One, three horses in the same groove
With the end of the "Gaopingling Rebellion", although Sima Yi controlled the power of Cao Wei, the forces loyal to Cao Wei did not tie their hands, and soon the first rebellion of the "Three Rebellions of Runan", Wang Lingzhi's rebellion, came fiercely. Sima Yi had to drag the old man's body to quell this first rebellion, but Sima Yi was also boiled to the point where the oil ran out.
It is said that one night in June, Sima Yi had a nightmare: Wang Ling, who had been killed by him, and Jia Kui, who had died long ago, and other Cao Wei loyal ministers, qi Qi pointed at Sima Yi's nose and scolded, as if he was going to pounce on him at any time to bite him, and Sima Yi was frightened to wake up, and he was in a cold sweat!
Fortunately, this was only a dream, and Sima Yi was very fortunate, not really. But Sima Yi was wrong, and from then on this nightmare haunted him, and two months later Sima Yi felt that the limit was approaching, so he explained the aftermath and gave power to his eldest son Sima Shi, and Sima Yi died!
In his later years, Cao Cao had a dream of "three horses in the same slot", that is, there were three horses to eat Cao Wei's world. Obviously, Cao Cao's dream came true, and Sima Yi was this first "horse"! And Sima Shi was naturally the second horse, and he didn't have the guilt or guilt that Sima Yi still had—otherwise Sima Yi wouldn't have had such nightmares.
Speaking to Sima Shi, what three horses are in the same groove, it is clear that it is Ma Hua Feilong - without my father, can you Cao Wei carry Zhuge Liang? Without my father, can I get to Liaodong? No my dad... In short, without my father, you Cao Wei would have been finished a long time ago.
So back then, the emperor's face you Cao Pi can pinch, I Sima Shi can not pinch? Before Sima Shi could stretch out his hand, Emperor Cao Fang took the lead, and Zhongshu ordered Li Feng and the state abbot Zhang Ji to begin the process of deposing him as a great general and replacing him with Xiahou Xuan.
Sima Shi is crazy, I haven't pinched you yet, but you first want me to cut off my children and grandchildren. Therefore, Sima Shi counterattacked strongly, killing Li Feng and Zhang Ji, and Empress Zhang was also deposed and replaced by Empress Wang. At the same time, he forced Empress Guo to depose Cao Fang and make Cao Chong's younger brother Cao Chong the new emperor!
Empress Guo agreed to change the emperor, but said that it was not in line with etiquette to let Cao Zhao ascend the throne. Do you dare to recognize my husband Cao Rui as the first emperor? If you admit it, then establish Cao Rui's clan as emperor, "King Ding of the East Sea (Cao Lin), the younger brother of Emperor Ming (Cao Rui)," and his son Cao Xi, who is 14 years old, is the most suitable!
Sima Shi agreed, what is terrible about a 14-year-old child. At the same time, he understood even more that the reason why Empress Guo forced Cao Xian was also for her own sake, you let "eight rods can't hit" Cao Zhao as the emperor, how else did she play with this empress? That's how Cao Fu ascended the throne!
Sima Shi changed emperors, which soon triggered the second rebellion in the "Three Rebellions of Runan", Yiqiu Jian and Wen Qin raised troops, Sima Shi disregarded the eye disease, led the troops to quell the rebellion, but when Wen Qin's son Wen Yuan robbed the camp, the frightened eyeballs fell out of the eye sockets, although he eventually put down the rebellion against YuQiu Jian and Wen Qin, but he could not afford to be ill.
Sima Shi also understood that he had reached the limit, and hurriedly called out to his younger brother Sima Zhao to hand over the power to his younger brother, which meant that Sima Shi, like Sima Yi, was scared to death. Just like that, the third horse, Sima Zhao, appeared! The so-called "three horses and the same trough" has also entered the stage of harvesting fruits.
2. Sima Shi and Sima Zhao
If Cao Cao had known about it, it is estimated that he would have violently smoked Cao Pi and cursed Cao Rui, but he would have to hold Cao Xi and cry loudly, shouting: This is my real descendant of the Cao family!
After ascending the throne, Cao Xian didn't look like a little fart, but he understood that cao Wei's world today had been gnawed by those three horses. In the face of the fierce Sima Shi, he gave in and granted him the privilege of "entering the dynasty without tendency, playing without a name, and walking on the sword to the temple".
On the one hand, he discussed in depth with the ministers the historical issues. To sum up, Cao Xian stressed: ShaoKang is more awesome than Liu Bang! Because Shaokang endured humiliation and burden in the case of the decline of the Xia Dynasty, he finally restored the Xia Dynasty and created Shaokang Zhongxing, which was more difficult than Liu Bang's founding of the country!
Obviously, Cao Xian's conclusion has another purpose! Of course, you can also think that he is forcing the group to take sides! Because Cao Xian is compared to Shaokang, the subtext is, support my conclusion, you are my person, then follow me to restore Cao Wei!
Therefore, Zhong Hui once said this to Sima Shi, Cao Xian: Cai Tong Chen Si, Wu Taizu. That is to say, Cao Xi's literary style is like Cao Zhi, and Wu Is like Cao Cao! At that time, Sima Shi was frightened and said with a black face: "It's really good, this is my Great Wei's blessing!" In fact, at this moment, Sima Shi already regretted it!
