The record of Sima Yi in "Book of Jin·Xuan Emperor" is as follows: He showed unique sentiments as a child, was very smart and strategic, was highly knowledgeable and experienced, and was a man of faith.

Sima Yi Before his death, he made a will that his future generations could not understand: no one should sweep his own grave after his death; it is really surprising. You know, Sima Yi was a powerful official in the Cao Wei with a distinguished status. He made great contributions to Cao Wei and was also the emperor Taizu of the Western Jin (posthumous title).

Sima Yi

Logically speaking, shouldn't we think about being sacrificed to by our descendants every year, so that our descendants can be proud of ourselves? Then you are superficial. This is Sima Yi's brilliance; then why should he be buried in a low-key manner? What's the unspeakable secret of doing this?

Sima Yi was at his peak when he debuted.

Sima Yi's family was very prominent. His grandfather was the Yingchuan prefect, and his father was Jingzhao Yin, a proper official for the third generation. " Jin Shu·Xuan Emperor ", the record of Sima Yi is as follows: He showed a unique sentiment when he was a child, he was very smart and strategic, he was highly knowledgeable and knowledgeable, and he was also a man of faith . In addition, many celebrities, such as Yang Jun and Cui Yan, all praised Sima Yi. Hu Zhao was the one who desperately saved Sima Yi when he had a grudge against others and was murdered. It can be seen that Sima Yi has a good reputation and good popularity.

Cao Cao was a man who loved talents, and he also wanted Sima Yi to use him, but Sima Yi couldn't delay and even started to pretend to be sick. It can be said that it is more difficult to recruit than Zhuge Liang who visited the thatched cottage three times, but Boss Cao is still very resourceful and directly issued an order: if he doesn't give face, he will be arrested directly. Sima Yi was so frightened that he had to serve obediently. Later, under Cao Cao's promotion, he successively served as Huangmen Shilang, Yilang, Prime Minister Dongcao, and Prime Minister's Chief Registrar.

Cao Cao and Sima Yi

He was also very strategic and successfully provoked the conflict between Sun and Liu over Jingzhou . He not only solved Guan Yu 's siege of Xiangfan , but also caused Wu and Shu to suffer losses. Not only that, he also repelled the invasion of Soochow, captured and killed the rebellious Hm1 Mengda Hm2, and pacified H1Liaodong H2. Of course, the most classic one is the back-and-forth fight with Prime Minister Zhuge. Although Zhuge Liang was killed in the end, he was also laughed at because "the dead Zhuge scared away the living Zhongda".

left a strange will

Why did such a man with outstanding military exploits and outstanding abilities end up being buried in obscurity? In fact, there are many reasons. The first is that he is afraid of being retaliated against. Because Sima Yi killed Cao Shuang, he also emptied out the power of Cao Wei and laid the foundation for his descendants Sima Zhao and Sima Yan to usurp Wei. In addition to Cao Shuang, he also killed many enemies. He was afraid that after Cao Wei's descendants or enemies gained power, they would retaliate against him by opening his coffin and whipping his corpse, so he wanted to use this method to prevent others from finding his burial place.

Secondly, Sima Yi was afraid that someone would imitate him and take the same path, become a powerful minister, and then clear the way for his descendants to seize power. We know that Sima Yi was jealous of the Cao Wei group. After all, Cao Cao once felt that Sima Yi was a "wolf-looking prime minister" and was not someone willing to serve as his subordinate. If Cao Pi hadn't tried his best to protect him, and Sima Yi himself performed well and made Cao Cao feel at ease with him, the consequences are unknown. Of course, suspicion is suspicion. Facing Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition , Cao Wei's army still sent Sima Yi to resist Zhuge Liang.

Sima Yi

After all, there is no more suitable candidate. It can be said that Zhuge Liang also made Sima Yi successful. When Zhuge Liang finally died of illness Wuzhangyuan , Sima Yi felt complicated in his heart. First of all, I am very grateful to God that this difficult opponent is no longer around. Secondly, it’s a pity that such a good opponent will never be seen again. It can be said that without Zhuge Liang, it would be difficult for Sima Yi to be reused. He also has the ability to make Cao Wei feel that they need him.

So Sima Yi and Cao Shuang became ministers of Tuogu together, but Cao Shuang lacked wisdom, and in the end he not only lost his power but also hated the northwest. In addition, he has other means to weaken the Cao family, which can be said to be basically similar to Cao Cao's operation of weakening Emperor Xian of Han . Sima Yi was also afraid that his descendants would encounter the same situation. In order to prevent his tomb from being destroyed by future dynasties, he chose to keep a low profile.I have to say that this is indeed clever. Although there are very few dynasties that destroyed the tombs of previous emperors, the Yuan Dynasty is an exception.

He is also afraid. He is afraid that the means of Gao Pingling's coup will fall on his descendants. After all, when Emperor Wei was paying homage to the late emperor, Sima Yi found the right opportunity to launch a coup. In the end, Cao Shuang was executed and the Cao family lost power. Of course, this is also because Cao Shuang is too stupid, but can Sima Yi guarantee that there will be no stupid people in his descendants? Therefore, in order to prevent the Gao Pingling coup from happening again and causing the Sima family to lose power, he did not want future generations to worship him.

The Incident of Gaopingling

To sum up, Sima Yi also had his own considerations in not letting his descendants worship him. After all, he had enemies with many people because of his stance and unwillingness to accept his subordinates, especially the Cao Group, and finally killed Cao Shuang. In order to prevent these people from retaliating against him when they became powerful, such as opening coffins and whipping corpses, he chose to keep a low profile.

Of course, he didn't want the Gaoping Ling coup to happen again, and he would lose his family's destiny if he couldn't protect his descendants from worshiping him. Therefore, he made a will that his descendants were not allowed to visit his grave. So I have to say it. Sima Yi is really cunning.