On November 12, 265, Sima Yan forced Cao Huan to take the throne and became emperor of the Jin Dynasty.
At this time, Sima Yan probably did not expect that his descendants would have a much more tragic fate than those of the Cao family.
The last emperor of the State of Wei, Cao Wan, was enfeoffed as the King of Chen Liu after "Chan Rang", living in the palace of Yi County, and was not called a subject, and the flags, carriages, horses, sacrifices, etc. were still the same as the emperor, until 302, cao Yi died in chen Liu Fengguo, at the age of fifty-eight.
Sima Dewen, the last emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, ended extremely miserable.
Sima Dewen (司馬德文), also spelled Dewen, was Emperor Gong of Jin, the last emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Sima Dewen was the second son of Sima Yao, emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and the younger brother of Sima Dezong, the Emperor of Jin'an.
When Sima Dewen was young, he was impatient and cruel, he was initially crowned as the King of Lang Evil, and when he was in the Lang Evil Kingdom, his favorite game was to let people who were good at archery shoot horses, and he laughed at the side.
Later, someone said, "Your family is Sima Shi, ma is the national surname, and you yourself went to kill it, which is a very ominous thing!"
Although Sima Dewen was small, he also understood the meaning of these words and regretted it very much.
When he grew up, Sima Dewen became polite, intelligent and connotative.
After his father's death, the emperor was made by his brother Sima Dezong of Jin'an.
Sima Dezong was an idiot emperor who did not distinguish between cold and hot, and the government naturally fell into the hands of others, and the two brothers became pawns in the political game of the courtiers, at the mercy of others.
First there was the Rebellion led by Wang Gong of Yanzhou and Yuzhou Assassin Shi Yukai, then there was the rebellion of Sun En, and then Huan Xuan usurped the throne as emperor, Emperor An of Jin was demoted by Huan Xuan to the Title of Prince of Pinggu, and Sima Dewen was also demoted to the Duke of Shiyang County, and was expelled from Jiankang and lived in Xunyang.
Huan Xuan was later defeated by Liu Yu, and the two brothers were twice taken hostage by Huan Xuan and his men, and did not break away from the rebels until March 405.
However, the front door drives the wolf and the back door enters the tiger, Liu Yu is not a good stubble, and after the power is in his hands, he will usurp the throne.
Liu Yu deliberately claimed to be emperor, so he engaged in feudal superstitious activities, let people engage in Tu Chen, and calculated when he would be able to ascend to the throne, Tu Yu said: "There are two emperors after Changming (Emperor Xiaowu of Jin)."
That is to say, after the death of Emperor Sima Dezong of An, there was still an emperor, and then Liu Yu could ascend the throne.
When Sima Dezong died naturally, Liu Yu naturally couldn't wait, so he sent someone to strangle Emperor An of Jin alive and make Sima Dewen emperor.
That is to say, Sima De's civilization is the last emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his fate is well known to the world inside and outside the imperial court, and he himself knows it, do you say that such an emperor is miserable or not?
The Eastern Jin Dynasty was a declining country, and by the time Sima Dewen arrived, the country was no longer in shape.
Although Sima Dewen was a clever monarch, very connotative, and polite, he could even write a little poetry. Much stronger than his elder brother Sima Dezong.
Unfortunately, at that time, he and his brother Sima Dezong were just pawns of the chancellor.
The ministers were overjoyed and offered in the courtroom. If he is not happy, who will take him seriously.
His brother Sima Dezong was killed by the chancellor Liu Yu. Civil and military officials only sighed, who dared to say a word.
In this case, Sima Dewen was well aware of his fate. Although he was not like his brother, the sober life was even more difficult.
Sima Dewen was once a capable person, thinking that in those years, Liu Yu had disposed of his brother Emperor An of Jin to death, thanks to Sima Dewen's inseparability, even if he ate and went to the toilet, Sima Dewen had to accompany him.
Only later, because of the illness and the moment of returning home to recuperate, the brother had already been killed. For Liu Yu, Sima Dewen has a clear understanding.
At this time, no one could count on him, and the Sima family was already weak and powerless to fight against Liu Yu.
In the past, the Wang Xie clan also fell long ago, and posterity seems to have little political and military talent except for writing and painting.
Sima Dewen's greatest luxury at this moment is to save his life.
In short, at this time, the emperor had already become the deaf's ear, just a decoration. Although Sima Dewen was very wise, it was a pity that he was unable to return to heaven.
In June 419, Liu Yu saw that the time was ripe, ordered his henchmen to draw up a Zen edict and enter the palace to force Sima Dewen to copy it.
Sima Dewen not only did not resist, but also forced a smile and said to the left and right: "When Huan Xuan usurped the throne, the Jin Dynasty had already lost its country, and thanks to Liu Gong's army to seek peace, it was able to continue for nearly 20 years." Today's Zen position, I am willing, there is no resentment!"
After speaking, he copied the edict with a pen, and then left the palace with the concubine.
He was demoted by Liu Yu to the title of King of Lingling and moved to Moling (秣陵, in modern Jingmen), where he was overseen by the champion general Liu Zunkao.
Sima Dewen only wanted to save his life and live an ordinary life, but Liu Yu did not think so.
The empress's brothers Chu Xiuzhi and Chu Tanzhi had already turned politically.
Become a lackey of the new emperor and assist in spying on her brother-in-law and sister.
Empress Chu gave birth to a son, and Chu Xiu's brother obeyed Liu Yu's orders and killed the baby boy.
Sima Dewen was terrified day and night, and spent all day in the same room with Empress Chu, and all the food and drink were also handled by Empress Chu herself.
In September 420, Liu Yu was finally ready to strike.
Liu Yu ordered the chancellor Zhang Wei to take a bottle of poisoned wine and go to Moling to kill Sima Dewen.
Zhang Wei was originally a Jin official, and he could not bear to murder the old lord, and it was difficult to explain when he went back, so he could not help but sigh: "If you want to poison and kill the monarch and let yourself live, it is better to die!"
After saying that, he drank the poisoned wine and committed suicide.
Liu Yu was furious when he heard the news, and Yu Ding sent Chu Tanzhi to visit Empress Chu under false pretenses, ordering his own soldiers to secretly follow behind.
Empress Chu heard that her brother was coming and went out to meet her. The soldier took the opportunity to enter Sima Dewen's room, put the poisoned wine in front of him, and forced him to drink it quickly.
Sima Dewen shook his head and refused, "The Buddha said: If a person commits suicide, he cannot be reincarnated again. "
When the soldier saw that he did not drink or argue with him, he took him to bed, covered his face with a quilt, strangled him with force, and went out.
After Sima Dewen was killed, he was only thirty-six years old, and his posthumous title was Emperor Gong.
In the nickname, Zun Xian jing let him know "Gong", but Sima Dewen was so respectful that he could not escape the bad luck of being killed.
What he did not expect was that later Liu Yu's son married his daughter and was also made empress.
Since then, the killing of the deposed emperor of the previous dynasty has become a common practice, and almost none of them are inevitable.
Decades later, Liu Yu's descendants also encountered the same fate, and the 10-year-old Song Shun Emperor Liu Zhun was forced to take the throne of Xiao Daocheng, and before he died, he desperately uttered the widely circulated words - may he be born in the next life, and never give birth to the imperial family again!
Jianghu Yue: I have written about the events of the past, and my eyes have been blurred with tears.