How did Sima Yi capture the Cao family?

From the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the beginning and end of the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the political power was divided and the vassals were in chaos, and the entire political situation was in chaos. The transition process of political power is like a long river flowing through eighteen bends on a mountain road, with crazy waves from time to time. However, there is a family that is like a huge ship, driving freely in the stormy sea as usual, dropping anchor and landing safely. This family is the Sima family that walked from behind the scenes to the front in the history of the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

Western Jin Dynasty Founder of Sima Yi

Wolong is Zhuge Liang, phoenix chicks are Pang Tong, young unicorn is Jiang Wei, mound tiger is Sima Yi. Sima Yi is the most outstanding representative of the Sima family, and he is also the true founder of the Western Jin Dynasty. Sima Yi's deeds well-known to future generations may be his 7-year history of the War of Resistance against Zhuge Liang. During this period, although Sima Yi lost most of them, he finally won. Zhuge Liang died of illness in the camp after being besieged for many days. After that, Shujun was defeated. Sima Yi lived to be 73 years old. In the turbulent and materially impoverished Wei and Jin Dynasties, this was already considered a longevity. We must know that during the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the average life expectancy of people was only forty years old. Sima Yi, who is "accompanied by a monarch as a tiger", can successfully complete most of his life, relying on his great wisdom and great wit. Sima Yi was good at pretending to be sick. When Cao Cao was still a small lord, he asked someone to hire Sima Yi. Sima Yi understood that at that time Cao Cao was not an opponent of the ruler of the Han Dynasty, and it was a dangerous task to look forward to being by his side. Just pretend to be sick in bed. Cao Cao repeatedly asked people to inquire about the truth. As a result, every messenger saw Sima Yi lying on the bed without moving, believing that Sima Yi really had a stroke. Later Cao Cao also believed this fact, and did not go to Sima Yi again in a short time. The most powerful thing is that when Sima Yi was in his later years, Emperor Wei Cao Fang was young, Cao Shuang The party group intends to usurp power and seize power. Sima Yi, in order to avoid the limelight, also saves himself the power to eradicate Cao Shuang's party group and pretend to be sick again. Cao Shuang believed that the only thing in the world that could adversely affect his usurping of power was the old bone of Sima Yi, so he sent his confidant to see if he was really sick. After the spies entered the gate of Sima's house, Sima Yi used his ingenuity to teach the later learners a good lesson, what is meant by "scheming". Sima Yi met the spies in the hall with the support of the two maids. At this moment, a maid handed over a bowl of soup medicine, and Sima Yi picked it up with his mouth. As a result, he drank the soup medicine all over the collar and made the bodice mottled. barge. The spies again asked Sima Yi tentatively. Sima Yi directly pretended to be inconvenient to speak, hesitating, vague and tongue-in-cheek, as if he would die soon. When the spies saw that the old guy was so sick, he hurried back and reported the good news to Cao Shuang. This time, pretending to be sick very well paralyzed Cao Shuang, and basically made Cao Shuang give up his wariness against Sima Yi, and thus also threw a smoke bomb in advance of Sima Yi's party group. Sima Yi has experienced three generations of solitary assistants and accumulated years of political experience. He has cultivated a group of reliable and capable winged ministers. After sweeping away Cao Shuang’s party and group, Sima Yi successfully moved from behind the scenes to the front, just like Cao Cao used Wei to replace Han, and Jin replaced Wei. , Which controls almost the entire world. Then, until his death, Sima Yi didn’t make the king or the emperor. In fact, he could do it under the conditions that he had the power to dominate the world at the time. Cao Cao did not have Sima Yi. Cao Cao knew Sima Yi, knew Sima Yi, believed in Sima Yi, after Cao Cao Cao Pi, Cao Rui was the same, even in the period of Wei Wendi, whether it was Wendi or Mingdi At that time, they all rushed to Sima Yi's home in person, and treated Sima Yi as if Han had treated Xiao He.

