Chapter 693

Therefore, after learning the news that Gu Yi might ascend the throne and proclaim himself Emperor at any time, the two of them would definitely feel very panicked.

To the extent of exploding the army!

Yes.

The army-exploding strategy of the two sides was completely within Gu Yi's expectation.

Just like a famous quote from later generations.

If the quality is not enough, then make up for it with quantity.

The human sea tactic is always standing firm.

If the human sea tactic did not work, it must be because the quantity is not enough yet.

In order to defeat Gu Yi, Cao Cao and Yuan Shao now only have this one path of exploding the army left.

After all, looking at the world.

Other various warlords, including those warlords in the south, have also long been wiped out by Gu Yi.

Yuan and Cao, the two, can now only snuggle together and huddle for warmth.

Besides huddling for warmth, they also have to improve their own strength.

Exploding the army is always the fastest path.

Little did they know.

This is exactly what Gu Yi wanted.

It is a pity that Sima Yi is still there feeling complacent, thinking how wise his strategy is.

But this... is actually just stepping into another trap set by Gu Yi.

However.

Standing from Sima Yi's perspective, actually the Sima family still earned it.

Here, it involves an eternal difficult problem.

Did the Sima family only have ambition after Cao Rui passed away, or did they have ambition for further progress from the very beginning?

How to say, the Sima family is also a first-class aristocratic family of the current era.

Although it cannot compare to top big families like the Runan Yuan family, Hongnong Yang family, and Yingchuan Xun family.

But the Sima family also has its own political energy.

Rather than studying when Sima Yi started wanting to usurp the imperial power of Cao Wei, it is better to study what the ultimate goal of the aristocratic family is.

To put it bluntly, even without the Sima family, there would be other aristocratic families standing out.

Just like after the Gaoping Tombs Incident.

Wang Ling of the Huainan Rebellion, Zhong Hui of the two scholars fighting.

These two people, the aristocratic families they came from are also the four top aristocratic families of the Cao Pi era!

Rather than saying Sima Yi had ambition, it is better to say that when he reached that position, not advancing is retreating.

Cao Rui is not a fool.

From beginning to end, he never gave up the struggle with the aristocratic families.

Until before he died, he still thought about not handing over power to the aristocratic families.

But it is a pity that the energy of the aristocratic families far exceeded his imagination.

Even the close ministers Sun Zi and Liu Fang around him had already unknowingly become people of the aristocratic families.

Before Cao Rui died, he actually had set up another will.

That imperial edict set up a total of five candidates for the orphan-entrusting ministers.

All of them were clan relatives of the Cao family and the Xia Hou family.

To put it bluntly, it was a person who did not want to leave any position to the aristocratic families.

But Sun Zi and Liu Fang, at this time, quickly stood out to obstruct.

Only one day later, this imperial edict was abolished.

A new imperial edict came out.

This time, only two positions for orphan-entrusting ministers remained.

Besides Cao Shuang, Sima Yi was added in.

Actually, if there were no such person as Sima Yi.

There would definitely be Wang Ling, Jiang Ji, and others as substitutes.

Anyway, when it reached that point, Sun Zi, Liu Fang, and that group of aristocratic families of Cao Wei did not want a bit of face.

Even, there is another saying.

Perhaps when Cao Rui was dying, he had already lost the ability to write.

The edict, including the final handprint, were all pressed down by Sun Zi and Liu Fang holding his hand.

And besides this, Sun Zi and Liu Fang thought that Cao Shuang was the most foolish and easiest to control.

Thus, Cao Shuang, who was a clan member, was fooled by Sun Zi and Liu Fang, and cooperated with them to control Cao Rui.

After all.

For Cao Shuang.

If all five orphan-entrusting ministers were people of the Cao family and Xia Hou family, then his title of orphan-entrusting minister seemed not so valuable.

One must know that compared to the other four clan members of the Cao family and Xia Hou family, Cao Shuang was completely a junior.

How could it be his turn to hold power?

But if following the plan of Sun Zi and Liu Fang, it would be completely different.

Only two positions for orphan-entrusting ministers.

Even if the other one was given to Sima Yi.

But Sima Yi had already passed sixty at that time, how many more years could he jump around?

Once Sima Yi stepped down, wouldn't this Great Wei be decided by him, Cao Shuang?

Therefore, under the blessing of various interests and being blinded by greed.

Cao Shuang finally colluded with Sun Zi and Liu Fang to do the rebellious thing of controlling Cao Rui!

Of course, this is just one of the speculations.

Although there are many historical materials pointing to this matter, it has not been verified after all.

However.

For the aristocratic families.

Especially first-class aristocratic families and top aristocratic families.

Once they reach that position, few people can maintain the integrity of a subject.

Further progress will be the choice of many people in the aristocratic families.

But... the biggest evil of the Sima family is not that they usurped the throne of Cao Wei.

It is that after they took the throne, they did not guard it well!

The Rebellion of the Eight Princes and the Uprising of the Five Barbarians, these two major evil deeds cannot be washed away at all.

Therefore, people of later generations joked.

The IQ of the Sima family was all given to Sima Yi, Sima Shi, and Sima Zhao.

The later emperors, starting from Sima Yan, directly presented a cliff-like decline.

Sima Yan is also not a good thing.

When he was still on the throne, the Rebellion of Tufa Shujineng broke out in Liangzhou, and almost the entire Liangzhou was lost.

And as for the likes of Sima Zhong later, that goes without saying.

Directly came the eternal joke of "Why not eat minced meat"!

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