In 325, Sima Shao,during his death, made his eldest son Sima Yan crown prince, and only a few months later, Sima Shao died, and Sima Yan, who was only five years old, succeeded to the throne as Emperor Cheng of Jin.
Emperor Jin Cheng was just five years old, and he couldn't even recognize all the words, let alone fold it. But it doesn't matter, there are also empress dowager Yu Wenjun and uncle Yu Liang. Yu Liang was a man, and Jin Shu's evaluation of him was more objective: wisdom is small and big, and he is ignorant of the far-reaching map of the state; he is highly knowledgeable and widowed, and que an guo is long.'
Overall, it's a little clever, but arrogant.
Because of Yu Liang's arrogance, when the Jin Cheng Emperor had just succeeded to the throne, a Su Jun rebellion broke out, and the initiator of Su Jun's rebellion was Yu Liang.
The rebellion of Su Jun originated from the rebellion of Wang Dun, and after Sima Rui went south, he did not trust the liumin marshals who came to "surrender", so he was not very close to them. However, when it came to the time of the Jin Ming Emperor, the Wang Dun Rebellion that endangered Kyoto broke out, and the Jin Ming Emperor did not have troops to resist Wang Dun, so he sent Su Jun and others to quell the rebellion.
Because Su Jun had merit in Wang Dun's rebellion, he was promoted to envoy and the Duke of Shaoling. Su Jun had a high prestige, manpower and weapons, and formed a very powerful military force. After a long time, Su Jun drifted away and actually began to take in the outlaws.
It was at this time that Yu Liang dealt with his political enemy Sima Zong, but Sima Zong's subordinate Bian Xian fled to Su Jun, who took him in. Yu Liang was not happy and wanted him to hand it over, but Su Jun refused. If you ask me to hand it over, I will hand it over, and I am not very faceless.
This behavior provoked Yu Liang, who was very unhappy and the consequences were very serious.
In 327, in order to solve Su Jun,Yu Liang recruited Su Jun to become an official. As soon as Yu Liang's idea was uttered, he was opposed by the chancellor, but Yu Liang insisted on recruiting Su Jun.
Of course, Su Jun knew what Yu Liang wanted to do, so he resolutely resigned. Yu Liang pressed harder and tighter, and Su Jun directly rebelled.
In the face of the menacing Su Jun's attack, Yu Liang escaped with several younger brothers. Su Jun soon invaded Jiankang, burning and looting, and did no evil. Yu Liang went to Xunyang and joined forces with Tao Kan and Wen Yu to defeat Su Jun and quell Su Jun's rebellion.
After Su Jun's rebellion subsided, one day Sima Yan asked his uncle Yu Liang, how come I can't see the former white-headed duke (Sima Zong's previous white hair) now? Yu Liang said: "Sima Zong plotted against him." Sima Yan was very sad to hear this, and cried and said, "My uncle said that whoever rebels will kill him, but some people say that my uncle is plotting rebellion, what should I do?" Yu Liang listened and was too frightened to speak.
Yu Liang had a younger brother named Yu Yi, who one day sent wine to Wang Yunzhi of Jiangzhou, who was afraid that the wine was poisonous, so he gave the wine to the dog to drink a little, and the dog died on the spot. Wang Yunzhi told Sima Yan about this, and Sima Yan was very angry when he heard about it:
The uncle has chaotic the world, and the brother-in-law wants to be evil?—— "Book of Jin"
Sima Yan was angry, he wanted to grow up quickly, so that he could point at his uncle's nose and scold; and now, he could only hide in the quilt and cry.
Through these two things, we can see that Sima Yan is really not a simple child, but he is a child after all, and he will live in the shadow of his uncle all his life.
In the sixth year of Xiankang (340), Yu Liang died, and at this time, the Jincheng Emperor seemed to be able to show his fists, but his life expectancy was also coming to an end.
When we look at Yu Liang, you can't say what kind of traitor he is, but if you want to say what kind of good person he is, you can't talk about it. He was self-conscious and ambitious, excluding dissidents and having little ability, and wanted to eliminate troubles for the imperial court but caused greater trouble.
And our Jincheng Emperor Sima Yan, throughout his life, only lived in the shadow of the powerful courtiers, you say, whose fault is this?