In the Han Dynasty, the Great Sima was equivalent to the current Generalissimo, symbolizing the supreme commander of the military, which was no exception within the Cao Wei group, but the three Great Simas Cao Ren, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen in the early part of Cao Wei's history all died shortly after taking office, as if there was a curse on this official position. Pen fun and pavilion www.biquge.info

【Cao Wei's Three Great Simas】

In history, Cao Wei's three great Simas, Cao Ren, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen's later experiences are very similar, as if there is a dead end, and the three of them have gone through it all over again.

Cao Ren, Cao Cao's younger brother. In the second year of the early Huang dynasty (221), Cao Pi worshiped Cao Ren as a general. He also sent Cao Ren to behead the rebel general Zheng Gan, move to Linying, and move to Sima. In the third year of the early Huang dynasty (222), Cao Ren led his troops south to capture Misu, but returned with a crushing defeat and died soon after.

Cao Xiu, Cao Cao's servant. In the third year of the early Huang dynasty (222), Cao Pi personally conscripted, and the troops were divided into three ways to crusade against Sun Quan, and Cao Xiu was appointed as the general of the expedition to the east. In the seventh year of the early Huang Dynasty (226), Wu stationed Shende in Anhui City, Cao Xiu broke it, killed Shende, and surrendered Wu generals Han Zong, Zhai Dan and others. Then he increased the number of towns by 400, and the first 2,500 households, and moved to Da Sima. In the second year of Taihe (228), Wu Poyang was too shou Zhou Yi to surrender, and Cao Xiu was in the middle of the plan, and was defeated by Lu Xun in Shiting and died soon after.

Cao Zhen, Cao Cao's clan. In the first year of Yankang (220), Cao Zhen sent Fei Yao to march to quell Zhang Jin's rebellion. Later, he returned to Luoyang and was promoted to the general of the army. In the seventh year of the early Huang Dynasty (226), Cao Pi died, and after Emperor Cao Rong of Wei Ming ascended the throne, Cao Zhen was moved to the rank of general, second only to the great Sima Cao Xiu. In the fourth year of Taihe (230), Cao Zhen entered the court, succeeded Cao Xiu, and moved to the Great Sima. In the same year, he launched a war against Shu, which was unfavorable, and he died of illness in the second year.

That is to say, these three Cao family relatives, as long as they become the Great Sima, will inevitably have a battle, and this battle will be lost, and they will also die of illness within two years after becoming the Great Sima.

Because of the matter of Sancao, no one in the Cao Wei group even dared to take the position of Da Sima for a period of time, and even Sima Yi avoided this position.

However, in history, the death of the three great Simas is both a coincidence and not entirely a coincidence. After the establishment of Cao Wei, Cao Ren was the first Great Sima, and before him, only Xiahoudun held the position of Great General, which means that the position of the Great Sima was monopolized by the Cao family for a long time after the establishment of Cao Wei. As long as you don't have the surname Cao, this position has nothing to do with you.

At that time, how good was Cao Wei to these Cao relatives? After Zhuge Liang's first Northern Expedition, even if Liu Chan didn't want to do it, he finally demoted Zhuge Liang to the third level. And after Cao Ren, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen, the three big Simas, were defeated, there was almost nothing, there was no accountability measure, and even Cao Xiu wrote to ask for punishment, but Cao Rui instead sent someone to comfort and give Yilong. After Cao Pi came to power, in order to make Cao Xiu the commander of the Eastern Front, he transferred Zhang Liao, the general of the Eastern Expedition, to the former general, and let Cao Xiu take the throne.

In terms of foreign relations, these relatives of the Cao family do not seem to be very good, like Cao Zhen fell out with Wu Zhen because of fat and thin, and the emperors of Cao Wei are too close to Cao's relatives, so even God can't stand it.

【Cao's Withering】

After the deaths of Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and Cao Hong, the leaders of the older and new generations of the Cao family and basically passed away, and no one was available among the Cao family.

The older generation of the Cao family is represented by Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren and Cao Hong. Xiahoudun died soon after Cao Pi came to power, Xiahou Yuan died in the Battle of Hanzhong, Cao Ren died after Cao Pi's three-way army Southern Expedition, although Cao Hong left late, but because he had contradictions with Cao Pi, so after Cao Pi came to power, in fact, Cao Hong's political future was over. As for Cao Chun, the leader of the original tiger and leopard cavalry, he died too early.

