Yes,since most of the commanders and governors would have been proteges or benefactors of Cao Cao.His whole point of making himself duke,then king was basically to slowly diminish the prestige of the Han court and make a transition more preferable.My argument is that unless a dynasty who has united China had it's prestige decreased to a certain point,like ridiculously low after being puppets for a quite some time,it's generally difficult to have them outright deposed.Hm. Okay then.
Interesting.
So if Cao Cao reunites China ITTL under his banner, but ostensibly under the Han, what do you think he and his son would do? Would this victory make it feasible for Cao Cao himself to take the throne? Or would the reunification under the Han would delay Cao Pi's taking the throne, or butterfly it away completely?