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In the third year of the early Jing Dynasty (239), Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming died, and he was the second emperor of Cao Wei and the last real monarch of Cao Wei. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

[Dizziness in old age]

In the later period of Cao Rui's reign, he not only built a lot of buildings and collected harems, but also had some superstitious beliefs about immortality, and many of them were faint.

In the third year of Qinglong (235), the wife of a farmer in Shouchun claimed to be sent by the gods and should be placed in the palace to ward off disasters and evil spirits for the emperor, and to increase his longevity. She took water for the sick to drink, and the drinker was able to heal it, and the water used to wash the sores of the person could also receive obvious results. Emperor Ming was very surprised, so he built a residence for her in the harem, and issued an edict to praise her talent, and she was very pampered for a while. When Emperor Ming was seriously ill and drank her divine water but it had no effect, Emperor Ming was angry and ordered her to be killed.

Cao Rui originally had three sons, all of whom died before him, so he later adopted two adopted sons as his heirs. Before his death, Cao Wei did not choose the elder as the emperor because of his strong national strength and relatively stable situation, but let Cao Rui's young adopted son inherit the imperial business, but Cao Rui was ready to let Cao Yu, the king of Yan, take power earlier, and later followed the advice of Liu Fang, Sun Zi and others to abolish Cao Yu, it can be said that Cao Rui himself is also more contradictory.

Before his death, Cao Rui was seriously ill and his judgment declined, so in the matter of the auxiliary minister, Cao Rui finally made the wrong choice, he abandoned his earlier candidates because of the confusion of Liu Fang and others to put Cao Shuang and Sima Yi in power, and Cao Shuang and Sima Yi's two temporary candidates finally pushed Cao Wei to extinction.

Cao Rui was a little dizzy in the later period, but the biggest stain on his power was still in the matter of the auxiliary minister, after all, even if Cao Rui was dizzy again, it would only be three or four years away, and Cao Shuang and Sima Yi's joint auxiliary government directly destroyed the foundation of the Cao family, and the two still cannot be compared.

【Orphan Aftermath】

Under the persuasion of Liu Fang and others, Cao Rui finally decided to take Sima Yi and Cao Shuang as the ministers of Tuogu, earlier Cao Yu transferred Sima Yi, who had returned to the division, to Chang'an just in case, and after Cao Yu stepped down, Sima Yi was transferred back to Luoyang, Cao Rui met with Sima Yi before his death, and entrusted Cao Fang to him.

On the first day of the first month of the third year of the reign of the early Jing Dynasty (239), Taiwei Sima Yi led his division from Liaodong to Hanoi County, north of the Yellow River, and stationed there. Emperor Ming ordered Sima Yi to be urgently summoned to the court by stagecoach. When Sima Yi arrived in a hurry, he was immediately introduced into the inner palace. Emperor Ming took his hand and instructed, "It seems that my illness is incurable. I'll leave the rest to you now. You and the general Cao Shuang will assist the prince together! I have no regrets about seeing you before I die. Sima Yi wept, kowtowed again and again, and agreed to the instructions entrusted by Emperor Ming. On the same day, Emperor Ming died in the Jiafu Hall of Luoyang Palace at the age of thirty-six. The name is Emperor Ming, the temple name is Wei Liezu, and he is buried in Gaoping Mausoleum. His adopted son Cao Fang succeeded to the throne. On the twenty-seventh day of the first month, he was buried in Gaoping Mausoleum.

According to the "Book of Jin", when Sima Yi went to Xiangping, he dreamed that the Son of Heaven was pillowed on his lap and said, "Look at my face." Sima Yi looked down at the Son of Heaven, his face was different from usual, and he was disgusted in his heart. After Pinggong Sun Wenyi, the Son of Heaven first issued an edict to let Sima Yi take the road to guard Guanzhong; When he arrived at the White House, he issued an edict to summon Sima Yi back to Beijing, and within three days, the edict was issued five times. The edict written by the Son of Heaven said: "Recently, I am restless in bed, and I hope that the king will arrive early, and when I arrive in Beijing, I will directly open the palace gate and enter, and look at my face." Sima Yi was shocked, and traveled day and night in a chaser car, more than 400 miles from Baiwu to Beijing, and arrived overnight. was introduced into the bedroom of the Son of Heaven in the Jiafu Palace, and came to the royal bed, Sima Yi greeted the illness with tears, and the Son of Heaven held Sima Yi's hand and looked at the King of Qi and said, "Entrust the future affairs to the king." Death can be endured and delayed, I can't bear to die just to wait for you, to be able to see you, and there will be no regrets. "Sima Yi and the general Cao Shuang were bequeathed together to assist the young master.

