The life of King Dun, the mainstay of the Langya Clan
After the efforts of Wang Ji and other previous nine generations, the Langya Wang clan has become a famous and prestigious family at that time, especially after the efforts of wang ren, Wang Rong, Wang Xiang, and Wang Jie, the reputation and strength of the Wang clan at that time were quite wow. The generation of Wang Dun, Wang Dao, and Wang Rong, that is, the tenth generation from Wang Ji, brought the Langya Wang clan into the peak period. Our protagonist today is the leader of the tenth generation of the Wang clan - Wang Dun. Wang Dun can be described as "Wen Neng's pen to settle the world, and Wu Neng's ability to go to Ma Ding Qiankun"! His life can be described as a big ups and downs, the early stage of the establishment of the country and the state, the entry and exit of the generals into the late stage of the rebellion, the defeat of the soldiers and the death of the coffin and the corpse!
First, the young man has the ambition - marrying a princess as a donkey can be described as a spring breeze
In 266, Emperor Sima Yan of Jin forced the Wei Emperor Cao Yichan to make the emperor ascend the throne. In the same year, Zhishu Shi wang ji gave birth to a son, named Wang Dun, and Wang Dun began his magical life. Wang Dun is not only a second-generation official and an aristocrat, but also a considerable handsome man who is definitely "rich and handsome". Although people are born to live in places that are difficult for ordinary people to reach at the end of the road, Wang Dun did not become a ridiculous second generation official and rich second generation, did not "drag racing" and "find a lover" every day, people are very serious and hard to study, and their academic performance is quite excellent. At that time, Wang Dun was very good at evaluating characters, proficient in "Zuo Shi Chunqiu", and especially liked Qing Tan (Qing Tan was one of the main ideological cultures at that time, referring to a kind of atmosphere of advocating nothingness and empty talking about reason),
Wang Dun's calligraphy is also quite good, especially good at writing work books. He was appreciated by his brother Wang Rong.
Handsome people, rich and powerful and knowledgeable, such people are often the idols of thousands of young girls. Soon Wang Dun was favored by Sima Yan's favorite daughter, Princess Xiangcheng Sima Yiyi, and then Sima Yan married the most beloved Princess Xiangcheng to him, and when Princess Xiangcheng got married, Sima Yan gave her ten times more dowry than other princesses, countless money and hundreds of maids, which showed Sima Yan's favor for him, and when he became a donkey, he naturally wanted to be a lieutenant.
Second, enter the DPRK as an official - who ever wanted to go to jail for Zhongyi
On May 16, 290 AD, Sima Yan, the founding emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, died of illness at the age of 55, and the second emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Zheng, the second emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, took the throne, which was a famous foolish emperor in history. Famously, "Why not eat minced meat?" "Famous ancient and modern. At this time, Wang Dunyou served as the crown prince, and the crown prince at this time was Sima Song (Sima Zheng and Xie Jiu's son). In 299, a generation of demon queens, Jia Nanfeng, was caught up in the plot of Sima Lun (Sima Yi's younger son, Sima Shi, and Sima Zhao's youngest brother) and slandered Sima Zheng as wanting to depose the crown prince Sima Song. In the end, Sima Zheng could not stand Jia Nanfeng's ear wind and deposed the crown prince, Sima Suo's mother Xie Jiu and his wife Jiang Jun were both executed for treason, and Jia Nanfeng ordered that no subordinate officials of the Eastern Palace should be allowed to send Sima Suo off. Wang Dun felt that it was very immoral for him, as the prince of the Eastern Palace, not to send the prince off, not to mention that Sima Suo was usually good to him, so he consulted with his friends (other subordinate officials of the Eastern Palace, Jiang Tong, Pan Tao, and others). Everyone agreed with each other and decided that even if they died, they would go to the duty of a courtier. On the day sima song was expelled from the Eastern Palace, Wang Dun and others knelt on both sides of the road to send him off. When he saw Sima Song passing by, Wang Dun wept in tears, and the crying was called a sadness. At that time, people saw this situation and praised Wang Dun's behavior, and his deeds were frantically forwarded by the scholars at that time. However, this move angered Jia Nanfeng, and Wang Dun was immediately arrested and imprisoned. Later, Wang Dun was rescued by Yin Sunyan in Henan province and was only released, and soon after Wang Dun was reappointed as a waiter at the Yellow Gate.
