Sima Zhifengdu was the twenty-fifth son of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin, and the half-brother of Sima Zheng, Emperor Hui of Jin. When he was first born, Jiahe appeared in Nanchang County, Yuzhang County, and was crowned as the King of Yuzhang, and this former qi person said that "Yuzhang has the qi of heaven".
When Sima Chi was the King of Yuzhang, he was humble and obedient, and he took over the courtiers and lectured on books. Later, because of the rebellion of the Eight Kings, Sima Chi, who had no connection with the throne, was made the emperor's brother.= In the first year of Guangxi, Emperor Hui of Jin died and the new emperor Sima Chi ascended the throne, and he was very dissatisfied with Sima Yue, who wielded great power in the imperial government. Sima Yue also resented the new emperor Fu, but foreign enemies were still suppressing each other, and Sima Yue actually threw up his hands and left the capital Luoyang.
In the third year of Yongjia, Sima Yue returned to Luoyang with his troops in order to control the imperial government. He did two main things: first, to eliminate those ministers who did not listen; second, to set up some rules for Sima Chi. Sima Was too big-hearted, and he hated Sima Zhao, but he did not dare to replace him. The main reason was that Sima Yue's blood relationship was not the true root of Sima Yue, he was a distant branch, and at that time people believed that the successor to the throne must be the most authentic one.
Sima Yue wanted to rush to replace it, and there would be an uproar in the world, so he made up his mind, and manipulation did not replace, which put him in a dilemma, and the overall behavior was in anxiety. Sima Yue, the emperor of Jinhuai, wanted to be pro-government and had to get rid of Sima Yue, so he wanted to rely on the strength of outsiders. Sima Chi wanted to weaken Sima Yue by Gou And made him the military governor of the eastern states. After Sima Yue knew about it, he only let Gou Wei be the assassin of a state in Qingzhou. At the imperial court, Sima Chi and Gou Wei cooperated and openly confronted Sima Yue.
As the court battles intensified in the Western Jin Dynasty, Liu Yuan, the leader of the Xiongnu army besieging the capital Luoyang, fell ill and died, and was succeeded by Liu Cong, who had made a difference and commanded the army to attack Luoyang. At that time, Emperor Huai of Jin ordered the support of troops from all over the country, but there was no response from all places.
Under these circumstances, Sima Yue left Luoyang with 40,000 troops, saying that he was going to the east to eliminate the anti-Jin forces. Emperor Huai of Jin pleaded bitterly, but Sima Yue did not listen and insisted on leaving. In the first month of the fifth year of Yongjia, Emperor Huai of Jin secretly ordered Gou Xi to attack Sima Yue. In March, an edict was issued, and Sima Yue fell ill and died in the same month.
After Sima Yue's death, Luoyang became an isolated city, and the city was full of chaos. Emperor Huai of Jin put on plain clothes and ran with a dozen refugees. However, Liu Cong's army invaded Luoyang, and Emperor Huai of Jin was captured alive.
After Sima Zhao destroyed the Shu Han dynasty, he imprisoned the Shu Han emperor Liu Chan in Luoyang, leaving Ah Dou with the Zhigu joke of "Happy Not Thinking of Shu". However, the reincarnation of history handed over Sima Zhao's descendants to his opponents, and the Western Jin Emperor Sima Zhao's performance was even far inferior to that of Ah Dou.
Emperor Huai of Jin was brought to Pingyang by Liu Cong. At that time, Liu Cong had two thoughts in his heart, one was revenge, revenge for the family and the nation; second, he could not easily kill Sima Chi and let him suffer humiliation, this psychology was very dark. At that time, Liu Cong once said to Sima Chi, the emperor of Jinhuai, at a banquet: "When you were the king of Yuzhang, I once came to you, and you showed me the Lefu song you wrote, do you remember it?"
Emperor Huai of Jin said, "How dare I forget, but I hate that I didn't know your imperial appearance earlier." Liu Cong said, "Your family is fratricidal, why is it so powerful?" Emperor Huai of Jin said, "This is probably not a human affair, it is the meaning of heaven." The Great Han will be ordained by Providence, so they will drive each other away for His Majesty.
For the compatriots of the clan who have always competed for power and profit, and in the face of the enemy's opponents but they are slaves and concubines, Sima Zhao's brazenness can really be said to be difficult to find in ancient times. Later, Liu Cong asked Sima Chi to put on the green clothes of a slave and let him pour wine with a wine jug, mentally destroying him again. Sima Blazing was thick-skinned and poured wine one by one, and the other captured ministers cried when they saw the emperor like this. Liu Cong was very disgusted by this, so he killed all of Sima Zhao's subjects.