Sima Yi's personal biography in the official history "Book of Jin" was written by Tang Taizong Li Shimin himself. Li Shimin fully recognized Sima Yi's personal abilities and evaluated him as an all-rounder in civil and military affairs, versatile in military and political affairs, knowledgeable about people and good at assigning tasks, thirsty for talents, upright and capable, able to respond to orders, able to govern with military disciplines, and powerful with martial arts. Use people as if they are your own, seek talents as if they are not enough; love is deep and unpredictable, nature is broad and tolerant, harmonious with light and dust, unwinding with the times, trimmed scales and hidden wings, thoughts belong to the wind and clouds. The heroic strategy is decisive internally, and the heroic strategy is decisive externally.

On the other hand, Li Shimin criticized Sima Yi for launching the Gaopingling Incident and laying the foundation for the Jin Dynasty to replace the Wei State. State power comes in old age, and loyalty cannot be guaranteed. Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty: Li Shimin

So, Sima Yi's behavior was not only regarded as a shame by his descendant Sima Shao, Emperor Jin and Ming Dynasty, but even Shi Le, the Hu chieftain, laughed at him for "bullying orphans and widowed mothers to conquer the world".

He was the successor of two masters and served in three dynasties. Although he accepted the responsibility of enduring death, he was never rewarded with death. The emperor is outside, and he is raising soldiers inside. The soil of the mausoleum is not yet dry, and he suddenly kills each other. The body of a loyal minister is rather like this! How can the heart of assistance be loyal and then chaotic? Jin and Ming hid their faces, shamed and deceived in order to succeed; Shi Le spoke freely, and laughed at the traitors to settle their careers. Although he has lived in seclusion for a long time, he finally meets his descendants. So, does Li Shimin’s final conclusion about Sima Yi make sense? First of all, although Sima Yi said that "a Wei official entered the Jin Dynasty in his lifetime", in his lifetime, he was indeed a great contribution to turning the tide of the Cao Wei Dynasty. Emperor Xuan of the Jin Dynasty: Sima Yi

Zhuge Liang made many northern expeditions, but failed and returned without success. The core reason was naturally that the overall national power of the Shu Han was far less than that of Cao Wei. But as the commander-in-chief of the Wei army, Sima Yi also made great contributions to supporting the Western Front after Cao Zhen's death.

Although Sima Yi was not as capable as Zhuge Liang in commanding an army, and he often stayed away from battle in direct confrontations, it was rare to be able to contend for a long time with the unparalleled talent of the country's warriors who would be considered "three generations or less" by later generations.

Especially during Zhuge Liang's Four Expeditions in the Central Plains, if Sima Yi had not been careful and prudent and replaced other Wei commanders to fight, then not only Zhang He would have died, but the commander would have even collapsed because of his greed for credit. It is not impossible to lose the two states of Yongliang and allow Zhuge Liang to regain Chang'an and force Luoyang.

In addition, Sima Yi also had a blitzkrieg attack on Shangyong to destroy Mengda, and repeatedly used troops to achieve great victories against Soochow. He was regarded as a pillar of the Wei Kingdom and had unparalleled achievements.

After Zhuge Liang passed away and the crisis on the Western Front was resolved, Wei Ming Emperor Cao Rui could carry out large-scale construction projects and indulge in sexual activities, but Sima Yi had to go on a thousand-mile expedition at the age of seventy to wipe out the Gongsun family who had been separatist in Liaodong for decades. Don’t you also work hard without complaining and do your duty as a minister?

At this moment, it is a high probability that Sima Yi died of exhaustion in the army. At that time, he must have been a loyal minister of the Wei Dynasty with a very good resume and dedicated himself to his life. Who would have thought that it was Cao Rui who was addicted to wine and sex? , I destroyed my body first.

Then, Cao Rui's so-called "entrustment" to Sima Yi before his death was not like Sun Ce's entrustment to Zhang Zhao or Liu Bei's entrustment to Zhuge Liang. His son Cao Shuang took over the power of the court. After that, Sima Yi was promoted and demoted secretly.

Cao Rui asked Sima Yi:

Cao Shuang monopolized the power, bullied the monarch, excluded veterans, and even recklessly sent troops to the outside world in order to build up his prestige. Instead, he was defeated by Shu generals Wang Ping and Fei in the Battle of Xingshi. Yi, to say the least, gave away tens of thousands of people and gave him one of the greatest military victories in the history of the Shu Han Dynasty. It has long been extremely unpopular. The elders and important ministers of Cao Wei were all extremely dissatisfied with him.

General Wei: Cao Shuang

Therefore, when the leader loses his troops in foreign wars and humiliates the country, but his hard-working veterans are left idle, is he still not allowed to fight back? During the Gaoping Ling Incident, three thousand dead men of the Sima family made a desperate attack to annihilate the Cao Wei clan's forces in a desperate attempt to gain power in the country. Precisely because this coup was deliberately deceiving other senior officials of Cao Wei, the Sima clan itself did not have absolute strength, so they had to break their promise and kill all the Cao Shuang clan to end their hope.

