In the fifth year of Taihe (231), Cao Zhen became seriously ill soon after the defeat of Shu and died the following year. The pen %fun %pavilion www.biquge.info Cao Zhen became the third Cao Wei relative of the Cao Wei Empire to die after Cao Ren and Cao Xiu!

【Cao Zhen's Death】

Cao Zhen returned to Luoyang due to illness after re-defeating Shu, and Emperor Ming personally went to his mansion to visit his condition. In the fifth year of Taihe (231), Cao Zhen died and became the Marquis of Yuan. His son Cao Shuang inherited the title. Emperor Ming remembered Cao Zhen's exploits and issued an edict saying: "Da Sima has been loyal and filial piety all his life, assisted the second ancestor, and internally, he will not be invited to favor because he is the emperor's family; Externally, he does not despise the poor, and he can really be described as a person who is successful, loyal, and moral! Cao Zhen's five sons——— Xi, Xun, Ze, Yan, and Hao were the liehous. ”

At the beginning, Emperor Wen had already given Cao Zhen 200 households, and Cao Zhen's brother Cao Bin was named a liege.

In July of the fourth year of Zhengshi (243), Emperor Cao Fang of Wei issued an edict to worship the late Sima Cao Zhen in the temple of Taizu Cao Cao. Historically, Cao Zhen also deserved to enjoy the temple of Emperor Wen of Wei.

【Cao Zhen Story】

It is said that Cao Zhen was in Cao Cao when he was young, along with his fellow sect Cao Zun and fellow villager Zhu Zan. Cao Zun and Zhu Zan died early, and Cao Zhen sympathized with them, and gave his own food to their sons, which was approved. Cao Rui issued an edict and said: "Da Sima has the benevolence of uncle to Fu Gu, and Du Yan has been asking for a long time. The beauty of the gentleman's adulthood, listen to the Zhenyi Cizun, praise the Viscount Guan Neihou, each 100 households. ”

In the fifth year of the early Huang dynasty (224), Wu Zhen, who was guarding Hebei, returned to the capital Luoyang to meet Emperor Cao Pi of Wei. Cao Pi ordered the generals in the capital and all the generals below the special entry to go to the Wu Zhen Mansion to have a party, and Zhu Shuo, Cao Zhen, Cao Hong, Wang Zhong and other generals all came to the Wu Zhen Mansion. Because Cao Zhen is relatively obese, Zhu Shuo is very thin, and when he was drunk, Wu Zhen deliberately asked rappers to come up and joke about being fat and thin. General Cao Zhen thought that he was an important minister of the clan, and he was ashamed to be played, and angrily reprimanded Wu Qian. Cao Hong and Wang Zhong also came out to persuade. Wu Zhen was furious and pressed the sword Cao angrily to reprimand Zhen, Zhu Shuo stood up to persuade Wu Zhen, and was also reprimanded by Wu Zhen and returned to his seat. Zhu Shuo was in a hurry, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he pulled out his sword and slashed it on the ground angrily, so the generals broke up unhappily.

【Cao Zhen's Origin】

In the available materials, there are two theories about Cao Zhen's life experience, the first one is that Cao Zhen is a member of the Cao clan, and was raised by Cao Cao after his father's death. This point is mainly based on the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", and the two materials in it can be used as evidence.

"Cao Zhenzi Dan, Taizu Zizi. Taizu raised troops, and his true father Shao recruited disciples and was killed by the state and county. Taizu mourned the true young orphan, adopted with the sons, and stopped with Emperor Wen" and "Zhenshao and the sect Cao Zun, the villager Zhu Zan, and the Taizu. - "Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Cao Zhen"

In addition, there is a record in the Book of Wei as a supplement: Shao Yizhong was wise and intelligent, and he was a close confidant of Taizu. In the middle of the early peace, Taizu raised volunteers, Shao recruited disciples, and traveled from Taizu. When Yuzhou assassinated Shi Huang Wan, he wanted to kill Taizu, but Taizu avoided him and Shao Du was killed.

However, there are different records in "Wei Luo", which believes that Cao Zhen was not originally surnamed Cao, and his father changed his surname after he died in battle to protect Cao Cao.

The real surname is Qin, and he raises Cao's family. Or Yun's father Bo Nan Shu and Taizu Shan. At the end of Xingping, the party of Yuan Shubu and Taizu attacked and robbed, Taizu came out, was chased by Kou, walked into the Qin family, and Bonan opened the door to accept it. Kou asked where Taizu was, and replied, "I am." "Harm it. As a result, Taizu thought about his work, so he changed his surname. - "Wei Luo"

Bao Hong, the minister of the Sui Dynasty, once said that "Qin Zhen's father can die, and Wei Wuci's surname is Cao", which means that at least in the Sui and Tang dynasties, there has been some controversy about Cao Zhen's life experience.

