At this time, Lu Bu has long lost its courage as before. His strength has been greatly weakened, and there is no support from counselors like Chen Gong . After several battles, he suffered repeated battles and was eventually surrounded in Xiapi city.
Even though Lu Bu was guarding him for many months, Cao Cao 2 broke up to siege the city, causing him to cut off his aid and food. In early 199 AD, Lu Bu's troops rebelled at night, tied him up and opened the city gate to ask Cao Cao to surrender.
Cao Cao has always been generous in recruiting talents. Lu Bu is a powerful general, but his former princes were capricious and had changed hands and rebellious several times. Even though he was brave, he was incompetent and embarrassing. So Cao Cao finally ordered him to be beheaded at Baimen Tower, Xia Pi.
The war ended and it was time to divide the results. However, Guan Yu, who was temporarily under Cao Cao, made a request. He asked Cao Cao for a woman - Du, the wife of the former general under Lu Bu.
"The wife has no son, go down to the city, and asks for Yilu's wife, and promises it" - " Three Kingdoms·Shu Book·GuanZhangMa HuangZhao Biography " quoting "Shu Record"
This is really a special request for Guan Erye . According to Cao Cao's obedience when he later won over Guan Yu, it was insignificant to agree to this condition, but he eventually refused.
Why is this?
Du's husband Qin Yilu was one of Lu Bu's confidants, so when Xia Pi was besieged, Lu Bu immediately sent him to Yuan Shu for help, and Yuan Shu admired him very much and wanted to keep him under his account for appointment.
Qin Yilu said that his relatives were still in Xia Pi, so Yuan Shu simply betrothed a daughter of the Han royal family to him. In this way, Qin Yilu never returned, and Du, who was staying in Xia Pi, actually became a widow.
Cao Cao has a well-known hobby - he is not so concerned about beauties, but he is very envious of married women.
Before in Wancheng, he killed his eldest son Cao Ang and the powerful general Dianwei . He almost lost his life, but he had no memory at all.
After seeing Du, Cao Cao immediately became jealous and even refused Guan Yu's request. He directly took Du as his belongings and occupied him for his concubine.
Logically speaking, the victory or defeat on the battlefield has been decided, and Du's husband has already found a new love. For the hero of a generation, Boss Cao, this was an irrelevant little thing, but he never expected that this move would have an important impact on the Sima family usurping Wei more than 40 years later.
Chapter 0 Let me talk about Cao Cao. Although he has a strange habit, he really likes Du. He has received great favors to the woman he has taken over. Even Qin Lang, the child born to her and her ex-husband, was taken over by Cao Cao as his stepson. He regards him as his own child and lives with his mother in Cao Cao's residence.
Cao Cao likes this adopted son very much and often praises him openly in front of guests. Qin Lang himself is also quite smart. He knows his identity and situation very well. Therefore, even as the son of Prime Minister Cao , his words and deeds are very low-key, cautious and humble in his daily life.
Qin Lang was not involved in any politics during the reign of Cao Cao and Cao Pi, and his treatment was always very good. Therefore, he traveled around for a long time and lived a very happy life. It was not until Emperor Ming of Wei that Cao Rui succeeded to the throne that he was appointed as the general of Xiaoqi .
Because Cao Rui was younger than Qin Lang, and he grew up in Cao's mansion and had a very good relationship with Qin Lang, so he was directly recruited as an official at this time. Not only that, he also regarded him as a confidant. He had to accompany him every time he traveled, and when he talked to him in the past, he even directly called Qin Lang's former nickname "Asu".
Cao Rui was a moody emperor, and ministers were often punished for some trivial matters.
However, the smart Qin Lang had a high status, but he had never raised any objections in these aspects. Because of this, he was even more favored by Cao Rui and directly built an extremely grand imperial residence for him in the capital for him to live in.
What's more interesting is that the ministers in the court knew that Qin Lang was a hot confidant around Cao Rui, so they tried every means to show kindness to him and give him gold, silver and money.
But everyone knows Qin Lang's character. He understands that even if he bribes him, he will not speak for him. However, he still has to bribe. This leads to Qin Lang doing nothing in the end, but his wealth is comparable to that of the duke.
However, Cao Rui was a short-lived emperor. After more than ten years of reign, he became seriously ill and critically ill. Before lying on the bed, he selected five ministers to entrust orphans and assist the government for his son Cao Fang , Xiahou Xian , Cao Shuang , Cao Zhao , and Qin Lang, which shows his value to this brother.
But at this time the old emperor was about to die. A huge storm had been brewing in the dark for a long time. The storm did not come from a country, but from a family. Its source lies in an old man who was old and had long been called sick and idle at home - the Taifu of the Great Wei Dynasty Sima Yi .
Originally, the five ministers entrusted their own ways, the Sima family might not be able to take advantage of it, but a coincidence came soon.
At that time, Cao Wei's central affairs were under the control of the two favorite ministers of Cao Rui, Liu Fang and Sun Zi , and they had always had a bad relationship with Cao Yu, Xiahou Xian, Cao Zhao and Qin Lang.
At that time, Qin Lang also stated in his private discussion with Xiahou Xian and others that when he takes power in the future, he must be good-looking.
So when the emperor was critically ill, Liu Fang and Sun Zi tried their best to dissuade him in front of his bed, but in the end, Cao Rui changed his mind temporarily and changed the general Cao Yu to Cao Shuang, while the other four ministers were all dismissed and replaced by themselves, and a Taiwei Sima Yi was added to assist in the government.
You should know that the Cao family has always been close to each other, so that they can firmly hold power in their own hands. Judging from Cao Rui's original candidate for orphanage, almost everyone is the direct descendant of the Cao family. The Xiahou family represented by Xiahou Xian and the Cao family were originally one and the same root, and Qin Lang is also a descendant of the Cao family.
