Simbi (pí).

Xin Bi (year of birth and death unknown), the word George, Yingchuan Yang Zhai people.

During the early peace period, Yuan Shao raised troops against Dong Zhuo, and Xin Bi and his brother Xin Ping defected to Yuan Shao together.

Yuan Shao was defeated by Cao Cao in the Battle of Guandu and has been in a state of collapse ever since. After Yuan Shao's death, his two sons, Yuan Tan and Yuan Shang, fought for the right to inherit. Xin Bi followed his brother Xin Ping and supported Yuan Shao's eldest son, Yuan Tan.

Later, Yuan Tan was defeated by Yuan Shang and trapped in the plain (now south of Shandong Plain County), and when he was desperate, he adopted the advice of his adviser and sent Xin Bi as a messenger to ask for surrender to the feud Cao Cao. Cao Cao had long heard the name of Yang Zhai's famous scholar Xinbi, so he took the opportunity to keep Xinbi under his tent.

After Xin Bi returned to Cao, he first analyzed to Cao Cao the reasons why the Yuan brothers turned against each other, and suggested that Cao Cao take the opportunity to send troops to Hebei.

Cao Cao led his troops to attack Hebei, and the army advanced to the capital of Jizhou, Ye (yè). Yuan Shang heard the news and withdrew his troops from the plain and returned to the division to rescue.

In the ninth year of Jian'an (204), Cao's army attacked Yuan's old nest in Hebei. When attacking Yecheng, Xin Pi led the troops to charge, and the trial was on the southeast corner tower of the city, and he saw the Cao army attacking, and hated Xin Ping and Guo Tu for the destruction of Jizhou, so he ordered people to gallop to the prison of Yecheng and killed Xin Ping's family.

The nephew of the trial, Shen Rong, had a deep friendship with Xin Bi and was very dissatisfied with his uncle's behavior, so he sent a book to communicate with Xin Bi. After receiving the letter, Xin Bi reported to Cao Cao, Cao Cao was very happy, and attacked from inside and outside, and Cao's army quickly captured Yecheng and captured it alive. Simbi whipped the judge on the head with a horsewhip and scolded, "Slave, you are going to die today!" ”

Subsequently, the trial was executed by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao eliminated Yuan Tan, Yuan Shang and Yuan Xi led the remnants to flee to Wuhuan, and Hebei was included in Cao Cao's sphere of influence. He valued Xinbi's talents, went to the court, worshiped Xinbi as a speaker, and served as a servant.

Cao Cao became the king of Wei from Jinjue. Xin Bi served as the Han Yilang and the servant of the King of Wei. At that time, Cao Cao was hesitant to appoint him as the crown prince of Wei. Cao Pi is old and tall, Cao Zhi is favored by his talent, and the ministers of civil and military affairs have their own directions. Xin Bi adhered to the etiquette of the state and resolutely supported the canonization of Cao Pi.

The following year, after Cao Pi was made the crown prince of Wei, he got carried away, put his arms around Xin Bi's neck and said, "Mr. Xin, do you know? I'm so happy! ”

Xin Bi couldn't help but be stunned by Cao Pi's actions.

Xin Bi learned this as his daughter Xin Xianying, and Xianying, who was in her twenties at the time, sighed and said, "The crown prince is the person who takes the place of the king to preside over the temple society." How can a king act without worry, nor can he preside over the affairs of the state without being vigilant, and how can he be so joyful when he should be grieved? How could Wei prosper? ”

This is the first prophecy of Xin Xianying, the famous daughter of wisdom during the Three Kingdoms period, that is: Cao Wei will not last long.

Cao Cao died of illness, and the crown prince Cao Pi succeeded him as King of Wei. The king of Wei and the prime minister of the Han Dynasty, Shi Xinbi, contacted the ministers to write to Cao Pi and persuaded him to become emperor on behalf of the Han Dynasty. Cao Pi had already had this intention, and soon threatened Emperor Han Xian to abdicate. Cao Pi established Cao Wei, and Xin Bi was therefore given the title of Marquis of Guannei and served as a servant.

In the first year of the early Huang dynasty (220), Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi wanted to migrate 100,000 families from Jizhou to Luoyang. At that time, there were years of drought, locust plagues were raging, and there was a severe famine in the Central Plains. The ministers all thought that it was not appropriate to do this in a year of famine, and Emperor Wei Wen was stubborn and insisted on going his own way. Xin Bi, who served as a waiter, resolutely opposed it and advised again, wanting Emperor Wei Wen to take back his fate.

