"All in all, Cao Pi is still too young. Not only is he not as good as Cao Cao, but he is also not as good as Sun Quan. Sun Quan has been in power since the death of Sun Ce in 200 AD. By the time of the Battle of Yiling, he had dominated the Three Kingdoms for more than 20 years. And At that time, Cao Pi had just usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself. Cao Pi was still a novice in front of Sun Quan, so Sun Quan easily defused Cao Pi's three large-scale attacks."
"In general, Cao Pi was still an outstanding king. Politically, he adopted Chen Qun's nine-level Zhongzheng system, which lasted for hundreds of years. Militarily, he recovered the three Shangyong counties to prepare for the next crusade against the Shu Han. Laying the foundation, culturally, he ordered the restoration of Taixue and the establishment of a Confucian academy, which led to a cultural revival in a short period of time."
"However, a wise man will always make mistakes. After Cao Pi became emperor, he made a very bad decision, which caused Cao Wei to lose power in the end, and the Sima family powerfully seized power and usurped the throne. This decision was to deprive the vassal king of his power."
"Why Cao Pi made this move is of course based on past mistakes and lessons learned from the chaos in the Han Dynasty. At the same time, it may also have something to do with Cao Pi's character. Cao Cao has so many sons, and it is not his turn to become emperor. But these sons Either there is something wrong with his health, or he is becoming more and more displeased by Cao Cao. There is no way of knowing what the process will be. The Qing Dynasty still has Jiulong to seize the emperor. No one knows what kind of things he will do for that position. "
Kangxi:......
"Let's talk about how Emperor Sima Yi made the world conquered by Cao Cao become someone else's wedding dress. Sima Yi's life was quite exciting."
Zhu Di: The Sima family used the conspiracy to win the world, not to mention stealing the kingdoms of Cao and Wei. The most important thing is that the Sima family governs the world in a mess. The civil and military skills of the emperors are not worth mentioning. Only Sima Shao, Emperor Ming of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, , quite sober, but only did it for four years.
Qianlong: What’s even more ridiculous is that a fool became emperor.
Qin Shihuang: So outrageous!
Liu Bang: Foolish Emperor! absurd!
Yang Jian: Huh, this Jin Dynasty is really annoying. Sima Yi used conspiracy and tricks to easily seize the Cao family. People are disappointed!
Cao Cao looked at the words on the barrage, and his raging anger was burning. His Wei Kingdom was taken away by Sima Yi? Can a fool become emperor? shame! shame!
"Somebody come!"
"Prime Minister"
A member of the Tigers rushed to meet him from outside the door, it was Xu Chu.
"Immediately capture Sima Fang, Sima Lang, Sima Yi, Sima Zhao and the rest of Sima's family, and do it quickly without any mistakes!"
Xu Chu agreed and immediately led his troops to Sima's Mansion. At this time, Sima Yi was watching the morning light behind the scenes. He directly called his family, changed his makeup, and ran away. The city gates were closed and people were investigated one by one, while Sima Yi and others ran up the mountain...
"Actually, Sima Yi was able to usurp the throne because of Cao Pi. Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty and established himself. In order to gain the support of the gentry, he established a nine-rank official system. The gentry rose up by leaps and bounds. I don't understand why Cao Pi did this? Cao Cao fought I have been a Tu tribe all my life, and I dare not be careless, but when I came to Cao Pi, I actually improved the status of the family and became equal to the emperor."
Li Shimin: I understand the status of these aristocratic families very well. Isn’t this how I came to be? It’s too difficult to get rid of them.
Cao Cao: Although my son is the reason, in the final analysis, Emperor Guangwu is to blame. If the Tu people had not been promoted and raised their heads at that time, the Three Kingdoms would not have been divided into the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. The Three Kingdoms were in chaos and the groups were divided.
Cao Pi: There is no way. If I want to attack Shuhan and Soochow, I must rely on the power of these Tu tribes. If I can live longer, maybe I should also eradicate the Tu tribe.
"Sima Yi's road to fame was just like cheating, and his fame and fortune were entirely given by Cao Pi, but he still lived a long life."
"When Cao Cao was alive, Sima Yi was the prime minister's chief clerk, just a pawn. However, during Cao Pi's time, it was like flying on a plane. He was promoted to the sky as soon as Cao Pi took office. Sima Yi was promoted to prime minister. After Cao Pi became emperor, Sima Yi He was promoted to Shangshu Youpuse (the Shangshutai during the Cao Wei Dynasty was the highest authority in the country)."
"In just three years, the old thief Sima went from an ordinary petty official to the rank of minister. In fact, if Sima Yi had been a civil servant for a lifetime, he might not have usurped the throne later. But Cao Pi, Cao Rui and his son single-handedly trained Sima Yi to become the military god of Cao Wei. Let me first talk about the personnel arrangements after Cao Pi's death, which is very interesting."
"The four auxiliary ministers, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, Chen Qun, Sima Yi, Cao Zhen, and Cao Xiu are important ministers of the clan, and they are both military generals. Sima Yi and Chen Qun are civil servants with different surnames. This arrangement is very clever. What about the Eastern Han Dynasty? It was due to his relatives intervening in politics that Chen Qun and Sima Yi, two ministers with different surnames, were killed. They would be able to effectively restrain Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, two clan generals with high prestige in the army."
"After the death of Cao Pi, his son Cao Rui took over the throne. He also understood his father's arrangement, so when he activated Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu also intended to cultivate Sima Yi's prestige in the army. After Cao Pi's death, Soochow invaded with troops, and Cao Rui ordered Sima Yi to Lead the troops to attack Sun Quan."
"This was also the first time that Sima Yi led an army alone to fight. Sima Yi lived up to expectations and defeated Sun Quan and Zhuge Jin, and killed Zhang Baba and won a complete victory. In the same year, Cao Rui promoted Sima Yi to the rank of Hussars General. Sima Yi was already 48 years old this year. ”
"Sima Yi started his military career away from the court, and his prestige in the army gradually increased. At that time, Cao Xiu was the great Sima, and Cao Zhen was the great general. The status and prestige of these two people in the army were both higher than that of Sima Yi. , if these two people had not died, there would not have been the subsequent Gaoping Ling Incident. It is a pity that not only the emperor of the Cao family was short-lived, but also the generals of the clan did not live long."
"The Gaopingling incident happened because the father and son allowed eunuchs to interfere in politics and mistakenly believed in slander, which caused people with lofty ideals to alienate. In addition, Sima Yi was favored by the people and the royal family because of his outstanding talents, but Cao Rui Push it out.”
"After Cao Rui's death in 220 AD, Sima Yi launched a coup and successfully overthrew the Cao dynasty. After that, Sima Yi became the supreme leader of Wei and began his reign."
"The main reasons were Cao Rui's weakness and incompetence, the eunuchs' interference in politics, and Sima Yi's exclusion. Against this background, Sima Yi began to secretly organize the opposition and seek support from others. At the same time, he also won a large number of people in the army supporters, and gradually developed a powerful anti-Cao dynasty faction."
