Cao Cao wanted to find an object for his dead young son Cao Chong, but he consulted with his ministers and touched a nose of ash. Although Cao Cao was angry, he really couldn't do anything about it. Cao Cao has always been the temper of the King of Yan, only he is responsible, and no one can bear him.
How could such a Cao Cao endure the discount? This brings us to cao's situation at that time. Cao Cao had many shortcomings, but he also had many advantages. For example, he can clearly distinguish priorities, individuals and countries. When feelings and reason conflict, Cao Cao is often able to choose to face the problem rationally. This is arguably the main reason for his success.
At that time, although Cao Cao had pacified the north and become the hegemon of the Central Plains, there was still Sun Quan in Jiangnan, Liu Bei in Jingzhou, Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu in Shuzhong, and all the princes were staring at Cao Cao. The reason why Cao Cao was able to gain political superiority was because Cao Cao had always been under the banner of "serving the Son of Heaven to order not to be subordinate", coupled with Cao Cao's conscription of the world's disciples in the name of the imperial court, his respect for etiquette, and his emphasis on Confucianism, so that most of the talents in the world came to Cao Cao's side. Although people like Feng Yuan have no power to bind chickens, as long as they are under the banner of etiquette, they will have a large number of followers and become a powerful force of public opinion.
Therefore, Cao Cao wisely chose to give up. But Cao Cao only gave up on Bing Yuan, and did not give up the secret marriage. Cao Cao hired the deceased daughter of the Zhen clan to be buried with Cao Chong, and finally completed the secret marriage. There is no other record in the history books about the identity of the "dead daughter of Zhen", which has also triggered many speculations from later generations. Some people think that it is the daughter of Cao Pi's wife Zhen, some people think that it is Zhen's family, and some people think that it may not be related to Zhen. I thought it should be Zhen's family most likely.
As Cao Chong's youngest son, it was first impossible to marry Zhen, the daughter of his sister-in-law, his niece. Although Cao Cao did not pay attention to the ritual law, he was not so chaotic. In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao had already eliminated Yuan Shao, and Cao Pi had already married Zhen, looking at the entire city of Yicheng, and no other Zhen family in history could be equivalent to the Cao family. Of course, some people believe that Zhen was originally the youngest daughter of their Zhen family, who was 25 years old at this time, even if there was a sister who died young, it was too older than Cao Chong. Although it is a meditative marriage, it also pays attention to the same age.
In fact, it can be other uncles and sisters in the Zhen family. Cao Cao was very fond of Zhen and once publicly praised Zhen as "My Daughter's Wife". Later, Cao Pi, who became a general in the five senses, when the guests of the feast, let his wife Zhen come out to meet people, everyone consciously bowed their heads, only Liu Zhen did not know what to do, looked at Zhen, Cao Cao was furious, and sent Liu Zhen to labor reform. Cao Cao loved Zhen and found a daughter-in-law's sister to marry, which can also be regarded as a kiss. Zhen Shi would not and did not dare to disobey his father-in-law's will, and naturally agreed happily. Cao Chong's secret marriage was finally handled.