burning beans

In the first month of the sixth year of Taihe, the capitals of all dynasties.Cao Rui received the kings in the main hall and encouraged them with kind words.

The west building is still the courtyard where I lived in the past, but the person who would come to disturb my dream in the middle of the night is no longer there.Lying on a bed that seemed too wide, Cao Zhi once suffered from insomnia.In Luoyang in winter, you can't hear the chirping of birds and insects. It used to be too noisy, but now it feels too quiet.With no sleepiness at all, Cao Zhi simply put on his clothes and got up, walked to the window and opened it.In an instant, a black figure appeared in the field of vision, Cao Zhi's heart skipped a beat, his pupils widened and he said "Zi Huan" which had reached his throat, but he swallowed it again.Hastily opened the door and knelt down to salute, Cao Zhi lowered his eyes to hide the emotions in his eyes: "Your Majesty is here to visit, and I am far away from welcoming you. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

His cold eyes fell on Cao Zhi, but Cao Rui didn't let him get up, and the words of indiscernible emotion came faintly: "Could it be that the emperor is here to welcome the emperor?"

The heartbeat suddenly increased, and Cao Zhi's fingers clenched involuntarily: Could it be that this child knows...

Cao Rui didn't seem to really need Cao Zhi's answer. The sound of footsteps gradually approached, and a pair of brocade boots appeared in Cao Zhi's sight. His tone of voice was still indiscriminate: "Get up. It's winter and night cold. If the emperor kneels on the ground for a long time, Father should feel sorry for you." After saying that, Cao Rui passed Cao Zhi and walked into the house.

In the cold night, Cao Zhi's back was sweating profusely.He is already sure that Cao Rui knows everything between him and Zihuan, so what is he doing here tonight?Zihuan has passed away for so many years, is he going to pursue all this now?Surprised and uncertain in his heart, he did not dare to be negligent in his actions. Seeing Cao Rui sitting down on his own, Cao Zhi hurriedly took the teacup on the table and poured fragrant tea for the current supreme ruler of Wei State.

After receiving the tea, Cao Rui didn't intend to drink it, and put the teacup back on the table casually: "Don't be so nervous, uncle, if I really want to do something, you can't stay here in peace right now. It’s here. But,” paused, Cao Rui’s gaze suddenly turned fierce, and he shot at Cao Zhi like a knife, “I’m curious, what kind of person can make someone like Father Huang willing to commit such an unethical taboo."

Taking a deep breath, Cao Zhi calmed down, and said calmly, "Your Majesty's words are out of line."

Cao Rui's gaze also gradually calmed down, and he seemed to sigh, and said: "I used to be curious, why my father has only my mother as his wife, but he never stayed with my mother, but I didn't expect..."

Cao Zhi didn't know how to answer the words, and the two fell into silence for a moment.After a long while, Cao Zhi said slowly: "What's the use of saying this now? The man has passed away, and I only hope that the deceased rests in peace."

"Rest in peace?" Somehow this word stimulated Cao Rui, and his voice suddenly rose: "How should my mother rest in peace?"

Cao Zhi was taken aback for a moment, puzzled and said, "Empress Wen Zhao..."

"My mother was killed by that good brother of yours!" Cao Rui couldn't restrain his emotions when talking about his biological mother.

His pupils widened suddenly, and Cao Zhi was taken aback: "Why? It's not that it's a serious illness that cannot be cured..."

Cao Rui snorted coldly: "There have been many people who died of 'serious illness' in the harem since ancient times." Seeing that Cao Zhi's expression did not seem to be fake, Cao Rui's tone softened a little: "It seems that you really don't know."

Shaking his head, Cao Zhi murmured, "Why..."

"Why?" Cao Rui said disdainfully, "Do you still need to ask? You are worried about the resurgence of the Yuan family. Hmph, the suspiciousness of your Cao family has been passed down from generation to generation."

Suddenly feeling a little dizzy, Cao Zhi stared at Cao Rui in a daze: "You already know..." Shocked, he even forgot his honorific title.

However, Cao Rui was not thinking about it at this time, and he didn't care about it. Instead, he snorted coldly again: "How many things in this world can really be hidden? Sometimes you don't say it, you don't care about it." It means no one knows."

"Do you want revenge?" His heart beat wildly, and a sense of uneasiness began to pervade, Cao Zhi felt his fingertips start to feel cold.

Cao Rui was silent for a long time, and suddenly a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "It's not about revenge, it's just about making trouble."

"Troubleshooting?" Cao Zhi frowned, feeling more and more uneasy.Suddenly, he raised his head and looked at Cao Rui with disbelief: "You have been cultivating foreign ministers and suppressing Cao's clan all these years, could it be..."

