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Regarding the evaluation of Sima Yi's coup d'état in Gaopingling, the theory of A and B of Fei Yi, the general of Shu State, can be used as a representative. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info Sima Yi after launching a coup d'état, opened the bow without turning back, and had to become the second Cao Cao.

【A and B Theory】

According to the record of "Yin Ji Tongyu", after Sima Yi killed Cao Shuang, Fei Yi set up A and B to evaluate right and wrong.

A thinks that the Cao Shuang brothers have no great talent and are just ordinary people, just because they are royalty, Emperor Ming entrusted him with the important task of taking care of his life. And Cao Shuang is arrogant and lascivious, makes friends with heterogeneous people, private henchmen, and conspires to usurp the throne. Sima Yi rose up to quell the chaos and smashed Cao Shuang's treasonous clique in one fell swoop, which is the reason why Sima Yi is known as loyal to his duties and conforms to the will of the people in the world.

B thinks that (the incident of Sima Yi killing Cao Shuang) is that Sima Yi feels that Emperor Ming Tuogu does not fully trust him (caused), how can it have anything to do with Cao Shuang? Sima Yi did not monopolize the power because he was the minister of Gu Ming, so he resented Cao Shuang in his heart. (And even if Cao Shuang did things in a disproportionate manner), Sima Yi did not have the slightest persuasion to stop it, (but forbearance and then) killed (Cao Shuang Group) in one day, (and then) slandered them and conspired to rebel, is this what a righteous man and a gentleman can do to govern the country faithfully and kindly? If Cao Shuang really had the intention of rebellion, it would have been a fact. And on the day of the incident, the young emperor Cao Fang was in the Cao Shuang brothers' military camp (if Cao Shuang really had a bad heart, it would be unfavorable to him). Sima Yi's father and son asked the Empress Dowager to avoid the city gate and send troops to attack Cao Shuang, and rush to Cao Fang's location, (if Cao Shuang really rebelled), the young emperor Cao Shuang will not be spared from the rebellion, is this a loyal minister (Sima Yi) is thinking about the monarch (Cao Fang)? It can be inferred from this that Cao Shuang definitely has no intention of rebellion. If Sima Yi has a problem with Cao Shuang's life style, he can be punished for seizing power. (But) killed Cao Shuang, labeled him as a rebel, (exterminated his clan), and after Cao Zhen (Zidan), (killed all Cao Shuang's henchmen), and He Yan's (married to the royal family) The son is a descendant of the royal family, and he was also killed together, which is indeed excessive.

Although Fei Yi's "A and B Treatises" was written 1,800 years ago, it can still represent the two mainstream views of the moment, the Sima Yi justice faction of Party A and the Sima Yi conspiracy faction of Party B. If you read the relevant history in detail, it is obvious that Party A is right.

So why can Party B's opinion still be passed down for thousands of years? Because Sima Yi and even the Sima family are the biggest beneficiaries of this incident, you benefit the most, and then say that you are not suspicious, and the ghost means that the ghost does not believe it. So no matter what Sima Yi did, the conspirators would speculate with the greatest malice.

First of all, Sima Yi has complaints about Emperor Ming Cao Rui, this should not be false, you must know that when Cao Rui first selected the auxiliary minister, there was no Sima Yi, Sima Yi was selected temporarily, it can be seen that Cao Rui did not trust Sima Yi very much before he died, and he lived by himself, Sima Yi definitely had a thorn in his heart about this.

But to say that Sima Yi didn't stop Cao Shuang, he just opened his eyes and said nonsense, Sima Yi has dissuaded Cao Shuang many times in history, Cao Shuang didn't listen, he had to die, and Sima Yi couldn't hold it. And Cao Shuang was indeed preparing to rebel at that time, his seclusion of the Empress Dowager Guo is an obvious signal, Sima Yi also began to call the illness and conspire to get rid of Cao Shuang after that, Cao Shuang controlled the military and political power in Luoyang at that time, if he was not really ready to rebel, it had really aroused the anger of the public, even if he left Luoyang, others would not join forces with Sima Yi, after all, the Son of Heaven was still in Cao Shuang's hands.

In history, Cao Shuang's death was not unjust, Fan Heng once said: "Cao Zidan is a beautiful woman, give birth to your brother, calf ear!" He Tu sat on you and the others today, and the clan was wiped out! "Cao Zhen once abused Zhuge Liang in history, and Zhuge Liang once suppressed Sima Yi, as Cao Zhen's eldest son, Cao Shuang was played to death by Sima Yi, what Fan Heng said is not false at all.

[There is no turning back from the coup d'état]

Maybe someone said that Sima Yi could return the power to the young emperor Cao Fang after taking power, but the question is why didn't Cao Cao hand over the power to Emperor Liu Xie after he took power?

In history, Sima Yi came to power through a coup d'état, there is no turning back, Sima Yi has inevitably offended the Cao clan after launching the coup, in this case, once Sima Yi stepped down, the result can be imagined, so Sima Yi not only can not give up the power in his hands, but also further suppress the Cao clan and expand the power of the Sima family.

After the coup d'état of Gaopingling, the young emperor Cao Fang first appointed Sima Yi as the prime minister, and then gave him the gift of nine tins, all of which were resigned by Sima Yi. Sima Yi's actions actually show his own attitude: Sima Yi himself didn't want to be the next Cao Cao, so he refused to be the prime minister, refused to add Jiuxi, refused to be the prime minister, refused to be the prime minister, and refused to be the prince, and most of these Cao Cao did it.

However, there are some things that Sima Yi can not decide by himself, and under the circumstances at that time, Sima Yi has already taken the route that Cao Cao once walked, and he cannot go back.

Sima Yi's real control of Cao Wei was also very short, only about two years. During the Cao Pi period, Sima Yi began to become an important minister of Cao Wei, and Cao Pi became one of the four auxiliary ministers before his death, but Cao Rui was very capable, so although Sima Yi was of great use under his command, the military power of the court was still in the hands of Cao Rui, although Cao Shuang and Sima Yi were both auxiliary ministers after Cao Rui's death, but because Cao Shuang was a royal family, Sima Yi could not compete for Cao Shuang, and Cao Wei's military and political power actually fell into the hands of Cao Shuang. It was not until after Sima Yi launched the coup d'état in Gaopingling that the power of Cao Wei fell into his hands, and although Sima Yi died more than two years later, this period was very critical for the Sima family.

The first is the suppression of the Cao royal family, after the coup d'état in Gaopingling, Sima Yi launched a purge in the imperial court, implicating as many as thousands of people, many of whom were Cao, Xiahou and other royal relatives. After Sima Yi quelled Wang Ling's rebellion, he once again suppressed the Cao family in the name of the rebellion of the king of Chu, and he not only arrested all the princes of Wei and placed them in Yecheng, but also ordered a division to supervise them and prohibit them from associating with each other. The intent of the act is already obvious.

In addition, it is important to note that Sima Yi has more than two years to pave the way for his sons. Therefore, after Sima Yi's death, his eldest son Sima Shi was able to easily inherit the status and power from Sima Yi and continue to control Cao Wei.