During the Three Kingdoms period, the original strength of Cao Wei was the most powerful, it was the most likely to unify the world, Wu and Shu actually had little hope, but the three families fought lively, but in the end they were picked up by the Sima family, and they ended up with a situation where three families returned to Jin, which was regrettable. In fact, the reason for such a dramatic picture is mainly because Cao Wei's previous generations of lords died too early, of which Cao Cao lived 65 years old, Cao Pi lived 39 years old, and Cao Rui lived 35 years old. As long as one of these people lived for a few more years, it would be difficult for Sima Yi to usurp power and succeed!
So the question is, why is the life expectancy of the Cao family decreasing, and one generation is shorter than the next?
Cao Cao
Cao Cao was born in 155, died in 220 AD, lived 65 years old, according to our current life expectancy, Cao Cao actually did not live long, may have just reached the age of retirement and social security. However, in ancient times, Cao Cao's age was actually not very short, the average life expectancy in ancient times was not long, and it was estimated that it was about thirty years old, so Cao Cao was still relatively long-lived. However, during Cao Cao's conquest career, he often had headaches, and he wondered if this disease had been inherited to his descendants?
Cao Pi
Cao Pi was born in 187 AD, died in 226 AD, and lived to be 39 years old, which means that 7 years after Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi followed. To tell you the truth, Cao Pi's age, whether placed in ancient times or modern times, is not long! To know that Cao Pi is the emperor of the State of Wei, a person of this identity, the resources are very many, the living conditions are very good, the result is that he only lived to be 39 years old, it is really very strange, is it difficult for him to really have genetic diseases?
Whether Cao Pi inherited Cao Cao's illness is unknown, but the first half of Cao Pi's life was actually not good! Don't look at Cao Pi's later scenery and become the emperor of the State of Wei, but when Cao Cao was alive, cao Pi was actually very low-key, because he also had a brother behind him that Cao Cao liked very much, Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi likes poetry and indulges, and his personality is actually more liked by Cao Cao, so Cao Zhi is an important competitor of Cao Pi, which brings a lot of pressure to Cao Pi, and it is precisely for this reason that during Cao Cao's life, Cao Pi behaved very low-key and honest.
Probably because cao cao had been suppressed for too long, since Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi seemed to let go of his whole being. He first inherited the throne of Wei, then quickly forced Emperor Xian of Han to take the throne, established Cao Wei, became the new emperor, and then began to work on the great cause of unification. However, his means were still a little worse than Cao Cao's, and he missed the opportunity to unify the world, and finally only ruled for 7 years, and then gave up.
Cao Pi's death, ostensibly a serious illness, was actually for another reason. The first half of Cao Pi's life was suppressed too badly, so when he came to power, he was bound to indulge. Soon after taking power, Cao Pi abandoned his wife Lady Zhen and turned to the arms of Queen Guo, and then has always favored Queen Guo and no longer cared about his wife, so it can be seen that Cao Pi during this time was completely fascinated by Queen Guo and fell into a female color. At that time, Lady Zhen was a world-famous beauty, and Queen Guo was a woman 3 years older than Cao Pi, how could Cao Pi eat well.
Cao Rui
Cao Rui was born in 204 and died in 239, only living for 35 years, worse than his father Cao Pi. In fact, Cao Rui is a very talented and resourceful person. During his reign, those ministers of the imperial court, the clan relatives and nobles were all overwhelmed by him, and Sima Yi, such a powerful figure, was like a kitten in front of Cao Rui, very well-behaved, if he lived for a few more years, how could Sima Yi usurp the world of Cao Wei? Unfortunately, Cao Rui also died young, and the reason for his early death was actually very similar to his father!
Cao Rui was the son of Lady Zhen, and when Cao Pi killed Lady Zhen, he had thought of replacing Cao Rui, frightening Cao Rui so much that he could only recognize Queen Guo as his mother, and Cao Rui, who grew up in this oppressive environment, was in a worse situation than Cao Pi had been. After taking over the power, Cao Rui and zhuge Liang, who had encountered a thousand-year-old genius, actually suppressed Cao Wei and frightened Sima Yi from sending troops, and this kind of pressure was not something that ordinary people could endure. After Zhuge Liang's death, the pressure on the Cao-Wei border plummeted, which allowed Cao Rui to finally live a few days of peace of mind.
After that, Cao Rui built a lot of civil engineering, indulged in sex, and it didn't take long to destroy his body, just like that, he was only 35 years old, and he directly gave up and returned, leaving a little emperor Cao Fang down. Since independence, the little emperor is particularly easy to be pinched, and Cao Wei's great power fell by the wayside, which also occurred during the Cao Fang period!
epilogue
On the whole, the reason why the life expectancy of the Cao family is shorter than that of the next generation, showing a decreasing trend, in fact, is mainly because they were suppressed too badly when they were young, and when they really took power and there was no external pressure, they began to let loose the skeleton, indulged in sex, and gradually hollowed out their bodies, so they finally ended up with an untimely death, cheapening Sima Yi, an old man who lived for 72 years.
(This article mainly refers to the Romance of the Three Kingdoms)