Among the successors of the Three Kingdoms, the strongest in personal ability was Cao Pi, the one who had no suspense in succession was Liu Chan, and the most unfortunate was Sun Liang--the one who succeeded to the throne at the age of ten, the pro-government at the age of fifteen, the degraded at the age of sixteen, and the inexplicable death at the age of eighteen.
Sun Quan hung up at the age of seventy-one, and Sun Liang succeeded to the throne at the age of ten, indicating that the difference between father and son was sixty-one years old, and in the ancient times when medicine was extremely underdeveloped, blue-eyed purple hair (recorded in the history, Zhang Liao had seen it), and the alcoholic Sun Quanneng created the black-haired and black-eyed Sun Liang at the age of sixty, which in itself was a miracle, so Sun Liang only became a veritable emperor for one year before stepping down, and his brother Sun Xiu, who was eight years older than him, became the third emperor of Eastern Wu.
I don't know whether it was a lack of ability or a doubtful bloodline, the prestige of Sun Quan's sons in the eyes of the courtiers seemed to be a little insufficient, far inferior to that "Unsupportable Ah Dou"—although Liu Had said it first, Zhuge Liang never had the idea of replacing him.
Ji Han (or Shu Han) did not have a palace fight, And Eastern Wu changing emperors was like changing clothes, and the most fierce battle for concubines was Cao Wei, who was still only a kingdom at that time. When Cao Cao was alive, Cao Zhi and Cao Pi fought, Cao Cao died, Cao Zhang personally led a large army to ask for the "Seal of the First King", and the request for the seal was not unknown, a passage in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 19, reminds us of Qin Shi Huang's two sons Fu Su Huhai - Cao Cao urgently summoned Cao Zhang when he was critically ill, making people wonder whether Cao Cao had dissatisfaction with Cao Pi: "Taizu to Luoyang, get sick, summon Zhang, before arriving, Taizu collapsed." ”
According to the Wei Luo, Cao Cao hurriedly summoned Cao Zhang, hoping that Cao Zhang would help Cao Zhi seize the throne, but Cao Zhi actually refused: "Zhangzhi, the Marquis of Linling: 'The first king summoned me, and wanted to establish Ruye.'" Zhi Yue: "No." I don't see the Yuan brothers! ’”
In the battle for the throne, Cao Zhi was feared by Cao Pi, and although he had Cao Zhang's support, he did not dare to make a mistake, and as a result, both brothers were taken care of by Cao Pi: Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, Cao Zhang only lived for four years, and Cao Zhi survived for twelve years before he died of illness in depression - in Cao Pi's eyes, Cao Zhang's threat was greater than Cao Zhi's.
Cao Zhang not only encouraged Cao Zhi to attack Cao Zhang, but he himself also had the intention of seizing the concubine, which is also recorded in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Volume XV: Marquis Yanling and the general Cao Zhang, the general of Xingyue, led a large army from Chang'an with great momentum, and the first sentence of his mouth asked Jia Kui "where the former king's seal is"—this is the same as the King of Chuzhuang asking the nine peaks of weight, which is another idea.
Jia Kui, who was then the counselor and director of Cao Cao's funeral committee (funeral ceremony), said a word: "The prince is in Yi, and the state has a reserve and vice-president." The first king's seal is not suitable for the prince to ask. ”
Jia Kui is a counselor doctor, relying on small reports to impeach people to eat, of course, these words will fall into Cao Pi's ears, Cao Zhang hung up early, that is also a logical thing.
Neither Cao Zhang nor Cao Zhi had ever fought Cao Pi, which was not surprising at all, because the comprehensive ability was there: Cao Zhang was a brave husband, Cao Zhi was a useless student, and Cao Pi was both literate and martial.
