"When you read Emperor Xuan's notes, are you trying to imitate Emperor Xuan?"

Wang Sheng glanced at Princess Ruyang and neither admitted nor denied it.

"Emperor Xuan is a loyal minister of Cao Wei, so what if he imitates him? Nowadays, there are many turmoils in the court. I am not a member of the royal family, and I am not a member of a high-ranking family. Naturally, I have to be cautious and think carefully about the way to survive."

"Perhaps the prince's intention is not like this."

Princess Ruyang looked at Wang Sheng with cunning eyes, like a fox, a beautiful fox.

"Sometimes, being too smart and understanding too much is not a good thing for you."

Wang Sheng took Princess Ruyang into his arms. The latter squeaked and did not resist, but fell into Wang Sheng's arms.

"I think the lord prefers smart women to those who are stupid. In addition, although I am a member of the Sima family, it doesn't matter to me what the Sima family is like. What's more,

If it were in the hands of the Lord, I would be able to preserve the bloodline of the Sima family."

"You are open-minded, but I don't have that intention. What I am thinking about now is to share your worries for Your Majesty."

Seeing Wang Sheng talking nonsense in a serious manner, Princess Ruyang shook her head and said: "You men don't speak a word of truth in your mouth, especially the prince. No wonder I was eaten to death by you."

Wang Sheng's hands roamed around Princess Ruyang's body at will, but there was no expression on his face.

But the latter reacted immediately, and her pretty face turned red instantly.

"I actually like duller women. Women who are too smart are too difficult to control."

"But you also like challenging women?"

Wang Sheng looked at Princess Ruyang who was eager to try, nodded, and then shook his head.

"I don't know anything else. If I don't eat you now, I'm afraid I won't be able to read this book."

With that said, regardless of Princess Ruyang's protest, Sima Yun was executed on the spot.

After all the trouble, Princess Ruyang was also satisfied.

"Then I, the Princess, will be by your side, with your red sleeves even more fragrant."

After eating Princess Ruyang, Wang Sheng still has energy.

Then he continued to take Sima Yi's notes and read them.

At the same time, his thoughts began to wander.

Sima Yi, he Wang Sheng must understand thoroughly!

Sima Yi's life has too many lessons for Wang Sheng.

In the first half of the Three Kingdoms era, Sima Yi did not have many achievements other than standing in line.

During this period, he had been serving the two generations of monarchs Cao Cao and Cao Pi as an aide, and his actual work was not recorded in history books.

However, Sima Yi is by no means the kind of power-playing minister who only plays office politics. He is a "capable minister J.

Historical records record that after Sima Yi became an official, he was diligent in his duties, often forgetting to sleep and eat, and made many meritorious deeds.

You can pretend to be diligent and proactive at work, but you can never fake this last thing.

During Cao Cao's reign, Sima Yi could only be regarded as a relatively peripheral staff member, and his status was far inferior to those of counselors such as Xun Yu, Jia Xu, Xun You, and Cheng Yu.

When Cao Cao was conquering Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Sima Yi once advised him that he should go all out to capture Yizhou, but Cao Cao did not pay attention to it, but it did lead to an idiom - "Get Long and look forward to Shu".

Even so, Sima Yi still offered suggestions many times.

For example, it was suggested that the farming system used in frontier areas during the Han Dynasty be introduced into the Central Plains, which solved Cao Wei's food problem; another example is that when Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army and besieged Fancheng, he advocated joining forces with Wu to fight against Liu and letting Soochow steal Guan Yu's retreat.

, not only solved the siege of Fancheng, but also tore apart the Sun-Liu alliance, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

In sharp contrast, his position is that at the highest level, he is just a prince among the pockmarked ones (regarded as the prince's staff).

Sima Yi really began to enter the core of Cao Wei's decision-making circles after Cao Cao died and Cao Bu succeeded to the throne.

Because Cao Cao originally regarded him as the second echelon and kept him for his son. This is also the reason why Cao Cao used Sima Yi but did not reuse him when he was still alive.

In this way, the grace to defeat Sima Yi was given by Cao Pi. This can ensure that Sima Yi is a capable minister loyal to Cao Pi, rather than a powerful minister who can't be defeated.

From Sima Yi's point of view, even though he was not worthy of his talents, he was still loyal to his duties and made many clever plans. In the final analysis, he had already seen through this pattern one by one, which determined the outcome, and his vision determined success or failure.

Cao Pi succeeded to the throne as Queen of Wei, and Sima Yi was subsequently promoted to Prime Minister Chang Shi.

In the second year, Cao Pi succeeded the Han Dynasty and became the emperor himself, forcing Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to abdicate and became the emperor himself. Si Feng Yi was also promoted to Shangshu Youpuse.

