How did Sima seize the Cao Wei regime?
People like to use proverbs? Si Mazhao's heart is well known? Metaphor means that a person exposes his ambition. Speaking of Si Mazhao, we should mention his father Sima Yi. From Sima Yi, Sima's influence gradually occupied a dominant position in the Cao Wei regime. How did Sima seize the Cao Wei regime?
Sima's seizure of power must begin with Sima Yi. Sima Yi is a native of Wenxian (now Henan), whose name is Zhong Da. Sima family is a big family. Sima Yi was originally an official under Cao Cao, but do we know Cao Cao's character? Love is also taboo, but Sima Xiong thinks that Cao Cao is thorough, so in the era of Cao Cao and Wei Wudi, he was conscientious. At the same time, four friends of the East Palace? One of them, Sima Yi, advised Cao Pi and made great contributions to his accession to the throne, and Cao Pi also valued him very much. Cao Pi is a king who likes to throw his weight around. Although he has no martial arts, he is willing to do military work. In the era of Wei Wendi and Cao Pi, Sima Yi tried his best to do his behind-the-scenes work. Cao Pi's pride on the battlefield is indispensable to Sima Yi's hard work behind the scenes. Cao Pi died young and only served as emperor for eight years. He entrusted his son Cao Rui to Sima Yi and others to replace Wei Mingdi. Sima Yi therefore became the Minister of Fuzheng. Later, he led the army to resist Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, brought down Zhu Gekongming in the confrontation with Shu, and accumulated great prestige in the army (he also brought his two sons to the army to hone). At this time, Sima Yi can be said to have become a pivotal figure in Wei.
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In 239, Wei Mingdi Cao Rui died, leaving Sima Yi and Cao Shuang before his death. So Cao Shuang and Sima Yi got the support of testamentary edict. Cao Shuang felt that Sima Yi was a threat to himself, so he used Deng, Ding Mi and others to crowd out Sima Yi in order to seize his power. Cao Shuang thought everything would be all right after he got rid of Sima Yi's military power. Later, in order to see if Sima Yi had any ambitions, Cao Shuang sent someone to visit Sima Yi, only to find that Sima Yi was too ill to say a few words and was panting. Cao Shuang completely lost its guard from now on. But I didn't know that Sima Yi also made preparations secretly. At the beginning of the 10th year (249), Cao Fang, King of Qi, accompanied by Cao Shuang, left Luoyang to visit the late Emperor in Gao Ping Ling. Sima Yi took this opportunity to launch a coup in the city, occupied Luoyang, arrested and killed Cao Shuang's henchmen, forced Cao Shuang to hand over power, imprisoned and killed him. This is famous in history? Gaopingling incident? , commonly known as folk songs? Cheat Cao Shuang? . Through this coup, Sima Shi mastered the power of Cao Wei.