Cao Hong was definitely a heavyweight in Cao Cao's camp, not only Cao Cao himself respected him, but even his wife Bian Shi had great respect for him. Mainly because Cao Hong had a life-saving grace for Cao Cao, in ancient times, his great contribution was that of the Savior. However, after Cao Cao's death, his son Cao Pi took a stab at his relatives after sitting firmly in Jiangshan. In addition to the two brothers Cao Pi and Cao Zhang, Cao Hong's cousin was also being rectified. Cao Pi hated him very much, it can be said that "hatred goes to the bone", even the butcher knife was raised, if it were not for Cao Pi's biological mother Empress Bian to stop it, Cao Hong would almost be in danger. What the hell was going on, why did Cao Pi hate this cousin so much that he had to put him to death?
Stills of Cao Hong
When Dong Zhuo was in turmoil, Cao Cao recruited troops to cultivate his own forces, and gathered a large number of followers around him, the most contributing to the Cao family and the Xiahou clan. For example, Xiahou Huan, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Ren, Cao Bao and others, Cao Hong was also one of the earliest to follow Cao Cao, and he was also the backbone. Cao Hong's first appearance in the history books was during Cao Cao's crusade against Dong Zhuo, and he participated as Cao Cao's younger brother and follower.
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Cao Hongzi was lian, and Taizu congdiered himself. Taizu rebelled against Dong Zhuo and went to Xingyang, where he was defeated by The Zhuo general Xu Rong. Taizu lost his horse, the thief chased after him very urgently, Hongxia, with the horse to grant Taizu, Taizu resigned, Hong Yue: "There can be no flood in the world, and there can be no king." ”
It means that Cao Hongzi Lian was Cao Cao's cousin, and in February of the first year of Chuping (190), he followed Cao Cao in his army against Dong Zhuo (when Cao Cao was one of the thirteen princes of the Thirteen Roads). At this place in Xingyang, he was defeated by Dong Zhuo's generals, Cao Cao threw away his armor in the chaos of the war, and even lost his mounts when he was chased by the enemy. Cao Hong, cao hong, as Cao Cao's cousin and confidant, joined Cao Cao in the chaos, immediately jumped off his horse, and gave up his horse to Cao Cao. Cao Cao at first shirked it. Cao Hong saw that at this juncture, he was still polite, so he said that the world can be without me Cao Hong, but you can't be without the lord you, you hurry up and go first, I will break the queen.
So the step from to the water, the depth of the water can not be crossed, the flood follows the water to get the boat, and Taizu is in good hands, and also rushes to the truth.
Cao Cao stills
Cao Cao, who got Cao Hong's mount, finally rushed out to escape and ascend to heaven, Cao Hong retreated while fighting, and retreated to Bian Shui on foot, because the water was too deep to pass. So Cao Hong looked around for the ship, finally found it, and then fled back to the base camp with Cao Cao. After shema saved his life, Cao Cao was particularly fond of this cousin.
The family foundation that Cao Cao had just built this time was almost a bloody struggle, and Cao Cao was not dead and wanted to regroup and start again. So he sent Xiahou Huan and others to recruit soldiers everywhere to buy horses, and Cao Hong had a good relationship with Chen Wen, who was then the assassin of Yangzhou, so he took more than a thousand soldiers with his family to recruit soldiers with Chen Wen, and obtained two thousand high-class soldiers in Lujiang County. When he went to Danyang County, he recruited robots and then met with Cao Cao in Longkang, and Cao Cao made his fortune by relying on these thousands of people.
Yangzhou stabbed Chen Wensu and Hong Shan, and Hong General's family had more than a thousand soldiers, and on the Wen army, he had two thousand people on the Lujiang River, and thousands of people in the east to Danyang, and He met with Taizu.
