Cao Weiquan made Ma Shi ill in Xuchang and died on March 23, 255. Sima Shi's father, Sima Yi, seized power from Cao Wei, and his nephew Sima Yan established a new dynasty as a result, and the intentions of his brother Sima Zhao are well known. Being in the middle of father and son, the people of the Sima family rarely paid attention to him. But he only had four years in Cao Wei, and he broke the Eastern Wu Dynasty, abolished the Wei Emperor internally, destroyed the Sima family, accelerated the demise of Cao Wei, and also laid the groundwork for the rise of the Sima family. Over the ages, it is not uncommon for characters like Sima Shi to be covered up by their predecessors and descendants. Emperor Ming of the Han Dynasty was Liu Xiu, who restored the Han Dynasty, and Emperor Zhang of the Han Dynasty, who recaptured the west, on the other hand, weakening the merits of creating a prosperous era. Tang Gaozong Li Zhi was sandwiched between Tang Taizong and Wu Zetian, and was ignored by the world and considered a weak emperor. The Roman emperor Nerva was sandwiched between a ** monarch Domitian and a virtuous emperor Trajan, who underestimated his exploits in overthrowing the Roman succession to the throne. The reason why Sima Shi was so efficient was closely related to his iron-fisted rule. However, no one would know that this man, who can be compared to a tyrant, was once also a gentle young man who liked to read. However, why did he become a ** person?
Sima Shi (Sima).
The first stain: involved in romantic affairs, not to be an official for seven years.
The Sima family has been an official family for generations, and his father Sima Yi has also served as the prime minister.
Because of his talent of "being able to serve the country", Sima Shi is inextricably linked with Cao Cao's uncle He Yan and Xiahou Xuan of the Cao family, and has become one of the top people on Cao Wei.
However, Sima Shi's career was not so smooth, on the contrary, he was suppressed by Emperor Wei.
At that time, nepotism was very popular in the court, and there was a guy named Mao Zeng who didn't even know a word, and he relied on Queen Mao to enter the court as an official. Sima Shi and the other children of the family felt greatly insulted when they thought that they were going to work with a few illiterate people.
Therefore, they made friends with the world's elites, known as the "Four Congs and Eight Masters", and gathered together to evaluate politics. Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming thought that they had signs of forming a party for personal gain, so he severely suppressed them in the name of "false and real". Since then, Mr. Sima has been degraded for seven years, and it was not until he was thirty-two years old that he officially entered the officialdom.
Seven years of "squatting at home" had a great impact on him. The concept of "ability first" that he has always admired has fallen into a trough after entering the officialdom.
Sima Shi was appointed as the Grand Protector and was responsible for administering the forbidden army and recruiting talented people.
He chose Shi Bao, who was poor, greedy, and lewd, as his confidant, and was reprimanded by Sima Yi. Sima Shi also took Guan Zhong and Chen Ping as examples to illustrate that talent is the most important factor. After that, Shi Bao defeated the Wu army and became the founder of the Western Jin Dynasty.
Forced into hibernation by the Cao family's oppression, Sima Yi secretly trained 3,000 dead soldiers to protect himself. Later, after the change of Gao Pingling, the reason why the Sima family was able to achieve such a big victory was completely dependent on them. In this rebellion, Sima Shi made great contributions.
Gao Pingling Incident.
The second dark spot: he clashed with the Cao family and forced his wife to death.
Originally, Sima Shi would marry his good friend Xiahou Xuan's own sister, what a beautiful thing. However, due to the increasingly intensified contradictions between the Sima family and the Cao family, the Cao family's in-laws, Xiahou, also began to embark on the path of confrontation with the Sima family.
After the death of Cao Wei's external rival Zhuge Liang, the Sima family faced the Cao Wei Dynasty's rabbit death and dog cooking. The two major families, the Sima family and the Cao family, have finally surfaced after years of open and secret fighting.
In order not to let his wife be known to the Cao family, Sima Shi killed his wife to get rid of future troubles.
However, Sima Shi and his wife were very affectionate, and gave birth to a total of five women, although later, he also married two wives, but they were all because of political reasons and had no heirs.
Killing his wife gave him a big blow and brought him a series of bloody **.
On the day of Gao Pingling's rebellion, Sima Shi finally slept peacefully, but his brother Sima Zhao did not sleep all night. On the day of the rebellion, Sima Shi calmed down and counted the personnel, and his calm attitude made Sima Yi also amazed.
Sima Shi's old friend He Yan, after the rebellion, was beheaded by Sima Yi, but Sima Shi did not waver in the slightest. Later, Sima Shi killed his brother with his own hands, that is, his old friend Xiahou Xuan, even Sima Zhao couldn't stop him.
For the hostile forces of the Sima family, Sima Yi also tolerated those who surrendered, and Sima Zhao also forgave many families who surrendered. However, for those who opposed him, Sima Shi not only wanted to kill them all, but also destroy them. Sima Shi's old acquaintance Xu Xu, although he took refuge, he could not escape the fate of being executed.
In the battle with the Cao family, the Sima family became a ruthless killing machine.
Xiahou Hui and Sima Shi.
The third key to blackening: controlling the Cao Wei regime alone, unlocking the desire to be sealed, and developing in the direction of darkness.
When Sima Yi was alive, the Sima family was like a sharp knife that already had an owner. Without his own son, Sima Shi gained supreme power and could no longer suppress his ambitions.
Emperor Cao Fang of Wei complained about Sima Shi's abuse of power, so he discussed with his ministers to get rid of Sima's family. After Sima Shi learned about this, he immediately forced Empress Dowager Guo to order the abolition of the emperor and put all the ** involved in the conspiracy to death. Although Cao Cao was assassinated by Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he was not overthrown in the end, and what he did was better than Dong Zhuo.
For the Sima family, inheriting the Cao Wei regime is also inheriting the "internal and external difficulties" within Cao Wei. It made him even more **.
After Sima came to power.
Outside, when Dongwu saw that Cao Wei was abolished, he watched from the sidelines, waiting for the opportunity. General Sima sent his elder brother Sima Zhao to fight, but was defeated. Sima Shi did not punish him, but only deprived his brother of his official position, and also led the army, defeating the 20,000 troops of Eastern Wu.
Internally, after Sima Shi was deposed, the battle with the Sima family broke out again, and Sima Shi suppressed it with thunder, and he was not only cruel to his enemies, but also to himself.
In the Huainan Change, Sima Shi's eyes deteriorated in the process of quelling the rebels. The rebel general Wen Yang launched a surprise attack while Dr. Sima was undergoing surgery. Sima Shi was taken aback. He covered his head with the quilt, endured severe pain, and bit through the quilt, but did not make any sound.
Wen Yang failed in this raid and was defeated with a single blow. Sima Shi's health also deteriorated for this reason, and he died in Xuchang not long after.
Cao Wei's politics embarked on the wrong path of nepotism, which was the beginning of Mr. Sima's depravity, and also planted a new important minister for the later eunuch system. Sima Shi became more and more crazy in this struggle for power and profit, but it also accelerated the end of the Three Kingdoms chaos.
Historical Review: Only his ears can make ministers hate. A stupid person is a stupid person. If you are not afraid, you can shoot an arrow in your mouth without scruples, so you can watch things without scruples. Sima Shi, Gao Cheng, Zhu Wen, and Li Maozhen all said this, because their words were all used to scare people, and the world said: "This is a real hero, there is nothing to hide." - Wang Fuzhi.