Sima Yi (司馬懿), also spelled Zhongda, was one of the most famous strategists of the Three Kingdoms period, and although Sima Yi's character was highly questioned, he did possess strategies that ordinary people could not reach. When Cao Cao was alive, Sima Yi acted in a low-key manner, showing a posture of indifference to fame and fortune, and even though Cao Cao read countless people, he was still deceived by Sima Yi's pure acting skills, and did not kill him, but only reminded his son Cao Pi: "Sima Yi is not a human subject, and will predict Ru family affairs." ”
Cao Pi, who claimed to be empress dowager, took his father's advice before his death as a side-by-ear, believing that Sima Yi was loyal and loyal, and had helped himself to compete for the position of the son of the world, Cao Pi once said: "I am in the affairs of Shu, night after day, and there is no need to rest in peace." This is not to be proud, but to share the sorrows. "It can be seen that the relationship between the two is very close. Therefore, he was entrusted with a heavy responsibility, not only promoting him to Shangshu and Yushi Zhongcheng, but also making him the Marquis of Anguo.
Since he had gained Cao Pi's trust, Sima Yi was in a peaceful position, but his low-key style had not changed, and this kind of human city government was too deep, so that Cao Pi said to the prince: "There are three dukes, be careful not to doubt it." "Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, and Sima Yi, as an auxiliary chancellor, became more and more important in Cao Wei, the power in his hands became higher and higher, and the emperor's dependence on him deepened, and Sima Yi became an indispensable figure in the imperial court.
Zhuge Liang sent troops to the Northern Expedition, Sima Yi was ordered to resist, and the two top strategists formally fought, before that, the two had only heard each other's names, but had never met. Chess opponents, will meet good talent, but Zhuge Liang is still a skill, Sima Yi did not dare to confront him hard, basically adopted a roundabout tactic, insisted on not avoiding and not fighting, Zhuge Liang very much wanted to lead him out of the pain and pain to fight, but Sima Yi was always not in the plan.
After several confrontations, Sima Yi seemed to find Zhuge Liang's weakness, and wrote in a letter to his brother: "Liang Zhi is big but does not see the opportunity, is more resourceful and less decisive, is a good soldier but has no power, although he has raised 100,000 pawns, he has fallen into my paintings, and he will be broken." Soon after, Zhuge Liang died of overwork, and Sima Yi succeeded in killing Zhuge Liang, and from then on there was no one to be his opponent, and his ambitions were gradually exposed.
Emperor Cao Rui of Wei was seriously ill, and Sima Yi was ordered to enter the palace to face the saint, and the emperor took his hand and ordered: "I am very ill, and in the future things belong to Jun, Junqi and Shuangfu Shaozi." I have seen the King, and I have no hatred. In this way, Sima Yi once again became a chancellor of the Orphans, and together with the general Cao Shuang assisted the little emperor Cao Fang. He knew very well in his heart that many of the ministers in the DPRK were relatives of Cao Wei, and he still needed to continue to be patient and wait for the opportunity to come before he could seize power in one fell swoop.
In order to monopolize power, Cao Shuang tried to squeeze Out Sima Yi, and Sima Yi pretended to be ill and could not come out, so as to paralyze Cao Shuang. At first, Cao Shuang also had doubts, and sent his confidant Li Sheng to use the excuse of visiting to test whether Sima Yi was really ill or pretending to be ill, Li Sheng said that he was talking to the west, pretending to be delirious, and his hands were shaking. If Sima Yi lives in modern times, he can definitely win the Oscar, and his acting skills have deceived everyone.
Li Sheng went back to his life and said to Cao Shuang with a smile: "Sima Gong is already like a corpse, bedridden, only the residual qi, the form and spirit have been separated, and it is not worth worrying about." Cao Shuang let down his guard, thinking that Sima Yi was not worried. Sima Yi, on the other hand, was not ill, but his health was doubled, and he quietly contacted the ministers who were at odds with Cao Shuang and recruited a group of dead soldiers, and everything was ready only to owe the East Wind.
As the saying goes, a light enemy is like self-destruction, and Cao Shuang took the little emperor Cao Fang out of the city to visit the tomb in the spring of 249 AD. At the behest of Sima Yi in the city, he quickly took control of the palace and sent people out of the city to persuade Cao Shuang to surrender, promising that he would never kill him. On the wisdom plan, Cao Shuang could not fight Sima Yi at all, credulously believed Sima Yi's promise, obediently tied his hands and captured, and as a result, Sima Yi rebelled and killed the three tribes of Cao Shuang, and the Cao Wei regime was controlled by the Sima family.
In September 251, Sima Yi, who lived in the xiangguo, became terminally ill, confessed his posthumous affairs, and before his death, warned his descendants that they were not allowed to erect a monument to him and visit his tomb. "Book of Jin, Emperor Xuan of Benji": "Emperor Xuan of Jin decreed that none of his sons and daughters should be allowed to visit the tomb." So Jingwen obeyed. "Sima Yi's last words are puzzling, the ancients attached great importance to funerals and cemeteries, and sweeping tombs is a tribute to ancestors, why doesn't Sima Yi play cards according to common sense? It was not until a thousand years before the mystery was solved.
In the last century, archaeologists found a tombstone near Shouyang Mountain, and according to the inscription, the Western Jin Dynasty Imperial Mausoleum was nearby, but Sima Yi's plateau mausoleum had no trace of theft. At this point, people finally understood the words that Sima Yi had warned his descendants before he died: No funeral goods should be placed in the tomb, no widows and widows should be buried together, no descendants should be allowed to sweep the grave, and even no trees should be planted. The purpose is to let others not find his graveyard, fearing that after death, the tomb robbers or enemies will dig it up, which is enough to see the nature of Sima Yi's old treacherous giant.