The Three Kingdoms is a very peculiar period in the history of our country. But it is precisely because of the turmoil and uneasiness of this period that a very large number of people have been created, such as Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Cao Cao, Zhao Yun, etc., who are famous heroes in the Three Kingdoms period. And what I want to talk about for you today is Sima Yi. The name Sima Yi may be very familiar to many people, and even many people call it, Sima Yi is also a fierce person!
In 249 BC, Sima Yi, the 70-year-old Cao Wei taifu, suddenly launched the Gaopingling Rebellion, killed the Cao clan, successfully seized the state government, and became a solid monarch of a country, but in fact, this coup had laid the groundwork as early as 11 years ago, and Sima Yi at that time was only a human subject, but he was jealous of Cao Cao Pi. The reason is also very simple, Sima Yi has the appearance of a tiger and a wolf, and looks very ambitious. Ancient people paid special attention to appearance, and naturally they would be particularly displeased with Sima Yi.
Sima Yi knew that his appearance was not good, so he did a lot of things to calm the Cao family's jealousy and suspicion of him. In 238, Sima Yi led 40,000 cavalry to attack Gongsun Yuan, when the climate was severe, so Cao Cao ordered Sima Yi to be given a warehouse of cotton clothes to resist the cold of the weather, but Sima Yi preferred to let the soldiers freeze to death rather than give cotton clothes. Sima Yi said that the official's belongings were sent by the emperor, and Er and others did not have the right to use them, which was a symbol of respect for the emperor.
Many soldiers at that time did not understand why Sima Yi did not use this cart of cotton clothes in the face of Cao Cao's orders. After many years, I learned that Cao Cao at that time was already jealous of Sima Yi, and what Sima Yi did was just to eliminate Cao Cao's suspicions, and the final result was that Cao Cao could not do Sima Yi in the end. But people also began to know that the original one's hidden tolerance can actually reach this level, and Sima Yi is indeed worthy of a generation of tyrants, isn't it?