During the years of Emperor Hui of the Western Jin Dynasty, many people starved to death, and the officials had reported it according to the facts, and after Sima Zheng, the Emperor of Jin Hui, listened to the report, he could not help but ask the man in doubt: Since the people have no food to eat, why don't they eat meat porridge? The officials present laughed and were speechless. The victims can't even eat, where is the porridge? This is sima zheng, the second emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty!
Emperor Hui of Jin: Why not eat minced meat?
How did Stupidity become emperor so far?
Emperor Wu of Jin had many sons, and the eldest son died before he reached adulthood, and Sima Zheng, as the second son of The Concubine, had the opportunity to become a prince, and according to the official history, Sima Zheng was born stupid and did not have the ability to govern the country at all.
Sima Zheng was foolish, and Emperor Wu of Jin had also thought of deposing the crown prince and setting up a new reserve, but he could not resist the strong opposition of Empress Yang and his ministers, and Emperor Wu of Jin could not make up his mind. Although Sima Zheng was stupid, he was born with a son who was born intelligent, and this child was named Sima Song. Emperor Wu of Jin looked at his son and then at his grandson, and the thought of disillusionment in his mind was gradually dispelled.
After the destruction of the State of Wu, the external troubles were no longer enough to worry about, and the focus was on preventing internal turmoil, after all, Sima Shi had won the world on behalf of Cao Wei through internal turmoil. Therefore, Emperor Wu of Jin took great pains to first divide the kings and firmly control the military power in the hands of the Sima family, and at the same time to stabilize the political situation by constantly marrying the founding fathers who held real power.
In 272, the thirteen-year-old crown prince Sima Zheng married Jia Nanfeng, the daughter of jia chong, the founding father, as a concubine. It was a thorough political marriage, and marriage with powerful aristocratic ministers was a necessary means of consolidating imperial power and a royal practice throughout the dynasties. Originally, Emperor Wu of Jin's brother Sima You the Prince of Qi married Jia Chong's eldest daughter, and the two families were already bound by relatives, this time Jia Nanfeng was the crown princess, and the two families were considered to be close to each other and tied more tightly.
For this affair, Emperor Wu of Jin naturally had no reason to oppose it, and Empress Yang, who was The biological mother of Emperor Hui, tried her best to match, and with the blessing of the Jia family, the position of prince would only be stronger. It's just that Emperor Hui and King Qi have become brothers-in-law, which is a bit strange!
No one could have imagined that this marriage would lead to civil strife in the Western Jin Dynasty and accelerate the historical process of changing dynasties.
After the crown prince became a relative, Empress Yang fell ill. Poor parents in the world! In order to let her stupid son sit firmly on the throne, the seriously ill Empress Yang cried and begged Emperor Wu of Jin to marry her cousin Yang Zhi, and made Yang Zhi empress after her death. Emperor Wu of Jin first came to remember old feelings, and secondly, he coveted beauty, and after Yang Yan's death, Yang Zhi became an empress.
Jia Nanfeng
It is said that Jia Nanfeng is particularly ugly and has a very short temper. If Emperor Hui had chosen himself, he probably would not have chosen such a shrew as his wife. Jia Nanfeng, who was the princess concubine, did not know how to restrain himself, jealousy, he did not have children, he publicly beat the pregnant princely palace people, resulting in a miscarriage on the spot, for this reason, Emperor Wu of Jin wanted to depose the princess in anger.
Yang Zhi was entrusted by her cousin's will to take care of the crown prince, and the Jia family was a relationship that Yang Yan had for Sima Zheng before his death, so Yang Zhi spared no effort to save Jia Nanfeng in front of Emperor Wu of Jin on the one hand, and on the other hand, he rebuked Jia Nanfeng in person, hoping that she would relent. Jia Nanfeng escaped the disaster because of Yang Zhi's protection, but he also hated Yang Zhi because of his face-to-face reprimand.
