History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an (220 AD), Cao Cao became seriously ill, and on the eve of his death, he suddenly dreamed of "three horses eating in the same trough", that is, three horses eating grass in a trough.
This dream also made Cao Cao suspicious, he initially thought that these three horses were Ma Teng, Ma Chao father and son and Ma Dai, but Ma Teng had died a long time ago, so he did not pay attention to it.
At that time, he also asked Sima Yi to help him interpret his dreams, and at first Sima Yi said that it was Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, the three "thousand-mile horses". Cao Cao did not think so, Sima Yi had to say that it was Ma Teng, Ma Chao, and Ma Dai, and at this time Cao Cao laughed loudly, because At that time, Ma Teng was dead, and Ma Chao and Ma Dai could not become a climate.
At this time, Sima Yi immediately felt uneasy, did the three horses refer to himself? So he immediately prostrated himself and said that he was stupid and could not crack it.
Afterwards, Cao Cao did not suspect Sima Yi, because at that time, his two sons had not yet entered the army, and Sima Yi alone could not make the climate.
Therefore, Cao Cao ignored Sima Yi, but before he died, he instructed Cao Pi: Sima Yi is unfathomable, I can't see through it yet, and my son will be prepared to take precautions in the later stages.
It was also this instruction that Cao Pi was wary of Sima Yi everywhere, so that he was always pressed, so Sima Yi never got up. However, after Cao Pi's death, Cao Rui trusted Sima Yi very much and gave him great power as always.
But Cao Rui was a wise man who was good at using the art of emperors, so the scheming Sima Yi did not take a half step forward.
After Cao Fang succeeded to the throne, Sima Yi found that his opportunity had arrived. A coup d'état was launched at Gaopingling, and finally the power of the State of Wei was returned to Sima Shi. At this time, the mystery of Cao Cao's three horses in the same groove before his death was finally revealed, and the so-called three horses originally referred to Sima Yi, Sima Zhao, and Sima Shi.
Later, Sima Shi ascended the throne, deposed Cao Fang, and let the young Cao Fang succeed to the throne. Sima Shi had thought that Cao Xian was still young and could not make a difference, but it turned out that he had lost sight of it.
Although Cao Huan was young, he was very ambitious, and he did not want to be a puppet of the Sima family. After Sima Shi's death, Sima Zhao was even more excessive, and directly carried weapons to the temple, which also made Cao Xian feel threatened.
So he summoned a hundred officials and prepared to preemptively strike and get rid of Sima Zhao. At that time, several ministers asked, "Sima Gong has made great contributions to Cao Wei, Your Majesty, why did you rebel?" ”
Cao Xian was completely angry at this time, I am the emperor, how to say that I want to rebel! He said angrily: Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone!
However, Cao Xian was still too impulsive, and was stopped before he could enter Sima Zhao's mansion. He was eventually killed by the samurai Seisei at the age of 20.
Cao Xi's ambitions were not realized, but the words he shouted before he died became a famous sentence that had been passed down for thousands of years!