Cao Pi personally went south to attack Soochow twice, and Sima Yi was the one who stayed behind in Xuchang.

It can be seen that the Cao family attaches great importance to Sima Yi's talents. In the late Eastern Han Dynasty, social resources were completely monopolized by powerful families, so it was very easy for the children of the gentry to seek an official position to show their appearance as long as they were willing.

But to enter the inner circle of power, in that era when people were either destroyed or destroyed, it was impossible to rely solely on family status and alignment.

In the final analysis, ability still determines everything.

Because of Sima Yi's extraordinary abilities, Cao Cao and Cao Pi were always uneasy about Sima Yi, using them openly and secretly to guard against him.

Although Sima Yi was promoted to the right servant to shoot, he was never allowed to command troops.

That's why we have the embarrassing situation of the monarch leading the troops in the front line and the ministers looking after the family in the rear.

Moreover, when Sima Yi stayed in Xuchang, the armed forces he could mobilize were only 5,000 in total.

In other words, Cao Pi would rather have an empty rear than guard against Sima Yi first.

Because Ma Yi was so capable, such a person was indispensable in troubled times, so the Cao family had to use him.

Cao Pi gave Sima Yi a high position but did not entrust him with military power. Sima Yi was naturally very clear about his king's thoughts, so he always maintained a dutiful but extremely low-key state without any complaints.

Although he was recommended by Xun Yu, he did not have many contacts with the Yingchuan gentry, and it was far from being a party.

In addition, the core of the so-called network lies in the exchange of interests, not in emotional friendship.

The interpersonal relationship between smart people lies in each other knowing what the other person has and needs, not in frequent walking, eating and drinking.

In Sima Yi's case, on the one hand, he was loyal to the Cao family, and on the other hand, he always safeguarded the interests of the clan group in domestic affairs. This was enough for the Yingchuan clan group, and there was no need to meet again.

Then, the "short-lived" problem of the Cao family began to make the subsequent historical direction become weird.

Cao Cao was okay, he lived to be 65 years old, which was basically considered a pass, but Cao Pi died at the age of 39.

Sima Yi was 8 years older than Cao Pi and was 47 years old at the time, which was in his prime. However, Cao Rui, Cao's son, was only 22 years old when he succeeded to the throne. He could not be said to be young, but he was definitely not experienced.

What's even more terrible is that as soon as Cao Rui succeeded to the throne, Sun Quan of the Eastern Wu Dynasty marched north to attack Xiangyang and Jiangxia.

So Sima Yi took advantage of the situation and gained the power to command the army. He led his army to repel the two Wu armies, killed the Wu army general Zhang Ba, and was promoted to General of Hussars.

Later, Sima Yi led his army to kill the rebellious Meng Da and pacified Liaodong Gongsun Yuan.

The execution of Meng Da here was done first and then executed. It was also the first time since Sima Yi became an official that he acted seemingly out of bounds, but in the end it was entirely out of public interest, so Cao couldn't find anything wrong with him.

Of course, the most important thing is that Zhuge Liang went out to Qishan Northern Expedition five times. In the fourth and fifth times, the Wei army was led by Sima Yi. In the end, it not only resisted the Shu army's attack, but also killed Zhuge Liang in Wuzhangyuan.

Continuous use of troops not only brought Sima Yi merit and prestige, but also established a close relationship between him and the army.

You know, originally the army was completely in the hands of the Cao family, but now, Sima Yi has already got his hands on the last piece of Cao Wei's power territory.

It stands to reason that if the leader is weak but the minister is strong, and the strong minister still has military power, what should happen to him? In the end, nothing happened. Sima Yi still kept a low profile.

Second line.

In fact, the reason behind this is very simple. The Cao family's ability to take charge of the Central Plains and even abolish the Han Dynasty and become independent depends on the support of the gentry, especially the Yingchuan gentry group.

This point has not changed qualitatively as of Cao Rui.

Sima Yi was able to be reused, even touching the military power that Cao Cao and Cao Pi had not allowed him to touch before. In the early stage, it was because of his ability, and in the later stage, he also had the support of the gentry group. There has been no fundamental change in this point.

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The two basic levels have not changed, so why should he bother?

People always talk about the so-called "window period" campaign, or a game, and this is correct; if it is about running a country, doing business, or making life choices, you need to think about it carefully.

The so-called opportunity is equivalent to a key, and the environment or general trend determines whether you are in front of a door or a wall.

From ancient times to the present, when countless people face the illusion of the so-called "window period", they only see the key in their eyes, forgetting that they are still facing a wall, and they end up with a bloody head.

Let’s not talk about it remotely, just say that Liu Bei, who was in the same era as Sima Yi, was confused by the so-called window period when he won Hanzhong and lost Jingzhou.

