Why did Cao Ei pass the throne to Cao Fang instead of his son?

As for the question of why Cao Rong passed the throne to Cao Fang, it was not that he didn't want to pass the throne to his son, but that his sons were all dead before Cao Rong died, so he went to pass the throne to Cao Fang.

First of all, Cao Cao, a generation of heroes at that time, was followed by Cao Pi as the emperor and then Cao Rongdang as the emperor, so that history can be strung together. During Cao Cao's reign, there was a history of several of his children dying young, so Cao Heng's children are few, I think there is also this reason, Cao Ei has a total of three sons, and his son was able to inherit his position, but his three children died one after another in the years before Cao Ei's death, so Cao Ei has no son to inherit the throne. At that time, people also thought that they would set up Cao Rong's brother as the emperor, but Cao Pi would have no son there, that is to say, Cao Rong had no brother, which was really a bit sad, so the two adopted sons at that time became the choice of the throne, and finally chose Cao Fang as the prince, and directly established Cao Fang as the emperor after Cao Rong's death, and Sima Yi and other cadres assisted him.

This is why Cao Ei did not pass on the throne to his son.

Cao Ei was one of the few emperors of the Wei State, and after Cao Cao, he was followed by Emperor Cao Pi, and then Cao Ei. At that time, Cao Ei had three sons, but unfortunately his three biological sons died when Cao Ei was still emperor. Fortunately, he still has two adopted sons, so when he abdicated, he chose to pass the throne to his adopted son Cao Fang.

Many people say why they want to pass the throne to an adopted son, and it may even be an outsider who is not related by blood. Cao Rong was able to give the throne to others so easily. People wonder why he didn't pass on the throne to his own brother, after all, he was only related by blood, and he didn't give the throne to outsiders.

But who knows the emperor's thoughts, and he can't dare to speculate. Maybe it's because the adopted son is raised by his own side, he was raised by himself, and he knows the child's temperament and habits. And passing the throne to Cao Fang is something that Cao Rong can rest assured, since passing the throne to Cao Fang means that Cao Fang's behavior is accepted and recognized.

First of all, the reason why Cao Rong made this arrangement was that the Yu faction was actually very helpless. According to the records of historical materials such as "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Rong has 3 biological sons. Among them, the eldest son, Cao Yin, was born at an unknown time.

In 226 AD, when Cao Ei had just ascended the throne, he canonized Cao Ei as the king of Qinghe. According to the tradition of the primogeniture system, Cao Jian did have a chance to become the next emperor of Cao Wei. However, in the same year, Cao Jian died.

Secondly, it is worth noting that Cao Ei did not look for an heir from Cao Pi's descendants, but chose to abandon his nephew and find a side branch of the clan to inherit his throne. In this regard, in the opinion of many historians, the reason why Cao Rong did this should be to prevent the father of his adopted son from affecting the inheritance of imperial power. If it is Cao Pi's descendant, because of his own high status, it is likely to affect the status of his adopted son after he ascends the throne.

In the case of clan side branches, this risk is almost non-existent.

Finally, in the opinion of many historians, the reason why Cao Rong chose Cao Fang instead of Cao Xun to ascend the throne should have a certain relationship with their physical condition. In the fifth year after Cao Ei's death, Cao Xun, the then 13-year-old king of Qin, died. As for the emperor Cao Fang, he died of illness in 274 AD at the age of forty-three.

Because Cao Rong and Cao Jian Beihe Pi both died young, this prompted him to choose to pass the throne to Cao Fang, who was in relatively good health, when he was dying.

First, Cao Fang is the more outstanding of his sons. Second, the political environment at the time did not allow him to pass on the throne to others.

First of all, for Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming, the main reason why he passed the throne to his adopted son Cao Fang was that his biological sons basically died in infancy. In official histories such as "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", it is recorded that Cao Rong had three sons. Among them, the eldest son, Cao Yin, whose birth time is unknown.

Because Cao Fang's ability is very good, and his comprehensive strength is also relatively good, he is valued by the emperor, so he can finally ascend to the throne.

