Sima Shi returned to Luoyang, and in the autumn and August of the third year of Jiaping, Sima Yi's illness gradually became heavier, and he summoned his second son to the front of the bed and instructed: "In the year of my affairs in Wei, the official conferred the title of Taifu, and the position of human subject was extremely high. Everyone suspects that I have different aspirations, and I taste fear. After my death, the two of them took good care of the country's government. Be careful! Be careful! "Words die. (Romance of the Three Kingdoms)
The above are the last words of Sima Yi, a generation of powerful ministers in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, before his death, to the effect that Sima Yi served Cao Wei for decades, and the official was Taifu, and he was an extremely popular subject. Many people believe that Sima Yi has two hearts, which makes Sima Yi himself very afraid. Now, before Sima Yi died, he exhorted his two sons to be good at governing the government, and no matter what decisions and things they did in the future, they should be cautious and cautious. After Sima Yi finished speaking, he died.
Especially the last 4 words "Be careful!" Be careful! Before his death, Sima Yi still did not trust his two sons Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, fearing that the two of them would repeat Cao Shuang's mistakes and be launched in a coup similar to the Gaopingling Rebellion to exterminate the Nine Tribes. To extend it further, these 8 words can be regarded as sima Yi's family training left to future generations, admonishing his children and grandchildren to be as cautious and cautious as themselves, and to calculate exhaustive strategies. If Sima Yi's descendants understood and remembered these four words, the Sima family would not perish, but unfortunately, his grandson Sima Yan forgot and became a sinner for eternity.
Sima Shi and Sima Zhao remembered their father's 4-character instructions before his death, and always acted cautiously, always taking the power of Cao Wei into their own hands. For example, Sima Shi quelled the rebellion of Yiqiu JianwenQin (the second of the three rebellions in Huainan), and also deposed the Wei emperor Cao Fang and established Cao Huan as emperor, Sima Zhao quelled the rebellion of Zhuge Zhi (the third of the three rebellions in Huainan), killed the Wei emperor Cao Huan, and established Cao Huan as emperor.
Both Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were very capable, good at governing the government, and firmly held the power in the hands of the Sima family, laying a solid foundation for Sima Yan to replace Wei in the Jin Dynasty. Even in the Battle of Shu, Sima Zhao was very cautious and sent reinforcements from Zhong Hui, Deng Ai, and Zhuge Xu, as well as Wei Ou as a supervisor. He was just afraid that someone would make a great contribution to destroying Shu, inflate his personal desires, and rebel against himself.
Sure enough, after Zhong Hui and Deng Ai successfully destroyed Shu, Deng Ai was oblivious and privately divided the former Shu Han officials. For example, Deng Ai made Liu Chan a general on horseback, the prince of Shu Han as a lieutenant of Fengche, the kings as a lieutenant of pony, and the master who followed him and made great contributions to him as the assassin of Lingyi Prefecture. Zhong Hui coveted Deng Ai's first effort to destroy Shu, so he and Jiang Wei planned to frame Deng Ai.
He sent the overseer Wei Wan into Chengdu, captured Deng Ai, and sent him to Luoyang. After Wei Wan sent Deng Ai away in a prison cart, Zhong Hui entered Chengdu, and under the provocation of Jiang Wei, the idea of rebellion was born. Under the pretext of empress dowager Guo's last will, Zhong Hui summoned the Wei generals, hoping to support Cao Wei and get rid of the powerful minister Sima Zhao. However, these Wei generals did not obey Sima Zhao's orders, and under the leadership of Wei Wan, they eventually killed Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei.
In fact, as early as the time when Zhong Hui made a small report to Sima Zhao that Deng Ai was plotting rebellion, Sima Zhao and his confidant Jia Chong had already led an army of 100,000 people from Luoyang and marched to Chengdu. When the clock will have more than 100,000 troops, and Deng Ai only has tens of thousands of partial divisions, Zhong will clean up Deng Ai, which is a piece of cake. Why did Sima Zhao want to mobilize the masses and personally capture Deng Ai? It turned out that Sima Zhao had not come for Deng Ai, but had actually come for Zhong Hui.
