When Cao Cao was named King of Wei, he was already relatively old, and then faced a major problem was the selection of a successor, which was also a major and extremely complex problem faced by any dynasty in China's thousands of years of feudal society.

Many great emperors such as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, and Emperor Kangxi had a headache on this issue, and so did Cao Cao, although he did not claim the title of emperor, and he was only one step away from the emperor.

According to China's feudal etiquette, the heir is the eldest son, Cao Cao was named the king of Wei, and his concubine Bian was corrected as the queen of Wei because she gave birth to several sons and was more virtuous.

According to what Shao Yun told me, Bian's position in Cao Mengde's heart cannot be replaced, and when Shao Yun was most favored, he was only the second in the ranking.

This queen of Wei gave birth to four sons to Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Xiong, Cao Zhang died early, as the second son of Cao Pi because of the idea of having a high staff like Jia Xu who is like a god, relying on crying every time he sent Cao Cao to the expedition to show his filial piety, and then bribed Cao Zhi's people, and used Yang Xiu to cheat for Cao Zhi and other means, constantly hurt Cao Zhi in small reports, and finally won the battle for the heir.

However, it turned out that Cao Cao, who had always been smart, did not escape the careful deception of his son and his high staff, and finally deviated himself from the right track in terms of heir, and the later Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi had many obvious flaws, which also laid the groundwork for the Cao Wei regime to be controlled by the Sima family in a short period of time.

Although he saw the battle for the heir of Cao Cao's son, Cao Pi was more scheming and seemed to be more suitable to be the heir than Cao Zhi.

However, these are actually some small skills, not political skills at all, in fact, after his father's death, Cao Pi became the king of Wei and became the emperor, this kind of shallow behavior is increasing.

The first is to incorporate many of my father's little wives, obviously contempt for the feudal etiquette at that time, and secondly, he immediately took revenge on Cao Zhi's group and killed all the core figures of this group, and Cao Zhi saved his life because of his mother's appearance.

For the Cao family, I know a lot, so now it seems to have given me a lot of hole cards, Cao Pi stood beside me and asked my opinion, I hesitated a little and then said: "Childe, please forgive me for being rude, if there is any offense, please forgive Childe." ”

"You say, 'I will forgive thee.' Cao Pi said with concern.

I said, "If the grass people are not mistaken, I am afraid that the king of Wei will choose Cao Zhi as the prince!" ”

"What?" Cao Pi was shocked.

Cao Chong is actually the smartest of the princes, eight years old, but Cao Chong is too young to understand people, and his edge is too exposed, in fact, Cao Chong just wanted to please Cao Cao at that time, and Cao Cao also particularly appreciated this son and let Sima Yi be Cao Chong's teacher and also train him as a successor.

It's a pity that Cao Chong is young and doesn't know the world, doesn't understand the ugliness of human nature, when he was a child, Cao Pi couldn't tolerate him, Sima Yi was right, Cao Chong is not a smart son, a really smart son will not let people see his smartness, and Cao Pi is the son who is forbearant and smart.

Cao Chong is the same as Sun Quan, Sun Quan sent Liu Biao alone at the age of nine to retrieve his father's corpse, and he knows the allusions of the jade seal of the country and even sees through the scourge of the jade seal of the country. Sun Quan can still become a hegemon, and if Cao Chong can grow, the upper limit will inevitably be no less than Sun Quan.

But now, Cao Chong is only three years old, so it is no longer within my consideration, so I must borrow Cao Pi's hand to give our army the strategy of attacking Runan, add some oil, I said: "Cao Zhi's son is talented, benevolent, King Wei has always been very optimistic about him, according to common sense, the possibility of choosing Cao Zhi is very great, but there is one thing, that is, the third son is good wine, and he will not restrain himself, if the second son can start from it, he may be able to save his chance!" ”

"Didn't you say my eldest brother Cao Zhang before?"

"There is definitely a song about the eldest prince leading troops to fight, but as a monarch, he must be resourceful, how much do you think the wisdom of the eldest prince and the king of Wei is slightly different?"

"It's a world of difference!"

"That's it, so speaking of which, Cao Zhigongzi's chances are relatively large." I said.

Cao Pi sat on the ground with a decadent face: "How can this be?!" I have changed the law to please my father, why did my father choose this way. ”

"I haven't chosen it yet, but Childe still has a chance!" I said.

"Oh?!"

