When it comes to Cao Hong's contribution to Cao Wei Jiangshan, perhaps no one in the entire Cao camp can stand out. Cao Hong had a lot of wealth and was born in troubled times, so he recruited a lot of village brave family members, and Cao Cao followed him, and he paid money and people, and he was Cao Cao's financial master.
Cao Hong had military talents, and he followed Cao Cao in the southern and northern wars for many years, and repeatedly made battle merits, including the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Hanzhong, and he also made a lot of battle merits.
When Cao Cao was fighting against Dong Zhuo, he was defeated by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong in Xingyang, and chased all the way to the edge of Bianshui, at this time Cao Cao's war horse was lost, Cao Hong gave his mount Baihu horse to Cao Cao, Cao Cao pushed but did not want it, Cao Hong said: "The world can do without me Cao Hong, but not without you!" "Cao Cao rode through the water and was able to escape, which is the merit of saving the car, and this alone allows Cao Hong to be prosperous and rich in his lifetime.
When Cao Cao was alive, he also took Cao Hong very seriously, and he was promoted to rank and knighted and made an official and a marquis along the way.
In 220, Cao Cao died and was succeeded by his son Cao Pi. As soon as Cao Pi came to power, he further promoted Cao Hong's status and made him a hussar general and a marquis of Fengye.
However, the good times did not last long, and a few years later, one of Cao Hong's house slaves committed something, and Cao Pi took this opportunity to raid Cao Hong's house and send him to prison, with the intention of not killing Cao Hong.
It stands to reason that Cao Hong, as a noble of the clan and a former courtier, it is not a big deal for the family slaves to do some bullying and hegemony, and other dignitaries often do this, but this time Cao Pi has to practice the concept that the prince breaks the law and the common people commit the same crime.
Cao Zhen was originally at odds with Cao Hong, and seeing that Cao Pi really wanted to put Cao Hong to death, he immediately ran to intercede, and he said: "If you kill Cao Hong now, others may scold me, saying that I obstructed Cao Hong and killed Cao Hong." ”
Cao Pi refuted: "I want to punish him, what does it have to do with you?" ”
Cao Pi's mother, Mrs. Bian, couldn't stand it, and she also ran to intercede: "If it weren't for Cao Hong saving your father by the Bianshui, would you be where you are today?" ”
Cao Pi was still unmoved after hearing this, and Madame Bian ran to find Cao Pi's favorite woman, Queen Guo, and threatened her: "If Cao Hong is killed today, tomorrow I will let Cao Pi abolish your position as empress." ”
Of course, Queen Guo knew that her mother-in-law Mrs. Bian did what she said, so she blew the pillow wind on Cao Pi's side, and Cao Hong saved her life. Cao Pi removed all of Cao Pi's titles and demoted him to a commoner.
Why did Cao Pi hate Cao Hong so much that he had to put him to death? It turned out that it was only because Cao Hong once did not lend him money and refuted his face.
When Cao Pi was not yet a son, he once borrowed money from Cao Hong, but Cao Hong refused. Cao Hong was very rich, and when Cao Cao was in power, he had to count the property of each family every year, and Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong's property and sighed to himself.
His nephew Cao Pi borrowed some money from such a rich uncle, which was a drop in the bucket for Cao Hong, but Cao Hong would rather hurt his peace than lend it to him, which made Cao Pi very angry and kept thinking of revenge.
Then why didn't Cao Hong lend money to Cao Pi? Is Cao Hong stingy? This has to start with the reason why Cao Pi borrowed money, Cao Pi was a general in the five official organs at that time, and he had a lot of money every year, but he also borrowed money everywhere, and this was only for one purpose - to operate and compete for the position of the son of the world.
Cao Pi borrowed money from Cao Hong, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone, one can borrow money, and the other ties Cao Hong to himself and makes him stand on his side.
The sophisticated Cao Hong saw through Cao Pi's careful thinking at a glance, and he felt that the risk of this transaction was too great, so he strictly rejected Cao Pi, which made Cao Pi hold a grudge.
In 226, Cao Pi died of illness, and when Cao Hong heard of his death, he looked up to the sky and laughed: "Cao Pi Xiaoer! The old man almost died at your hands, you deserved it, you deserved it! See how you explain to your dad when you go underground. ”
In the same year, the crown prince Cao Ying ascended the throne, and as soon as he came to power, he restored Cao Hong's royal status and returned all his family property, and in 230, Cao Hongguan was reinstated.
It's just that at this time, Cao Hong was already in his twilight years, and he had long lost the heroic demeanor of that year, and two years later, Cao Hong died without a problem, passed away, and followed Cao Cao.
As a general who has been fighting on the battlefield for many years and was born into death, Cao Hong's ending should be relatively satisfactory among the famous generals of the Three Kingdoms.
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