Among Cao Cao's sons, Cao Pi was undoubtedly the best one: "Emperor Wen was talented and talented, wrote into chapters, was knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and had both talent and ability; if he added the degree of openness, encouraged with fair sincerity, Mai Zhi Cun Dao, and Ke Guang's heart, then the ancient sage lord, How far away is there!" ”
When Chen Shou wrote this comment, Cao Wei had already perished like Eastern Wu and Western Shu (Jin Taikang started writing in the first year and completed it in ten years), so he would not risk being picked up by the Sima family to over-praise Cao Pi.
While Chen Shou admired Cao Pi, he also commented on Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi: "Ren Cheng (Cao Zhang) is strong in martial arts and has the spirit of a general. Chen Si (Cao Zhi) is rich in literary talent, enough to pass through the back leaves. ”
If there had been a Wenwu Examination (the Han Dynasty was a system of inspection), then Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi had the hope of obtaining the Wenwu Imperial Examination. However, in the chaotic era of the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty, focusing on one lesson, it is impossible to be a tyrant, nor can it achieve hegemony, if Cao Zhang or Cao Zhi became the successor king of Wei, then the historical development at that time would have two directions: First, the Cao family was weakened, the power gradually returned to the imperial court, the uncle Cao Zhangcao Zhi became Wei Qing Dou Xian, Cao Zhi became Sima Qian Sima Xiangru and Cai Yong, and the Han achieved a second zhongxing in the hands of Liu Xie; second, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, under the encouragement of a group of civilian generals who wanted to be the founding fathers, launched an all-out war against Eastern Wu and Western Shu. As a result, he was beaten to the death by Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and Sun Liu's coalition forces took advantage of the situation to enter Beijing and became the new Dong Zhuo, and the chaos continued to want to be for a long time.
Although Cao Zhang was very brave and brave, and although Cao Zhi was only eight years old, realistically speaking, neither of them was Liu Bei's opponents.
Cao Pi's cleverness was that after succeeding to the throne, he did not take the initiative to attack Liu Bei's Sun Quan, but sat and watched the two brothers-in-law fight: "Shuo does not help Wu, nor does it help Shu." If a country is destroyed and a country is preserved, then what is the difficulty in eliminating it? ”
The authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. When Eastern Wu was terrified and Liu Bei was full of pride, Cao Pi, who was preparing to stab the tiger in Bian Zhuang, had already predicted the outcome of the Battle of Yiling: "Wen Prepared troops went east, engaged Quan, and camped for more than seven hundred miles. Sun Quan's shangshi (報杰奏章) is now here. Seven days later, the book arrived. ”
Cao Pi is not only complete in both literature and martial arts, but also has a deep and cunning means of poison (Cao Chong's death is suspected to be related to it), which is 80% similar to Cao Cao.
The stronger Cao Pi's ability, the greater the threat to the Han court and Liu Bei's Sun Quan, and it is estimated that at that time, Liu Xie and Sun Quan Liu Bei, the son of the Great Han Dynasty, were secretly looking forward to it: "Cao Aqi, you had better let Mang Han Cao Zhang or the bookworm Cao Zhi take over, then our lives will be better!" ”
History always did not develop according to the wishes of the majority of the people, Cao Zhang and Cao Pi repaired obediently, Guan Yu was defeated in the Battle of Jingxiang, Sun Quan bowed to Cao Pi under the military pressure of Liu Bei, and the two old rivers and lakes were folded in the hands of Xiao Housheng, which cannot but be regretted.
At the same time as regret and regret, we also have this association: if Cao Pi was killed by Zhang Xiu's rebels in the second year of Jian'an (Cao Pi recalled: Jian'an Chu, Shangnan Expedition to Jingzhou, Zhiwan, Zhang Xiu descended. Instead, the deceased brother Xiao Lianzi Xiu and his brother An Min were killed. When he was ten years old, he had to take off his horse), so Cao Cao chose a successor, and he could only choose from Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, who became the new King of Wei, and whether the Han Dynasty was postponed to extinction, or liu Bei entered The capital to establish Ji Han?