Because he is a relatively capable person, and Cao Ei has no sons, he will be chosen to take the position.

Because he was the best choice, his rival was already ill at the time, and in the end he was appointed crown prince.

Cao Pi in history is more highly rated than in the TV series! is an amazing person. Hua Xin, the word fish. It's not a treacherous villain. The life is simple, and the food is distributed to the people.

Because Cao Pi is a very strategic person, and can observe the subsequent development, and is Cao Cao's second son, at the same time he is more suitable for the throne, and Cao Cao also knows him better, and he is a talented person, Cao Cao found his advantages.

He is a particularly capable person, a real politician, so he will be chosen, he can sit firmly, Cao Cao likes other sons very much, and some of them have died, so in the end he can only choose him.

His ability is relatively good, and he has been both civil and military since he was a child, and he is also a very scheming, and he is also a person who knows how to operate, and he also has a thorough understanding of politics.

Scheming, ruthless, righteous, scheming, and appreciating talents. These are Cao Pi's advantages, so Cao Cao really values him very much.

Because the Sima Zhao brothers stabbed the emperor Cao Chao to death for the purpose of seizing, in order to hide people's eyes, they adopted the method of "pointing to the deer as a horse" and designated Cao Huan as Cao Huan's heir, so as to let Cao Huan be his puppet. In fact, Cao Huan and Cao Ei belong to or fight cousins, and they both belong to Cao Cao's grandson.

The dignified emperor of Wei, Cao Chao, was killed by Chengji on the streets of Luoyang, and Sima Zhao pretended to punish him and slaughtered the three clans. After all, the murderer Cheng Ji belonged to his subordinates, and the time was not yet ripe for a full seizure of power. So, Sima Zhao staged an absurd drama - the Cao cousins' generations were thrown down chaotically, a historical farce.

After Cao Chao's death, Sima Zhao looked for a candidate for emperor, and finally chose Cao Huan, the son of Cao Yu, the king of Yan, Cao Yu and Cao Pi were both Cao Cao's sons, and Cao Rong (Emperor Wei Ming) was Cao Pi's son. From this point of view, Cao Huan called Cao Ei a cousin. It stands to reason that the emperor's inheritance of the absolute power of the ant group has nothing to do with it, but Sima Zhao, out of personal selfishness, forcibly broke the ethics of generations and designated Cao Bozi as Cao Rong's "legitimate heir".

Because, at that time, the Sima family's seizure of Cao Wei's power was not mature enough, and they had to pretend to set up a new emperor to achieve their goals step by step.

When Cao Huan was pushed to the position of emperor, he had already become Sima Zhao's pawn, at his mercy, and his situation was exactly the same as that of Emperor Xian of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Although Sima Zhao did this, the Empress Dowager Guo at that time did not object, but catered to this practice - "Fengming Emperor (referring to Cao Rong) worship", that is, the new emperor lowered his seniority to inherit the unification. This shows from the side that the Sima family is already very powerful in the imperial court, and as a woman living in the harem, she can't change this reality at all, so she has to acquiesce.

Cao Huan's ascension to the throne can be said to be a conspiracy on the road to power of the Sima family. As Cao Wei's regime gradually became a plaything in the hands of the Sima family, in order to reduce the opposition of the court and China, he adopted the same policy as Cao Cao back then, and forced Emperor Cao Wei to cede all power step by step.

I have to say that Cao Huan is a pawn on the road to Sima Zhao's seizure.

Because Sima Zhao established Cao Huan as the emperor and worshiped Cao Huan. Cao Huan is Cao Ei's cousin.

Mainly because the latter has no heirs, in order to have an heir, so he treats the former as his own son. The two of them are uncles and nephews.

Because Sima Zhaohong Heng made Cao Huan the heir, and Empress Dowager Guo demanded that Cao Huan's seniority must be lower than herself; If it is counted as a blockade according to seniority, Cao Ei is Cao Huan's cousin.