That's it, Cao Rui soon died of illness, and the young young emperor Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, and Cao Shuang held the power of the country alone for a moment.
But he was also a foolish and incompetent person, and several other outstanding officials had already been expelled from the capital at this time, which gave the Sima family a great opportunity.
This almost made Sima Yi, who was sick at home, wake up laughing in the middle of the night. You should know that seeking power and usurping the throne is extremely risky and difficult, even for a scheming person like him. Now God has helped him clear away most of the obstacles, leaving only a young emperor who is only ten years old and a Cao Shuang who monopolizes the power but is extremely incompetent.
Undercurrents underwater began to surge, and a shocking coup was being prepared in full swing.
Sima Yi faces great pressure because rebellion has not been a just thing since ancient times, and in most cases, he must win with less.
For example, almost all the troops of Cao Wei were in the hands of General Cao Shuang, and Sima Yi could have full control of only two troops.
1. He trained a unit of more than 3,000 people. It is his private armed force.
2 is a part of the imperial army in the capital, including the family soldiers of himself and his younger brother's mansion and the five battalions led by his eldest son Sima Shi , with a total of about 4,000 people.
In the past, although Sima Yi served as the chief general of Cao Wei for a long time, his old army was the Guanlong Army. Although his combat effectiveness was extremely strong, it was a national army after all. It would be absolutely impossible to run all the way to the capital without the emperor's order. Moreover, the head coach of the Guanlong Army was still Cao Shuang's confidant Xiahou Xuan .
So Sima Yi wanted to launch a coup, and there were only seven or eight thousand people in his hand. It sounded like a lot, but compared with Cao Shuang's power, it was simply insignificant.
In this case, in order to achieve success, you must adopt a perfect wisdom.
Sima Yi started planning very early. He hid at home and pretended not to care about the world, but inserted his two sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao into important joints in the court, closely monitoring the changes in the political situation, and waiting for the best opportunity to take action.
This opportunity came soon. In 249 AD, in the first year of Cao Wei, the first year of Jiaping, Cao Fang set out to Gaopingling, and worshiped the late emperor Cao Rui, who had just passed away. General Cao Shuang and a group of confidants all followed the emperor. The drastic changes in Luoyang City came.
Sima Yi attacked thunder and first sent Sima Zhao into the imperial city and headed straight for Yongning Palace, directly holding the Empress Dowager Guo in the name of protection. The emperor was absent and Cao Shuang was absent. At this time, the empress dowager had the greatest power and status in the city. Then he issued an order in the name of the empress dowager and closed all the gates of Luoyang .
At this time, the title of the auxiliary minister who Qin Lang and others "fighted" for Sima Yi was very useful. He immediately reported to the Empress Dowager, citing a large basket of various crimes by General Cao Shuang, saying that he must be punished, and the empress dowager who was threatened could only agree, so Cao Shuang instantly became a civilian in name.
This is an extremely clever move, because the emperor is in Cao Shuang's hands. Once he imitates Taizu and uses the "help the emperor to command all ministers", Sima Yi will be extremely passive. Now he can use the identity of Empress Dowager Guo to issue an order, claiming that the young emperor was coerced by Cao Shuang and has already occupied the commanding heights in politics.
After the palace was completed, the second focus was on the Luoyang arsenal. You should know that unlike many people imagined, the control of military weapons was very strict at that time. Those who had privately held the weapons were killed. Sima Yi was in a hurry to lack military weapons, so he wanted to seize the weapons at the first time, but the process was very thrilling.
Because the road to the arsenal must pass through Cao Shuang's mansion, and there are a large number of soldiers under Cao Shuang stationed here. Although they hesitated, they still shot arrows at the Sima family's team and almost shot Sima Yi himself to death. However, under this situation, Sima Yi still led the team forward and rushed straight to the arsenal.
Then there is the third and last key point - Sima Gate. This gate is the central channel of the imperial city, which can not only reach the palace, but also cut off communication inside and outside the palace city.
Because Sima Yi was acting extremely quickly, most of the forces in Luoyang were still in shock and confusion, and they did not dare to move around. Therefore, after Sima Yi blocked the news channel of the imperial city, the other troops had no news and could only stand by on time and did not dare to come.
In this way, through a series of precise cutting operations like a scalpel, Sima Yi successfully achieved control of the entire Kyoto. Not long after, the indecisive general Cao Shuang chose to surrender to Sima Yi without having many soldiers under his command.
The resistance of the Cao clan was completely cut off. Although Sima Yi did not usurp the throne and became emperor directly, it was almost inevitable that the Sima family would become the Sima family to replace Wei and Jin in the future.
Looking at this famous "Gaopingling Coup" it is not difficult to see that before and after the formal action, the Sima family's strength was at an absolute disadvantage. The main reason for its final success is of course his precise planning, and luck is also an indispensable part.
The identity of the regent minister brought to Sima Yi by the internal struggle between Qin Lang and Liu Fang and others is actually extremely important. With this level of identity as equal to Cao Shuang, he can nominally "impeach" Cao Shuang by entering the palace. After all, if he wants to overthrow a regent minister, except for the emperor, naturally, only another regent minister can do it.
As a full forty-one years ago, when Cao Cao led his army into Xia Pi City to value Du and took her as his concubine, he would never have thought that the child this woman would inadvertently help the Sima family turn against the Cao family many years later.
And fate is so unpredictable. Just as Cao Cao used the emperor to oppress the queen and the Han family's relatives, he could not have thought that the way of heaven was good for reincarnation. In the future, his descendants would be treated almost the same, and this hero who spent his whole life to manage the Wei Dynasty would eventually have the surname Sima.
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