In China's history, we can always find common ground for success, and we can also find the differences in the fall of each dynasty. "Learning from history" can help future generations understand crises earlier and avoid crises.
Looking at China's thousand-year history, a state of division will appear after a unified dynasty. At this time, it is often in a stage where the world is chaotic and people are living in poverty. After the fall of Qin Dynasty, it entered a long-term state of division. Even when the Han Dynasty was unified in the later period, it still could not escape the situation of heroes fighting for power. Therefore, the saying that later generations said, "Long-term unity will be divided, and long-term division will be united."
Our ethnic group is Han , so many people are more interested in the culture during the unification of Han Dynasty. In fact, later dynasties were indeed greatly influenced by the Han Dynasty.
Take the description in the book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" as an example. From this we can see that many people who establish power in the book think that the Han clan gathers troops to seize land, or stages a drama of bringing the emperor to command the princes. It can be seen that retaining the Han clan or other larger clans is a means of obtaining power, so that only by becoming famous in the army, occupying land and winning the hearts of the people.
After years of war, the split country became the trend of the Three Kingdoms. Later, Sima Yan seized the opportunity and successfully unified the split countries into one country, that is Jin , and Sima Yan also became the emperor of the founding of Jin.
According to the laws of history, those who become emperors will inevitably destroy the leaders of other countries.
However, there are exceptions in the laws of history. After Sima Yan unified the Three Kingdoms, why did he not attack the later emperor of the Three Kingdoms? Even many of the advisers around the later emperors were given official positions.
Maybe you want to praise Sima Yan's mind, but how can an emperor have the kindness of a woman? The reason why he was able to let the Later Lord of the Three Kingdoms was just for himself and needed to win the hearts of the people.
There are many Chinese cultures, among which Taoist , Legal , and Confucian are three highly respected categories. As an emperor, you must know how to use strategies, have a view of the overall situation, and control the direction of the country, so you must use Taoism. Most officials are Confucian, and they care about whether the king is a wise and benevolent monarch.
In 265 AD, the power of the Sima family had reached its peak, and the actual ruler was the Sima family. Although there are still many people in the royal family who are dissatisfied with the Sima family, they cannot be changed due to differences in strength.
So shortly after Sima Yan inherited his father's title, he forced Emperor Yuan of Wei to abdicate and become king, thus starting to kick off the great cause of Jin's unification.
If you want to unify, you must use military power to destroy Shu Kingdom and Wu Kingdom . Therefore, in 263 AD, General Deng Ai used a strategy to defeat Shu, and then surrendered to the later ruler of Shu. Soon after, Jin State launched an army to attack Wu State, and Wu State also surrendered. Since then, Jin State has completed the historical task of unifying the Three Kingdoms.
has just been unified, and the country is in a stage of unstable people's hearts. Sima Yan suddenly kills the latter master and will attract criticism from the world's Confucian scholars and the people.
Because he is the emperor, he cares about how the later circulated history books are. Therefore, in order to win back people's hearts and attract wise ministers from all over the world, he had to treat the later emperor kindly. Not only can he not kill the later masters, he also wants to let them enjoy a better life, and even if they are acting, they must do it more sincerely.
It can be said that such a righteous act is just a means of Sima Yan's use as an emperor. Whether he is sincere or not is completely irrelevant to him.
personality
Whether a person succeeds depends on his personal opportunities and abilities. Without any one, he cannot succeed.
Sima Yan's success lies in the fact that he had his ancestors paved the way. His grandfather, father and uncle were all famous heroes at that time. After years of management, he had laid a solid foundation for him, so he later unified the world.
It’s just that Sima Yan, who grew up in such an environment, has advantages and disadvantages in character. He has good military and political talents, and his better family background also makes him confident and suspicious.
For Sima Yan, it is more reassuring to put the master next to him than to put it around him.Even though the latter master was at the end of his strength at this time, he did not want to see any sparks and a prairie fire.
kills it forever, but his confidence tells him that the people of Jin are now strong and full of talents, and no country can match it. Therefore, he is unworthy to kill them to make future generations criticized. It is better to let them watch how they treat this huge country well, establish their past achievements, and leave their names forever.
In Sima Yan's view, letting the opponent watch his success dryly and the satisfaction of seeing their defeat is far higher than killing them.
So, Sima Yan's choice to seal Cao Huan as Chenliu Wang and Liu Chanfeng as Anlegong is not difficult to understand. As long as they are trapped under their noses and let them be idle wealthy people, Sima Yan will have no worries.
In fact, many of his advisers advised Sima Yan to kill the later master to prevent future troubles, but he refused and opposed the public. He made such a decision because of the high confidence of King Jin himself.
Its own military power is stable
The military participates in the regime change in every country. The strength of the army is where power can reach, and this is an ever-changing truth.
After years of fighting, the power of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu has been wiped out, and those who have been loyal to assist have passed away. At this stage, no good ministers and generals appeared, and the only better generals were all under the command of Jin.
Under such circumstances, destroying the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu was following the trend, and there was not even the battles of Zhuge Liang in the past year, nor did the battle of Wei and Jin dynasties in Wei and easily unify the Three Kingdoms.
For Sima Yan, he did not encounter insurmountable difficulties during the conquest, because the military strength of Jin has far exceeded that of the Three Kingdoms, and they have lost the strength to compete with Jin. Even if there is no conquest, as this trend continues, it is inevitable to be annexed.
The book "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records that after the surrender of the Shu Kingdom, the emperor of Jin State invited guests. At this time, Liu Chan's counselor privately suggested that Liu Chan pretend to cry, expressing his longing for his hometown in his words, and then returned to his hometown to make a comeback. Liu Chan, the post-director of
, did as he did, but Sima Yan saw through this plan, so he asked Liu Chan, "What does it mean?" Liu Chan didn't know how to answer, but only told the truth. After hearing this, Sima Yan laughed even more.
shows that there were no talented or strategic people among the later emperors of the Three Kingdoms at that time, so there was no need for Sima Yan to kill them with great difficulty.
The great men in history all have a dream, that is, to build their ideal country. The heroes of ancient times also hoped to create great achievements in troubled times to shine on their families.
This is why various struggles occurred between the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms. Years of war made more people hope to stop the war. At this time, the power of Jin State was very strong, and it was unified, which could not only convince the public, but also avoid the wars that followed for many years.
Although it is shown in history that Sima Yan destroyed the Three Kingdoms and unified it into Jin, in fact, his appearance was driven by history, and the great achievements he could accomplish were both accidental and inevitable. Without this Jin State, there will still be other countries to complete the unified task in the future.
The historical and cultural years of thousands of years have given us a deep understanding of the laws of history, and through various examples, we can understand the psychological activities of historical figures at that time across thousands of years.
Only by understanding their behavior can we find the causes of their success or failure. From Sima Yan's personality, family background and situation at that time, it is easy to understand the reason why King Jin did not attack the later emperor of the Three Kingdoms at that time, and find points worth learning from by us modern people.
Only when our country dares to change and can it continue to improve can it cope with any changes in the future world and successfully usher in the glorious era of China.