In 301 AD, Sima Lun felt that he was Sima Zheng's grandfather according to his generation, Sima Zheng was his grandson, Sima Zheng was still a complete fool, and it should be his turn to be the home of the Jin Dynasty. Therefore, he usurped the throne and became emperor and made Sima Zheng the Emperor Taishang (don't be surprised by the officials, in order to become the Ninth Five-Year Emperor, some people can do anything). In order to stabilize his throne, Sima Lun sent Wang Dun to comfort Wang Yan (Wang Dun's fifth uncle and Wang Lan's fifth son) who was holding heavy troops at that time, and Wang Dun was dissatisfied with Sima Lun's usurpation of the throne, and just took this opportunity to sneak to his uncle's territory. Wang Dun had just arrived in Yanzhou and was not yet hot, and Sima Ran, the King of Qi (the son of Sima You, the second son of Sima Yan of the JinWu Emperor, and Sima Zheng's nephew), raised an army against Sima Lun. Sima Ran thought to himself, "Why did your old boy become emperor, just because you were old and old, my grandfather originally wanted to pass the throne to my father Sima You, and this throne was originally our family." Therefore, Sima Ran spread the word that "Sima Lun was a traitor and usurped the throne, and everyone in the world was condemned." At this time, although Wang Yan had a heavy army, he was afraid that Sima Lun's troops were strong and did not dare to respond to Sima Ran's call. At this time, Wang Dun said to him: "Uncle, Sima Lun is a usurper of the throne and established himself, the world strikes together, he is certainly not tolerated by the world, and the uncle will certainly be able to make an immortal contribution when he raises an army at this time." Wang Yan felt that Wang Dun's words were reasonable and responded to Sima Ran's crusade, and in April of the same year Sima Lun was defeated and killed. Soon after, Sima Zheng was restored after being humiliated. Wang Dun was also promoted to The Rank of Commander of the Scattered Horse, the Great General of the Left Guard, the Great Hongqi, and the Servant for his meritorious service.
Third, the release will be - meet the confidant to prepare for the future
In 307, sima zheng, the then 48-year-old emperor of Jin, died, and his brother Sima Zhao was proclaimed emperor, known as Emperor Huai of Jin. Wang Dun was arranged by his brother Wang Yan (王延), who was then the third duke and held the position of Sikong in the dynasty), and was allowed to serve as the general of Guangwu and the Assassin of Qingzhou, at this time Wang Dun could be described as a feudal governor of the Eight Classics of Zheng'er, and he dominated the side. During this period of time, the internal officials of the Jin Dynasty were corrupt, and within the Sima clan, there was a "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" that lasted for 16 years, which led to great chaos in the world. Wang Dun thought that there was a great deal at this time, so he immediately married all the maids of the Princess Xiangcheng to the generals in the army, which solved many problems of military marriage difficulties and scattered his family wealth to leave Qingzhou alone and return to the capital Luoyang. In 309, the powerful Sima Yue the Prince of Donghai (the grandson of Sima Yi's fourth brother Sima Kui) appointed Wang Dun as the Assassin of Yangzhou despite the strong opposition of his aide Pan Tao, but at this time Sima Rui the Prince of Langya (the grandson of Sima Yi's third son Sima Ling) was guarding Jianye (present-day Nanjing, Jiangsu) as a general of Andong. Wang Dun's cousin Wang Dao (this was a cattle man, the son of Wang Jie) was Sima Anton. It was these three people who pushed the Langya Wang Clan into the peak period before they had the later known "King and Horse Share the World"!