What he saw was that Cao Wei's strength was temporarily shrinking, Soochow's military momentum was temporarily at a disadvantage, and the family assets he and Zhuge Liang had accumulated for many years were actually at a temporary advantage.

So Liu Bei tried to take advantage of this opportunity to pick up the weak persimmons, and in the name of revenge against Guan Yu, he first destroyed the weaker Soochow and then attacked Cao Wei.

At the worst, you can still get the result of confronting Cao Wei from the north to the south and dividing the world into two.

But what Liu Bei didn't see was that the fundamentals of Cao Wei's strong son and Liu's weak had not changed, nor had the major logistical difficulties of the Shu Han Dynasty changed.

Under such circumstances, going east to attack Wu State is actually equivalent to using a short gap to pass between two speeding trains.

If you have become a trapped beast, if you don't gamble, you will die. There is nothing wrong with that.

But if not, then it is extremely dangerous to do so, and any accidental factors may make you catastrophic.

As a result, the 800-mile company camp was burned down, and Liu Bei died of illness in Baidi City.

Compared to Liu Bei, Sima Yi is much smarter.

His greatest intelligence is that he is only smart in the general direction. Except for the subtleties, he is clumsy, rigid, and unintelligent.

Politically speaking, turning a blind eye to the so-called window period is the so-called smart "unsmart".

In foreign wars, he fought against Zhuge Liang twice. He only looked at the logistical supply difficulties of the Shu army and the fact that Wei's national power was stronger than that of the Shu and Han. He ignored the details of battles of wits and battle formations. In the end, he relied on the word "drag".

Zhuge Liang, who was two years younger than himself, was consumed alive.

At the same time, the "curse" of the Cao family's "short life" continues.

Cao Pi was 39 years old when he died, and Cao Rui simply lived to be 36 years old.

Cao Fang, the heir left by Cao Rui, was only 8 years old when he came to the throne. Moreover, this child was not a biological child, but an adopted child. Even the legality was questionable. From a management perspective, frequent changes in top leaders are often a taboo for consolidating power.

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Two generations of short-lived emperors left behind only one heir who was young and whose legitimacy was questionable. This naturally made other members of the Cao family covet the throne.

As a result, the power struggle within the Cao family became increasingly fierce.

The orphaned mother of the young emperor, the one she could rely on most at this time was the foreign minister who used to protect her day and night.

At the same time, the conflict between the Cao Group and the Yingchuan noble group began to become increasingly fierce, and the cooperative relationship between the two parties collapsed in Cao Fang's generation.

Under this situation, Sima Yi stayed dormant for more than nine years. After determining that the situation had changed and was irreversible, he suddenly launched a coup.

Sima Yi was already 71 years old that year. Counting from the time he entered the officialdom at the age of 22, Sima Yi had endured for nearly half a century.

But when the opportunity does come, he behaves extremely harshly, ruthlessly, even cruelly.

Cao Shuang, Cao Zhen and other core members of the Cao family, as well as their retainers, family members, members of the core faction, as well as King Cao Biao of Chu, and Wang Ling, who betrayed Sima Yi, were all executed.

After half a century of dormancy, Sima Yi understood better than anyone the meaning of not leaving any future troubles.

From a technical point of view, Sima's coming from behind is indeed a classic case that cannot be repeated.

In the initial stage, avoid taking risks as much as possible and always keep yourself in the mainstream to survive.

After that, within the existing system, he will perform all his duties and at the same time use his own talents and strength to ensure his irreplaceable position.

In addition, at any time, we can clearly know that until the general environment is completely changed, the original system's strong and weak primary and secondary pattern will be difficult to shake.

The king of the original system, no matter how stupid or weak he looks, it is very difficult to reverse the overall situation.

The only thing you can do is to get the best position for yourself within the existing system.

Beyond that, the only thing left to do is leave it to time.

If Cao Pi and Cao Rui can live long enough, and if the Cao family chooses to give in and reach a settlement with the gentry group, how should Sima Yi deal with himself?

The answer is no solution. In fact, there are many unsolvable situations in this world.

Fortunately or unfortunately, Sima Yi finally waited for the day when he had a solution.

Then, Wang Sheng, can he wait for this day?

Sima Yi had been dormant for half a century, and Wang Sheng definitely didn't have that much time.

Fortunately...

The Western Jin Dynasty was not Cao Wei, Sima Yu was not Cao Pi, and he was not Sima Yi.

The most important thing is...

Cao Wei set a bad precedent for the Han Dynasty, but at least Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty lived well.

But your Sima family usurped the throne and killed other emperors.

Legitimacy is what the Sima family lacks most.

It is precisely because of this that it is now much easier for Wang Sheng to imitate Sima Yi.

But no matter how low...

Planning the land of thirteen states in the world is like dancing on the tip of a knife.
Chapter completed!