(Lake rafting)
In the late spring of March, grass warblers fly.
The lake is babbling, but there seems to be a sense of slaughter between heaven and earth.
A leaf boat was in the middle of the lake, and two young people on the boat were talking methodically.
These two people were simply dressed and calmly behaved, but there was a spirit of arrogance between their eyebrows.
The two talked loudly, with different languages, but their eyes were far south.
Jiangnan is their lifelong dream, but it is also their ultimate destination.
Who are they? What are they talking about? Why did they go to Gangnam?
Everything starts from the fifth year of Jianxing, 318 AD.
In this year, the last emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Yi, the Emperor of Jin, died.
(Sima Ye image)
What is good to say is to die, and what is not good is actually to be killed.
Founded in 265 AD and destroyed in 317 AD, the Western Jin Dynasty survived only 51 years.
A dynasty is just about to start performing, but the stage has already come to an end.
It didn't even live to be a spirited old man.
Of course, this is understandable.
The rise and fall of a dynasty depended heavily on the emperors who commanded him, and the overall quality of the emperors of the Western Jin Dynasty was really not very good.
The founding emperor Sima Yan liked to ride a sheep cart to the harem to choose concubines.
Sima Zheng, the Emperor of Jinhui, was a low-energy man who could not understand addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Sima Chi, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, was a scholarly emperor who passively avoided the world and talked about the wrong country.
And the last emperor, Sima Yi, was at best temporarily pulled out to carry the pot.
This dynasty of rivers and rivers was not good for the emperor at first, and there were frequent internal struggles, and soon ushered in its own end.
In the northern steppes, the Han Zhao regime established by the Xiongnu Liu Yuan developed and grew, and soon sent troops to attack, while the disease-ridden Western Jin Dynasty did not last three rounds under the opponent's hands, and was ko.
(Statue of Liu Yuan)
In today's fighting match, this time was ko, and the next time.
But in the historical ring, once knocked down by the opponent, there is basically no possibility of regeneration.
The last emperor, Sima Yi, was captured by The Han Zhao Emperor Liu Cong and killed within two days.
Although the Western Jin Dynasty was cold, there were still many people in the Sima family of the Western Jin Dynasty, and among them, there was a person's name that attracted people's attention.
This man's name was Sima Rui.
(Sima Rui)
Sima Rui (司馬瑞), also spelled Jingwen, was a native of Wen County, Henan, and a descendant of the Western Jin Dynasty.
Saying that he is a descendant is actually a distant relative who cannot be beaten by eight rods.
His father was Sima Xiao (司馬觐), the Prince of Langya, and his grandfather was Sima Ling (司馬伷), the King of Langya.
And this Sima Ling was not the brother and nephew of the founding emperor Sima Yan, but only the uncle of the emperor's cousin.
There is also an impure bloodline of Sima Rui, which was born of an adulterous affair between a small official surnamed Niu in Sima Xiao's mansion and the concubine of the main family, and was not a rumor of the descendants of the Sima family. (After the cattle follow the horse)
This account sounds ridiculous and absurd, but if we think about it carefully, we will find that this matter is not out of thin air, and it is clearly recorded in both the Book of Jin and the Book of Wei.
The king of the Jin Dynasty was a long-term meal ticket that could be passed down from generation to generation, so after the grandfather and father received the bento, the position of the prince fell into the hands of Sima Rui.
If this long-term meal ticket is still very good in normal times, it can receive a mansion with a very large area, and it can also receive a bunch of servants and servants to summon their mother-in-law, and then these slaves can also take their own meal tickets to the imperial court every month to receive a huge amount of grain and gold and silver.
After all, it is the emperor's relatives, no matter how far away, it is always preferential.
But Sima Rui's luck was obviously not very good.
(Rebellion of the Eight Kings)
When he became the prince, it was just in time for the Outbreak of the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings" in the Western Jin Dynasty, and these uncles and uncles of the Sima family, brothers and sisters, were fighting for power and profit.
Loved ones cannibalize each other, the most fierce.
