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Cao Fang, the word Lanqing. The pen fun pavilion www.biquge.info Emperor Ming had no children and raised Qi Wangfang and Qin Wangxun. Because this is a secret in the palace, no one knows the details. There is a lot of speculation about Cao Fang's life in history.

Cao Shuang, the eldest son of Cao Zhen, began to control the power of the court after Cao Rui's death, suppressed Sima Yi, and finally became a powerful minister of Cao Wei.

【Young Cao Fang】

Cao Fang and Cao Xun are both Cao Rui's adopted sons, the age difference between the two is not much, Cao Xun is one year older than Cao Fang, and their origins are not very clear, when Cao Rui died, they were both less than ten years old, and Cao Xun later died at the age of thirteen.

About Cao Fang's origin is recorded in "Wei's Spring and Autumn Period": or Yunren City, Wang Kaizi. I think that Cao Fang may be a descendant of Cao Zhang, and I personally think that Cao Fang may also be a descendant of Cao Yu, after all, Cao Yu and Cao Rui have a good relationship, and Cao Yu was almost appointed as the head of the auxiliary minister for a time.

Now some people think that Cao Fang may be Cao Rui's descendant, but he became an adopted son because of the deliberate suppression of the Sima family, and I personally think that the possibility is very low. First of all, if Cao Fang is really Cao Rui's own son, Cao Rui can't hide it, Cao Fang was born in the sixth year of Taihe (232), when Cao Rui was at the peak of the Spring and Autumn Period, the Sima family had no influence on this aspect at all, and Cao Rui later prepared to take Cao Yu, the king of Yan, as an auxiliary minister, if Cao Fang was born, it was impossible for Cao Rui to let the vassal king take power. Cao Rui was still determined to be the crown prince before he died, not the older Cao Xun, if both of them were born to Cao Rui, then the position of the crown prince should obviously be Cao Xun's, if only Cao Fang was biological, then he should have been determined as the heir long ago.

Cao Fang was appointed crown prince in the first month of the third year of the early Jing dynasty (239), and Cao Rui died, and Cao Fang soon succeeded to the throne, this year Cao Fang was only eight years old, so he could not govern at all, and the affairs of the court and China could only be managed by the ministers headed by Cao Zhen and Sima Yi. At that time, the imperial court issued an edict to amnesty the world, respecting Empress Guo as the queen mother, assisted by the general Cao Shuang and the imperial lieutenant Sima Yi.

After Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, the first thing the ministers of the court and China did was to repair the palace and release the slaves, which had been criticized a lot during the reign of Cao Rui.

At that time, the young emperor Cao Fang issued an edict saying: "I inherited the foundation of the first emperor at a young age, and my heart was full of loneliness and sorrow, and I had no way to tell. In accordance with the will of the first emperor, the general and the Taiwei jointly assisted me in running the government, and Situ, Sikong, Tsukazai, and Yuanfu led the hundred officials, maintaining my Cao family's Jiangshan Sheji, and all the ministers and ministers of the court and the central government worked together, all of which made me happy. At present, all the palaces and pavilions that are ready to start construction will be dismissed in accordance with the edict of the first emperor, and the slaves and maids over the age of 60 in the government and the minister's palace will be let out to be ordinary civilians. ”

In the second year of Cao Fang's succession (240), the era name was changed to Zhengshi. Because Cao Fang was too young after succeeding to the throne, Cao Wei's power was lost for a long time, and Cao Fang was also the first monarch of Cao Wei who had no real power.

[Cao Shuang in power]

Cao Shuang betrayed Cao Yu and others at the critical moment before Cao Rui's death, and was appointed by Cao Rui as a general. Cao Rui will also entrust the crown prince Cao Fang to Cao Shuang and Sima Yi, and order the two to jointly assist the eight-year-old young master. After Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, he added Cao Shuang's service, changed the title of Wu'an Hou, 12,000 households, gave the sword to the palace, did not tend to enter the court, praised and worshipped the nameless, and Sima Yi each commanded 3,000 elite soldiers to govern the government.

