Cao Fang, the third emperor of Cao Wei. The word Lanqing, because of Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming (

uì)'s biological sons all died young, so Cao Fang and Cao Xun, the king of Qin, were adopted as adopted sons by Cao Rong. Cao Fang, who grew up in the palace as an adopted son, has no known birth history.

According to the "Spring and Autumn Period of the Wei Family", Cao Fang may have been the son of Cao Kai, the king of Rencheng, the grandson of Cao Zhang, and the great-grandson of Cao Cao.

On the first day of the first month of the third year of Jingchu (January 22, 239), Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming was seriously ill, afraid of causing the country's foundation to be unstable, so Cao Fang was appointed as the crown prince, on the same day, Emperor Wei Ming died of illness, Cao Fang ascended the throne, only eight years old, respected the Empress Guo (Empress Ming Yuan) of Emperor Wei Ming as the empress dowager, and was jointly assisted by the general Cao Shuang and the Taiwei Sima Yi.

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In July of the same year, Cao Fang began to visit the government in person and listen to the minister's performance.

In the second year, the era name was changed to Zhengshi.

In February of the fifth year of Zhengshi (244), Cao Fang, at the suggestion of Cao Shuang, issued an edict ordering Cao Shuang to lead his troops to attack Shu, but he returned in vain.

In the eighth year of Zhengshi (247), the general Cao Shuang listened to He Yan (ya

), Deng Yang (飏yá

g), Ding Mi's plan, house arrest Empress Dowager Guo in Yongning Palace, Empress Dowager Guo and Cao Fang were relatively crying when they said goodbye.

Cao Shuang has been in power since then.

Cao Fang likes to pamper and get close to a group of villains, and often entertains and feasts in the back garden.

In July of the same year, Shangshu He Yan Shangshu advised Cao Fang, saying, "From now on, when the emperor goes to the Shiqian Hall or to the back garden to have fun, there should be ministers to follow, so as to inquire and discuss political affairs, explain and discuss the righteousness of the scriptures, and be emulated by generations." ”

In December of the same year, Kong Yi (yì), a regular attendant of the free cavalry and a counselor, said, "If it is peaceful today, Your Majesty does not need to go to the back garden to learn riding, and you must take a chariot when you go out, which is the blessing of the world and the wish of the courtiers." ”

Cao Fang didn't listen to them.

On the sixth day of the first month of the first ten years (249), Cao Fang left Luoyang to pay homage to the tomb of Emperor Wei Ming, Gaoping Mausoleum, and the Cao Shuang brothers followed.

Sima Yi took the opportunity to play the Empress Dowager Yongning, and asked the Cao Shuang brothers to be abolished. The Empress Dowager found an opportunity for revenge, so she issued an order, and Sima Yi led his troops to Tun Sima Gate to control the capital.

Cao Shuang finally gave in and asked to be removed from his post, and was soon convicted by Sima Yi and wiped out the three clans, known as the Gao Pingling Incident.

From then on, Cao Wei's military and political power fell into the hands of Sima Yi.

In April of the same year, the year name was changed to Jiaping.

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After Sima Yi's death, his son Sima Shi took control of the government.

In February of the sixth year of Jiaping (254), Zhongshu ordered Li Feng and Empress Zhang's father, Guanglu Dafu Zhang Ji, and others to plot to abolish Sima Shi and appoint Xiahou Xuan as a general.

The matter was revealed, and he was exterminated by Sima Shi.

Subsequently, Sima Shi forced Cao Fang to depose Empress Zhang and replace Empress Wang.

Cao Fang was uneasy because he participated in the conspiracy of Li Feng and others, while Sima Shi was worried about the consequences and secretly plotted to depose Cao Fang.

In September of the sixth year of Jiaping (254 years), Sima Shi and the ministers of the Chinese Dynasty played the Empress Dowager Guo, saying that Cao Fang was old and not pro-government, addicted to women, abandoned lectures, abandoned Confucianism, and played the Qing Shang Ling Hu Jing, Qing Shang Cheng Pang Xi and even seriously injured Hu Jing's body with burning iron, and the Empress Dowager was not polite when she lost her mother, please abolish Cao Fang's throne according to Huo Guang's story, the original text is "wanton and promiscuous, corrupt □, chaotic men and women, filial piety and decadence, fierce virtue and prosperity" ("Three Kingdoms")

Empress Dowager Guo was already a puppet at this time, so she had to give permission.

Cao Fang was deposed.

Back then, Cao Cao dreamed that "three horses eat together in one trough, which is very evil", and reminded Cao Pi that "Sima Yi is not a human minister, and he must foresee your family affairs" ("Book of Jin"), and he must be guarded against.