The ruthless eradication of political opponents, including breaking promises when necessary, also reflects Sima Yi's scheming as a mature politician. Moreover, Cao Shuang was also a minister and was never the monarch of the Sima clan. In the power struggle, such a person failed because of his own incompetence. What can be called humiliation if he becomes a king and loses a bandit?

Afterwards, Cao Mao, the Duke of Gaogui Township, was not a prince, but an ordinary clan had never had a legitimate successor appointed by the late emperor. He was originally selected as emperor by the Sima clan, and the legitimacy of his rule was entirely established by the Sima clan.

That being the case, when Cao Mao's position was directly hostile to the Sima family, why couldn't the Sima family punish him?

Cao Mao is determined to kill the Sima family by relying on his title of emperor. If the Sima family does not kill him decisively, will it be possible that they will stick out their necks obediently and wait for him to kill everyone in his family?

Wei Fei Emperor (Gaogui Xiang Gong): Cao Mao

Those who think so are all convinced of the rules of the Ming and Qing monarchs when their power reached its peak. The fallacy that dead ministers have to die completely does not understand what the true style of pre-Qin scholars, Han and Wei Dynasties is, that is, the king treats his ministers like grass, and the ministers treat the king like a bandit!

Cao Rui can live in Luoyang, be a drunken woman, and die drunk, but Sima Yi wants a seventy-year-old man to travel thousands of miles to Liaodong to work hard. Why! Varied! What! Isn't it because Cao Rui happened to have a good fetus and was placed in the belly of Cao Pi's wife Zhen Ji?

What if there was no Sima Yi in the world and he tried his best to block Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition? If Zhuge Kongming's unparalleled talents were used to conquer the Central Plains in the north and revive Yanhan, what if the Shuhan really destroyed Cao Wei? It must be this The regime, under the banner of reviving the Han Dynasty's orthodoxy, launched a complete counterattack.

At that time, Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Rui will all be stigmatized as traitors like Wang Mang for generations. Even their bones will be dragged out from the imperial mausoleum and beheaded, and their heads will become the treasures of the "Third Han Dynasty" arsenal. . As for what will happen to the descendants of the Cao family, it goes without saying.

Those important ministers of Cao Wei will also be like the "New Mang Rebellious Ministers" in history. They will suffer humiliation from generation to generation and be ashamed to be mentioned by their descendants. ?How could it be the turn of Cao Mao's son to be arrogant and arrogant in front of the Sima family?

Cao Mao died because he was a puppet emperor appointed by powerful ministers, but he still wanted to kill his benefactor and regain the power of the court. What was he shouting arrogantly? Sima Zhao's heart?, completely unaware of the general trend of the world. After the change, Cao Wei's energy was exhausted and he couldn't figure out his position at all.

Emperor Wen of the Jin Dynasty: Sima Zhao

The vast country in China does not belong to one family and one surname. Only those with virtue (ability) live there. It is natural for future generations to be incompetent and be replaced by others.

So, whether it is Cao Cao vs. Liu Xie, Sima vs. Cao Fang or Cao Mao, it is only natural and right for a capable minister to replace an incompetent monarch. How did Li Shimin get his throne? Didn't he really know whether Li Yuan was willing to give up the throne? During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Li Shimin killed Li Yuanji with one arrow

The Sima family unified the world and established the Jin Dynasty, relying on their illustrious iron-blooded martial arts. Sima Yi pacified Liao, Sima Shi pacified Huai, and Sima Zhao destroyed Shu. Sima Yan destroyed Wu, and three generations of four outstanding monarchs succeeded him. It took decades to conquer the country, and ended the chaos of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty. It was by no means Wang Mang and his like who really "bullied orphans and widows", but purely relied on political struggle to gain power. The opposite is comparable.

Emperor Wu of Jin: Sima Yan

Furthermore, as a new dynasty that does not need to uphold the old regime, orthodoxy, righteousness, and reputation, the Sima family will definitely not poach Shuwu when they attack it. The graves of Liu Bei and Sun Quan can also be treated kindly to Liu Chan and Sun Hao. Zhuge Liang's grandson Zhuge Jing can also be promoted to Jiangzhou governor and local official without any suspicion.

After the Sima family replaced Cao Wei, the Cao family lived a better life during the Cao Wei period. They were freed from the treatment of being prisoners in the name of vassal kings, and their title was downgraded to a county prince, and they could also serve as actual officials. . Cao Zhi's son, Cao Zhi, King of Jibei, became Duke of Juancheng in the Jin Dynasty, served as the prefect of Leping, and was later promoted to the position of Guozi Jijiu (Minister of Education).

