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Author: QinJian Frost Moon
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The Western Jin Dynasty, founded by the Sima family, was an era that left countless stories for future generations. Whether it was Emperor Wu Sima Yan riding a sheep cart to concubine, or Shi Chongwang Kai's unprecedented doufu, or the "famous empress" Jia Dajie secretly abducting handsome brother into the palace to enjoy the affair, it has become the talk of people for thousands of years after tea and dinner. But the Western Jin Dynasty was another lamentable era: the new dynasty that had ended the chaos of the Three Kingdoms and should have made great strides forward quickly fell into the abyss of dark corruption and even fragmentation. Countless literati and talents who could have glorified China have also been wrapped up in the political torrent, and all disasters will never be recovered. The two brothers of Lu Ji and Lu Yun that we want to talk about today are one of them.
#01.
One day in the tenth year of Emperor Taikang of the Jin Dynasty, two young men with extraordinary temperament and Jiangnan accents came to Luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty, and they were the sons of Lu Kang, the former Sima of Eastern Wu, Lu Ji and Lu Yun. This time, I entered Luo to visit Zhang Hua, a famous scholar at that time, who was too often at the time.
It should be said that these two brothers were originally from the famous gates of Jiangdong: my grandfather was the one who broke the Shu army in the Battle of Yiling, and after that, the official worshiped the governor of Dadu, commanding the Sixth Division of Eastern Wu and Lu Xun of the Janissaries. Although the dispute over concubines led to the fall of peace between Sun Quan and Lu Xun's subjects, the latter died of hatred. However, his son Lu Kang became the last pillar of Eastern Wu in the post-Three Kingdoms era. Lu Kang not only has a handsome face, but also a generation of talents in the battle front. He inherited his father's legacy and held on to the southeast, facing off against the Jin Dynasty army across the Yangtze River. It was precisely because of this person that Sun Hao, the king of the fallen country in Jianye City, could relax freely in the Yingge and Swallow Dance. And the exchange between Lu Kang and the Jin general Yang Hu, who is also enemies and friends, and cherishes each other, is even more enjoyable.
Unlike their fathers and grandfathers, the Lu Ji brothers did not devote themselves to military service, but devoted themselves to Confucian scholarship from an early age. After the fall of Eastern Wu, Lu Ji, who was only twenty years old, retired to his hometown and studied behind closed doors. He recalled the deeds made by his ancestors, and lamented that the painstaking efforts of Sun Wu for several generations had been wiped out, so he wrote two articles in the "Argument for Death", refuting the prevailing theory of "lips and dead teeth" at that time, believing that the reason for the demise of Eastern Wu was not the death of Western Shu, but the loss of his own employment (there was also a secret irony that the Sun family emperor did not reuse the meaning of Lu). The following year, Lu Ji and his younger brother Lu Yun went north to Luoyang to visit Zhang Hua, who had long admired him. Zhang Hua greatly admired the literary talents of the two brothers, especially believing that Lu Ji "is a man of literature, often hating less talent, and the son is more troubled", and recommended them to many celebrities in Luoyang City. The brothers soon became famous, and sometimes there was a saying that "two lands entered Luo, three pieces were reduced" ("three zhangs" referred to Zhang Zai, Zhang Xie, and Zhang Kang), and Lu Ji also successively held official positions such as sacrificial wine, prince washing horses, and shu lang.
Lu Ji's younger brother Lu Yun is also a young and intelligent, and has a "clean and upright" personality, which is quite upright. When he was young, he was named "Dragon Foal" and "Phoenix Chick" by Min Hong, the Shangshu of Wu Guo. After his brother entered Luo, he served as an official such as Shang Shulang and Prince Zhongshuren, and in the story of Zhou's removal of the three evils that we learned from childhood, Zhou went into Wu to seek erlu to seek advice, and the Qinghe in "The Plains Are Not There, seeing the Qinghe River" is Lu Yun's title in the future. It was under the teaching of Lu Yun that "death at the end of the day, and people are suffering from the inability to stand up", Zhou Fu changed his mind and became a generation of loyal generals.
#02.
Lu Ji has an arrogant personality and does not want to fall behind in front of anyone. Lu Zhi was the first strategist under Sima Ying, the King of Chengdu, and he once asked Lu Ji in front of many people: "Lu Xun and Lu Resist Yu jun are near and far away?" Of course, Old Lu knew the inheritance relationship of the Lu family's generations, and when these words came out of his mouth, it was nothing more than to humiliate Lu Ji--your boy was prominent in jiangnan, but now you can only go to Luoyang to seek an official." Of course, Lu Ji's talent understood Lu Zhi's meaning, but he did not respond positively, but replied: "Such as Junzhi Lu Yu and Lu Ting." Lu Yu and Lu Ting were Lu Zhi's grandfather and father, respectively, especially Lu Yu was also the sikong of Cao Wei. The meaning is very clear: your ancestors were cao wei's officials, and the Sima family usurped the Cao family's jiangshan, but you gave advice to the king of Chengdu, and you were no higher than me. A sentence to win back a city for himself made Lu Zhi dumbfounded.
However, historians have spent countless pages tirelessly to prove to us that those who are talented, have high self-esteem, and do not like to be low-key usually do not have a good end.
In his later years, Emperor Wu of Jin was old and dim-witted, and under the repeated instigation of his confidants Jia Chong and Empress Yang, he ordered his foolish son Sima Zheng to marry the famous Miss Jia Nanfeng. Emperor Wu envisioned it beautifully: although his son was almost demented, Emperor Sima Song was very much like his youth, and he must have been a generation of Ming Jun. The government has its own father-in-law Yang Jun to escort it, and it is estimated that there will be no deviation. With good expectations for the Great Jin Dynasty, he closed his eyes serenely.
