How Cao Pi Abolished Han and proclaimed himself Emperor?

After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi succeeded to the throne and became Wang Wei and the prime minister, with great power. However, Cao Pi was still afraid that Cao Zhi would fight for the throne with himself, and deliberately made excuses to catch Cao Zhi and criticize him.

Although Cao Cao once held the emperor as a vassal, he never dared to ascend the throne. But Cao Pi wanted to abolish the nominal Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty and become emperor himself. Thus, a good show of abdication was staged.

Cao Pi's cronies Hua Xin (X and N) led the civil and military officials to write a letter, urging Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to cede the throne to Wang Wei and Cao Pi. Emperor Xian of Han was a puppet emperor for more than 30 years, and he was quite self-aware. In order to save his life, he reluctantly "took the initiative" to hand over the emperor's decree to Cao Pi. Unexpectedly, Cao Pi returned the imperial seal to Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty in front of Manchu civil servants.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was trembling with the imperial seal in his hand, and he didn't know what to do. At the behest of Cao Pi, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty ordered people to build a "meditation platform" and choose an auspicious day. In 220 AD, Cao Pi pretended to abdicate and became the title of Wei, with Luoyang as its capital.

In 22 1 year, Liu Bei proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of Han, with Chengdu as its capital. In 229 AD, Sun Quan also proclaimed himself emperor, with the title of Wu, making Wuchang (now Ezhou, Hubei) his capital, and then moving to Jianye (now Nanjing, Jiangsu). At this point, the Eastern Han Dynasty officially ended.