As the saying goes, tiger poison does not eat children, we are all surnamed Sima ( Sima , we are from the same origin , the ancestors are all one person , why should we beat the head and break the blood in order to eat a cake of power?
Under the shadow of the sword and light, Sima Rui chose to be patient.
He is a distant relative of the royal family, he has no soldiers and no power in his hands, unlike these uncles and uncles, he can often take hundreds of thousands of people on the battlefield and fight with others, so Sima Rui decided to give in respectfully, try not to fight in groups, try not to provoke anyone, and live his own small life without stopping.
The gate did not come out, and the days of the second door not being an otaku were not good, so Sima Rui planned to find two friends to play a trick, and when he came and went, he met a person named Wang Dao.
(Wang Dao)
Wang Dao, a native of Linyi, Shandong, has two major hobbies in his life, one is to engage in politics, and the other is to play calligraphy.
It just so happens that although Sima Rui is far from politics, he has a lot of research on calligraphy.
The two were in a similar mood and soon became excellent friends.
At that time, Wang Dao was just a playmate in a boring life for Sima Rui, and Sima Rui may also be just a close friend who is very insightful in calligraphy for Wang Dao.
What they don't know is that in the near future, fate will hold them tightly together and make them the most important people in each other's lives.
Sima Rui's passive avoidance of the world was twenty or thirty years.
In the past twenty or thirty years, the bucket has shifted from star to star, vicissitudes have changed, how many things are not human, and how many red faces have aged.
Sima Rui was still that Sima Rui, but the Western Jin Dynasty had already perished in the torrent of history.
For a moment, Sima Rui felt very confused.
Emperor Sima Yi was mortally enemy of the country, and the fifty-one-year Jin Dynasty was wiped out.
The emperor is dead, the Western Jin Dynasty is dead, so where will he fall?
Who do you want to be loyal to? Who do you belong to? Is he still the king of Langya who was enthroned by the imperial court?
Life is confused, nine times out of ten.
People are confused, but confusion is like a dream.
Born as a human being, there is no one who does not dream, but there is no one who does not wake up from dreaming.
When the chess game was uncertain, Sima Rui found Wang Dao.
They took a boat trip together, talking about calligraphy and current politics. Thus, the scene at the beginning of the article happened.
They each spoke their minds.
Sima Rui said that I have been patient for many years, and I have reached the end, such as today's changes, I want to make a great achievement.
As a close friend of Sima Rui, Wang Dao also gave his guidance:
The Central Plains were invaded, the war was raging, the eyes were devastated, and even if the heroes were heroes, there was no place to stand.
With that said, the two no longer spoke, but what they saw was the distant Jiangnan.
Yes, only by leaving this sad place can there be hope of survival.
Go to the south, go to Jiangnan, where the king is located!
In the second year of Jianwu, in 317 AD, Sima Rui and Wang Dao crossed the Yangtze River and arrived in the south.
Behind them were thousands of li people who crossed the river together to escape the war in the north.
It was then that the first large-scale southward migration occurred in Chinese history. History: Yiguan Nandu.
(Yiguan Nandu)
Letters came to heaven, and Qiong Yao was full of boxes. Yiguan crosses the far south, and the jingjie north gate xiong.
A new era has begun.
The following year, Sima Rui established the Eastern Jin Dynasty in Jiankang (Nanjing), that is, the emperor's throne, known as the Jin Yuan Emperor.
It turned out that this person, who was unknown in the past history and was cautious and careful, actually hid such a great deed in his heart.
And now, he no longer needs to hide, he can generously tell everyone that he is the king of the world.
But the front foot had just become emperor, and the back foot problem came.
Sima Rui was a migrant worker, and even if he became emperor, it would be difficult to get the support of the local people in the south.
The emperor had no choice but to consult Wang Dao again.
Comrade Wang Dao showed his shrewd and capable side as a politician, and soon he used his political wisdom to make the major scholars in the south support the emperor, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty finally stabilized.
I have to say that Wang Dao was one of the few outstanding talents of that era.
He had the foresight to lead Sima Rui to the south during the war and chaos in the world.
