A brief history of Cao Cao's third son, Cao Zhang's third son, Cao Zhang

Cao Zhang (189 – August 1, 223), courtesy name Ziwen, was a general of the Cao Wei clan. Cao Cao's third son, the second son of the Bian clan, was the younger brother of Emperor Cao Pi of Wei, and his wife was the daughter of Sun Ben. After Cao Zhang surrendered to Liaodong, Cao Cao Daxi pulled his son's beard and called him Huang Shu'er, and after his death, he was given the title of King of Wei.

Life

Juvenile Mingzhi

When Cao Zhang was young, he was good at archery and driving, and his strength was outstanding, he could fight with fierce tigers and not avoid dangers. There are many records of following Cao Cao's conquests, and he has aspired to be a general since he was a child. Cao Cao once warned: 'Ru does not read and worship the Sacred Dao, but is good at fencing on a sweat horse, and for the use of this husband, He Zugui is also!' So he asked Cao Zhang to read "Poems", "Books" and other books, but Cao Zhang said to the people left and right: 'Once the husband is Wei and Huo, he will ride 100,000 horses into the desert, drive away Rong Di, and make meritorious contributions to build trumpets, how can he be a doctor of evil?' Later, Cao Cao tried to ask the children's preferences, so that each child could say their own ambitions. Cao Zhang still said: 'Good for the general.' Cao Cao asked rhetorically, "Why will you be able to do this?" Cao Zhang replied, "To be stubborn and sharp, to ignore difficulties, to be a soldier first; Rewards must be done, punishments must be believed. Cao Cao listened and laughed.

Mighty and mighty

In the twenty-first year of Jian'an (216), he was enfeoffed as the Marquis of Yanling.

In the twenty-third year of Jian'an (218), when Daigun Karasuma rebelled, Cao Zhang was appointed as the general of The Northern Zhonglang and was ordered to requisition Karasuma on the duty of a general on horseback, and before leaving, Cao Cao reminded Cao Zhang: "Stay at home as a father and son, accept things as a monarch, and move with the king's law, and erqi will abstain!'" He also surrendered to liaodong xianbei lord Kebineng, and the north was pacified. At this time, Cao Cao was in Chang'an, summoning Cao Zhangyi to where he was. Passing through Yecheng on the way, Cao Pi said to Cao Zhang: "Qing Xin has meritorious service, and now that he is in the west, it is advisable not to cut himself down, and to deal with those who are often insufficient." 'Manifest, as the prince said, give the credit to the generals. Cao Cao was overjoyed, pulling Cao Zhang's beard to praise the "Yellow Beard" for building a miracle.

On the twenty-third day of the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (March 15, 220), Cao Cao was driving in Luoyang, and Cao Zhang was summoned, believing that he wanted to establish Cao Zhi, but Cao Zhi vetoed it, so Cao Zhang personally went to question the former king Yin Xi where he was, and was persuaded by Jia Kui, but was suspected by Cao Pi, and the "Spring and Autumn of the Wei Dynasty" said that Cao Zhang was angry and violent because of this incident, at the age of 33.

When Emperor Wen of Wei ascended the throne, Cao Zhang and the princes took the throne, and issued an edict: "The way of the first king, Yongxun's relatives, and the establishment of mothers and brothers, the founding of the country to inherit the family, so can the emperor of the ping, the royal insult is tired." Zhangqian was ordered to go on the Northern Expedition, Qing Ding Shuo Tu, and Gong Mao Yan. Increase the number of 5,000, and the first 10,000 households. ”

However, Cao Zhang, believing that he had made meritorious contributions to Cao Cao's life, was now more useful to Him, who knew that Cao Pi only followed the usual practice and ordered him to return to Yanling to defend himself, so he was very dissatisfied in his heart, and he did not wait for his order to return to the fiefdom on his own. Moreover, during the reign of the king, he was harsh and fierce.

In the second year of the Huang Dynasty, he was made a duke. For three years, he was made the King of Rencheng. He died on 1 August 223.

Died

In the fourth year of the Huang Dynasty, he went to Luoyang to meet him, fell ill in the mansion, and after his death, his posthumous title was Wei, so he was also known as the King of Rencheng Wei. Cao Zhangzi (曹張子 Cao Kai) took the throne and was enfeoffed as Zhongmu.

Wild history records

Wang Jia of the Eastern Jin Dynasty recorded in his "Book of Collected Remains": "Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, was strong and resolute, studied the yin-yang doctrine and the weishu number, and recited thousands of words in the Six Classics, Hong Fan and other classics. Father Cao Cao planned to attack Wu and Shu, and asked Cao Zhang for tips on marching and fighting. Cao Zhang can open his bow left and right, and his archery skills are within 100 steps, breaking people's beards and hair. At that time, Lelang County presented a fierce tiger with colorful textures and was closed with an iron cage. The Lux did not dare to look. Cao Zhang grabbed the tiger's tail and wrapped it around his arm, and the tiger did not dare to make a sound by his ear, and everyone admired his bravery. Later, the South Vietnamese state offered a white elephant to Emperor Wu, and Cao Zhang pinched its nose with his hand, and the elephant obediently fell on the ground and did not dare to move. Emperor Wen Of Cao Pi once cast a 10,000-pound bell and hung it in the Wenhua Hall, wanting to change the place, but a hundred people could not move it, but Cao Zhang carried the bell on his back and left. When the four sides heard of his bravery, they all stopped fighting to protect themselves. Emperor Wen said, 'Take the mighty warriors of the king of Rencheng and swallow Bashu like an owl to death a mouse!' Later, Cao Zhang passed away and was buried according to the funeral of King Dongping of the Eastern Han Dynasty. At the time of the funeral, there were hundreds of cries in the air; The mourners said that the souls who died in the past due to the war did not have a coffin to be buried, and the king of Rencheng was kind and gracious and buried these dead bones. The deceased has a spirit in the underground and is grateful, so praise his kindness. The history of the state is composed of three volumes of "The Old Affairs of the King of Rencheng", which was treasured in the secret cabinet of the palace in the early Jin Dynasty."

According to the "New Language of the World", Cao Zhang's death was due to Cao Pi's fear of Cao Zhang's martial courage and poisoned Cao Zhang with a plan. Later, Cao Pi wanted to kill Cao Zhi again, so his mother, Empress Bian, said to Cao Pi, "You have killed my King Rencheng, and you must not harm my King Dong'a again!"

According to the "New Language of the World" belongs to the novelist's words, Mr. Ye Jiaying pointed out that in the fourth year of the Huang Dynasty, the kings came to the dynasty in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, at this time the dates were not yet ripe, it was impossible to poison Cao Zhang with dates, and Emperor Wen's method of restraining the kings was not enough to adopt this method, and Cao Zhang died of a violent disease. Moreover, after the death of Cao Zhang, there is also such a paragraph in the article, "If you want to harm Dong'a, the empress dowager knows: Ru has killed me Rencheng, don't harm me Dong'a again." "Cao Zhi was made the Prince of Dong'a in the third year of Emperor Taihe of Wei, and Empress Bian was able to call Cao Zhi "Dong'a" in the fourth year of Emperor Wen of Wei's reign.