Tilting his head slightly, Cao Rui said with a mischievous childlike expression, "Can't you? Anyway, it's impossible for my son to take this seat in the future, so it doesn't matter who will sit?"

Cao Zhi opened his mouth, instinctively wanting to refute, but couldn't find the right words for a while, so he could only say: "After all, he raised you..."

A cold look flashed across his eyes, and Cao Rui still smiled: "If it weren't for this, it would not be just Cao Ziwen who died in your Cao family."

Staggering under his feet, Cao Zhi took a few steps back to stabilize his body: "It's you..."

"Emperor □□ secretly summoned Ren Chengwang to Luoyang before his death. What do you think is the reason?" Seeing Cao Zhi trembling as if thinking of something, Cao Rui sighed softly: "Emperor Taizu still knows about me. I can't guarantee that King Ren Cheng also knows about his true identity, and besides, he has a large army in his hands. It's better to get rid of the unstable factors."

"Then why...don't you kill me?" Cao Zhi seemed to have lost all the strength in his body, Cao Zhi tried to squeeze out this sentence from his teeth.

"Isn't it more painful than death to be in love without being able to stay together?" Cao Rui was still smiling with a sneer on the corner of his mouth. It has planted a bigger root of disaster. Cao Zijian, Cao Zijian, tell me, aren’t you ridiculous?”

Closing his eyes, a drop of crystal appeared in the corner of Cao Zhi's eye, and slowly slid down his cheek.When the drop of crystal was about to fall from his jaw, Cao Zhi's eyes slowly opened, the eyes were already calm, and there was a trace of pity in his eyes looking at Cao Rui: "I may laugh, but you, in fact, are just a poor guy."

Not knowing if he was stabbed to a sore spot, Cao Rui stood up abruptly, staring fixedly at Cao Zhi.Cao Zhi was not afraid, but just looked back quietly.Not long after, Cao Rui gritted his teeth and said, "My pity, it's not thanks to you!"

"No," Cao Zhi's tone was very light, but what he said was like a heavy hammer hitting Cao Rui's heart. "The people who feel that they are pitiful are truly pitiful. People can't choose their own life experience, but they can. Decide your own life. No matter the surname is Cao or Yuan, the future history books will record you as a person and everything you have done. Ruier, parental enmity, kinship enmity, I have no right to comment on these, but I I still hope that you can write your own glorious stroke in the history books! As for this country," Cao Zhi laughed after a pause, it was a relieved smile from the bottom of his heart, "Only in the world can you Those who live here. If the descendants of my Cao family are really capable, they will be able to keep this foundation from being taken by outsiders. If they are not capable, the dragon robe and crown will be nothing more than a decoration."

The man in front of him is already in his forties, but he still speaks and behaves with the innocence and naturalness of a teenager. The corners of his eyes have been added with a few fine lines by the years, but the clear brilliance in his eyes makes people can't help but fall in love with him.He was a little dazed for a moment, and Cao Rui couldn't help but feel a little ashamed when he regained his composure, but the cold and stern aura at the beginning could no longer be gathered.Stamping his feet angrily, Cao Rui suddenly smiled: "Okay, I promise you, I will guarantee that this country will not fall into the hands of others in my lifetime. No matter what, I will only have my glory if I keep this country? But I will also watch Let's see how long the descendants of your Cao family can hold on to this country." After finishing speaking, he turned and left.

Behind him, Cao Zhi stood for a long time.I don't know how long it took, and finally let out a long breath, like a sigh, like a sigh.

In February, Cao Zhi was granted the title of King Chen, with [-] households in Shiyi.

It was winter again in a blink of an eye, and the crystal snowflakes swirled and fell, not many, but continuous, without stopping for several days.Inside the house, a servant cautiously asked the person on the floor: "It's getting cold again, do you want another brazier?"

Looking at the three burning braziers beside the couch, Cao Zhi shook his head, tried to sit up, and said, "I'm tired of lying down, help me to sit by the window for a while."

"It's cold outside, the prince is still..."

"Maybe."

Not daring to disobey, the servant moved the brazier to the window, and put a quilt tightly on Cao Zhi's body.Cao Zhi waved his hand: "Go down first, I'll call you later."

