I. Cao Pi period
In 220 AD, Cao Pi squeezed out Emperor Xian of Han as he wished, sat on the throne, and changed the name of the country from Han to "Wei".
I remember once when I was talking to a friend about the Three Kingdoms, I once jokingly said: Why can't the word "Wei" be used as the name of the country in history? Because as soon as the Wei characters are taken apart, it is "eight thousand female ghosts", and the yin qi is too heavy to last!
Of course, this is purely a joke, and the right should lead you to a pleasure. In fact, the reason why Cao Wei was short-lived was nothing more than three reasons.
First, Cao Pi suppressed The Emperor Of Cao too harshly, allowing the power of the Gate Valve Clan to grow. Second, Cao Pi and Cao Rui died too early. The third is that no one can imagine that Sima Yi can live so much!
However, it must be emphasized that although Cao Pi was very guarded against Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang's brothers, he was extremely preferential to the Xiahou family. For example, for Xiahou Shang, he was Xiahou Yuan's cousin. Cao Pi once grinned and said, "I authorize you to be a mighty blessing and kill people at will!" ”
The old minister Jiang Ji obstructed it, which forced Cao Pi to withdraw the privileges given to Xiahou Shang. But in any case, Xiahou Shang, like Cao Zhen, was Cao Pi's favorite person--and of course Sima Yi! That is to say, these people all belonged to Cao Pi's circle.
Therefore, there was a marriage between the Sima family and the Xiahou family. Sima Yi's eldest son, Sima Shi, married Xiahou Shang's daughter Xiahou Hui. In this way, the Sima family was equivalent to becoming related to the Xiahou family and the Cao Zhen family. Because Xiahou Hui's mother was Cao Zhen's sister.
Later, because Xiahou Shang did not love his wife, that is, Xiahou Hui's mother, Cao Zhen's sister, unusually favored a concubine, which caused Cao Pi to be furious, and without saying a word, he sent someone to kill the concubine, forcing Xiahou Shang to love the original match.
Unexpectedly, if he accidentally used too much force, Cao Pi's hand actually frightened Xiahou Shang, and he was in a trance all day long, and it was not long before Xiahou Shang died. In this way, it is equivalent to giving Sima Yi an opportunity.
Xiahou Shang died in April of the seventh year of the Huang Dynasty, and Cao Pi died in May of this year. Looking at this point in time, if Xiahou was not in trouble, it was difficult to say whether Sima Yi could get the opportunity to be isolated.
In this way, after Cao Pi's death, Cao Rui ascended the throne. Sima Yi was a lonely and heavy minister, and the best period of Sima Shi's life also began.
2. Sima Shi and Xiahou Hui
At that time, Sima Shi was only 19 years old, and was praised as "elegant and elegant, Shen Yi is more ambitious, less flowing reputation". This means that Sima Shi is extraordinary, elegant and elegant, and is widely praised! With He Yan and his brother-in-law Xiahou Xuan, the three have become the weather vane that guides popular fashion!
At first, Cao Rui was still forced to endure, after all, Zhuge Liang brought people every three to five to kick Cao Wei's gate. However, Sima Shi, He Yan and others played more and more fun, and even formed a trend. Finally, Cao Rui couldn't help it, and so the "flashy case" began.
This means that Cao Rui hated Sima Shi, He Yan, Xiahou Xuan, and these second generations, who got together every day either nonsense, or engaged in the metaphysics of the false head, which brought bad atmosphere and bad teaching to children. So the good days of Sima Shi, He Yan, Xiahou Xuan, and others came to an end, and they were beaten into another book by Cao Rui--do you still want to become an official? Go home and squat!
In short, marked by Sima Shi's marriage to Xiahou Hui, the Sima family really has a status and is recognized in the circle! Therefore, don't be deceived by the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" or the "Military-Master Alliance", in fact, Cao Zhen, Xiahou Shang and Sima Yi, there is no contradiction between you and me. And Sima Shi was also a brother of the Gongzi of Fei, and he Yan and Xiahou Xuan were all good brothers.
What really changed all this was that after Sima Shi had been "squatting at home" for two years, a big thing happened: his wife, Xiahou Hui, suddenly and inexplicably died!
