Speaking of Zhuge Liang, I believe that everyone is not unfamiliar, and Sima Yi, who is also known as the Southern Zhuge North Sima with him, is estimated to know very little, and the image of Sima Zhongda played by Teacher Ni is also very impressive, which still impresses me. In the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is said that Sima Yi has the appearance of a wolf, in fact, Sima Yi does have the talent of the world to save the country, as to whether he has this ambition, after all, he only existed under one person in the end, but did not usurp the throne. Sima Yi had two sons, Sima Ziyuan and Sima Zishang, and the eldest son, Sima Ziyuan, was calm and calm, and was a steady man. The second son, Sima Zishang, was also very scheming, and he was as vicious as he was, and he had a more big picture view. Legend has it that Sima Yi also liked this second son. So why did he pass the throne to the eldest son instead of the second son, who was more like himself?
First, in ancient times, whether it was the royal family or the clan, they adopted the system of primogeniture, and Sima Ziyuan was a stable and approachable person, although his strategic wisdom was not as good as his brother, but there were many people who supported him, and there would not be too many people who opposed him inheriting the family business, and the mature and stable Sima Ziyuan was more easy to convince the public, which was conducive to the smooth transition of power of the Sima family, and there would be no problems during the transfer of power. Then Sima Ziyuan naturally became the first choice.
Second, when people reach old age, they are not as enterprising as when they were young, more are they want to seek more benefits for future generations, Sima Yi knows that the second son Sima Zi is ambitious, once he gives him all his rights, he will immediately do whatever it takes to realize his ambitions, and now although the Sima family has great power, but the status still needs to be consolidated, if the rebellion at this time, success is just a name, but once it fails, the Sima family will disappear completely. Therefore, for the sake of the family's long-term consideration, but also in order to suppress the second son Sima Zishang in order to smooth out his edges and corners, it is natural to choose Sima Ziyuan to inherit the family business.
After Sima Yi's death, Sima Ziyuan, who inherited the family business, also lived up to expectations, and after several years of efforts, he constantly consolidated the power of the Sima family, excluded dissidents, and made the Sima family like a day in the sky, laying a political foundation for the establishment of the Later Western Jin Dynasty. However, Sima Ziyuan died of a stroke in his prime at the age of forty-eight. His younger brother Sima Zishang also took over the power in his brother's hands, and after polishing his heart for several years in the shadow of his brother, he deepened his heart and city government, and after taking power, he eliminated the opponents of him one by one, and finally successfully seized the Jiangshan and unified the three kingdoms under the name of "Zen Concession", realizing his ambition to become emperor. In this way, Sima Yi can also be regarded as making the right choice, if Sima Zishang is immediately put in power, perhaps the Sima family will disappear into history. But the things of history are not what I can judge as a small author, but only say what I think.