Cao Zhi is Cao Cao's younger brother. Whether in terms of family relationships or the relationship between the two, Cao Zhi rushed back to Juancheng to attend the funeral with respect for Cao Cao like his father. Cao Zhi and his group ran to death on average for three horses to return to Juancheng within three days, which was much faster than the speed of the troops' marching. But at this time, they all rely on a belief to support themselves. The horses could fall, but they could not.

When Cao Zhi walked to the door of Cao Cao's mortal's bedroom, he saw Cao Ang and his two wives. Cao Ang was no longer sensible, and when he saw his father, he hurriedly wanted to bow down and shout. Cao Zhi waved his hand to him, then turned his head to look at Cao Zhi, who was much more sensible than Cao Ang. He sighed quietly, and implyed that Qiao Shuang and Chen Ling were pulling the two children out of the bedroom first.

The originally large bedroom now looks very small. Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others all saw Cao Cao's body and burst into tears. Only Cao Zhi walked to Cao Pi without making much noise and knelt down next to him.

Cao Pi was still holding Cao Cao's cold and stiff palm in a daze, just sobbing silently, not looking at the person next to him.

Cao Zhi looked at Cao Cao's body that had been shrinking in a circle, and was filled with mixed feelings. He came to this era and had a relationship with Cao Cao for more than ten years. Now Cao Cao has passed away, and his sorrow is naturally rushing towards Cao Zhi's heart.

Immersed in the miserable atmosphere, Cao Zhi almost fainted several times due to fatigue and sorrow. Fortunately, Xiahou Yuan and others supported him and whispered to remind Cao Pi and others to let the servants outside cleanse Cao Cao, so as to carry out the procedures of small burials, large burials, burials, funerals, etc.

Cao Zhi knew that Cao Cao had been in stagnant like this for three days, so it was not easy to drag him down, so he suppressed his grief and whispered a few words to Cao Pi beside him. Cao Pi still said nothing after hearing this. Cao Zhi saw that he looked dazed and ignored others, thinking that there was no need to provoke him. This kid is young, so he will definitely not listen to any tragedy. It is better to cheer up and stimulate his spirit.

Cao Zhi tried to persuade him several times without any results, and his tone suddenly became heavier: "Do you want to stay with your father like this? A generation is like sunrise and sunset. The sun always rises and sets every day. This is the law of nature. But today's sunset will be accompanied by a new sun rise tomorrow. What has passed will always be gone. Your father will look at his heir in the sky to see if he will let down his trust. You are the eldest son of your elder brother. Have you spent your whole life crying like this?"

After hearing Cao Zhi's words, Cao Pi's expression moved. He sniffed, grabbed Cao Cao's hand tightly, and said with a swearing expression on his childish face: "I will never let my father down. I will become a respected person and a promising person like my father."

Seeing that Cao Pi had already attracted Cao Pi to speak, Cao Zhi knew that he had been aroused by his own competitive spirit, so he turned around and patted Cao Pi on the shoulder and said, "Zihuan, you must remember that you not only want to be a promising person, but also a noble person in the future, a person who looks down on all living beings!"

Cao Pi was stunned by Cao Zhi's words. Although he was only seven or eight years old, he was much precocious than children of the same age. He vaguely felt that his uncle's words seemed to have been a little too much. When he looked at Cao Ren, who was also comforting him, he saw that Cao Ren might have realized that Cao Zhi's words were inappropriate, so he blocked their figure and looked around and looked around. At this time, outsiders in the room heard Cao Zhi's words just now.

Those who are now qualified to stand or kneel in this room are unlikely to be not close relatives of the Cao family.

Cao Zhi was just too sad. In order to stimulate Cao Pi, he was unintentional to tell the story of Cao Pi's proclaiming emperor decades later.

At this time, Cao Ren, Xiahou Yuan and others were nervous when they heard Cao Zhi's "hard words". Cao Zhi seemed to be fine and did not realize that he was suspected of being conspired. He pulled Cao Pi and stood up, and shouted to the outside of the door: "Come on, clean the general's body and change clothes!"

After Cao Pi, who had a young face, had a delicate understanding of Cao Zhi's words just now, a hint of undetectable smile appeared on his lips.

The mourning hall was set up in the main hall of the General's Mansion. The hall was already covered with plain curtains and white curtains, with cigarette smoke, which was very solemn and solemn, with Cao Cao's tablets high in the middle.

The officials of the prefecture had already formulated various etiquette procedures after Cao Cao died for use as soon as Cao Cao was critically ill. However, they did not expect that before Cao**, his specifications were raised to the top general in the country. Then the original procedures could not be so simple. You must wait for the emperor to give him a posthumous title before you can bury Cao Cao according to the emperor's edict.

There are rumors that Emperor Xian might come to attend the funeral in person. But Cao Zhi knew very well that Emperor Xian would not come. Although Cao ** was suddenly sick, it was a while since he knew that he could not survive this year's end. Therefore, after Xun Yu took office as Shangshu, he specially formulated a charter for Cao Cao's aftermath, which was ready for use.

After Xu Du received the news of Cao Cao's death, Xun Yu initiated this charter, requesting posthumous titles from the emperor, and awarding imperial edicts, etc. He was already in operation, so he was one day later than Cao Zhi and others.

