Cao Hong was Cao Cao's younger brother. Initially, Cao Cao raised an army to attack Dong Zhuo, but was beaten badly by Dong Zhuo's general Xu Rong at Xingyang, and even lost his own warhorse, and could only walk, seeing that he was about to be caught up, Cao Hong quickly gave up his mount to Cao Cao.
Cao Hong dayi said to Cao Cao in awe, "I can't do anything in this world, but I can't live without you." At the time of crisis, it is estimated that Cao Cao heard this and was so moved in his heart that he did not want to, and finally under the protection of Cao Hong, he saved his life.
It can be said that Cao Cao owed Cao Hong a life, and if there was no Cao Hong, there would be no later Cao Wei.
Subsequently, in order to strengthen Cao Cao's strength, Cao Hong used his connections to recruit soldiers in Yangzhou, Danyang and other places, plus his own family soldiers, and directly pulled up an armed force of several thousand people for Cao Cao, which was a large armed force in the three kingdoms where the princes were fighting.
Think about when Liu Bei raised his army, it took a lot of effort to recruit more than five hundred people. In contrast, we know how important Cao Hong is to Cao Cao's entrepreneurship and has great credit for the establishment of Cao Wei.
Later, Cao Hong continued to follow Cao Cao on his eastern expeditions to the west, breaking Zhang Miao, defeating Lü Bu, and enlisting Liu Biao, making many meritorious contributions, and was also deeply trusted and valued by Cao Cao.
To put it bluntly, Cao Hong was very important in the initial stage of Cao Cao, not only saving Cao Cao's life, but also doing his best to strengthen Cao Cao's strength and lay a solid foundation for Cao Wei to gain the world.
However, such a meritorious figure, after Cao Cao's death, after Cao Pi usurped the throne, almost lost his life, and the new master Cao Pi looked at him with a pleasing eye, and he always wanted to find an opportunity to kill him. Why did Cao Pi hate Cao Hong so much?
In the beginning, the Hong family was rich and miserly, and When Emperor Wen was young, he pretended not to be called, and often hated it, so he broke the law as a guest and went to prison to die.
According to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Hong was very wealthy, but his personality was somewhat miserly. When Cao Pi was young, he once opened his mouth to borrow money from Cao Hong, but he ate the closed door soup and did not borrow it, and since then he has hated him in his heart. After becoming emperor, Cao Pi made an excuse, saying that Cao Hong's guests had violated the law, and cao Hong was jointly and severally liable, and he was put in prison for questioning.
The group of ministers and save Mo Nengde. Empress Bian said of Empress Dowager Guo: "Let Cao Hong die today, and emperor wu will depose him tomorrow." "So he wept and asked for it again and again, but he was spared from the government to cut the land."
After Cao Hong was imprisoned, many people interceded for him, Cao Pi did not agree, and even Cao Pi's mother, Empress Bian, personally intervened, but it did not work, and finally Empress Bian directly threatened Cao Pi's favorite Empress Guo, so that he was spared death, but was reduced to a commoner.
At first glance, Cao Pi is really a small belly chicken intestine, without a little imperial dignity, but the truth of history is often hidden in inconspicuous places.
In 226 AD, Cao Pi died and ended his life, but it was this year that Cao Pi grabbed Cao Hong and had to be beheaded, which was an imperial heart technique with far-reaching significance, not a small belly chicken intestine.
Cao Hong, as the representative of the Cao clan, was also the elder of Cao Wei and had a prominent position, but Cao Pi knew that he would not live long, and his son Cao Rui was still young, and he was very worried that once he died, no one would be able to suppress Cao Hong, which would be called a potential hidden danger of the regime.
Knocking on Cao Hong is to pave the way for his son to govern, and at the same time, it is also a warning to Cao Hong and other meritorious groups, so that they dare not think about it. Of course, he also wants to leave a chance for his son to give grace.
Emperor Ming ascended the throne, baihou general, more fengle city marquis, Yi Qianhu, wei tejin, fu worship the general of the hussars.
When Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, he immediately promoted Cao Hong, and then made him a marquis from a commoner, and reinstated him as an official, which could not make Cao Hong grateful to himself.
Therefore, Cao Pi's father and son against Cao Hong, one beating, one pressure, the purpose is to stabilize their own power, Cao Hong put on a posture of not killing Cao Hong, nothing more than for the stability of the regime, not at all a small belly chicken intestines revenge.