Except for his own breathing and the crackling of charcoal, there was no other sound in the house. Stretching his hand into his bosom, Cao Zhi took out the two halves of the jade ring that had been stroked countless times, and murmured: "Zihuan, it's snowing, I don’t know if there were snowflakes like this when you were born?” After a while, he laughed again: “I’m going to celebrate your birthday with you this year, okay? Well, I hope you’re still waiting for me…” Then something seemed to come to mind, Shaking his head, with a smile still on the corner of his mouth, he said: "Forget it, you should hurry up and reincarnate, and try to find a good family..." The voice gradually faded, and finally disappeared.At the foot, a piece of charcoal burst out a spark, and then turned into ashes, never to be traced again.

Zihuan, do you still remember when you wrote "Gan Si" and I chanted "Li Si"?I miss you……

Put the wine on the high hall, and your relatives will swim with me.The Chinese kitchen prepares rich meals, cooks sheep and slaughters fat cattle.Qin Zheng is so generous, Qi Se is gentle and gentle.

Yang'a plays a strange dance, and Jingluo is famous for Acura.After enjoying the three wines, I will be ashamed with ease.The Lord is called Qianjinshou, and the guest will be rewarded for ten thousand years.

If you want to be unforgettable for a long time, it is especially important for you to end up with thinness.If you are a modest gentleman, what can you ask for if you want to break the chime.The wind is blowing in the daytime, and the scenery is rushing westward.

The prime time will not come again, and I will suddenly fall in a hundred years.Living in the luxury house, scattered back to the hills.None of the ancestors died, so why worry about life?

In November of the sixth year of Taihe, Cao Zhi finished his 41 years of life.According to his last wish, his body was buried in Dong'a Yushan, and his posthumous title was "Si", so later generations often called him "Chen Siwang".His son Cao Zhi succeeded him as the fief.

In March of the second year of Qinglong, Duke Shanyang and Liu Xie, former Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty, died of illness. Cao Rui led his officials to cry and sacrifice to him.

In the first month of the third year of Jingchu, Cao Rui died at the age of 36, and his posthumous title was "Emperor Ming".Because he had no children, his adopted son Cao Fang, who was only eight years old, came to the throne, and the general Cao Shuang and Taiwei Sima Yi co-assisted the government.In the same year, Queen Himiko of Japan's Yamatai Kingdom sent Nan Shengmi to Wei State, and was granted the golden seal of pro-Wei Wa King.

In the first ten years of Zhengshi, Sima Yi, who kept a low profile and bide his time, took advantage of the time when Cao Shuang accompanied Cao Fang to visit the tomb of Gaoping Mausoleum, and launched a coup to take control of the capital.From then on, Cao Wei's military and political power fell into the hands of Sima.

In the sixth year of Jiaping, Sima Shi, the son of Sima Yi, abolished Cao Fang and made Cao Mao, the Duke of Gaogui Township, the emperor.

In the fifth year of Ganlu, Cao Mao's plan to kill Sima Shi's younger brother Sima Zhao failed, and he was killed by the warrior Cheng Ji at the age of 20.

In the fourth year of Jingyuan, Deng Aibing arrived in Chengdu, Liu Chan, the queen master of the Shu Han, surrendered, and the Shu Han perished.

In the second year of Xianxi, in August, Sima Zhao died of illness, and his son Sima Yan succeeded him as King Jin.In December of the same year, Sima Yan forced Cao Huan to abdicate and named the country Jin.Cao Wei perished.

In the sixth year of Xianning, Du Yu, Wang Jun and others attacked Soochow.So far, the separatist chaos that lasted for more than a hundred years since the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty has finally come to an end, and the world has returned to unity.

postscript not postscript

The story is finished here.In fact, I struggled for a long time before starting to write, but in the end I couldn't match my love for these two people and wrote such an article.However, the writing is clumsy and the writing is poor, so I can't describe its demeanor in case.This article does not dare to say that it restores Cao Pi and Cao Zhi in history. It just sorts out and introduces the deeds of the two, and sorts out that period of history by the way.Therefore, the abbreviations are omitted for those familiar to everyone, such as the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi, and a little chronology of the chaotic history of the early and late Three Kingdoms. If you don’t like it, just look at history.As for the merits and demerits of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, I think the judges have their own opinions in their hearts, and I believe they will be able to give their own evaluations.

In addition, due to the limitation of the length of the main text, here are some additional stories about Wei Wendi and Chen Siwang that everyone may not know very well.

About Cao Pi

Political measures: Prohibit eunuchs and women from intervening in politics, consolidate centralization, adopt Chen Qun's suggestion to establish the nine-rank Zhongzheng system, and set a precedent for gentry politics.