Portrait of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin
Emperor Wu of Jin felt that his limit was not far away, and began to elect an auxiliary chancellor for the crown prince, and he chose Yang Jun, the father of Empress Yang Zhi. Emperor Wu of Jin believed that Yang Jun, as a relative of the emperor and a relative of the state, should be loyal to a high degree; in addition, Yang Jun's ability was average, and even if he had different intentions, he could not stir up big storms. The layout was decided, and Emperor Wu of Jin drove west with peace of mind on April 20, 290, the first year of Taixi (290).
Emperor Wu of Jin died, the crown prince Sima Zheng took the throne, and according to the custom, the new emperor ascended the throne, pardoned the world, and changed the era name to Yongxi. Empress Dowager Yang Zhi was made empress dowager, and concubine Jia Nanfeng was made empress.
Jia Nanfeng, who became the empress, felt that the day of his head had finally arrived!
Jia Nanfeng wanted to get involved in the government but was repeatedly blocked by The Empress Dowager Yang Jun, who was an auxiliary chancellor, coupled with the previous misunderstanding of Yang Zhi, Jia Nanfeng was determined to get rid of the father and daughter of The Empress Dowager Yang Jun and the Empress Dowager Yang Zhi.
Yang Jun's ability was average, his mind was more general than his ability, and during the auxiliary government, he established his prestige by constantly attacking political enemies, monopolized the government, and finally arrogantly went directly to the Taiji Hall of Emperor Wu of Jin to approve official documents.
On the grounds that "Yang Jun dominates the government", Jia Nanfeng sent people to secretly contact Sima Liang, the prince of Sima Clan, and Sima Wei to lead troops back to the dynasty to fight Against Yang Jun, but Sima Liang, the king of Runan, did not respond, and Sima Wei, the king of Chu, directly led troops into the dynasty. In this massacre, Yang Jun's family was killed except for empress dowager Yang Zhi and Yang Zhi's mother. Empress Dowager Yang Zhi was soon imprisoned in Kim Yong City because she learned that her father was in trouble and asked someone to shoot a golden veil with the words "There is a reward for saving the taifu" with a bow and arrow.
Poor Yang Zhi, who had sheltered Jia Nanfeng, eventually became resentful of virtue and was starved to death in Kim Yong City.
The image of Yang Zhi in film and television dramas
How vicious is Jia Nanfeng?
In that catastrophe, Yang Zhi's mother survived because of Yang Zhi's status as empress dowager, and soon, Jia Nanfeng urged the chancellor to constantly persuade her to abolish the empress. At first, Emperor Hui disagreed, but he acquiesced without repeated persuasion. As a result, Yang Zhi was deposed, and Yang Zhi's mother was eventually killed because her daughter was no longer the empress. Yang Zhi had bitterly begged Jia Nanfeng, and even knelt down, cut off his hair, and called him a concubine, but in the end he did not return even a trace of pity for Jia Nanfeng.
Just after her mother was killed, Yang Zhi was cut off from food and starved to death in kim yong-sung's palace!
After removing The Empress Dowager Yang Jun and Empress Dowager Yang Zhi, but welcoming Sima Liang the Prince of Runan and Sima Wei the King of Chu, Jia Nanfeng still felt that there was an obstacle, and she first asked Emperor Hui to recruit Sima Liang, the King of Runan, as a Dazai, and together with Taibao' Oulu Shangshushi, assisted the government, and appointed Sima Wei as a Wei general. Later, taking advantage of the contradiction between Sima Liang and Sima Wei, Sima Wei was secretly ordered to lead troops to eliminate Sima Liang and Wei Wei, and on the pretext that "Sima Wei killed the auxiliary chancellor", he eliminated Sima Wei by the way.
Jia Nanfeng borrowed a knife to kill people
After a bloody storm, the humble woman Jia Nanfeng finally took control of the Western Jin Dynasty as she wished. Emperor Wu of Jin and Empress Yang painstakingly laid out the layout before they died, but it finally became such a fate, which cannot help but make people sigh!