Author: Hold the middle of the hanging bi (public name of the same name), authorized to read the history of the release.
The successful pacification of the Huainan Rebellion was a qualitative leap for Sima Zhao, and such a great achievement was enough for him to go further.
Just a month after Sima Zhao's victory, the Son of Heaven Cao Chao canonized him as the Duke of Jin. In this way, he can bring a legal basis to the inheritance of power in his family.
When Sima Shi defeated Biqiu Jian to quell the second rebellion in Huainan, Sima Shi also had such an opportunity, but unfortunately died soon due to his injuries.
When he came to Sima Zhao, it stands to reason that he accepted it happily, and there was no reason to let go of this opportunity.
However, surprisingly, Sima Zhao refused the emperor's reward.
It stands to reason that Sima Zhao's pretentious posture seems to be a bit redundant. At the beginning, his father Sima Yi was so low-key, it can be said that there was too much opposition and he needed to confuse the world to prove that he really had no ambitions, and his brother Sima Shi dealt with the mess every day after he took the throne, and he didn't have the energy to do this.
But when he arrived at Sima Zhao, all the opposition forces in the country that could become a climate had been almost wiped out, so what scruples did he have?
I think there are two main reasons why he did this, the first is that his prestige is really not enough, and now is not the time to become a publicThe second is that he doesn't want to be too aggressive, but asks for stability, boiled frogs in warm water.
In terms of military exploits, Sima Zhao's previous resumes are mostly present, and what can really be blown is this battle of Shouchun. In short, in terms of military merits, he is still inferior to his father and brother.
Speaking of the influence of the DPRK, although there are basically no people who dare to oppose him, after all, his position stems from his brother to brother, and he still lacks some convincing power.
So Sima Zhao's routine is obvious, now that his situation is very stable, he can take his time step by step, suppress the emperor in the palace, and let him not have any chance to issue a decree according to his own will, and over time, the people of the world will only know the general, but not the Son of Heaven.
During this period, he slowly established meritorious deeds, increased his influence, and at the same time continued to suppress the prestige of the Cao Wei royal family, and then it was a matter of course.
Sima Zhao acted at his own pace from beginning to end, and he rejected the title of Duke of Jin five times until Zhong Hui finally accepted it after he took Hanzhong.
But things didn't always go his way. At the beginning, Sima Shi made a compromise with Empress Dowager Guo and agreed to make Cao Chao emperor, but he didn't expect that this move would bring so much trouble to his younger brother.
In April 260, Emperor Cao Chao again issued an edict to confer the title of Duke of Jin on Sima Zhao, but he was still dismissed.
Sima Zhao was so stable that the young Cao Chao felt a deep despair.
After thinking about it, Cao Chao decided to come up with the last big killer move, that is, to fight for his life.
Aren't you Sima Zhao stable, you want to consume me a little bit. Then I won't give you this chance.
You are nominally low-key, but in fact you don't let go of your power at all, and you get benefits and fame, how can there be such a good thing?
Now I'm going to sabotage your rhythm, openly lead troops to crusade against you, and force you to make a choice.
If you compromise, then you will have to hand over at least some of the power, and then you can achieve a certain degree of pro-government, and you can also enhance the prestige of the royal family, which has been suppressed for a long time.
If you don't compromise, it doesn't matter, anyway, I didn't plan to go back alive, I just want to fight with you. If you choose to kill the king, then you will have to bear serious consequences, will the officials of the court and the central government believe a traitor?Will the people of the world return to you?These consequences require a lot of effort to deal with.
In fact, after Cao Chao made this determination, he probably didn't expect Sima Zhao to compromise. Sima Zhao's military level is average, but he is also quite a true legend of Sima Yi in terms of conspiracy power, how could he leave hidden dangers for himself.
That is to sayCao Chao's plan is an unsolvable conspiracy, and Sima Zhao is difficult to satisfy no matter what, this is also the only way to give Cao Wei hope for continuation in such an unfavorable situation, but only at the cost of the emperor's blood sacrifice.
It is really worthy of Wei Wu, Cao Chao is definitely worthy of Zhong Hui's super high evaluation, in such adversity, he still came up with this plan with careful thinking, and dared to carry it out with the belief of death.
In fact, when it comes to objective conditions, Cao Fang was obviously better at the beginning, but because of his timidity, he lost the good opportunity to be optimistic about the military parade. If it was Cao Chao who was in power at that time, he might have been able to achieve great things a long time ago, instead of waiting for the moth to put out the fire now.
On the night of Wuzi in May, Cao Chao ordered his cronies Li Zhao and Jiao Bo to order troops at Lingyuntai, gathered his pitiful army, and prepared to launch a decisive counterattack. And this feat also left an allusion to the "Yuntai Battle" for future generations.
Before raising the army, Cao Chao summoned Wang Shen, Wang Ye and Wang Jing, announced his plan to them, and said the famous saying "Sima Zhao's heart is known to passers-by".
This Wang Ye's experience is unknown, but Wang Shen is a celebrity, he is also from the Taiyuan Wang family, and belongs to the group of children of the family who were originally recruited by Cao Shuang. But then Sima Yi only symbolically punished him, and soon activated it again, plus he was also the nephew of the hardcore Wang Chang of the Sima family, how could such a person be on the emperor's side?
Of course, the smart Cao Chao knew this, but he was not afraid of Wang Shen going to tell the truth. He didn't expect to kill Sima Zhao with this force at all, so it didn't matter whether the other party was prepared or not, he just begged for death, so he didn't care about the news leaking at all.