Cao Pi and his successor Cao Rong (

ui) did not take things seriously, and they all entrusted Sima Yi and his son with important tasks, and as a result, Cao Cao's dream of "three horses (Sima Yi, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao) eating together (Cao Fang)" finally came true.

Cao Fang moved out of Luoyang and built the palace of Qi at Chongmen, Hanoi County, and all the ceremonial systems were like the feudal kingdoms of the princes and kings.

Through deliberation, the imperial court decided to change the noble township prince Cao Chao (máo) as emperor.

In the first year of Taishi (265), after Sima Yan, the son of Sima Zhao, usurped Wei and established the Jin Dynasty, he named Cao Fang as the Duke of Shaoling County.

In the tenth year of Taishi (274), Cao Fang died at the age of forty-three, and was nicknamed Li Gong.

According to the ancient law, killing innocents is severe; tyrannical and unrelated; ruthless and rude; Helping evil and violating righteousness is said to be severe; The long tongue is terrible.

In all fairness, Cao Fang was not a great traitor, but after his death, he was so vicious by the usurper, which can be described as the sorrow of a generation of puppet emperors.

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In fact, Cao Fang is a cowardly and indecisive person.

In the autumn of the sixth year of Jiaping, Sima Zhao was ordered to attack Jiang Wei and arrived in Beijing.

Cao Fang was optimistic about the military parade in Pingping. Xu Yun plotted with his cronies on the left and right, killed Sima Zhao when he resigned, and led this army to crusade against Sima Shi. The edict has been written, and when Sima Zhao came in, Cao Fang was eating chestnuts, and Youren Yunwu and others sang, "Qingtou chicken, Qingtou chicken!" ”

"Baertou chicken" means "duck", homophonic "charge", which is to remind Cao Fang to hurry up and draw a charge on the edict and kill Sima Zhao, but Cao Fang did not implement it because of fear.

Sima Zhao led his troops into Luoyang City, and Sima Shi moved the idea of abolishing Emperor Cao Fang's throne.

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What we can see is that Cao Fang has three queens and five concubines before and after.

The first queen was Queen Huai Zhen, (?) -251) Empress of Cao Fang, King of Wei Qi, was a native of Wuji County, Zhongshan County, Wei (now Dingyuan County, Hebei). The niece and granddaughter of Empress Wen Zhaozhen.

His grandfather Zhen Yan was the elder brother of Empress Wenzhao, and was posthumously presented as Muhou of Ancheng Township, and later changed to Muhou of Weichang, and his father seems to be untestable.

In the fourth year of Zhengshi (243), she was made the queen, and in the third year of Jiaping (251), in the autumn and July, Queen Zhen collapsed. Yiwei, buried in the Taiqing Mausoleum, said to be Queen Huai.

Three years after the death of Empress Zhen, that is, in 254 AD, Cao Fang was deposed as emperor by Sima Shi on the grounds of immorality, demoted to the king of Qi, and made Cao Chao the emperor.

In 266 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty Wei changed the title of Cao Fang, the king of Qi, to the Duke of Shaoling County.

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The successor, Empress Zhang, was born in Gaoling County, Fengyi County, Yongzhou, and was Cao Fang's second empress, that is, Empress Zhang was Cao Fang's stepfamily. Although Empress Zhang was born in a relatively wealthy family and is a typical ***, however, Empress Zhang is not happy.

Empress Zhang is the granddaughter of Zhang Ji, the assassin of Liangzhou, and the daughter of Zhang Ji, the Taishou of Dongguan, and this background dooms Empress Zhang to become a victim of political marriage. I have to say that compared with Cao Fang's favorite Wang Guiren (who later became Queen Wang), Queen Zhang's appearance is not of the same grade, and at the same time, Queen Zhang's EQ and IQ are not high. Otherwise, how could Wang Guiren become a favorite concubine.

Political marriages usually do not end well, and in 254 AD, that is, in the sixth year of Jiaping, Empress Zhang's father fell, and in March of the same year, the empress was abolished. In the end, he also died at the hands of his father's opponent Sima Shi.

Empress Zhang is so pitiful.

1. Empress Zhang is a woman who is not favored by the emperor; Second, the title of Empress Zhang is not easy to come by, and it was only under the coercion and temptation of Empress Dowager Guo that she was exchanged for the position of queen under the Cold War for two years. It can be seen that it is a product of negative emotions; Third, it is a contributor to political failure. Because Empress Zhang's father and Sima Shi were in two opposing states, and Empress Zhang's father failed to oppose Sima Shi, it also led to Empress Zhang's dismount; Fourth, great joy and sorrow, after being crowned the honor of the queen, the honor of the queen was revoked, and he was even killed by Sima Shi and did not die well.