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Next: Fifth place: Sima Yi, the king of Changsha
Sima Yi is the sixth son of Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, and Sima Zhen, Sima Chi, and Sima Ying are all half-brothers, and Sima Wei, the king of Chu, is the same brother. Yes, that's right, Sima Yan has many sons, 18 sons, so it is also a disaster for the ancient emperors to have many sons.
As mentioned above, after Sima Yi killed Sima Yin, Sima Ying was not convinced, so he united with Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, to jointly crusade against Sima Yi.
Judging from the process of the Eight Kings Rebellion, Sima Yi is actually quite powerful. Sima Hao and Sima Ying sent people to assassinate him several times, but they did not succeed, and the two kings jointly sent nearly 300,000 troops to attack Sima Yi, and Sima Yi beheaded 60,000 or 70,000 people, and the two sides fought fiercely for several months, and it was difficult to distinguish between the superior.
However, Sima Yi was besieged in Luoyang, and the army was not well fed, and it was not a long-term solution. For this, Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, also saw it. If Luoyang City is broken by then, then he will definitely suffer.
So Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, took advantage of the exhaustion of Sima Yi's army, colluded with the generals of the forbidden army, arrested Sima Yi in the dark, and handed him over to Sima Ying.
If there was no stab in the back of Sima Yue, Sima Yi might not have lost, and at that time, he couldn't attack for a long time, and Sima Hao's subordinate Zhang Fang had the idea of retreating.
In the end, Sima Yi was burned to death in Kim Yong City, and it was Sima Ying who came to power.
Sixth place: Chengdu Wang Sima Ying
Sima Ying is the sixteenth son of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Yan, at first Jia Nanfeng asked him to guard Yecheng, and later crusaded against Sima Lun, he participated, and he also responded to the crusade against Sima Yin, and he also participated in the crusade against Sima Yi.
It stands to reason that after seeing the same scenery three times, Sima Ying should have understood and sought self-preservation, but later it turned out that Sima's personality is similar, he is rampant when he is in power, chaotic politics, average ability, and always wants to be the boss and engage in dictatorship.
Sima Ying is the same, after he took control of Luoyang, Sima Hao handed him a "knife", and the above table said that Sima Ying should become the heir to the throne, so he took it, and really made himself the heir to the throne and made himself an imperial brother.
Ambition and ambition are actually a pair of twin brothers, they have to survive side by side, only ambition can't go far, ambition alone is limited, Sima Ying has a big appetite, and Sima's descendants have a lot of appetite, which may all follow the legacy of their ancestor Sima Yi, they all think they are the best one, but they are actually rookies.
Thinking that back then, Cao Cao didn't dare to be the emperor, Sun Quan called him the emperor on the table, and he scolded Sun Quan for wanting to harm him, which shows Cao Cao's cleverness.
Sima Yue was the first to look down on Sima Ying's style, so he set up an army to fight. The two sides fought, and as a result, Sima Yue was defeated and returned to the fiefdom.
Sima Yue couldn't do it, but his younger brother Sima Teng was powerful, and later Sima Teng and Anbei general Wang Jun raised troops to attack Sima Ying, and after the big victory, they prepared to attack Yecheng, where Sima Ying was located.
The reason why Sima Ying didn't live in Luoyang was to save his life, but he didn't expect to live in Yecheng, his life was at stake, he was afraid, after all, the previous feudal kings didn't end well, so he fled to Luoyang overnight.
Luoyang has been controlled by Sima Hao's subordinate Zhang Fang, who held Emperor Hui of Jin hostage and ran to Chang'an with Sima Ying. After that, of course, Sima Ying's imperial brother was deposed.
After that, Sima Ying was like a lost dog, and finally died. Sima Ying used to be very prestigious, but he also had no courage, and in the end he was also mediocre.
Seventh place: Sima Hao, the king of the river
Sima Hao was a minister of the Western Jin Dynasty, he was the grandson of Sima Fu, the son of Sima Gui, the king of Taiyuan, and was named the king of Hejian.
The reason why Sima Hao was able to participate in the Eight Kings Rebellion was mainly because of his characteristics of the wall grass.
He responded to Sima Yin when he crusaded against Sima Lun, he responded to Sima Ying when he crusaded against Sima Yin, and he was an active participant in the crusade against Sima Yi; during the war between Sima Ying and Sima Yue, his general Zhang Fang seized the opportunity to attack Luoyang and kidnap Emperor Hui of Jin.
