Why didn t the Sima family compete for power?

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the heroes rose together, and then the world was divided into three, the war of the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu continued, during which the Sima clan began to enter the Cao Wei court and gradually controlled the important position, the most famous is "Sima Bada", that is, Sima Yi's father and brothers are more outstanding eight people. Then Cao Cao recruited him to enter the court as an official, Sima Yi's Sima Lang, the third brother Sima Fu and himself were all in important positions, Sima Yi operated for many years, and finally controlled the opportunity for Emperor Wei to hunt, launched a coup d'état, seized power in one fell swoop, and constantly eradicated dissidents, paving the way for later generations to establish the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty lasted for more than 140 years, and there was little internal struggle for power, and the only more famous was the Eight Kings Rebellion that occurred in the Western Jin Dynasty, but that also happened in the local area, and it did not affect the internal court.

First of all, let's look at the history of the Sima family at the end of the Three Kingdoms. Soon after Sima Yi launched the coup d'état, he died due to old age, leaving behind two sons, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, who controlled the court, and the political and military power were always firmly in their hands. At that time, Sima Shi and Sima Zhao's elders Sima Lang and Sima Fu had already held the position of the three princes such as the Great Sima, but they did not participate in the struggle for power, but supported the Sima Shi brothers wholeheartedly until the establishment of the Jin Dynasty.

The reasons are, first, that they are from the same clan, and they are also uncles and nephews, and they have been officials in the same dynasty for many years, and their feelings are relatively deep; Second, military power is the most important, especially in that troubled era, although the two uncles had higher ranks, they did not have military power, even the monarch Cao Fang at that time could not do anything to the two brothers, let alone the two uncles who did not have military power.

The Jin Dynasty was an era of internal migration of ethnic minorities, and it was also an era of convergence and integration of multi-ethnic cultures. After years of war, the population of the Central Plains has plummeted, and the total population of the ethnic minorities who moved inward was not much different from that of the Jin people, so the rulers focused a lot of energy on the outside world. Of course, the ruler was also worried about the struggle for power due to the choice of heirs, so for the purpose of stability, he implemented a modified feudal system.

The fifth-class title system of the prince and uncle, in addition to the eldest son, the heirs of the royal family are divided into various places, layer by layer, according to the fiefs and titles enjoyed by the titles and concubines, so that they can develop the place, consolidate the notice of **, and also have military power. They were not allowed to have the opportunity to participate in the struggle for the heir, so there was very little competition for power in the Sima family.

Because at that time, as the Sima family, he did not become a prince of one side like Cao Cao, and it involved a very important official succession, so there was no dispute over rights.

The main reason is that at that time, as the Sima family, he did not become a prince like Cao Cao, and there was no competition for official positions and rights.

Because the Sima family was not a prince of one side at that time, they were just relatively wealthy in the family. So there are no disputes and struggles for power.

The Sima family did not have the phenomenon of seizing power, mainly because at that time, the Sima family did not become a prince like Cao Cao, and it involved a very important official succession, so the two brothers did not compete for each other's rights.

It is indeed because of the tutor that Sima has studied with his father since he was a child, and his personality is also following his father, and he can tolerate everything, so he understands that it is not good not to fight for power.

On the one hand, it was because the Sima family did not become a prince at that time, and there was no important official position and status to compete for, and on the other hand, it was also because the position of the Sima family was not very stable at that time, and it was necessary to unite with the outside world.

Having a good home education can cultivate a good character. The people in the Sima family all received a good family education. Family style can change a person's character. Therefore, most of the Sima family will tolerate it.

Because the Sima family has a good family style, and their family has taught brothers to be polite to each other since childhood, so a good family education is of great help to people's personality formation.

Because the situation at that time was already very clear, Cao Cao could not take on this great responsibility, and he was no longer able to return to the sky, so he could only let the Sima family seize the throne, and no one came out to stop it.

Because their status was very high at that time, and the other clan relatives were almost dead, no one dared to come out to resist.

The main reason was that the Sima family had won over the scholars at that time, and other forces were not enough to resist the Sima family, so in the end the Sima family succeeded.

It's not that no one came out to stop it, but it was useless to stop it, because the historical conditions at that time were that the Sima family was indeed very strong, and there were many people who supported it.

Well hidden, there is no further insidious family in the world. started by cheating, extremely vicious, wrote one blank check after another, deceived it, and immediately turned his face. Exterminate the Nine Clans.