Emperor Wei Wendi was very angry and said to Xin Bi, "I don't want to talk to you about this. ”

Xin Bi said calmly, "Since Your Majesty doesn't think that the ministers are unscrupulous, let the ministers follow you." The discussion of the secret room, the discussion of the court, the ministers should all ask and deal with it, pick up the missing and make up for the shortcomings, how can Your Majesty not discuss with the ministers? What's more, what the minister is talking about is not a personal matter, it is a matter of social safety, and the minister can't help but say it! ”

Emperor Wei Wen was speechless, stood up and wanted to go back to the harem, Xin Bi grabbed his clothes and didn't let go, Emperor Wei Wen took back his clothes and returned to the palace stupidly. After a while, his anger subsided a little, and he came out again and asked Simbi, "George, why are you so bitter against me? ”

Xin Bi said sincerely, "In these years of famine, forcibly relocating them to Henan, with no food to relieve them, will make them resentful and lose their hearts, so I have to fight for Your Majesty to take back their lives!" ”

In the end, Emperor Wen of Wei ordered the relocation of 50,000 households, which cannot but be said to be the result of Xinbi's struggle, but even so, it was still a huge migration of people, which brought great difficulties to the migrating people.

This is the famous "Lead-and-Strive Effort" in history. Yang Khitan of the Sui Dynasty painted "Xinbi Quotation Map" on this.

Emperor Wei Wendi liked to hunt, and once when he was in his entourage, Wei Wendi said, "What a pleasure to hunt!" ”

Simbi said, "You are happy for your majesty, but you are suffering for your ministers. ”

After that, Emperor Wei rarely hunted.

In the fifth year of the early Huang dynasty (224 years), Emperor Wen of Wei was ready to drive a personal expedition and send out an army to attack Wu, but Xin Bi tried his best to dissuade him, he pointed out: At the beginning of the world, he raised troops on a large scale, which would inevitably destroy the social economy that had just been restored and developed. At that time, Cao Cao had made many expeditions to the south, but they were all ineffective due to the obstruction of rivers, seas and lakes. Now the military strength is not stronger than it was back then, it is better to let the people recuperate, and when the people are rich and the country is strong, they can destroy Wu in one fell swoop.

But his suggestion was rejected by Emperor Wei Wendi. As a result, 100,000 troops were raised, and after several years of fighting, they still looked at the river and sighed, and returned in vain.

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Emperor Wen of Wei died of illness and was succeeded by Emperor Ming of Wei. Xin Bijin was named the Marquis of Ying. At that time, Liu Fang, the supervisor of the Central Library, and the Zhongshu made Sun Senior Emperor Wei Ming's favor, and they arbitrarily ruled the government, and the ministers of the court and China took refuge one after another. Xinbi refused to follow the flames, judged everything impartially, and never pretended to be a word. His son Xin Chang was afraid that his father would be framed by slander, and persuaded him to have a good relationship with Liu Fang and Sun Zi, but he was severely reprimanded.

Zhuge Liang of the Shu Han Dynasty went out of Qishan and attacked Wei in a big way, and Emperor Wei Ming ordered the general Sima Yi to lead the army to resist. The two armies faced each other, Sima Yi waited for work, and Zhuge Liang ignored him many times.

Later, Zhuge Liang sent someone to send Sima Yi clothes worn by women to stimulate him to go out of the camp to fight. All the generals of the Wei army were ashamed of this and demanded to fight. Sima Yi pretended to write to Emperor Wei Ming, asking to go to war, Emperor Ming knew Sima Yi's intentions, and was afraid that the generals would not listen to the dispatch, so he sent Xin Bi as an envoy to rush to the Wei army camp with festivals to curb the actions of the generals.

The generals did not dare to speak lightly of war because of Simbi's uprightness and strict law enforcement.

Sima Yi repeatedly asked for troops, but Xin Bi sternly refused. The two armies confronted each other in Wuzhangyuan for more than three months, Zhuge Liang wanted to advance but couldn't, wanted to retreat, and then became ill and died of illness in the army.

