Since his childhood, Cao Pi has been full of literature and martial arts, has read and passed on the scriptures, and is familiar with the hundred schools of thought of the sons.
In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), Cao Pi defeated his brother Cao Zhi and was made the Prince of Wei.
In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220), Cao Cao died, and Cao Pi succeeded him as Chancellor and King of Wei.
In the same year, Yu Zen ascended the throne as a Wei Dynasty Han Dynasty, ending the history of the Han Dynasty and establishing the State of Wei.
Among Cao Cao's sons, Cao Pi was inferior to Cao Zhi in terms of literary style, and Cao Pi could not be compared with Cao Zhang in leading troops to fight.
Cao Piwen was inferior to Cao Zhi, and Wu was inferior to Cao Zhang, so why did Cao Cao let Cao Pi inherit the throne?
According to historical records such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, after the deaths of Cao Ang and Cao Chong, Cao Cao had the idea of establishing Cao Zhi as his son.
However, Cao Zhi's casual behavior gradually made Cao Cao change his attitude.
For example, once Cao Zhi, because he drank too much, sat in the royal family's carriage and horse, and opened the palace gate "Sima Gate" without permission.
For this behavior of Cao Zhi, the King of Wei, Cao Cao was very angry.
After this, Cao Cao gradually gave up the idea of letting Cao Zhi take the throne.
Correspondingly, although Cao Zhang was more courageous, cao Cao needed a prince who commanded the military generals, not Guan Yu, Lü Bu, and Zhao Yun.
Further, Cao Zhang's ability to strategize and command, especially to control his subjects, was relatively insufficient.
With the help of Sima Yi, Wu Zhi and other ministers, Cao Pi deliberately showed a calm and cautious side in front of Cao Cao.
In other words, under Cao Zhi's arbitrary performance, Cao Pi's steady behavior undoubtedly won Cao Cao's approval, which became an important reason for Cao Cao's final transmission to Cao Pi.
In addition, in the author's opinion, the reason why Cao Cao let Cao Pi inherit the throne is also related to Cao Pi's being the eldest son at that time.
At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Ang was killed on the battlefield.
After Cao Ang's death, Cao Pi became Cao Cao's eldest son.
Under the ancient practice of "primogeniture inheritance system", Cao Pi's age advantage was also the reason why he was eventually established as a son of the world.
In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), with the help of Sima Yi, Wu Zhi and other ministers, Cao Pi defeated Cao Zhi in the battle for the succession to the throne and was made the prince of Wei.
After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi also lived up to expectations and officially established Cao Wei.
Before the emperor's appointment came down, Cao Pi took Cao Cao's place.
There is obviously only one purpose, that is, to calm people's minds.
Cao Cao died and Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, which was a natural thing, but it was not.
The Zizhi Tongjian records that the situation in Cao Wei at the time of Cao Cao's death was very deceitful.
Cao Cao died of illness in Luoyang, Cao Pi remained in Yecheng, and Cao Wei experienced a power vacuum.
In the first month of 220, on the day of Gengzi, Cao Cao died in Luoyang. At this time, Cao Wei's legal successor, Cao Piyuan, was far away in The capital of the State of Wei, Yecheng.
Cao Cao died suddenly, Cao Pi could not succeed to the throne normally, and Cao Wei created a power vacuum for a short time.
Cao Cao was there, and with his decades of meritorious prestige, no one in the Wei state dared to oppose it.
In Cao Cao's absence, the situation was completely different.
The first was the commotion in the army, and Cao Cao's Qingzhou soldiers directly dispersed.
The Qingzhou soldiers were good at beating drums to attract each other, and the people thought it was appropriate to forbid it, but those who did not follow it begged for it. Jia Kui: "No." "For the sake of being a long man, let the place give it food."
The Qingzhou Soldiers were Cao Cao's starting troops, as early as Cao Cao's time when Dong Commandery was too defensive, Cao Cao defeated the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in Yanzhou, and chose its young and middle-aged people to be incorporated into the army, called the Qingzhou Army.
This unit was extremely fierce, serving only Cao Cao alone, and as soon as Cao Cao died, the Qingzhou soldiers clamored and scattered.
Fortunately, Jia Kui was wise enough to give these soldiers a road fee, eat and drink well, and send these people home, so that there was no mutiny.
The second is the heir dispute.