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Zhong Hui Biography": Hui Dewen Wang Shuyun: "Fear of Deng Ai or not on the requisition, jia chong, the current escort of the army, will ride ten thousand people into the xie valley, Tun Le City, I will be 100,000 tun Chang'an, meet in the near future." He would get the book and exclaimed, "But take Deng Ai, Xiang Guo knows that I can do it alone." Now that I am very heavy, I will feel that I am different, and I will send it quickly. ”
Sima Zhao remembered the 4-character instruction of his father Sima Yi before his death, and everything needed to be cautious. He was not at ease with his "confidant" Zhong Hui, believing that his heart would change with the development of the times. Sure enough, Zhong Hui did have the idea of launching a rebellion, but fortunately was nipped in the bud by Sima Zhao. Otherwise, the consequences are very serious.
However, Sima Yi's grandson and Sima Zhao's son Sima Yan forgot to "be cautious!" Be careful! These 4 words command. As soon as Sima Zhao died, he forced the Wei emperor Cao Huan to step down, usurped Cao Wei's Jiangshan, and established the Western Jin Dynasty. This is nothing, his most rash thing is to wantonly divide the kings of the Sima family and set up the "fool" Sima Zheng as the crown prince.
The kings of the Sima family were greatly divided
In the first year of the Tai Dynasty (265), Sima Yan had just become emperor, and in view of the lessons of Cao Wei's power bypass, he wantonly divided the Sima family's clan relatives. He made his grandfather Sima Yi the king of the following clans, and a total of 27 of his younger brothers, cousins, uncles, uncles, cousins, and cousins were enfeoffed, such as Sima Yan's uncles Sima Gan, Sima Lun, and Sima Liang as the King of Pingyuan, the King of Lang Evil, and the King of Fufeng, and his younger brother Sima You as the King of Qi. Most of these divided Sima family princely kingdoms had armies and had surpassed the power of enemy counties and counties, leaving a great hidden danger for the future Rebellion of the Eight Kings.
Sima Zheng, a "fool", was made crown prince
Sima Zheng had a low IQ from an early age, and with the help of his wife Jia Nanfeng, he passed Sima Yan's test and successfully inherited the throne. One year there was a famine, and the people mourned everywhere, and there were people who starved to death everywhere. The relevant departments reported the famine to Sima Zheng. After Hearing this, Sima Zheng was very strange and said, "The common people have no food to eat, so why don't they eat meat?" From this point, we can see how stupid and confused Sima Zheng is.
epilogue
For Sima Yi's dying "Be careful! Be careful! The 4-character last words, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, the two brothers, were still able to obey and always remember, crushing the two rebellions in Huainan. The two of them did not seize the throne of Cao Wei, but only controlled the court as a powerful vassal and governed the government with peace of mind.
However, Sima Yi's grandson Sima Yan forgot these four words, and he mainly did two things rashly, that is, to wantonly divide the kings of the Sima family and set up the "fool" Sima Zheng as the crown prince, and eventually became a sinner for eternity. These two events led to the subsequent Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the occurrence of the "Five Hu Chaos", and finally the Rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Sima Family consumed the living forces of the Central Plains, resulting in the five nomadic peoples of xiongnu, Xianbei, Xianbei, Qiang, and Qiang, and The Five Nomadic peoples who had the opportunity to seize the north, causing the lives of the Chinese land to be ruined, almost ruining everything, and the Han nationality was almost exterminated.
Therefore, Sima Yan, the Emperor of Jinwu, forgot his grandfather Sima Yi's "Cautious! Be careful! "The 4-character family training, arbitrarily dividing the Sima family clan into princes with real power, made the Sima family a sinner in China throughout the ages. In fact, not only the people of the Sima family, but also other people, should also put "caution!" Be careful! These 4 words are taken as the most reasonable words, and we must be cautious and cautious in everything.