When Li Jian entered the Wei State, the first bureaucrat he met was Sima Yi.
The documents for passing through the passes and entering various places in Guandong were also handled by others under Sima Yi's instructions.
At that time, through his words and deeds, Sima Yi had doubts, thinking that Li Jian was a spy of the Han army, and that he had entered the Wei Kingdom with the same conspiracy as Hidden Fan!
In order to be on guard against others, he also sent people to secretly monitor Li Jian.
After the emperor Cao Rui asked his second son Sima Zhao to deliberately make friends with Li Jian, since it was related to the family heirs, he had people monitor Li Jian even more closely.
Therefore, when Li Jian was arrested in Yecheng, he got the news immediately.
I also knew that the crime for which he was arrested was definitely not "misdeeds in Gaoling of Weiwu" as Xiahou Xuan prevaricated.
However, at that time, he did not think that this matter would involve his second son.
On the contrary, he felt relieved.
Finally, his second son no longer has to be involved with Li Jian.
I can finally get rid of this right and wrong!
However, the subsequent development of the situation was completely beyond his expectation.
On the eve of the decisive battle in Guanzhong, the emperor Cao Rui rushed back to Yecheng in person without telling him; even when the matter was finalized, Cao Rui did not follow the law to hold his second son Sima Zhao accountable!
There was not even half a word of verbal instruction!
After many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, he was once favored by the suspicious and cruel Wei Wu and Cao Cao. He participated in the "Wei's Seizing of Heirs" and profited from it. How could he still not sense that there must be something fishy in it?
Yes, the factor that made him dangerous was that Emperor Cao Rui did not hold Sima Zhao accountable!
In other words, this mentality is incomprehensible.
Isn't it a good thing that Li Jian was punished for his misdeeds, but his second son was not implicated and was not held accountable by the emperor?
Isn't it a manifestation of the prosperity of his Holy Scroll?
Where does the theory of danger come from?
But if we look at Sima Yi's point of view, the fact that his second son Sima Zhao was not held accountable means that Cao Rui is trying to cover up his crimes, which is a reflection of his grudge.
Just think about it and you'll understand.
Over the years, under Cao Rui's instruction, Sima Zhao and Li Jian had an irreversible friendship, like brothers, each praising the other more than once and making each other famous.
According to common sense, now that Li Jian has been executed, Sima Zhao, who once highly praised Li Jian, should follow the law and sit down together!
Regardless of whether it is removal from office and fine, or repaying responsibilities in words, there must be punishment. Because only by punishment can the matter truly be over, and no one can mention it again to criticize Sima Zhao in the future.
But Cao Rui didn't do that.
Just this clue can make Sima Yi realize something.
What Li Jian committed must have been serious, and his second son Sima Zhao was also deeply involved in the matter. The reason why Cao Rui did not hold him accountable was because he was wary and suspicious of him and did not dare to fight in the decisive battle in Guanzhong. Extraneous branches...
Of course!
Sima Yi did not take Cao Rui's refusal to hold him accountable as a good intention.
Because that is nonsense!
Let me ask, if Sima Zhao was removed from office in accordance with the court's laws, so what?
Considering the reputation of the Sima family in Wen County, Hanoi, and his status as a veteran minister of the three dynasties of the Wei State, an important minister of the auxiliary left, and the commander-in-chief of the country's military forces, would it be difficult for Sima Zhao to embark on an official career again in the future?
Why did Emperor Cao Rui choose to turn a blind eye to this obvious tacit understanding of official career?
Why didn't they hold Sima Zhao accountable and remove him from this matter? Instead, they deliberately left a basis for criticism in the future!
As the saying goes, armed with a sharp weapon comes a murderous intention.
Sima Yi, who was in charge of more than 100,000 infantry and cavalry, became concerned about being suspected, so he inevitably made some changes in his war decision-making in order to save himself.
In other words, he was forced to make a desperate decision.
Yes, forced and helpless.
It has been nearly ten years since he served as the governor of Yongliang against Shu, and the Wei Dynasty's ruling and opposition parties have never stopped questioning him for a day.
Originally, he thought that the emperor Cao Rui understood him, could understand that the victory or defeat between Han and Wei was not simply due to human conspiracy, and could understand his efforts in maintaining the Yongliang front.
Gein Cao Rui is equally questioned by the government and the public as he is, and is in the same situation as him.
However, now, he suddenly discovered that this trust was no longer there.
In other words, the emperor was originally a lonely man, and he was suspicious of his powerful ministers. This was due to the normal mentality of the emperor and was not surprising.
But Sima Yi still felt abandoned and hopeless.
Because anyone in Wei State can question him, criticize him, slander him, accuse him or even insult him...
But, only Emperor Cao Rui can’t!
People at that time didn't know the hardships he had gone through since he supervised the war in Yongliang. Didn't Cao Rui know that?
Others don't know that after the defeat of Cao Zhen, who had taken advantage of the situation, the offense and defense of Han and Wei had been reversed. Since he took over, he could only passively clean up the mess. Could Cao Rui not know?
In order to resist the sweeping force of Ni Shu, he couldn't sleep at night and couldn't eat!
The body has gone from being strong enough to gallop thousands of miles to Liaodong in the past, to now suffering from frequent minor ailments and occasional serious illnesses, which can be described as withered and exhausted!
The results of it?
He performed his duties loyally and abided by the way of a minister conscientiously, but in return he was jealous of the king.
He really couldn't let go of this.
Although he could vaguely guess that Cao Rui deliberately neglected to hold his second son Sima Zhao accountable.
He was just preparing for the worst.
However, Cao Rui had already prepared for the worst for the decisive battle in Guanzhong.
If he wins, if he drives Ni Shu out of Guanzhong, under such a great victory that can excite the Wei State, the trivial matter of Sima Zhao and Li Jian's involvement will be completely covered up, and neither the government nor the public will be concerned about it. No one dares to mention it again.
But if you lose...
This little thing will become an anthill that breaks the dike.
When some enlightened and thoughtful people are the first to mention Xia, Duke Gungun will start to follow the clues and settle accounts in the future. They will detail all the arrangements he made since he became the governor of Yongliang, and then pin all the blame on him for the loss of Wei's troops and soil, etc. A person's body will be nailed to the pillar of shame in history!
In this way, the blame will not be implicated on Emperor Cao Rui.
If there is, it will also turn into one: it's just that you don't know people well and use people inappropriately.
And this doubt can be resolved.
He was the auxiliary minister selected by Emperor Wen Cao Pi. Cao Rui only followed the late emperor's orders and granted him authority. Who would have expected that he would bring disaster to the country and the people?
Yes, the emperor Cao Rui, who has also been constantly questioned in recent years, made plans to abandon his car to protect his commander in order to protect his prestige and not fall into the crisis of unstable throne after the defeat.
Think of him as an abandoned "car".
Although, as the governor of Yongliang, he had already had this awareness in his heart.
But Cao Rui's precautions still made him feel chilled.
If he is willing to accept the same ending, it is a tragic feeling of depriving the emperor of his salary; but if he is forcibly given it by others, it is a kind of betrayal that is difficult to deal with.
Therefore, he had the idea of saving himself.
Not only for his own reputation, but also for the sake of the family and clan behind him.
