After the death of Emperor Wen Cao Pi, succeeded by his son Cao Rui, Cao Rui was the second emperor of Cao Wei in history, and was also the final boss in the middle of the Three Kingdoms, in the early period of Cao Rui's reign, he was one of the rare Ming lords at that time, appointed Cao Zhen, Sima Yi and others to resist Shu Han and Eastern Wu in the south, defeated the nomadic clan in the north, and eliminated the division of the Gongsun clan in Liaodong. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, before Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, he was actually not liked by Cao Pi, so he never made him the prince, and Cao Pi made Cao Rui the prince before he died, in order to inherit the great cause.

【Difficult to get in place】

Cao Rui did not get the throne very smoothly because of his mother Zhen and some other reasons.

Cao Rong was loved by his grandfather Cao Cao since he was a child. He is often left and right. According to the Book of Wei, Cao Rong was young and intelligent, and Cao Cao once said in amazement: "I can have three lifetimes of karma based on you." Cao Cao often asked him to be placed alongside his close ministers at court banquets. Cao Rong was very knowledgeable and paid special attention to the law.

When Cao Rong was fifteen years old, he was named Wudehou, and Cao Cao was already dying for a long time.

The obvious contrast is that Situ Zhao Wen dismissed Cao Pi as Peng, but Cao Cao was furious after hearing it, thinking that Cao Pi had no real talent and learning. Therefore, Cao Pi saw that his son Cao Rui and his father Cao Cao had a close relationship, and he was afraid that he had a different feeling in his heart.

Cao Pi's mother was Mrs. Zhen, who was originally the wife of Yuan Shao's son Yuan Xi, and later after Cao Cao conquered Yecheng, Cao Pi saw its beauty and took it as a concubine, inheriting Cao Cao's hobby as a wife.

At first, Cao Pi was still very fond of Zhen, and later Zhen gave birth to a son Cao Rong and a daughter Cao (that is, Princess Dongxiang) for Cao Pi, and at the same time, Zhen and Cao Cao's wife Mrs. Bian also had a good relationship.

However, later Cao Pi said that the emperor and queen loved three fortunate people in the Luoyang harem: the noble concubine Queen Guo, the second queen; Li Guiren, born to the prince Cao Xie; Yin noble, the daughter of the Nanyang Yin clan of the Eastern Han Dynasty. As early as when Cao Pi was on the throne, he entered Queen Guo as his wife, and the title was equivalent to Zhen's. to Cao Pi to be the emperor, take Queen Guo to Luoyang, enter the noble concubine, and the status is second only to the queen; Zhen was left in Yecheng, still a wife, not a queen. Zhen became more and more frustrated and complained, but after Cao Pi found out, he sent a messenger to Yecheng to give Zhen to death and buried him in Yecheng.

Cao Rui lost his biological mother because of this, and later had to serve Mrs. Guo. According to the record of "Wei Luo", because Empress Guo had no children, Cao Pi issued an edict ordering Cao Rong to support Empress Guo. But Cao Rong was very unhappy because his mother's death was not a good death. Cao Pi was dissatisfied with Cao Rong and wanted to make Cao Li, the son of another concubine, the heir. Cao Rong had no choice but to serve Empress Guo diligently, and went to greet Empress Guo every morning and evening, and Empress Guo also loved him very much because she had no children. But Cao Pi was always dissatisfied with Cao Ei, so he never made Cao Ei the crown prince.

However, after all, Cao Rui had been favored by Cao Cao earlier, and now he was under the knees of Mrs. Guo, so Cao Pi finally chose Cao Rui as his heir before his death.

According to the "Biography of the Late Wei Dynasty", Cao Rong once followed Cao Pi to hunt and saw the mother and son two deer. Cao Pi shot the mother deer and ordered Cao Ei to shoot the deer, but Cao Ei refused, and said, "You have already killed the doe, and I really can't bear to kill its children again." After saying that, I cried. Cao Pi then put down his bow and arrow, because he was deeply surprised by Cao Ei's benevolence and filial piety, so his intention to make him the crown prince had been determined.

In May of the seventh year of the early Huang Dynasty (226), Cao Pi was critically ill and officially established Cao Ei as the crown prince, entrusting Cao Zhen, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, Cao Xiu and others, and soon Cao Pi died and Cao Ei succeeded to the throne.

After Cao Rong ascended the throne, he honored Empress Guo as the queen mother, posthumously called his mother Mrs. Zhen Empress Wenzhao, and named his brother Cao Rui as the king of Yangping.

【The Four Ministers of Orphanage】

Cao Zhen, the general of the Chinese army, Chen Qun, the general of the Zhenjun, Cao Xiu, the general of the Zhengdong, and Sima Yi, the general of the Fujun, are the four ministers left by Cao Pi to Cao Rui. Cao Pi once said to the crown prince Cao Rong: "There are three princes, be careful not to doubt them." ”

However, because Cao Pi had a lot of restrictions on generals with foreign surnames, Sima Yi and Chen Qun were mainly dealing with internal affairs at that time, and they had no chance to perform in the military.

During the Three Kingdoms period, the overall period belonged to the troubled times, and the importance of military power was very high, although Zhuge Liang, Lu Xun and Sima Yi were excellent in politics and strategy, but they also performed brilliantly in military affairs. Therefore, the core ministers of Cao Wei in the later period basically held a large army, which also laid the groundwork for Cao Wei to be usurped in the future.

[Crisis of coming to power]

After Cao Rui came to power, the situation he faced was much worse than that of his father Cao Pi. At the beginning of Cao Pi's coming to power, Sun Quan and Liu Bei had fallen out, Liu Bei was ready for revenge, Sun Quan was afraid of being attacked from both sides, and lowered his posture to take the initiative to woo Cao Pi, so Cao Pi was proud. After that, although Sun and Liu reunited, Zhuge Liang needed to put down the rebellion in the south first, and the national strength of Shu Han could not be recovered in a short time, so it was relatively easy for Cao Wei to suppress Sun Wu with the advantage of national strength.

And by the time Cao Rui came to power, Shu Han had almost recovered, Sun Quan was fed up with Cao Pi's anger, and when he saw that Cao Pi was dead, he was ready to take advantage of the situation, and some people inside also had changes in their hearts because of these changes.

However, everyone underestimated Cao Rui, as Cao Cao's optimistic grandson, Cao Rui can be said to be better than the blue, his ability is far better than his father Cao Pi, during the period when Cao Rui was in power, Zhuge Liang went north several times in vain and could only finally die of illness in Wuzhangyuan, Sun Quan's threat to Cao Wei gradually decreased, and the Gongsun clan in Liaodong was directly pacified.

According to the record of "Shiyu", at the beginning, when Emperor Cao Rui of Wei Ming was the crown prince in the East Palace, he did not make friends with the ministers of the imperial court, but asked about political affairs, but just buried his head in reading. After ascending the throne, the ministers wanted to see him. After a few days, Cao Rui only met with Liu Ye, who was in the waiting, and talked all day, while others listened outside. Liu Ye came out and asked, "How is Your Majesty?" Liu Ye said: "Your Majesty's ambition can be compared with Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but his intelligence is slightly inferior. ”

In history, Cao Rui really can't be compared with Qin Shi Huang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, but for Cao Wei, Cao Rui is the monarch who is most in line with Cao Wei's interests at that time.