Stills of Cao Cao and Lady Bian
After that, Cao Hong followed Cao Cao and continued to conquer the northern war in the south, participating in almost all wars, which can be described as hard work. In the fourth year of Chuping (193), Cao Cao attacked Xuzhou, and Zhang Mi and Chen Gong rebelled against Lü Bu in Yanzhou. Cao Hong made great contributions as a road-opening general, and was appointed as a lieutenant of Ying Yang and moved to yangwu zhonglang general. In the first year of Jian'an (196), Cao Hong was ordered to lead an army to welcome the Han Xiandi Emperor to move the capital to Xuchang, and Cao Hong was awarded the title of Counselor for his merits. He also served as another subordinate to recruit Liu Biao and defeat Liu Biao's generals, and laid a lot of territory, because of his meritorious service in battle, he was moved to general Li Feng and the Marquis of Mingting. Later, because of his repeated military achievements with Cao Cao, he was protected by the general, and Cao Hong at this time was already the core force of Cao Cao's collective. Later, in the fourth year of Jian'an (199), he broke the rebel arm with Xu Huang.
In October of the fifth year of Jian'an (200), the "Battle of Guandu", which changed the direction of the Three Kingdoms, broke out. At that time, the war entered a white-hot and state of glue. At the suggestion of Xu You, a strategist who had just surrendered from Yuan Shao's side, Cao Cao led a light army to raid Wuchao, burning Yuan Shao's grain and grass to confuse the hearts of his army, and leaving Cao Hong and the mastermind Xun You to guard the camp base camp before leaving. Yuan Shao's side was not careless, knowing that after Cao Cao attacked the Wuchao grain and grass, the character Cao Cao was elite in and out, and the rear must be empty. It was decided to shorten Cao Cao's old lair and leave him homeless, so he sent his subordinates Zhang Guo and Gao Lan to attack Cao Cao's camp, and under the joint defense of Cao Hong and Xun You, it was still impossible to break cao Cao's old lair.
Yuan Shao's sneak attack on Cao Cao's rear was unsuccessful, but Cao Cao's sneak attack was successful, and he burned Yuan Shao's general Chun Yu Qiong's Wuchao and beheaded Chun Yu Qiong. Yuan Shao saw that Wuchao had fallen and abandoned his army and fled, and Zhang Gao and Gao Lan planned for Yuan Shao to fight Cao Cao again, but unfortunately Yuan Shao did not listen. The two were afraid that Yuan Shaoqiu would settle the account, so they deliberated and decided to burn the siege equipment and come to Cao Cao's camp to surrender, and Cao Hong was afraid of deception and did not dare to accept it. Xun You said that there was no need to worry about just accepting, there would be no problem, Yuan Shao became suspicious of them, and they were desperate to run. If we accept them at this time, they will be grateful to us, and they will bring us soldiers and horses, food and grass, which is a good thing that has fallen from the sky, please do not doubt the general. So Cao Hong listened to Xun You's advice, and zhang became the "five sons of Cao Cao's group", and Cao Cao was particularly fond of him, of course, this is the last word.
Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms: Taizu Nailiuyou and Cao Hongshou. Taizu zi will break through it, and cut qiong and so on. Shao attacked Zhang Gao and Gao Lan to attack and surrender, and Shao abandoned his army and left. When Guo Zhi came, Hong Doubt did not dare to accept it, and he said to Hong Yue: "Guo Ji does not need to use it, and when he comes in anger, why should he be suspicious?" "But it is received."
In the twenty-second year of Jian'an (217), the famous "Battle of Hanzhong" of the Three Kingdoms took place, and Cao Hong was ordered to resist the subordinates of Liu Bei's general Wu Lantun.com. Cao Cao sent a military division to Cao Hong, and their nephew Cao Jiatang was praised by Cao Cao as an excellent second-generation Cao Xiu of "My Family's Thousand Mile Colt". Before Cao Xiu set out, Cao Cao told him that although you were only a military master on the surface, in fact you were the commander-in-chief, cao Hong also gave the military power to Cao Xiu after he knew about it.
