Although it is hypothetical, it is not impossible to analyze.
Look at people first, look at virtue first. Zhuge Liang can completely crush Sima Yi from the "moral" aspect, so there should be no suspense. Let's see, Liu Bei entrusted the country to Zhuge Liang when Yong 'an was seriously ill. According to "The History of the Three Kingdoms Volume 35 Shu Zhi Zhuge Liang Biography": "You are only ten times as talented as Cao Pi, you will be able to secure the world and eventually achieve great things. If the heir can supplement it, supplement it; If you are incompetent, you can take it yourself. " If my son Liu Chan is a piece of material, please help him; If he really grinds people, you are the master of this country. "Zhuge Liang worked hard on him for this, and then tried his best to kill himself. After death, there was no money left at home, only 800 mulberry trees and 15 hectares of land were left for future generations.
Look at Sima Yi again. He is also a trustworthy official of the State of Wei. Later, the authorities tried their best to pretend to be ill and show weakness, but suddenly launched the Gaopingling incident, monopolizing power and raising the Wei room. Although he did not ascend to the throne, he basically laid a good foundation for future generations to usurp Wei. For example, Huang Daozhou, a scholar in the Ming Dynasty and a famous anti-Qing minister, said: "After the Jin Dynasty, the emperors stayed." According to the Book of Jin, Cao Cao once reminded Cao Pi: "Sima Yi, as an inhuman minister, must foresee your family affairs." This person will definitely commit the following offensive acts in the future. Unfortunately, since Cao Cao saw through Sima Yi's nature, why didn't he kill him?
In the face of the emperor's throne, one is aboveboard and gives nothing; The other is to obey the rules and steal with all your strength. From this perspective, this is the first aspect that Zhuge can crush Sima.
Second, look at talent. Talent is difficult to judge, and the two are different in a country, but we can observe them from the trajectory of their rise. Today, we try our best to analyze as follows:
Zhuge Liang was found by Liu Bei in the twelfth year of Jian 'an, that is, in 207 AD. After he came out of the mountain, he was relied on as a strategist, and everything started from the military middle school. Zhuge Liang, who just turned 26, was famous for his outstanding talents when he was young.
Sima Yi is two years older than Zhu Geliang. Although smart and knowledgeable since childhood, it was not until the thirteenth year of Jian 'an (2008) that he was appointed as a literary critic by Cao Cao at the age of 29. This low-ranking official is mainly responsible for managing the school and teaching his disciples, and is also responsible for the educational etiquette in the county, mixing with people like the main book, the governor and the five senses.
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Zhuge Liang soon became popular. In 208, when I first met Sun Quan and promoted the alliance, Chibi defeated Cao. Later, he gave Liu Bei a plan to pacify the four counties in Jingnan and was appointed as a "military commander." This position was specially set up by Liu Bei for Zhuge Liang, who was in charge of military and political affairs and had great power. It can be called under one person and above ten thousand people.
Subsequently, Liu Bei's influence expanded rapidly, accepted Zhuge Liang's suggestion and entered Yizhou in 2 1 1 year. In 2 14, Zhuge Liang led an army to conquer Badong and joined forces with Liu Bei in Chengdu. Liu Zhang was forced to leave the city and surrender. Zhuge Liang was later appointed as the chief strategist and served in the left general's office.
The "general strategist" is also the original creation of Liu Bei, which is certainly different from the miscellaneous name "general strategist" in Cao Liupin, because he also "manages the affairs of General Zuo". "General Zuo" is a title officially appointed by Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty to Liu Bei, which is equivalent to "Commander of the Major Military Region" and ranks higher than the four generals. According to the imperial court system, affairs can be managed. Liu Bei also handed over the daily affairs of the "Left General's Office" to Zhuge Liang, showing his high trust.
During this period, Sima Yi remained dormant until Cao Cao conquered Zhang Lu in 2 15. Sima Yi, 36, went out with the army. He should be a staff officer or something. In short, he can talk to Cao Cao. After Zhang Lu was pacified, Sima Yi once offered a plan to Cao Cao, saying that Liu Bei would be beaten in Yizhou, but Cao Cao did not listen.
From 2 17 to 2 19, Cao Cao and Liu Bei confronted each other in Hanzhong, with Zhuge Liang as the general manager and well-coordinated, and Liu Bei won a great victory in Hanzhong, so he was called the king of Hanzhong.
In 2 19, Sima Yi was also promoted and became the illegitimate child of the prince. He was ordered to assist the prince of Wei, Cao Pi, who was a thick leg. This "illegitimate son of the prince" is just a squire, "five people, rank 600 stone", and as many as five people hold this position at the same time, while Mr. Scheeren, the prince, is in charge of the East Palace ban, correcting irregularities, admonishing attendants and typing documents. Although his rank is not high, fortunately, Xelloss trusted him so much that he even turned a deaf ear to Cao Cao's suggestion that he should guard against Sima Yi.
Since then, Sima Yi has been promoted to military Sima. This position was an official of the general in the Han dynasty, and his salary increased a lot. "Thousand Stones" is a watershed. Officials whose annual income exceeds 1000 stone even blend into the ranks of "Gao Qian", just like Prime Minister Changshi, Fu Changshi and Zhong Cheng.