However, the development of the korean situation quickly deviated from the track set up by Sima Yan. After Sima Zheng ascended the throne, the auxiliary fu Yang Jun and Sima Liang the Prince of Runan were killed by Jia Nanfeng. Subsequently, Jia Hou did away with Sima Wei, the King of Chu who helped him, and Sima Lun, the King of Zhao, launched a coup d'état to kill Jia Nanfeng, and the Western Jin Dynasty fell into the catastrophe of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings. So what is the land plane doing at this time?
When Jia Nanfeng came to power, his nephew Jia Mi, as a hot magnate, recruited a large number of talented scribes under his command, known as the "Twenty-Four Friends", and the Lu brothers were also among them. Later, Sima Lun killed the Jing Division, and the head of the Jia clan fell to the ground, and the history books record that at this time, Lu Ji was awarded the title of Marquis of Guanzhong because of his meritorious service in participating in the crusade against Jia Nanfeng's party.
Seeing this, you may say: "This land machine might as well be called speculation, and whoever has the power will run to whoever has the power, and there is no soldier's wind and bone." Although this is true, it ignores a very important point - Lu Ji's origin and past experience. Just as Lu Zhi sneered: Gu Lu Zhu Zhang was one of the four most prestigious clans in Jiangdong, but after the family country was broken, the Lu brothers who had lost the support of the door valve could only rely on their talents to defect to high-ranking officials and gain a place in the new imperial court. Even so, they still belonged to an alien species in the eyes of the Northern Warriors, and they were ostracized, and the desolation and resentment in their hearts could be imagined. Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, killed Jia Nanfeng and deposed Sima Zheng, and was regarded as a usurper by the northern warriors, but it also became a good opportunity for Lu Ji to raise his eyebrows. But it is precisely because of this psychology that his tragic ending is doomed and has been criticized by thousands of generations.
#03.
Sima Lun gave power to Sun Xiu, who was nepotistic and caused resentment among the people. Soon, Sima Ran, the king of Qi, together with the king of Hejian and the king of Chengdu, "raised righteousness", Sima Lun was stabbed in the heart, and Lu Ji was also taken to Tingwei for punishment, thanks to the strength of Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, to avoid death. At this time, friends persuaded Lu Ji to return to Jiangnan to avoid the riots in the Central Plains. However, Lu Ji "lived up to his talent and was difficult to achieve in the world", and still felt that he could rely on his own talents to do a career, so he threw himself into the hands of Sima Ying, who had a life-saving grace for him.
Sima Lun was put to rest, and several young princes in power began to infighting. Sima Qi, the king of Changsha, destroyed Sima Ran, the king of Qi, and immediately attracted the king of Chengdu's crusade army, and the commander of the army was our Lu Da Wenhao. To be fair, Lu Ji's article is remarkable, but it is not his strength to win thousands of troops and horses, plus he lives in the north, his prestige is difficult to convince the public, and it also arouses the jealousy of many of the chengdu wang close ministers, including the eunuch Meng Jiu.
It is said that the identity of a eunuch can generally only rely on the emperor to succeed in his power. Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, was an alternative prince, stubbornly believing that Meng Jiu was a good comrade who was trustworthy. Meng Jiu himself embarked on the bright road, and it was natural to bring his relatives and friends to the past, and he asked Sima Ying to let his father go to Handan to take charge. When the eunuch's father went to be a local official, everyone understood that it was inappropriate to do so, but no one dared to raise objections—except for Lu Ji's younger brother Lu Yun. This Geng Zhi brother passionately and generously told Meng Jiu's various gray operations to his face, causing the latter to "deeply hate" the two brothers. Liang Zi was thus settled, but Lu Ji was completely unaware.
The great war was imminent, and Meng Jiu sent his brother Meng Chao out, hoping that he would mix some merit on the battlefield and return with a reward. Who knew that this Meng Chao really pulled his crotch and rushed upwards with his troops, but he was directly slaughtered by Sima Qi in the Battle of Luyuan. The new account and the old account were calculated together, and Meng Jiu naturally blamed lu ji for his brother's death, and falsely accused Lu Ji of having two hearts to Sima Ying, which led to a big defeat. This Sima Ying was also a dimwitted master, and in his anger, he indiscriminately ordered Lu Ji to be executed. Lu Ji was killed by the three tribes, and Lu Yun, as a brother, was also not spared, and a generation of literary heroes died. According to the Book of Jin, the day lu ji was killed was "dark and foggy, strong winds breaking wood, and flat land with snow", and the strange climate was thought to be the grievance of Chen about the murder of a generation of celebrities.
If the Western Jin Dynasty could move forward with a high posture, then the Lu Ji brothers would probably become the shining double stars of the Wei and Jin clans with their world-beating articles and uninhibited arrogance, and they would be able to die well. Unfortunately, even if he is quick-witted and mercurial, he still can't escape his fate in that bloody and turbulent era. It is a pity that the chaos between the two Jin Dynasties and the disputes between the north and the south have drowned out many handsome people, and forced many noble subjects who should have lived in the temple to become scattered people living in the mountains and forests. Some people believe that the turbulent three hundred years of the Wei and Jin Dynasties were full of violence and unsightly; others praised this magnificent era for expanding the members of the Chinese family and injecting fresh blood into the later Tang Dynasty. Later generations commented that I hope that there will be no more wars and disputes in the land of China, and that there will be no more lights in the world.
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