History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
What is the darkest dynasty in Chinese history? Many people may think of the Qing Dynasty for the first time, "closed to the country", tragic colonization, loss of power and humiliation of the country, etc. have become the label of the Qing Dynasty; but think about it in turn, the Qing Dynasty at least produced a superficial prosperity of the "Kangqian prosperous era", and there are also the most diligent emperors in Chinese history - Yongzheng, which is relatively speaking, it is also quite laborious.
Map of the Eastern Jin Dynasty
The darkest dynasty in Chinese history– the Two Jin Dynasties
And today's feudal dynasty, the degree of fainting is even worse than that of the Qing Dynasty, foreign invasions, civil strife, shrinking national strength, and a sharp decline in population, this is the Jin Dynasty, the darkest dynasty in Chinese history.
In the 369-year period from the fall of the Western Han Dynasty in 220 AD to the destruction of Southern Chen by Emperor Wen of Sui in 589 AD to unify China, the land of China was full of storms and wars, and the history was called "Wei and Jin Southern and Northern Dynasties".
First, there were three kingdoms at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then there was the former Qin and Eastern Jin Dynasty that ruled the river. More than 30 dynasties were born during the entire Wei and Jin dynasties, and only the Western Jin Dynasty briefly achieved national unification.
Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin
The Jin Dynasty was divided into the Western Jin Dynasty and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty was briefly unified, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was in a quiet corner. In a period of 155 years, a total of 15 emperors appeared, and among these 15 monarchs, there was not a single powerful and courageous Ming emperor.
Some people joked: "The Three Kingdoms era was too dazzling, resulting in the nearly 300-year history of the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and there were no outstanding figures at the political and military levels." ”
"Rebellion of the Eight Kings" and "Five Hu Chaohua"
It is true that the Wei and Jin Dynasties did not have a male lord, and the only capable emperor Sima Yan of the Jin Dynasty began to become arrogant and lavish after the unification of China.
"Five Nonsense"
Sima Yan distributed a large area of land to the sons of the royal family, which led to the later "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", and the sons of the royal family fought for the throne, making the war poison the Central Plains for 16 years.
In addition to the founding emperors, the emperors of the Jin Dynasty can be described as a generation worse than a generation, first there was the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", and then there was the "Five Hu Chaos". Emperor Hui of Jin, Emperor Huai of Jin, Emperor Huan of Jin, and so on, were all cowardly and incompetent generalists.
One of the most ridiculous is the Jin Hui Emperor. At that time, wars and plagues were rampant, and the common people were hungry and fed on tree bark and grass roots, but emperor Hui of Jin said after he knew: "Since the people can't eat, why not let them eat porridge to fill their hunger?" "The degree of fainting is evident.
Emperor Hui of Jin: "Why don't you eat minced meat?" ”
Right: "In the official land for the official, in the private land for the private." And the world was in chaos, and the people were starving to death, the emperor said, "Why don't you eat meat?" "Its deception is also like this. - Book of Jin, Chronicle of Emperor Hui
The root cause of the 300-year turmoil of the Wei and Jin dynasties - the jin dynasty royal family
The "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" directly led to the disintegration of the Central Plains regime, the five major ethnic minorities in the northern steppe: xiongnu, Xianbei, Qiang, Qiang, and Yu people went south, and the Western Jin royal family began to go south with a large number of Han Chinese, known in history as "Yiguan Nandu".
From the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to the end of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the Yellow River Valley became a battlefield that spread for hundreds of years, while the Eastern Jin Dynasty royal family was a corner of peace, and it was secretly alive.
During the Eastern Jin Dynasty, although there were many famous generals of the Northern Expedition such as Zu Di and great victories such as the "Battle of Shuishui", the Han regime always had difficulty crossing the Yangtze River and became the darkest period in Chinese history.
In contrast, of the 11 emperors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, two were captured by the enemy army, and 4 became short-lived emperors, the youngest of whom was only 18 years old. Each of these 15 emperors was more incompetent than the other, and there were even several stupid emperors.
Throughout the history of the rise and fall of the Jin Dynasty, except for Sima Yan, the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, there was not a single capable one, let alone a heroic lord with great talent.
Emperor Huai of Jin
If the country is compared to a person, then the emperor is the brain of the country. The brain of the Jin Dynasty either failed or it was a paste, so what else is there to talk about governing the country and keeping the outside and the inside?