Liu Bei sent Wu Lantun to defend, and Taizu sent Cao Hongzhengzhi to serve as a cavalry lieutenant and join the Hong army. Taizu said to Xiu Yue: "Although Ru joined the army, he was actually handsome." When Hong heard of this order, he also entrusted Hugh with it.
At that time, Liu Bei saw that Cao Jun had come to fight for the next defense, so he sent Zhang Feitun troops to the Gushan area, claiming to cut off the rear road of Cao Jun. Cao Hong was undecided for a moment between retreating and holding firm, and Cao Xiujin said: "This is Liu Bei's suspicious tactic, just bluffing." If he had been in the back of our way, he would have secretly set up an ambush, and if he had been so blatant, he would have wanted to scare us into withdrawing, and our army should have attacked to defeat Wu Lan before Liu Bei's army had even assembled. As long as Wu Lan was defeated, Zhang Fei's suspicious strategy would be invalidated. Cao Hong thought it was feasible, so he sent troops to break Wu Lan and behead his generals Ren Kui and others, and indeed forced Zhang Fei and Ma Chao to retreat.
The crowd was suspicious, and Hugh said, "Thieves who are true to the Truth, be ambushers and sneak." Now it is the first momentum, and this can not also be. It is advisable to be ungrouped, to promote Lan, and Lan Break to fly away. "Hong Congzhi, marching into lan, breaking it, flying fruit away."
Stills of Cao Xiu
After the victory, Cao Hong held a feast to celebrate the feast, Cao Hong let the singers wear thin clothes to step on the drum, and the soldiers feasted their eyes and closed their mouths happily. Yang Fu, who was the assassin of Yizhou at that time, was just right and had both moral integrity and ability, and when he saw Cao Hong so lascivious, he naturally couldn't look at it anymore. So he stood up and criticized Cao Hong, and his words were still very ugly, and he accused Cao Hong of being so obscene in such a formal situation. Comparing Cao Hong to Xia Jie and the King of Shang, he came out without mercy. Cao Hong, who was on his head, was immediately awakened after Yang Fu suddenly poured a basin of cold water, so he immediately stopped singing and dancing with half-naked women. He invited Yang Fu back to continue the banquet and solemnly respected Yang Fu.
Fu Li scolded Hong Yue: "The difference between men and women, the great festival of the country, how can there be a naked woman's body in a wide sitting!" Although the chaos is not worse than this. So he resigned. Hong Li dismissed the female music, and asked Fu to sit back, solemnly worried.
In the first year of Yankang (220), this was an extraordinary year, because the Han Empire, which had lasted for four hundred years, came to an end, and the person who ended the Han Dynasty was Cao Cao's son Cao Pi. Cao Pi did not have much time after Cao Cao's death, and with the support of the family clan, he was forced to change dynasties and establish the Cao Wei regime as emperor. Cao Pi's succession to the throne was initially good for Cao Hong, allowing him to serve as a Wei general, and the Wei general of the Han Dynasty was not inferior in status, and was second only to the general of the Great General and the Hun Horse General. Later, he was promoted to the rank of General of the Hussars second only to the Great General, and then entered the Marquis of Fengye, increasing the number of thousand households in Yiyi, plus the previous total of 2,100 households, and the position of Special Jin, and later the Marquis of Duyang.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Emperor Wen ascended the throne, as a general of Wei, a general of Qianqi, the Marquis of Jinfengye, a thousand households in Yiyi, and the first 2,100 households, and the first two thousand and one hundred households, the position of Special Jin; later the Marquis of Duyang.
It is reasonable to say that Cao Pi's trust in Cao Hong's view is increased, Cao Hong once saved Cao Cao's life, and Cao Cao is quite good to this cousin. Coupled with Cao Hong's meritorious service and high moral standing, it is natural for Cao Pi to respect Cao Hong as a junior. However, these were all illusions, and in the last year of Cao Pi's life, that is, in the seventh year of the Huang Dynasty (226), he wanted to kill Cao Hong. Even Cao Zhen's intercession was ineffective, thanks to Empress Bian's pressure on Cao Hong to save his life.
