Sima Shi chose Cao Zhi, naturally he has his own considerations, first of all, Cao Zhi is relatively mediocre and even a little cowardly, not good at words, and kind-hearted, and only such a person can meet Sima Shi's standards, because he wants to choose a puppet emperor, not what kind of sage and sage, the main is strong and the minister is weak, so is there still the inevitability of Sima Shi's existence?

It was precisely because Cao Fang's increasingly revealing ambition made Sima Shi feel uneasy, so in choosing a new monarch, his priority was whether he could be controlled by him, so Cao Yi, the king of Pengcheng, naturally became his first choice.

But the Empress Dowager Guo clearly objected, Cao Ju was her uncle's generation, Cao Ju became the emperor, the most embarrassing thing is probably none more than her, towards a bunch of concubines and concubines, it is not acceptable to kill her, if Cao Ju succeeds to the throne, Empress Dowager Guo will not be able to stay in the palace no matter what.

This is obviously contrary to her original intention of abolishing the emperor, abolishing Cao Fang, Empress Dowager Guo thought about how to be able to listen to the government again, but as a result, she couldn't even keep the position of the queen mother, isn't this a joke?

Therefore, Empress Dowager Guo was very angry with Sima Shi's proposal, and resolutely opposed it, clearly claiming that if Sima Shi insisted on electing Cao Yuan, she would rather continue to let Cao Fang be the emperor than replace him.

And Empress Dowager Guo's reason is also high-sounding, Cao Yi is Cao Rong's own uncle, if Cao Yi is allowed to succeed to the throne, then there is no reason for his uncle to worship his nephew, and Cao Rong's sect will face a situation where no one worships.

Therefore, the newly established monarch must be elected from among Cao Ei's sons and nephews, which is not negotiable.

Sima Shi had to borrow the Empress Dowager's decree to achieve the goal of abolishing Cao Fang and establishing a new monarch, so he couldn't disobey the Empress Dowager Guo's opinion, so he could only give up the plan to establish Cao Fang.

Cao Ei's sons and nephews are not short of people, but who to choose as the emperor, Empress Dowager Guo took the initiative to propose the election of Cao Lin, the son of Cao Lin, the king of the East China Sea, Cao Lin is the son of Cao Pi, the younger brother of Cao Ei, Cao Chao is Cao Ei's nephew, from the generation, it is completely in line with the expectations of the Empress Dowager Guo.

Empress Dowager Guo had seen Cao Chao before, although he was only a teenager, but he was smart, humble and polite, talented, and had a good export style.

Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi and called the "three Cao", its literary status, especially in the seven sons of Jian'an, especially Cao Zhi, is known as the world's article a stone, its unique eight buckets, it can be seen that its reputation.

Although after the third Cao, Cao Rong's talent is not as good as that of his ancestors and fathers, but he is also good at poetry and writing, and has written a collection of poems and essays, which have been passed down to the world.

It's just that in Cao Fang's generation, he is learning methods and tends to be mediocre, and Empress Dowager Guo often sighs that Cao Rong has no biological son, and even his literary talent has been cut off.

However, among the Cao clan, there are not no capable people, Cao Chao is only thirteen years old, but he has already shown extraordinary talent, poetry and songs, and even in terms of scriptures, he also has a lot of style, even the great Confucianism of the world, also praised Cao Chao as a rising star.

Smart and clever, coupled with talent, knowledgeable and polite, it is no wonder that he can please the Empress Dowager Guo, so the first choice proposed by the Empress Dowager Guo is him.

Of course, Sima Shi is not interested in smart people, and the mediocre Cao Fang still has the ambition to seize power, if Cao Chao ascends the throne, how can he control it?

But at present, except for Cao Chao, there seems to be no other good candidate, and Cao Ji is not in the scope of Empress Dowager Guo's consideration, Sima Shi considered it for a long time, and finally agreed to Empress Dowager Guo's proposal.

First of all, Sima Shi did not urgently need the Empress Dowager Guo's ally, and he could not have too many differences with the Empress Dowager Guo on the successor, otherwise if the Empress Dowager Guo did not agree, his entire plan to abolish the establishment would be in vain.

Secondly, Sima Shi can't put forward any suitable candidates, and Cao Chao is just a thirteen-year-old child, even if he is smarter, but he has just ascended the throne, and he has no foundation in the court, and it is just a fool's dream to shake the deep-rooted tree of the Sima clan.

As for Cao Chao growing up in a few years, Sima Shi is not too worried, after all, Sima Shi's ambition is not just to be a general, to be a powerful minister who controls the government, his ideals, naturally, is to go further, as long as the conditions are ripe, Sima Shi will not hesitate to take a step towards the position of the Ninety-Five, Cao Chao is smart, mediocre, it is impossible to stop Sima Shi's pace.

Therefore, Sima Shi finally reached a consensus with Empress Dowager Guo and agreed that after Cao Fang was abolished, Cao Chao, the noble township duke, would succeed him.

And Empress Dowager Guo can also logically continue to be her queen mother, without being affected in the slightest.

After negotiating with the Empress Dowager Guo, the matter of abolishing the emperor officially entered the process, and what Sima Shi needed to do next was to weave the corresponding charges against Cao Fang and abolish him justifiably.

Abolishing the emperor is an earth-shattering event, after all, as the identity of the Son of Heaven Ninety-Five, it is a matter of social affairs, and Sima Shi does not dare to act rashly.

The most vivid example is Dong Zhuo in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, taking advantage of the chaos to enter Beijing, deposing the emperor without authorization, and soon attracted the crusade of the princes of the Eighteenth Route of the Kwantung Province, and finally fled to Chang'an and was killed by Lu Bu.

Therefore, abolition of the emperor is a very hateful thing, it is easy to be attacked by all forces, Sima Shi wants to abolish Cao Fang smoothly, then he must learn from Huo Guang and give Cao Fang many heinous charges.

That's what Huo Guang did back then, the king of Changyi succeeded to the throne for 27 days, created more than 1,000 evils, and the heavens were angry and resentful.

For Sima Shi, Huo Guang is a ready-made model, if he wants to abolish Cao Fang, he must first weave the accusation that Cao Fang is not worthy of the virtue of the Son of Heaven, and then mobilize the power of civil and military officials, led by Sima Shi, play the Empress Dowager Guo, and act according to the law.

In fact, fabricating charges is not a complicated matter, Cao Fang himself is not very scrupulous, Sima Shi does not need to investigate carefully, he can easily collect a lot of criminal evidence, but these criminal evidence is a little pale, this can only prove that Cao Fang is a mediocre monarch, not a faint tyrant, if you want to meet the standard of abolishing the emperor, Sima Shi still needs to collect strong evidence.

Just when the matter of abolishing the emperor was in full swing, a battle report suddenly came from the Huainan front, Zhuge Ke raised troops and invaded the new city, Sima Shi could only temporarily put down the abolition of the establishment and go all out to meet the Wu army.