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After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi inherited the position of prime minister and the title of King of Wei, and began to further monopolize power.

In the same year, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie, to abdicate, proclaimed himself emperor in Luoyang, and established the Wei Dynasty.

After becoming emperor, Cao Pi learned the lesson of the decline of the Han Dynasty and believed that only by concentrating power in his own hands and stabilizing the balance of power in the court could the rule of the Wei Dynasty be further consolidated.

So Cao Pi vigorously implemented the Nine-Rank System to select officials, and Cao Pi, the high-level official in power, recruited a large number of Cao's relatives and his own confidants.

For a time, the Cao Wei regime was more stable and stronger than Shu Han and Eastern Wu.

"Cao Pi was born in Qiao County, Pei State, in the fourth year of Zhongping during the reign of Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty. His father was Cao Cao and his mother was Lady Bian, Cao Cao's concubine."

"At a time when the country was in turmoil, Cao Cao personally taught Cao Pi the art of riding and archery."

"In addition to his riding and archery education, Cao Pi's cultural education was also deeply influenced by Cao Cao."

"When Cao Pi was a teenager, he often followed Cao Cao on his expeditions."

"In the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao went south to attack Jingzhou and encountered Zhang Xiu in Wancheng, who surrendered and rebelled again."

"Cao Cao was hit by a stray arrow in the melee, and his eldest son Cao Ang and nephew Cao Anmin were killed."

"Ten-year-old Cao Pi was also with the army at the time and survived thanks to his military training."

"After Cao Ang died, Madam Ding blamed Cao Cao and divorced him. Madam Bian became Cao Cao's principal wife, and Cao Pi became Cao Cao's eldest son."

"In the fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao fought Yuan Shao at Guandu, and Cao Pi accompanied him."

"In the ninth year of Jian'an, Cao's army captured Ye City. Cao Pi followed the army into the city and forcibly took Yuan Xi's wife Zhen as his wife."

"In the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao marched south to Jingzhou and fought against the allied forces of Sun Quan and Liu Bei at Chibi, with Cao Pi accompanying him throughout the battle."

"In the 13th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao abolished the Three Dukes system of the Eastern Han Dynasty and appointed himself as prime minister."

"In the 16th year of Jian'an, Cao Pi was appointed General of the Five Officials, and was appointed to an official position, serving as the deputy to the prime minister."

"In the same year, Cao Cao went west to attack Ma Chao and left Cao Pi to guard Yecheng."

"The Hejian region is located between Youzhou and Jizhou. The rebellion in Hejian shook both states, and Cao Pi intended to personally lead his army to suppress it."

"Later, Cao Cao sent Cao Ren to lead seven armies to attack Tian Yin and Su Bo, and Cao Pi also sent General Jia Xin to participate in the war."

"After the Hejian Rebellion was quelled, Cao Pi wanted to follow military law and collectively execute the more than a thousand surrendered people under Jia Xin's control, but was dissuaded by his adviser Cheng Yu."

"Cheng Yu suggested that Cao Pi try not to use the power of command given by Cao Cao, so Cao Pi turned to Cao Cao to report and ask for instructions."

"Cao Cao praised Cheng Yu for his ability to deal with fathers and sons, and believed that he was very good at regulating the power relationship between fathers and sons."

"In the 17th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao went south to attack Sun Quan, and Cao Pi accompanied him again."

"In the 21st year of Jian'an, Cao Cao was promoted to King of Wei."

"As his father's deputy, Cao Pi had no room to exercise his independence in politics during this period."

"Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were brothers from the same mother. Cao Pi was the elder brother, and Cao Zhi was five years younger than Cao Pi."

"When Cao Zhi was more than ten years old, he could recite the Book of Songs, the Analects of Confucius, and hundreds of thousands of words of poetry and prose, and was good at writing."

"His talent amazed Cao Cao, who once listed him as a candidate for succession."

