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June 2, 260: Emperor Cao of Wei attacked Sima Zhao, defeated and killed.
Cao Xian was the last emperor of the Cao family in the true sense of the word, and the most bloody last emperor in the Three Kingdoms.
Cao Xi was the grandson of Emperor Wen of Wei, Cao Pi, and a great-grandson of Cao Cao.
Cao Xi can be said to be a very tragic figure, very desolate from the first day of becoming emperor.
The game between the Cao family and the Sima family, or Sima Yi, is a long story, and in the end Sima Yi is the winner of the long-distance running.
Ability is only one aspect, and more important is Sima Yi's longevity, easily crushing the short-lived ghosts of the Cao family.
During the Cao Cao era, Sima Yi was appointed as an aide, and the latter was a very strong military and political talent.
As an aide, Sima Yi followed Cao Cao in his conquest of Zhang Lu and Sun Quan, and offered many strategies.
Cao Cao soon found that Sima Yi's judgment of many military and political trends was very accurate, even surpassing his own.
For example, Sima Yi had long pointed out that Shi Huxiu of Jingzhou, Fu Fang of Nanxiang Taishou, and others were incompetent and rude, and that they should not be stationed in important border defense towns. Cao Cao did not pay attention to this proposal. As a result, Guan Yu attacked Fancheng, flooded the Seventh Army, and was greatly defeated by bans, and Hu and Fu took the opportunity to surrender to Shu. At that time, Fancheng was in danger, and Xuchang was only 300 kilometers away from Fancheng, and Cao Cao himself felt threatened and once prepared to move the capital north of the Yellow River. However, Sima Yi believed that Guan Yu would be extremely proud after his victory, and desperately went north to attack Fancheng, leaving the rear empty. Sun Quan has been trying to seize Jingzhou, so it is better to take the opportunity to tell Sun Quan the information and kill people with a knife.
Cao Cao felt that the strategy was very good, so he told Eastern Wu the detailed information of Guan Er's old lair. Sure enough, Sun Quan sent Lü Meng to attack the police, Guan Yu was defeated and captured, and the siege of Fancheng was solved. Subsequently, in order to retake Jingzhou, Liu Bei dispatched heavy troops to launch the Battle of Yiling and fought with Eastern Wu. Cao Wei sat back and watched as the two great enemies suffered huge casualties. It can be seen that Sima Yi's prediction ability is very amazing.
Sima Yi dared to take risks, and once offered a plan: taking advantage of Liu Bei's unstable foothold to attack Shu Han.
Cao Cao did not adopt the idea that the danger was greater, but it turned out that Sima Yi was probably right. The contradictions between the local bureaucrats of the Shu Han Dynasty and the bureaucrats of Liu Bei's family were sharp, and they struggled until the demise of the country. When the Shu Han Dynasty was just established, Cao Cao's army attacked in surprise, and the local Gate Valve family in Sichuan may not support Liu Bei, and Liu simply cannot hold his feet.
Sima Yi was an all-rounder and was well versed in local administrative work, and Cao Wei's famous Tuntian was Sima Yi's strategy. Through Tuntian, Cao Cao solved the most intractable problem of lack of military food, and also allowed the people who were dying of starvation to quickly regain their vitality, which was of great significance to the country.
However, the old and spicy Cao Cao found that Sima Yi had the "ambition of a tiger and a wolf" and was "definitely not a good kind" and did not really reuse it.
Cao Cao for a long time made Sima Yi an aide-de-camp, secretary, and think tank, and did not grant real power, especially military power.
However, Cao Cao still made a huge mistake, that is, to make Sima Yi get close to the crown prince Cao Pi and appoint him as the crown prince Zhongshuzi.
Sima Yi was shrewd and cunning, deliberately currying favor with Cao Pi, and the two became friends.
Cao Pi had great trust and respect for Sima Yi, believing that he was capable, diligent, and a great talent in assisting the government.
Before his death, Cao Cao saw that Cao Pi trusted Sima Yi too much, even more than his brothers Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang.
He repeatedly warned his son not to give Sima Yi military power, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.
Cao Pi's ability is not as good as his father's, but he is not a straw bag, and he obeys his father's advice.
