After the Battle of Xiangfan, Sun Quan sent an envoy to meet Cao Cao, return the previously captured Zhu Guang and others, and persuade Cao Cao to claim the emperor and stand on his own, but Cao Cao was unwilling to claim the title of emperor. Cao Cao died the following year.

【Sun Quan's persuasion】

After Sun Quan eliminated Guan Yu, Cao Cao appointed Sun Quan as a hussar general, a fake festival and a pastor of Jingzhou, and a marquis of Nanchang. Sun Quan also sent the captain Liang Yu to pay tribute to the Han court, and sent Zhu Guang and others, who had been captive, back to the north, etc., to make a gesture of goodwill, and wrote a letter to persuade Cao Cao to be the emperor, but Cao Cao said that he was willing to be the king of Zhou Wen if he had this opportunity, and he did not want to be the emperor.

According to the record of "Wei Luo", Sun Quan wrote a letter to call him a minister, saying that he was a minister and said that he was a mandate of heaven. Wang Yiquan said in a letter: "It is my son who wants to set me on the fire!" Chen Qun and Shang Shuhuan said: "The Han Dynasty has come since Emperor An, the government has gone to the office, and the number of national rules is extinct. It is between Huan and Ling, and all the people who are clear and weft are all saying, 'The Han line is exhausted, and the Huang family is prosperous'. His Royal Highness should be on time, and there are nine in the world, in order to serve the Han, the masses of people look at it, and sigh all over the world, so Sun Quan is called a minister in the distance, this heaven and man should be in unison. The ministers are foolish, Xia is not humble, Yin and Zhou are not stingy, they are afraid of their fate, and they have nothing to do. ”

In "Wei's Spring and Autumn Period", it is recorded as: Xiahou said to the king: "The world knows that the Han Zuo has been exhausted, and different generations have risen." Since ancient times, those who can eliminate the harm of the people and return to the people are also democratic. His Royal Highness has been Rong for more than 30 years, and his merits are in Li Shu, which is relied on by the world. The king said: "'If there is government, it is also government.'" If the destiny of heaven is in me, I am the king of Zhou Wen. ”

However, there are also different records, "Cao Concealment Biography" and "Shiyu" and Yun Huan Jie persuaded the king to be on the throne, Xiahou thought that it was advisable to destroy Shu first, and Wu Fu if Shu died, and the two parties were established, and then followed the track of Shun and Yu, and the king followed it. As for Wang Xu, he chased and hated the preface, and died of illness.

Later Sun Sheng commented that the relevant records in the "World Language" were not true, because Xiahou was ashamed to be a Han official and asked for the Wei seal, but this is not necessarily.

Sun Quan persuaded Cao Cao to be reluctant to be the emperor for many reasons, among which although Cao Cao himself may not have much desire to be the emperor, but it also had a lot to do with the situation at that time.

When Sun Quan persuaded in, the Cao Wei group was not at its peak, at that time Cao Cao had just experienced the Battle of Hanzhong and the Battle of Xiangfan was the defeat of Guan Yu's flooded Seventh Army, and then Guan Yu was also eliminated by Lu Meng and others, Cao Wei's troops just repelled it, although there was the persuasion of Sun Quan and others, but Cao Cao may not think that he had enough merit at that time, in this case, Xiahou Tang persuaded Cao Cao to destroy Shu first, then destroy Wu, and then proclaim the emperor is not an incomprehensible thing.

And after Sun Quan and Liu Bei fell out, Cao Cao could try to win over Sun Quan to deal with Liu Bei, even if it didn't work, Sun Quan could remain neutral, just against a Liu Bei, Cao Cao's chances of winning were still quite large, and the strategy of destroying Shu first and then Wu under the situation at that time was very implementable.

The purpose of Sun Quan's persuasion, I personally think that Sun Quan handed over Guan Yu's head to Cao Cao, is to intensify the contradiction between Cao Wei and Liu Bei, if Cao Wei replaces the Han family, then in various senses, it is intolerable to Liu Bei, who is a relative of the Han family, who takes the Han family as the orthodox, which can attract Liu Bei's attention to prevent Liu Bei from hitting himself with his ideas.

【Cao Cao's Death】

On the 23rd day of the first month of the 25th year of Jian'an (220.3.15), Cao Cao, the king of Wei, died in Luoyang at the age of 66. When he was dying, he said: "The world is not yet stable, and we cannot follow the old system of antiquity." After the burial, even if the mourning clothes are removed. All generals who led troops to defend outside were not allowed to leave the garrison. Officials are to do their duty. Decorate the burial with the clothes worn at that time, and do not put gold, silver, and jewelry for burial. The King of Wei was nicknamed "King Wu". On February 21 (4.11), he was buried in Gaoling.

Cao Cao left two wills in his later life, one known as the "Last Order" and the other as the "Final Order".

The "Testament" records as: "I feel a little bad in the middle of the night, and I will drink porridge and sweat tomorrow, and take angelica soup." I am in the army, and I hold the law. As for petty wrath, great negligence, undue effect. The world has not yet been settled, and it has not been obeyed by the ancients. I have a head disease, and I have been working first. After I die, I will hold the big clothes as long as I live. When a hundred officials are in the palace, they will raise their voices for fifteen and remove their clothes after the burial; Those who are stationed in the cantonment are not allowed to leave the cantonment; There is a division and each rate is a job. Collect the clothes of the time, buried in the west of Ye, close to the Ximen Leopard Temple, no gold and jade jewelry. My concubines and servants are all diligent, making the bronze bird platform and treating it well. Set up a six-foot bed on the platform, set up a tent, and make fun of the tent in the morning, on the fifteenth day of the month, from morning to noon, and make fun in the tent. You wait to climb the bronze bird platform from time to time and look at the cemetery field in the west of Wuxi. The remaining incense can be divided among the ladies, and it is not sacrificed. There is nothing to do in the house, but you can learn to sell as a group. The ribbons obtained by my officials are all in Tibet. The rest of my clothes can not be hidden, and if you can't, the brothers can share them. ”

This will was left shortly before Cao Cao's death, and it is actually Cao Cao's will, but it is a little trivial and chattering that people can't think of. Cao Cao basically did not mention about national events, and all he talked about were trivial matters, in which Cao Cao explained his illness, posthumous operations, burial places, his wives and concubines, prostitutes' residences, living and employment arrangements, and how to divide the relics.

The so-called "birds are dying, their songs are also mourning, and people are dying, and their words are good." As the undoubted overlord of the Three Kingdoms era, Cao **** Qian finally returned to the ordinary, showing his true side.

When Cao Cao died, he thought mostly about his relatives, even if he was Cao Ang before he died, Cao Cao once sighed for this: "I have never been negative in my heart." If the order dies and there is a spirit, if the son asks, 'Where is my mother?' ”

The "Final Order" records that "those who are buried in ancient times will dwell in barren lands." Its regulations are the West Gate Leopard Temple, the west plain is the longevity tomb, because the height is the base, not sealed and not the tree. "Zhou Li", the place where the mound people are in charge of the cemetery, where the princes live in front of the left and right, the doctor lives behind, and the Han system is also called the accompanying mausoleum. Its ministers and ministers will be meritorious people, it is advisable to accompany Shouling, which is widely a trillion domain, so that it is compatible. ”

"The Final Order" was written in the twenty-third year of Jian'an (218), mainly because Cao Cao explained the burial of his own posthumous death, which is still very ordinary in general, just a preventive shot taken by Cao Cao in advance, so there is not much to say.