At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the crowds of heroes competed for the Central Plains, and Cao Cao stood out from that chaotic world and became the overlord of one of the three sides of the world. Throughout his life, he fought on horseback, after countless battles and killings, dodged countless swords and swords, and finally reached the peak of power, although he was not an emperor, he blackmailed the Son of Heaven to make the princes, and was the de facto ruler in the north. Cao Cao famously said, "I'd rather bear the people of the world than teach the people of the world to bear me." It was such a generation of tyrants who did something very unsuitable for his style, the only time in Cao Cao's life, and this was to take money to redeem Cai Wenji from the Xiongnu.
At that time, it was a chaotic world with a life like ants and killing people, and it was not worth mentioning at all that a person died or was taken away by the Xiongnu. Cao Cao actually went to great lengths to take money to the Xiongnu with a smiling face, and xingshi mobilized the crowd to redeem Cai Wenji, which made people very confused, unless he had other thoughts, he would never do this, and what is even more puzzling is that after Cao Cao redeemed Cai Wenji from the Xiongnu, he actually did not marry her, why is this? Why? In this article, we will explore why Cao Cao did not marry Cai Wenji.
Cao Cao is a generation of adulterous males, but also a typical lustful person, he is in a high position, one person is above ten thousand people, wives and concubines are in groups, before and after marrying more than ten women, his lust is different from ordinary people, he does not like young and beautiful yellow flower girls, preferring young women, especially other people's wives and concubines, seeing Zhang Xiu's aunt is beautiful, Cao Cao included her in the account, for this reason also died a son and a general, beat Lü Bu, when he attacked Pi, he saw Qin Yilu's wife Du Shi look beautiful as a flower, and also brazenly accepted her as a concubine. Cao Cao is such a heavy taste, and he has great power, no one dares to say a word to him, but in front of Cai Wenji, Cao Cao is unusual, always acting like a humble gentleman, stunned by the understanding is not moved.
Cao Cao and Cai Wenji's acquaintance, completely thanks to Cai Yong, that is, Cai Wenji's father, Cai Yong was a famous scholar at that time, Cao Cao was recommended as filial piety when he was young, he repeatedly asked Cai Yong for literature and calligraphy, and made a long friendship with Cai Yong, Cao Cao and Cai Yong's many exchanges, must have met Cai Wenji, at that time Cai Wenji was also a little famous, as Cai Yong's daughter, her talent is naturally not bad, it is said that Cai Wenji has been reading books since childhood, tireless in learning, and long "erudite and talented", And it is wonderful in the rhythm of music", the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are all-encompassing and exquisite. Such a talented woman, and Cao Cao, who was a young hero at that time, why did Cao Cao not ask Cai Yong to marry Cai Wenji to himself?
First of all, because of the concept of door valves, Cai Yong was a famous scholar at that time, born noble, although Cao Cao is said to be a descendant of Cao San, but his father was passed on to the eunuchs, he was after the eunuch, such a birth, Cai Yong must have looked down upon, in ancient times, marriage paid attention to the door, Cai Wenji was born in Shuxiang Mendi, although Cao Cao was an official eunuch, but the origin of his eunuch family was destined to make Cai Wenji, who was born in Shuxiang Mendi, look down on him, although Cai Yong was good friends with Cao Cao, But for his origin Cai Yong is certainly not eye-catching, Cao Cao is a self-aware person, he will not know that it can not be done, so Cao Cao has never thought of Cai Wenji, Cai Wenji to Cao Cao at most is also his father's guest, there is another point, that is, Cao Cao at that time is very likely to have been married, with the main room, if he marries Cai Wenji, Cai Wenji can only be a concubine, this is Cai Yong and Cai Wenji can not agree, Cai Yong is also a generation of scholars, if his beloved daughter made a concubine room, then he will be disgraced, The loss of dignity is absolutely impermissible, so when Cai Yong was alive, Cao Cao would not think about anything with Cai Wenji, of course, Cai Wenji did not think about anything with Cao Cao at all.
At the age of fifteen or sixteen, Cai Wenji married Wei Zhongdao, a member of the Hedong family and a famous general of the Western Han Dynasty, Wei Zhongdao, a descendant of Wei Qing, and the second eldest in the family. Soon after Cai Wenji married into the Wei family, she had not yet given birth to a man and a half daughter, and her husband Wei Zhongdao died of illness, so Cai Wenji had to return to her parents' home. The roof leaked during the overnight rain, the good times were not long, the second year of Xingping, the world was in chaos, the Eastern Han Dynasty collapsed, the masses rose up, first Dong Zhuo, Li Dai and other Liangzhou soldiers stirred up the wind and waves, scourge Guanzhong, and then there were foreign leaders such as the Southern Xiongnu taking the opportunity to rise up and burn and loot. "The man's head hangs on the side of the horse, and the woman carries the woman behind the horse" is a true portrayal of this. During the war, Cai Wenji and a group of women were taken captive by the Xiongnu as war booty, and after "not being in the Southern Xiongnu Zuoxian King", they were taken under the account of the Zuoxian King and became the concubines of the Zuoxian King.
Cai Wenji lived in the Xiongnu desert for twelve years and had two sons. Cai Wenji, who was abducted by the Xiongnu in the chaos of war, can be said to have fallen into the abyss, living in the Xiongnu for more than ten years, he suffered inhuman treatment, eating raw beef and mutton every day, wearing rough fur clothes, but also suffering from the inhuman ravages of the Xiongnu Zuoxian King, he gave birth to two children in the Xiongnu, forced to have two children, Jian'an eleven years, Cao Cao accidentally heard that Cai Yong's daughter was abducted by the Southern Xiongnu for many years, at this time Cai Yong has been dead for fifteen years, Cao Cao remembered his old friendship with Cai Yong, plus it may be because of the little feelings for Cai Wenji in the past, so he sent someone to take a large amount of gold and jewelry to the Xiongnu to redeem Cai Wenji, this time he was a hero to save the United States, he could have married Cai Wenji, but he did not, he took it upon himself to marry Cai Wenji to one of his generals, Dong Qi.
Why Cao Cao still did not marry Cai Wenji, the reasons are as follows: when Cai Wenji returned, he was already old and yellow, no longer a young and beautiful young woman, Cao Cao was a lustful person, and there was no shortage of beautiful women around him, for cai Wenji, who was old and yellow, he had no interest, and rescued Cai Wenji, which could make him a good reputation, Cao Cao was a person with a strong purpose of doing things, redeeming Cai Wenji just showed his subordinates that he was a person who did not forget his old feelings, and his subordinates could do things for him more at ease. Coupled with the excellence of Cai Wenji's literary talent, Cao Cao admired Cai Yong's talent, Cai Yong was already dead, Cai Wenji was more than Cai Yong, Cao Cao wanted Cai Wenji to record all the learning in his life, leaving it to himself and future generations, more of a pity.
Cao Cao only pitied her as the daughter of Shiyou, and asked her to revise her father's unfinished history books, with the will of her friend, and that was it. And Cai Wenji may not be a beautiful woman, the history books do not describe her appearance, Cao Cao is lustful, and does not want to ruin his own name, coupled with respect for his deceased friends, so that he can not and does not dare to marry Cai Wenji.
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