Trick step by step, kill one by one. Deceived the slightest dissatisfaction and killed them. In the end, there must be no one who can stop it.

The main reason is that almost all the government at that time was controlled by the Sima family, so no one would stand up against it.

Because no one can stop it, the strength of the Sima family is too strong to stop it at all.

is because their strength is very strong, and then they are also very loyal, and the relationship between the two is also very good, so there is no snatching of power.

Because the two of them are very good friends, and they don't like to fight for power and usurp the throne like they do in TV dramas. They are very peace-loving.

Their feelings are very deep, in fact, because they have a certain sense of responsibility and responsibility, and they also know what to do and what not to do.

The demise of the Sima regime can be summarized as three reasons: "internal struggle within the ruling group", "political corruption", and "rebellion of ethnic minorities".

Within the ruling group, the kings of the Western Jin Dynasty fought for the highest power, and there was a series of mutual killings and wars, which lasted for 16 years, and was known as the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in history. This great battle has brought untold disasters to the people. Production was destroyed, hundreds of thousands of people lost their lives, and many cities were looted and burned.

Quite a few people died of starvation. The people have fallen back into the abyss of misery, setting off a wave of mass exile. In particular, the kings used the nobility of ethnic minorities to participate in this melee, which had serious consequences.

The internal corruption of the Jin Dynasty was extreme, the local defense was not repaired, and the Western Jin Dynasty was crumbling due to natural and man-made disasters for many years.

In the first year of Yongxing (304), Liu Yuan, a Xiongnu nobleman, raised an army against the Jin Dynasty in Zuoguocheng (now Lishi, Shanxi), gradually controlled some areas of Bingzhou, and proclaimed himself King of Han. In the first year of Guangxi (306), Emperor Hui of Jin died, and Sima Chi took the throne as Emperor Huai, changing the Yuan Yongjia. Liu Yuan sent Shile and others to invade the south, repeatedly breaking the Jin army, and the power became stronger and stronger.

In the fifth year of Yongjia (311 AD), the Xiongnu soldiers captured Luoyang, the capital division of the Western Jin Dynasty, and captured Emperor Huai of the Jin Dynasty. The arson army burned and plundered, killing more than 30,000 princes and soldiers. It is known as the "Yongjia Rebellion" in history.

Soon after the Yongjia Rebellion, Emperor Huai was killed by the Huns, and his nephew Emperor Chu was proclaimed in Chang'an. However, at this time, the royal family and the family had moved to the south of the Yangtze River, and the Western Jin Dynasty existed in name only. In 316 AD, the Xiongnu invaded Chang'an and captured Emperor Chu, and the Western Jin Dynasty was declared extinct.

Sima Yi was the last winner of life during the Three Kingdoms period, and it was precisely because he finally seized power from the Cao family through various means, and finally to his son Sima Zhao unified the world, and the entire Three Kingdoms came to an end, thus returning the Three Kingdoms to Jin and opening another era. Among them, although Sima Yi was not very prominent in the early days, whether it was in military affairs or strategy, at least several people were stronger than him, but in the end he succeeded.

So the reason why Sima Yi was able to succeed, I personally think there are three points:

First, Sima Yi is more able to endure, in the early days, it seemed a little wretched, in fact, this is a kind of wisdom that is knowledgeable, he knows very well that after all, Cao Cao was still there at that time, and he didn't dare to do anything, so he was very cautious in front of Cao Cao, from this point for most people, it is difficult to do. Especially for some talented people, it is even more difficult to restrain their character, but Sima Yi has done it, which is extremely rare.

Second, longevity also helped Sima Yi a lot, and he lived to be 72 years old, which was an absolute longevity in ancient times, so when he was still alive, other talents had already passed away, so he was very smooth in the process of seizing power, and there was not much hindrance.

Third, it is still because of Sima Yi's long-term vision, in fact, since Cao Cao's death, he knew that Cao Pi was not as good as Cao Cao, and the fact was just as he expected, after Cao Pi's death, the entire Cao family never had a big hero like Cao Cao, which also enabled Sima Yi to finally seize the rights of the Cao family through various means.

Throughout Sima Yi's life, he was not vigorous in the early years, but he was also a valuable strategist in the Cao group, but in the Cao Pi era, he began to control the military power, which also laid the foundation for his future success, so his success was logical. And we can also learn a lot from him, a person must endure loneliness, even if he is talented, he still has to be low-key.