Before Cao Shuang came to power, in addition to being Cao Zhen's eldest son, he did not have any substantive merits and political achievements, nor did he show any outstanding ability, but the process of Cao Shuang getting the position of general was very disgraceful, from which it can be seen that Cao Shuang himself has a strong desire and average ability.

When Emperor Wei Ming was dying, although Cao Shuang had been appointed as a general, he thought that there should be a good future to assist, and let Cao Shuang accept the edict at the bedside, appoint Sun Li as the general Changshi, and give him the rank of a regular attendant. Sun Li was honest and upright, but Cao Shuang thought that it was disadvantageous for him to assist him, so he asked Sun Li to be reappointed as the assassin of Yangzhou, and he was awarded the title of General Fubo, and the title of Marquis of Guannei was given, and Sun Li was sent out.

After Cao Shuang sent Sun Li away, he gathered Bi Rail, Deng Yang, Li Sheng, He Yan and Ding Mi and others, although these people are all famous, but they are eager to get rich and rich, and they tend to be inflammatory, and Emperor Ming is disgusted with their vanity and untruthfulness, so they are all suppressed and not hired. Cao Shuang has always been close and friendly with them, and when he was in power and auxiliary government, he was immediately recommended and promoted and became a confidant.

At the beginning of Cao Fang's accession to the throne, Cao Shuang consulted with Sima Yi in everything, and did not dare to act alone, Sima Yi also took it as the heart of the country, and gave way to it, and gradually Cao Shuang revealed his true nature. Later, Cao Shuang listened to the strategy of his confidant Ding Mi, and wanted Shang Shuzuo to pass him in advance, so he proposed to the Son of Heaven to let Sima Yi migrate to the Great Sima. The courtiers thought that the two great Simas before and after were both dead in office, so they took Sima Yi as the prince and took the opportunity to cut Sima Yi's military power.

At that time, the young emperor issued an edict saying: "Taiwei is righteous, upright, loyal to the imperial court has gone through three generations, once captured Meng Da in the south, destroyed Shu in the west, and broke Gongsun Yuan in the east, with outstanding achievements and achievements in the world." Now he has promoted Taiwei Sima Gong to Taifu, and he still holds the official position of controlling the military of the whole country. At the same time, Cao Shuang promoted Sima Yi's confidant Jiang Ji to the rank of lieutenant, and took the opportunity to remove Jiang Jiyuan from the post of the leading general in charge of the Praetorian Guard, but it is recorded in the "Three Kingdoms: Three Young Emperors" that Cao Fang was later ordered to conquer the Eastern General Manzhong as the Tai Lieutenant, and in the "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of the Three Kingdoms", it is recorded that in the second year of Emperor Jing of the Ming Dynasty (238), Man Chong had been promoted to Tai Lieutenant, and the records are contradictory.

Cao Shuang also reappointed his second brother Cao Xi as the leader of the central army, and abolished the lieutenants of the two battalions of the five battalions of the forbidden army, and handed over the two battalions to Cao Xi under the direct command. In addition, Cao Xun was the general of the Wuwei, commanding the Wuwei camp of the forbidden army, and Cao Yan was the regular attendant of the scattered cavalry, so the Cao Shuang brothers completely mastered the forbidden army of the Beijing Division; His cousin Xiahou Xuan was appointed as the Central Protector Army, responsible for the president's generals, and selecting and appointing military attachés.

During Cao Rong's reign, some of the disputable idlers who were discarded because of his flashiness, such as He Yan, Deng Yang, Li Sheng, Peiguo Ding Mi, etc., were all recruited by Cao Shuang as confidants and held important positions in the court, Ding Mi, He Yan, and Deng Yang were named Shangshu, and He Yan was responsible for selecting officials; appointed Li Sheng as Henan Yin and Bi Liang as the lieutenant of the division to control the authority inside and outside the capital; At the same time, Ling Shangshu reported to himself first, and then asked Sima Yi after weighing the importance of the matter, and then gradually did not even ask Sima Yi what he thought about the decree, and began to dictate the affairs himself.

In this way, Cao Wei's power was gradually concentrated in Cao Shuang's hands, and Cao Shuang began to become Cao Wei's de facto master, in this case, Cao Shuang was slowly carried away by the desire for power, and finally walked towards the abyss of no turning back.