On the stage of power, there is always a dramatic plot unfolding. In the turbulent and turbulent times, some people relied on their cunning and changeable personalities to reach the peak of power step by step. Today, we are going to tell one such story, a story about Sima Yi.
This strategist in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, with his fox-like cunning and lion-like majesty, constantly plotted and usurped power in the era of Cao Cao and Cao Pi, and finally became the founding emperor of Wei. How did he manage his strategy in the vortex of power and realize his ambition step by step?
Turbulent times often breed endless ambitions and desires. In 196 AD, 26-year-old Sima Fang entered the imperial court and witnessed the turbulent waves of the power struggle. Since ancient times, successful ministers have always needed to have two personalities: cunning as a fox and decisive as a lion. However, Sima Fang at that time thought that he only had the former.
More than ten years later, this "old fox" met a "male lion" - the tyrannical and immoral Dong Zhuo. Many people chose to bend their minds to meet them, but Sima Fang pursued the word "forbearance" and calmly waited for the opportunity. This wisdom of taoguang and obscurity has made him successful later.
Under the guidance of Sima Fang, a young man named Cao Cao started his career. Despite his humble background, Cao Cao quickly rose to prominence by relying on his extraordinary talents. In this way, the Sima family and the Cao family formed an indissoluble bond.
In the first year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, who had become a powerful minister, intended to take the encumber Sima Yi as his subordinate. However, the young Sima Yi unexpectedly refused, and pretended to be sick to postpone his departure. In fact, this is just Sima Yi waiting for the price to sell, waiting for a better opportunity.
In the years that followed, Sima Yi sometimes gave advice and guidance to Cao Cao; At times, he is self-reliant and ignores calls. This cunning and arrogance made Cao Cao suspicious, and even secretly sent someone to assassinate him. However, Sima Yi's extraordinary skills only added to Cao Cao's suspicions.
In this way, the relationship between the two is increasingly strained...
In the thirteenth year of Jian'an, when Cao Cao unified the north, Sima Yi finally agreed to go out. After that, he began his political career, but was not immediately reused by Cao Cao. However, in the few opportunities he has had to show his talent.
In the twentieth year of Jian'an, Sima Yi went out with the army and suggested to Cao Cao to pursue Liu Bei with victory and capture Yizhou in one fell swoop. But the cautious Cao Cao did not take it. A few years later, Liu Bei really took advantage of the situation and occupied the important land in Hanzhong.
In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Fancheng was besieged by Guan Yu, and the situation was critical. Sima Yi conspired to turn the tide this time, suggesting that Cao Cao use Sun Quan's power to destroy the Wushu alliance in a roundabout way. As he expected, the crisis was finally temporarily resolved.
Sima Yi, who seems to be cautious in his words and deeds, is deliberately pursuing power behind his back. He sometimes made plans to curry favor with Cao Cao, and sometimes he was tall and sluggish to avoid his edge, acting like a "fox and fake tiger". Cao Cao was keenly aware of his wolf ambitions, and even dreamed of "three horses eating together and one trough" and was deeply disturbed.
However, even if he sensed Sima Yi's ambitions, Cao Cao was helpless. Because among the ministers of civil and military affairs under his command, two major factions were formed - the Central Plains Group headed by the Yingchuan Shi clan, and the Jiangdong Group with Xuzhou Qiaoxian characters as the core.
These two forces are on equal footing, you come and go, and internal friction continues. And Sima Yi, as a famous family in Yingchuan, is the mainstay of the Central Plains Group. Once Cao Cao razed this force, it was tantamount to strangling his own foundation.
Therefore, Cao Cao could only tolerate this "old fox" for the time being, and repeatedly warned Cao Pi on his deathbed: "The Sima clan will definitely meddle in your family's country!"
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