Literary etiquette and music: Promoting Confucianism, establishing Taixue, ordering the inspectors to be filial and honest, promulgating "No age limit for selecting scholars", breaking the age limit, and proposing that no matter old or young, as long as "Confucianism is well-versed in classics, and officials are well-versed in grammar" can be tried The method of employing people.At the same time, on the basis of the original music and dance of the Han Dynasty, rites and music were made, and Zhengshi music, Yingling music, Wu Song music, Zhaoye music, Fengxiang dance, Lingying dance, Wu Song dance, and Dazhao dance were played in the ancestral temple above the court. , Dawu dance.Revives feudal orthodoxy for a short period of time.

Military diplomacy: Advocating conquest abroad. During his reign, he defeated the Qiang and Hu, established Hexi, sent envoys back to the Western Regions, and restored the rule of the Central Plains Dynasty in the Western Regions.Xia Houshang and Xu Huang were sent to surrender Meng Da, defeated Liu Feng, and recovered the three counties of Shangyong.He personally conquered Soochow three times, pacified the local separatist forces in Qingzhou and Xuzhou, and finally completed the unification of the north.

Literary achievements: His poems are in various forms, with five or seven characters as the length. The language is sad and lingering. "It's like Xizi holding his heart, bowing his head without saying a word, but looking back and moving his eyes is nothing more than a pitiful thread."His poem "Yan Ge Xing" is one of the representatives, and it is also the earliest literati seven-character poem extant in China.In addition, his "Dian Lun·Dissertation" is the earliest work of literary theory and criticism in China, from which the style of literary criticism began.

Historical evaluation: Emperor Wen was talented in literature, wrote well, was well-read and knowledgeable, and had both talents and talents.If you add broad-mindedness, encourage fairness and sincerity, keep your ambitions and keep the way, and overcome the heart of virtue, then the ancient sages are so far away. ("Three Kingdoms Weishu Wendi Ji")

About Cao Zhi

Poetry Fu Yuefu: Cao Zhi's literary talent is widely known to the world, and he has many excellent works in poetry, Fu and Yuefu.He is the poet with the highest rank in "Shipin" and the establisher of the lyrical character of Chinese poetry. He has the historical status of "a generation of poets" in the history of poetry.Xie Lingyun, a writer in the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasties, commented that "there is only one stone in the world, and Cao Zijian monopolizes the eight fights."Wang Shizhen of the Qing Dynasty commented on the 2000 years since the Han and Wei Dynasties, who can be called "immortal talents", including Cao Zhi, Li Bai, and Su Shi.

Calligraphy and painting theory: Cao Zhi also has attainments in calligraphy and painting.His "Yiaoque Fu" written in Zhang cursive is the best in calligraphy.Author of "Preface to Praise of Painting", which is the first article on painting handed down in the history of Chinese painting theory, which clarifies the social value and significance of painting art and affirms the status of painting art.It can be compared with the "Preface to Mao Poetry" in the Han Dynasty ("Mao Poetry Preface" is the first article devoted to poetry in Chinese history), and in theory, it can be said that it has opened the era of self-conscious literature and art Herald.

Versatility: Create Yushan Fanbai, which is the origin of Zanbai in China.At the same time, Cao Zhi is also a vigorous and unrestrained acrobatic artist, and is also known as the founder of Chinese acrobatic art.During the period when he was crowned King of Dong'e, he organized many acrobatic performances, bringing together all the elite acrobats in the Dong'e area. In addition to performing on stage, Cao Zhi also performed horse and dog fighting, jumping pills and jumping swords, etc., winning Li Min praised it, which has played an important role in promoting the development of Chinese acrobatics.

Political thought: Cao Zhi went out with Cao Cao many times in his early years, paying attention to recruiting folk hermits, and wrote "Seven Enlightenments" to persuade hermits to come out of the mountains to make contributions.

Historical evaluation: Chen Siwen's talent is rich and colorful, enough to master the back leaf, but he can't let the long-distance defense, eventually leading to gaps. ("Three Kingdoms·Wei Shu·Rencheng Chen Xiaowang Biography")

It originated from "National Style".His character is extremely high-spirited, his words are rich and luxuriant, his emotion is both elegant and resentful, his body and style are full of charm, and he is outstanding in both modern and ancient times.Sigh!Chen Si’s writings are also like Zhou and Confucius in human relations, dragons and phoenixes in scales and feathers, qin and sheng in music, and Fufu in female workers.Bier, who is pregnant with lead and ink sucker, embraces the chapter and admires it, and reflects the afterglow to candle himself.Therefore, if the Confucian family uses poems, the public will be promoted to the hall, and the king of Si will enter the house. Jingyang, Pan, and Lu can sit between the corridors and verandahs. ("Poetry")