The Wei Emperor Cao Huan was granted the title of King Chenliu, and he settled ten thousand households in the city. He used the emperor's banner and prepared five o'clock chariots. There is no need to worship when receiving an imperial edict. His palace was also arranged in Yecheng, the former capital of Cao Wei, next to the Bronze Bird Tower built by Cao Cao. His various generous status, treatment, and endings are almost the best among the subjugated monarchs in the past dynasties. (If Cao Mao had not had to openly break his face, he would not have been killed. These treatments are his.)

Therefore,

Even if Cao Cao and Cao Pi have spirits in heaven, Quan I know that they would rather perish at the hands of their own ministers, the Sima clan, and be recognized by history as the orthodox dynasty, than perish at the hands of the resurgent Third Han Dynasty established by Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang like Wang Mang's new dynasty. .

Shi Leqi was originally a captive of the Jie people. He was promoted to a general by the Liu family of the Han Dynasty of the Xiongnu and was entrusted with the responsibility of high officials. However, he rebelled and stood on his own initiative. Instead, he was replaced by a nobleman of the Xiongnu and his former colleagues. They were also massacred by him. What qualifications and position did he have to despise Sima Yi and bully orphans and widowed mothers?

Emperor Jie Zhao: Shi Le

Zu Ti, a famous general in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, went on a northern expedition with thousands of men and horses, and regained Henan with overwhelming force. Shi Le took the initiative to send envoys to sue for peace. His ability was better than Sima Yi, the difference is more than a thousand times?

Shi Le’s words to disparage Cao Cao and Sima Yi were first of all based on his position that he and the Jin Dynasty were life and death enemies. He disparaged the actual founding monarchs of the Central Plains Dynasty of Wei and Jin to attack the people under his rule at this time. It’s nothing more than the popular morale of the northern Han people.

As for Emperor Ming of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Shao, at the critical moment when the army was fierce and hungry, more than half of the people died from the epidemic, and the powerful vassal was forcing the emperor to suppress him, he pretended to be weak and deliberately showed weakness to Wang Dao, a powerful minister, "asking the noble countryman about the matter, sighing at the Jin Dynasty" "Zuo'an will have long-term success", although this matter was talked about by many people in later generations, including Li Shimin.

However, on the other hand, Sima Shao secretly planned to be arbitrary, use the weak to control the strong, and quelled Wang Dun's rebellion. The overseas Chinese across the Yangtze River were divided into four states, and the strong branches and weak branches were divided into the upper class. Although the country enjoyed a short period of time, the sky never stopped, and finally laid the century-old foundation of the Sima family in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Emperor Jin Ming: Sima Shao

Wang Dao Wang Situ, who had the upper hand for a while, watched as the Langya Wang family took over the military and political affairs of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and became the powerful minister of "the king and horse dominate the world". , when the momentum is weakened, and is divided and restrained, I am afraid that I may not be able to laugh, so I have to be a loyal minister until death.

Situ of the Eastern Jin Dynasty: Director Wang

In fact, the Eastern Jin Dynasty occupied most of the land south of the Yellow River, and at least it also occupied the hometown of Dongwu. In a hundred years, many The first Northern Expedition to the Central Plains, the recovery of Henan and Shandong areas, and the recovery of the old capital Luoyang five times. In that dark age when the land of China was sinking, it was still the place where the Chinese Zhengshuo was recognized by the Han people all over the world.

Many Hu nationality regimes in the north invariably devalued themselves and did not dare to call themselves emperors easily. Instead, they only called themselves King of Heaven, Great Chanyu, etc. Whenever their own situation was in trouble, they would send envoys to Jiangdong to try to welcome them and ask for support.

So, even if the Manchu and Qing dynasties emphasized "loyalty and treachery of monarchs and ministers" the most, forcibly excluding the first emperor of Qin, Emperor Wu of Jin, and Emperor Wen of Sui, denigrating Cao Wei as a tyrannical regime, and replacing them with Shu Han, the Manchu and Qing dynasties had different dynasties. Among the 188 emperors enshrined in the Imperial Temple, they still had to regard the Eastern Jin emperors of the Sima clan as orthodox and the Five Hus and Sixteen Kingdoms as phonies. This is also true.

Facts speak louder than words. Therefore, as the original founder of the Jin Dynasty, a unified dynasty that no one can deny, Sima Yi's historical status is naturally high and will never be shaken by the likes and dislikes of future generations.

Even "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which portrayed him as a supervillain boss, also praised his extraordinary talent and godson's ability to speak and worship the holy scriptures, and use martial arts to communicate with gods. A hero of the Three Kingdoms and an economic minister of the Four Dynasties. He stationed troops to drive away tigers and leopards, and his adopted son got a unicorn. Zhuge often talks about envy, which can restore the spring of heaven and earth! Whether it is loyalty or traitor, I have done what I have done throughout my life, so why do I need to explain it to future generations? ! The heaven and the earth are opened, and the sun and the moon shine again. When encountering an encounter, you will work hard to achieve your goals. I will clean up the filth and return to my hometown.

Clear away thousands of miles and clear away all the wastelands!