Speaking of Cao Cao, I think everyone will not feel strange, as a famous politician and military figure in the Eastern Han Dynasty, he fought in all directions all his life. He once threatened the Son of Heaven to order the princes to fight everywhere for the revival of the Han Dynasty. Although his purpose was always to control the government and consolidate his dominance, he was unkind and unjust. However, his courage and courage deserve the respect of future generations, and he used force to calm the chaotic situation of the division of the masses in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and meritocracy and etiquette. At the same time, as a literary artist, he also left a lot of literary works.
Cao Cao was such a historical legend who made future generations mixed reviews. The tiger father had no dogs, and Cao Cao had a total of twenty-five sons in his lifetime, a few of whom were also talented and inherited Cao Cao's wisdom and courage.
The eldest son, Cao Pi, became the heir after Cao Cao's death and ascended the throne as emperor. Cao Cao considered him to be calm and down-to-earth, and he was both literate and martial. In the end, he replaced the Han Dynasty with Wei and established the State of Wei, becoming Emperor Wen of Wei. At the same time, he also inherited the literary talent of his father Cao Cao and achieved literary achievements no less than his father. In fact, the main reason why several of Cao Cao's sons are keen on literary creation is that Cao Cao attaches great importance to the cultivation of his sons' literary literacy, and when choosing an heir, he also attaches great importance to this point, which is a very important indicator.
The most outstanding in literature is Cao Zhi, whose "Seven Steps Poem" has been passed down to this day. Therefore, Cao Zhi has always been Cao Pi's strongest competitor. Once Cao Cao led his troops to fight, when he went out on the expedition, Cao Zhi made a tear-jerking speech on the spot at the mobilization meeting, which made Cao Cao very happy and pleased. At this time, Cao Pi pretended to cry, because in ancient times, he attached great importance to "filial piety", and Cao Cao also attached great importance to etiquette. So Cao Pi impressed his father in another way.
Although Cao Pi was not outstanding in terms of strategy and talent, he could be said to be deliberate in the struggle for the heir, and he was cruel and ruthless to his brothers. In the end, Cao Vegetation was excluded, because his talents could not be displayed, and he ended up depressed.
Cao Cao also had a son named Cao Ang, who was brave and fearless, brave and resourceful, good at leading wars, and was most loved by Cao Cao. So Cao Cao sent him to the frontier to exercise, but he did not expect to die in battle. If he had not died young, then Cao Cao's heir would most likely have been Cao Ang.
Cao Chong, known as the "prodigy", was also deeply loved by his father Cao Cao. From an early age, he was intelligent and benevolent, and very kind. The allusion to "Cao Chong is called an elephant" comes from Cao Chong. At that time, Sun Quan sent an elephant to Cao Cao. As a northerner, neither Cao Cao nor the ministers around him had ever seen such a giant as an elephant. So they gathered around the elephant and marveled, and everyone talked about the weight of the elephant.
But how can such a huge animal as an elephant weigh it? Just when everyone was at a loss, the young Cao Chong stood up, and he came up with a brilliant idea, that is, to herd the elephants to a boat, record the location of the sinking of the ship, and then drive the elephants out and put them into the stones until the water level coincides with the previous one, and the weight of these stones is the weight of the elephant.
The princes and nobles present were very surprised to hear Cao Chong's method, and this matter also spread, and Cao Cao was even more proud after hearing it. Cao Chong was not only very clever, but also benevolent and kind, and once, the official in charge of the stables was negligent and let Cao Cao's saddle be bitten by a rat. When this official found out, he was very afraid, afraid that Cao Cao would put him to death. So he was terrified, ready to tie his hands and turn himself in.
After Cao Chong knew, he comforted the official not to be afraid, and asked him to turn himself in in three days later, so that he could help him. After that, Cao Chong cut a few holes in his clothes, and then pretended to be helpless and very sad. Cao Cao found that his son was unhappy, so he asked why. Cao Chong said: Because the rat bit a few holes in the clothes, it represented in ancient times it was not auspicious, so it was not happy. After the official turned himself in, Cao Cao forgave his mistake very leniently and said, "My son's clothes have been bitten by rats, and the saddle is nothing." In this way, Cao Chong used his wit to save the lives of the officials.
When Cao Chong was young, he had a good friend named Zhou Buxian, who was about the same age as Cao Chong and had a common language. In addition, the two people have similar personalities and are both intelligent, so the relationship is very good. And Zhou Buzhi showed outstanding military talent as a child. At that time, Cao Cao led his troops to attack Liucheng, and after a long time of attack, Cao Cao and the strategists around him had no way to do anything. At this time, Zhou Buxi proposed several countermeasures, and Cao Cao successfully captured Liucheng after adopting them.
Because his son can have such a friend, Cao Cao is very happy, Cao Chong's wisdom, coupled with Zhou Buxi's assistance, will certainly be able to show his grand plans in the future and inherit the Jiangshan he has laid. Unfortunately, when Cao Chong was thirteen years old, he died of illness. This made Cao Cao very sad, and whenever he saw Zhou Bu in the future, it was as if he had seen his own son, so he was even more sad, at this time, Cao Cao suddenly realized a problem. Cao Chong died, so Zhou bu doubted that he would not be loyal to himself, so the future must be a big trouble. The suspicious Cao Cao was determined to assassinate Zhou.
At this time, Cao Pi stood up and interceded for Zhou Buxian, hoping that Cao Cao would let Zhou Buxian go and make him loyal to himself. Cao Cao was very angry, because although Cao Pi was both literate and martial, he was far inferior to Cao Chong and Zhou Buxian in terms of planning, so he could not bring such a talent as Zhou Buxian under his command, and could only be toyed with by him. Listening to his father's accusations, Cao Pi was very ashamed.
In the end, Cao Cao insisted on assassinating Zhou Buxuan, who was only seventeen years old at the time. Cao Cao's suspiciousness and cruelty are heinous, but it is precisely this kind of character that makes Cao Cao, as a chancellor, control the government of the dynasty, blackmail the son of heaven to order the princes, and establish his own dynasty.