This article is the eighth article in the series of "Brief Reading of the History of Jin" of the Three Kingdoms.
The focus of this article is Sima Yi's actions after Cao Rui's death and before gao pingling's change
Sima Yi had a dream after conquering Liaodong and attacking Xiangping City, in which he dreamed that Cao Rui asked Sima Yi to look up at him. Because he felt that Cao Rui's behavior was not the same as before, he felt disgusted.
It is said that after Sima Yi pacified Liaodong, Cao Rui issued an edict for Sima Yi to return from the avenue and guard Guanzhong. However, starting from the day after the edict, Cao Rui issued five edicts to Sima Yi for three consecutive days. There is even a hand edict that directly points out that I hope you will rush back immediately and arrive at the Beijing Division to meet me directly.
One: Cao Rui is lonely
Sima Yi was stunned when he saw it, so he drove back day and night, and it took more than four hundred miles to spend only one day. Sima Yi hurried to the bedroom of jiafu hall and saw Cao Rui on the hospital bed. Sima Yi wept bitterly to express his concern for Tianzi's body, and Cao Rui took Sima Yi's hand, looked at Cao Fang, the King of Qi, with his eyes, and said to Sima Yi, I will entrust the aftermath to you, I will not die and finally meet you, and I have no regrets. Cao Rui ordered Sima Yi and Cao Shuang to jointly assist the young lord.
A full-detailed review of the various historical materials about this orphan can be reviewed by the author's previous articles.
After Cao Fang ascended the throne, Sima Yi was promoted to the rank of attendant, enjoying the power of holding the festival and supervising the Chinese and foreign armies and recording the Shang Shu, in addition to commanding 3,000 troops with Cao Shuang to jointly assist the government. Both of them also enjoyed special treatment for entering the temple by public opinion.
It is said that a mountain does not tolerate two tigers, and Cao Shuang hopes that he can monopolize the government and completely control Shang Shutai, so the upper cousin Tianzi hopes to promote Sima Yi to the position of Grand Sima Yi. As a result, although Sima Yi held a high official position, he left Shang Shutai to work. The chancellor believed that the successive Great Simas of the State of Wei often died during their reign (e.g. Cao Xiu), so Tianzi appointed Sima Yi as a taifu. Sima Yi was given the right to enter the temple without tendency, to worship without a name, and to carry his sword to the temple. Sima Shi was also appointed as a regular attendant of the Scattered Horse, and some of his sons and sons were given hou or official positions. Sima Yi accepted the official position of Taifu and sima shi's scattered horseman, and did not accept any other sons to be official.
Two: Each one is busy
In the spring of the first year of the first year, the Uighurs paid tribute again, and at the same time, a wave of treasures to the Great Wei Tianzi rose up everywhere. Cao Fang attributed this to Sima Yi and again increased his fiefdom. In the early years, Cao Rui built a palace in a big way, and there were countless harem beauties. After Sima Yi returned to Beijing, there were more than 10,000 laborers for construction, and thousands of people who were busy carving playthings. Sima Yi dismissed them all and let them participate in agricultural production, and the people were pleased.
In May of the first year of the second year, Quan Chun attacked Qianpi, Zhu Ran and Sun Lun besieged Fancheng, and Zhuge Jin and Bu Qi plundered Zhongzhong. For a time, war broke out in the south, and Sima Yi took the initiative to apply for a crusade. Although the ministers believed that Eastern Wu would come from afar and the attack speed would not be very fast, there was no need to rescue them immediately, but Sima Yi pointed out that the border was deadly to meet the enemy and we were sitting firmly in the court, which would lead to a commotion on the front line, and everyone was confused, which was a hidden danger affecting the society! In June, Sima Yi oversaw the southern expedition, and Cao Fang personally sent Sima Yi out of Jinyang Gate. Sima Yi believed that the south was humid and hot, and it was not appropriate to fight for a long time. Therefore, the use of light horse advance is preferred. Then gather elite warriors, set up a first-class squad, clarify the orders, and make a decisive battle posture. Eastern Wu saw that there was no benefit to be gained, and after balancing the interests, he retreated. In Sima Yi's pursuit, Eastern Wu lost some soldiers, horses and military supplies.
