Characters and stories of the Two Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties (28) - Sima Dictatorship

Sima Yi,Sima Shi (司馬師), Sima Zhao , and Sima Yan controlled the actual power of the State of Wei at different times.

Sima Yi's dictatorship

Sima Yi was born into a clan of scholars, and initially became Cao Cao's literary official (a subordinate official of the auxiliary governance class) and a master book (a civilian official, equivalent to the secretary general), and was later trusted by Cao Cao and promoted to Sima Cao (Cao Cao's military subordinate). Cao Pi succeeded him as Marquis of Hejinting (河津亭侯) and Chancellor Changshi (a high-ranking official who assisted Xiang in managing his clerical duties). After the establishment of Cao Wei, Sima Yi successively served as Shangshu (尚書), Yushi Zhongcheng (御史中丞), and Prince Zhongshu (太子中庶子) (太子侍官). During the reign of Emperor Cao Rui of Wei, Sima Yi took charge of the army to break Gongsun Yuan and resist Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, and Cao Wei became more and more dependent on Sima Yi.

When Cao Rui was dying, Sima Yi and Cao Shuang jointly assisted Cao Fang, but after Cao Fang ascended the throne, Cao Shuang rejected Sima Yi, and Sima Yi was forced to withdraw from politics. In 249, Sima Yi staged a coup d'état (GaoPingling Rebellion), and Cao Shuang was forced to relinquish both military and political powers and was exterminated. Since Cao Fang was too young to govern, and Sima Yi was the only auxiliary chancellor, Sima Yi began to control the real power of the State of Wei from this time.

In 251, Wang Ling of Taiwei conspired with his nephew Ling Huyu of Yanzhou to depose cao Cao's son Cao Biao and weaken Sima Yi's power, but the plot leaked, sima Yi yi wang Ling and Ling Hu yu, and gave cao biao death, and in the same year Sima Yi fell ill and died, and Sima Yi's eldest son Sima Shi inherited the real power of the State of Wei.

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao had exclusive powers

After Sima Yi's death, Sima Shi became a general of the Fu Army, taking charge of the military and political power of the State of Wei, and was promoted to a great general in 252 AD. In 253, Sima Shi succeeded in repelling the Wu army, which not only increased Sima Shi's prestige, but also deepened the contradiction between the Sima faction and the pro-Wei emperor faction. The failure of this attack by the State of Wu also caused zhuge Ke of the wu state to be killed after his return to China, and the state of Wu fell into ten years of civil strife and Sun Hao's tyranny. In 254, Sima Shi killed Zhongshu Ling Li Feng, Taichang Xiahou Xuan, Guanglu Daifu Zhang Ji, and others, and Sima Shi basically purged the Cao clan, Xiahou clan relatives, and their supporters. In the same year, Sima Shi deposed Cao Fang and proposed that Cao Zhao, the eldest of cao's clans, be made emperor, but eventually cao fu was made emperor at the suggestion of Empress Guo. During his reign, Cao Xi took Sima Shi as xiangguo and was resigned by Sima Shi. In 255, the Zhendong generals Yuqiu Jian and Shi Wenqin of Yangzhou rebelled against Sima Shi, and Sima Shi successfully suppressed the rebellion, but Wen Qin's son Wen Duan led troops to attack the camp, Sima Shi was too frightened, and died of illness in Xuchang, and Sima Shi and his brother Sima Zhao succeeded to the wei state.

After Sima Shi's death, Sima Zhaoguan was appointed as a great general and a servant, supervising all Chinese and foreign military forces, recording Shangshu to assist the government, and performing swords on the temple. In 256, sima zhao was made the duke of Dadu and the duke of Gaodu, and in the same year Sima Zhao, together with emperor Cao Xian, quelled the rebellion of the zhendong general Zhuge Shi and defeated Sun Wu's army to rescue Zhuge Shi, sima Zhao was promoted to Duke of Jin and Xiangguo, and Sima Zhao was not affected. In 260 CE, Cao Zhao conspired with Wang Shen, Wang Jing, Wang Ye, and others to kill Sima Zhao, and Sima Zhao received a message from Sima Zhao to send troops into the palace to suppress and kill Cao Zhao, and sima Zhao then made Cao Zhao the Emperor of Cao Wei. In 263 AD, Sima Zhao launched a war against Shu Han and destroyed Shu Han, opening the prelude to the unification of the Three Kingdoms era. In 264, Sima Zhao was worshipped as Xiang guo and was made the King of Jin, Jia Jiu Xi. In 265, Sima Zhao fell ill and died, and his son Sima Yan succeeded to power in the State of Wei.

Sima Yan's dictatorship

After Sima Zhao's death, because Emperor Wei had no power and Sima Yan had no need for dictatorship, he forced Emperor Wei to abdicate and establish the Jin Dynasty in 265 AD.