Zhou Yu is portrayed as a careful eye in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, but in fact, the real careful eye in the history of the Three Kingdoms is not Zhou Yu, but Cao Pi, who must be rewarded!
After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, in order to cut off his political enemy's brother Cao Zhi, he triggered the famous Seven-Step Poetry Incident.
Although he was not killed, he was placed under house arrest.
After the emperor sat down, Cao Pi began to settle accounts.
The first is his uncle Cao Hong.
In his early years, Cao Pi liked to fight with other princes, and Liu Feng, the king of Nanyang, was similar in age to Cao Pi, although at this time Cao Cao threatened the heavenly son to order the princes, but the treatment of the Han Dynasty clan did not dare to break.
Liu Feng traveled once, and the jade pendant he wore was extremely valuable.
Cao Pi bragged that he also wanted to buy one, but the money was not enough, so he thought of his uncle Cao Hong's victory in the battle and got a lot of rewards, so he ran to borrow money.
This Cao Hong was a very miserly person, so he sent Cao Pi on the pretext of not having money.
This made Cao Pi very resentful.
After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he suddenly thought of this matter, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, and he actually ordered Cao Hong to be put in prison and executed.
When the Qunchen learned of this, they were shocked, this Cao Hong was the top pillar of Cao Wei's military, and he had saved Cao Cao's life!
Cao Pi treated him like this, did this pay off?
Therefore, Cao Wei's chambers and his courtiers ran to shanggong and asked Cao Pi to take back his life.
However, Cao Pi was determined to kill him, and in the end, it was Cao Pi's mother, Empress Bian, who was angry with Cao Pi and angrily scolded him for not having Cao Hong, who would have you today, and Cao Pi spared Cao Hong from being a shuren.
However, at one point, all his property was confiscated, and Empress Bian demanded the return of his family property, and Cao Pi reluctantly agreed.
Cao Hong's affair had just ended, and Cao Pi thought of Yang Jun again.
Yang Jun was Cao Cao's old vassal and a sage who ruled the world.
However, on the issue of Cao Cao's succession, Yang Jun separately talked about the respective advantages of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi's talents and qualifications, and did not clearly say who they should be established, but even so, Cao Pi actually resented him for not recommending himself.
So one day, Cao Pi suddenly arrived in Wanxian County, because there was no scene of prosperity and happiness in the market, he was furious and arrested Yang Jun and imprisoned.
Sima Yi, Wang Xiang, and Xun Wei all interceded for Yang Jun, prostrating their heads and bleeding, but Cao Pi still refused to pardon, so Yang Jun thought of Cao Hong's experience and learned that this was Cao Pi's deliberate revenge and committed suicide with hatred.
The courtiers all regretted what had happened to him.
Just when Cao Pi was proud after avenging himself, he thought of Jiangdong's rebellion.
Before the Battle of Yiling was won, Jiangdong surrendered to Cao Wei, and as soon as he won the battle, he turned his face and did not recognize anyone, and the more Cao Pi wanted to get angrier, he ordered his division to go south and attack Jiangdong.
At this time, Bao Xun advised Bao Xun not to send troops to Jiangdong, and Cao Pi thought that Bao Xun had missed it.
It turned out that when Cao Pi was crown prince, Cao Pi's younger brother-in-law had broken the law and should be executed, which was Cao Pi's brother-in-law, and Cao Pi's unsuccessful intercession with Bao Xun deepened Cao Pi's resentment towards him.
Later, Bao Xun was dismissed from his position, and it was not until later Chen Qun and Sima Yi vigorously promoted him to make a comeback.
Cao Pi later recalled that he regretted it, so he ordered Bao Xun to be beheaded, without the slightest regard for his old feelings.
Bao Xun's father Bao Xin was a good friend of Cao Cao, and in the early years of the battle with the Yellow Turban Army, Cao Cao fell under siege, and Bao Xin fought to the death, and finally covered Cao Cao's breakthrough success, but he himself was killed on the battlefield, and even the body could not be found.
Cao Cao was very sad at that time, and used a woodcut statue of Bao Xin to cry and pay tribute to him.
Even so, Cao Pi still wanted to kill Cao Cao's son of the deceased.
From this point of view, the difference between Cao Pi's qi and Cao Cao's qi was too big, and it is no wonder that Sima Yi was able to win the hearts and minds of the Cao Wei shiren clique in a very short period of time.