When mentioning Cao Cao, people can't help but think of his classic quote "Rather call me a person in the world, and Hugh calls a person in the world bear me!" ”
He was a generation of tyrants in the chaotic world, and the son Cao Chong was five years old and could call an elephant, Cao Zhi could write poetry in seven steps, and his seven daughters were said to be beautiful and heavenly immortals.
In ancient times, men with status often had three wives and four concubines, and Cao Cao actually wanted his seven daughters to marry the same person at the same time, was Cao Cao confused or did the future son-in-law have the ability he valued particularly?
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Cao Cao was also a man of no profit and no early age, and he did see the power in the hands of his future son-in-law, and his future son-in-law was the untimely Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie.
When Liu Xie was in his mother's belly, he was persecuted by Empress He, but thanks to Fu Da's life, he was finally able to live and be born healthily.
However, due to the death of his father Emperor Ling of Han, Empress He's son Liu Yan, who was only 14 years old, took the throne, and liu Xie was made the Prince of Chenliu.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the blow of the Yellow Turban Peasants' Uprising greatly weakened the centralization of power, and there were many lands and princes, and social unrest.
The eunuchs and foreign ministers fought each other, and eventually Dong Zhuo entered the capital to control the situation, and then saw that Liu Wei was more timid, so he appointed Liu Xie, the 9-year-old Chen Liu King, as emperor, and was known as Emperor Xian of Han.
Dong Zhuo made Liu Xie emperor, and soon promoted his position to Xiangguo to control the chancellor.
Dong Zhuo has too many problems, not only covets beauty, but also condones his subordinates to burn and loot, and all the palace women and concubines in the palace that he looks up to will be doomed.
Dong Zhuo's atrocities were soon known to all the powerful, so many righteous soldiers formed groups to fight against Dong Zhuo, and Yuan Shao, the Taishou of Bohai, took the lead in starting his army, and Yuan Shao also took the lead as an ally.
So Dong Zhuo planned to move the capital to Chang'an, so he set fire to Luoyang, and the people left their homes and were displaced, killing and injuring countless people and starving all over the field along the way.
Yuan Shao did not really want to crusade against Dong Zhuo, so naturally he returned in vain, and later Situ Wang Yun used Dong Zhuo's righteous son Lü Bu to bring Dong Zhuo to justice.
However, Situ Wang Yun was again besieged by Li Dai and Guo Feng, and they killed him, and Emperor Xian of Han immediately fell into the hands of Li Dai and Guo Feng, so they jointly took charge of the imperial government.
Not long after, both Li Dai and Guo Feng wanted to monopolize power, so they both harbored ghost fetuses and wanted to take Emperor Xiandi of Han for themselves, and the two sides had been holding each other back, and in desperation, they sent Emperor Xiandi of Han back to the capital and back to Luoyang.
At this time, Luoyang was already a broken wall and had not been repaired in time, and the hundred officials also knew that there was a shortage of grain in the city, and Emperor Xian of Han sent people to collect taxes from counties and counties, but none of them responded.
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Cao Cao heard the news and rushed to the scene, that is, the famous "blackmail of the Son of Heaven to order the princes" in history.
Cao Cao entered the court and suggested that Emperor Xian of Han move the capital to Xuchang to relieve the food crisis, and Emperor Xian of Han had to go from there, and it was really only out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's mouth! Emperor Xiandi's puppet career was really long and long.
Emperor Xiandi of Han really did not want to continue to be a puppet, so he made a secret decree and arranged for his subordinate Dong Cheng to move the rescue army Liu Bei and fight against Cao Cao.
However, the secret will was intercepted by Cao Cao, and Dong Cheng was beheaded by Cao Cao, and Dong Guiren, along with Dong Cheng's daughter Emperor Xiandi of Han, also had to sit together, and Cao Cao was even more infuriating that he did not spare the children conceived by Emperor Xian of Han and Dong Guicai.
In the eighteenth year of Jian'an (213), Cao Cao dedicated three daughters to Emperor Xian of Han, all of whom were made nobles, and four of them were also given to Emperor Xian of Han when they grew up.
Cao Cao was interested in the identity of Emperor Xian of Han and intended to pass on the news about the Son of Heaven to him through these daughters.
After Dong Guiren's death, Empress Fu was worried about her situation, so she wanted her brother to kill Cao Cao, but the news was learned by Cao Cao, and Cao Cao forced Emperor Xian of Han to abolish Empress Fu.
In the nineteenth year of Jian'an (214), Empress Fu died claustrophobically, and more than a hundred members of the Fu family were executed, and in the first month of the following year, Cao Cao made his third daughter Cao Jie empress dowager of Han.
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Since Cao Cao's daughter became empress, Cao Cao began to dispatch troops and generals as the head of the state, and the Eastern Expedition to the West.
However, Cao Cao never said that he would replace Emperor Xian of Han, perhaps because of the imprisonment of Confucianism, or perhaps the throne was only a fictitious name for Cao Cao, because Emperor Xian of Han had always been in his own hands, and whatever will Cao Cao wanted was his own decision.
Because his daughter was already the empress of Emperor Xiandi of Han, she was also familiar with everything about Emperor Xiandi of Han.
At this time, the world was not completely unified, many people were loyal to The World of the Liu Clan, if they forcibly replaced it, other princes would inevitably come together to fight, and it was difficult for them to guarantee that they could resist, so Cao Cao did not ascend to the emperor's throne until his death.
Twenty-five years after Jian'an, Cao Cao died of illness, and his son Cao Pi took the title and became the King of Wei.
However, Cao Pi was not satisfied, believing that the Han Dynasty's qi was exhausted, and he was excited to replace Emperor Xian of Han and establish himself as king, and sent people to coerce Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate.
Emperor Xian of Han was so frightened that he hurried to the palace and met Empress Cao, who asked her with concern why, only to learn that her brother Cao Pi was going to depose Emperor Xian of Han as emperor.
In ancient times, the government was a world of men, and women had always been inconvenient to intervene, but at this moment, their husbands' positions and future were endangered, and Empress Cao categorically criticized those who came to coerce Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate, scaring them away.
Later, Cao Pi forcibly broke into the empress's palace and took away the imperial jade seal, and also forced Liu Xie to change the edict, and from then on Cao Pi became the founding emperor of Cao Wei, known as Emperor Wen of Wei.
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Cao Pi claimed the title of empress, perhaps feeling that Emperor Xian of Han could no longer threaten him, or perhaps remembering his love affair with Empress Cao, so he did not kill Emperor Xian of Han, but deposed him as the Duke of Shanyang.
Empress Cao also became the Duchess of Shanyang, so that she moved out of the palace and could still enjoy the liturgy of Tianzi, which was also a special treatment.
When Liu Xie became emperor, he was always in a state of coercion and oppression, and he broke away from the position of emperor and became the Duke of Shanyang, but he could freely ride on one side of the land, which may be a better way of life for Liu Xie, who has been in a chaotic world for many years.
The former Empress Cao, now the Duchess of Shanyang, as an ancient woman, could not marry independently, and even became a pawn for her father to realize her life ambitions, and this kind of political marriage is really sad.
However, empress Cao, as a woman, her heartache and love for her husband can be grasped by herself, so after marrying Emperor Xian of Han, she and him have become a husband and wife in distress, and it is also a kind of happiness to be able to live together.
When the situation creates heroes, Cao Cao is very suitable for walking in the chaotic world, and Emperor Xiandi of Han may be more suitable for the lives of ordinary people, everyone's personality and ability are different, it is not to be in a high position to live comfortably, and it is the most valuable to meet a lifestyle suitable for yourself.