Why did Cao Cao become a Hanchen but did not want to be the emperor?

If you are called emperor, Wu and Shu will have an excuse to attack you. After hearing this, Cao Cao also agreed with Xiahou Dun's statement very much, and he never became the emperor.

Although Cao Cao made a Seoul, the time was not yet right at that time, so Cao Cao did not become the emperor.

Becoming the emperor is the last wish of every talented person, and Cao Cao did not become the emperor, mostly because the time was not right.

In fact, Cao Cao can only be called a hero of the Han generation, and as for whether to be the emperor or not, it is also after deep thought, first, to call the emperor a false name, which is not in line with Cao Cao's pragmatic character. In fact, Emperor Han Xian has always been just a puppet emperor in the hands of Cao Cao, without an inch of land, and a common people belong to Emperor Han Xian. Although Cao Cao was only the king of Wei, he already had the power of the emperor, and it was of no practical use to ask for the emperor's false name.

Of course not. This is because Cao Cao had a very high right and status at the beginning of the matter of coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, but later there was a three-legged situation, Sun Quan and Liu Bei Alliance, so these two alliances and Cao Cao were in a position of rivalry, so he had no way to achieve the title of emperor when he was alive.

Whether Cao Cao will be proclaimed emperor is very controversial in the historiography. For example, Cao Cao compared himself to King Wen of Zhou, judging from the archaeological bamboo slips released by Tsinghua University, King Wen of Zhou's last words to his son were to let his son "follow the middle way and follow the will of the people", never a word to let his son take the king of Zhou and replace him, but let his son King Wu follow Yao Shun's benevolent government, and ** In the Romance of the Gods, it is directly derived from King Wen so that King Wu must not raise troops to kill the king with the king of Zhou's no way, and the following offenses. In other words, from the history books and **, it is clear that King Wen did not let his son raise troops until his death.

So Cao Cao compares himself to King Wen of Zhou, does he want to learn from King Wen of Zhou to assist the royal family, or does he want his son to learn King Wu? There is no way to verify this, but judging from the results, after Cao Pi became the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei and Sun Quan successively became emperors, resulting in three divisions of the world, and then fought for decades before unification, such a result is probably what Cao Cao foresaw and did not want to see.

Therefore, I personally think that Cao Cao does not want to be the emperor, at least not before the reunification of the country.

Historical figures have different opinions.

Cao Cao knew that the Han Dynasty had existed for hundreds of years, and the orthodox status of the Han family was deeply convinced by the people, and if he rebelled at will, he would inevitably be blamed and scolded by the people of the world, and he might make all his life's efforts in vain and become a sinner for the ages. And all this is what Cao Cao does not want to see.

Another reason is that Cao Cao did not complete the unification of the country, he only unified northern China, but he was unable to defeat Liu Bei and Sun Quan. In this way, if he calls himself emperor at will, then it will set off a bloody storm, and even let the enemy unite to deal with him, which is unfavorable.

Cao Cao is a smart man, he will be thoughtful in doing things, he knows that his power has already surpassed the emperor, even if he does not have the name of the emperor, the world is still under his control after all. At the same time, Cao Cao also knew that even if he did not claim the title of emperor, his descendants would also be called emperors, so the world would still belong to the Cao family, so why should he be in a hurry? Therefore, after an in-depth analysis of the stakes, Cao Cao found that it was the best choice not to be the emperor, so he had no idea of changing.

Major achievements:

In the warlord melee in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, the Huanghuai River Basin suffered unprecedented social and economic destruction, the people were slaughtered, the land was barren, and the survivors were forced to leave the Yinghao chaotic countryside and live in other places. It can be said that "the famous capital is empty but not inhabited, and there are countless people who are desperate for a hundred miles", "the white bones are exposed in the wilderness, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles".

Faced with this tragic scene, Cao Cao implemented a series of policies during his lifetime to restore the economy and stabilize the situation. Judging from Cao Cao's performance in the political, military, and economic aspects, such as the implementation of tuntian, the construction of water conservancy, and the implementation of the system of official sale of salt and iron, Cao Cao played a positive role in the social and economic recovery and economic rectification.

At that time, there were still many heroes from all walks of life, and his signboard was Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes, and then let the descendants be called emperors when the conditions were ripe.

In order to emulate King Wen of Zhou, Cao Cao did not arrogant himself as emperor.

Generally speaking. It should be for Cao Pi.