And the third person, Wang Jing, is also worth mentioning, he is the one who was baptized by Jiang Wei in Longyou and lost tens of thousands of soldiers. However, although Wang Jing fought more crotch-pulling, he still had some integrity, and he still had his heart for the emperor at this time.
He persuaded: "At the beginning, Lu Zhaogong rashly crusaded against the powerful minister Ji Sun, and lost the position of monarch after failure. Now that your strength is too far behind Sima Zhao, such a hasty action will inevitably lead to a catastrophe, so it is better to think long-term. ”
Wang Jing's words are no problem in principle, but the problem is that if he waits like this, he will be boiled to death in warm water, and now he can at least bring a ** annoyance to Sima Zhao.
Cao Chao naturally scoffed at this, and immediately rejected his proposal, saying that my intention must not be changed, and then I went to meet the Queen Mother, which should be to ask for the Queen Mother's decree and enhance my legitimacy.
Wang Shen and the other three looked at each other after hearing this, and quickly made different choices. Wang Shen and Wang Ye immediately went to report to Sima Zhao, but Wang Jing kept his own discipline.
At dawn, Cao Chao personally led hundreds of people and rushed towards Sima Zhao's mansion with great fanfare. Sima Zhao had already taken precautions and ordered his younger brother Sima Ling to lead his troops to meet the battle, but Cao Chao shouted loudly, and Sima Ling's troops fled one after another.
Seeing that things were not good, Sima Zhao sent his subordinate Eagle Dog Jia Chong to lead his troops to resist, but Cao Chao took the lead and personally fought with his sword.
After all, the puppet Son of Heaven is also the Son of Heaven, and the majesty of the Son of Heaven is something that a pawn can contend with, and in such a situation, Jia Chong's subordinates are about to scatter and flee.
And at this moment, the prince and Cheng Ji happened to hit the muzzle of the gun, and he asked Jia Chong in a panic what to do.
Seeing this, the scheming Jia Chong had a plan, and secretly thought that it was you, so he said to Cheng Ji: "Sima Gong has raised you for so long, just for today's matter, what else is there to ask?."”
This Chengji is also a fool, he didn't think much about it at all, and immediately rushed forward and stabbed the emperor to death.
Maybe he thinks that he has made a great contribution, and glory and wealth are just around the corner, but he doesn't know until he dies that his end is destined to be a scapegoat - the matter of killing the monarch can be said to be so big that it is heavenly, especially the blatant murder of the monarch on the street, the impact is too bad. It is impossible for such a thing to be explained without an explanation, and Cheng Ji, who is in full view of everyone, is the best scapegoat.
Therefore, although doing the dirty work for the leader is indeed a way to get closer to the relationship and increase trust, it is not possible to do everything, because you also have to think about whether you will be ruthlessly sacrificed. It's not impossible to seek wealth and risk, but you have to consider the consequences.
The culprit of this matter is undoubtedly Jia Chong, according to Sima Zhao's original intention, he would definitely not want to kill the emperor, and even if he did, he would assassinate and poison him, how could he kill the emperor on the street?I think it should be best to capture Cao Chao according to his intentions, but this is really difficult to do, and Sima Zhao is also very inauthentic to let his subordinates fight against thunder.
Jia Chong took on this drudgery, but he played a trick, the order was ambiguous, but it was extremely suggestive, and at the same time completely took out his responsibility, and just in time for a stunned young man like Cheng Ji, it finally caused a big disaster.
Although the problem is solved, it brings new problems.
For Jia Chong, there is really no responsibility for him on the surface, and Sima Zhao really can't blame him.
However, it can be seen that there are many people in this key, such as Sima Zhao's friend Chen Tai, who insisted that "if you don't kill Jia Chong, it will be difficult to comfort the world." ”
Tai said:"But the waist is cut off Jia Chong, and the world is slightly thanked. "(Jin Shu Wen Emperor Ji).
Of course, Jia Chong can't be killed, after all, he is his core brother, and he must be protected, so in the end, he will kill him.
Speaking of Wang Jing, because this person did not report to Sima Zhao, he was considered to have a weak position, and he was also killed.
After Cao Chao was killed, Sima Fu also ran over to hug the corpse and cried, saying that "Your Majesty's death is all my fault", but within a few days, he led the book, saying that he would follow the story of the king of Han Changyi and bury Cao Chao as a civilian, which was really shameless to the extreme.
The assassination of Cao Chao had a profound impact on the course of the Wei, Jin, and Chan dynasties, which delayed Sima Zhao's plan for at least a few years.
Although it is very likely that Sima Zhao did not give the order to kill the king, it was his people who did it after all, and it was impossible for him to escape from it.
And the murder of the monarch was too bad, Sima Zhao had to find another way to calm down many bad influences, and the matter of Jin Gong could only be shelved. It was not so easy to destroy Shu, and Sima Zhao waited for another three years.
WhileSima Zhao died two years after the destruction of Shu, and in terms of time, he was already the limit of being the king of Jin, and there was no time to go further.
That is to sayCao Chao's seemingly striking, although he failed to save Cao Wei Sheji in the end, disrupted Sima Zhao's plan, so that he did not succeed in usurping the throne and became emperor, leaving a lifelong regret. From this point of view, Cao Chao can also be regarded as a success.
With the help of Zhong Hui, Deng Ai and others, Sima Zhao finally survived the crisis by exterminating Shu. But Sun Qi of Eastern Wu did not have such good luck, and he returned from the defeat of Shouchun, and finally embarked on the same road of no return as his predecessor Zhuge Ke.