No way. The world's affairs, where is it so easy, you think of a way to do it will definitely be able to do? Emperor Xian of Han faced a dead end of "no way".
Yes, there have been several instances in Chinese history of puppet emperors who killed their vassals and seized power. For example, the Han Xuan Emperor Liu Qing and Huo Guang, the Chongzhen Emperor and Wei Zhongxian, the Kangxi Emperor and Ao Bai.
But these few examples have a common feature: the rulers have no competent heirs. Huo Guang, Wei Zhongxian, or Ao bai, it seems that they are full of echoes and majesty, but in fact, their henchmen are all "hungry and far away". Just wait until the protagonist dies or is killed, and power can easily return to the king.
As for the Cao family, it can be said that there are many talents. Under Cao Cao, Cao Pi was of course a generation of heroes, and Cao Zhi should not be underestimated, and other Cao Zhang, Cao Ang, and their cousins also had auxiliary materials.
Back to the topic, what methods does Emperor Xian of Han have to turn the tide? The first of course was the "decapitation operation", which killed Cao Cao, the supreme leader of the Quanchen clique.
However, Cao Cao himself was also a military general, and he was many times stronger than Emperor Xian of Han, who was "born in the deep palace and grew up in the hands of women". If Emperor Xian of Han wanted to "assassinate" Cao Cao, he could not do it from the perspective of personal force comparison.
And Cao Cao was both suspicious and cautious, even when he was asleep, he was afraid of being assassinated, and he made up a paragraph of "good killing in dreams" to put an end to the delusion of others to assassinate. Cao Cao also planted many eyes and ears around Emperor Xian of Han. Kangxi tangled with the assassination of Aobai by a group of young eunuchs, and it did not work on Emperor Xian of Han and Cao Cao.
What the? Poisoned? You've watched too much palace fight drama, right? If the big guy in "Dream of the Red Chamber" wants to buy something, he must send a little girl to order the little girl to turn a few corners to buy it. Emperor Xiandi of Han did not have the freedom to shop, where did he go to get poison?
Even if he killed Cao Cao by chance, could his son and generals not pour a cup of poisonous wine into Emperor Xian, make up a "violent death" statement, and find a child surnamed Liu to help him ascend to the throne? After a while, the world is still the Cao family.
In the name of the emperor, directly lift Cao Cao's power, "give gold and return" and the like, is it okay?
Of course not. No matter how dictatorial Wei Zhongxian was, he was no more than a eunuch. Cao Cao was a "Han Xiang". Does the prime minister say that you can change it? Who do you let go to work? In the government army, they are all Cao Cao's people! Even the empress of the harem was a concubine, and there were two or three daughters of Cao Cao! If Emperor Xian dared to hastily order Cao Cao's official position to be demoted, Cao Cao would definitely dare to turn around and cut off Emperor Xian's head!
Then be a little more patient, wait for Cao Cao to die, okay?
Emperor Xiandi was waiting, waiting until Cao Cao died, and as a result, Cao Pi inherited Cao Cao's power and position, consolidated, and carried forward until he seized the throne of Emperor Xian.
According to the Marxist point of view, things have two aspects: internal and external. If the external causes are not available, and only want to take the internal causes as their own strength, they will "turn the tide", then it can only be thought.