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Chapter 96 Sima Yi

My charming and short-lived ancestor: that is to say, although Dong Zhuo's reputation is not very good, no one can underestimate him in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

Jiangnan has been in mist: Agreed! We say that Dong Zhuo is heinous, but Dong Zhuo is indeed an outstanding figure.

Rimu Busigui: Yes, Dong Zhuo is very powerful, no one can refute this.

Su Yue opened the next folder and said, "Okay, now let's take a look at the next great character! He is Sima Yi!"

Sima Yi (179-September 251, 9), courtesy name Zhongda, was a native of Xiaojingli, Wen County, Hanoi County (today's west of Wen County, Henan Province). He was a powerful official, statesman, military strategist, and strategist of the Wei state during the Three Kingdoms period in China. He was a strategist in the Western Jin Dynasty. the founder of.

Sima Yi was smart, erudite and Confucian since he was a child. Because the Han Dynasty was controlled by the Cao family, Sima Yi once refused the official position granted by Cao Cao. However, in the 208th year of Jian'an ( years), after Cao Cao became prime minister, he forcibly appointed Sima Yi as a literary official.

Gradually won Cao Cao's trust.

Cao Cao granted the title of Queen of Wei and made Sima Yi the crown prince's bastard son to assist Cao Pi and help Cao Pi win the battle for the throne.

When Cao Pi was dying, he ordered Sima Yi, Cao Zhen and others to serve as auxiliary ministers to assist Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui. During the reign of Emperor Ming, Sima Yi was repeatedly promoted to important positions such as general, general, and lieutenant in the Fu army.

When Emperor Ming died, he entrusted the young emperor Cao Fang to Sima Yi and Cao Shuang.

After Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, Sima Yi was ostracized by Cao Shuang and promoted to a Tai Tu with no real power.

In the tenth year of Zhengshi (249), Sima Yi took advantage of Cao Shuang and Cao Fang to leave Luoyang to Gaopingling to worship the mausoleum, staged a coup and took control of Luoyang, the capital.

Since then, Cao Wei's military power fell into the hands of the Sima family, which was known as the Gaoping Ling Incident in history.

Sima Yi was good at strategizing and was successful in many expeditions. He once led his army to capture and kill Meng Da. He twice led his army to successfully resist Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition and led an expedition to pacify Liaodong.

It has made important contributions to the development of agricultural economy such as farming and water conservancy.

On Wuyin Day in August of the third year of Jiaping (September 251, 9), Sima Yi died of illness at the age of seventy-three. He resigned as Duke and Shuli, and was buried in Shouyang Mountain. His posthumous title was Wenzhen, which was later changed to Wenxuan.

The second son, Sima Zhao, was granted the title of Queen of the Jin Dynasty, and Sima Yi was given the posthumous title of King Xuan; after his grandson Sima Yan became emperor, Sima Yi was given the posthumous title of Emperor Xuan, with the temple title of Gaozu.

I send my love to the bright moon: In other words, Sima Yi really lowered the emperor's standards!

Higurashi doesn't want to go home: That's right, what is he! Although Cao Wei was not that perfect, at least it was possible to defeat the Xiongnu. What about the Jin Dynasty? Wu Huanhua!
Don’t let the world grow old: Yes, the Jin Dynasty is garbage! Still smoking Wu Shi Powder? Why don't you suck him to death?

Wan Ning couldn't sleep: What the hell, he was still playing tricks with Cao Cao.

care:? What's the meaning? I don't understand.

Su Yue saw care's comment and said, "Then let's take a look at some anecdotes about Sima Yi!"

Pretending to be sick and rejecting Cao Cao
Cao Cao had just defeated Yuan Shao and was in urgent need of talents. Hearing that Sima Yi was very talented, he recruited him to serve as an official.

After Sima Yi learned the news, he felt that Cao Cao was a eunuch and was unwilling to serve him with Qujie. But he did not dare to openly reject Cao Cao, so he pretended that he was suffering from wind paralysis and had difficulty living.

Cao Cao suspected that Sima Yi was trying to shirk responsibility, so he secretly sent someone to check at night.