After the Wei army returned to the court, Xin Bi served as a guard captain, and soon died of illness, and Emperor Ming gave him the nickname of Suhou.

Many years later, Xin Bi was worthy of the temple of Emperor Wen of Wei.

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In the historical books, the woman around Xin Bi mainly talks about his daughter, Xin Xianying, a famous talented woman and prophet of the Three Kingdoms.

In addition to predicting Cao Wei's short-term death, she also has two major prophecies that are famous in history.

In 249 A.D. (the first ten years), Taifu Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Rebellion to kill Cao Shuang, because Cao Shuang had left Luoyang and closed the Luoyang city gate.

The general Sima Luzhi led Cao Shuang's soldiers to flee the gate, and when Xin Xianying's younger brother Xin Chang joined the army for the general Cao Shuang and stayed in Luoyang City, Lu Zhi called Xin Chang to meet Cao Shuang. Xin Chang was afraid of the situation and didn't know what to do, so he asked Xin Xianying for advice.

Xin Xianying said, "Taifu (referring to Sima Yi) was forced to do this (referring to launching a coup d'état)!" Before Emperor Ming died, he held Taifu's arm and instructed him about the future, and the people in the court and China still remember his last words vividly. Cao Shuang and Taifu were both under the orders of Emperor Ming, but Cao Shuang was dictatorial and powerful, acting with an arrogant attitude, which could be said to be disloyal to the royal family, and it could also be said to be unrighteous in human ethics. Taifu's move was just to get rid of Cao Shuang. ”

Xin Chang asked, "Then can this matter be done?" ”

Xin Xianying replied, "How can it not be successful? Cao Shuang's talent is not Taifu's opponent. ”

Xin Chang said, "Then can I not leave the city?" ”

Xin Xianying said, "How can you not go? Duty is the righteousness of humanity, when we know that others are in trouble, we will still be compassionate and compassionate; Now you are doing things for others and abandoning your responsibilities, which is a bad thing and should not be done. As for dying for others and being appointed by others, it is your position as a cronie, you are not Cao Shuang's cronies, you are just out of the responsibility of following the public. ”

After Xin Chang listened to his sister's analysis, he left the city with Lu Zhi.

Later, Sima Yi really succeeded in getting rid of Cao Shuang and spared Xin Chang, Xin Chang was touched and said, "If I hadn't consulted with my sister, I would have almost done something unrighteous." ”

- It's not easy, to be able to predict the change of dynasty, not to mention a woman who lives in a homestead, even those big men in the court, how many can there be? And it is not easy to persuade my brother to be loyal and fulfill his duties at the same time.

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One more thing.

In the third year of Jingyuan (262), Zhong Hui served as the general of Zhenxi, and Xin Xianying asked his nephew Yanghu, "Why did Zhong Shiji (Zhong Hui, Zi Shi Ji) send troops to the west?" ”

Yang Hu replied, "It's to destroy Shu." ”

Xin Xianying said, "Zhong will be reckless and presumptuous, this is not the attitude of a long-term subordinate, I am afraid that he will have different ambitions." ”

Yanghu didn't dare to discuss more, so he persuaded Xin Xianying, "Uncle, don't say too much." ”

Later, Zhong Hui recruited Yang Tan and Xin Xianying's son Yang Xiu to join the army, Xin Xianying said worriedly, "At that time, I saw that Zhong Hui would send troops, although I was worried, but I was just worried about the country. But this calamity will involve my family, and it will be a matter of national importance, and I really have to stop it. ”

Yang Xiu tried his best to ask Sima Zhao to resign, but Sima Zhao was unwilling to accept it.

Xin Xianying had no choice but to say to Yang Xiu, "This matter must be implemented, you have to be careful!" In ancient times, a gentleman was filial to his parents at home, and he was to observe the country when he went out, so he should be careful about your responsibilities when he holds a position, and he should be careful about your position when facing righteousness, so as not to let his parents worry about you. In the military, the only thing that can make you smooth the most is the attitude of forgiveness! You have to be careful!"

As a result, Yang Xiu was still able to protect himself from the battle of Shu to the time of Zhonghui's rebellion.

God! Be able to predict a man's rebellion! Even someone said to Sima Yan that Zhong Hui might be anti-water, at first, Sima Yan still didn't believe it!

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In the fifth year of Taishi (269 AD), Xin Xianying died at the age of 79.