It turned out that Cao Hong had a problem, that is, he liked to spend days and wine and accumulate wealth, just like when he defeated Wu Lan in the Battle of Hanzhong, he let Ge Ji, who was dressed as thin as a cicada wing, dance. Cao Hong's lustfulness is also like this at home, he is both greedy and miserly, and the wealth accumulated in the family is simply rich and invincible, and he is still a dime. This is recorded in the Wei Luo.
In the beginning, when Taizu was a sikong, he sent adjustments every year at his own rate to make the county peaceful. At the time, He ordered Pinghong to give money and public wealth, etc., and Taizu said, "My family is as good as a son Lianye!" ”
When Cao Cao was still a Sikong, in order to set an example, he would count the property of the clan every year and let the old family order count the property. At that time, after the investigation, Cao Cao reported that Cao Hong's family was the richest, similar to your family. Cao Cao said that if cao Hong's family had money, it can be seen how rich Cao Hong's wealth is. However, Cao Cao would never say anything, after all, Cao Hong had saved himself and worked hard, not to mention that many of them were rewarded by Cao Cao.
Cao Pi stills
Although Cao Cao liked Cao Hong very much, Cao Pi did not like it, because Cao Pi borrowed money from him when he was the son of the world, and did not borrow a penny, so that Cao Pi had an opinion on him. It is reasonable to say that Cao Hong's family wealth is piled up, although there are many hundreds of rolls, but for a rich man like Cao Hong, it is only a dime, but he just does not borrow.
Emperor Wen was in the Eastern Palace, tasting a hundred silk horses from Hong, and Hong was not satisfied.
In the seventh year of the Huang Dynasty, that is, the last year of Cao Pi's life, Cao Hong's guest committed a crime, and Cao Pi took the opportunity to order cao Hong to be arrested and imprisoned to prepare for execution, and the ministers all went to plead with Cao Pi not to be moved. Cao Cao's adopted son Cao Zhen had a good relationship with Cao Pi from an early age, and cao Pi reused him after succeeding to the throne, and he also went to intercede, and Cao Pi did not even give him face. He said that if His Majesty killed Cao Hong, Cao Hong would think that it was a rumor that I had entered with His Majesty, and Cao Pi said that it had nothing to do with you, no need to blame myself, it was my own meaning.
When Emperor Wen collected the flood, Cao Zhen was around him, and asked him: "Now that the flood is cursed, the flood will take the truth as the truth." The emperor said, "I am autonomous, qing he Yuye?" ”
Stills of Cao Zhen
Just when Cao Hong herself thought that there was no doubt that she would die, she miraculously lived, because Empress Bian could not see it anymore, and it was she who saved Cao Hong. She usually does not interfere in politics, but when she heard that Cao Pi wanted to kill cao Hong, a life-saving benefactor, she did not get angry, and scolded Cao Pi for splitting her head and covering her face. It is said that when your father first started a military campaign against thieves, if it were not for Cao Hong's life, he would not be able to have you today, and you cannot be ungrateful as a person. Cao Pi was forced by the pressure of his mother to reluctantly release Cao Hong, but the people did, but confiscated all his property. Empress Bian knew about it and went to Cao Pi to help Cao Hong get his property back.
Empress Dowager Bian rebuked the emperor and said, "Between Liang and Pei, there is no such thing as a son and a clean person." The edict is to interpret it. Judas was not included in his property. The empress dowager thought that she had spoken, and then she returned it.