He has a mature political mind and can solve those thorny contradictions in people's livelihood.
Moreover, he is also a trustworthy person, who has always only done his job well, never grabbed the master, and never coveted power.
We have reason to believe that Comrade Wang Dao is a pure idealist, and he believes in only one creed in life, that is:
It is enough to show the ambition in the chest and live up to what you have learned in your life.
Such a loyal migrant worker was undoubtedly precious to Sima Rui, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, so the emperor did not hesitate to promote Wang Dao to the chancellor.
In the early days of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Sima Rui and Wang Dao joined forces to stage a good story of kings and subjects respecting each other as guests and helping each other.
In the long river of history that has always been cruel and ruthless, this is one of the few warm moments, when people called it: "The king and the horse, the world together."
(King and Horse, The World Together)
But this situation did not last long, because although Comrade Wang Dao was iron-hearted to follow the Yuan Emperor Sima Rui in a double row, Wang Dao was not alone, and the Wang family was very powerful in Jiangnan.
Up and down the government, three-quarters of the officials were the sons of the Wang clan, and the Wang clan relatives firmly occupied the power lifeline of the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty, and before the emperor could speak, the old Wang family began to become the emperor's home and become the emperor's lord.
Is the surname Sima or the surname Wang in this world?
Many years ago, they used to be like-minded friends, working together to achieve fame and fortune.
They are friends, but also comrades-in-arms.
But now, the uneven division of power is beginning to make the pair of teammates who worked together farther and farther.
Sima Rui, the Yuan Emperor, decided to strike first, get rid of Wang Dao, and suppress the wang family's forces by the way.
Yes, for the emperor himself, only power is eternal, and in the face of power, all unbreakable emotions seem very weak.
You were my close comrade-in-arms, but now you have become a stumbling block on my way to power.
I'm sorry, my dear friend, I can only get rid of you.
But what the emperor did not expect was that dealing with Wang Dao would be the most wrong decision he had ever made in his life.
Whoever gains from Si, destroys Him.
Although Wang Dao is very honest, Wang Dao's brother Wang Dun is a very ambitious person.
Brother Dun saw that the wind direction was not right, the emperor was going to do something to the Wang family, and without saying a word, he raised an army to enter the palace and directly abducted the emperor.
I come to accompany me with happiness and suffering, and the glory and wealth do not have my share?
Wang Dun was angry, and so was the Wang family.
(Wang Dun)
Mutiny, forcing the palace, Sima Rui, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, forced himself into a dead end.
Under the butcher's knife, Sima Rui looked unusually calm, he looked at Wang Dun quietly, and then said this:
I want to be where I am, but when I have come, I have returned to Langya, so why should I be so sleepy to the people! —— "Zizhi Tongjian"
The emperor said, you want to be the emperor, why did you get to this point today, you told me earlier, I have long wanted to retire and go back to my hometown to enjoy the blessings.
Sima Rui's tone was calm, and there was no ripple on his face, but everyone present knew that this was an incomparably pleading word.
The emperor has completely lost his power and lost the dignity that is incomparably precious to the emperor.
Wang Dun did not kill Sima Rui, nor did he take sima Rui's throne.
After all, his brother Wang Dao's face still had to be given.
In the darkness, the emperor seemed to see Wang Dao's smile on his face and whispered to him:
Old friend, do you remember the years when we worked hand in hand and were harmonious between kings and subjects? Is it really going to end?
Yes, it's over.
Wang Dun put away his sword and turned to become a courtier in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
If I can't kill you, then I'll take everything you have.
At this point, Sima Rui was completely overthrown and became a puppet emperor.
(Jiankang Eastern Jin Dynasty Palace)
Looking back on the past, the two peerless heroes met each other by chance, and achieved a good story for eternity, but in the end they fell apart in front of power, and they never saw each other again.
Many years ago, Sima Rui was in a chaotic world in the north, which made him think of Jiankang City, which he yearned for incomparably, and actually became a cage for his whole life.
In the first year of Yongchang, Sima Rui, the emperor of jinyuan, died of grief and illness at the age of 47.