Huan Fan, a senior farmer with a good relationship with Cao Shuang, ventured out of the city to go to Cao Shuang when Luoyang was not heavily guarded, and suggested that Mr. Cao take Cao Fang to Xuchang, a major town. Then, in the name of the emperor, he ordered all localities to rise up against Sima Yi. Hearing this, Cao Shuang hesitated, so angry that Huan Fan called Cao Shuang a waste. Soon after, Sima Yi sent someone to surrender to Cao Shuang, claiming that as long as Cao Shuang surrendered, he would not be killed, but at most he would be dismissed from office, and he would continue to enjoy prosperity for the rest of his life. Hearing this, Cao Shuang immediately surrendered to Sima Yi.
After two or three months, Sima Yi suddenly turned against others and killed three family members of Cao Shuang on charges of rebellion. Cao Shuang's death implicated more than 5,000 people.
When Sima Yi killed Cao Shuang, senior official Jiang suggested that Sima Yi spare Cao Shuang's life, but Sima Yi ignored him.
Then, a company illegally opened the Yellow Gate, which led to a rebellion between Shuanghe, and was accused by the two brothers and their political parties, Ding Mi, Deng Yang, Bi Gui and Huan Fan. Jiang Ji said, "Cao Zhen's honor cannot be underestimated." The emperor wouldn't listen. -There is a question in Jin Xuandi Ji that is worth discussing. Sima Yi killed more than 5,000 people in Cao Shi. Why did Cao Cao's old men sit back and watch? What did the old people who fought alongside Cao Cao do?
Cao Cao's old men can be roughly divided into three categories:
Clans in Cao Shi, Cao Wei and Cao Shi can be divided into two categories: near branches and far branches. The near branch is the direct descendant of Cao Cao, and the far branch is the descendant of Cao Cao's cousin or his relatives and friends.
Cao Wei's closest relatives have always been weak. Cao Cao was named Queen of Wei, and his two xelloss and Tsao Zhi fought fiercely for the crown prince. Although Cao Pi won in the end, it brought a serious sequela, that is, the emperor was very distrustful of his close relatives and strictly supervised them, not to mention granting them various powers. At the end of Cao Wei, the power of Cao Wei's closest relatives was already very weak, without any real power, just like a senior prisoner.
After the change of Gaoping Mausoleum, the secretariat tomb of Yangzhou tried to overthrow Sima Yi's rule, and at the same time tried to make Cao Biao, the son of Cao Cao, the king of Chu, the emperor. After taking care of the tomb, Sima Yi gave a gift to Cao Pi. This is Cao Zhi's blood relative. Sima Yi killed him like an ant, which shows the weakness of Cao Wei's relatives.
Therefore, the closest relatives have no capital against Sima Yi at all, which is obviously impossible to count on.
Let's look at the clans in the distance. In the period of Wei Wendi and Wei Mingdi, the distant family was always a person who was especially valued by Cao Wei, and held the core power of Cao Wei Empire, especially the military power. Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen are like this. But after Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen died, their descendants were disappointed. Without their parents' ability, they naturally can't carry their parents' banner. For example, Cao Shuang, the son of Cao Zhen, is far less qualified, prestigious and capable than Sima Yi. When he and Sima Yi were both ministers of the auxiliary government, they forced Sima Yi out in order to seize power and were finally defeated by Sima Yi.
Therefore, in the late Cao Wei period, distant clansmen had obviously declined, and they were naturally no match for Sima Yi.
When Cao Cao, a senior general, conquered the world, he had five good generals, all of whom were good at fighting. Former general Zhang Liao, right general Le Jin, left general Yu Jin, riding general Zhang He, right general Huang Xu. The generals, represented by Wuzi and Liangjiang, are the core forces of Cao Cao's war of conquering the south and the north.
So when Sima Yi wiped out more than 5,000 people, why didn't he stop him? Because they died in the change of Gao Pingling, or died for a long time.
In addition to Wuzi, the senior generals who fought alongside Cao Cao in the Cao Cao era, such as Zhu and Dian Wei, all died before the change of Gao Pingling.
These senior generals who made great contributions to Cao Wei in the Cao Cao era all died without exception. Before the change of Gao Pingling, it was naturally impossible to stop Sima Yi.
Counselors and civil servants Cao Cao's counselors are like clouds, including Guo Jia, Yu Xun, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Zhong You, Chen Qun, Jiang Ji, Gao Rou and others. Almost all these people know Sima Yi, who was an official in Cao Wei during the Cao Cao era. After Cao Cao's death, Wei Wendi succeeded to the throne, and most of his advisers became civil servants, occupying high positions in the imperial court. Because almost all these people were born in the gentry, after the independence of Han Dynasty in Wei Wendi, the nine-level Zheng Zhi system was introduced to win over the gentry, and then the gentry almost took control of their official career. Officials who were born in the gentry were also the pillars of the Cao Wei court.