In his expedition, the general Zhang Fang played a very important role, and was later killed by him, after Zhang Fang's death, he had no trump card army in his hand, and finally handed over his life to Sima Yue.
Eighth place: Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea
Sima Yue is the eldest son of Sima Tai, the king of Gaomi, there is a saying that the one who laughs last is the winner, although Sima Yue is the last powerful vassal king, but he also did not have the last laugh.
Sima Yue came from a famous family, and when he was young, he knew how to win fame, and he was humble and respectful, and he was quite praised. In his early years, he gave a lecture on the history of the scriptures to the crown prince Sima Zhen, and later participated in the killing of his cousin Yang Jun, who was promoted all the way and was named the king of the East China Sea.
When the kings of the Sima clan were fighting for power and profit, Sima Yue knew that he was not yet full of wings, so he did not get involved in disputes in the early days, but was quietly watching the direction of the wind.
Later, when Sima Hao, Sima Ying and Sima Yi fought, he happened to be in the capital as the secretary, so he secretly united the generals to capture Sima Yi in one fell swoop, and then opened the city gate to welcome Sima Ying into the city.
Because of the success of opening the door, he continued to lurk in Luoyang. Later, Sima Ying accepted Sima Hao's proposal, privately appointed himself as the emperor's younger brother, and drove Emperor Hui to Yecheng, which aroused the dissatisfaction of many ministers.
Sima Yue thought that there was an opportunity, so he sent troops to attack Sima Ying. Later, although he failed, he was not reconciled and actively sought a chance to make a comeback.
A few months later, Sima Ying was defeated by Sima Teng and fled overnight, after which Sima Hao gained power and tried to win over Sima Yue, but Sima Yue was unmoved and insisted on raising troops to attack Zhang Fang.
Sima Hao was afraid, killed Zhang Fang, and gave Zhang's head to Sima Yue in order to reconcile, not wanting Sima Yue to see Zhang Fang's head, so he stepped up the attack, Sima Hao lost Zhang Fang, and also became a lost dog, and was finally killed by Sima Yue.
Although Sima Yue became the final winner, this person had a lot of problems and was suspicious, so he first poisoned Sima Zhen and helped his brother Sima Chi to take the throne.
Sima Chiqian was studious and cared about the government, which attracted Sima Yue's displeasure. Later, he killed courtiers indiscriminately and monitored Emperor Sima Chi of Jin Huai, which made people panic.
Seeing the decline of the Western Jin Dynasty royal family, the Xiongnu attacked in a big way, Sima Yue was separated from Germany, no one supported him, and the enemy hit the door but there was no soldier to send, and finally he had to go to meet the enemy by himself, and finally died of illness in Xiangcheng.
On the way back to the East China Sea, his coffin was unfortunately intercepted by Shi Le, who split the coffin and burned the body, and finally left no bones.
The Rebellion of the Eight Kings ended, and the Western Jin Dynasty also came to an end.
Looking back at the eight main vassal kings who participated in the turmoil, it is not difficult to find the following problems:
First, the Eight Kings did not have a clear program or purpose, and they did not know what they wanted, and they were always wandering between wanting and wanting, wanting power but not being able to protect it, and wanting to be emperors but not being motivated.
For example, in the Battle of Jingyan, Zhu Di's goal of raising troops was very clear, that is, to become the emperor, and then to fight around this goal, find a way to win, and finally kill all opponents.
Second, to tell the truth, the descendants of the Sima clan do not have an outstanding representative, and they can't use the political power and military power, they are either timid and afraid of things, or they are timid, and they have no decisive power, so it creates a situation in which no one can destroy anyone, no one obeys anyone, and no one looks down on anyone.
Third, I have to say that after the Three Kingdoms, historical talent entered a period of scarcity, and what was the reason for the shortage of talent? It must be that there was a problem in the system of selecting and promoting talent, and it was obvious that the Sima family did not have the ability to improve it.
In fact, they couldn't answer this question, because they couldn't solve their own problems, and they didn't have this level at all.
Through historical materials, we find that there is only one truth, that is, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings is actually the history of the decline of the Sima family, and the embarrassing situation of no successor, I wonder if Sima Yi will blush? Is there a sense of guilt?
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