In 216, Cao Cao was crowned King of Wei and made Cao Pi his son the following year. Cao Pi was very happy, and that night he wrote a letter to a county commander named Wu Zhi to announce the good news!
Who is Wu Zhi? It made Cao Pi pay so much attention!
Time goes back a year, and Cao Cao has been oscillating left and right between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, not knowing who to appoint as the son of the world. In his view, Cao Pi is "kind" and has followed himself for many years, and it is absolutely no problem to be a "prince on the horse". However, Cao Zhi's talent is more outstanding, and he is deeply supported by the han Dynasty's widows, and it is more appropriate to be a "Shoucheng Prince".
Here Cao Cao was thinking about the candidate for the world, but Cao Pi was in a hurry!
Because, he knew that in Cao Cao's eyes, he was no different from the children raised by his stepmother.
Especially on the night that his father occupied Zhang Xiu's aunt, Cao Ang Dianwei was killed in battle, but Cao Pi, who was only 10 years old, was lucky enough to take the horse and escape. After that, whenever Cao Cao saw him, he would think of Cao Ang, who had died, and his heart was very unhappy!
In order to increase his weight in his father's heart, he began to enlist Wu Qian, Sima Yi, Zhu Shuo, and Chen Qun as his confidants, and let them speak for themselves in front of Cao Cao.
However, since Cao Cao had crowned The Prince of Wei, he had become more and more wary of Sima Yi. Chen Qun Geng Zhi and Zhu Shuo were a warrior, and only Wu Qian had many plans and ideas, but he was also sent by Cao Cao to serve as a county commander in a foreign country.
Cao Pi finally contacted Wu Qian and had him smuggled into Xuchang City overnight with a basket. Wu Zhi then helped him out of the plan, as long as your father sent troops to personally recruit you, you cried bitterly, showing the sadness of missing, so that you would be able to add points in front of Cao Cao.
Sure enough, Cao Cao was touched by his "kindness" and "admiration"!
After that, even if Cao Zhi's article was written in a frenzied manner, it was not as powerful as Cao Pi's "crying and weeping"!
Wu Qian successfully helped Cao Pi win Cao Cao's favor, and also killed Yang Xiu with his bare hands!
When Yang Xiu heard that Wu Qian had returned to the capital late at night, he complained to Cao Cao, but Wu Qian countered a "plan to empty the city", causing Yang Xiu to become a villain who framed Cao Pi in Cao Cao's eyes. In turn, it also led to a sharp decrease in Cao Zhi's score in Cao Cao's heart.
Finally, with the help of Wu Qian's schemes, Cao Pi waited for the position of the son of the world that he thought he would never be able to touch in his lifetime. Therefore, the first thing he thought of after receiving the reward was Wu Qian, the counselor!
In 220, Cao Cao died of illness, and the first thing Cao Pi did after succeeding to the throne of Wei was to take Wu Qian back to the capital and appoint him as the general of Zhonglang.
Subsequently, under the conspiracy of Wu Qian, Sima Yi, and others, Cao Pi dai Han Liwei, and also made Wu Qian a marquis and a general of Zhenwei, and pretended to be the governor of Hebei. You must know that only Guan Yu was the only one on Liu Bei's side who was given a false festival, and Wu Qian's power was hot in the Cao Pi dynasty, and even more above Sima Yi!
Before cao cao died, he once warned Cao Pi, "Sima Yi is not a human subject, and he will predict ru family affairs." This incident not only appeared in the interpretation, but also clearly recorded in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and Gai was too famous for Cao Cao's dream of "three horses in the same groove"!
During the 6 years of Cao Pi's reign, although Sima Yi stayed in the capital for 4 years, he was promoted to the rank of official and made a fortune. In addition to Sima Yi being Cao Pi's confidant, the most important thing is that Wu Qian received sima Yi's benefits and often said good things about him in front of Cao Pi!
However, Cao Pi was not unguarded about Sima Yi and had always insisted on not giving him military power!
Cao Pi and Wu Zhen were two kings and subjects, but Wu Qian was not tolerant of other Cao clan people, such as Cao Zhen.
Once Wu Zhen drank too much, saw Cao Zhen and Zhu Shuo one fat and one emaciated, and even let Youling rap and make fun of the two looks, which made Cao Zhen and Zhu Shuo angry, and even drew their swords against each other. Since then, Wu Zhizhi's crazy passers-by are well known, and he has gradually been excluded from the power center by the Cao family and has not returned to his former glory.
In the last year of Cao Pi, Wu Zhi still spared no effort to help Sima Yi say good things, and Sima Yi also showed great loyalty and obedience, and finally became a general of the Fu Army, a false festival, leading five thousand troops, adding to ShiZhong and Recording Shang Shushi. Sima Yi resigned at first, and Cao Pi said to him, "I am in the business of Shu, night after day, and there is no need to rest in peace." This is not pride, but a sorrow."
After Cao Pi's son Cao Rui ascended the throne, Wu Was basically marginalized, while Sima Yi was increasingly valued as a chancellor, and the sima family became more and more powerful.
10 years after Cao Rui's death, Sima Yi finally launched the "Gaopingling Rebellion", seized the family property of the former lord, and established the Western Jin Dynasty.
It is worth mentioning that Wu Tian died during the wei ming emperor's period, and the ministers gave him the nickname of "ugly", all because he was gentle in temperament when he was humble, and he was in a high position but he was overwhelmed and untamed!
It was not until Sima Zhao succeeded to the throne that he changed his nickname to "Wei", and Wu Ying, the son of Wu Qian, also served as the Shangshu of the Western Jin Dynasty, leaving countless reverie for posterity!
Looking back at history, without the help of Wu Qian, Sima Yi and others, Cao Pi would almost impossible to seize the position of Shizi, let alone stand on behalf of the Han Dynasty. If Cao Zhi succeeds to the throne smoothly, with the influence of the han dynasty's legacy, it is almost impossible to have Wei Guoyi in history!
And if there was no Wu Qian, I was afraid that Sima Yi would not be able to gain Cao Pi's trust no matter how to be patient, let alone persuade Cao Pi to act as Han Liwei, laying the foundation for the future Jin Dynasty to successfully replace Wei!
Therefore, sometimes a small person can set off a frenzy in the storm of history and influence the direction of a big era!
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