Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 277 Subduing the enemy without fighting (8)
"Father, Brother Zhao wrote an urgent letter." Sima Shi handed a letter to Sima Yi, but his face couldn't help showing joy, "The letter said that he made great contributions to eradicating Guo's rebellious party in the court battle. , was promoted by the emperor to be the general of the middle base - at the age of just 20 years old, he was among the dignitaries of the first rank in this dynasty, which can be regarded as setting an unprecedented precedent! The boy is really for Zhaodi Feel happy!"

Sima Yi's face was as still as water, he didn't say a word, he just quietly looked at the letter from Sima Zhao by the dim candlelight in the tent.After reading the letter, he slowly closed his eyes, and sat motionless on the chair as if in meditation.Master Sima knew that his father was thinking about something again, so he kept his mouth shut and stood there in awe, waiting for his father to speak.

After a long time, Sima Yi slowly opened his eyes, and his gaze was fixed on the far, far ahead, as if he had penetrated all the space until he saw into the city of Luoyang and the depths of the palace thousands of miles away.He sighed deeply, and ordered in a low voice: "Master, you go down later and write a letter to tell your younger brother Zhao, let him see the Holy Majesty as soon as possible, in front of all the elders and ministers, no matter what Resign the position of the middle base general desperately - just tell him that this is the meaning of the father, and let him do it!"

"Why?" Master Sima was puzzled when he heard this, "This is Zhaodi's fame earned by working so hard! How could father ask him to resign on his own?"

Sima Yi turned his head, looked straight at Master Sima's face coldly, and said slowly: "Master! Does the mere position of 'General of Center Base' make you dizzy? Everyone must have self-knowledge! On this point, whether it is you, Zhaoer, or father, you must learn from Taizu Wei Wudi!" He paused for a while, and seeing the puzzlement on Master Sima's face, he continued: " It was about 12 years ago, in the 24th year of Jian'an, Taizu Wei Wudi embraced the ceremony of Nine Tin and became the King of Wei. In his control. As a powerful minister, he has everything an emperor can have, only a crown has not been worn on his head. That is, in that year, Sun Quan of Soochow wrote a letter expressing his willingness to bow his head and surrender , and respect the Taizu Wei Wudi as the master of the world..."

"Sun Quan? He...he once voluntarily bowed his head and surrendered to our great Wei?" Master Sima was taken aback, "It seems that he still bowed his knees and became a minister out of fear of the great ancestor Wei Wu..."

"Hmph! It's a common man's opinion!" Sima Yi couldn't help sneering, "You think that Sun Quan, as a hero of a generation, can be figured out by you so easily, then you are hopelessly wrong! In reality, at that time too After Emperor Wei Wudi read Sun Quan's letter of persuasion word for word, he just sneered: This kid wants to push the old man to the fire! So he tore up Sun Quan's letter of persuasion, and passed away as a courtier all his life and go."

Speaking of this, Sima Yi glanced at Master Sima, and said coldly: "Now do you understand the meaning of the story I told my father? The throne of the Son of Heaven, what a tempting throne! The Emperor Taizu Wei Wudi's Tianzong Xiongcai, sitting on that throne is completely well-deserved, so why not? However, he turned down this huge temptation! Tell me, why is he doing this?"

Master Sima blushed, he couldn't help lowering his head, and muttered: "Father, I know I was wrong. Father often teaches the child to carefully learn the skills of judging the situation and knowing people and things, but the child forgets when things come to an end! The child thinks that Taizu The reason why Emperor Wu of Wei did not proclaim himself emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty until his death was that the general trend and the timing had not yet come, so he suppressed his ambition and always guarded himself with the integrity of his ministers. Moreover, if Emperor Taizu Wei Wu proclaimed himself emperor according to Sun Quan's words, It will surely become the target of all the people in the world, and they will attack them in groups and force them from all directions. If they sit on the fire, they will not be able to rest for a moment! Then, Sun Quan's sweet-spoken letter to persuade his ministers to enter the table became the reminder of Taizu Wei Wudi !"

Sima Yi listened carefully to every word he said, then nodded, stroked his long beard on his chest, and sighed leisurely: "Now, the emperor has granted Zhao'er the position of general of the middle base by an imperial decree. Push him into the fire too? "Youth success, suddenly ascend to the important position", everyone is afraid of it, it is not a good thing!
"The "Book of Changes" is right, 'Heaven is full of profit and modest, tunnel is full of prosperity and flow is modest, ghosts and gods are harmful and full of blessings, and human nature is evil and full of love and modesty.' Zhao'er only needs to resign as the general of the middle base, Blindly retreating and guarding yourself, not only gaining the favor of the emperor, but also gaining the respect of his colleagues, given time, he will surely accomplish a lot, so why bother with fame and fortune at this moment?"

