Cao Zijian is built in Zihuan, there is a fairy space, and people call Zijian, do not know that there is Zihuan, the common theory is more or less so. ——Wang Fuzhi, "The Poetry of Jiang Zhai"
Since ancient times, there is a saying in China: "The father of the tiger has no dog." From ancient times to the present, there are many famous father and son soldiers. This time, I want to talk about the Wei and Jin Dynasties, a famous generation of tyrants Cao Cao. Cao Cao marched south to fight in the north, acting decisively and fiercely. There were mixed reviews of Cao Cao's political approach. But from the perspective of education, Cao Cao can also be regarded as a qualified father. He and his two sons, Cao Zhi and Cao Pi, were also known as the "Three Caos". So in history, "Cao Pi, one of the Three Caos, what kind of actions did he have?"
According to historical records, Cao Pi reigned for only seven years and died at the age of 40. From 220 to 226, during the reign of Cao Pi, Cao Pi was the first emperor in the Three Kingdoms to be called emperor, and was considered the founding emperor of the Wei Dynasty. However, in historical records, the life expectancy of the founding emperor is generally relatively long, and if the founding emperor has a short life span, it will cause political instability. But why did Cao Pi only reign for seven years? Why did you die in your prime? Let's take a look at the reasons for this.
First, the political pressure is great
As we all know, Cao Cao's wish was to achieve great unification. In fact, at first, Cao Cao's favorite heir was not Cao Pi, but Cao Chong, but unfortunately Cao Chong died at the age of 13. After Cao Chong's death, the only person who competed with Cao Pi was Cao Zhi.
Cao Pi actually knew in his heart that the candidate for the crown prince that Cao Cao was satisfied with was not him. When he was fighting for the title of crown prince, Cao Zhi already had a grudge against Cao Pi. After Cao Cao's death, he was originally only the King of Wei, and he seized the throne of Liu Xie, the Emperor of Han. After Cao Pi ascended the throne as emperor, Cao Pi did not care about brotherhood, summoned Cao Zhi, and asked Cao Zhi to make a poem that could impress him within seven steps, and the poem he composed was the famous "Seven Steps Poem" passed down in later generations.
History has mixed reviews of cao pi's ability to govern the country during his reign, but from the perspective of people's livelihood, Cao Pi also has merit. Although Cao Pi reigned for a short time, during his reign, he showed compassion for the people, opened warehouses many times to help the people, and lowered taxes compared with the previous dynasty. In terms of lyrics, Cao Pi's literary talent is remarkable, and the poems he has given are diverse, and many have been handed down. Write more five words and seven words of poetry, the language is easy to understand, quite close to public opinion.
During Cao Pi's reign, the greatest contribution he made was the usurpation of Han Liwei. There are many evaluations of this matter in history, even if he established the Wei Dynasty on the basis of the previous dynasty, this is definitely not a simple thing. The re-establishment of a new dynasty is not only to clean up the old troubles of the previous dynasty, but more importantly, to consolidate the power after the establishment of the dynasty. For an emperor, it is definitely not a small amount of work. During Cao Pi's reign, many things were done by himself, and he was more suspicious than his father Cao Cao. Therefore, the time of Cao Pi's reign also has a certain relationship with the pressure he is under.
Second, the reasons for the defeat
The military capabilities of the State of Wei were beyond doubt, but how could the situation of the Three Kingdoms that had been presented for many years be easily broken? Therefore, it was very difficult for Cao Pi to achieve major military victories. During the reign of Cao Pi, he accepted the surrender of Sun Quan of Eastern Wu. In this regard, there were many ministers in the dynasty at that time who were dissatisfied and should not accept surrender, but should let the State of Wu and the State of Shu confront each other, at this time, taking advantage of the emptiness of the State of Wu's national strength, it was just possible to launch an attack on it, and it could take the opportunity to eliminate or greatly weaken the power of Eastern Wu. However, at that time, Cao Pi, seeing Sun Quan's submission, became fond of talent and did not adopt the advice of the chancellor.
Sun Quan's submission to Wei made Cao Pi very happy, but things were not so simple. Sun Quan's submission to Wei was only superficial, and he only used expedient measures to approach Cao Pi and borrow Cao Pi's hand to oppose Liu Bei. In the later Battle of Yiling, Sun Quan really defeated Liu Bei. After the war, Sun Quan also became more and more indifferent to Cao Pi, and at this time Cao Pi found the beginning and realized the seriousness of the matter, but it was too late. Three consecutive crusades failed to take Eastern Wu, and the attack ended in failure. This incident hit Cao Pi very hard, and he also suffered a serious illness. At that time, the level of medical care was not developed, so it left the root of the disease.
Third, indulge in beauty, absurdity
Cao Pi was a mercurial person, and in the years when he was called emperor, a steady stream of beautiful women appeared around him, but she was still dissatisfied in the face of so many beauties. When Cao Pi was 17 years old, he was still only a Wupin official. Deep into Yuan Shao's mansion, I met the famous beauty in history - Zhen Ji. He had only seen Zhen Ji, and he could never forget her appearance. At that time, Cao Cao also entered the city and conducted a search for Zhen Ji, and later he found that his son Cao Pi had already seized the opportunity, so he had no choice but to promise Zhen Ji to Cao Pi. Cao Pi also embraced the beauty of the family.
After Cao Pi became emperor, he not only included some of Cao Cao's concubines in his harem, but also included all the women he met and liked in the harem. In the materials that have been handed down, there are many records of the women that Cao Pi liked. Among them was a woman named Queen Guo, who was deeply loved by Cao Pi.
According to legend, Queen Guo was the daughter of Taishou Guo Yong, whose parents died early, and he was later sold to Tongyun as a maid. One day, Cao Pi came to the home of Tongyun waiting, watched Queen Guo dance, and could not forget it for a long time, and the spark of love appeared on the four eyes. Later, he took Queen Guo to the palace, and when he became emperor, he wanted Queen Guo to be his empress. However, the ministers of the DPRK and The Chinese People's Republic were all opposed to setting up a maid as the queen, what was the difference between this and the original King of Lu?
Cao Pi's women after he became emperor were innumerable, and the concubines of the harem were all famous local beauties. Cao Pi's mother took her son's various behaviors in her eyes, and said that he "dogs and rats do not eat Ruyu, and they should die." According to historical records, Cao Pi's favorite beauties have their own advantages, and he cherishes them immensely. There are women serving day and night, and they are all rare beauties in the world. After such an operation, how many men's bodies can eat and consume?
epilogue:
Cao Pi's various actions, in the government of the dynasty, were to satisfy his own ambitions, and constantly enriched his harem, in order to satisfy his own desires. According to the analysis of his behavior, his jealousy is not less than Cao Cao's. And the dynasty he was in was in a chaotic period, the outside world gave him more pressure, coupled with his own personality reasons, he could not be released from hard work, so his health was getting worse and worse.
In fact, the most important thing is the energy he wastes on women, even if there are reasons for government and serious illness, but these injuries are far less than the losses that women bring to his body. Surrounded by so many warblers and swallows, and unrestrained desire to release, it was the main reason why his body was getting weaker and weaker, which also led to the early death of the first emperor of the Wei state to be called emperor.
References: "Poetry of Jiang Zhai", "Biography of Cao Pi"
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