Cao Zhen was the son of Qin Shao who was mistakenly killed by Cao Cao by Guan Yu. Cao Cao treated him like his own son. By the way, Cao Zhen had good talents. Of course, this talent did not refer to force, but to large army operations. Cao Zhen had good talents.
Cao Cao was a little worried that Cao Zhen couldn't help but go to Guan Yu to trouble him now. After all, Qin Shao was Cao Zhen's biological father.
"I asked him to study with Meng Quan (Xia Houheng) and Zhong Quan (Xia Houba). If Zhong Quan is there, he won't come out." Cao Ang nodded.
It is said that among the younger generations of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, Cao Ang is already an adult. The others are only eleven or twelve years old, and the younger one is still crying for food.
Also because there is such a big brother, the younger generations of the Xiahou family of the Cao family are mostly disciplined by Cao Ang. After all, Cao Cao's generation is now busy conquering the world and does not have much time to educate their children, so Cao Ang sent all his brothers to Cousins, cousins, clan brothers, all gathered together.
What Cao Ang does now is almost the same as what Cao De did back then, and it is precisely because Cao Ang is loyal and humble, and is ten years older than his younger brothers, that Cao Pi, Xia Houba and other guys who were monkeys when they were young can listen to Cao Ang well. if.
Precisely because Cao Ang was standing over the heads of Cao Pi, Xia Houheng and other quarreling fellows, the juniors of the Cao family and the Xiahou family seemed to have achieved the status of brothers, friends and brothers.
"Okay, you and Juan'er watch those monkeys and don't let them fight." Cao Cao waved his hand and told Cao Ang to go see the child. Cao Cao always felt that Cao Ang's character was too soft.
Cao Ang turned around and left without saying anything. He had always been like this in front of Cao Cao, rarely showing his own opinions. When he was a child, he was very grateful to Cao Cao for having his own opinions, so Cao Ang generally had no objections to Cao Cao's suggestions, but That doesn't mean he's stupid.
On the contrary, Cao Ang is very smart. This kind of smartness is not like the smart one who can write essays when he is eight years old or can compose poems when he is ten years old, but the real smart one who knows what to do.
Whether it is Cao Pi representing the Cao family or Xia Houheng representing the Xiahou family. Or maybe the next generation of the two families, who are different from each other, recognize Cao Ang very much, and even worship him.
To put it simply, that’s pretty much what it means. Cao Cao's basic base is the brothers of the Cao family and the Xiahou family, so Cao Ang's basic base is the next generation of the Cao family headed by Cao Pi and the Xiahou family headed by Xia Houheng.
Cao Ang allowed Cao Pi to compete with Xia Houheng while uniting with him. He did not need to be as accommodating as Cao Cao. As the eldest son, he only had to settle all his brothers. No, he has reached a higher level.
Cao Ang has already managed to compete without fighting. He does not need to perform too well. On the contrary, he only needs to let all the brothers obey the command and let all the brothers get the opportunity to perform from him. This is enough. To this extent ,enough.
Cao Ang, who is only twenty years old, has already understood how to deal with others when he is not strong enough and has no decision-making power. In another ten years. When Cao Pi and others grow up, everything will be clear. At that time, Cao Cao will understand who his best son is.
It can be said that as long as Cao Ang continues like this, no matter whether it is the talented Cao Zhi, the strategist Cao Pi, or the powerful Cao Zhang, there is no possibility of ascending to power. To be precise, they don't even have such thoughts.
The instability of the throne of the Crown Prince is not due to the Crown Prince's lack of ability, but because his father, as the superior, does not recognize the Crown Prince. And Cao Ang's approach directly blocked the possibility that Cao Cao would not recognize him. It was almost a foregone conclusion that all the brothers would support Cao Ang.
As for Cao Chong and Cao Xiong further back, don't even think about it. If Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang, who have excellent abilities in the front, are all brought up by Cao Ang, the ones behind them can only follow in Cao Ang's footsteps.
In addition, the next generation of other branches of the Cao family of the Xiahou family were also brought up by Cao Ang. When this generation grows up, it is inevitable that Cao Ang will take over everything Cao Cao stably. In that situation, if Cao Cao wants to force Cao Ang, the power of the Cao family will collapse.
It can be said that if Cao Ang, a brother and brother-in-law, had not died, the Cao family and the Xiahou family would not have reached that level. Starting from Cao Pi, the reason why Cao Wei treated the clan poorly was that Cao Pi did not get the support of the Cao family and the Xiahou family. .
The Cao family and the Xiahou family have never been Cao Pi's basic base. It was Cao Ang who left himself a good hand. To be precise, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang should all be regarded as Cao Ang's basic base. However, Cao Ang died. A good hand was inherited by three brothers.
Cao Pi's family base, Cao Zhi's Qingliu base, and Cao Zhang's general base base. If Cao Ang is on top, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, Cao family brothers, and the seven Xiahou brothers add up to the clan's base base. These are Put together, it is all the power of Cao Cao.
It can be said that Cao Ang will have great power as soon as he ascends the throne, and every leader of the basic system can be trusted. The forces represented by Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang will be different from each other, but as long as Cao Ang is among the three, there will always be a balance. It will also be smoothly merged into the clan.
The most successful thing about Cao Ang is that he has chosen a basic base for his most promising brothers, so that they don't have to worry about not getting along well after he takes the throne. Moreover, he maintains absolute power, which can avoid brother conflicts and ensure that In the court, it was still his Cao family who spoke volumes.
More importantly, this approach can let latecomers know that they will not suffer losses by following him, and also let everyone know his broadmindedness, which can be said to be a double win.
The biggest failure of Cao Ang was that he did everything his brother should do, but he did not expect that he would be so unlucky that he would be tricked to death by his own father.
Looking at Cao Ang's arrangement after Cao Ang died, it immediately became a joke. Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, and Cao Zhang immediately started to show signs of failure without the boss. The reason is because Cao Ang gave these three guys the basics.
Each of the three of them has their own strength, and Cao Ang is very accurate in judging people. If he gives Cao Pi the basic game of the Aristocratic Family, Cao Pi can play well, if he gives Cao Zhi the basic game of Qingliu, Cao Zhi can play well, and if he gives Cao Zhang the basic game of Qingliu, he can play well. Basically, Cao Zhang conquered the foreign generals with force.
All three of them have their own strength. Without Cao Ang's suppression, why should we listen to you? In the past, when Cao Ang was alive, everyone knew that he was the heir apparent and shouldn't think too much about it. But now that Cao Ang is dead, why don't we fight for it if we have the strength?
I could tolerate it at first, but as time went by, no one could resist that position. I could tolerate it before because Cao Ang blocked all the way forward, but after Cao Ang died, neither Cao Pi, Cao Zhi, nor Cao Zhang had this. ability.
Reaching that level requires not only ability, but also a layout earlier than yours. Before you were born, others had arranged everything, and even you yourself were just a pawn in their game. (To be continued.)