So why didn't these pillars stop Sima Yi?
Guo Jia and Yu Xun died before Wei Wendi ascended the throne, Cheng Yu died shortly after Wei Wendi ascended the throne, and Chen Qun and Zhong You died in Wei Mingdi. Of course, the dead can't stop Sima Yi.
In addition to Sima Yi, there are Gao Rou, Jiang Ji, Sun Li, Wang Bi, Lu Yu and Wang Ling, who can live from the Cao Cao era to the change of Gao Pingling. What is the attitude of these people towards Sima Yi to launch the change of Gao Pingling and destroy Cao Shuang?
Let's rule out the tomb first, because although he is a veteran of Cao Wei, he is not Wei Wendi's confidant, so after the establishment of Cao Wei, he didn't get the important task of Wei Wendi like Sima Yi and Chen Qun, but he has been working in the square town far away from Luoyang court. When Sima Yi launched the change of Gao Pingling, the tomb was in Huainan, serving as general and commander-in-chief of Yangzhou Army. At this point, no matter what happens in Luoyang, the tomb can't get involved. Therefore, whether the tomb stands in Sima Yi or Cao Shuang has little influence on the change of Gao Ping Ling itself.
During the change of Gaoping Mausoleum, Gao Rou, Jiang Ji, Sun Li, Lu Yu and Wang Guan served in the Imperial Center. So what is their attitude towards the change of Gao Ping Ling? Of course, he is firmly on Sima Yi's side, because after Cao Shuang pushed Sima Yi out, he monopolized power, ran amok, controlled state affairs with his cronies and villains, and also changed the Cao Wei system in disorder, which seriously violated the interests and etiquette of the elders. Cao Wei's elders and etiquette are very dissatisfied with Cao Shuang's chaotic behavior, and they are eager for someone to end the chaotic situation in Cao Shuang.
At this point, Sima Yi resolutely stepped forward to depose Cao Shuang. These elders and etiquette immediately rallied around Sima Yi, resolutely supported Sima Yi and jointly opposed Cao Shuang. During the change of Gao Pingling, Cao Wei's veteran etiquette almost stood on Sima Yi's side:
Qiu Jiang Ji wrote to surrender to Cao Shuang and urged Cao Shuang to surrender to Sima Yi. Situ Gaorou took over the military camp in Cao Shuang on behalf of the general. Wang Dong, a surname, chose Cao, the younger brother of Cao, as the chief commander. Chen Tai, the servant of Shangshu (the son of Chen Qun, a veteran of Cao Wei), also went out of the city to surrender to Cao Shuang face to face …
So in the change of Gao Pingling, Sima Yi did not fight alone, but defeated Cao Shuang with the support of senior officials. This is probably an important reason why Cao Shuang gave up its resistance and surrendered without fighting, even though it obviously had military superiority. Especially when Jiang Ji surrendered to Cao Shuang, she once assured her personality that Sima Yi would never kill Cao Shuang, but only dismissed from office. Jiang Ji has a high prestige. With his endorsement of Sima Yi, Cao Shuangcai surrendered to Sima Yi with confidence.
So, of course, these people support Sima Yi's changes in Ping Ling. However, these senior officials only opposed Cao Shuang's chaotic government, and did not want Sima Yi to take the change of Gao Pingling as an opportunity to seek usurpation. So when Sima Yi was ready to kill Cao Shuang, Jiang Ji would come forward to dissuade him, but Sima Yi had been completely blackened at this time, and did not listen to Jiang Ji and killed more than 5,000 people at once.
This also means that after Sima Yi took power and took control of state affairs, the established ministers lost their ability to restrain him.
On the whole, some advisers and civil servants of Cao Cao's old headquarters died before the Gaoping Revolution, and the rest lived to support Sima Yi in launching the Gaoping Revolution. Of course, they firmly supported Sima Yi, let alone stopped Sima Yi.
Only in the matter of Sima Yi's killing of Cao Shuang, although the minister opposed it, he was unable to restrain Sima Yi, so Sima Yi dared to kill more than 5,000 people. In addition, almost all the people killed by Cao Shuang were Cao Shuang's family members and people close to him, and had little to do with Cao Cao's direct descendants. Sima Yi deliberately avoided implicating Cao Cao's direct descendants and only killed those with Cao Shuang's influence, which is also an important reason why the veteran etiquette did not reply.
Summary: Cao Cao's old men, like Sima Yi, are too few, and most of them died before the Gaoping Mausoleum Revolution. In addition, the old men who lived to the change of Gaopingling were also staunch supporters of Sima Yi's initiation of the change of Gaopingling. That's why Cao Cao's old men just sat back and watched Sima Yi rebel.