Many people may not be familiar with mentioning "Huan Chu", but mentioning Huan Xuan suddenly realizes. Huan Xuan was a famous figure in the late Eastern Jin Dynasty, his mother was the eldest daughter of Sima Zhao, the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and his father was Sima Da, Duke Huan Wen of Nan County.
Huan Xuan, who had such a prominent family lineage, once established the Chu Dynasty, but unfortunately this dynasty existed for only more than 80 days in the history of our country before it was overthrown. Mentioning the dynasty established by Huan Xuan is nothing more than an "oolong incident".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="5" >, Huan Xuan's conceit</h1>
Huan Xuan's father died when he was four years old, and then his uncle Huan Chong single-handedly broke through everyone's obstruction, allowing Huan Xuan to inherit his father's title and was crowned as the Duke of Nan County. According to historical records, Huan Xuan was very tall, outstanding in appearance, dignified in appearance, and a personable and talented man. He is only five cars rich, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is good at composing poetry and chanting.
And the fact is indeed as recorded in the history books, Huan Xuan grew up to become a good-looking and proficient in literature and art. Of course, Huan Xuan himself thought so. It was precisely because of Huan Xuan's conceit that it paved the way for Huan Xuan to establish the Chu Dynasty in the later period and counterattack and sit on the throne, but was eventually killed.
Of course, Huan Xuan's conceit is not only manifested in his appearance and talent. According to legend, Huan Xuan's conceit once put him in danger, and even almost lost his life for it.
Once, at a banquet held by Sima Daozi. Because Sima Daozi was drunk, he asked everyone without concealment: "Did Huan Wen in his later years have the heart to rebel?" When the crowd heard this, they suddenly lost their voices, looked at each other, and did not dare to act rashly.
When Huan Xuan heard this, he did not know what Sima Daozi meant, and fell to his knees in a panic, afraid that he would be punished. Fortunately, Xie Zhong's words saved the scene in time, and was approved by Sima Daozi, allowing Huan Xuan's hanging heart to relax.
However, this incident left an indelible impression on Huan Xuan's heart. For this reason, he had a slight "grudge" toward the imperial court. Therefore, later, when Huan Xuan was appointed by the imperial court as the Taishou of yixing, Jiangsu Province, he was conceited enough to send a message: "The father is the uncle of Kyushu, and the son is the chief of the five lakes!" After sighing, he immediately abandoned the official with his sleeves up, very dismissive.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > second, Huan Xuan's wolf ambitions</h1>
At that time, although the Eastern Jin Dynasty was also a feudal dynasty, the government was almost all controlled by several gate valves and clan foreign relatives, and was in a chaotic situation of the division of the feudal town. Several emperors at the end of the Eastern Jin Dynasty were like puppets, and several gate valve forces wanted to replace them.
Huan Xuan returned to his territory, Gangneung NamGun, after abandoning his official position, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt insulted and neglected. Thus, he wanted to destroy the Eastern Jin Dynasty and establish a new dynasty. Huan Xuan, because of the prominence of his family lineage and the accumulation of his own connections, gathered people and horses and established an army.
Began to oppose the imperial court.
The reigning emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty at this time was Sima Dezong, and this Sima Dezong was a fool who did not even distinguish between four seasons. Such a foolish emperor was able to inherit the throne, completely as a puppet of Sima Daozi, the king of Huiji, and his son Sima Yuanxian.
When this Sima Daozi was in charge of the imperial government, the imperial court was chaotic and turbulent. They unceasingly plundered the people's fat and people's anointing, disturbed the dynasty, and the people suffered unspeakably. This provided an opportunity for Huan Xuan's uprising and rebellion. Therefore, after Huan Xuan captured Jing and Yong Prefectures in one fell swoop, he also oversaw the seven prefectures of Jing, Si, Yong, Qin, Liang, Yi, and Ning, and later oversaw Jiang Prefecture and Yangyu Eight Counties, and his forces controlled two-thirds of the land of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
In 402, this very conceited Huan Xuan raised troops from Jiangling to attack Jiankang, the kyoto of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. After entering the capital, he killed the ruling Prince Sima Daozi and his son Sima Yuanxian in one fell swoop, and declared himself a chancellor and a lieutenant, becoming the real ruler of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="10" >3, the establishment of the Chu Dynasty</h1>
But man's greed is endless. Although Huan Xuan held the power of the government at this time, he did not want to be just a chancellor and a lieutenant, he wanted to sit in the highest position of power, so he had the ambition to change the dynasty.
He co-opted the various gate valve forces behind his back, and then forced the foolish emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to copy a "Zen Concession Book". He also asked the Hundred Officials of Wen and Wu to go to Huan Mansion to persuade them to advance, and then they pretended to resign, and then the Hundred Officials persuaded them to advance again.
After such a self-deceptive operation, Huan Xuan built an altar on January 1, 404 AD, officially ascended the throne, and changed the name of the country to "Chu" and the first year to "Eternal Beginning".
But just as Huan Xuan ascended the throne and sat on the dragon chair, the dragon chair suddenly couldn't withstand collapsing. This frightened the Wenwu Hundred Officials and Huan Xuan. Everyone thought that this was an ominous omen, and just as everyone was waiting for Huan Xuan's angry rebuke, Huan Xuan's brother-in-law Yin Zhongwen stood up and said, Your Majesty, this is because your holiness is too deep, so even the earth cannot bear it.
After Huan Xuan heard this, he was in a good mood and rewarded Yin Zhongwen. The Civil and Military Officials were also secretly relieved. Although Yin Zhongwen's wit saved everyone from water and fire, the collapse of the dragon chair also indicated that Huan Xuan's throne was not justified, and things that did not belong to him could not be coveted no matter what.
Later, as foreshadowed by the collapse of the Huan Xuanlong chair, his throne was unstable. In less than three months, the Eastern Jin dynasty general Liu Yu rebelled and invaded the capital of the Huanchu Dynasty, and the Huanchu regime was overthrown. This Chu Dynasty, which existed for only 80 days, was like a "oolong", coming and going in a hurry, so that few descendants knew about this dynasty.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > summary</h1>
Looking at Huan Xuan's entire life course, you will find that Huan Xuan's success is not inevitable, but accidental. The reason why Huan Xuan was able to overthrow the Eastern Jin Dynasty and establish his own political power was not because of his own strength.
It's just that he's lucky and lucky. The Sima family of the Eastern Jin Dynasty came to power, the emperor was faint and talentless, the imperial court was chaotic and turbulent, and the monarchy was controlled by the major families.
Of course, it is undeniable that Huan Xuan wandered among the forces of the major families, and it was also his ability to stand out from them by his own strength, ascend to the throne, and change dynasties to establish the Huanchu Dynasty. However, realistically speaking, Huan Xuan's true ability was not worthy of his ambition.
From the fact that the Chu Dynasty was overthrown after only 80 days of existence, it can be seen that Huan Xuan is really unworthy of the throne. After he became emperor, he did not personally manage the government, but immersed himself in joy every day, no different from the rulers of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Therefore, later he was killed by Liu Yu and destroyed the country.
The Huanchu Dynasty only existed for 80 days in history, and posterity only mentioned it as a joke. Huan Xuan's ability is not worthy of his ambition, and he counterattacked to sit on the throne and establish his own regime dynasty, just like the "oolong", and finally the big dream was empty, leaving only endless sighs and sighs for posterity.