Wei Wan's experience once again proves that it is not what you have done, not how much credit you have made, but whether you can laugh to the end.
In the early Three Kingdoms, the princes Yuan Shao, Yuan Shu, Gongsun Zhan, Lü Bu, Liu Zhang, and Zhang Lu were all heroes of the moment and dominated one side. However, they were eventually replaced by the Three Kingdoms established by Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan. However, the Three Kingdoms of Liu Bei, Cao Cao, and Sun Quan did not laugh to the end. The three kingdoms were finally over, but it was not the state of Wei that unified the three kingdoms, nor the kingdoms of Shu and Wu, but the Jin dynasty of the Sima family. In the Three Kingdoms drama, the Sima family laughed to the end.
(Stills of Zhong Hui)
But in fact, the Sima family almost became a passing smoke cloud like Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan in making wedding dresses for others in a period of time. This period was the time when Sima Zhao sent Zhong Hui and Deng Ai to destroy the Shu state.
Deng Ai led 20,000 weak soldiers and sneaked in to destroy the Shu kingdom. Then, he bought people's hearts and minds in the Shu kingdom, and became the new emperor of the Shu kingdom. When Deng Ai was finally arrested, he sadly said that he was a loyal servant and he was another white man. However, who can say that he did not have the rebellious heart to become emperor in the Shu kingdom?
Not to mention Zhong Hui, after going to Chengdu, he directly prepared to raise troops to rebel.
Jiang Wei was a major general of the Shu state, although he was defeated, but when he surrendered to the State of Wei, he still had 100,000 troops under his command. This was also a terrible force for Sima Zhao.
In short, whether it is Deng Ai, or Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei, they are all forces that cannot be underestimated. Even if they did not rebel in Chengdu, after returning to the State of Wei, would they also seize the Sima family's Jiangshan in the same way that the Sima family seized the Cao family's Jiangshan?
After all, it can be said that while destroying the Shu kingdom, Sima Zhao was also muttering in his heart, and he was also worried about whether his own power would be affected.
But as a result, Sima Zhao did not worry about this problem at all. Why not worry? Because Wei Ou had already helped him kill Zhong Hui, Deng Ai, and Jiang Wei.
Wei Wan was actually just a civilian official, how could he have such a great ability to kill the three most powerful generals at that time?
(Wei Wan's stills)
Wei Wan, himself, served as a court lieutenant, and as a supervisor, he was sent by Sima Zhao to attack the battlefield of the Shu state. During the Three Kingdoms period, the Shu state had such a tradition of fighting wars. When the general is sent out on the expedition, another overseer will be arranged. In his hand he held the scepter given to him by the Emperor. The purpose of this was to control the power of the general.
Of course, after all, the military power is in the hands of the general, and the supervision army is just a civilian official. If the general wants to rebel, the supervision army will have nothing to do with them. Wei Wan, the overseer, encountered such a thing.
Deng Ai took Chengdu and showed a look of wanting to rebel. However, the signs of Deng Ai's rebellion are not obvious, and Zhong hui himself wants to rebel, so he must kill Deng Ai. To kill Deng Ai, it is necessary to promote Deng Ai to rebel as soon as possible. In addition, Zhong Hui must also kill the overseer Wei Wan. Only by killing these two people can he become bigger. Therefore, Zhong Hui thought of a plan to kill two birds with one stone, and he asked Wei Can to capture Deng Ai.
However, Zhong Hui only gave Wei Ou a thousand troops. This thousand troops to capture Deng Ai is tantamount to a moth to put out a fire. What Zhong Hui thought was that as long as Deng Ai was angry and killed Wei Ou, then Deng Ai's reasons for rebellion would be sufficient, and Zhong Hui could kill Deng Ai with a straight face.
Of course, Wei Wan understood what little calculation Zhong would play. He was not afraid, and after going to Chengdu, while sending people to stabilize Deng Ai, he quietly sent out his thousand troops at night to lobby the generals under Deng Ai. Tell them that Deng Ai has rebelled, and if you surrender now, you will not be blamed in the past, and you will also be promoted to the rank of knight. If you are obsessed, you will immediately be convicted of a felony.
After all, at that time, Deng Ai did not have a clear rebellion move, and at that time, Deng Ai was busy currying favor with the hearts of the people of the Shu state, and he did not pay much attention to the people in his army. There is no explicit statement that they should be given a wish. Therefore, Deng Ai's men also felt that this matter was very dangerous, don't take your own life for Deng Ai. Besides, the sons and daughters of the family are still in the State of Wei, and if they rebel themselves, the sons and daughters of the family may die.
Wei Wan, who had mastered this mentality of the soldiers, had persuaded all those soldiers to rebel. By dawn, almost no one was supporting Deng Ai. In the end, Wei Ou only sent a few people to arrest Deng Ai, who was still sleeping.
(Jiang Wei stills)
Here, at the instigation of Jiang Wei, Zhong Hui also prepared to rebel intensively. He had already arrested and imprisoned Hu Lie and other generals, and was preparing to kill them. At this time, Wei Ou returned. Zhong Hui had to show off and said to Wei Ou that we must unite.
Wei Wan did not dare not agree. However, he took the opportunity to go to the toilet and told one of Hu Lie's subordinates about the danger, who passed the news to Hu Lie's son.
Hu Lie's son gathered everyone together and encouraged them to rush into the city to save people. However, after all, it was a rebellion, and everyone was a little hesitant. Hu Lie's son could not wait, and took Hu Lie's men to the city to kill.
At this time, for Wei Wan, the most important thing is to escape. He did the opposite, asking Zhong Hui to go out and persuade the men not to rebel. Zhong Hui thought in his heart, such a dangerous thing, you actually let me go, you must have some conspiracy! So he let Wei Ou out. Wei Wan pretended to push it off, and finally when he couldn't get rid of it, he went out.
However, before Wei Ou had gone far, Zhong Hui became suspicious and sent someone to chase Wei Ou back.
In order to be able to go out, Wei Ou drank a lot of salt water and threw himself up. Then he said he was very ill and couldn't go back. In this way, Wei Wancai deceived Zhong Hui and went out of the city.
After Wei Ou left the city, he immediately organized his men and horses to attack Zhong Hui. In this way, Zhong Hui and Jiang Wei were both killed.
Wei Wan, fearing that something would happen to Deng Ai after he returned to China, did not stop and sent an enemy of Deng Ai to hunt down and kill Deng Ai. Kill Deng Ai as well.
Although Wei Wan's doing these things was not for Sima Zhao's sake. However, objectively speaking, he did Sima Zhao a big favor and cut out Sima Zhao's three threats.
After Wei Wancang returned to the State of Wei, Sima Zhao thanked him and gave him many rewards. However, Wei Wan's mind was very clear, and he did not accept these rewards. His performance also allowed him not to be purged by Sima Zhao as a political enemy in the end, and it can be said that he was able to die well.
(References: Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Jin)