Cao Pi abolished Han and declared himself emperor, Cao Pi was weak and sick, and Cao Pi was happy and thoughtless...
This is the entry about Cao Pi that we often see on the Internet, so most people will have preconceived notions and form a stereotype of Cao Pi as a sinister villain.
In later literary works, Cao Pi has always appeared in front of readers with a negative image.
When most authors write about Cao Pi, they will compare Cao Pi with his younger brother Cao Zhi, thus highlighting Cao Pi's badness.
This also makes many people have a stereotype of Cao Pi.
I always think that Cao Pi himself is inferior to Cao Cao and his talent is not as good as Cao Zhi, and he is just a sinister villain who seeks power and usurps the throne.
But is that really the case?
During the reign of Emperor Cao Pi of Wei, he calmed the border troubles, repelled the foreign Yi, and restored the construction of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions.
He established Zhongshu Province, limiting the power of eunuchs and achieving the goal of monopolizing power.
Many achievements all prove that Cao Pi is not a sinister villain who achieves nothing, as most people think.
Later, Cao Pi learned about Zhu Jianping by chance, so he invited this person to his table and asked him to look at himself.
After Zhu Jianping saw it, he told Cao Pi that he would have setbacks when he was forty years old, so please be cautious and cherish life.
However, it did not get Cao Pi's attention.
It is understandable that he could not listen to such advice, after all, he was only 14 years old at this time, and he was in the prime of life, the age when he was fearless and ready to achieve great things, how could he listen to such advice?
However, in 226, Cao Pi really died young, as Zhu Jianping said at the beginning.
Strictly speaking, he was only 39 years old at this time, but most of the time we think that Cao Pi died at the age of 40.
Why did such a talented Cao Pi die at the age of 40? It can be roughly divided into the following three reasons:
Likes sweets, strong outside and medium dry
According to historical records, in 225 AD, Cao Pi went to Yangzhou for a military parade, but due to weather conditions, he accidentally contracted wind and cold, and immediately set out to return to Beijing, and the attack had to be abandoned.
It can be seen from here that Cao Pi's health is not good, but he has not lost his life due to the wind cold.
However, while passing through Yongqiu, he met with Cao Zhi, and when he returned to Luoyang, he became seriously ill and later died.
Therefore, some people suspect that Cao Zhi was poisoned by Cao Zhi when he met in Yongqiu, but there is no solid evidence to prove such claims.
In addition, some historians have shown that the common cold is not enough to cause death, and the most likely is that Cao Pi suffered from acute tuberculosis at this time.
Although tuberculosis can cause death, it will not cause sudden death, so the cause of Cao Pi's death is largely related to his eating habits.
Cao Pi's body and bones have not been very good since childhood, and even if he is an adult, he can even be described as weak.
Obviously, his physique is not tough, but he still likes to eat sweets all year round.
Nutritionally, it is written that the human body can ingest a certain amount of sweets, and if it exceeds this amount, it will cause damage to the body and cause problems in all aspects of the body.
This is the case with Cao Pi, which also makes his body strong and dry.
Therefore, the preference for sweets also indirectly led to Cao Pi's short life.
Filial piety
Cao Cao's bones are not cold, but as a son, Cao Pi has returned home, living a life of drinking and pleasure and living a luxurious life.
It seems that he does not take his father's death seriously at all.
Alcoholism and liking beautiful women are two important factors in Cao Pi's fatality.
If it weren't for his love of wine and beauty, Cao Pi would have lived a few more years and made greater achievements.
What a person likes, he will pay attention to in his daily life, and then reflect it in some trivial things in life.
Therefore, Cao Pi frequently mentioned the word "wine" in his poems, and did not hide his love for fine wine.
But in addition to fine wine, Cao Pi loves beauty more.
Wherever he went, whether it was a battlefield, a barracks, or a mansion, almost all the beauties were included in his room.
In the long river of history, I am afraid that only Cao Pi is the only one who dares to rob women with Cao Cao three times and twice.
But as the saying goes, there is a knife on the head of the color word, how can such a person who is addicted to drunkenness and covets beauty not lose his life?
No wonder experts say it's a miracle that Cao Pi lived to be 40 years old.
The founding of the new dynasty was full of pressure
As soon as Cao Pi became emperor, the Cao Wei regime was in turmoil.
Under such a situation, Cao Pi could only give everything he had.
He restored some of the positions that had been abolished, and also explicitly stipulated that eunuchs could not interfere in imperial politics, avoiding eunuchs from interfering in politics, making himself more secure and allowing him to concentrate his power even more.
He suppressed the foreign Qi clan and settled his two unconscious younger brothers and the empress dowager, who was obsessed with power, and sat on the throne.
Let those who thought that he was inferior to Cao Cao and could not stabilize the country shut up.
He made Jia Xu the imperial lieutenant of one of the three dukes, which reminded the family family and made them deeply remember that he was the monarch.
He did not move 100,000 families from Hebei to Henan to consolidate soldiers and horses or hoard combat power.
It is to weaken the Hebei clan and deter the Henan clans, and at the same time to make the north and south check each other and make their own political power more stable.
Cao Pi used his talent to stabilize the turbulent situation and allow the Cao Wei Empire to successfully complete the transition, which is enough to see his strength and means.
Contemporary medical technology and all aspects of conditions are already several times better than at that time.
But if you let a person with modern physical fitness and modern medical technology do these things, I am afraid that you will also be mentally overwhelmed.
So after doing these things, Cao Pi was already exhausted.
Coupled with the frail and sick, it is already a miracle that you can live to the age of 40, how can you continue to show your strength in political achievements?
epilogue
The wheel of history rolls in, and no one can stop it.
In the face of this giant tan, anyone's disobedience is a mantis.
It is undeniable that Cao Pi is very talented, but heaven is fair.
When a person gains something, he is also destined to lose something, which is what we often say when God closes a door and opens another layer of a window.
Cao Pi is talented, capable, and has the means, but he lacks the respect, friendliness and filial piety that mainlanders have always passed down to this day.
If a person is not good in nature, and only has the so-called talent and political talent, then what he has obtained will not be permanent.
The only way to achieve eternal glory is to enhance one's talents while cultivating one's personal content.