When Liu Xiegang settled in Xuchang, he heard that Cao ** was very grateful to the general. In order to show his respect for the general, he discussed with the ministers and went to Juancheng to attend the funeral. However, before the ministers came forward to object, Xun Yu submitted a memorial that had been drafted. The memorial was submitted by Cao Cao's younger brother, Grand Sima, and General of the Cavalry. The content of the memorial was that he expressed great gratitude to Emperor Xian for his sage and favor on behalf of Cao Cao's family, but he asked the emperor to mourn a minister himself, without any precedent, and it also damaged Emperor Xian's power. Therefore, Cao Zhi disagreed with Emperor Xian's personal trip to Xuchang to mourn his brother in the memorial.

This is actually a high-profile attitude of retreating to advance. In fact, Emperor Xian of Han has done many things that violated the imperial system so far, and the humiliation he suffered is not only comparable to that of a minister for his funerals. However, Cao Zhi's considerate and safeguard not only became an influential approach in the court, but also made Liu Xie trust him even more.

Therefore, in order to repay Cao Zhi's idea of ​​putting himself in his shoes, and to show the great emperor's grace to the world and the favor Cao Cao deserved, Emperor Xian of Han Liu Xie issued an edict at the end of the first year of Jian'an to posthumously recognize Cao Cao as "Duke of Wei".

The title of "gong" is already the largest title under "king". "king" is usually granted to the royal family of the Liu family, so Emperor Xian's affection for the Cao family in this "posthumous title" is generally obvious.

After Cao Cao's body was bathed and changed his clothes, a crow head was holding a Cao Cao's top on the roof and shouting his name three times, performing the so-called soul-summoning, and then throwing the top off, followed by Cao Zhi, without Cao Cao's cover. Finally, Cao Cao's eldest son Cao Pi put down the "fried food" (that is, the rice or pearls and jade in the mouth of the deceased). This matter must be done by a filial son, and then he supported Cao Cao's coffin to the mourning hall.

When Cao Zhi and others arrived at the mourning hall, they saw that even the soldiers guarding the mansion were wearing white shirts outside the armor and even the weapons in their hands were covered with white silk. Everything in the general's mansion was arranged was as misty as night. Lanterns covered with white paper were hanging everywhere in the mansion, and the whole mansion was filled with sorrow and mist.

After Cao Zhi arrived with Cao Pi and other Cao clans escorting Cao Cao's coffin in mourning, officials from various counties and counties who came to Yanzhou and Yangzhou began to step into the front hall in a silence, and even the families of many officials at all levels who had rarely entered the prefecture showed up at this time.

Cao Cao has been in Yanzhou for many years and has many subordinates, so the people who come to pay their respects lined up in a long queue. After everyone was incense, the family members had to return the gifts. Cao Zhi didn't know how many times he kowtowed on this day. Later, Cao Zhi could only hear waves of crying and screaming, and the families of officials who had not yet entered the front hall gathered outside the door to cry. Those wives and concubines who were usually able to say goodbye, didn't know whether they were the men at home who took care of them before going out, or what, now they were crying worse than their own fathers.

Cao Zhi couldn't care about so much at this time. He was moved by those who had such filial piety!

Just as he was kowtowing and being a little confused, the eunuch Xuanzhi accompanied by Xun Yu finally arrived panting. At this time, all the mourning activities had to stop, and everyone pricked up their ears and listened to the emperor giving Cao Cao, a general who had only been a day, what kind of glory after death.

When everyone heard the posthumous title given to Cao Cao "Duke Wei", they showed an expression of envy on their faces. After all, this was the highest reward for a minister of the opposite sex. Many people present died and even the court would not give it a posthumous title. However, the posthumous title of Cao Cao brought to the Cao family more than just the posthumous title itself. This undoubtedly indicates that the Cao family became the noblest and superior clan of the Han Empire.

Several days have passed since the process of "The Book of Rites. Mourning and Grand Recitation". Before New Year's Day, the successor of the Yanzhou governor landed on Cao Zhi without any doubt. In fact, as the Grand Marshal, Cao Zhi, the general of the chariot, was not suitable to serve as the governor of Yanzhou, but he bid farewell to the old and welcomed the new. Cao Cao had just died and had a lasting fate before his death, so Cao Zhi also discussed with Xun Yu and others, and it was difficult to decide who would take over the position of Yanzhou governor, so Cao Zhi served for the position of Yangzhou governor for the time being. As for the position of Yangzhou governor, Cao Zhi appointed him to Deng Ai who came to pay his respects without thinking. Cao Zhi always believed that Deng Ai was the best candidate to govern a state, but Deng Ai was a little surprised by Cao Zhi's sudden decision. He was confident that he would do a good job in Yangzhou governor, but what should Ni Heng do?

Through Deng Ai and Cao Zhi's private explanation, Cao Zhi also felt a little sorry for his direct descendant who had been with him for many years. But as Deng Ai said, he came to Yangzhou Zhizhong and Ni Heng was the governor of Yangzhou. This would be a comfort to his old subordinates who followed Cao Zhi.
Chapter completed!