To say that the Three Kingdoms, is a period of strong color in history, when the masses were divided, there were many heroes haojie, they all wanted to establish a great cause, complete the unification, in the past few decades of fighting with each other, finally by Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan led by the three people formed a three-legged situation, when they finally entered the decisive battle period, but the real winner was Sima Yi, who had been behind the scenes, and finally his grandson Sima Yan unified the world and established the Jin Dynasty. So why did Sima Yi, the founder of the Jin Dynasty, not claim the title of emperor? On his deathbed, he also instructed his son Sima Zhao to say four words, and after he understood it, he was so frightened that he did not dare to claim the title of emperor to death.
Sima Yi stills
This also starts from Sima Yi' time, he grew up reading a lot of books, smart and strategic, and at that time the world was in chaos, Cao Cao was the time to employ people, he paid attention to talent, after learning that Sima Yi was a rare military master, he wanted to send him for his own use, but because Cao Cao came from a eunuch family and his identity was disgraceful, so he pretended to be ill and refused. And Cao Cao's suspicious personality, how could he hide from him, so he sent assassins to threaten the lives of his family, at this time Sima Yi had no choice but to agree to him to go to the post, cao Cao arranged him to his son Cao Pi, to assist him.
Stills of Sima Yi and Cao Cao
At that time, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi were vying for the position of Shizi, Cao Zhi was also a very talented person, and with Yang Xiu's assistance around him, Cao Pi himself felt that he was a little weak compared to him, but since Sima Yi came to his side, he was full of confidence and shined under the guidance of Sima Yi. Sima Yi advised him back and forth, telling him that he did not have to deliberately study Cao Cao's assessment, and that whenever there was a task, he should try his best to complete it, and the most important thing at the moment was to take more battle merits, make practical and effective achievements, and make friends with the generals in the army.
Cao Pi stills
Under his leadership, Cao Pi did a very good job, and befriended a large number of generals and received their support, although Cao Cao was inclined to Cao Zhi at that time, but finally established Cao Pi as his heir. After he ascended the throne, Sima Yi was even more likely to be a spring breeze, and under the heavy use of Cao Pi, he served as a Shang Shu Ling, advised the country, and became the head of the civil officials. After Cao Pi's death, he continued to assist Cao Rui, but at that time Zhuge Liang led the army to attack, and only Sima Yi could fight with it at that time, so he sent him to the western front to meet the battle, and it was from then on that that he came into contact with the army and controlled the military power. Gradually for the identification of their own future power to identify the basis. And his strategy of resistance is one word, drag. He successfully resisted Zhuge Liang's troops, and also cleaned up the army on the western front, completely becoming his own private army.
Sima Zhao stills
When he returned to the dynasty, Cao Rui had already done nothing to him, he could not hold him at all, after Cao Rui's death, he launched a coup d'état and became the supreme ruler, but he never claimed the title of emperor, the reason is because he believes in Confucianism, if he is called emperor, he will end up with a reputation of rebellion, and there will be a black history of his own in the annals of history, and his reputation will become worse, so he shouted at the end of his life: cautious, cautious. In fact, he was telling Sima Zhao not to be called emperor, otherwise he would leave a curse, and when Sima Zhao listened, he understood his meaning, so he only did one Wei chen in his lifetime, although at that time the Sima family was already the real actual ruler. He eventually left this great cause to his son, and eventually Sima Yan became emperor and achieved national unification.
Sima Yan stills
Sima Yi's life can be said to be very powerful, his opponents in his life include Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang, etc., but he has never left any flaws in front of these people, he is meticulous, the city government is quite deep, and after the death of all people, he suddenly attacked and became a winner, such a great wisdom is generally worthy of admiration.
Reference: Book of Jin