According to the record of "Wei Luo", the emperor from Liu Fangji, summoned Sima Xuanwang, self-reliance, and sealed, Gu Hu often gave the messenger in the palace and said: "Ward off evil spirits!" Thou hast given me this edict to the captain. "Ward off evil spirits. First of all, King Yan planned for the emperor, thinking that the matter was important, so it was appropriate to send King Xuan to return from Hanoi to the west, and the matter would be implemented. King Xuan got the edict before, Si had to recover the post-handwriting, suspected that the Beijing division had changed, but he arrived and entered the emperor. Lao asked, but summoned the two kings of Qi and Qin to show King Xuan, don't refer to the king of Qi and say to King Xuan: "This is also, the king looks at it, don't make a mistake!" He also taught King Qi to hug King Xuan's neck before the order.

"Wei's Spring and Autumn Period" also records that when the crown prince Fang was eight years old, the king of Qin was nine years old, and he was on the royal side. The emperor announced the king's hand, and the prince said: "Death is bearable, I endure death to treat the king, and the king and Shuang assist this." King Xuan said: "Your Majesty doesn't see the first emperor's vassals, so do you want Your Majesty?" ”

【Destroyer of Wei】

If the destruction of Shu was due to Chen Yi, and Sun Wu came to an end after Sun Hao succeeded to the throne, then the destruction of Wei was doomed from the election of Cao Ruiding's successor and auxiliary minister.

After Cao Rui's death, it can be said that he entrusted Cao Wei to three people, the first is the young prince Cao Fang, the second is still young Cao Shuang, and the third is Sima Yi of the three generations of old ministers.

At that time, Cao Fang's age was very young, only eight years old, which means that Cao Fang wanted to be in power for at least more than ten years, and there was a huge vacancy period in which there was a huge imperial power vacancy, it can be said that it was possible for anything to happen during this period, and it was nothing new for the young young lord to become the next Emperor Han Xian. Cao Wei's situation was stable at that time, and there was no threat from a strong enemy outside, but the new emperor was too young to give too many people a chance to take advantage of, even if some people were unintentional, they might not be able to resist the temptation of power, Cao Rui wanted to let his nominal heir inherit the great cause understandably, but the risk of doing so itself was a bit high.

The second Cao Shuang himself has not proved himself, although Cao Rui and Cao Shuang and others may have a good relationship as relatives, but the risk of enabling Cao Shuang to take power is too high, this is just like Zhuge Liang using Ma Jian and Zhao Guo using Zhao Kuo, Cao Shuang basically had no political achievements before, nor did he show any reliable ability, and he became one of the only two auxiliary ministers at once, and became the de facto spokesperson of the Cao family, can Cao Shuang bear such a big burden? So it is not new for Cao Shuang to have problems later, and it is rare for him to have no problems.

The third is Sima Yi, a veteran minister of three generations, who has already served as an auxiliary minister. It can be said that Sima Yi's loyalty to Cao Wei was no problem earlier, but Sima Yi's power and prestige were already too high, so Cao Rui was not ready to let him continue to serve as an auxiliary minister earlier, and then Sima Yi was temporarily added, if Cao Fang was not so young, Cao Shuang's character was better, if he was a little more capable, and if he could get along with Sima Yi friendly, the problem might not be big, but Cao Fang himself could not take power, Cao Shuang wanted to be a villain, Sima Yi couldn't pull it, he had to die, then the problem would be big.

Therefore, Cao Rui finally had a big problem in the selection of his successor and the selection of auxiliary ministers. Relatively speaking, although Cao Yu, who was chosen earlier, is a vassal king, but as an elder, Cao Yu can be said to have a lot of experience, after he became a general, he did two things, one is to increase his qualifications by retreating, and the other is to transfer Sima Yi back to Chang'an to reduce variables, at least to show his ability, but he didn't expect an accident to happen, and he didn't give Liu Fang and others a chance to bring himself down.

Ten years after Cao Rui's death, there was a coup d'état in Gaopingling, Cao Wei was essentially destroyed, and almost thirty years after his death, the Sima clan replaced Wei and established the Jin Dynasty.

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