Cao Rui was the son of Cao Pi and the third emperor of the Cao Wei regime. From an early age, he was pinned high hopes on cao cao, believing that he could achieve great things. After Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, he did indeed exert himself to rule. Not only did he resist the attacks of Shu Wu many times, but he also made great achievements in politics and culture.
Why did such a Ming Jun, after Zhuge Liang's death, change his previous style of behavior and become arrogant and lascivious?
As soon as Zhuge Liang died, the monarch was incompetent and the group of ministers were incompetent, and the Shu Han dynasty was likely to break through without attacking, and Cao Rui would lose his motivation.
The monarch of the Shu Han Dynasty was Liu Chan, who was weak in temperament and had no insight. At the beginning of the succession, the major events and small affairs of the Shu Kingdom were almost all decided by Zhuge Liang. Liu Chan has no imperial posture, and must have such a capable subject as Zhuge Liang to assist him, otherwise it is very likely to be the king of the subjugated country. After Zhuge Liang's death, although Jiang Feiyi and other generations were also shrewd and capable, they were ultimately not as resourceful as Zhuge Liang. The monarch was mediocre and lacked the assistance of sages, so that the demise of the Shu Han dynasty was only a matter of time.
The Shu Han clique was full of contradictions, and under the pressure of Zhuge Liang, they were still harmonious, and once Zhuge Liang died, the Shu Han would fall apart internally.
When Liu Chan had just succeeded to the throne, there were rebellions in the country. Mu Mu Commandery rebelled, and King Gao Ding of Yi raised an army again. Zhuge Liang quelled the rebellion and made friends with Eastern Wu, which stabilized the situation slightly. Even subordinates who do not have a disobedient heart are each calculating for the sake of their own interests. Wei Yan and Yang Yi already had a contradiction, Wei Yan had a hot temper, and the two were even more intolerant. Zhuge Liang and Liu Bei are both people who cherish talents, so they mostly mediate for them. Before Zhuge Liang's death, he handed over some power to Yang Yi. Wei Yan was not convinced, and there was no one to suppress him anymore, so he engaged Yang Yi and was eventually killed. Discord among the courtiers, suppressed by people without high moral standing, will cause chaos over time. Cao Rui did not have to be too jealous of Shu Han, and naturally became decadent.
Cao Rui believed that after Zhuge Liang's death, he could rule the world, and his heart was inevitably arrogant, and his actions would be wild.
Cao Wei's political enemy was Shu Wu. The State of Wu fought against Wei several times, but all ended in failure. thenceforth. Sun He also competed with Sun Ba to become the crown prince, and civil unrest continued. Cao Rui also paid less and less attention to Eastern Wu. And the Shu kingdom was in danger of falling apart because of Zhuge Liang's death. In this way, The unification of the world by Cao Rui is just around the corner. Cao Rui is only about thirty years old, and it is possible to complete the unfinished business of his father's entire life, and it is inevitable that he will be self-satisfied.
Zhuge Liang's death also made Cao Rui aware of the impermanence of life, and then developed a heart of indulgence and pleasure.
In order to complete Liu Bei's legacy, Zhuge Liang raised troops several times to carry out the Northern Expedition, but he died on the way. Zhuge Liang, who is so intelligent and close to the demon, is still unable to control his own destiny, which cannot help but make people sigh. Coupled with the flourishing of metaphysics during the Wei and Jin dynasties, people were more willing to indulge their nature and pursue the flow of wind. Cao Rui inevitably felt that life was short and should be happy in time. Cao Rui built a large number of civil engineering, built the Taiji Hall and the Zhaoyang Hall, and recruited many women to indulge in pleasure. In fact, although the late period of Cao Rui's reign was criticized, the period was not long. Only five years after Zhuge Liang's death, Cao Rui died.
Although Cao Rui's later actions were not the work of Ming Jun, as far as his entire ruling career was concerned, Cao Rui was still commendable. He supervised the production of "Wei Law", calmed the Xianbei, and the Wenzhi martial arts were commendable. If it were not for the death of Zhuge Liang in the later period, Cao Rui's sudden degeneration, he would probably have achieved better results.