Xiahou Hui, as can be seen from the previous description, she can be called the Sima family, and the powerful Zhu Cao and Xiahou family. In the eyes of the world, Sima Shi and Xiahou Hui were very affectionate, and when Xiahou Hui died at the age of 24, she and Sima Shi gave birth to five daughters in one breath. So how did Xiahou Hui die?
Third, Sima Yi said that Sima Shi was very powerful
According to the Book of Jin, Emperor Ming of Wei, Emperor Xuan was the most important general, and his sons had great talents. Later, he knew that the emperor was not a pure subject of Wei, and then he was the nephew of the Wei clan, and the emperor was deeply jealous of him. In the second year of the Green Dragon, he collapsed at the age of twenty-four.
This means that when Cao Rui was emperor, Sima Yi resisted Zhuge Liang, resulting in military power. And Sima Shi and Sima Zhao were also very capable. As a result, Xiahou Hui suddenly found that this family was not right, always digging the corners of Cao Wei's walls, and was suspected of rebellion. So Sima Shi poisoned his wife Xiahou Hui and killed him.
Obviously, this record makes people fall into the fog, what did Xiahou Hui find? No one can tell now. However, from the records before the gaopingling change, it seems that problems can be found.
Everyone knows that the change of Gao Pingling, the reason why Sima Yi was able to succeed, one is that Cao Shuang is too incompetent, and the other is thanks to the fact that there are three thousand dead soldiers. So to whom do these three thousand dead men belong? The Book of Jin makes it very clear: They were all privately raised by Sima Shi.
Therefore, Xiahou Hui's theory that "Emperor Zhi (Sima Family) is not a pure subject of Wei" is established! It should be Sima Shi's first idea of not being a subject, not Sima Yi. Because at that time, Sima Yi was fighting against Zhuge Liang, where did he come from to rebel?
Although it was not necessarily at that time, Sima Shi began to raise dead soldiers privately, but it was obvious that the signs had been revealed and was detected by Xiahou Hui, so Sima Shi had poisoned him! And there is another piece of evidence that can also circumstantially corroborate this inference.
Before the Gaopingling Rebellion, Sima Yi informed Sima Shi and Sima Zhao of the plan. Then he began to observe the two sons. Sima Zhao seemed nervous and couldn't sleep at night. On the other hand, Sima Shi slept peacefully, as if nothing had happened.
Sima Yi sighed very much and said, "I really can't imagine that my son Sima Shi is so powerful!" ("Book of Jin": This son can even be!) ）
Fourth, the three clans of the great uncles and brothers were destroyed
Many people have said: There is no harm without comparison, and Sima Shi's psychological quality is far better than Sima Zhao's. But I think this is a bit exaggerated. It should be known that the "change of Gaopingling" is either death or life, which is related to the lives of the entire family, and once it fails, it is a rolling head. No matter how well-informed a person with psychological quality suddenly heard about this matter, he would never be as calm as Sima Shi.
Therefore, the only explanation can only be that Sima Shi has long been looking forward to this day, otherwise how will the "three thousand dead soldiers" explain? It must have been with Sima Yi before. Therefore, after hearing that dad made up his mind, he could have such a calm performance.
And Sima Yi's words that Sima Shi was "very powerful" were not just praise for him, and he could still sleep in the face of such a big thing, but an appreciation for him for so many years, who had been secretly operating, but could not be known, including even his wife Xiahou Hui, who could be poisoned and killed!
The last question is, Ming Sima Shi was once a brother in law, why did he have such a change? This can only be said to be that Cao Rui passed the "flashy case" and gave up Sima Shi's hopes! In the same way, isn't the same true of He Yan? Why, after he defected to Cao Shuang, he did not hesitate to damage the prestige of the Cao Wei imperial family, such as suggesting cao Shuang and driving Empress Guo out.
But obviously, Sima Shi's strength did not stop there. Less than two years after the gaopingling rebellion, Sima Yi died. Sima Shi took over Sima Yi's authority, turned around, and raised a butcher's knife to his friend, his brother-in-law Xiahou Xuan, and exterminated the three tribes of Xiahou Xuan...
Sima Shi can no longer be regarded as "powerful", but "vicious", and he does not even want family affection. Therefore, in the end, he was invaded by Wen Duan, and his eyeballs fell out of his eyes, resulting in him being scared to death after only 4 years in power, which was also deserved.