Preface
The troubled times of the Three Kingdoms have left a strong mark in history, and countless heroes and heroes have emerged in them. Of course, it is precisely for this reason that later generations are very respectful of the Three Kingdoms.
There is no way for these heroes to say who is more outstanding, but if they say who is the final winner, I believe everyone will unanimously say Sima Yi's name. Sima Yi, who can control the power of the entire country, is also very cautious, and once he killed one of his generals just because of the word "cow and horse" on the stone.
First, the ox follows the horse
It all started with Sima Yi taking over the power of the entire Cao Wei. As we all know, Sima Yi obtained the power of the Cao family through improper means, and in order to make his position more stable, he also killed many Cao family members. If Sima Yi is not weak-minded, no one will believe it.
It is precisely because he himself obtained the throne through improper means that he attaches more importance to power. He can do things that no one else can. This is similar to Zhao Kuangyin's emphasis on literature and light martial arts after he sat on the throne, all in order to prevent people from following in his footsteps.
At this time, there was a book called "Xuanshi Tu", which was not only widely circulated, but also believed in what was recorded in the book. In this book, there is a very magical prophecy - the cow will follow the horse. It can be said that Sima Yi has been very uneasy since he saw these four words.
What kind of horse can this "horse" be, but it is just a horse in his own family. still remembers what I said earlier, at this time, it was when Sima Yi had just grasped the power of Cao Wei, how could he not be frightened, his position was not hot, and he was about to be taken away by the surname Niu.
It can be said that smart people think the same, Cao Cao once had a dream - three horse troughs, and Cao Cao did not pay attention to Sima Yi at that time. Instead, he set his sights on Xiliang Ma Teng, who was Ma Chao's father, so Cao Cao wiped out the Ma family with lightning speed.
That is, Ma Chao was lucky to escape, of course, Sima Yi also knew about Cao Cao's dream, and after he got power, he didn't prove that Cao Cao's dream with prophecy was correct, so he believed in this prophecy.
After this, Sima Yi began to look for a suitable person, and soon let him lock in a candidate, who was the rear general of Wei - Niu Jin. Speaking of which, this is also a no-brainer for Niu Jin, just because of a surname, he was noticed by Sima Yi.
It is worth mentioning that Sima Yi raised his vigilance after discovering him, the reason is that in Niu Jin's official position, the position of general in the Three Kingdoms is still very important, and it can be said that it is an official position with real power.
How could Sima Yi not be afraid, he was afraid that one day if he was defenseless, Niu Jin would overthrow himself and take power by himself. It's just that Sima Yi's idea is indeed a bit redundant.
This Niu Jin is an out-and-out general, and he has no scheming at all. There is no defense against Sima Yi, and Sima Yi has already begun to plan how to get rid of Niu Jin. He feasted Niu Jin and poisoned the food at the banquet, Niu Jin didn't know that Sima Yi was going to kill him, and of course he wouldn't be guarded.
In this way, Niu Jin, who didn't know anything, was eliminated by Sima Yi, and Sima Yi, who killed Niu Jin, was finally able to sleep at night, but the development of later generations was something that Sima Yi couldn't stop. This prophecy will come true after all, although the world is still surnamed Sima, but this core has long been changed.
Sima Yi had a descendant named Sima Jin, and his wife was a descendant of Xiahou Yuan. But this Xiahou girl is a very merry woman, and she has a child with a small official named Niu Jin, and this child is Sima Rui.
Although his surname is Sima, he has long had no blood of the Sima family in his bones, and it can be said that after that, the Sima family has shed the blood of the "Niu" family.
2. Suspicious personality
In fact, looking at history, it can be seen that Sima Yi and Cao Cao are still very similar, and the two of them deal with this kind of thing in the same way, and both of them are equally suspicious and jealous.
Of course, although they are both suspicious, there is still a difference between the two people's suspicion, first of all, Cao Cao, Cao Cao's suspicion is cruel and cunning. Just like Cao Cao himself said, "I'd rather bear the people of the world than let the people of the world bear me", in his world, this sentence has always been regarded as the creed of life.
Not to mention his cunning, after all, as a tyrant in troubled times, how should he gain a foothold in this troubled world if he has no political means. The troubled times are a world of the jungle, so Cao Cao must be careful at all times to prevent someone from harming him and seizing power, of course, Sima Yi is within the scope of this prevention.
However, compared with Cao Cao, Sima Yi is a little different, although Sima Yi is also a power-grabber and an excellent politician. But perhaps because he had been under Cao's in the early days, there was an element of caution in his suspicions. Sima Yi has said many times that Zhuge Liang is too cautious, saying that Zhuge Liang thinks too much and decides less.
In Sima Yi's opinion, Zhuge Liang thinks too much and lacks the courage to break off, in fact, he and Zhuge Liang are similar. Even Sima Yi is more cautious than Zhuge Liang, and he will not do anything that may be dangerous. In the later stage, his opponent was Zhuge Liang, and if he was not careful, he would fall into Zhuge Liang's trap.
Zhuge Liang's clever calculation is also recognized by history, and he also suffered a lot of losses in the early days in the hands of Zhuge Liang. Of course, on the battlefield, the situation is changing rapidly, and the slightest carelessness will lose the fighter, which is not the first time Zhuge Liang missed the fighter because of Sima Yi's suspicion.
Of course, after that, "Wuhou played the piano and retired from Zhongda" also became one of the ridicules of Sima Yi in later generations.
3. Seek to be clever in Tibet
When Sima Yi was born, the Han Dynasty was already crumbling, showing the trend of the building collapsing. Sima Yi is young, intelligent, and knowledgeable, and can be said to be one of the young and famous figures in the Three Kingdoms. At that time, it was Cao Cao's entrepreneurial period, and Cao Cao was also very thirsty for talents, and when he met a figure like Sima Yi, he inevitably wanted to restrain him.
But generally talented people have their own ideas, and for Sima Yi, he also wants to find a more hopeful lord to follow. It's a pity that the situation is still confusing at this time, and even Sima Yi can't put the treasure on one person.
But his talent is there, and as long as he wants, there are many princes who are willing to treat him as a guest. It was under this idea that Sima Yi rejected Cao Cao.
When Cao Cao sent an envoy to come, Sima Yi directly pretended to be sick in bed and used this method to shirk. If it was an ordinary person, he would give up Sima Yi directly, but Cao Cao is not an ordinary person, Cao Cao doesn't believe him at all, after all, Sima Yi is just in his early twenties at this time, how can it be said that he has a stroke.
So he sent someone to Sima's house to check, who expected that Sima Yi's acting level would be at this time, and he deceived all the people under Cao Cao. This is exactly what Sima Yi is smart, and he did not hesitate to take refuge when Cao Cao had become the strongest prince.
epilogue
It can be said that Sima Yi's political and military means are needless to say, and Sima Yi is also a capable minister who can make Cao Cao value the talent so much. Of course, no matter how many achievements he has, it can't hide that he got the Cao family through improper means, and any figure in history has both positive and negative sides.