After Sima Yi's death, the eldest son Sima Shi inherited his father's rights and died early, and his second son, Sima Zhao , came on stage and replaced him.Following the power of father and brother, it further expanded the rule of the Sima family at that time, further concentrated the world's political power, and accelerated the process of reigning Wei. In the eyes of most posterity, Sima Zhao is also a first-rate figure of literary and martial arts, especially one thing that the world cannot deny, that is, he has been fighting with his father for many years and has trained outstanding military talents. From the period of the Three Kingdoms period to the long battle of the Wei Dynasty against Shu, Cao Cao, the hero of the world, was only able to stand on the ground with the three legs of the Shu and Wu. During the reign of Emperor Wei Wen, Cao Pi repeatedly attacked the Kingdom of Shu, and it was land and water battle. By all means, he was finally defeated and returned to the court. He was so depressed that he could not stretch his chest and died young. By the time of Emperor Wei Ming, although the territory of Shu was continuously reduced, it still occupied a place on the Chinese map. Among these three generations of monarchs, his father Sima Yi was always assisted, and he failed to smooth the Shu. When it came to Sima Zhao, he successfully led the army and wiped out the Kingdom of Shu in one fell swoop. After the extermination of Shu, Sima Zhao did something that made future generations grateful to Dade. That is, he sent people to concentrate on sorting out and learning Zhuge Liang's military theory. This action cultivated many outstanding generals who made great achievements in suppressing anti-thief. After Sima Zhao returned to the dynasty from the squad of Shu, he directly named himself Jin Gong, and later regarded Wei Emperor Cao Mao as if there was nothing to call himself Jin Wang , and he made Sima Yan his son. Sima Zhao's act of entrusting the king completely infuriated Cao Mao, the king of Wei, and Cao Mao knew that if he went on like this, not only would the Wei Dynasty be replaced, but he would also lose his life. So, in a rainy afternoon, I gathered all my confidants and some trusted officials. Cao Mao leaped to the book case with his sword, full of anger, and agitated with a stern expression, "You are all the wise ministers of the Great Wei. I, Cao Mao, have been deeply loyal and filial to you over the years. Today, Sima Zhao’s heart is well known to passers-by. It is to usurp power, so blatantly, and completely ignore my Dawei regime. This is not only a betrayal to me, but also a disrespect for the hard work of you over the years. Today I will Come to kill the Sima thief. Would you like to help me?..." As soon as Cao Mao's voice fell, the voices of opposition started one after another. Everyone persuaded Cao Mao to give up and swallow. At that time, most of the ministers of the DPRK and China supported Sima Zhao. After all, the power of the Sima Zhao group was not comparable to that of Cao Mao. Cao Mao was also considered a bloody man. He did not listen to the advice of his ministers and took more than a hundred soldiers after the meeting.Wearing armor and helmets, he drove to Sima Zhao's house mightily. Unexpectedly, someone had already informed Sima Zhao, Sima Zhao sent a good soldier to intercept Cao Mao halfway. After Sima Zhao killed Cao Mao, he made Cao Huan the emperor (Note: Cao Huan is the grandson of Cao Cao), namely Emperor Wei Yuan. Cao Huan was just a puppet, and the world at this time had truly belonged to the Sima family. In 265 AD, after Sima Zhao died of a stroke, another representative figure of the Sima family came to the front. This is Sima Yan, the son of Sima Zhao. Sima Yan succeeded to the throne and forced Cao Huan to step down and formally established the Western Jin Dynasty, named Jin Wudi . He became the founding monarch of the Jin Kingdom and established the capital of Luoyang. At the same time, he pursued Sima Zhao as Emperor Wen and Sima Yi as Emperor Xuan.

The establishment of Jin Kingdom by Sima Yan was understood by later generations as a matter of course. His achievements are based entirely on the three generations of Sima Yi, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, and they have come to fruition all the way. Later generations also generally believed that Sima Yan had no outstanding talents. After Sima Yan ascended the throne, the country has stabilized and no major turmoil has occurred. Therefore, Sima Yan naively believed that the country would be consolidated from then on, so he withdrew the border defense military and devoted himself to improving the farmland system, but his naivety was finally given to him. Bringing evil results, the famous " 八王之乱" appeared in history. From Sima Yi to Sima Yan, the changes in Chinese politics also had a profound impact on the development of Chinese literature during this period. For example, during the Sima Zhao period, due to a high degree of political oppression, the continuous text prison made China at that time Scholars no longer dare to talk about politics lightly. Even if it is to eulogize merits, sometimes it is easy to "slap on the horse's legs". Therefore, Chinese literature in this period is more based on the rise of idyllic poetry and other borrowings. The way of love is the mainstream. The majesty and magnificence of Jian'an literature basically disappeared during this period. The high degree of political oppression has greatly wiped out the political enthusiasm of scholars. The mainstream of attention has already turned to philosophy, thought, ghosts and gods, etc., and a large number of works in this area are becoming more and more popular. When Sima Yan was in power, although the political pressure was relaxed to a certain extent, the negative trend of Wei-Jin literature during this period,It has been inevitable, coupled with the unification of the world, the increasing economic prosperity, and the increasing status of the scholar group, the interest of Chinese intellectuals has also turned to evade reality and have fun in time. On the contrary, Sima Yan's lenientness caused a high degree of political oppression to accumulate in the taxi, which quickly fermented during his time in power. Although we talk about the Wei-Jin demeanor today, it is no exaggeration to say that the Wei-Jin era was the era when Chinese intellectuals were the most sluggish. There are fewer and fewer intellectuals who dare to take responsibility for the country. No one dares to take it. A responsible country will naturally eventually become an irresponsible country. Speaking of ’s demise in the Western Jin , the "Eight Kings Rebellion" was inseparable from the rule of the Sima family, especially Sima Yan. Sima Yan took the lead of the Youli family, especially the wealthy intellectuals. Policy, the gap between poor intellectuals and wealthy intellectuals is increasing. As a result, many poor intellectuals have chosen another way out: to devote themselves to many royal families. Among the princes of the Western Jin Dynasty at that time, there were a lot of intellectual aides who came from poor families. When these people mentioned the aristocratic families of the Western Jin Dynasty, almost all of them gritted their teeth. After Sima Yan died, the ascended Jin Huidi was incompetent. The princes were given the opportunity to rebel, and the intellectuals who were increasingly marginalized were those who contributed to the situation. The opposition between the noble clans and the poor intellectuals caused by Sima Yan's ruling policy became a major cause of the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty.