Since the Eastern Jin Dynasty was in the southeast and was not a unified dynasty, the sense of existence was very low, and not many people knew about this dynasty. The Eastern Jin Dynasty ruled the country for 103 years, with 11 emperors. Although the Eastern Jin Dynasty was unable to recover the Central Plains, a very good emperor emerged, who had both civilian and military skills, as well as the ability to conquer the Central Plains north and achieve true ZTE. However, this Ming Emperor had become the most regrettable emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. What's going on here? This person was Sima Shao, the second emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Speaking of Sima Shao, let's first talk about his father, Sima Rui. He was the most useless founding emperor in history. He was defeated and humiliated by the rebellious King Dunn. In the end, it was almost alive and dead. Sima Shao was sima rui's eldest son. He was born in 299 to lady Xun of the imperial court. The Xun clan came from the Yan and Dai regions of the then settlement area. In addition, Sima Shao's beard and hair were yellow, so the Xun family may have come from the Xianbei clan.
Sima Shao was very intelligent from an early age, loved by Sima Rui, coupled with the careful guidance of his teachers, so he showed extraordinary imperial temperament as an adult. According to historical records, Sima Zhao "had filial piety, had literary and martial talents, was a qinxian who loved guests, and was good at writing" He often talked about history with Wang Dao, Liang Yu, Huan Yi and others. In addition, Sima Shao was also good at martial arts, good at appeasing the soldiers, and was the heir to the throne with both civil and martial skills.
When Wang Dun fell into trouble, the imperial army was defeated. Sima Shao planned to lead the soldiers in a decisive battle, but Wen Yu stopped him. Thereafter, Wang Dun took control of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He believed that Sima Shao was "a god of martial arts and a great admiration for the government and the opposition", and planned to depose him on the grounds of filial piety. Officials led by Wen Zhao objected to this: "The hook is deep and far-reaching, and the cover is not measured by the shallow bureau." From the point of view of etiquette, it can be called filial piety. At the end of 322, after Sima Rui's death, Sima Shao succeeded to the throne.
At that time, Sima Shao's eyes were very chaotic, and the former king left a mess for him to clean up. Civil war and famine continue. The entire population of the country "has more than half of the death toll, there is serious fraud, and things are extremely difficult". At the same time, Sima Shao also faced a powerful enemy, he was Wang Dun, who sat in Wuchang but could remotely control the imperial court. Sima Shao was indeed very talented. On the one hand, he "used the weak to subdue the strong, and plotted to make a decision", adjusting the four states of the generals Jing and Xiang to weaken and control Wang Dun's power. Revitalize imperial power inward.
In June 324, Wang Dun again rebelled in the name of killing his subjects. Sima Shao showed the demeanor of the Ming army, and he personally led the army to conquer himself. During the confrontation between the two armies, Sima Shao actually rode out on horseback, circling outside Wang Dun's camp and then successfully escaping the pursuit. Under the mobilization of Sima Shao, the Eastern Jin army crushed the rebels, and "Wang Dun died of anger". After that, the Jin army launched a counter-offensive and quelled Wang Dun's rebellion.
Sima Shao was very clever, and he did not implicate the Wang clan of Langya because of Wang Dun's rebellion, but adopted a policy of "Wang Dunqun never asked anything". Because of Sima Shao's wisdom and divine martial arts, during his reign, the imperial power was restored, and "chaos was rectified, and the strong and weak branches were weak." Just when Sima Shao was trying to rule and prepare to show his grand plans, his life came to an end! In August of the leap year of 325, Sima Shao, who had reigned for more than three years, died of illness in Dongtang at the age of 27!
In his last will, Sima Shao felt great regret for not being able to recover the Central Plains, "Looking up to the ancestor Hongji, he could not overcome the final church structure, the great shame was not snowed, and the people were ruined, so there was a sense of indignation." Sima Shao was the most capable of the Eastern Jin emperors, but he died young and lost to the heavens. In this regard, Wang Fuzhi also felt very sorry, "Emperor Ming (referring to Sima Shao) did not die, and zhongyuan was restored!" Heavenly leave five Hu chaos in the summer, the number of qi is poor, the emperor is an early life!"