First, Cao Cao, who counterattacked
For any dynasty in history, there is no way to distinguish between the family affairs of the emperor and the state affairs of the dynasty. For example, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian.
When Li Zhi wanted to make Wu Zetian empress, he was blocked by the eldest son Wuji, Chu Suiliang, and other important ministers. But Xu Maogong (Li Ji) said a word: Who to marry as a daughter-in-law, this is the emperor's eldest brother your family affair, why ask the east and the west?
The result? Li Tang became wu Zetian's "stepping stone", and even the descendants of the Li family were almost killed! Dare to ask whether this is a family affair or a state affair, who can tell?
Therefore, to be fair, there is no family affair for the emperor's family (princes). The situation of the emperor is often that the harem "gets sick" and the whole dynasty takes medicine! And the Ming Emperor or the Male Lord, can only achieve "the lesser of two powers harming each other", but often be labeled as a very chic label, such as Cao Cao in the Three Kingdoms period!
Cao Cao was the well-deserved first lord of the Three Kingdoms. After entering the Taixue School, he became a yilang of the Han Ling Emperor, and then when he was a lieutenant in the north of Luoyang, he set up five color roots, beat Shuo with sticks, and assassinated the eunuch Zhang Rang (in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he assassinated Dong Zhuo), ripped off his "eunuch group" label, and became good brothers with Yuan Shao and other descendants of the door valve.
With the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Cao Cao began the "Life of a Male Master" until he eventually became the "King of Wei". Therefore, Cao Cao replaced Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu (door valves), which can be described as reversing history. Because before, it had always been a struggle between the eunuch group and the foreign relatives (including the door valve) group.
Dong Zhuo was the first person to eat crabs, setting a precedent of "warlords interfering in politics", and the result was quickly smashed. After Cao Cao took over the game, he played a lot of fun, so the person who counterattacked the trend of history was Cao Aqi! Unfortunately, with the death of Cao Cao and Cao Pi's succession to the throne, there was no strong man who could suppress the gate valve forces.
Therefore, the return of the Three Kingdoms to the Jin Dynasty and standing in the general trend of history to observe is just a return to the normal state of history, until the emergence of the Yellow Nest at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the power of the Gate Valve Clan, which completely withdrew from the stage of history.
Second, the embarrassing and abnormal Cao Cao
If you observe from the perspective of state affairs, Cao Cao's handling of family affairs is with a sense of sadness, but it is expected to be mistaken for "joy". For example, we all know that Cao Cao married 15 wives, of whom he also took over several.
Lady Rudu, who was originally the wife of Lü Bu's general Qin Yilu, was first favored by Guan Yu, but was snatched by Cao Cao.
There is also the famous Zou shi in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". In order to get her, Cao Cao led to the "Battle of Wancheng", and the eldest son Cao Ang, the general Dianwei and his nephew Cao Anmin were killed! In particular, the death of the eldest son Cao Ang led to a fight between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.
However, after reading these very gossipy deeds of Cao Cao, I dare to ask: Among Cao Cao's 15 wives, are there any daughters of the Door Valve Clan?
There was only one barely enough, and that was Lady Yin, the daughter-in-law of the great general He Jin. However, the great general He Jin was born as a butcher! That's why it's barely enough!
From the analysis of these wives that Cao Cao married, it can be seen how jealous Cao Cao was of the Door Valve Clan. In the same way, the true attitude of the GateKeeper Clan towards Cao Cao is the same. It can be said that they cooperate with each other, but also guard against and hurt each other.
So is the marriage of Cao Cao's son also the same? Of course not! Therefore, as Cao Cao came to speak, he had to show a certain sincerity to the Door Valve Clan. One of the most effective is marriage, binding interests - this is the marriage of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi!
3. Love Zhen Mi (Zhen's)
Cao Pi's wife was named Zhen Mi,and she was originally Yuan Shao's second son, Yuan Xi's wife. After Cao Cao counterattacked Yuan Shao at the Battle of Guandu, he attacked Yuan Shao's stronghold of Yicheng, and Cao Pi followed suit, but preemptively entered Yuan Xi's mansion and met Zhen Mi here.
In the "New Language of the World", it was said that Cao Cao attacked Yecheng because he wanted to get Zhen Mi, but he was preemptively possessed by his son Cao Pi, which made Cao Cao very helpless, and after a full feast, he helplessly sighed: This is my good daughter-in-law.
At the same time, this matter also has a gossip in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. After Kong Rong learned of this, he specially wrote a letter to Cao Cao saying that when king Wu of Zhou cut down the silk and got Dai Ji, he gave Dai Ji to Zhou Gongdan.
