vrcanaries Chapter 493 Cao Mao is killed in the street
Chapter 493 Cao Mao is killed in the street
Upon hearing this, aside from the Cao family who were filled with righteous indignation, people before the Three Kingdoms period would find it hard to imagine that someone as ruthless as Sima Shi could remain silent when their eyes were practically popping out!
But compared to his brother, what exactly did Sima Zhao do to deserve such eternal infamy?!
Not to mention them at this moment, even Liu Bei, Sun Quan, Yuan Shao and others were very puzzled.
All Sima Zhao did was change the name of Cao Wei; what else could he do? He couldn't possibly exterminate the entire Cao family, could he?
However, as Lin Ke recounted the story, their hearts sank to their breaking point...
"The focus of this next part is actually on Cao Mao. He was the last struggle of the Great Wei and the last bit of courage of the Cao family."
"As the saying goes, it is better to die as a noble village lord than to live as Emperor Xian of Han, and even better to be one of those servile and cowardly emperors."
Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie: (?.?) ? ? !
Everyone in the Song Dynasty: Just mention their two names!
"Cao Mao was no ordinary man; he was exceptionally talented. Zhong Hui described him as: '...talented like Chen Si...military like Emperor Taizu...'"
"However, he was born in the wrong era. Now, the entire Cao Wei state is under the control of the Sima family, and it seems the Sima family has stopped pretending and is about to take over their vast Cao Wei empire."
"As descendants of the Cao family, how could we just stand by and watch without doing anything to stop it?!"
Cao Mao: I can't stand by and watch someone usurp the throne!
"However, before Cao Mao made his final desperate attempt, he had already tried to assassinate Sima Zhao. On the sixth day of the fifth month of the fifth year of Ganlu (260), late at night, Cao Mao contacted Li Zhao and others, and deployed a group of armored soldiers to assassinate Sima Zhao at the court meeting the next day."
"But such conspiracies are extremely unlikely to succeed. Who the hell would know that it would rain the next day and the meeting would be rescheduled, thus the whole thing would fail."
Emperor Xian of Han, Liu Xie: Actually, I did try...
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty: I know this script well: I'm luckier than you, I succeeded!
"If Cao Mao had been a little luckier, he might have outwitted Sima Zhao in a Wei version, but Cao Mao still didn't give up. He summoned Wang Shen, Wang Ye, and Wang Jing to his side and uttered those famous words:
This is intolerable! Sima Zhao's intentions are obvious to everyone... I will personally lead the attack...
"Cao Mao's actions may not have been entirely motivated by a desire to fight Sima Zhao. He lacked the power, but he was not a fool either, because Wang Shen and Wang Ye went to inform him after he left."
"Such a grand display, without any fear of being reported to Sima Zhao by the palace's spies, seems to be aimed at making a big fuss about the whole thing."
"Rather than helplessly watching your Sima family usurp the country, he might as well take a gamble, even though he knows the chances of success are slim."
"So Cao Mao first reported to Empress Dowager Guo, and then caused quite a commotion. He led his meager few hundred men, beat drums, and left the palace to attack Sima Zhao."
"It's a sad thing that Cao Mao, as the emperor, only had a few hundred followers, just like Emperor Xian back then. But Cao Mao broke out of the palace, which means he won."
"In particular, Sima Zhao sent many people to stop him from leaving Yunlong Gate, but who could have guessed that this puppet they had in their hands would actually break through Yunlong Gate."
"Cao Mao held a sharp sword and scared away the crowd that came to greet him. At that time, no one would kill the emperor in front of the people of the world. The emperor still had the so-called inviolable sanctity."
"But some people just did it anyway. Cheng Ji, who was then serving as a retainer to the Crown Prince, asked Jia Chong what he wanted, and that's when he said: 'Why did Lord Sima raise you all? It was for this day...'"
"Therefore, in the midst of the armed conflict between the two sides, Cheng Ji became the first person in history to assassinate the emperor in the street."