He Zeng, the founding father of the Western Jin Dynasty, went to the palace for a meal, and when he returned home, he said to his son that the country was about to die......
After Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling Mutiny, the Sima family seized Cao Wei's world. In the later period, with the continuous efforts of Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, all the princes in the world have basically been wiped out. When he arrived at Sima Yan, he couldn't bear to usurp the throne, so he ascended the throne and became the emperor, changed the name of the country to Jin, and was known as the Western Jin Dynasty in history.
After the three families returned to the Jin Dynasty and dominated the world, Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, felt that he could sit back and relax, so he only cared about enjoying life. Not only that, the emperor even took all the ministers to enjoy himself. Everyone was immersed in laughter, drunkenness and luxury.
Fortunately, there was a sober minister at that time, that is, He Zeng, the prime minister of the Western Jin Dynasty. Seeing this scene of drunken fans seems to see the precursor to the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty. He also reminded Sima Yan many times to do more things that are beneficial to the people and conscientiously govern the country and the people.
He Zeng is afraid that he will regret it, after all, the prince that Sima Zhao liked at that time was Sima You, and it was only after He Zeng's strong recommendation that the eldest son Sima Yan was established as the prince. Now it is also a big disappointment to see that the prince you like is such a person.
When He Zeng participated in the banquet organized by Sima Yan, he returned home with a sad face and fidgeted. When his son saw it, he asked him why he was not happy when he came back after a banquet.
He Zeng said that the kings of a country are all concerned with state affairs and pleasure as the last, and the kings who work hard spend a lot of time dealing with government affairs every day, where is the energy to invite ministers frequently. Everyone is keen to eat, drink and have fun at the banquet, and their own work has been delayed, how can such a country develop?
Slowly, in the later period, all the ministers were keen to curry favor with Emperor Wu of Jin at banquets, rather than working hard to get promotions. Even once developed into talking about state affairs was spurned by people, thinking that you were not doing your job properly, and you were still happy to associate with people who tried to flatter.
Seeing such a situation, He Zeng was extremely uneasy in his heart, so he said to his son, you may still be able to enjoy glory and wealth, but when it comes to your grandson, I am afraid that the country will be gone. How can this be done, for He Zeng, who is worried, Sima Yan doesn't care, it's still a big banquet in five days and a small banquet in three days.
After a few years of this situation, the governance of the country was weakened, and finally everyone stopped going to work. The entire imperial court has basically been paralyzed.
Sure enough, it was still expected by He Zeng, not long after the death of Emperor Wu of Jin, his stupid son Emperor Hui of Jin succeeded to the throne. At this time, both inside and outside the court were already controlled by relatives. Thus the worst era in Chinese history has come.
Several princes of the Sima family continued to rebel in turn, and they did not hesitate to fight in order to compete for power, which caused extreme instability in the court and boiling public resentment. Later, the northern ethnic minorities took advantage of the internal instability of the Western Jin Dynasty, so they began to harass in the south, which broke out the famous Wuhu Rebellion.
Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty eventually paid for his drunken gold fans, and the Western Jin Dynasty quickly perished after only 50 years of existence.
The dynasty that finally unified the world collapsed in this way, and the land of China once again fell into hundreds of years of strife and war, and since then the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties have been replaced. It lasted until Yang Jian of the Sui Dynasty became emperor that this chaotic era ended again.