The State of Wei during the Three Kingdoms period was the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu, and from the beginning of Cao Cao's generation of Wei Kings, efforts for the unification of the world had already begun. In the early days of Cao Wei, there were many talents, including Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Sima Yi, etc., who were all very former emperors at that time. But Cao Cao's favorite person was definitely Cao Chong.
Speaking of Cao Chong should be no stranger, you must know that in today's textbooks, there are stories of Cao Chong calling elephants. Cao Chong in the books is Cao Cao's son. Cao Chong died of illness, and the history book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records that after Cao Chong's death, Cao Chong was very sad and said a sentence: "This is my misfortune, and Ru Cao's luck is also!" ”
It can be seen from this that Cao Cao's love for Cao Chong, you must know that people like Cao Cao will certainly not easily say "this is my misfortune" to a person. Cao Chong's death was good news for Cao Cao's other sons. After all, they can have one less powerful opponent when fighting for the throne of Wei.
In the later period of Cao Wei, there was a situation of taking concubines, which was well known to everyone. At that time, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi competed for the King of Wei, but Cao Cao liked Cao Zhi more and wanted him to be the King of Wei, but Cao Pi was the eldest son of Cao Pi, and the ceremony should be inherited by Cao Pi. In this way, Cao Cao let his two sons fight.
The history books record that after Cao Chong's death, Cao Cao liked Cao Zhi more in his heart than Cao Pi. Whether it is in today's history books or ancient books, this historical fact is confirmed. Later, Cao Zhi broke into Sima Men at night and committed a capital crime, which made him withdraw from the competition for the position of Shizi. At the same time, Cao Pi was deeper than Cao Zhicheng and his political skills were more old-fashioned.
So if Cao Chong hadn't died, would Cao Cao have passed the Wei throne to him? This answer is not necessarily true. Although Cao Cao was very fond of Cao Chong, if Cao Chong had no talent, did not perform well in politics, or was like Cao Zhi, I am afraid that Cao Cao would not have handed over Cao Wei's Jiangshan to him.
There is a more important place, that is, the issue of Cao Chong's origin. Like Cao Zhi, although Cao Chong was deeply loved by Cao Cao, he was not the eldest son. From this point of view, Cao Pi took full advantage. In ancient times, the difference between concubines and concubines was quite large, which can be described as "the difference between heaven and earth". Cao Pi's eldest son could not be shaken by anyone.
Under the framework of the "primogeniture inheritance system", Cao Cao's choice of successor basically still has to give priority to concubines, and from this point of view, there are only four people, namely Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiong. However, for Cao Cao, it was not impossible to abolish the concubine, but this move would definitely come at a cost.
At that time, Cao Cao thought about abolishing Li Shu, but Cao Cao asked one of his men. This person is Jia Xu, and if you know that Cao Cao really abolished The Concubine, it will definitely cause the brothers to fall against the wall, and the consequences of doing so will be endless. For Cao Cao's thoughts, Jia Xu knew that he only said to Cao Cao: "I think of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao."
As soon as this sentence was uttered, Cao Cao woke up like a dream, because Yuan Shao and Liu Biao were both because of the abolition of Chang Li and the young, which eventually led to disaster. It can be said that this is the lesson of Cao Cao.