Cao Cao, who is ignorant, I am also a person who has read poetry and books, why don't I know this? Later, he asked Kong Rong what was going on. Kong Rong said, "With this degree, take it for granted!" "After half a day of trouble, Kong Rong used Cao Pi to marry Zhen Mi and bury Cao Cao!" Cao Cao was angry enough.
But in any case, Cao Cao seemed to like Zhen Mi as a daughter-in-law. Once when Cao Pi invited his friends to a banquet, Zhen Mi also came out to meet. But Cao Pi's friend Liu Zhen, seeing Zhen Mi's unusual beauty, actually stared at it.
This matter is very big, because when it comes to the courtesy of the monarch, Liu Zhen is at least a crime of great disrespect, and no matter how serious it is, there is no problem in cutting off his head.
Say small and very small, after all, Liu Zhen is Cao Pi's friend, but also a family private banquet, there is no need to have so many rules, a smile will pass. Cao Pi chose to laugh.
But no one expected that soon Cao Cao would learn about it, and he was immediately furious, thinking that this was disrespectful to his daughter-in-law, and rose to the height of "the courtesy of a prince" and had to kill Liu Zhen. In the end, under cao Pi's painstaking request, this was changed to sendIng Liu Zhen to do hard labor. Therefore, Cao Cao is more satisfied with Zhen Mi's daughter-in-law and likes it!
4. Why did you kill Cui Shi?
However, it is strange that Cao Cao was very harsh on Cao Zhi's wife Cui Shi and actually killed Cui Shi. If you want to find out about this matter, you must first talk about Cui Shi.
That was when Cao Cao attacked The City of Yi, in addition to letting Cao Pi marry Zhen Mi, he also let Cao Zhi marry Cui Yan's niece, cui shi as his wife.
Zhen Mi is from the Gate Valve Clan, the so-called Wuji Zhen Clan. The Cui clan is also a clan of door valves, but it is tougher than the Zhen Mi family, and the famous Qinghe Cui clan!
Obviously, judging from Cao Cao's arrangement, Cao Zhi had the upper hand! After all, Cui Yan was the "leading big brother" of the Hebei Gate Valve Clan at that time. However, what is strange is that after Cao Cao became the queen of Wei, he once issued an order prohibiting the Cao family from dressing luxuriously. Unexpectedly, Cui Shi violated this rule, and was just seen by Cao Cao, so he killed Cui Shi without saying a word!
So why is Cao Cao like this? Is the folklore of "one woman messing with three Caos" (Cao Cao, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, all like Zhen Mi) true? In fact, it is very simple to understand this problem, just in one sentence: family affairs are state affairs.
Cao Cao was initially optimistic about Cao Zhi, which is almost universally recognized. That is to say, after Cao Ang's death, Cao Zhi was considered cao Cao's first successor. But the problem is that Cao Pi is the eldest brother of Concubine and naturally dominant. If cao zhi wanted to counterattack Cao Pi, it was necessary to strengthen Cao Zhi's power.
Therefore, it is inevitable that Cao Zhi marries the Cui clan and binds the most powerful Door Valve Clan. But unfortunately, Cui Yan supported Cao Pi, that is to say, Cui Yan had actually stirred up Cao Cao's "family affairs" and also abandoned his "niece and son-in-law".
Cui Yan's anti-water not only meant that Cao Zhi lost the support of the Gate Valve Clan, but also completely stabilized Cao Pi's position. Because around Cao Pi, there were already Sima Yi, Chen Qun and other door valve clans. This was something that Cao Cao could not tolerate--he must not let the Gate Valve Clan control Cao Wei!
The best way is to let them attach themselves to Cao Pi and Cao Zhi and fight each other, while the Cao family acts as a "referee" to control the situation. Therefore, when Cui Yan expressed his position, it also meant that the Cui family lost its utility and the bitter fruit came. Sure enough, Cui Yan and Cui Shi were both killed by Cao Cao!
The reason why Cao Cao liked Zhen Mi was to use the Zhen Mi incident to weaken Cao Pi's power. Because that was when Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were fighting each other, and Cao Cao was inclined to Cao Zhi!
That is to say, Cao Cao did not like Zhen Mi at all, but regarded the Zhen Mi incident as a "tool" to attack Cao Pi, and had nothing to do with "one woman messing with three Caos" and not a dime!
All in all, everything Cao Cao did was to make the transition of power smoothly, and not to let the Gate Valve Clan control the situation. This is the most crucial thing in Cao Cao's later years, how could he still have the heart to engage in the lace of "one woman messing with three Caos"? Like Zhen Mi, kill Cui Shi, naturally the same is true!