"In the 19th year of Jian'an, when Cao Cao went to attack Sun Quan, he deliberately left Cao Zhi instead of Cao Pi to guard Yecheng."

"In the 22nd year of Jian'an, Cao Pi won the battle for the succession."

"Cao Cao wore a crown with twelve jade beads, rode in a golden chariot driven by six horses, and appointed Cao Pi as the crown prince of Wei."

Du Fu: It is said that Cao Pi killed his brothers, but in fact, Cao Pi died earlier than Cao Zhi.

As the second son of the Cao family, Cao Pi was loved by his elder brother Cao Ang and treated like a star in the Cao family since he was a child.

The Cao family was wealthy. His great-grandfather Cao Teng, grandfather Cao Song, and father Cao Cao were all important officials in the court.

The excellent educational environment, Cao Pi's own intelligence, and the strict teaching of his father Cao Cao.

In his youth, Cao Pi read the Four Books and Five Classics, as well as works such as "Records of the Grand Historian", which were deeply loved by Cao Cao.

In the Wancheng Incident that shocked the court and the country, Cao Cao's favorite successor, his eldest son Cao Ang, died. Cao Cao then trained Cao Pi as his successor.

However, the birth of his youngest son Cao Chong caused Cao Cao to change his attitude towards Cao Pi.

This made Cao Pi a little panicked, but he couldn't do anything.

As the saying goes, there are unexpected changes in the weather and people are subject to misfortunes at any time. Cao Chong died of illness at the age of 13.

Since the death of Cao Chong, the only two people who could compete with Cao Pi for the position of successor were Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang.

Cao Cao seriously considered these three people, but quickly eliminated Cao Zhang.

Once, at a family gathering, Cao Cao asked his sons what they planned to do in the future.

The sons' answers were roughly the same. They all hoped to be able to govern beyond the scope of the government, report to the king and the country, and bring peace to the people.

The only remaining threat to Cao Pi's successor was Cao Zhi.

But Cao Pi once asked himself that although Cao Pi was smart since childhood and had a high level of literary attainments, he was still far behind his younger brother Cao Zhi.

This made Cao Pi very worried, so he asked an aide named Wu Zhi what to do.

The most important thing between father and son is true love. As long as Cao Pi can make King Wei feel the prince's sincerity, this matter will be easy.

Once Cao Cao went on an expedition, and all the ministers and his sons went out of the city to see him off.

Cao Zhi wrote an impassioned article to Cao Cao, and everyone thought that Cao Zhi's article was very well written.

When it was Cao Pi's turn, he said nothing. He just kept looking at Cao Cao. After a while, he started crying.

At this time, Cao Cao was also moved by Cao Pi's sincerity, so the father and son hugged each other and cried bitterly.

The people around were also moved by the true love between father and son and shed tears.

From then on, Cao Cao's inner successor was Cao Pi.

"In the 24th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao led his army to attack Liu Bei, and Cao Pi stayed in Yecheng as the crown prince of Wei."

"In September of that year, Wei Feng, a subordinate of the Western Division of the Prime Minister, took advantage of the fact that Cao Cao's army was stranded in Hanzhong and secretly gathered a group of fellow supporters of the Han Dynasty. Together with Chen Yi, the Weiwei of Changle, they conspired to capture Yecheng."

"Chen Yi became frightened and withdrew from the process and informed Cao Pi."

"Cao Pi then captured and killed Wei Feng and conducted a large-scale search for his accomplices in Yecheng. Many people who had contact with Wei Feng were killed."

"Wang Can became friends with Cao Pi because of his literary talent. When Wang Can died in the 22nd year of Jian'an, Cao Pi personally attended his funeral."

"Wang Can's two sons were implicated by Wei Feng in the incident and were both killed by Cao Pi, and Wang Can's descendants were extinct."

"After hearing the news in Hanzhong, Cao Cao lamented that if he were to handle the Wei Feng case himself, he would not let Wang Can be without descendants."

