No matter from what point of view, a generation of heroes Cao Cao can be called a winner in life, as the saying goes, "since ancient times heroes are sad to be beautiful", Cao Cao is the most loyal practitioner of this sentence, and the taste is unique.
The most famous "lover of human wives", Cao Cao, had many wives and concubines, and as many as 15 had names recorded. In Cao Cao's eyes, all women with posture, regardless of their noble status and whether they are married or not, will find ways to plunder them.
Cao Cao stills
These wives and concubines of Cao Cao, who have been recorded in history, bore him a total of 25 sons. Since the ancient concept of son preference, Cao Cao's daughters have been ignored, and not only do we not know their names, but even Cao Cao has no accurate number of daughters.
According to historical records such as the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and the Book of the Later Han Dynasty, there were at least 7 daughters of Cao Cao recorded in the annals of history. The most puzzling thing is that among the 7 people, there are three sisters who are married to the same person.
Emperor Xian of Han
The daughter of Cao Cao, who is most detailed in the history books, was Cao Jie, who was married to Emperor Xian of Han, and according to the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, this daughter was Cao Cao's second daughter. In 196 AD, in order to justify the power of the court, Cao Cao sent his daughter Cao Jie to the harem of Emperor Xian of Han as a nobleman in 213 AD.
Only a year later, Emperor Xiandi of Han's original empress dowager fu was deposed, and in the first month of the following year, Cao Jie was made empress. The two empresses were deposed and erected, and only three months apart in between, which was enough to see that the appointment of his daughter as empress was actually a premeditated plan that Cao Cao had already planned.
Queen Fu
In addition to Cao Jie, who married into the harem with Cao Jie as a nobleman, there were also her two younger sisters: Cao Xian and Cao Hua. The Book of the Later Han Dynasty also has a detailed record of this history: "In the eighteenth year of Jian'an, Cao Jin's three female xian, jie, and hanging were his wife." From this, it can be seen that the three sisters entered the palace together.
They were sent to the palace by Cao Cao for a clear purpose, that is, to help their father consolidate his power. Cao Cao used the means of marriage to justifiably control the power and expand his power. Of course, this extremely political marriage may have brought great personal benefits to Cao Cao, but for his daughters, it was a lifetime of sadness.
Cao Festival
As Empress Dowager Xian of Han, Cao Jie did not live a happy life. Because when Cao Cao married his daughters, he never considered their happiness, nor did he care whether they could have a happy marriage.
In 220 AD, Emperor Xian of Han was deposed and Cao Jie lost his position as empress; in 234 AD, Emperor Xian of Han, who was deposed as the Duke of Shanyang, died, after which Cao Jie remained widowed for 26 years.
It can be seen that although he once held the position of empress, Cao Jie failed to live a happy marriage. Not only because of the early death of her husband. Most importantly, her predecessor Empress Fu was killed by Cao Cao, so how could Emperor Xian of Han not hate Cao Cao? How can you really love Cao Jie?
Stills of Cao Xian
Marrying cao jie with the two younger sisters of Emperor Xian of Han was even happier. The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that the youngest sister Cao Hua was still young when she married, and she was not even old enough to marry early, so she could only "stay in the country less", and Cao Hua may not have been blessed by Emperor Xian of Han for the rest of her life.
Another sister, Cao Xian, was the most thoughtful woman among the three sisters, and the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms records that Cao Xian was "beautiful and ambitious, childless all his life", and would return to his mother's house every time he felt depressed and painful in the palace. After Emperor Chan of Han gave up the throne, Cao Xian used the excuse of dismissing the harem concubines to return to his hometown of Bozhou to spend the rest of his life.
Cao Cao's practice of marrying three daughters to one person was indeed a wise move for him and even the Cao family, and this kind of political alliance bond formed by using marriage satisfies Cao Cao's purpose of seizing the world of the Han family, but for his daughter, it was a miserable life.