At this moment, a soldier suddenly reported that Hua Xin came from Xuchang. Everyone was very surprised after hearing this. Hua Xin arrived soon. Everyone asked him what he meant to come. Hua Xin said, "The King of Wei has passed away, and the world is shocked.
, Why didn’t you ask the prince to inherit the throne earlier?”
Everyone said, "It is because we did not receive the orders of the prince. We were just discussing the will of the queen Bian to make the prince king."
Hua Xin said: "I have already been to the palace and obtained the edict from Emperor Xian of Han."
After hearing this, everyone stepped forward to congratulate him. Hua Xin took out the edict from his arms and read it. It turned out that in order to please the new King of Wei, Hua Xin drafted the edict and went to the palace to threaten Emperor Xian. Emperor Xian had to obey, so he went to the palace to report.
The edict granted Cao Pi the title of King of Wei, Prime Minister, and the governor of Jizhou. Cao Pi ascended the throne and started his life as the King of Wei.
Just as everyone was holding a banquet, they suddenly reported that it was Cao Zhang, the Marquis of Yanling, who personally brought an army of 100,000 from Chang'an. Cao Pi was very surprised and asked the ministers: "My little brother Huangfeng likes martial arts on weekdays and has a strong temperament.
Now I have come from afar with my troops and horses. I must have come to compete with me for the throne. What should I do?"
Suddenly a man came out from the steps and said, "I am willing to see the Marquis of Yanling and persuade him in words."
Everyone responded: "If you are not a doctor, you will not be able to relieve this disaster!" The man was Jia Kui, the counselor.
Cao Pi was very happy and ordered Jia Kui to go. He took the order out of the city and greeted Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang asked, "Where is the seal of the former king?"
Jia Kui said seriously: "There is the eldest son in the family and the crown prince in the country. The seal of the former king is not something that the lord should come to ask about."
Cao Zhang was speechless and entered the city with Jia Kui. When he arrived at the front of the palace gate, Jia Kui asked tentatively: "Will the Lord come here this time to prepare for the funeral or to compete for the throne?"
Cao Zhang said: "I am here to attend the funeral, and I hope I don't have any other ideas."
Jia Kui said: "Since you have no strange intentions, why should you bring your troops into the city?"
Cao Zhanghui had an idea and immediately repelled the soldiers on both sides and entered alone. He paid homage to Cao Pi and the two brothers, and hugged them and started crying.
Cao Zhang handed over all the troops and horses in the headquarters to Cao Pi. Cao Pi asked Cao Zhang to return to his original place to guard the country. Cao Zhang bowed and left.
So Cao Pi was appointed as the throne, and changed the 25th year of Jianan to the first year of Yankang. He was granted Jia Xu as the Grand Marshal, Hua Xin as the Prime Minister, and Wang Lang as the Censor; all officials of all sizes were promoted and rewarded.
He then posthumously named Cao Cao as King Wu and buried in Gaoling, Ye County, and asked Yu Jin to be responsible for the management of the tomb. After he arrived, he only saw the white walls in the tomb house, which were painted with Guan Yu flooding the seven armies to capture Yu Jin.
In the painting, Guan Yu was sitting up, Pang De was angry and unyielding, and Yu Jin knelt on the ground, begging Guan Yu to let him go.
It turned out that these were arranged by Cao Pi on purpose, because Yu Jin was defeated and captured, and he could not die. Since he surrendered to the enemy and had the face to come back, he despised his character very much, so he asked someone to draw such a picture in advance.
He deliberately lets him watch.
After seeing this portrait, Yu Jin was very ashamed and angry, and became sick with anger, and soon died of illness.
The overall situation has been decided, Hua Xin reported to Cao Pi: "The Marquis of Yanling has handed over the army and returned to his fiefdom, while the Marquis of Linzi and Marquis of Xiao Huai Xiong, these two people did not come to attend the funeral and should be punished."
Cao Pi followed this suggestion and immediately sent two envoys to their fiefdoms to question them. In less than a day, Xiao Huai's envoy returned that Cao Xiong had committed suicide because he was afraid of being punished.
Cao Pi was very angry after hearing this. He did not expect that he would challenge him as soon as he ascended the throne. So he sent Xu Chu to Linzi to capture Cao Zhi and others. Xu Chu was ordered to go and rush to take troops with him.
When the guard general stopped him, Xu Chu killed him on the spot and rushed into the city. No one dared to stop him. Xu Chu soon came to the palace hall. Seeing Cao Zhi, Ding Yi, Ding Yi and others were drunk and lying down.
On the ground.
Xu Chu sent all the soldiers to tie up and put them in the car. All the officials of the government, big and small, were taken to Ye County to wait for Cao Pi's defeat.
Cao Pi directly ordered Ding Yi, Ding Yi and others to be executed. Ding Yi's name is Zhengli and Ding Yi's name is Jingli. The people of Peijun were all famous local literati. After being executed, everyone else felt very sorry.
Cao Pi's mother, Bian, was very sad when she heard that Cao Xiong committed suicide. She also heard that Cao Zhi was captured and other gangster Ding Yi was also killed. She was very surprised and hurried out of the hall gate and summoned Cao Pi to see him.
Cao Pi saw his mother coming out and hurriedly came out to pay a visit. Bian cried and said to Cao Pi: "Your younger brother Cao Zhi likes to drink in his life and is very arrogant. It is because he feels that he has some talent, so he is very indulgent. You can think of him as a comrade.
Emotions leave his life, and I can only rest in peace if I go to the bottom of the fountain.”
Cao Pi said: "I also love his talent very much. How could I harm him? Now I am just going to help him quit his temper. Don't worry, mother."
After receiving the reply, Bian returned to the hall. Cao Pi left the side hall and summoned Cao Zhi to meet him. Hua Xin asked, "Did the Queen Mother advise Your Highness not to kill Cao Zhi just now?"
Cao Pi nodded and said, "That's right."
Hua Xin said: "Cao Zhi has some talent and ambitions, but he is not a thing in the pool after all. If he didn't get rid of it earlier, it would definitely become a future."
Cao Pi said: "Mother's orders cannot be violated!"
Hua Xin said: "People say that Cao Zhi can speak in a good manner. I have never believed it. The Lord can summon him to show his talent. If he can't, then he will kill him. If he can, then he will be demoted and can defeat the literati in the world.
The mouth."
Cao Pi followed this suggestion, and Cao Zhi entered the meeting, his expression full of panic.
Cao Pi said: "Although you and I are brothers, we are also kings and ministers. How dare you despise etiquette because of your talent? When my father was still there, you often used articles to reflect your talents. I deeply doubt it was because others came.
As a ghostwriter, I now stipulate that you will recite a poem within seven steps. If you can, you can exempt your death. If it doesn’t work, I will definitely cure your sins and will never tolerate it!”
Cao Zhi bowed and said, "I hope I can get a question."
At that time, there was a painting of ink paintings hanging in the hall, two cows were painted, standing on the earthen wall, one cow fell into a well and died. Cao Pi pointed to the painting and said, "Just use this painting as the title, there are no two cows in the poem to fight against the wall.
Next, a cow fell into a well and died.”
Cao Zhi walked seven steps and the poem had already become. Cao Pi and his ministers were surprised, and Cao Pi said again: "I think it's still a little hesitant. Can you write a poem in response?"
Cao Zhi said: "I hope I can get the question."
Cao Pi said: "You and I are brothers. Use this as a topic and you are not allowed to have the words of brothers in the article."
Cao Zhi immediately spoke into a poem without thinking, which was written: Boiling beans to burn bean pods, and beans cry in the pot. They were originally born with the same root, so why not fry them too quickly!