History is the memory of things that have been said and done. —Carl Baker
Sima Yi, a well-known figure in history, has experienced ups and downs in his life, and those who become big things will be informal, and he is naturally like this. After fighting for most of his life, he still had to think about the aftermath, so he began to prepare in his later years. However, Sima Yi quietly chose a cemetery for himself in Shouyang Mountain, and the tomb he built was also very ordinary, and he did not intend to place gold and silver jewelry in the tomb, everything was simple.
And Sima Yi also made a special will: My children and grandchildren are not allowed to visit my grave! In addition, he did not allow his descendants to bury his wife with him, and he had to choose another place.
This is very strange, most people make wills on the issue of distributing property, etc., and they hope that future generations will come to visit their own graves every Qingming Festival, why does he order his children and grandchildren not to sweep their own graves?
At that time, his son Sima Zhao did not think much about it, so he obeyed his last wish and did not go to sweep his grave after his death. It was not until today, after 1769, that scholars reviewed Sima Yi's life and deeds, and then thought about the will he made, that they found that Sima Yi was really an old traitor.
Next, we will also look at Sima Yi's life deeds: in 239 AD, Emperor Ming of Wei died of illness, leaving only a crown prince cao fang who was less than eight years old to succeed to the throne.
The former emperor knew that his life was imminent, and he had no choice but to have his youngest son Cao Fang under his knees, so that after his death, Cao Fang could take power, and arranged for the general Cao Shuang and the lieutenant Sima Yi to assist him. The former emperor was worried that Sima Yi would not be able to assist his young son wholeheartedly, and in order to show his trust in Sima Yi, he also specially asked Cao Fang to be close to Sima Yi to show his co-optation.
However, all this changed after the death of the former emperor. Because Cao Shuang was jealous of Sima Yi's power, he repeatedly united with other forces in the DPRK to deal with Sima Yi. Although Sima Yi was still the taiwei Sima (太尉司馬), the power in his hands was gradually being stripped away. Sima Yi knew that Cao Shuang could not tolerate himself in his eyes, and in order to save himself, he deliberately used his illness to push away from the affairs of the DPRK and China, and stayed at home to watch the changes.
In Sima Yi's absence, Cao Shuang began to "act as a demon" in the court, first controlling the forbidden army in the palace, and then uniting many celebrities to control most of the power of the imperial court, and also holding the little emperor hostage, and even imprisoning the empress dowager, seizing the opportunity to seize power and usurp the throne.
However, Cao Shuang, a great general, has courage and strategy, and even if he has great power, he will definitely not govern the country well. In a vain attempt to subdue the Shu Han, he personally went out on a crusade, but he was defeated. Cao Shuang was dismissive of the defeat, and after returning to the dynasty, he threw up a feast, sang songs night and night, ignored the government and politics, and made the country a miasma.
At that time, Sima Yi was still on sick leave at home, but Cao Shuang was particularly uneasy about him and sent his confidant Li Sheng to his palace to inquire about the truth. Li Sheng was ordered to visit, and Sima Yi began to make a play: not only would he shake his hands and scatter food, but it would even be difficult to get dressed.
Li Sheng naturally believed it, and when he returned, he reported Sima Yi's situation to Cao Shuang, and Cao Shuang completely let down his guard. Looking at Sima Yi again, he was actually in high spirits, secretly training eight hundred dead soldiers at home, just waiting for a good time to fight back.
In 249, Cao Shuang took the little emperor and a group of his cronies to Gaoping Tomb to pay homage. This gave Sima Yi a perfect opportunity, and he immediately sent someone to infiltrate the palace and rescue the imprisoned empress dowager, who ordered Cao Shuang and his party to be killed. Subsequently, Sima Yi took control of the situation between Korea and China.
Cao Shuang knew that he was weak in returning to heaven, and when he saw Sima Yi, he immediately begged for forgiveness, and Sima Yi promised that as long as Cao Shuang surrendered his military power, he could save his family's life without worry. Cao Shuang naively believed it, and immediately handed over his military power just to survive.
However, Sima Yi showed no mercy, still leading his troops to kill nearly 5,000 people in Cao Shuang's faction, leaving no one behind, and the corpses were all over the field for a while. Sima Yi's heart was terrifying, and many people thought that what he did was too great, but because he was too powerful, he did not dare to say more. After that, Sima Yi secretly chose a cemetery for himself in Shouyang Mountain, built an ordinary tomb, and did not decorate it, and everything was simple.
In 251 AD, Sima Yi fell terminally ill and made a will: My descendants are not allowed to visit my grave! After understanding Sima Yi's life deeds and thinking about Sima Yi's will, it is not difficult to find out where he deliberately hid his tomb.
The first is that they are afraid that the descendants of the tragic death in their hands will come to take revenge, planing the grave and whipping the corpse, afraid that they will not be at peace after they die, and they are also afraid that they will not be at peace after they have died, and they are also afraid that their descendants will not be at peace. After all, he killed thousands of people in Cao Shuang's vein, causing him to be often awakened by nightmares. Second, he was afraid that when his descendants swept the grave for themselves, they would repeat the mistakes of the Gaopingling coup d'état again, and he was afraid that everything he had painstakingly managed would be wiped out.
Just as the so-called "the authorities are confused, the bystanders are clear", no one at that time understood the significance of Sima Yi's doing so. After 1769, we found out that Sima Yi was indeed an old traitor!
He was treacherous and cunning, he was fierce, and the piles and pieces he did were really the deeds of a prominent figure, but as far as Cao Shuang was concerned, it was indeed too cruel and ruthless, after all, it was thousands of innocent human lives, but no matter how big the mistakes he made, they had been lost in history and no longer existed.