Because Cao Xian not only co-opted the group of subjects - don't care if it is the Hardcore of the Sima family, or the spectator who rides the wall, he also dares to divide the people of the Sima family, for example, Sima Wang is extremely heavy, and he also asks him to discuss historical issues! All this was done in a positive light, leaving Sima Shi with nothing to say.
Although Sima Shi realized that Cao Xi was a powerful character, he could no longer spare his hands, and soon the rebellion of Yuqiu Jian and Wen Qin occurred, and even Sima Shi died.
Speaking of Cao Xian, when he heard of Sima Shi's death, he immediately sent a holy decree to Sima Zhao: he was ordered to guard Xuchang and not to act rashly. However, he ordered Fu Gao to lead a large army back to Beijing! Sima Zhao understood what kind of danger was hidden behind this holy will, and did not listen at all, personally leading the army back to Luoyang to see Cao Xian, which was actually equivalent to a military advice!
In this way, Cao Wei lost the most promising opportunity to turn the tables. In the face of the fierce army and the murderous Sima Zhao, Cao Xian had to give Sima Zhao everything that Sima Shi enjoyed, and then look for a good opportunity. But unfortunately, after this contest, Sima Zhao also realized the horror of Cao Huan and began to compress Cao Huan's activity space.
For example, when Sima Zhao put down the rebellion of Zhuge Zhi, the last of the "Three Rebellions of Runan", he forced Empress Guo and Cao Xian to leave Luoyang and follow his army, that is, to seize Cao Xian to death and not give him any space.
In 258, after the suppression of Zhuge Zhao's birth, Cao Xian, seeing that Sima Zhao's power was in power, had no choice but to make him the Duke of Jin and set up the State of Jin, nine times to issue orders, but Sima Zhao refused nine times.
Sima Zhao obviously played more deeply than Cao Pi at that time--there was already a story of Cao Pi before, and if he followed him now, wouldn't that be equivalent to declaring to the people of the world that the Sima family wanted to usurp power? Words, can not say so, things, but must be done this way!
In Sima Zhao's nine refusals, he also did things, his reputation also fell, and he also took the opportunity to go further, weakening the emperor's authority. In two years, Sima Zhao was almost ready to complete the layout in an all-round way. Nowadays, whether it is around Cao Xian or in the land of Cao Wei, they are all Sima Zhao's cronies!
In 260 AD, Cao Xian had become a "trapped beast", and he knew that if he waited any longer, the end would only be like Emperor Xian of Han, so he surrendered his hand and conceded defeat? A crazy and bold plan began to take shape in Cao Xi's mind.
Third, Sima Zhao's heart is well known
In May of that year, Cao Xian summoned Wang Shen, Shanqi Changshi WangYe, and Shangshu Wang Jinghou and said: Now, Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone! I can't sit still, since there is no way out, then I can only personally kill Sima Zhao as an emperor!
Wang Jing was frightened and rushed to dissuade him. But Cao Xian then said, "It's a decisive thing to do." Why be afraid of death? There is no need to die evil! ”
This means: I have decided that I will do it even if I die, let alone die!
Nowadays, when it comes to Cao Xian's murder of Sima Zhao, people only remember "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone", thinking that Cao Zhao is too young, or too reckless, in short, he should not, because then he was killed by Chengji. But can you know that in fact, there is such a sentence in the back, especially "the situation does not have to die evil" (not to die)!
So is Cao's judgment correct? Absolutely! Although Cao Xian only took the servants in the palace and other "rabble-rousers", there was no one on the road, even the regular army led by Sima Ling, as soon as they saw Cao Xian, they were frightened to retreat, and no one dared to stop them, allowing Cao Xian to directly attack Sima Zhao's mansion.
The only thing that people did not expect was that there was such a brainless stupid person as Chengji.
At that time, Jia Chong was helpless, but Cheng Ji leaned over and asked, "What should I do?" ”
So Jia Chongqiang braced his face and said, "Sima Gongbai has fed you, do you still need to ask me about this?" ”
As a result, Cheng Ji stabbed Cao Xian to death with a spear in the past, and then Sima Zhao, when he heard the news, was immediately paralyzed! Because this kind of killing the emperor in broad daylight was too appalling, Sima Zhao simply could not bear this crime and notoriety.
His ideal way was to make Cao Xian like Emperor Xian of Han, and Sima Zhao had been working towards this. What happened to Cao Xian came to such a move.
So at that time, Cheng Ji really had no other way? Of course! You must know that Cao Xian is leading a ragtag crowd, what are you doing to kill the emperor? Kill these ragtag people who have no combat effectiveness, and use shield hands to besiege Cao Xian and so on, in short, others will kill them at will, break their momentum, and try to trap the emperor!
This should actually be one of the results that Cao Xian expected, otherwise he would not have said, "There is no need to die evil." That is to say, after Cao Xian shouted out "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone", he immediately personally crusaded, which was to use the last dignity of the emperor to hedge against Sima Zhao's authority and completely mess up the situation - only when it is chaotic can he have a chance! It's not brainless or reckless at all.
Therefore, in analyzing the death of Cao Xian, we cannot only look at "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone", the latter sentence is the key, but unfortunately it is ignored!
But in any case, Cao Xian can be called the most bloody emperor in the Three Kingdoms period, and even in Chinese history! Cao Cao could have such a descendant, and he could also smile at the Nine Springs.
This is also the reason why some people always like to use Cao Xian to compare Liu Chan, a too bloody or reckless brainless (the author believes that Cao Xian is rational, the reason has been said in this article), a too realistic or cowardly and ruthless, the gap is so big!