Sima Yi got the news in advance and stayed in bed all day and night.

When the night became quieter, the man sneaked into Sima Yi's bedroom and saw him lying upright on the bed. The man was still worried and drew his sword and swung it at Sima Yi. Seeing the sharp knife killing him, Sima Yi just stared at the man with wide eyes, his body still lying still.

The man then believed that Sima Yi really had wind paralysis, put away his sword, and went back to report to Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao became prime minister and was eager to recruit talents, he thought of Sima Yi again and decided to recruit him again.

He told the envoy that if Sima Yi refused to be summoned again, he would be arrested. Sima Yi knew that although Cao Cao loved talents, he could not tolerate people who relied on their talents and were arrogant and refused to be close to him.

Sima Yi was afraid of being killed, so he had no choice but to leave home and answer the call.

The eagle looks at the wolf and the wolf looks at it
Chapter 91 of "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" records: After Cao Rui finished reading, he was shocked and asked the officials anxiously. Taiwei Hua Xin reported: "Sima Yi came to beg to guard Yong and Liang. This is why.

At that time, Emperor Taizu Wu once said to his ministers: Sima Yi looked down upon the wolf and could not give him military power; it would surely be a disaster for the country in the long run. The counter-feeling has emerged today and can be punished quickly. "

Wang Lang reported: "Sima Yi has a good understanding of strategy, a good command of military tactics, and has always had great ambitions. If he is not eliminated early, he will be in trouble in the long run."

Three horses in the same tank
When Sima Yi was still serving as Cao Cao's adviser, Cao Cao was extremely worried about him.

One day, Cao Cao had a dream in which he saw three horses eating in the same trough. When he woke up, he felt very unhappy.

At first, Cao Cao thought it was Ma Chao's family and killed Ma Chao's father.

Sima Yi and his son happen to be three horses, and "cao" is homophonic to "Cao". "Three horses in the same trough" means that the Sima family wants to eat the Cao family.

Cao Cao felt that this was an ominous sign, so he called the prince Cao Pi and said to him: "Sima Yi is not a willing minister and will definitely interfere in our government and family affairs in the future."

But Cao Pi later trusted Sima Yi very much and did not take his father's words to heart. Later, as Cao Cao expected, the Sima family, father and son, took over the affairs of the Wei Dynasty one after another.

Old wife refuses to eat
Sima Yi doted on Mrs. Bai in his later years, and even Zhang Chunhua had a rare chance to meet Sima Yi.

Sima Yi was ill and bedridden, and Zhang Chunhua went to check on him.

Sima Yi said: "This old guy is really annoying, why bother to bother you to come out!"

Zhang Chunhua was so ashamed and resentful that she refused to eat and wanted to commit suicide. Several of her children also refused to eat.

Sima Yi was horrified and apologized, and Zhang Chunhua stopped his hunger strike.

After Sima Yi came out, he said to others: "The old guy is not worth pity for, he is just worried about hurting my good sons."

Red outfit promotes war
In the second year of Qinglong (234), Zhuge Liang launched the Fifth Northern Expedition. He sent troops to call for battle, insult and provoke in front of the Wei army camp. However, no matter how many tricks you tried, Sima Yi was determined not to move and still stood firm and refused to fight.

The Shu army's call for formation was ineffective. In desperation, Zhuge Liang sent someone to send Sima Yi a set of women's clothes as an insult. This meant that you, Sima Yi, were so cautious and cautious that you were only worthy of being a woman and not a general.

The Wei generals were indeed angered by such humiliation. They became furious and insisted on going to war.

Sima Yi saw that persuasion or orders were not enough to stop the generals from seeking war, so he had no choice but to tell the generals and write to the court to request war. When the emperor agreed, he immediately went to war.

Therefore, Sima Yi sent a letter of invitation to Emperor Ming of Wei. Emperor Ming was well aware of Sima Yi's intentions and immediately sent Wei Wei Xinpi as his military advisor. He went to the formation with an edict and declared that the emperor had an order and was only allowed to hold on and not fight.

(End of this chapter)