When there is an introduction to historical figures, it is usually from a more comprehensive perspective to examine the two aspects of praise and criticism. Take Cao Cao, for example, whose life is full of legends, not only standing out from the chaotic world, but also laying the foundation for Cao Wei. Although Cao Cao always referred to himself as the King of Wei and did not force the Han Emperor Liu Xie to abdicate, the power he had was unimaginable to us ordinary people. Later, Sima Yi was fierce and fierce, killing about 7,000 people of the Cao family, why did Cao Cao's old department not dare to resist?
After Cao Cao's death, Cao Cao's son Cao Pi successfully proclaimed himself emperor through a series of means. During Cao Pi's reign, it can be regarded as a great effort to govern, and when the third emperor of the State of Wei, Cao Fang, ascended the throne, the concentration of imperial power began to decline. Cao Shuang, a member of the clan at the time, made an excuse to say that Cao Fangshang was still young and wanted to unify power into his own hands. For Cao Shuang, the first step he needs to do is to eliminate dissidents, strengthen his own power, and weaken the arrogance of the opposing camp. The opposing camp mentioned here is the force headed by sima yi, the powerful minister.
Cao Shuang repeatedly targeted Sima Yi everywhere above the imperial court, not missing every small opportunity to suppress the members of Sima Yi's camp, and actively selected a lot of eyeliner to intersperse Sima Yi's side. In the face of Cao Shuang's step by step, Sima Yi did not immediately erect edges and corners to confront him, but adopted a strategy of retreating into advance. Sima Yi pretended to be ill and went home to recuperate, in order to eliminate Cao Shuang's suspicions, Sima Yi put down his face, and even pretended to have a recurrence of epilepsy in front of everyone, creating the illusion that life could not be managed by himself, temporarily deceived Cao Shuang, and diverted Cao Shuang's attention.
Sima Yi also used his time to recuperate from illness and privately contacted his disciples to recruit the dead. Taking advantage of the opportunity when Cao Shuang took Cao Fang to the sacrifice, Sima Yi brought the dead soldiers he had cultivated to catch turtles in an urn. At first, Sima Yi remembered his old love affair with Cao Pi and did not choose to rebel, but he did not expect that Linlao would also be humiliated by Cao Shuang, so he launched the Gaopingling Incident, and then beheaded the Cao clan's disciples, basically taking the Cao Wei regime established by the Cao family, and the number of Cao clan disciples who were beheaded at that time reached about 7,000 people, and their brutality became the topic of discussion at that time.
Although Cao Cao's former subordinates were dissatisfied with Sima Yi's power struggle, they did not dare to resist, and most of them had long reached the age of understanding Jia Guitian and no longer controlled the main military power of Cao Wei. It is also because of Cao Shuang's reasons that all the people who hold the power are replaced by their own people, so there are almost no cao Cao's old departments in the court, and they do not have enough energy to fight for the power of the dynasty, and they can only choose to be forced to accept reality. At this point, Sima Yi completed the subversion of the Cao Wei regime. However, some people say that Cao Fang himself only cares about enjoyment, does not concentrate on political affairs at all, even if he still holds the throne, he may not be able to make any outstanding achievements, the people can only suffer along with it, and it is only a matter of time before he is abolished, which is another important reason why Cao Cao's old department is unwilling to stand up and confront Sima Yi.
In any case, Sima Yi was a clever and cunning man, but it was cruel to kill about 7,000 people in the Cao family.