"I heard that during the Peach Blossom Festival, the third prince was ordered to guard the city gate, right?" I looked at Cao Pi.

Cao Pi nodded: "Yes." ”

"If the second son sends wine and beauties to the third son, then the third son drinks and makes a mistake, wouldn't he give the second son a chance?!" I said with a smile.

"But this Runan is not stable now, and now there is an enemy outside, so if Lin Xiongtu suddenly kills him, the city defense will be empty, wouldn't it...... Dangerous? ”

"Definitely! The second prince thought, the king of Wei occupies the north, and he has so much land under his command, which can be called one-third of the world, and if this Runan is lost, he Lin Xiongtu will not be able to go too far, don't forget, when Liu Junshi burned all the 50,000 troops to death, then Lin Xiongtu's vitality was greatly injured, and now he doesn't even have a fart, and the second prince is still afraid of him? ”

"Of course I'm not afraid, how can I be afraid of him Lin Xiongtu!" Cao Pi said angrily.

I smiled and said: "That's it, if the gate of Runan is empty, and His Royal Highness King Wei will blame him, do you think the third prince will be able to escape?" As long as the third son withdraws from the competition for the son, the position of the son of the world, nine times out of ten, will be the second son's! ”

"Good! Ha ha! Dabai, you are really my blessed person, since you have such knowledge, from today onwards, how about you being my doorman? When I take the place of my father, I will give you the glory and wealth and beauty that you have not seen! ”

"Second son Xie...... Oh no...... Thank you, Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince! I immediately prayed.

Cao Pi laughed: "Aiqing, please get up!" ”

I thought about it for a moment and said, "But if you want to succeed, I'm afraid you will have to make one person suffer!" ”

"Who?"

"That's Liu Ji, Liu Bowen!" I said.

I know that Liu Bowen has a good relationship with Cao Zhi, so I can take advantage of it.

Cao Pi frowned: "Master Liu? This is my father's most important advisor...... I don't dare to move, absolutely not! ”

"Then you don't dare, the position of the son of this world will fly......"

"Scared?!"

"Liu Junshi and Cao Zhi Gongzi have a very good relationship, often drink together and fight against each other, if after the battle between the princes begins, Liu Junshi helps Cao Zhi Gongzi, the second son thinks...... Do you still have a chance to win?! ”

"But you're trapping me in injustice!"

"No, first of all, Lord Xun Yu, Xun Yu has been considered to have Wang Zuo's talent since he was a child, and he is very talented, Lord Xun Yu, he is Xun Yu's nephew, and he also has good strength, as well as Jia Xu, Lord Jia Xu has the reputation of a poisoner in troubled times, and Lord Cheng Yu, he changed his name to Cheng Yu because he held the sun in Mount Tai in his dream, and he led the people to fight against the Yellow Turban in Dong'a, and from Cao Cao in Yanzhou, he was named Shou Zhang Ling." I looked at Cao Pi and said, "These four people are all talented people, but he Liu Ji is sharp and suppressed four people, if the second son can gain the trust of these four people, then send Liu Ji in one fell swoop, and then the four great strategists will become the second son's siblings, will the second son still feel that the position of the son of this world is far away?" ”

When I was so close, Cao Pi's eyes almost lit up: "Indeed, Liu Ji is too arrogant, and there is no one in his eyes, if it weren't for his dictatorship, I'm afraid Lord Xun Yu and them would have already risen to strength...... Then you say, how should I deal with Liu Ji? ”

I gritted my teeth and said coldly: "The second son can kill ......"

Cao Pi was stunned: "You...... You're ......."

"Otherwise, it may be the second son who died, with Liu Ji's extremely smart task, if he assists Cao Zhi, does the second son still have a chance to win?!" I stared at Cao Pi.

Cao Pi gritted his teeth: "How to kill?" ”

"Let Cao Zhi do it......" I smiled.

Cao Pi came over and said, "If I can make my third brother lose power, you are my greatest help, and I will definitely treat you well!" ”

"Second son, now on this Peach Blossom Festival, there is just an opportunity, otherwise, take advantage of this Peach Blossom Festival, and the second son will have a good time?!" I shook my head and said.

Cao Pi seemed to have completely believed me at this time: "What should I do? ”

"In the name of Jiangdong assassins, the grass people have been wandering the rivers and lakes for decades, and now I have met a lot of warlocks in the rivers and lakes, why don't I go on a trip for the second son?!"