Review
As we all know, since ancient times, the emperors have been most afraid of those who have both talent and merit, and are also very appealing.
Therefore, when every emperor ascended the throne, they would suppress these generals and courtiers and secretly wipe out the plan, so that they could consolidate their rule and strengthen the administration of the country.
But many generals are not stupid, and when they find that their position is very embarrassing, they will take some measures, even if they are insulted, they must make the emperor feel at ease with themselves.
For example, guo Ziyi, a heroic general during the Tang Dynasty, almost single-handedly saved the Tang Dynasty, which was in a state of water and fire.
But with such merit, he only needed six beautiful women when the emperor offered a reward, so that everyone in the world thought that he was a womanizer.
In the folk, it is even more rumored that "the sound and color are precious, the accumulation of envy, and the invincibility." The words described his luxurious life, which made his prestige constantly decrease and reassured the emperor.
The same was done in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, during the Three Kingdoms period, when Emperor Wei sent clothes, Sima Yi preferred to let his soldiers freeze rather than give them clothes, when Sima Yi was saddled with the insult of not caring for the generals, but after eleven years, the people discovered his cleverness.
Sima Yi
Thinking of Sima Yi, I always think of the "empty city plan", in 228 BC Sima Yi led an army to attack the street pavilion, just when they were victorious one after another, directly approaching the western city, but zhuge Liang used a ruse to scare back.
Many people have different opinions on this matter, some people think that Sima Yi saw through Zhuge Liang's plan, but in the next game of chess, some people think that Sima Yi is the plan of Zhuge Liang.
But what I want to say here is that Sima Yi must have seen through Zhuge Liang's plan, but in his heart, there was something more important than getting rid of Zhuge Liang.
If we want to know the truth of the matter, we must first enter that era and understand the real Sima Yi.
Sima Yi was born in a family lineage, his great grandfather Sima Jun was a general of The Expedition to the West during the Reign of Emperor An of Han, and his father Sima Fang was Jing Zhaoyin, which can be said to lead to Rome, but Sima Yi was born in Rome, and growing up in such an environment, Sima Yi could not live an ordinary life.
Sima Yi was Sima Fang's second son, and he was very strategic, very intelligent and knowledgeable in his youth, so when Cao Cao recruited, he quickly took a fancy to Sima Yi.
But Cao Cao was a suspicious man, and he once lied that he would kill people in his dreams because he was afraid that others would murder him while he was sleeping.
One day, while he was sleeping, the quilt fell to the ground, and his bodyguards saw that they were in a hurry to help him cover it, but Cao Cao suddenly drew his sword and killed him.
There are many more stories like this, and he also said the famous saying throughout the ages: "I would rather bear the people of the world than the people of the world bear me", that is, to do things around such a suspicious monarch, if there is no careful thinking of his own, then maybe Sima Yi will be killed by Cao Cao like this bodyguard.
Therefore, although Sima Yi was very intelligent, he did not show all his talents, but hid it and secretly developed his career.
But he did not perform, does not mean that Cao Cao could not see, after Cao Cao and Sima Yi discussed the major events in the army, Cao Cao subconsciously shouted to Sima Yi, at this time, although Sima Yi's head turned, but his body was still forward, like a wolf, Cao Cao was suddenly stunned, seeing that the other party had a "wolf gu image".
However, at that time, the only person who could compare with Zhuge Liang was Sima Yi, so even though Cao Cao knew that Sima Yi had ambitions, he could not easily attack him, so he could only warn his son Cao Pi to be careful that this person would do something that might kill the country in the future.
Sima Yi did not send clothes
After Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi succeeded to the throne, and Sima Yi at this time still did not have any chances, he had no military power in his hands, and it was not until 226 AD that he really began to lead his troops to fight.
In the course of leading the troops to fight again and again, Sima Yi continued to learn, and finally used the "turtle tactic" to drag his old rival Zhuge Liang alive to his illness and death, and he also relied on this merit to let his official position continue to rise, and also gained more military power, but Sima Yi still did not forget his chessboard.
In the Liaodong War, Sima Yi invaded the city and killed the city, turning the originally prosperous Liaodong into a desolate place, and at the end of this great war, it was already a cold winter moon, and Liaodong at that time was now the northeast region, which can be imagined how cold it was.
The soldiers of Sima Yi's army did not bring thick clothes, and some of the thinly dressed soldiers even froze to death in Liaodong, and when Emperor Wei Ming sent them cotton clothes, Sima Yi did not distribute these cotton clothes to his soldiers.
When someone asked why, he said: "The officials of the people, the people and the subjects are selfless." "In simple terms, it means that this is the official's clothes, and the courtiers cannot distribute them to him privately.
It was obvious that Sima Yi deliberately did not distribute these clothes, he was just doing it for Emperor Wei Mingdi, such a move made Sima Yi bear the insult, but it made Emperor Wei Ming very happy.
Because a general who was not liked by the generals was not enough, and Emperor Wei Mingdi believed that Sima Yi was showing loyalty and would not pose any threat to himself in the future.
Sima Yi's ambitions
But as everyone knows, this is all deliberately made by Sima Yi to show him, just like the empty city plan at that time, Sima Yi clearly knows his image in Cao Cao's mind, so he will not easily kill Zhuge Liang, in this way, in exchange for his own safety.
This time, too, was a ploy, and such a move convinced Emperor Wei that Sima Yi was a loyal vassal, and when he was terminally ill, he entrusted his son to Sima Yi.
However, in the eleventh year after the end of the Liaodong War, Sima Yi revealed his true colors, and he dealt a fatal blow to Cao Shuang and launched the Gaopingling Rebellion, which of course turned out to be successful, and he seized the highest state.
epilogue
This is Sima Yi's ambition, he has played a big game of chess in his own psychology from the beginning, and he regards everyone as his own pawn.
Pretending not to understand the empty city plan, saving Zhuge Liang, but also saving himself and the entire Sima family, deliberately not sending clothes to show his loyalty, just so that one day in the future can seize power, this is the real Sima Yi, he is also known as the "white-eyed wolf".