The new generation of the Cao family is represented by Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang, among which Cao Zhen and Xiahou Shang have a bad relationship with Emperor Wen Cao Pi. However, Xiahou Shang died of depression soon after his concubine was killed by Cao Pi, and after Cao Xiu died in the Battle of Shiting, Cao Zhen also died of illness after launching a large-scale attack on Shu.

Except for these people, there are basically no characters in Cao Wei's family. Of course, there are many people surnamed Cao and Xiahou, but there is no one among them who can take it.

During Cao Cao's period, because he personally led most of Cao Wei's important military operations, the phenomenon of "kinship suppression" did not seem obvious. In the Cao Pi era, although Cao Pi was still on the front line, he basically did not go to the battlefield, so at this time the suppression of the relatives was obvious, like when the three roads attacked Wu, the leaders were all surnamed Cao, Cao Xiu served as the commander of the Eastern Front, Cao Ren was in charge of the middle line, Cao Zhen was on the southern front, and these three people also happened to be the three great Simas of Cao Wei.

During the Cao Pi period, although Chen Qun and Sima Yi were also generals (in general), in fact, the two had no experience in leading troops to fight at all, and basically just put on a name, why, because they were not surnamed Xiahou or Cao.

When it came to the Cao Rui period, the suppression of the relatives still existed, like Cao Rui's two great Simas were Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen, Sima Yi later survived Zhuge Liang and only served as a lieutenant, and he had no chance with the big Sima. However, in the Cao Rui period, there are not many core generals of the Cao family, basically only Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen are still in power, so that the generals with foreign surnames will have more opportunities, like Sima Yi will also take the opportunity to come out, otherwise Sima Yi will have to boil slowly.

Later, Cao Xiu and Cao Zhen died, and the Cao family was unavailable, so it seemed that the suppression of relatives was not obvious. However, this situation is still not over in essence, Cao Rui before his death, he first prepared to let five clan assistants, and then forcibly promoted Cao Shuang and Sima Yi to fight in the ring, which eventually led to Cao Wei's demise.

【The Great Simas of the Late Han Dynasty】

In history, except for the Great Sima of Cao Wei of the Three Kingdoms, the situation of those Great Sima in the late Han Dynasty was actually not very good (relatively speaking, the situation of the Great Sima of Wu Shu was better).

The first great Sima in the late Han Dynasty was Youzhou Mu Liu Yu, Dong Zhuo appointed Liu Yu as the Great Sima soon after taking power, and at the same time took Gongsun Chan as the general of Fenwu, as a result, the infighting between the two intensified, Liu Yu sent troops to prepare to eliminate Gongsun Zhan, but was killed by Gongsun Zhan.

The second big Sima is the self-righteous Li Dao, in the Xiliang army Chang'an infighting, Li Dao forced Emperor Xian to appoint himself as the Great Sima, soon after Emperor Xian moved east, Li Dao was also defeated and eliminated.

The third big Sima is the good old man Zhang Yang, Zhang Yang classmate is a typical good person no good report, the first year of Jian'an (196) Zhang Yang worked hard to help Emperor Xian move back to Luoyang, he left again, Emperor Xian was very moved, with Zhang Yang as the big Sima, two or three years later, Zhang Yang was killed by his subordinates because of the rescue of his brother Lu Bu.

The fourth big Sima is Sun Ce, according to the record of "Spring and Autumn in Kyushu", after Sun Ce and Cao Cao turned their faces, they called themselves Da Sima, and then Sun Ce died.

The fifth big Sima is the emperor's uncle Liu Bei. Earlier, Liu Zhang had already recommended Liu Bei to act as the Great Sima, after the capture of Hanzhong, Liu Bei was recommended by the ministers as the king of Hanzhong, worshiped the Great Sima, and then Shu Han began to go downhill, first Xiangfan Guan Yu died, and then lost the land of the mean, and finally Liu Bei was defeated and killed in the White Emperor City.

Therefore, if you want to live well at the end of the Han Dynasty, you will definitely not do Da Sima!

ps: Later, Gongsun Yuan also did Cao Wei's Da Sima, so everyone understands,,,