"Liu Yi's brother Liu Wei was implicated by the emperor, and Cao Pi wanted to implicate Liu Yi and kill him together with Liu Wei."

"Chen Qun pleaded with Cao Cao, who personally intervened, and Liu Yi was able to save his life."

"In the first month of the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao died of illness in Luoyang."

"When Cao Cao was seriously ill, he summoned his second son Cao Zhang, who was leading the army in Chang'an, to Luoyang. When Cao Zhang arrived in Luoyang, Cao Cao had already passed away."

"Cao Zhang believed that Cao Cao summoned him to establish Cao Zhi as his successor, so he asked Jia Kui, who was in charge of the funeral in Luoyang, for the seal and ribbon of the King of Wei. Jia Kui refused on the grounds that the crown prince was in Yecheng."

"Cao Zhi used Yuan Shao and his son as negative examples and told Cao Zhang that he had no intention of competing with Cao Pi for the throne."

"In the same month, Cao Pi appointed himself Prime Minister in Yecheng, succeeded the throne of King Wei, and became Governor of Jizhou."

"After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne of Wei, he introduced a series of measures to win over the hearts and minds of the people and consolidate his rule."

"For example, the "Decree on Low Taxes" was promulgated to reduce the taxes on customs, forts, ponds and gardens to one tenth of the tax."

"Give generous rewards to the princes and generals, and send envoys to visit the local counties and states to punish local officials who are tyrannical."

"Issued the "Wide Inquiry Order" to encourage all officials to give me advice and suggestions."

"Adopt the suggestion of Shangshu Chen Qun and formulate the Nine-Rank System to select talents, so that the gentry can have a regular channel to enter the ruling class."

"Cao Pi also killed the brothers Ding Yi and Ding Yi, who were close to Cao Zhi, and killed all the males in their families."

"At the same time, he ordered all the princes, including Cao Zhi, to leave the central government and go to their fiefdoms."

"At the same time, Cao Pi also created auspicious events such as the appearance of a yellow dragon in Qiao County to prepare public opinion for a change of dynasty."

"In June of the same year, Cao Pi assembled his army in the name of a southern expedition. General Huo Xing, the General of the Central Army, dissuaded him from doing so, saying that it was not appropriate to launch an expedition because the foundation had just been established. He was therefore executed by Cao Pi."

"In August, Cao Pi held a grand feast for the six armies and local people in Qiao County." "In November, Cao Pi ordered the burial of soldiers who had died since the expedition and provided pensions to their families, with the local government hosting the memorial service."

Li Bai: Three prophecies and curses about Cao Pi's short life, the fortune teller's reminder, not being ten for Pi, and the sister's curse.

Cao Pi was not only an outstanding writer, but he was also the first person in history to write seven-character poems. His work "Dianlun" is well-known throughout the world.

He, his father Cao Cao, and his brother Cao Zhi are collectively known as the Three Caos in the literary world.

It can be seen that his status in the literary world is extraordinary, and Cao Pi's martial arts are also outstanding.

Once, Cao Pi was discussing swordsmanship with a general named Deng Zhan. When they were discussing the topic, Cao Pi pointed out some shortcomings in Deng Zhan's remarks.

Deng Zhan was a warrior who had been fighting on the battlefield for many years. He had an impatient temper and, regardless of Cao Pi's status, he challenged Cao Pi to a sword-fight.

Cao Pi was not angry and agreed to Deng Zhan's request.

When the two were competing in swordsmanship, Cao Pi unexpectedly defeated Deng Zhan in just three moves.

Deng Zhan was a famous general in the court. Cao Pi could easily defeat Deng Zhan, which shows that Cao Pi's martial arts were extraordinary.

After becoming emperor, Cao Pi began to appoint a large number of Cao's relatives as high-ranking officials in order to consolidate the central government.

In terms of people's livelihood, the government encouraged industry, agriculture, and commerce, developed the economy and agriculture, and further reduced taxes and labor service on the people.

