In his lifetime, he went through eight emperors, served as a minister of gu orders to assist the imperial government, and was eventually exiled because he was framed by powerful ministers, and this person was Sima Xi, the minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty! Today's interesting history small editor to talk about his life experience, interested friends let's take a look at it!
Sima Xi, the fourth son of Sima Rui, the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, said at the beginning that he had gone through eight emperors in his life, so you must think that he lived a long life, right? In fact, Sima Xi lived for 66 years, which was indeed a high life expectancy in ancient times, and 66 years old experienced 8 emperors, which is also very exaggerated, the most important reason is that most of the emperors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had short lives, and there were several who died after two or three years of reign.
When the Eastern Jin Dynasty was founded, Sima Xi was only two years old, and at this time he was given the title of King of Wuling. Later, the third emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, fell seriously ill, and before his death, he ordered Sima Xi to serve as a minister of gu orders and assist the imperial government, and Sima Yue, the emperor of Jin Kang, successfully succeeded to the throne, when Sima Xi was only 26 years old.
Sima Yue ascended the throne in 342 and died in 344, reigning for only two years, during which time Sima Xi also served as secretary and supervisor, and received some heavy use. After Sima Yue's death, his two-year-old son Sima Nie ascended the throne, and Sima Nie reigned for 18 years, but during this period, almost all of them were regents of empress dowager Chu Garliczi. Sima Xi's official positions were promoted all the way, and he was promoted to the position of Grand General of the Zhen Army, Kaifu Yi Tongsan Division, and later promoted to Dazai (one of the high-ranking chongguan), which was called a heavy subject of the dynasty. After the deposed emperor Sima Yi of the Jin Dynasty succeeded to the throne, he also specially gave Sima Xi an honor guard, allowing him to go to the court without taking a step and declaring his name, but Sima Xi refused one by one.
Sima Xi was not full of literature and only liked to practice martial arts, so he was jealous and hated by Huan Wen. Huan Wen deposed the Jin emperor Sima Yi and replaced Sima Yu with the title of Emperor Wen of Jin. When Emperor Jianwen succeeded to the throne, he was more than 50 years old, and Huan Wen controlled the imperial government, and he was the first to want to get rid of Sima Yu's brother Sima Xi, so he wrote to frame Sima Xi for rebellion and asked Emperor Jianwen to put him to death. Huan Wen once again fiercely appealed to Sima Xi to kill him, and Emperor Jianwen repeatedly insisted that Sima Xi escape death and be exiled to Xin'an County, and finally died in Xin'an County at the age of sixty-six.
Although Sima Yu was emperor, he was often worried about being deposed, and he was also angry and sick, and he died after only eight months on the throne. However, during Sima Yu's reign, while racking his brains to deal with Huan Wen, he reused Wang Tanzhi, Xie An and others to confront Huan Wen, and these two finally saved the Jin Room.
Sima Xi went through eight emperors in his lifetime, and as the elder of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he was respected by his successors and was framed by his courtiers, but in the end he saved his life and died a good death.
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