In 265, Sima Yan forced the Wei Yuan emperor Cao Yi to give him the throne, and then formally ascended the throne as emperor and destroyed Wei Lijin. However, after he ascended to the throne, he did not exterminate him, but treated Cao Huan kindly, and made Cao Huan the King of ChenLiu, eating ten thousand households, using the Tianzi Banner, preparing a five-hour deputy car, performing Wei Guo Zhengshuo, writing not to be a subject, and being treated as an edict and not worshipping.
But the feng shui took turns, and in 420 AD, Liu Yu usurped the power of the Sima family and established the Liu Song Dynasty, so how did he treat the Sima family?
It should be known that the Eastern Jin Dynasty belonged to the world of the clans, but he was born ordinary, but with his excellent military ability and excellent political vision, he counterattacked from a small soldier to become an emperor with power and opposition.
The reason why he was able to counterattack successfully was mainly because Emperor An of Jin was relatively stupid and not good at talking, according to historical records, she could not even distinguish between winter and summer, so after he succeeded to the throne, the authority of the Eastern Jin Emperor dropped greatly, and many generals outside the dynasty actually stood on their own feet and were not subject to the king's orders, and the power of the court also fell into the hands of the ministers, resulting in frequent internal strife and the decline of the country.
But this just allowed him to seize the opportunity, and it just so happened that he had a great talent for governing the country.
Not only did he have military talent, but he was also good at grasping the hearts and minds of the people politically, so there were many people who supported him.
With outstanding military merit, after pacifying Huan Xuan, he was crowned king of Song, and his position in the imperial court was almost one person below ten thousand people.
Naturally, he refused to let a foolish monarch drink, so he secretly sent someone to murder this foolish monarch. He thought he would take the opportunity to usurp the throne, but surprisingly, he did not, and instead pushed Sima Dewen, the brother of the foolish monarch, onto the dragon chair.
Why? How could he pass up such a great opportunity? Didn't he have the desire to be emperor? Of course, he had, and his desire was very strong, but at that time, there was a saying that there was a second emperor after Emperor Xiaowu of Jin, and he could only harden his scalp and embrace Sima Dewen.
The two emperors in this rumor appeared, and he, who was eager to claim the title of emperor, quickly drew up the edict of the Zen throne and asked Sima Dewen to copy it to the edict himself, so that the notes would not be suspicious.
But this monarch was not as stupid as his brother, and he was even a puppet emperor without real power, so he actively cooperated with Liu and told him that he was willing to take the throne.
In this way, he successfully ascended to the imperial throne of his dreams, and he also emulated Sima Yan, crowned Sima Dewen as king, and let him settle in the fiefdom, and also enjoyed the courtesy.
Did Sima Dewen spend the rest of his life as smoothly as Cao Wan?
The answer is no. Liu quickly sent an army to garrison his fiefdom before he reached it, because he was afraid of his rebellion, so he had to keep an eye on him.
After Sima Dewen settled down in the fiefdom, he did not have a very good life, and his wife and brother often monitored him in the name of visiting, and even the son he gave birth to was killed by Liu Yu.
Later, he even wanted to get rid of Sima Dewen, but he had already taken precautions, and every meal was personally delivered by his wife, never through the hands of others, so Liu Yu did not succeed in getting rid of him. However, he was later killed by his relatives.
Liu then also ordered the killing of the Guangsima clan. The Sima family suddenly turned into a bloody hell.
The reason why he could not tolerate the Sima family so much was mainly because he was 57 years old when he was called emperor, and in ancient times, 57 years old was not far from death, and his son was only 14 years old, even if he inherited the throne, it was difficult to take on a big responsibility, and at this time, his physical condition was not good, so in order not to let the hard-fought Jiangshan return to the hands of the Sima clan, he accelerated the cutting of the Sima clan.