Externally, he launched many expeditions to the south to conquer the Eastern Wu and kept powerful enemies out of the country.

This made Cao Wei far stronger than Shu Han and Eastern Wu, and this was also the seven years when Cao Wei regime was most powerful.

Politically, he reformed the official system and vigorously promoted the Nine-Rank System.

Most of the high-ranking officials were important ministers left by Cao Cao and relatives of the Cao and Xiahou families.

At the same time, women were strictly prohibited from interfering in government affairs in order to avoid the decline of the Han Dynasty.

At the same time, Cao Pi also rectified the official style, arrested a large number of people, and punished corrupt officials.

For a time, the government and the country were in peace, the people lived and worked in peace, and the national strength became stronger and stronger.

In terms of culture, Cao Pi ordered the restoration of Imperial College, the establishment of schools, encouraged civilians to read, and repaired the literary works left over from the previous dynasty.

In the military, he took the initiative and ordered Xiahou Shang, Xu Huang and others to lure Meng Da of Shangyong County to surrender.

He defeated Liu Bei's adopted son Liu Feng and recovered the three strategic counties of Shangyong.

At the same time, during his reign, he launched several expeditions against Eastern Wu, forcing Sun Quan to submit to Cao Wei.

"In the first year of Yankang, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian of Han to abdicate, ascended the throne and became emperor, named the country Wei, and made Luoyang the capital."

"Han Xiandi was honored as Duke of Shanyang, and Cao Cao was posthumously honored as Emperor Wu of Wei."

"In December of the same year, Cao Pi arrived in Luoyang and began to build the Luoyang Palace."

"During the process of accepting the throne, Cao Pi used the auspicious signs and the prophecies of the five elements to create public opinion."

"During this period, Emperor Xian of Han repeatedly issued edicts to abdicate, and his ministers submitted dozens of petitions to persuade him to ascend the throne, but Cao Pi repeatedly declined."

"In his third abdication edict, Emperor Xian of Han begged Cao Pi to follow the will of heaven and emulate Shun and Yu in accepting the abdication."

"During his reign, Cao Pi was committed to consolidating power and restoring the economy."

"The core measures include: abolishing the prime minister and restoring the three-minister system; and bestowing gifts on important officials and their descendants."

"Strike down dissidents, weaken the power of the vassal states, and prohibit the princes from entering Luoyang to prevent a coup."

"Issued the "Edict to Forbid the Mother Empress from Interfering in Government Affairs" and other documents to prohibit eunuchs and relatives from interfering in government affairs."

“Reduce the burden of taxes and labor service on the people, issue the “Edict on Lightening Punishments”, and send envoys to local prefectures and counties to investigate the people’s livelihood, so that the people can rest and recuperate.”

"Reviving Confucianism, rebuilding the Imperial College and local official schools."

"Establish the Nine-Rank System and restore the talent selection system such as the selection of filial and honest people."

"Externally, Cao Pi focused his conquest on the State of Wu, launching three campaigns to attack Wu."

"After Sun Quan captured Jingzhou, which was guarded by Guan Yu, he chose to make peace with Cao Wei in order to counter Liu Bei's revenge."

"He sent an envoy to express his submission. Cao Pi sent the Minister of Rites Xing Zhen to Jiangdong to enthrone Sun Quan as the King of Wu."

"After the Wu army defeated the Shu army, Sun Quan refused to send his eldest son Sun Deng to Wei as a hostage, and the relationship between Wei and Wu took a sharp turn for the worse."

"In October of the same year, Cao Pi mobilized an army of 300,000 and divided it into three routes to attack the Eastern Wu."

"In the fifth year of Huangchu, Cao Pi once again mobilized 100,000 troops to attack Guangling of Wu."

"In the sixth year of Huangchu, Cao Pi mobilized an army of 100,000 men for the third time to attack Guangling of Wu."

"These three military campaigns failed to achieve any significant results."

"But through these military expeditions, Cao Pi disintegrated the separatist forces in Qing and Xu states, represented by the general Zang Ba."

