After Sima Shi replaced Cao Wei and established the Jin Dynasty, he carried out some innovative reforms, but it did not take long for them to begin to decline. Successive emperors coveted pleasure and achieved nothing at all. By the time of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the imperial family was even more decayed. Many emperors basically became empty shelves, and when Sima Yu reigned, the entire power basically fell into Huan Wen's hands.
Huan Wen controlled the overall situation of the imperial court, and after deposing Sima Yi, he helped Sima Yu to the throne. And Huan Wen's strength is well known, so Sima Yu was very afraid of him, although he sat on the throne, but every day he was cautious and cautious, even if Huan Wen was unhappy one day, he would abolish him. If this cowardly emperor was a coward, Huan Wen would be even more at ease with him, and easily put the government under control.
Not long after he ascended the throne, Sima Yu was depressed and depressed, and he was seriously ill. Sima Yu realized that he might not live much longer, and he thought about how to explain the aftermath, after all, the country could not be without a monarch for a day. At this time, Huan Wen was not in the capital, so he successively passed on several holy instructions to Huan Wen and asked him to return to the imperial government. But Huan Wen's military power was in his hands, and he didn't care about the emperor's affairs, so he ignored it. Then Sima Yu had no choice but to order Sima Yao to be crown prince, but he was only 11 years old, completely a small child, where can he handle any government affairs. Therefore, someone must assist him, and Huan Wen is undoubtedly an auxiliary minister.
And Sima Yu knew that he was weak, and his son was not much better, let alone only ten years old. He was afraid that Huan Wen would usurp his power and become emperor himself, then his son's fate would be miserable. Therefore, he wrote in his will: A young son can be supplemented by it, and if it is not possible, the king can take it. This sentence is obviously telling Huan Wen that it is really not possible, you can be the emperor yourself. To put it bluntly, this is also to please Huan Wen, and it is okay to be an emperor, but I hope not to hurt his son.
When he was about to send someone to proclaim his will, the Zhongshu at this time made Wang Tanzhi walk in and rush to the emperor to receive the edict. After reading it, he was very angry and directly tore it up at the emperor's face. Wang Tanzhi was so bold, but in fact loyal to the emperor, how could he not be angry when he saw such a cowardly edict? This is not equivalent to directly telling Huan Wen that you can usurp the throne as emperor in a bright and upright manner, and I Sima Yu acquiesced!
When Sima Yu saw this, he did not severely criticize Wang Tanzhi, and did not have any anger. On the contrary, I felt joy from the bottom of my heart: although the Eastern Jin Dynasty declined, there were still loyal subjects! But Sima Yu was also helpless, and now that he had come to this step, he was powerless to save it, crying and saying to Wang Tanzhi: "My Great Jin's Jiangshan is only obtained by good luck, what do you say you can do now?" ”
After Wang Tanzhi listened, he became even more angry: "This Jiangshan was created by Emperor Xuan's Sima Yi, so why can your Majesty transfer it to others?" ”
At this time, Sima Yu did not know what to say, and even a little ashamed, even his courtiers were so loyal to the imperial court, but he was afraid to die, and he really had no face to face Sima Shi's ancestors. Therefore, it was decided to redraft the edict, and the meaning and momentum were completely changed: the state affairs of the Great Sima (Huan Wen), such as the story of Zhuge Wuhou. One of Wang Tan's hearts was much more comfortable, and this was the style that an emperor should have! This means that Huan Wen you should be an auxiliary chancellor, but you must be as loyal as Zhuge Liang to assist Liu Chan, and you must not have other non-divisions.
Not long after, Sima Yu really died and drove the crane west. Sima Yao ascended the throne according to the contents of the will. And Huan Wenguo unexpectedly broke out, seeing that the emperor was only ten years old and completely unable to deal with the major affairs of the dynasty, he planned to change the dynasty and replace him, but in the end he did not achieve this small goal, and was destroyed by wang Tanzhi and other loyal jin courtiers, with this regret, he died of illness in 373 AD!