Fourth, a very popular minister - many years of planning can be described as a wish
Who is Sima Rui? The grandson of Sima Yi's third son, Sima Ling, the throne was now in the hands of Sima Zhao's descendants. If this had been placed in the countryside, Sima Rui would have basically no connection with the throne at this time. So why was it that sima rui was able to stand out from many of Sima Rui's sons and become the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty? The main reason for this is that he had the support of the Langya Wang clan and the Jiangdong Shi clan. Why did the Langya Wang clan and the Jiangdong Shi clan support a Langya king with such little hope, thanks to the two brothers Wang Dun and Wang Dao.
In 310, the Xiongnu nobleman Liu Cong captured luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty, captured Sima Zhao, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, killed the crown prince Sima Yi, the clan, officials, soldiers, and more than 30,000 people, and set fire to the city (known in history as the "Yongjia Rebellion"). As a result, a large number of people moved from the Central Plains to the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, which is known in history as "Yiguan Nandu", among which "Wuma Crossing the River" is the most famous. "Five horses crossing the river" specifically refers to the five princes of the Sima clan of the late Western Jin Dynasty (Sima Rui the King of Langya, Sima Xi the King of Xiyang, Sima Zong the King of Nantong, Sima You the King of Runan, and Sima Hong, the King of Pengcheng) who crossed the Yangtze River south to avoid war. It should be known that at this time, less than 50 years after the destruction of the Eastern Wu Dynasty, the Jiangdong Shi clan did not bird the Sima clan at all. How did the Wang brothers help Sima Rui win the support of the local warrior clan? In order to help establish Sima Rui's prestige, the Wang brothers can be described as painstaking, every time on important occasions the Wang brothers stand behind Sima Rui and nod their heads, in front of outsiders Sima Rui is also only ordered to set off his status and noble, soon the local clans have supported Sima Rui, even the clans that migrated from the north to the south also turned their heads to support Sima Rui. Sima Rui was elected as an ally with the support of the local shi clan and the Wang clan, and was given the power to appoint and dismiss officials. At that time, Shi Huayi of Jiangzhou was dissatisfied with Sima Rui's appointment as the leader of the alliance, and when he was preparing to raise an army, Wang Dun stepped forward to fight and beheaded Hua Yi, so that no one dared to confront Sima Rui head-on!
In 316, Sima Yi (Sima Yan's grandson), the Emperor of Jin, surrendered to Han Zhao, and the Western Jin Dynasty fell. The following year, in 317 AD, Sima Rui proclaimed himself King of Jin (Sima Zhao also claimed to be the King of Jin and captured Cao Wei's Jiangshan), at which time the Wang brothers persuaded him to ascend the throne, and Sima Rui said that "Emperor Huan is here, and he does not dare to trespass". In 318, Emperor Huan of Jin was killed by Emperor Liu Cong of Han Zhao after being humiliated, and in the same year Sima Rui ascended the throne and proclaimed the emperor to establish jianye ( present-day Nanjing , Jiangsu ) , the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Wang Dun and Wang Dao's brothers finally got what they wanted, and Wang Dun was awarded the title of Grand General jia Shizhong (加侍中) to lead Jiangzhou Mu (江州牧), commanding almost all the armies in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, Wang Dao was worshipped as a minister, and the other sons of the Wang clan held important positions outside the dynasty. At this time, it was said that "the king and the horse shared the world".
