After Sima Yi betrayed the Cao family, why did Cao Cao s former subordinates stand idly by?

Because they were not in power, Sima Yi had been in power in Cao Wei for many years, and there were his people inside and outside the court, and Cao Cao's former subordinates had no way to resist if they wanted to.

Sima Yi's layout was exquisite, and Cao Shuang was caught off guard and could only admit defeat. Cao Shuang is the most powerful person in the Cao family's clan, he has lost others, and he has no ability to resist.

Because at that time, except for Emperor Wei, the Queen Mother and Cao Shuang, the other Cao clan relatives did not have much power in their hands, but someone from the Cao Wei clan Xiahou clan had a lot of military power, that is, Xiahou Xuan, the nephew of Xiahou Ba, but Cao Shuang surrendered Sima Yi without a fight, and the forces of the Xiahou family that favored the Cao family did not have the opportunity to send troops; What's more, the Cao family and the Xiahou family also have a bias towards Sima Yi's father and son, such as Xiahou He, the younger brother of Xiahou Ba, and others.

I think the main reason why they didn't choose to resist was that their power had been greatly weakened, and at the time of Sima Yi's coup d'état, all the military power and government were basically in his hands, even if they wanted to resist, in order to protect their families, they would not resist each other.

It's not that he hasn't resisted, it's just that it's useless to resist, after all, Sima Yi's strength was very strong at that time, and he couldn't resist it at all.

At that time the situation was very complicated, and it was useless even to resist, so there was no resistance.

Why was Sima Yi able to seize the power of the Cao family so easily? The main reason is the decline of the Shi clan and the Cao clan itself.

1.In 249 AD, Sima Yi saw an opportunity and launched a coup d'état at Gaopingling and took control of the capital. Since this time, Sima Yi has also controlled everything, and the power has fallen into his hands, but because of Cao Shuang's previous targeting, he has no real power in his hands, only 3,000 troops to feed himself.

But what's even more strange is why the Sima family can command the whole country? Sima Yi only occupied the capital, but the other cities were also under the command of Cao Wei's assassin governor, and they all acquiesced to the Sima regime for some reason.

2.In fact, this is the biggest guarantor of the Sima family's last usurpation. We all know that when Cao Pi ascended to the throne, he ensured his status through the compromise between the Jiupin Zhongzheng system and the Shi clan gate valve, but the price was that the Cao Wei regime was corrupted by the Shi clan.

After several generations, the power in the world is actually under the control of the Shi clan, and the controllers of the major states and counties are all Shi clan gate valves, and the Sima family is one of the representatives. In other words, in the end, it was not the Sima family that usurped power, but the countless scholars in the world led by the Sima family jointly brought down the Cao family, which is why Sima Yi was able to quickly control the whole country after the mutiny.

3.Emperor Wen of Wei ascended the throne six years ago and collapsed. Sima Yi, Chen Qun and other scholars tried their best to protect their eldest son Cao Rui, and rewarded them richly and increased their official ranks.

On the whole, Sima Xun and Kong Qiyi can easily control the command, and the most important thing in the country is that the Sima family is the representative of the gate lord of the scholar clan, and the actual control of each state and county has been firmly grasped by the various scholar clans.

Because Sima Yi had already gained the trust of the Cao family, and Cao Cao died at that time, his children were very stupid, so Sima Yi took advantage of the weakness.

This is because he has already grasped most of the power, and his prestige in the court is relatively strong, and he has obtained military power, so he can naturally seize power.

The personal ability is very strong, and the people of the Cao family believe very much that he thinks Sima Yi can really help them, so they hand over their rights.