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Although he stepped into the ranks of "Gao Qian", he was still a rookie compared with Zhuge Liang at this time. Cao Cao wrote a letter to Zhuge Liang during this period. If Zhuge Liang had defected to Cao Cao, Guo Jia, Yu Xun and Xun You would have died, Cheng Yu and Jia Xu were old, and Jiang Ji, like Sima Yi, had not yet left the mountain. It is very likely that Zhuge Liang is leaning on Cao Cao as his arm. And with Zhuge Liang's critical eyes, you can see the anti-bone behind Wei Yan's head, but you can't see the anti-bone of Sima Yi? It is not difficult to suppress him in the state of tooth eruption.
In 220, Cao Pi acceded to the throne as Wei, and Sima Yi was appointed as the Hou of Hejin Pavilion, and was transferred to the post of Prime Minister's long history to assist the Prime Minister in managing documents. This is a flat transfer, because the salary has not risen, and the rank is still a thousand stones. Although it is the lowest title, it is not easy to be promoted to the title. Cao Wei ranks above nine, including Wang, Gong, Hou, Bo, Zi, Gong, County Hou, Township Hou and He.
This year 1 1 month, Cao Pi "Zen" Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, ascended the throne and became Wei Wendi. Sima Yi was immediately appointed as Shangshu, and was soon transferred to the overseer and suggestion Zhong Cheng, and was appointed as the Hou of Anguo Township. This time, it is an official and a knight.
According to "Han Guan Yi": "Shangshu, two thousand stone events". The "inspector's suggestion" is an official of the army. Cao Cao once changed "Cheng in the Imperial Review" to "Gong Zheng" and was responsible for correcting officials' courtiers.
In 22 1 year, Sima yi was promoted to the position of assistant, and was the right servant of Shangshu. Shi Zhong was a title-adding official in Wei State, but his duties were different from those in Qin and Han Dynasties. Although he is still nearby, he doesn't do chores. He is a clear and important official, preparing consultants and handling them with the attendants on horseback. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, government affairs were returned to Shangshu, and Shangshuling became the first of all government decrees responsible to the monarch. Shangshu Servant Shooter is the deputy of Shangshujie. The left servant shot has the right to correct the officials, and his power is greater than that of the right servant shot. In the absence of the minister, the left and right servants are provincial masters.
This year, Liu Bei also quickly called an emperor, with the title of "Han", and Zhuge Liang was appointed as the prime minister to record history and have a holiday.
Wei is rich in talents and should be more difficult to climb than Shu, and Sima Yi finally squeezed into the power center. Three years later, he was ordered to guard Xuchang, changed his title to township head, transferred to the army, stayed in the festival, and added events to record history.
"Fujun", that is, Fujun General, is a general name specially set by Wei Wendi for Sima Yi. "Giving things to the people" in the Qin and Han Dynasties was to add officials to the ranks of governors and generals, to serve the emperor, to prepare counselors to deal with them, and to participate in politics. "Record history", "record" means to be the general manager of the history desk. Power is high and heavy. "False Festival" means "borrowing". The "fake festival" is Jeff, which is equivalent to "Fang Shangjian". The emperor lent Jie to a courtier who performed a temporary task to deter one side. People who hold festivals can kill officials below the intermediate level, and those who violate military orders can be beheaded. When the task of the courtiers was completed, the festival was taken back.
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Although Sima Yi has also become an important minister of Wei, his position is still inferior to that of Zhuge Liang, the prime minister of Shu. It was not until 226, when he led the army to repel Wu Jun and was appointed as the general of a title of generals in ancient times, that the military power was formally controlled.
An ancient general title, the salary is equivalent to that of a general, and the position is the same as that of Sangong. From the Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms, the bugle number flooded, but it was always the escort of carts and the highest four characteristics.
In 230, Cao Cao of Wei Mingdi decided to attack Shu, promoted Sima Yi to be a general, and added a viceroy and a fake Huang Yue. It was only when he became a general that he became the supreme military commander.
"Fake Huang Yue", Huang Yue, decorated with gold, was used by ancient emperors as a ceremonial ceremony for later generations. Lending Huang Yue to the minister means exercising the right of conquest on behalf of the emperor.
Power and prestige is enough, but the expedition was futile and was thrown back by a heavy rain.
After that, Zhuge Liang began to compete with Sima Yi who came to the front desk. 23 1 year, Zhuge Liang made the fourth northern expedition and surrounded Qishan. Sima Yi moved westward to Chang 'an, and overseers Zhang He, Fei Yao, Dai Ling and Guo Huai resisted the Shu army.
The Northern Expedition was a confrontation between Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi. According to Pei Songzhi's notes on the History of the Three Kingdoms in Hanshu Chunqiu, Zhuge Liang defeated Sima Yi, who dug a camp and stuck to it, and was ridiculed by Wei Jun generals as "fearing Shu like a tiger".
Everyone is familiar with the subsequent situation, so I won't go into details. One thing Sima Yi can crush Zhuge Liang is that he lived to be 73 years old, while Zhuge Liang only lived to be 54 years old.
Schleswig, the founding emperor of the post-Zhao Dynasty, commented as follows: "A gentleman's behavior is like the rise and fall, like the sun, the moon and Jiao Ran, but he can't bully orphans and widows like Cao Mengde and Sima Zhong Da, and be sycophantic to win the world."