Fifth, the thief of the chaotic courtiers - soldiers defeated and killed in coffins
As the saying goes, "the middle of the day is good, the month is profitable and the loss", things often have prosperity and decline, Sima Rui has now fulfilled his wishes to become the founding emperor, but everything he does is constrained by the Wang brothers, and he is even more dissatisfied with Wang Dun's dictatorship. Therefore, Danyang Yin Liu Kui, Shangshu Ling Diao Xie and others in the shi clan were reused to achieve the role of balancing the Wang brothers, and both Wang Dao and Wang Dun were aware of Sima Rui's intentions, so Wang Dun, Wang Dao, and Sima Rui, the three good friends, became suspicious from then on. In order to further weaken the strength of the Wang family, Sima Rui let Dai Yuan and Liu Kui out of the towns of Hefei and Huaiyin, and even assigned all the recruits recruited at that time to these two people. Nominally these two men were defending against Han Zhao and were actually spying on Wang Dun. Wang Dun was very angry in his heart and thought, "It's really a rabbit and a dead dog cooking." In desperation, he wrote to Liu Kui to repair it, but was sternly refused by Liu Kui. Wang Dun was very annoyed in his heart, but he could not have a seizure, because at this time, Zu Ti, the first cattle man of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was sitting in Yuzhou, and Wang Dun knew in his heart that he could not do it, so he had to choose to be patient.
In September 321, Zhou Andi died one after another, and Wang Dun's two most jealous people were all hung up, and Wang Dun was happy. Thinking that "finally no one can restrict me, the world is mine", so he put out the slogan of "Qing Jun's side, curse Liu Kui and Diao Xie" to rebel in Jiangzhou, and wrote to Sima Rui to state Liu Kui's ten major crimes, and said that as long as the emperor killed Liu Kui, he would call off the truce. Soon, Wang Dunbing went to Huzhou to report to Sima Rui the crime of Diao Xie. At this time, Sima Rui, who was in Nanjing, was furious when he received the news, and designated Wang Dun as a "great rebellion" and said that he would lead the forbidden army to a decisive battle with Wang Dun. At this time, Liu Kui and others suggested that Sima Rui kill all the Wang clan members who remained in Nanjing, but Sima Rui did not agree, perhaps Sima Rui remembered Wang Dao's previous dragon work or because he was jealous of wang's forces and did not dare to kill the Wang family. Every day, Wang Dao led more than 20 tribesmen to kneel in front of the palace gate to plead their sins. Wang Dun's army broke through all the way, and when it reached Nanjing, the Nanjing defender Zhou Zha fell without a fight, and Sima Rui hurriedly dispatched Liu Kui and Dai Yuan to counterattack Nanjing, and Liu Kui and Dai Yuan were defeated and returned. Sima Rui asked Liu Kui and Diao Xie to flee for their lives, Liu Kui fled to Huaiyin, and Diao Xie was killed by his men and given his head to Wang Dun. At this time, Wang Dun did whatever he wanted in Nanjing, plundered and killed Dai Yuan and others, and even more excessively did not go to see Tianzi. Appointing himself as a chancellor, he abolished Situ, one of the three dukes, and incorporated all the officials of the Situ mansion into his own chancellor's mansion, which touched the interests of the shi clan and caused dissatisfaction among the shi clan. Even his brothers Wang Dao, Wang Bin, Wang Shu, and Wang Ling could not see the conspiracy against Wang Dun. In 322 AD, Sima Rui, the emperor of jin yuan, died of depression at the age of 47. Later, Sima Shao ascended the throne and was known as Emperor Ming of Jin. In 323, Wang Dun intended to usurp the throne, but after the matter was leaked, he was attacked by Sima Shao's troops, and Wang Dun raised an army again. Helplessly, his physical illness worsened, and soon Wang Dun died of illness in the army at the age of 59, and soon Wang Dun's army was defeated by Sima Shao, and Sima Shao ordered wang Dun's body to be exhumed, his head was cut off and hung on the city wall, his body was placed in a kneeling posture, and his clothes were burned by Sima Shao. At this point, the rebellion of Wang Dun was completely put down!
Wang Dun's life from the birth of the family clan to the entry and exit of the general into the chaotic courtiers and thieves can be described as a big ups and downs. Will the Langya Wang clan be implicated by Wang Dun, where will the other Wang clan members go, and where will the Hundred Year Wang clan go?