When I recently compiled Sima Yi's materials, I found that he and Cao Cao had some imaginations, such as the idea of usurping the throne, but they were afraid of destroying the name of the first emperor, and nominally retained the status of chancellor. They are all far-sighted, talented, and have also made great contributions to the country, if they can be loyal to the imperial court, the historical evaluation may be reversed.
Today, we will focus on Sima Yi, Sima Yi was born into a scholar family, and the Sima Yi family and Cao Cao's family had a good family relationship. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the world was in chaos, Cao Cao took this opportunity to form his own team to start a business, and at this time, Sima Yi did not choose to start a business, so Sima Yi missed the golden period. Liu Bei and Sun Quan, who started their own business with Cao Cao, both became the hegemons of one side, that is, the lords of the Three Kingdoms who later stood on three legs.
We know that Cao Cao is thirsty for talent and recruits talents everywhere, Cao Cao knows that Sima Yi is a rare talent, but he does not dare to use it, because he knows that Sima Yi is a person with superior ability, but he has a restless heart, that is to say, he is not satisfied with being a subordinate, once he holds great power, he will rebel, Cao Cao has always had this worry, so he instructed Cao Pi not to let Sima Yi control the military power. It has to be said that Cao Cao saw people very accurately, and Sima Yi did launch a coup d'état in his later years to seize military power and become a powerful vassal who held Cao Fang hostage.
Sima Yi had ambitions, but he missed the opportunity to start a business in the early days, and when he was three points later, he went to Cao Cao's men to plot things, but Cao Cao was wary of him and could not be reused, so he survived until Cao Cao's death. Cao Pi did not forget Cao Cao's instructions, and Cao Pi made full use of Sima Yi's talents to help him defend his territory and reclaim his military power after the matter was completed. Sima Yi did a lot for the State of Wei during the Cao Pi era, so his status became higher and higher.
In the era of Cao Rui, during the Northern Expedition of the State of Shu, Sima Yi played a great role in the confrontation against the State of Shu and made great contributions to the State of Wei. When he arrived at Cao Rui, his vigilance against Sima Yi was very small, and Sima Yi often led soldiers to fight and held heavy troops in his hands, at this time, the Cao family still had major generals, and they could balance Sima Yi.
By the time of Cao Fang, the talents of the State of Wei had withered away, and there were fewer and fewer talents who could really lead soldiers to fight, and at this time, only Cao Shuang could compete with Sima Yi. However, Cao Shuang had courage and strategy, and Cao Shuang coveted pleasure, and was finally framed by Sima Yi's Gaopingling coup d'état, and was eventually killed and killed. After that, Sima Yi's usurpation of power was completely cleared, and he became the actual controller of Cao Wei step by step.
Comparing Cao Cao's entrepreneurial process and Sima Yi's process of taking power, it is found that Cao Cao relied on his own recruitment to buy horses and fight the Eastern Expedition and the Western War bit by bit, Cao Cao had his own investment, and the early recruitment of soldiers and strategists needed to pay their own remuneration. In today's terms, Cao Cao's Jiangshan is the same as our current investment in opening a company, he is the boss, he works together to achieve success by investing in recruiting talents. As for Sima Yi, he has no investment, that is to say, he has always walked the rivers and lakes as an employee. Sima Yi's coup d'état was undoubtedly the robbery of the big boss and the theft of other people's achievements. Cao Cao, on the other hand, is successful in starting his own business, and their essential difference is here.
Cao Cao and Sima Yi were undoubtedly outstanding talents at that time, but the model of their fortune was different, and to be honest, Cao Cao's achievements were more honorable than Sima Yi's, relying on their own investment and continuous efforts to succeed. Although in the process of starting a business, Cao Cao also held Liu Xie hostage and opened up territory under the banner of restoring the Han Dynasty, but later the nature slowly changed, and the Eastern Han Dynasty was exhausted and could not be supported.
Looking at Sima Yi again, Sima Yi only did things for Boss Cao, and although he made a lot of military achievements, he also got corresponding rewards. Sima Yi gained control through a coup d'état alone, and to put it bluntly, Sima Yi's actions were stealing and spurned.
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