After hearing this, Master Sima couldn't help but be impressed by his father's foresight and sagacity. He bowed and said, "Father's words are very true. After my son returns to the camp later, he will follow what his father said and persuade Brother Zhao to resign as the general of the middle base." " Sima Yi said "Yes", then sighed with relief, and his face became a little more relaxed.He pondered for a moment, then put the letter from Sima Zhao on the candle and lit it, letting it burn slowly.The ashes of the letter dissipated in the night wind, but two gloomy flames ignited in his deep pupils.This flame is fleeting as soon as it shines, and it is deeply buried in his heart, buried in the deepest part of his heart, silently brewing, waiting for the right opportunity, and one day it will burst out like a raging fire and devour the entire world!

"Father..." Seeing Sima Yi's unusual behavior, Master Sima couldn't help but bewildered.But Sima Yi waved his hand to him, pointed to a few wooden boxes placed in the corner of the camp, and said: "Call some trusted soldiers over tomorrow morning, and transport these wooden boxes to the capital for them to go to." Send them to the mansions of Taifu Zhong, Doctor Dong, Wang Situ, Lord Sun, and Lord Liu—let’s just say that this is a little care for my father, please accept it.”

Master Sima blushed, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help but said: "Father... don't we feel a little wronged by us doing this? My son has never heard of someone like father who would use himself to run business smoothly." Handling personal wealth up and down..."

"That's right! Doing this for your father is indeed a bit ambiguous." Sima Yi smiled slightly, "Master, the distinction between righteousness and benefit is certainly a virtue, and integrity is also the foundation of being an official. All of this is right—— —But in the officialdom, human relationships and harmony in the world should not be ignored!"

Sima Shi's face was serious, but he didn't answer.Sima Yi knew that he hadn't figured it out for a while, so he smiled and said: "Do you know why Zhong Taifu, Dong Dafu, Wang Situ and other veterans and important officials insisted on not being bewitched by Chen Qun and Hua Xin, and gave their full support from the beginning to the end? Is it a strategy against Shu for the father not to fight but to subdue the enemy's soldiers?"

"Because my father's strategy of 'subduing the enemy without fighting' is absolutely correct and unquestionable..." Sima Shi replied firmly, "All the people of insight in the court will not They were deceived by Chen Qun, Hua Xin and others."

"Master, you are saying 'you only know one, but not the other'!" Sima Yi smiled and shook his head, with an inscrutable expression on his face, "Do you know that Taifu Zhong has four thousand families in the Guanzhong area? Among the households conferred by the imperial court, Dr. Dong has [-] households near Chang’an City, and Wang Situ also has [-] households in Yongzhou... Each of these lords has hundreds of people. These households bestowed by the emperor provide food, rice, money and labor to support their families! If the war in Guanzhong is tight, every minister’s household in Guanzhong will be allocated money, food and labor to the front of the war—several For the past few years, Cao Zhen has been fighting against Shu Xing soldiers every day, and the troubles have already caused everyone in these adults' families to live in peace! If we continue to fight the war as before, I am afraid that each of the hundreds of members of each of the adults will really go to the Northwest The wind is blowing! That’s why my father put forward the strategy of "surrendering the enemy without fighting". They are like farmers in a severe drought who are happy with the rain. Why don’t they support it with all their strength? Think about it. Fighting, while using a strong wall to clear the country and stick to the danger to drag down the Shu bandits-this will not touch and damage the private interests of the adults in the Guanzhong area, and will not fight the soldiers of Shu, which is good for the country and the people, public and private. One action serves multiple purposes'. The adults naturally fully support being a father and have never been moved by Chen Qun, Hua Xin and others!"

Sima Shi listened carefully to his father's words, and couldn't help standing on the spot, his face changed a few times, and after a while, he murmured to himself: "I really didn't expect...it turned out to be like this..." Sima Yi stood up slowly , approached Master Sima, stood still in front of him, hesitated to speak several times, and finally said: "Master, do you feel a little unclear? In this world, you advance and retreat, and you win." I bear, you prosper and I decline, you honor and I humiliate, you honor and I despise, it is nothing more than showing their skills in the four words 'reason, power, way, and benefit'. These four words are used with experience. There is power, there is root and end, there is light and weight, there is delay and there is urgency. The world is so big, and the Tao is so deep, you and I live in the world, how can we use a frame to surround ourselves? It seems that tonight is the time for the father to ask It's time for you to talk about some of the things you should hear most in your life! I hope you can listen carefully."

Master Sima came back from his trance, straightened his face quickly, calmed down, stood up in awe, and said, "Father, please speak, and my son will listen carefully." Sima Yi was somewhat satisfied with his serious attitude. Nodding his head in approval, he said slowly, "Master, do you know why this Western Expedition is going so hard for my father to seek the power of the commander in this pass?"

"Didn't my father often say that a man was born in troubled times, and the only way to realize his ambition of helping the world, the people and the world is to become a great weapon, hold great power, and be successful in great tasks? The post of commander in chief of Guanzhong is in charge of the military power of half of our great Wei Dynasty. , How could it fall into the hands of others?" Sima Shi said respectfully, "Everything my father taught, I have always kept in mind."

(End of this chapter)