Cao Cao has made a very clear positioning of his life, he once said, "If the destiny of heaven is in me, I am the king of Zhou Wen", which means that if my Cao family really has the destiny to be the emperor, then I will be the king of Zhou Wen. King Wen of Zhou did not overthrow Shang, but he laid the foundation for the overthrow of Shang, and it was not until the time of his son King Wu that Shang was overthrown.

Cao Cao's positioning in his life is to be a King Wen of Zhou, although he can be called the emperor, but he does not want to be the emperor and disdains to be the emperor. Because he is a de facto emperor, the title of emperor is not important to him. Leaving it to his son to engage in the title of emperor saves him worry and trouble.

1. As long as he is called the emperor, some people will scold him for being a usurper, and if he does not call him the emperor, there will always be some reasons for calling him a usurper. Wouldn't it be better for him to be his de facto emperor?

2, I don't want to deal with some opposition, the most fierce opposition is the royalist faction headed by Xun Yu, although he can easily deal with the royalists, but he is troubled and laborious, and he is old, leave it to his son to deal with the royalists, wouldn't it be better to be an uncrowned emperor himself.

3. I don't want to hit myself in the mouth. Cao Cao once very strongly opposed the princes' claim to emperor and rebellion. When he was young, when someone invited him to participate in the matter of the Abolition Spirit Emperor, he strongly opposed it.

Later, when Yuan Shu was proclaimed emperor, he immediately teamed up with several princes to kill Yuan Shu. Such a person who opposes others calling himself emperor, if he is called emperor, wouldn't he be slapping himself in the mouth? And Cao Cao also made it clear in some ** documents that he would not be called emperor, which shows that he is not ready to ask for the false title of emperor.

Cao Pi is different, because it is Cao Pi's mission to be the emperor. Cao Cao is not the emperor, that is, in order to let Cao Pi complete the matter of being the emperor. Cao Pi said that the emperor was a matter of course, and it was something that had to be done.

Because: 1. During the Cao Cao period, the royalists were basically leveled by Cao Cao, and Cao Pi's words to be the emperor encountered very little resistance, and it was basically a matter of one sentence to be called the emperor.

2. Cao Pi called the emperor to justify the status of the Cao family. If you have been wearing the name of the Eastern Han Dynasty, you will feel that the emperor is the boss, and the Cao family is just a housekeeper, and the words of the emperor will clearly tell the world that the Cao family is the real boss.

3, Cao Pi is called the emperor, which can make the royalists completely die. As long as the name of the Eastern Han Dynasty is retained, the royalists will not die for a day, and the long term will not be conducive to the consolidation of the regime and the unity of the personnel. If you are the emperor, the royalists will die, but they can unite people's hearts and unite all kinds of forces.

Cao Cao once wanted to be emperor, but two of the four great strategists below him strongly opposed it. In the end, he failed to become emperor. Cao Pi's era pattern has been formed, so as soon as he came to power, he changed his title to emperor.

There's really no information to verify this.

My personal understanding is that Cao Cao spent most of his time promoting his devotion to the Han Dynasty and was therefore unable to give himself a step. For example, I have been working in a certain unit, and I have told everyone that I like the working atmosphere and the leadership team here, and my colleagues are very supportive of me to apply for a higher position, but I am thinking about whether I should change jobs, or find a way to overthrow the leader and replace myself.

Obviously, there are things that we can't say at this time, and even if someone supports you, this kind of thing can't be put on the table to discuss, let alone put these ideas into practice. Although there are many evaluations and speculations about Cao Cao, I still think that this is the most natural human sophistication.

ps: Maybe Cao Cao's mentality and ideas will change in his twilight years, so I also think it is reasonable to leave it to the heirs to complete, and I didn't say it explicitly, isn't that tacit consent.

No, since Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty himself was subjected to all kinds of prestige when he was a child, there was an element of cowardice in his character that could not complete the feat of unifying the world. In the end, Liu Bei and Sun Quan are not vegetarians, either because of their own pursuit of power, or because of their huge hatred, they will never let Emperor Liu Xie of the Han Dynasty unify the world.

I don't think so, I think Emperor Han Xian has been abolished by Dong Zhuoyang, judging from the history of the Three Kingdoms, he has no team at all, no confidence, no talent, even if Cao Cao returns to the throne, there will definitely be careerists who continue to manipulate Emperor Han Xian, he just has no chance to be a good emperor.

No. He is too young and has not undergone the emperor's pre-post training, lacks the courage of a king, and cannot govern a country well.

He would, he was a very politically minded emperor, but he couldn't do it, and his power was very low.