Chapter 015: Sima Yi's Death
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Sima Yi himself died shortly after quelling the rebellion of Wang Ling in Huainan at the age of seventy-three. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info Because of Sima Yi's great contribution to Cao Wei, there is a division with Sima Yi's high rank and is listed as the first in Wei Taimiao.
【Sima Yi's Death】
In history, Sima Yi's death and Huainan Wang Ling's rebellion are related, at that time, Wang Ling's rebellion in the name of the restoration of the Cao family, directly pushed Sima Yi to the side of rebellion, it is said that Sima Yi also dreamed of Jia Kui and Wang Ling before his death, and he was very disgusted. According to the record of "Ganbao Jin Ji": In August of his year, Taifu was ill, Mengling and Kui were boiled, and they were very evil, so they died.
Although Sima Yi has been resigning from the position of Xiangguo and county prince during his lifetime, he has not been soft at all in terms of power, eradicating opponents and imprisoning the prince of the Cao family, so Sima Yi understands very well what what he has done, Wang Ling's rebellion is a blatant dissatisfaction and denial of him within Cao Wei, if Sima Yi himself is not loyal to Cao Wei, it is fine, but in fact, Cao Pi and Cao Rui both trust Sima Yi, how can he really have no feelings for Cao, Wang Ling's rebellion was a big psychological blow to Sima Yi, and he himself eventually died as a result.
On September 7, 251, Sima Yi died in Luoyang at the age of seventy-three. In September of that year, Sima Yi was buried in Shouyang Mountain, Heyin, with the name of Wen, and later changed to Xuanwen (one said that Wenzhen was later changed to Wenxuan). Before Sima Yi died, he wrote a will about burial, making an earthen tomb in Shouyang Mountain, no graves, no trees, and no bright instruments; Write three articles of "Gu Life", bury with ordinary clothes, do not need to bury utensils, and the deceased are not allowed to be buried together. In November of the same year, a priest asked for the souls of the deceased heroes to be placed in the temple of Wei Taizu to enjoy the sacrifices, and the ranking was in order of the size of the official positions held during his lifetime. Taifu Sima Yi was ranked first because of his high position.
After Sima Zhao was crowned the queen of Jin, he posthumously crowned Sima Yi as the king of Xuan; In the second year of Xianxi (265), Sima Zhao's son Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin, was honored by Wei Chan and gave Sima Yi the title of Emperor Xuan, calling his mausoleum the plateau mausoleum and the temple name Gaozu.
After Sima Yi's death, his eldest son Sima Shi became the general of the Fu army and took charge of the military and political power of the Wei state, and in the fourth year of Jiaping (252), he was promoted to the rank of general.
【Political and Economic Achievements】
In addition to his outstanding military performance, Sima Yi has great achievements in politics and economy, as a major minister of Cao Wei, he not only once advised Cao Rui to repair the palace, but also promoted talents such as Deng Ai, Wang Ji, Zhou Tai, etc., and was considered by Yu to be a talent for strategy.
Deng Ai was one of the famous generals in the late Cao Wei period, but his career was very unsmooth in the early days, and it was not until he met Sima Yi that he began to be valued by the imperial court.
When Zhou Tai was engaged in Jingzhou Assassin Shi Pei Qian, he was sent several times as an envoy to visit Sima Yi who was stationed in Wan, so he was known to Sima Yi. When Sima Yi conquered Meng Da, he served as the vanguard. Later, he was conquered by Sima Yi, and even though Zhoutai's parents and grandfather died one after another, he had to keep a nine-year funeral, but Sima Yi was still waiting for him in a vacant position. Later, it was promoted to the new city guard.
Sima Yi also carried out large-scale military cantonments in Guanzhong and the Lianghuai area to ensure the needs of front-line operations, and also built water conservancy projects to benefit one side.
In the first year of Qinglong (233), Sima Yi resisted Zhuge Liang in Guanzhong, in order to facilitate the tuntian and transportation, organized the construction of water conservancy, "opened the national canal, built Linjin from Chencang to Huaili, and led more than 3,000 hectares of land to irrigate Luoluo," which received the effect of "enriching the country".
In addition to building water conservancy, Sima Yi also set up Mintun and Juntun organizations in the neighboring areas of Cao Wei and Shu Han, such as Chang'an, Huaili, Chencang, Shangtai and other places, among which the Juntun is the mainstay, and the Juntun in Shangtai is extremely famous, and Zhuge Liang himself was ready to plunder the grain here during the Fourth Northern Expedition. In the third year of Qinglong (236), there was a famine in the eastern part of the country, and Sima Yi once transported 5 million Hu Su to Luoyang, the capital division, for relief. It can be seen that he has accumulated a large amount of grain in Guanzhong, which shows the success of Sima Yi's tuntian.
In addition to Guanzhong, Sima Yi also carried out large-scale tuntian in the Lianghuai area at the suggestion of Deng Ai. This also greatly enhanced Cao Wei's financial resources, making the front line free of food and grass, and also had an obvious effect on Sun Wu's suppression.
During the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Han Dynasty, although Cao Wei Tuntian was divided into two kinds, Mintun and Juntun, but in fact there was a big difference, although Juntun was more exploitative than Mintun, I personally slandered Mintun many times in the article, but never involved Juntun.
Because the nature of the military tun and the mintun are not the same, the main body of the military tun is the army to carry out, and the mintun is mostly the people at the bottom, and the scope of the military tun is also limited, can only be carried out on the front line, which is a temporary policy on the front line, unlike the mintun can basically be any region. The exploitation of Mintun is basically real exploitation, and Juntun is to fight against the enemy, so relatively speaking, Juntun is easier to understand and understand.
Of course, Sima Yi's most important achievement in politics pushed the Sima family to the peak and laid a sufficient foundation for the Jin Dynasty Wei. Although Sima Yi, like Cao Cao, did not really claim the title of emperor in name, he was the de facto founder of the country.
The power of the Sima family began with Sima Yi, Sima Yi was the second son at the time, and his brother Sima Lang died early because of the plague, so Sima Yi became the eldest brother of the Sima family early.
In the Cao Rui period, Sima Yi shined in the military, great achievements, after Cao Rui's death, he was able to control the government with Cao Shuang, and although Cao Shuang was Cao Zhen's queen and Cao family's relatives, he did not have any great talent, but was selfish, appointed private, dictatorial and disorderly, and finally even imprisoned the Queen Mother to try to rebel, Sima Yi had no choice but to launch a coup d'état in Gaopingling to bring down Cao Shuang, and he also took advantage of this to suppress Cao Wei's relatives, arrange his own henchmen, and take power over Cao Wei.
After the coup d'état in Gao Pingling, Wei no longer had the surname Cao, but changed his surname to Sima. Although Sima Yi has not been in power for a few years, he has promoted his younger brothers and sons in time to ensure a stable transition of power, before Sima Yi's death, his third brother Sima Fu has been promoted to Sikong, and later replaced Wang Ling as a lieutenant, his eldest son Sima Shi and second son Sima Zhao have also been in a high position, enough to succeed Sima Yi.
Therefore, Sima Yi is the real founder of the Jin Dynasty, and without Sima Yi, there would be no domination of the Jin Dynasty in the future.
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