In the cao pi era, Sima Yi was a very popular subject, but he never had military power.
Cao Pi died at the age of 39, and his son Cao Rui's ability was much worse than his father's, and the restrictions on Sima Yi were lifted.
Cao Pi had just died, and Eastern Wu and Shu Han, believing that the 22-year-old Cao Rui was young and useless, took the opportunity to launch an offensive, and internal rebellions such as Meng Da also occurred.
Among the four ministers of the auxiliary government, Chen Qun was a civilian official, and the abilities of Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu were too far from Sima Yi. What was even more unfortunate was that the two generals surnamed Cao were still short-lived, and both died very early.
In this case, Cao Rui had no choice but to hand over the military power to Sima Yi.
Sima Yi did not bear the heavy responsibility, first defeating the pro-conquest Eastern Wu Sun Quan, then defeating the rebel general Meng Da within 16 days, and then defeating Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition several times in a row.
What is even more exaggerated is that Sima Yi spent 2 months to break the Liaodong Gongsun Yuan with a mere 40,000 people.
The Gongsun family of Liaodong had been entrenched here for 40 years, and Cao Cao and Cao Pi could not help him.
Sima Yi got out of his horse and got it done in two or three clicks.
It can be said that Sima Yi's military ability is unmatched in Cao Wei, like Mount Everest.
After seizing military power, Sima Yi also used the administrative power in his hands and a large number of henchmen to actually form a strong military and political strength.
In fact, when Cao Pi led an expedition, Sima Yi stayed behind in Xuchang to become the head of the guarding government. It can be said that Sima Yi was like the second emperor, and his power was even greater than that of the young emperor Cao Rui
Here, Cao Rui died at the age of 35, leaving a mess.
The funny thing is that although Cao Rui has limited ability, he also knows that Sima Yi is a catastrophe for his children and grandchildren.
Before his death, Cao Rui insisted bitterly until Sima Yi rushed back from Liaodong, personally took his hand and said, "Finally waiting for you to come, now entrust the aftermath to you, and share Cao Fang with the great general Cao Shuang." I have no regrets about seeing you before I die. ”
This is similar to Liu Beituoguo, before his death, Cao Rui had to play the emotional card with all his strength, hoping that Sima Yi would be as loyal as Zhuge Liang.
Unfortunately, private feelings are worthless to politicians.
Of course, Sima Yi understood this truth.
8-year-old Cao Fang came to power, of course, he can not personally govern. As a result, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi began to compete for power. Cao Shuang's military and political abilities were quite naïve, and he was not worthy of Sima Yi's shoes. During the Gaopingling Rebellion, Cao Shuang was easily destroyed by Sima Yi, and the whole family was killed.
At this point, the power of the Cao family completely collapsed.
The 73-year-old Sima Yi survived the death of 3 Cao Wei emperors, and finally won a great victory, which can be said to be a laughing nine springs
By the time of Sima Yi, the power of Cao Wei was already firmly controlled by the Sima family.
Cao Fang, on the other hand, grew up to be 19 years old and was unwilling to be a puppet, trying to unite with Li Feng, Zhang Ji, Xiahou Xuan, and others with the intention of deposing Sima Shi.
As a result, Li Feng, Zhang Ji, and Xiahou Xuan were all exterminated, and Cao Fang was deposed and succeeded by the 12-year-old Cao Huan.
Cao Fang ended up like this, and Cao Fang was certainly not much better.
After Sima Shi's death, Sima Zhao began to monopolize power.
Cao Xi inherited the blood nature of his ancestors Cao Cao and Cao Pi, and he could not tolerate this puppet life when he had just reached adulthood.
Because of Cao Fang's previous experience, Sima Zhao's control over Cao Xian was extremely strict, and even the eunuchs around him were spies.
Sima Zhao believed that Cao Xian had a tough personality, and when he grew up, he was afraid that it would be difficult to deal with, so it was better to clean up as soon as possible.
By the time Cao Was 18 years old, Sima Zhao had already expressed on many occasions that he wanted to establish a new monarch.
For Cao, once deposed, although he could save a life, he was like a prisoner. He will only live without dignity, and may be plotted at any time.
