In 274, Empress Yang Yan was already terminally ill, and at this time Emperor Wu of Jin was very fond of his concubine Hu Fang. In order to protect his idiot son Sima Zheng, Yang Yan begged the emperor bitterly on his deathbed: "The concubine's cousin Yang Zhi is beautiful and moving, and I hope that Your Majesty will make her empress after my death!" ”
Emperor Wu of Jin thought of years of conjugal love, so he agreed to Yang Yan's request, but did not want this decision to bring great hidden dangers in the future.
Yang Yan was the daughter of Yang Wenzong of the Cao Wei Dynasty, the character Qiongzhi, a Hongnonghua yin.
She was born beautiful and lovely since childhood, and some people looked at her and said that she had the appearance of a queen concubine. The news reached Sima Zhao's ears, and the ambitious Sima Zhao hired her as his daughter-in-law, sima Yan's wife.
After marriage, Yang Yan and Sima Yan were very affectionate, and the two had three sons and three daughters, three of whom were the eldest son Sima Lu, who died prematurely, the second son, Sima Zheng, who had a not normal brain, and the younger son Sima Kam, who was intelligent.
In 265, Sima Yan established himself on behalf of Wei, changed the name of the country to Jin, and set the capital Luoyang, which was for Emperor Wu of Jin. Yang Yan also naturally became empress.
As his status rose, Yang Yan's jealousy became more and more obvious. With the favor of Emperor Wu of Jin, when she was in charge of the Sixth Palace, she was always wary of women in the harem, for fear that someone would be favored by Emperor Wu of Jin.
The women in the harem also succumbed to Yang Yan's intimidation and did not dare to have any thoughts about the emperor. Even if he deliberately wore worn-out clothes, he did not have to make up to spoil himself, even if he was looked at by Emperor Wu of Jin one day and brought great disaster. Therefore, after ascending the throne, Emperor Wu of Jin only had one woman named Zuo Di in the harem.
Zuo Di is Zuo Si's younger sister. Zuo Si, on the other hand, is a remarkable figure, and the popular idiom "Luoyang Paper Gui" is related to him.
Zuo Si (左思), a native of Linzi (林淄人), was a famous writer of the Western Jin Dynasty. He was talented and had a very high level of achievement in writing articles, which was highly respected by many literati and scholars at that time.
Legend has it that Zuo Si wrote an article called "Three Capitals" about the prosperity of the capitals of the Three Kingdoms of Wei, Wu, and Shu. As soon as this article came out, it attracted the applause of many talents, and the entire city of Luoyang rushed to copy it, and the price of paper in Luoyang also increased for a time.
Born in such a confucian noble family, Zuo Di's talent was also very remarkable, and he was a very outstanding literary scholar, with more than twenty works passed down to later generations.
However, although he is talented, Zuo Di has a shortcoming, that is, he is not born with a good appearance. Emperor Wu of Jin was attracted to Zuo Di's talent and married her into the palace. However, because Zuo Di's appearance was really ordinary, Emperor Wu could not help but regret it, so he ordered the selection of the most beautiful women in the world.
Yang Yan naturally also wanted to participate in the draft, but although Yang Yan was very jealous in his heart, his face was not obvious. All the women who were bright and beautiful, she sent out with undignified manners. Only some good-looking, ordinary-looking women were left.
Emperor Wu of Jin was dissatisfied, but he was afraid that Yang Yan would not be happy, so he did not say anything at first.
Later, a woman surnamed Bian walked in, born with a beautiful face and beautiful beauty, and Emperor Wu of Jin was stupid. Then he said to the queen, "This woman is wonderful! What a shame! ”
Unfortunately, Yang Yan did not appreciate it, but said: "This is the daughter of Bian Fan, Bian Shi is an in-law of the Wei family, who has been an empress for three generations, and if he chooses her now, how can he let her be condescended to a low position?" It's better not to choose. Emperor Wu knew Yang Yan's intentions and had no choice but to abandon Bian Nu.
Soon after, a woman named Hu Fang came in, who was also born with a national color. Yang Yan wanted to send people away again, who knew that Emperor Wu of Jin was not happy: "A good draft, but the empress is choosing a concubine!" ”
Speaking of this, Yang Yan was no longer willing in his heart, nor was he good enough to obstruct it anymore. Therefore, in this draft, Emperor Wu selected dozens of women, including Hu Fang.
With the expansion of the harem, Yang Yan, who was jealous by nature, was depressed for a long time and eventually fell ill.
Yang Yan knew that his limit had arrived, and he was afraid that Sima Yan would set up Hu Fang as the queen after his death, so he asked Emperor Wu of Jin to appoint his cousin Yang Zhi as the queen, which is the scene at the beginning.
Yang Zhi character Ji Lan, small character male Yin. She is docile and kind by nature, and she has a completely different style from her cousin Yang Yan. But it is also this kindness that has brought death to himself and even his own family.
At that time, the crown prince Sima Zheng had already married crown princess Jia Nanfeng. Jia Nanfeng caused public anger for mutilating the imperial heir, and Emperor Wu of Jin once wanted to depose Jia Nanfeng as crown princess.
Yang Zhiyu could not bear it, so he kindly advised: "Jia Fei's father, Jia Chong, has meritorious service to the society, and should not hide his great virtue with small evils. This allowed Jia Nanfeng to escape the disaster. However, Jia Nanfeng remembered Yang Zhi and took revenge.
After the death of Emperor Wu of Jin, the idiot emperor Sima Zheng succeeded to the throne, and Jia Nanfeng controlled the power of the dynasty by virtue of Sima Zheng's stupidity.
Jia Nanfeng then relied on the strength of the Sima clan and Jia's relatives to kill Yang Zhi's father, Yang Jun, and then deposed Yang Zhi as a Shuren on the grounds that Yang Zhi and Yang Jun conspired to rebel, and then cut off his diet and starved him to death.
The means can be described as cruel, friends who are interested in Jia Nanfeng can take a look at this:
In 277, the crown prince Sima Zheng favored a palace maid and made her pregnant. Crown Princess Jia Nanfeng listened, became furious, and directly entered the Eastern Palace, personally carrying a sword and stabbing through the palace maid's belly...
@ Cheng Yujun
This pair of sister queens, one jealous and one good, but they all ended up with a sad end, and they were also red-faced and short-lived!
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