In 220 AD, Cao Cao, the King of Wei, died, and his son Cao Pi became the new King of Wei. Less than half a year later, Cao Pi forced the Han Emperor Liu Xie to emulate Yao Shunyu in the ancient period and cede the throne to him. Cao Pi became the new emperor with the Wei Dynasty Han dynasty and established the state of Wei, known as Cao Wei. Cao Wei founded the state in 220 AD and was usurped by Sima Yan in 265 AD, a total of 45 years, through the five emperors of Cao Pi, Cao Rui, Cao Fang, Cao Xian, and Cao Yan.
Some people say that among these five emperors, the last emperor, Cao Cao, the most saccharine descendant, did not have the heroism of the Weiwu Emperor Cao Cao who fought on the battlefield and was proud of the world. Compared with Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Rui, Cao Fang, and Cao Xi, Cao Huan is indeed the most saccharine, and the analysis is as follows.
First of all, Cao Huan did not have the decisiveness of his grandfather Cao Cao, the Emperor of Wei, the steadiness of his uncle Cao Pi of Wei, and the wisdom of his cousin Cao Rui. In short, Cao Huan was far from being able to compare with his predecessors.
Secondly, Cao Huan could not even compare with the previous two young emperors, Cao Fang and Cao Huan, who lacked the bloodiness to fight to the death.
In 239, the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui died, and Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were appointed as the ministers of Tuoguo, assisting the seven-year-old young emperor Cao Fang. After Cao Fang ascended the throne, she was first overthrown by the general Cao Shuang, and even Empress Guo was claustrophobic. Later, the "loyal minister" Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Rebellion and eliminated the "powerful minister" Cao Shuang. If Sima Yi had returned to power at the age of 17, the Wei emperor Cao Fang, he would have been Cao Wei's "true loyal subject".
Unexpectedly, Sima Yi's "wolf ambitions" not only did not return to Cao Fang, but also intensified his efforts than Cao Shuang, destroying the political enemy Cao Shuang and his cronies. Subsequently, Sima Yi, Sima Shi, and Sima Zhao's father and son successively seized the power of Cao Wei, which was even more excessive than Cao Shuang. It was really a wolf that was removed and a more powerful tiger came.
Sima Yi died two years after the Gaopingling Rebellion, and his eldest son Sima Shi succeeded to power as the new vassal. Emperor Cao Fang of Wei saw that Sima Shi was extremely powerful and did not take himself seriously, and he always wanted to regain his own power.
In February of the sixth year of Jiaping (254), Cao Fang followed the example of Liu Xieyi, the Emperor of Han, and joined forces with Zhongshu Ling Li Feng and Empress Zhang's father, Empress Zhang's father, Guanglu Dafu Zhang Ji, to depose Sima Shi and make Xiahou Xuan a general. With bad luck, things were revealed, and Li Feng, Zhang Ji, Xiahou Xuan, and others were exterminated by Sima Shi.
Cao Fang was also deposed by Sima Shi as king of Qi for leading the plots of Li Feng and others. Although Cao Fang failed to seize power, he also worked hard and tried, and he had no regrets in this life. He risked his life to seize power, most of the courtiers at that time were Sima Shi's nemesis, Cao Fang was alone, and his situation was not as good as that of Emperor Xian of Han. At that time, Emperor Xian of Han still had his uncle Dong Cheng, and there were also Han clan relatives such as Liu Biao, Liu Zhang, and Liu Bei in various places, and Cao Xian did not have the cao Wei clan relatives who were in power to rely on, and he could fight hard and fight with Sima Shi, which was already very powerful.
When Cao Fang was deposed and Cao Fu succeeded to the throne, Cao Wei's imperial position was even more precarious. He was the grandson of Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi, the son of Cao Lin the Prince of Donghai, and the grandson of Emperor Zhengzong. However, at this time, most of the Cao Wei court was a henchman of the Sima family, and there were very few ministers who were truly loyal to Cao Wei. Cao Fang's situation was not as good as Cao Fang's, and Cao Fang also had Zhongshu Ling Li Feng and Guanglu's doctors Zhang Ji and Xiahou Xuan, while Cao Xian did not even have a trusted crony. He summoned Wang Shen of Shizhong, Wang Jing of Shangshu, and Wang Ye of Shanqi Changshi, and two of them turned around and reported to Sima Zhao.
Therefore, Cao Xian had no choice, he had to take a desperate risk, desperately, launched a final charge against the Sima family, gambled his life, Bo a glimmer of life. Cao Xian's crusade against Sima Zhao, the probability of being killed is very large, and there is only a slim probability of success. However, Cao Xian couldn't go, and if he wanted to get rid of Sima Zhao's control, he could only launch a death charge and fight with his life.
The last emperor, Cao Wan, was much more docile. His predecessor was killed, the first two were deposed, and Cao Yi was killed and feared, so he could only clip his tail and sit still. Cao Wan's practice is a coward's, a nest of waste, a cunning rabbit three caves, not to mention people.
Cao Yan was so weak, although it was because Sima Zhao was powerful and powerful, he was just a puppet, and more importantly, Cao Yi's father, Cao Yu the Prince of Yan, was a non-responsible Cao Wei emperor. In the winter of the second year of the Jing Dynasty (238 AD), the Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui became seriously ill, and he made Cao Yu a general, and he was asked to assist the leading general Xiahou Xian, the Wuwei general Cao Shuang, the Tun Riding Colonel Cao Zhao, and the Xiao Riding General Qin Lang, and in the future assisted the young emperor Cao Fang. Unexpectedly, Cao Yu resigned many times, did not take responsibility, did not dare to take on heavy responsibilities, and only wanted to enjoy the glory and wealth and become a rich man.
Cao Yu was Cao Cao's longest-lived son, but he was a timid and fearful person, and he more or less influenced his son Cao Huan, causing Cao Yu to become a subjugated monarch with no responsibility and no blood. He did not have the bloodiness of Cao Fang and Cao Fang, did not have the spirit of daring to resist, and went against the grain and became the most nested descendant of Cao Cao. In 265, Sima Zhao died, and Sima Yan could not wait to force Cao Yan to give way. After Sima Yan established the Jin Dynasty, he made Cao Yan the Prince of Chenliu.
In the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, it is recorded that Emperor Fengwei was the King of Chen Liu, yi wanhu, and lived in the Yi Palace.