It is said that the daughter is the father's intimate little cotton jacket, and she is reluctant to marry at home. In order to control the harem of Emperor Xian of Han, Cao Cao actually lost three daughters in a row. Marrying one daughter, Emperor Xiandi of Han, was his son-in-law, and marrying three daughters, Emperor Xiandi of Han, was still his son-in-law. Cao Cao's status did not rise because of this? Isn't that just plain with two daughters?
Cao Cao, who is that? How can you do a loss-making business? He did this with deep considerations.
I. Why did Cao Cao marry his daughter to Emperor Xian of Han?
When Cao Cao welcomed Emperor Xian of Han into Xuchang, Emperor Xian's harem was a "desolate" one, with only three concubines, Empress Fu, Song Gui, and Dong Guiren. Later, Cao Cao sent his daughter to the palace for Cao Guiren, and barely enriched the harem.
After all, Emperor Xian of Han was not satisfied with being a puppet emperor, and since the Han Dynasty, the emperor had mastered the former dynasty either by power or by foreign relatives. When he arrived at Emperor Xian of Han, the eunuchs who were used at the top were all slaughtered, and if Emperor Xiandi of Han wanted to turn over, he could only rely on foreign relatives.
Empress Fu's father Fu Quan was Zhongshan Dafu, Song Guiren's father was Changshan Taishou, Dong Guiren's family was more powerful, and her family's Dong Cheng was a che riding general. Emperor Xian of Han wanted to turn over, and only the foreign relatives of Dong Guiren could help. Thus there was the incident of "wearing clothes and edicts", Dong Cheng pulled a group of old han courtiers who shouted to curse Cao Thief, and this group also included Liu Bei's uncle Liu Huang. As a result, cao Cao discovered it, Liu Bei fled, Dong Cheng was exterminated of the three tribes, and even Dong Guiren, who was pregnant with a dragon heir, was brutally killed.
Because Emperor Xian of Han joined forces with foreign relatives to create a rebellion against Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Cao no longer stuffed people into the harem of Emperor Xian of Han, and the fortress was also his own daughter, thus cutting off the channels for Emperor Xian of Han to unite with foreign relatives to seize power, and completely turning him into a puppet.
Is it not enough to marry a daughter? Why did Cao Cao marry three daughters to Emperor Xian of Han?
After Cao Cao married his daughter, another thing happened, which is worthy of Cao Cao's vigilance. At that time, Empress Fu secretly sent a letter to her father, hoping that her father would be able to start an incident and kill Cao Thief. However, Fu Quan saw Dong Cheng's fate, and his own strength was weak, so he did not see the letter.
If people did not know unless they did nothing, after Fu's death, Cao Cao began to liquidate the Fu family under the pretext of this matter, and the Fu family was destroyed, and Empress Fu and her two children were also executed.
Then Cao Cao said to Emperor Xian of Han: "Your Majesty has no worries, the subjects have no different hearts, and the daughters of the courtiers are already your majesty's nobles, and the great sages and filial pieties should be the main palace." ”
It can be seen that before Empress Fu died, the Cao family did not fully control the harem, and Empress Fu and the Cao family were not the same heart after all.
One of Cao Cao's daughters was easily isolated when she was a nobleman in the harem, so she simply sent a few more daughters to the harem to help each other, turning the harem into the world of the Cao family, completely extinguishing the hope of Emperor Xiandi of Han to turn over. And why marry three instead of all seven? Because the other daughters are still too young! Although Cao Cao was ruthless, he was not a beast! He had sent all his marriageable daughters to the harem.
In fact, marrying all marriageable daughters to the harem is not only out of the idea of controlling the harem and laying the foundation for the future Cao family usurpers. There are two other reasons:
(1) Prevent the descendants of the Cao family from usurping the Han Dynasty and failing to be wiped out
Cao Cao was a well-thought-out politician, worried about defeat before winning, although the Cao family had completely suppressed the imperial family, but it would take a long time to justify the occupation of the Great Han Dynasty. Cao Cao himself did not intend to usurp the throne, in case his descendants failed to usurp the throne without filial piety, with the harem cao family's wives and royal descendants flowing with the blood of the Cao family, the cao family's losses could be minimized.
This is also the reason why Cao Cao must kill the child in Dong Guiren's belly and the child of Empress Fu. Only by allowing all the children of Emperor Xian of Han to have the bloodline of the Cao family could the Cao family be saved after the failure of the usurpation. Because Emperor Xian of Han had no choice, he could only let Cao Cao's grandson inherit the throne.
(2) Preventing daughters from marrying Nengchen and making strong enemies for the Cao family
Cao Cao held a high position of power, and his daughter naturally became a shortcut for many people to rise to the top of their lives. For example, the two brothers Ding Yi and Ding Xi fell in love with Cao Cao's daughter, but Cao Pi did not agree. Therefore, Ding Yi and Ding Xi helped Cao Zhi oppose Cao Pi, causing many troubles, and after the defeat, the two were executed. It can be seen from this that even if Cao Cao's daughter does nothing, a bad one will make trouble.
When Cao Cao fought in the world, he promoted many cold disciples, many of them were of the official generation, the family foundation was not thick, if they took Cao Cao's daughter, then they won a lot of political chips. Cao Cao saw more foreign relatives interfering in politics and other things, so he did not want to marry his daughter and promote the rise of a rich family. At that time, the Cao family's great cause of usurping han had not yet succeeded, and the family clans were all potential competitors, so they still tried to do as little as possible.
However, this also indirectly led to the weakness of Cao Wei's clan, and if Cao Cao married his daughters to the descendants of his courtiers, then when Sima usurped the throne, the Cao family could have several more hardcore allies.
Third, marrying Cao Cao's daughter was also a blessing for Emperor Xian of Han
Many emperors of the Han Dynasty had a short lifespan because of excessive wine color, and the emperors who lived long in addition to Han Gaozu and Emperor Wu of Han would count the last emperor, Emperor Xian of Han. Cao Cao didn't give him a full harem, and he couldn't indulge his desires, couldn't he?
Generally speaking, the fate of the last emperor is relatively miserable. The fact that Emperor Xian of Han did not get slaughtered after he ascended the throne was largely due to Cao Cao's three daughters.
Cao Cao's daughter really married a chicken with a chicken, and married a dog with a dog, and when the Cao family usurped the throne, these people were on the side of Emperor Xian of Han. They protected Emperor Xian of Han and cursed the noble relatives of the Cao family, and the people of the Cao family could only suffer. That was Cao Cao's own daughter! If you want to change into someone else, you have long been pulled out and cut. Therefore, after the abdication of Emperor Xian of Han, he could still spend his old age as a Shanyang public security officer, rather than being secretly poisoned by Cao Pi. Therefore, marrying Cao Cao's daughter is also a blessing for Emperor Xian of Han!
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