However, this rule is determined by people, time and place, and it is very ineffective in the period of autocratic powers and weak ministers.
For example, the political situation faced by Cao Taizu, the fourth emperor of Cao Wei. Theoretically speaking, people who know the idiom "Everyone knows each other" should know Cao. Because Cao Mao is the patent holder of this idiom.
Cao Mao really wants to kill Si Mazhao. But Si Mazhao just didn't obey the laws of ancient China politics. "You want me to die, I have to die." He took the initiative to clean his neck and put it on the chopping board to make Cao Mao cut comfortably.
No way, Cao Mao had to do it himself. Here we need to review Cao Mao's early experience and his relationship with Sima Shi's Si Mazhao brothers.
He is the grandson of Emperor Wen Cao Pi, the younger brother of Cao Cao and the son of Donghai King. Before he ascended the throne, he was just an ordinary member of the imperial clan and noble county, and he was not qualified to inherit the throne. But his predecessor, Cao Fangbin of Qi, failed to plot to kill Sima Shi and his brother Si Mazhao. Instead, the news leaked out and was directly abolished by Sima Shi. At that time, with the consent of Sima brothers, Queen Guo proposed to make Cao Mao emperor.
This is Cao Mao's chance to become a great treasure. Cao Mao was only 14 years old when he ascended the throne. However, even this 14-year-old little emperor is quite resourceful in the eyes of contemporary people. After a court meeting, Master Sima asked Zhong Hui, What do you think of the current emperor? Yes, Zhong Hui first succeeded in destroying Shu, and then, with the help of Jiang Wei, he wanted to occupy Bashu and become Liu Bei's second.
Zhong's answer is very simple, eight words, but it is these eight words that make the Sima brothers kill Cao Mao.
What are these eight words? Only Chen Sihe Wu Mao!
Chen Si is Cao Zhi, and he walked out of the famous sentence "We are born from the same root, so why bother to fry each other". Because of his name before his death, posthumous title was named "Si" after his death, and he was king at ordinary times.
Mao, namely Cao Wei, Wu Di and Cao Cao, is the temple name Mao. Zhong Hui literally means that Cao Mao's literary talent can be compared with Cao Zhi's, and Wu Weiwei can be compared with Cao Cao. The subtext is that this little emperor is unusual. If you don't pay attention, you will do great things. Brother Sima, you dare not take it lightly.
Sima Shi certainly heard the implication of Zhong Hui, but on the surface he had to try his best. He replied, "If the emperor really did this, it would be a blessing to my great Chen Weimin." If you say so, it will be a blessing to the country.
Dapeng thinks Jude Zhong's evaluation is very watery. The aspect of the text. On April 10 in 256, Cao Mao, aged 16, went to imperial academy to talk with a group of old intellectuals about ancient classics such as Shangshu, Book of Rites, Yijing and 0. Facing the emperor who talked about classics, these old pedants felt ashamed and lost one by one.
To be realistic, this matter is really exaggerated. Sitting with the emperor, the pedant has to be modest. They dare not embarrass the emperor with ten successes. It is estimated that their ability to beat Cao Mao is 10% or 20%. But even so, it is rare for a 16-year-old baby to play several rounds with an old pedant.
Although Cao's works are not satisfactory, this aspect of Wu can't be said to be the courage of an ordinary person, but it is just a commendable courage.
On the seventh day of May in 260 AD, Cao Pi, who couldn't stand Sima's dictatorship, decided to fight back. He was overwhelmed by Sima Shi for the first time since he ascended the throne. After Sima died, I thought I could catch my breath, but Si Mazhao made things worse. In the long run, will my ancestors really be destroyed by me? At that time, my great-grandfather Cao Cao was the initiator of "holding the emperor to make the princes". His brother's ancestors intimidated the emperor, not the emperor.
The idea was already there, but the emperor Cao Mao wanted to rebel, but he couldn't move the army. Military power is in the hands of Sima Shi. Cao took only a few guards, eunuchs and officers to fight to the death, beating gongs and drums, waving flags and shouting, and went straight into the palace. Obviously, Si Mazhao, you traitor. I'll kill you, not American soldiers.
The emperor's uprising is unheard of. I have never heard of officials forcing people to rebel, but I have never heard of officials forcing you to rebel. Despite the Snitch, Si Mazhao panicked and didn't know how to deal with it.
First, Si Mazhao sent his brother Sima Zhou and a team of cavalry to stop Cao Mao. Cao Mao shouted at him: The son of heaven is here, who dares to stop him? Although he is a puppet emperor, he is still an emperor, and his birthright is still there. Those soldiers who dared to fight with naked fire were against the emperor, so they dispersed. "We run everywhere and everyone runs."
At the beginning of the battle, Cao Mao was proud of his spring breeze, as if victory was just around the corner. It was not Si Mazhao's head that led the troops ahead, but the armies of Jia Chong and Ji Cheng. Cao Taizu also wanted to beat Rowen, the son of heaven, but no one dared to touch him and drove Jia Chong and others back. But Ji Cheng is a brainless man. Jia Chong a stimulus, he jumped up and stabbed Cao Mao in the chest with a spear. Cao Mao fell on the royal chariot and died.
Of course, in order to give the people of the world a nominal account, Si Mazhao still performed a crying performance, threw the scapegoat Ji Cheng out, beheaded in public, and avenged Cao Mao.
The death of Cao Mao was a landmark event that Sima family completely defeated Cao Wei's imperial clan, and the historical process of Wei, Jin and Zen was out of control. Even if Cao Cao is reincarnated, it can't stop Sima Shiyuan's ambition of "Jin Meng", not to mention Cao Mao, who is only "five hairs" in name only.
However, Cao Pi's courage and blood are enough to throw Liu Chan and other later kings out of a few streets, which is worthy of his title of "noble princess".