In 204 AD, Cao Pi followed his father Cao Cao, who won the Battle of Guandu, and continued to purge the remnants of the old Yuan family.
In this year, Cao Pi met a woman who had made him struggle for half his life.
This woman is rumored to be calledZhen Mi,Zhen Mi was born in a wealthy family, her first husband was Yuan Shao's son Yuan Xi, and later after Cao Jun broke Yecheng, she became Cao Pi's woman.
After Zhen Mi married Yuan Xi, she never had children, and after she married Cao Pi, she soon gave birth to a son for Cao Pi, who was later Cao Rui, Emperor Wei Ming.
It is worth mentioning here that there have always been many rumors about Cao Rui's life experience, such as his father may be a member of the old Yuan family, such as Cao Cao, an old guy who likes wives, did not control himself, such as the person Zhen Mi really likes is Cao Zhi.
Because history is written by the victors, it cannot be ruled out that this is the possibility that someone deliberately poured dirty water on Cao Rui.
But there are some things that are relatively clear in the history books, that is, Cao Rui has been very smart since he was a child.
How smart is that?
The account given in the history books is:Once you hear it, you will never forget it.
Friends who are familiar with history may know that almost all the people in the ancients who have made great achievements and have more detailed information in the early stage have a few things in common, that is, they have a better memory.
The history books write about Cao Rui like this, not simply boasting, but paving the way for some future records.
The follow-up record in the history books is that Cao Rui was very smart because of his intelligence, so Cao Cao liked him very much back then, and even expressed his position in public, this kid is my next generation ** person (I base (onEr III.
In addition to often praising Cao Rui, Cao Cao often took him to appear in public in person, and even when he went out to fight, he would take him with him.
The words and deeds of parents, whether in ancient times or in modern times, are the best way to cultivate heirs, and there is no one.
After Cao Cao's death, it was Cao Rui's father Cao Pi, Cao Rui, as Cao Pi's eldest son, was blessed with a halo by Cao Cao in advance, so Cao Rui was regarded as the third generation of the old Cao family at the beginning.
But things soon changed.
After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, he directly executed Zhen Ji on the grounds that she had complaints in the harem, and then Cao Rui was implicated and almost lost his qualifications as the heir.
So why did Cao Pi kill Zhen Ji because of a few complaints?
According to historical records, in 216 AD, when Cao Cao took Cao Pi and Cao Rui to conquer Eastern Wu, Zhen Ji stayed at home because of illness, and when everyone came back, Cao Cao's woman, Mrs. Bian, asked Zhen Ji, why did your man and child go far away, not only did you not affect your appearance because of worry, but your complexion is getting better and better?
At that time, Zhen Ji's answer was, my man and child, with Mrs. Bian and others to take care of, what do I have to worry about?
Why do the people who record the history books record this idle story?
In 221 AD, Cao Pi was giving death to Zhen Ji, the same year Cao Zhi moved to other places, and the next year, Cao Zhi wrote the famous "Luo Shen Fu", and the surface intention of this article is to court the virtual Luo Shen unsuccessfully.
In addition, in 216 AD, when Cao Cao took Cao Pi on an expedition, Cao Zhi should not have gone, and his wife Cui Shi was killed by Cao Cao, which should also be that year.
These spots in the history books, if strung together.
At the beginning of Cao Pi's killing of Zhen Ji, he wanted to completely abolish Cao Rui, but because his own health was not good, the age and level of the other heirs were not suitable, so in the end he chose Cao Rui as his heir.
When Cao Pi was critically ill, although Cao Rui was 22 years old, Cao Pi still left him 4 auxiliary ministers, two of whom were in charge of the military and two ministers with foreign surnames were in charge of internal affairs.
With this lineup, coupled with Cao Rui's talent, it should be said that Cao Pi's arrangement is very reasonable, but later there was a change.
Before Cao Pi's death, Xiahou Shang, who had been reused by Cao Pi, hung up first, and later Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu died for some reason.
After the death of the Cao family's descendant giant, the Cao family's descendants in the army were no longer suitable for the Tongzhen side, and Cao Rui had no choice but to reuse Sima Yi among the ministers of Tuogu.
After Sima Yi was transferred from the internal affairs post to the military post, he was very active, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he punched Dongwu and kicked Shu Han.
However, under Sima Yi's aura of anti-death Zhuge Liang, Cao Rui's ability should not be underestimated.
According to historical records, Cao Rui once put forward his own insights (not following the crowd) on Cao Jun's strategy for using troops against Eastern Wu and Shu Han, and they were all well verified afterwards.
In the later period, in order to prevent Sima Yi's dictatorship, Cao Rui also used the method of reusing Zhang He and others to divide power for Sima Yi, but Sima Yi directly killed Zhang He in order to avoid problems on the front line.
Although Sima Yi's behavior back then was mainly for the sake of the overall situation, Cao Rui still decided to prevent it from happening.
After Zhuge Liang's death, Cao Rui asked Sima Yi, who had reached the age of sixtieth century, to fight in Liaodong from the deep-rooted Western Theater of Operations to the bitterly cold Liaodong under the pretext that there were military affairs to deal with in Liaodong.
At that time, Sima Yi's soldiers and horses were about 40,000 people, and the weather in Liaodong was very unfavorable for marching and material transportation, so some people persuaded Cao Rui to call Sima Yi back, but Cao Rui still said that I believed in Sima Yi's ability.
But what exactly does Cao Rui want to do?
Sima Yi himself is very clear, according to some records, when Cao Rui arranged for him to go to the Northeast, Sima Yi wrote a song to express his attitude to Cao Rui, and the two sentences at the end were:Tell the old man and wait for the sin.
Obviously, Sima Yi at that time had already understood that Cao Rui was suspected of having a big tail and wanted to deal with him, so he confessed directly to him, and I was busy with this last thing, so I went back and waited for the guilt.
If it comes according to Cao Rui's plan, then the day of Sima Yi's triumph is the time for Cao Rui to do him.
If Sima Yi, the big tiger, is controlled, then Shu Han, who has lost Zhuge Liang, and Dongwu, who has no chance, will be assigned to Cao Wei's territory sooner or later.
Combined with Cao Rui's previous operations, Cao Rui's name in history, if nothing else, is likely to be no less than Cao Cao. (Cao Rui's reputation in literature is no worse than that of his father, and in politics, Cao Wei's opponent Lu Xun of Eastern Wu gave an evaluation of:Choose loyalty, leniency, favor, and provincial service to please the peopleThe problem is deeper than the exercise.
But the accident still happened, Sima Yi had not officially returned triumphantly, he was too ill, so he had to ask Sima Yi again, which gave Sima Yi the opportunity to usurp power.
And Cao Rui himself died early and Cao Wei's country was taken away, so his original reputation was not only not obvious, but also fell into negative content.