not reach the level of a single word at that time. Cao Wei still has the appeal and the basis for flipping. In this way, with the support of Empress Guo, Cao Pi's grandson Cao Xi was selected as Cao Wei's new jun and sat on the "crater".
Second, why did Cao Xian have to kill Sima Zhao
Speaking fairly, li cao is a new monarch, which is a good choice for Cao Wei. Don't look at Cao Xian's young age but soon showed his extraordinary talent.
Zhong Hui once said to Sima Shi in person: This new emperor is not good, his literary style is like Cao Zhi, and his martial arts are like Cao Cao! At that time, Sima Shi's heart tightened, and he began to regret it! At the same time, Cao Xi also launched a psychological attack on the people of the Sima family. For example, Sima Fu's son Sima Wang, was moved by Cao Fu.
Therefore, when Sima Zhao came to power, he was also very jealous of Cao Xian. If cao xian was pushed several times and named him "Duke of Jin", why? If he accepted it, it would be equivalent to embarking on the old road of Cao Cao sealing the king of Wei, and in disguise, he admitted that the Sima family wanted to seize the power of Cao Wei.
Sima Zhao is not stupid, and now that his strength has not yet arrived, how can he be this "target"? Therefore, he began to exercise full control over Cao Xi and stepped up preparations for usurpation. Sima Zhao's hand forced Cao Xian to retreat. If he continues to develop in this way, he will become the second Han Xiandi. There is no power, only a "rubber stamp".
So Cao Xi finally made up his mind that instead of sitting still, it would be better to fight to the death, and perhaps turn the situation around. Now the only thing that can be used is his own identity as "emperor". Therefore, in 260 AD, Cao Xian, desperately, gathered some servants in the palace and shouted "Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it", and killed Sima Zhao's mansion.
Therefore, it is not that Cao Xian is reckless and brainless, but if he does not want to become the second Emperor Xian of Han, he can only fight so hard. Although history is a hero based on success or failure, a loser like Cao Xi should win the respect he deserves!
Third, he cannot afford such consequences
From the Records of the Zizhi Tongjian and other records, it can be seen that Cao Xian's leaders at that time were only some "Su Wei, Cangtou, and Official Servants", these people had little combat effectiveness, and the number was about three hundred. Facts also proved this, Cheng Ji easily killed Cao Xi with one person and one spear.
Obviously, there was a doubt at this moment, Sima Zhao could easily resolve this crisis as long as he besieged Cao Xian and then invited Empress Guo. But why did he choose to kill Junjun and kill Cao Xian?
First: Sima Zhao was confused. Cao Xian can play this hand, no one can imagine! Therefore, Sima Zhao was confused and lost his square inch. But this could not stand up to scrutiny, before Cao Xian's action, Wang Shen and Wang Ye had been bitterly persuaded, and seeing that they could not be persuaded, they ran to inform Sima Zhao.
That is to say, Sima Zhao already knew in advance the news that Cao Xian was coming to duel with himself. Therefore, the possibility of Sima Zhao being confused was ruled out.
Second: the subordinates acted without authorization. This is mainly aimed at Jia Chong and Cheng Ji. When Cao Xian came to kill, Cheng Ji asked how to deal with it? Jia Chong said: Isn't sima gong treating you so kindly in ordinary times just for today? There's nothing more to ask. Therefore, Cheng Ji went over to kill Cao Xian.
But combined with the first analysis, it is clear that there are also problems. Jia Chong was Sima Zhao's confidant, and Sima Zhao had heard the news, so how could he not tell him and let him hurry up and find a way? And in the handling of Sima Zhao, this conclusion can also be drawn. After Cao's death, Chen Tai forced Sima Zhao to kill Jia Chong. However, Sima Zhao died to protect Jia Chong and only killed the Chengji brothers.
Therefore, killing Cao Xian should be a plan for Sima Zhao.
Third: Cao Must Be Killed! It can be assumed that Sima Zhao besieged Cao Xian and invited Empress Guo to deal with it, although the matter can be solved, but what is the impact? The emperor's eldest brother was so heroic, it was bound to arouse the fighting spirit of those Cao Wei loyalists, so that the wall-riding faction had to reconsider taking sides.
In other words, Sima Zhao's authority was seriously weakened by Cao Xian. Some people may say that Sima Zhao will not cooperate with Empress Guo and depose Cao Xian again?
The author can only say that it is too difficult! First, the emperor killed his courtiers, which was righteous. Second, Cao Xian also informed Empress Guo before taking action. This proves that Empress Guo has obviously adopted a neutral attitude this time, and who wins and cooperates with whom. Third, as mentioned above, Cao Wei's loyalists would surely huddle together, and the wall-riding faction would remain neutral, choosing to wait and see like Empress Guo.
With these three conditions added together, Sima Zhao can easily abolish Cao Xian, is it too difficult? Therefore, if Cao Xian was allowed to survive, Sima Zhao could not afford this kind of consequence at all, so his best plan could only be to kill him!