Cao Pi was really murderous towards Cao Hong, and even Empress Bian took a lot of effort, and she understood her son's style of doing things. At first, Cao Pi's brothers Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang did not give up on them, so Empress Bian first took over Cao Pi's favorite empress, Empress Guo. Empress Bian threatened Empress Guo that if Cao Pi dared to kill Cao Hong, I would force Cao Pi to abolish you in an instant. Queen Guo was frightened, Empress Bian was usually friendly and did not get angry easily, and Queen Guo knew the importance of Cao Hong. So every day he wept and interceded with Cao Pi, who was his mother on one side and his beloved on the other. In addition, Cao Hong was a hero of cao cao's period, and the ministers also had some views on Cao Pi's approach. So I had to give up, and there was the scene mentioned earlier.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Empress Bian said of Guo Houyi: "Let Cao Hong die today, and I will depose Emperor Wu tomorrow." "Therefore wept and asked again and again, but they were spared the officials from cutting the lord's land."
Stills of Queen Guo
If it were not for The help of Empress Bian, her life would have been confessed, and Cao Hong finally understood that a son of heaven and a courtier were courtiers, so he immediately wrote a letter to plead guilty, and his words were earnest.
And Hong broke the law, self-division will die, vested in the original, happy, go to the book to apologize for sin
Although the death penalty can be avoided, but the living sin must also be suffered, and in the first month of the seventh year of the Huang Dynasty, Cao Pi demoted Cao Hong to a commoner, and died in May. Crown Prince Cao Rui succeeded to the throne for Emperor Ming of Wei, and he thanked Cao Hong for his kindness to their family, and then worshiped Cao Hong as a general, changed the title of Marquis of Lecheng, ate thousands of households, and gave the throne special advancement. In the fourth year of Taihe (230), Cao Hong was again made a general of the Hun Horse, and the official was reinstated. In the sixth year of Taihe (232), Cao Hong died at home and was posthumously honored as The Marquis of Gong. He was the Marquis of Cao Fu (曹馥嗣侯). In the fourth year of the first year (243), it was enshrined in Cao Cao's ancestral temple.
Stills of Cao Pi and Queen Guo
As a hero of the Cao Wei regime, Cao Hong did not have the prestige of Xiahou Huan or the merit of Cao Ren, but because he sacrificed his life at first, he was valued by Cao Cao. He was greedy and stingy, and Cao Cao did not blame him in the slightest, but still treated him as kindly as ever. It is reasonable to say that Cao Hong's hard work and merit are also benevolent to Cao Cao, and Cao Pi should also treat this cousin well after succeeding to the throne.
Why did Cao Pi wait so much to see Cao Hong, was it that Cao Pi's heart and eyes were so small, he had to take revenge for a hundred horses of old rotten grain, and the doorman had to kill Cao Hong, a hero of such a high position when he broke the law? In fact, the truth is far from being so simple, and Cao Pi, the founder of the Cao Wei regime, will not be so careful, but this is his imperial power technique. The Cao Wei regime was born out of a compromise between Cao Pi and the Shijia clan, and in order to appease the clan, he created the "Nine Pins Zhongzheng System" that had influenced hundreds of years.
Cao Pi gave the family a big cake, but it was very bad for his family, because when Cao Cao entered the Wei Dynasty, he hesitated to choose who would be the son of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi. Cao Cao's favorite was Cao Zhi, and Cao Pi was more clever, and with the support of the clan led by Sima Yi and Chen Qun, Cao Pi eventually seized the position of Shizi.
Later, Cao Pi deposed han and established himself, jealous of his younger brother Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang, who had exploded in martial arts, and suppressed the two outstanding younger brothers. Cao Pi's reuse of the clan did not forget to reuse his own family, such as Cao Cao's adopted son Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, cao Cao's nephew Cao Xiu, who was called "my family's thousand-mile colt", these two were the best among the second generation of disciples. However, these two people are not of the clan lineage, and the risk factor is far lower than that of cao zhi and cao zhang, such excellent brothers.
Cao Hong was a first-generation meritorious man, and he was also a veteran with high hard work and merit, or one of the few old ministers who were still alive, and Cao Pi was quite jealous. Therefore, before his death, he decided to deal with Cao Hong, a cousin with "hidden dangers", what was stingy and refused to lend money to himself, what doorman violated the law and so on were just excuses.