Cao Xian couldn't bear it anymore and decided to make trouble and seek death, even if he died, sima Zhao would not be better.
In June 260, Cao Xian summoned the ministers Wang Shen, Wang Jing, and Wang Ye and angrily said that Sima Zhao's ambitions had reached the point where passers-by knew it. As a descendant of Emperor Wu, he could not sit idly by and be deposed. Today, I'm going with you to fight the thieves.
The three men were shocked to hear this, and Wang Jing cried and begged Cao Xi not to do this: His Majesty led two or three hundred servants to confront Sima Zhao's ironclad army, which was like sending a sheep into the mouth of a tiger, and he would die.
After all, Cao Xi was a descendant of Cao Cao, and he proudly said: Even if he dies like this, what is there to be afraid of? And it doesn't necessarily mean to die! After saying that, Cao Xian was about to set off with his sword.
Wang Jing held Cao's legs and was kicked away by him.
Therefore, Cao Xian left the palace with two or three hundred servants, shouted loudly all the way, and attacked Sima Zhao's mansion.
Here, Wang Shen and Wang Ye were afraid of being implicated by Cao Xian and quickly reported to Sima Zhao.
Sima Zhao immediately ordered his younger brother Sima Ling (司馬伷) and the general Jia Chong (贾充) to lead thousands of forbidden troops to suppress them.
Cao Xian was wearing armor and holding a sword, and as soon as he left the palace with these two or three hundred rabble-rousers, he was stopped by Sima Ling's forbidden army.
These servants were rivals of the IronClad Army, and they were killed in three or two clicks.
However, the Forbidden Army recognized that it was Emperor Cao Xian who was wearing the golden armor, and was deeply frightened, and no one dared to come forward.
Here, Cao Xian, without any fear, rushed into the crowd alone, swinging his sword and slashing wildly, shouting: Shuo is the emperor, do you rats dare to kill the king?
Wherever the forbidden soldiers dared to fight the emperor, they scattered and fled.
When Cao Xian found that Sima Zhao's younger brother Sima Ling was in front of him, he immediately blushed and rushed towards him with his sword.
Sima Ling saw that the situation was not good, and he was so frightened that he turned his head and ran away, and his men also fled.
As a result, Sima Ling's forbidden army was killed and scattered by Cao Xian alone.
Subsequently, Jia Chong led a large army to arrive and surrounded Cao And his gang.
However, Jia Chong's soldiers also did not dare to confront Emperor Cao Xian, and they were about to collapse.
Finding that the situation was not right, Jia Chong ordered his troops to kill Cheng Ji and kill Cao Xian.
Cheng Ji also knew that this matter was important, and asked Jia Chong: Or capture alive?
Jia Chong was furious: Sima Ping raised you for today, as long as you die!
Cheng Ji was helpless, rode over, and stabbed Cao Xi to death with a sword.
So, Cao Xian died like this.
Cao Xian was not a straw bag, and he knew that such nonsense would definitely die.
This skeletal young man would rather choose to be killed than secretly live, but also let Sima Zhao's hands be glued to blood and bear the crime of killing the king.
In ancient times, killing the father and killing the king was the greatest culprit, and it could be left behind for thousands of years.
Sure enough, after Cao Huan was killed, cao Wei's whole country was shaken for a while.
In order to silence the people's mouths, Sima Zhao seized Cheng Ji as a scapegoat, saying that he had killed the king without authorization and killed his three tribes.
Cheng Ji, the unlucky egg, was not convinced, and several of their brothers climbed onto their roof naked and scolded Sima Zhao for being despicable and shameless. The soldiers who rounded them up had to shoot them all to death with bows and arrows.
After Cao Xian was killed, these two or three hundred servants died and scattered. Only the chancellor Wang Jing came running and hugged Cao Xian's corpse and cried. Sima Zhao was very angry when he learned of this, and afterwards exterminated Wang Jing.
After Cao Huan's death, Sima Zhao supported a puppet emperor, Cao Huan. Cao Huan was only a nominal emperor for 6 years, and he was forced to cede the throne, and Cao Wei was destroyed.
In other words, how did the Cao family live so short-lived?
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