It is known that the Three Kingdoms fight many times, and the most fierce fighting is the Cao Wei Group!
Who will sit in Cao Cao's place? So the brothers Cao Pi and Cao Zhi launched a "brilliant" "competition". In the end, Cao Pi won the victory. Unfortunately, after this fight, Cao Pi was too jealous of Cao Zhi, and if it were not for his mother's presence, he would really dare to kill Cao Zhi.
Therefore, many people say that the reason why Cao Wei was replaced by the Sima family was buried in the struggle between "Cao Pi and Cao Zhi", leaving a terrible psychological shadow on Cao Pi, causing Cao Pi to vigorously suppress his clan relatives after coming to power, implementing the "Nine Pins of Zhongzheng System", tearing open a hole, and letting Sima Yi drill into it.
Sima Yi, on the other hand, was scheming and learned the lessons of Cao Wei. Believe it or not, after Sima Yi's death, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were not fuel-saving lamps--especially Sima Zhao, who was more vicious and cunning than Sima Shi, but did not compete with Sima Shi for power, so the brothers were united, which created the Western Jin Dynasty pattern.
But is that really the case? In fact, the reason why Sima Zhao did not dare to fight for power with Sima Shi was, in a nutshell, caused by three reasons, the biggest of which was that Sima Yi left a major evil result, and Sima Zhao could not afford it at all.
01 Sima Shiwu succeeded Sima Zhao's son
In ancient times, from the emperor down to the people, they all believed that "no filial piety is greater than three queens." Especially the emperor or the powerful, they all want to continue this "special honor". If there are no descendants, it is a very sad thing, and most of them will pass on one from the clan or brothers.
For example, Yuan Shao, a cattle man in the early days of the Three Kingdoms, was originally a shu out, and he could not compete with Yuan Shu at all. As a result, he was passed on to his uncle and suddenly became a concubine, which gave him capital and became a figure of the Three Kingdoms.
There is also Zhuge Liang, who has never had offspring, so he has inherited the son of his eldest brother Zhuge Jin. So much so that the author doubts that when Liu Beibai was isolated in the city, if Zhuge Liang had descendants at that time, would Liu Bei dare to say those words? Will liu chan recognize Zhuge Liang as his father?
Sima Shi was unfortunate, and this was also the case, and his wife Xiahou Hui bore him several daughters, but no sons. In the end, with the intervention of his father Sima Yi, he inherited the son of his younger brother Sima Zhao, named Sima You!
Therefore, when Sima Yi died and Sima Shi monopolized power, how much did Sima Zhao still have in mind and take a huge risk to fight with Sima Shi for power? Isn't it in the hands of his own son? It is better to be a happy prince and hide behind his brother, which is more moist. In fact, the original Sima Zhao was really like this!
02 Sima Zhao was weak in heart
Sima Shi's prestige at that time, especially in the military, was not a little higher than Sima Zhao's. Because Sima Shi, even when Sima Yi was suppressed by Cao Shuang, he always had military power. For example, when Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Rebellion, don't think that the three thousand dead soldiers played a decisive role.
What really played a decisive role was that Sima Shi used his prestige of controlling the forbidden army to garrison Sima Men and control the imperial palace, which forced Empress Guo to obey. And zhong hui, the hero of the Shu Dynasty, was also excavated by Sima Shi and recommended to Sima Yi.
Of course, it should also be mentioned that in a passage recorded in the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Sima Yi informed the two sons before launching the Gaopingling Rebellion, and then secretly observed. It was found that Sima Shi had the demeanor of a great general, and he should eat and sleep. But Sima Zhao was worried and had trouble sleeping. From this, Sima Yi came to a conclusion, or the eldest son Sima Shi was even more powerful!
Therefore, after Sima Yi's death, Sima Zhao was not qualified to fight with Sima Shi for power. Prestige, ability, etc., Sima Zhao still needs to be improved.
03 The "evil consequences of usurpation" left by Sima Yi are too serious
After the change of Gao Pingling, don't think that the Cao Wei clique will be tied up. In fact, there are still many forces that support Cao Wei, and they all control great power, such as the Three Rebellions of Runan, which is more dangerous than the next. When Sima Yi was alive, he personally went out on the expedition despite his old age and killed Wang Ling for this.
Sima Shi died directly in the "Wen Duan Attack Camp", he originally had an eye injury, but as a result, he was frightened and his eyeballs collapsed, and he died not long after!
From these familiar events, we can see how serious this "evil consequence of usurpation" left by Sima Yi is, so that the Sima family keeps brandishing a butcher's knife and can't stop when they want to! Sima Zhao couldn't bear such pressure at all! Only Sima Shi can take charge.
Therefore, speaking of which, Sima Shi was not so much scared to death by "Wen Duan" as he was crushed to death by the evil consequences left by Sima Yi! But who can blame this? For the people of the Sima family, someone must always come out to bear it, Sima Zhao can't count on it for the time being, only Sima Shi comes out to stand up to the beam, otherwise once Cao Wei succeeds, the Sima family will not want to live!
Therefore, Sima Zhao was very self-aware, and did not dare to fight for power with Sima Shi at all, while trying his best to assist his brother, he grew rapidly and expanded his own power. As a result, he was almost overturned by Cao Wei, and sima shi had just died, so Cao Xian ordered Sima Zhao to stay in Xudu and then step up his military power.
Fortunately, at this moment, Sima Zhao grew up, and he did not listen to Cao Zhao's plan at all, which stabilized his position. At the same time, this incident also laid the groundwork for Sima Zhao's future execution of The Emperor Cao Xian.