Marquis Zhang of Yanling came from Chang'an and asked where the Kuixian King Xi Shuo was, and Kui Zheng se said: "The state is the deputy governor, and the former king Xi Shuo is not suitable for the prince to ask." ”
Cao Zhang came from Chang'an with an army.
Although Jia Kuiyi refuted it and Cao Zhang did not make a big deal out of it, as long as Cao Zhang was still in Luoyang, it was a potential threat.
Finally, the hearts of the Wei ministers floated.
When Shi Qunchen first heard about Wang Xue, they gathered and wept, and there was no return.
The bad news of Cao Cao's death reached Yecheng, and Wei Guoqun's subjects were so distraught that they could not observe even the minimum manners of conduct.
Power is maintained by order, and if even the ministers lose basic ceremonial order, it means that the Wei regime is at least not firmly rooted.
When Cao Pi was crying and the chancellor was behaving inappropriately, Sima Yi's younger brother Sima Fu stood up.
Sima Fu said loudly: "When the great king died, the world shook, so we should have paid homage to the crown prince earlier to reassure people's hearts, what is the use of crying?"
So Cao Pi dried his tears, accepted the minister's kneeling, and prepared for Cao Cao's funeral.
Cao Pi took the throne first, fearing that the shock of Cao Cao's death would be too great, and Cao Zhang's threat at Luoyang, in order to stabilize the hearts and minds of the Wei people, he had to do so.
After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi first succeeded the King of Wei and immediately gave the Han Emperor Liu Xie the throne; Cao Cao had six recorded daughters, three of whom were "given" to Liu Xie by Cao Cao.
In 213, Cao Cao made his daughters Cao Xian, Cao Jie, and Cao Hua three sisters into the palace at the same time and made her a lady.
In 214, he was made a nobleman. Cao Cao deposed Fu Shou, the first empress of emperor Xian of Han, and imprisoned her to death.
Cao Cao asked Emperor Xian of Han to make Cao Jie empress, and Emperor Xian of Han had to obey.
The children born to Emperor Xian of Han and Empress Cao should be called Cao Cao's maternal grandfather.
Because Cao Cao was given the title of Duke of Wei, Jiaozuo folk followed the name of Cao Jie's children, calling his grandfather "Wei Gong" and grandmother "Wei Po", which has become popular and has been popular to this day.
In 220, Cao Cao died, and Cao Pi succeeded to the title of Prince of Wei. As soon as Cao Pi became the King of Wei, he immediately threatened Emperor Xian of Han to "Zen Concession".
In order to make this pretense look better, he wrote a fold in advance to "push the resignation" three times, until emperor Xian of Han repeatedly "begged" him, and he "reluctantly" agreed.
Cao Pi also ordered people to build a "Zen concession platform" in Xuchang, preparing to stage a hypocritical trick similar to "Yao Shun Zen Concession".
But Cao Jie just wouldn't hand over the jade seal. Several groups of people had come to urge him, and every time Cao Jie was angry, he scolded the messenger away.
After all, the jade seal could not be retained, and it could not really affect the situation. Cao Jie held out the jade seal, and the messenger was preparing to receive it respectfully.
Cao Jie threw Yuxi under the steps, covered his face and cried bitterly, "Heaven will not bless you, you will not live long." ”
The emissaries did not dare to look at her, picked up the jade seal, dusted it, took it and ran away.
Liu Xie clearly knew that Cao Cao was not easy to mess with, but he now felt that cao Pi was even more difficult than Cao Cao.
No matter how bad Cao Cao is, he will leave himself as a signboard, but Cao Pi is a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, and he has soldiers and generals under his command, and he does not take his own emperor as a thing at all.
At this time, in order to curry favor with Emperor Cao Pi, some people asked Liu Xie to send both daughters to Cao Pi.
Liu Xie suffered a lot of humiliation, especially when he became the Duke of Shanyang, his life safety could not be guaranteed, and he was willing to "kiss and kiss" with Cao Pi.
So there was the "you marry my three sisters, I marry your two daughters."
But thankfully, your daughter wasn't born to my sister. This also shows that at that time, the inferiority of men and women was very serious, and women fell victim to politics if they did not get it right.
Emperor Xian of Han was demoted to the title of Duke of Shanyang, and Empress Cao Jie was subsequently placed under house arrest at Shanyang City.