Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms period was actually a more tragic dynasty, his throne was snatched from the hands of the Eastern Han Tianzi, but at the same time Cao Wei did not unify China, and was usurped by Sima Shi. It was also Sima Shi who directly copied a series of actions of Cao Pi, and the Western Jin Dynasty was luckier, at least he unified the Central Plains of China, and the process of Sima Shi's ascension to the throne was not smooth, at least more tortuous than during the Cao Wei period.
The short-lived Cao Wei Dynasty, the most tragic death, and at the same time to sima shi a huge harm, was the former noble township duke, the later Cao Wei emperor Cao Wei.
Cao Pi is more bloody, more intelligent, and more culturally literate after Cao Pi, he is the grandson of Emperor Cao Pi of Wei, is the son of Cao Lin, the king of Donghai Ding, Cao Xi was studious from an early age, and has achieved some achievements, the history books evaluate that he has the style of Cao Pi, after Cao Fang was deposed, Sima Shi planned to establish Cao Cao's son, Pengcheng Wang Cao as emperor, after reporting to Empress Guo, was rejected by Empress Guo, Empress Guo was Cao Pi's empress, she considered that once Cao Pi's brother was emperor, Of course, the reason she gave was that she did not want Cao Rui to die, and under his strong request, the two sides finally reached a compromise, and Cao Xi, the duke of Gaoguixiang, was made emperor.
And Cao Xian showed the wisdom that should be an emperor, after Cao Xian entered Luoyang, the group of ministers came to greet him, he quickly got off the car to thank him, when the ministers said that you are a son of heaven and do not need to thank the group of ministers, Cao Xian modestly said, at the moment I am also a minister, to the stop gate, Cao Xian got off the car to walk with the ministers, at this time there were ministers to dissuade: according to the custom, you can go directly by car. Cao Xian replied, I don't know what the empress dowager is going to do when she summons me, insist on walking with the chancellor, after meeting the empress, Cao Xian will ascend the throne as emperor, from these behaviors, Cao Xian is still a very measured person.
But after all, after the Gaopingling Incident, the power of the Cao family has been almost eliminated, Sima Shi controlled most of the imperial court, Cao Fang once launched a rebellion during his reign, but failed, and was eventually deposed by Sima Shi, and at this time, although Cao Fu said that he could not be a puppet, he was almost half a puppet.
Cao Xian was also aware of his own situation, so he accumulated strength, after becoming emperor, he sent people to tour all over the place, understand the people's feelings, comfort the officials, and at the same time try unjust, false and wrongly decided cases, on the whole, it was still remarkable, and a group of people were also gathered in the local area, so the heavens gave Cao Xian a chance, Yangzhou stabbed Shi Wenqin to oppose Sima Shi, Sima Shi could only go out on his own, this battle was very fierce, and finally Wen Qin was defeated, but Sima Shi was also shocked by Wen Qin's son Wen Duan, and his life was shortly over. So Sima Shi passed Sima Zhao to Xu Du and gave the great general seal to Sima Zhao.
Cao Xian realized that this was a good opportunity, so he ordered Sima Zhao to stay in Xuchang, let Shangshu Fu Fu "lead the sixth army back to the Capital Division", and at the same time planned a palace coup, which was Cao Xian's first mistake to fight the grass and snake, and it was always a surprise to fight the other side anyway, and Cao Xian's will made Sima Zhao keenly aware of Cao Zhao's plan of action, so he did not stay behind, but led the army back to Luoyang, and Cao Xian saw that Sima Zhao had returned, and in order to avoid greater calamities, he could only appoint Sima Zhao as a general. This is Cao Xian's second mistake, that is, to give Sima Zhao a name, in fact, Wei Guo still has a lot of people's hearts to Cao Shi, Cao Xi dragged on for a period of time and did not have much to do with it, maybe he could disturb the situation and find opportunities.
Cao Xian took Shao Kang as his goal and hoped that he could become a person like Shao Kang, but the imperial court was gradually controlled by Sima Zhao, which made Cao Xi unbearable, so he finally broke out, in the fifth year of Ganlu (260) on the seventh day of May, with Jia Shi to fight Sima Zhao, on the way met Sima Zhao's brother Sima Ling and his people, was drunk by Cao Zhao left and right, Cao Xi continued to advance, encountered Jia Chong under the Nangong Que, Cao Xi personally came forward to fight, Jia Chong's army was about to be defeated, and at this time, the crown prince Cheng Ji asked Jia Chong what to do, Jia Chong said that Sima Jia raised you for today, what is there to ask, Cheng Ji then went forward to fight and killEd Cao Xian, in fact, Jia Chong did not order the killing of Cao Xi, this is Jia Chong's cunning, Cheng Ji became a ghost for the dead.
Because Cao Zhao had a good impression among the courtiers, coupled with Sima Zhao's subordinates killing the emperor, it was really unacceptable to the ministers, and after burying Cao Zhao, the Qunchen were indignant, so Sima Zhao sent people to kill the three clans of Chengji, and the Chengji brothers disobeyed, stripped off their clothes and stood on the roof and scolded Sima Zhao, which gave Sima Zhao another heavy blow.
After this incident, coupled with the behavior of the Chengji brothers, Sima Zhao completely lost a good image, after the management of Sima Yi and Sima Shi, the Wei court has mostly recognized the Sima family, but this tragic action of Cao Xi was not expected by Sima Zhao, and Jia Chong instructed Cheng Ji to kill Cao Ji, and also completely cut off the road of Sima Zhao's title of emperor, after all, Sima Zhao still hopes that his world can last long, if he claims the emperor behind the name of the Emperor, this will make the foundation of the Sima family unstable. In the end, Sima Zhao gave up this opportunity and gave it to his son Sima Yan.
And Cao Xian made a hundred percent effort to fight for one percent chance, the courage is commendable, the emperors in the past have not been so decisive to Cao Xi, but in the end it is still lacking in consideration, Cao Xian's own behavior hit the Sima family, but also let the Cao family completely lose the opportunity to turn over.