After Sima Yi's victory, he withdrew, and Cao Fang sent people to the Wancheng Labor Army, where Sima Yi was at the time. In July, Tianzi also added Sima Yi's food and arranged for eleven of Sima Yi's sons to be marquises.
Although Sima Yi was highly respected and distinguished, he became more and more modest and respectful.
In the spring of the first three years, Cao Fang posthumously honored Sima Fang as the Marquis of Wuyang. In March, Sima Yi qi played Tianzi to run through the Guangcao Canal, diverting one branch of the Yellow River into the Land, so that it could irrigate the southeastern provinces. In september of the first four years, Sima Yi once again oversaw the attack on Zhuge Ke, and Tianzi once again personally sent Sima Yi out of Jinyang Gate. Eastern Wu saw Sima Yi's army coming and took the initiative to retreat. In order to further solve the problem of the southern resistance, Sima Yi excavated water canals and improved the irrigation system in Huainan. After Sima Yi finished planning, theoretically, on the way from Jingshi to Shouyang, the farmers and guantun fields could be connected into a line. Three: Appearance and separation
In the first month of the first five years, Sima Yi came to the Huainan region, and Tianzi ordered Sima Yi to hold a labor army. When Sima Yi was not in the capital, Shangshu Deng Yang, Li Sheng, and others persuaded Cao Shuang to establish a meritorious name, and Cao Shuang set off the second war of the Wei state. Although Sima Yi tried his best to dissuade him, Cao Shuang insisted on going his own way, and in the end Cao Shuang was defeated and returned without success.
In the autumn of the first six years, Cao Shuang planned to abolish the backbone battalion in the middle base and transfer all the troops belonging to the battalion to the command of his brother Cao Xi, the leader of the battalion. This move is simply to control all the military power of the Janissaries that originally belonged to Cao Shuang and Sima Yi under Cao Shuang's command, which of course caused Sima Yi to be dissatisfied, and Sima Yi refused to do so in line with the old system of the former emperor. In October, Cao Fang summoned Sima Yi to return to the dynasty.
In the first seven years, Cao Shuang and Sima Yi once again disagreed militarily. At that time, Eastern Wu marched again, and many people on the border came to The North in order to avoid the war. Sima Yi believed that Southern Chu was already close to Eastern Wu's control area, and if he asked the people who crossed the northern border to return to Southern Wu, it would also cause Eastern Wu to attack again. (Sima Yi believed that the purpose of Eastern Wu's small campaign was to plunder the population, and it was.)
After hearing this, Cao Shuang disagreed, believing that it was necessary to let the people who crossed the north return to The South and strengthen the garrison of the South.
Sima Yi pointed out that if things are placed in a safe place, it is safe, and if it is placed in a dangerous place, it is even more dangerous. After some quotations from the scriptures. Sima Yi stressed: If, after the people cross south, Eastern Wu lets 20,000 people cut off the water, 30,000 people confront our southern army, and send 10,000 people to invade the people, how should we save each other?
Cao Shuang disagreed with Sima Yi's suggestion and ordered the people to return to Chunan. Soon after, Eastern Wu invaded again, and the Wei state suffered heavy losses in the central region.
In April of the first eight years, Zhang Chunhua died, and Sima Yi's "old and immortal" wife finally left him. The funeral at Sima Yi's home had not yet come to an end, but Cao Shuang was revived. Cao Shuang adopted the schemes of He Yan, Deng Yang, and Ding Mi to let Empress Guo move to Yongning Palace, ostensibly letting Cao Fang pro-government, but in fact removing the constraints of the empress dowager's foreign relatives. Cao Shuang also ordered his brother to take charge of the forbidden army, establish a pro-party system throughout the dynasty, and frequently change the system.
Sima Yi could not persuade him to move, and the two finally changed from being in harmony with each other to tit-for-tat. But when Sima Yi was at his best, he retreated.
In May, Sima Yi said he was ill and refused to participate in political affairs. At that time, people made a rumor: "He, Deng, Ding, chaos in the capital." Although Sima Yi was secretly patient this time, the intensity of this wave of accumulation was unbearable for Cao Wei.
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