I personally tend to say that Cao Zhen is Cao Cao's clan, and I think that if Cao Zhen was not originally surnamed Cao, then there should be some clues from other sources. In history, Cao Cao fought against Yuan Shu several times, all of which were relatively smooth, and there is not much information to record that Cao Cao once encountered a crisis. Moreover, during the Xingping period (194-195), Cao Cao's main opponents were Tao Qian, Lu Bu and others, and there was no record of his confrontation with the Yuan Shu group, but in the early years of Jian'an, the contradiction between Cao Cao and Yuan Shu intensified, and Cao Cao attacked Yuzhou many times and expelled Yuan Shu's forces, and the process was also quite smooth.

And Yuzhou Mu Huang Wan is an out-and-out party member in history, one of the original important subordinates of Taifu Chen Fan, because of the party dispute, Huang Wan's hatred for the eunuch group is definitely not low, he doesn't like Cao Cao, who was born in the eunuch family, it is understandable, he has the motive to harm Cao Cao, and Huang Wan's transfer from Yuzhou is also after Dong Zhuo came to power, so it is possible in time.

【Excellence】

Cao Zhen began to emerge during the Cao Cao period, and was already in charge of the Cao Pi era, and after Cao Rui came to power, he was a very popular minister, and finally became Cao Wei's military supreme commander Da Sima.

After Cao Zhen was adopted by Cao Cao and grew up, he first served in the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, and was named the Marquis of Lingshou Pavilion after crusading against the Lingqiu Yellow Turban Army. After Liu Bei's group launched the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Zhen led his troops with a partial general, and Cao Hong, the general of the capital, Cao Xiu, the cavalry captain, and Zhang Ji, the assassin of Yongzhou, defeated Liu Bei's general Wu Lanyu and was worshiped as a backbone general. In September of the twenty-third year of Jian'an (218), he went to Chang'an with Cao Cao's personal expedition and was awarded the post of leading the army. After Xiahou Yuan died in battle, Hanzhong was captured by Liu Bei, Cao Cao personally led the army to crusade against Liu Bei, appointed Cao Zhen as the protector of Shu, and the later governor Xu Huang was equal to Yangping Pass to defeat Liu Bei's general Gao Xiang.

In the first year of Yankang (220), Cao Pi came to power, and Cao Pi and Cao Zhen have been playmates since childhood, so after Cao Pi came to power, Cao Zhen was very important, and was appointed as the general of Zhenxi, the military governor of Yongzhou and Liangzhou, and recorded his exploits before and after, and entered the title of Dongxiang Marquis. At that time, Cao Pi began to put the post of Liangzhou Assassin History, and appointed Zou Qi, the Taishou of Anding, as the Assassin History. Zhang Jin, a native of Zhangye, held Taishou hostage and rebelled in Jiuquan, and led an army to prevent Zou Qi from taking office. Cao Zhen sent Fei Yao to march to quell Zhang Jin's rebellion. Later, he returned to Luoyang, was promoted to the general of the Supreme Army, supervised the Chinese and foreign military, and became one of the supreme commanders of Cao Wei's army.

In November of the second year of Huang Chu (221), Xinwei, Zhiyuanduo, Lu Shui, Feng Feng and other Hu formed a coalition army to make a rebellion in Hexi, when the general of Zhenxi Cao Zhen led the generals to fight against the Zhuhu coalition army, won a complete victory, pacified Hexi, this battle reopened the road between the Western Regions and the Central Plains Dynasty, in February of the following year, Shanshan, Qiuci, and the king of Khotan each sent envoys to dedicate, and Cao Wei restored the rule of the Han Dynasty in the Western Regions.

Later, Cao Pi launched a large-scale southern expedition to defeat Sun Quan, Cao Zhen and the southern general Xiahou Shang, the left general Zhang He, and the right general Xu Huang led the middle army to attack the Jiangling area of Nanjun, Cao Zhen, who was the commander at that time, first defeated the Wu general Sun Sheng, and then made Xiahou Shang repel Zhuge Jin, who came to reinforce, seize Jiangling Zhongzhou, and completely surround Jiangling City. However, the siege ended in June without success, and the plague broke out, and the army was finally forced to retreat. After that, Cao Zhen became the general of the Chinese army and added it to the matter.

After Cao Rui came to power, Cao Zhen went one step further, successively serving as a general and a great Sima, and became a leader in Cao Wei's army.