"In the seventh year of Huangchu, Cao Pi was critically ill, and he appointed Pingyuan King Cao Rui as the crown prince, and ordered Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Chen Qun, and Sima Yi to assist the successor according to the will."

"After Cao Pi became emperor, Zhen fell out of favor and was executed by Cao Pi in June of the second year of Huangchu."

"Because of Zhen's murder, Cao Pi had long intended to choose another successor."

"It was not until Cao Pi became seriously ill that Cao Rui was hastily appointed as the crown prince."

"On May 17, Cao Pi died in Jiafu Hall of Luoyang Palace at the age of 40. He was posthumously named Emperor Wen."

"Before his death, Cao Pi ordered that all concubines below the rank of Shuyuan and Zhaoyi be expelled from the palace and sent back home."

"On June 9, according to the simple burial system established by Cao Pi during his lifetime, Cao Pi's body was buried in Shouyang Mausoleum."

Wang Wei: When Cao Pi became emperor, all officials were happy except for two people who looked gloomy, and Cao Pi could not let it go for a long time.

Cao Pi fell ill in the first month of the seventh year of Huangchu and died in Luoyang in May of the same year.

He entrusted his son to Chen Qun, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Sima Yi and others, who assisted Cao Rui in becoming emperor.

Many people felt sorry for Cao Pi's untimely death, but the fact that Cao Pi was so seriously ill that he could not recover was actually closely related to his personal eating habits and lifestyle.

First of all, when it comes to diet, Cao Pi is quite picky about food.

He ate meat almost every meal and could not live without meat, and Cao Pi especially liked sweets.

Cao Pi's fondness for sweet foods such as desserts, pastries, and fruits has reached an astonishing and hopeless level.

Cao Pi particularly liked eating grapes and even wrote an article specifically praising the sweetness of grapes.

Cao Pi not only liked grapes, but was also very interested in sugarcane, pears, longan, dates and other very sweet things.

A normal person cannot endure such a way of eating. Cao Pi’s serious illness is most likely diabetes.

Not only in terms of diet, Cao Pi's lifestyle was also quite excessive, and could even be described as extremely licentious.

Cao Pi followed his father Cao Cao to capture Yuan Shao's base camp Ye City, but Cao Pi did not follow Cao Cao in the city to appease the people.

Instead, he rushed directly into the mansion of Yuan Shao's son Yuan Xi, because Cao Pi heard that Yuan Xi's wife Zhen Mi was an unparalleled beauty.

Perhaps Cao Pi inherited his father Cao Cao's lustful nature, or perhaps he was afraid that Zhen Mi would be seen by Cao Cao and snatched away.

Just when Cao Cao had not yet completely occupied Ye City, Cao Pi raped Zhen Mi.

After Cao Cao got the news, Cao Pi had already come to Cao Cao and asked him to take Zhen Mi as his concubine, which shows how lustful he was.

Once, he was busy with state affairs and collapsed from exhaustion. He was carried to the harem to rest.

When his mother, Queen Dowager Bian, learned about this, she hurried to the harem to visit Cao Pi.

But as soon as she entered the room, Empress Dowager Bian discovered something was wrong. The palace maids and concubines serving Cao Pi looked very familiar.

Upon closer inspection, it turns out that these palace maids and concubines were all Cao Cao's favorites during his lifetime.

Queen Dowager Bian was immediately furious that she didn't even know about this, so she questioned Cao Pi.

Not long after Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi brought Cao Cao's palace maids and concubines to his side.

Queen Dowager Bian was extremely angry when she heard this. Her father's body was still warm, but her son was busy trying to snatch his concubine.

She didn't even bother to ask about Cao Pi's illness. She turned around and left Cao Pi's harem in anger.

This shows how debauched Cao Pi was. Even after his death, his body was sent to the mausoleum for burial.

Queen Mother Bian did not care about the whole process, which shows that she was extremely disappointed with her son. (End of this chapter)