"Sima Zhao's heart, passers-by know also." I cannot sit back and be humiliated, but today I should consult with the secretary of state and so on. "
——Pei Songzhi's note on "Han Jin Spring and Autumn"
Every dynasty in history has a special impression of it, for example, the impression of the Western Jin Dynasty is that it is a gathering place for nobles and local tycoons, and no one from top to bottom does not reveal its nobility. Through the efforts of Sima Yi, Sima Shi, and Sima Zhao, the Sima family laid and consolidated the power of the Sima clan and paved the way for Sima Yan's ascension to the throne. Among them, Sima Zhao's intention to replace Cao Wei was more thoroughly exposed, but his wife Wang Yuanji seemed to be a little out of step with the extravagance of the Sima family and the Western Jin Dynasty, and the filial son of Emperor Wu of Jin really did not learn enough in this regard.
Emperor Wu of Jin
<h1>◎ Marriage - from the Shuxiang Mendi of the big girl show</h1>
Sima Zhao was a transitional figure in the power of the Sima family and played an irreplaceable role in the Sima family's control of the Cao Wei regime. Sima Zhao did not see the moment when Sima Yan sat on the throne, but Sima Zhao's wife Wang Yuanji did.
Wang Yuanji's family is also a famous and prestigious family, her grandfather is Wang Lang who was scolded to death by Zhuge Liang in the "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", of course, in reality Wang Lang is not such a terrible person, he is also a pillar of the country in the Cao Wei regime.
"If you ask for the virtuous and do not get it, the jun is called a disease, not in vain, and even more opens the way to lose the sage, and increases the fall of Yu Xuan." Nothing is out of his room, and he is against the gentleman! Don't resign. "
- Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Book of Wei
Not only that, Wang Yuanji's grandfather Wang Lang and her father were both scribes and serious scholars. Wang Yuanji was born in such a family can be described as excellent, belonging to the kind of children of other people's families.
In 231, Wang Yuanji married Sima Zhao, the son of the equally excellent Sima Yi. She gave birth to five sons and a daughter for Sima Zhao, the eldest of whom was Sima Yan, a truly blessed man. Wang Yuanji, who had received a good education from an early age, showed his virtuous virtue in the Sima family, whether it was to the elders or to the peers, or to the children and nephews, which reflected his excellent character.
Eighteen years after Wang Yuanji joined the Sima family, in 249 AD, her father-in-law Sima Yi launched a coup d'état to control the Cao Wei regime, the Gaopingling Incident. Since then, the Sima family no longer has to look at the face of the Cao family and act.
As Sima Zhao's daughter-in-law, Wang Yuanji's family was also highly valued, and her father Wang Su became Sima Shi's chief of staff (at this time, Sima Shi's representative).
In 256 AD, Wang Su died, and Wang Yuanji was sad, "words and tears". However, a year before his father's death, Sima Shi, the head of the Sima family, also died early, and the sima family master became Wang Yuanji's husband Sima Zhao. Wang Yuanji also became the administrator of the Women of the Sima family.
Wang Lang in film and television dramas
<h1>◎ Promotion - The first empress dowager of the Western Jin Dynasty</h1>
In 265, Sima Zhao died of illness, and his eldest son Sima Yan succeeded him. At this time, Sima Yan had become the King of Jin, and according to the custom, Wang Yuanji was also Wang Taifei.
The following year, Sima Yan directly replaced the Cao family to establish the Western Jin Dynasty, opening the era of imperial power of the Sima family. His son Sima Yan was already an emperor, and Wang Yuanji was naturally the empress dowager, and the first empress dowager of the Western Jin Dynasty. Wang Yuanji was originally a good wife and mother at home, and now she is the empress, and she has paid more attention to all aspects, and to practice what she preaches, frugality is an important one. In this regard, Wang Yuanji has done a particularly good job and set a good example.
Although he was in a dignified position, he did not forget the vegetarian industry, he performed spinning, his clothes were unwritten, and his clothes were not tasteful.
- Book of Jin
After two years as empress dowager, Wang Yuanji became seriously ill, and she knew that she could not overcome this obstacle, leaving a last word to Sima Yan, the emperor of Jinwu. The main thing was to worry about her other son, Sima You, and hoped that Sima Yan would tolerate him. Soon after, Wang Yuanji died, and more than two years of empress dowager career ended here.
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<h1>◎ Frugality - A flash in the pan with the Western Jin Dynasty monarch Saifu</h1>
The Western Jin Dynasty gave people the impression that all the staff were showing off their wealth, of course, this whole staff refers to the ruling class. As the first empress dowager of the Western Jin Dynasty and the biological mother of Emperor Wu of Jin, Wang Yuanji's greatest features in her life were virtuous and virtuous, admiring frugality and suppressing Hua.
"Self-respect is the throne, attachment to the prime, neglect of magnificence." - "Taiping Guangji"
From this point of view, it seems that Wang Yuanji's fine tradition was not inherited by Emperor Wu of Jin, who was a full filial piety to Wang Yuanji, and the Zizhi Tongjian of the same surname Sima Qian recorded that "Ran Yuguan neglected to eat for three years, such as the death of Emperor Wen". And Emperor Wu of Jin would think of Wang Yuanji for a long time, but he could think that their mother and son had a deep affection, but why did his mother's frugal style not affect Sima Yan.
Aspect 1: Emperor Wu of Jin used to know economy
Sima Yan was able to oust Cao Shi from power and establish himself as emperor, and he was not a fool. As for the initial determination of the political situation, the internal and external crises have not been solved, and he is also walking on thin ice. The negative impact of the luxurious wind in the later period of the Cao Wei regime on the country was not invisible to him. For this reason, he is also a shouter for the promotion of the virtues of thrift and thrift in his style of life.
Provincial and county national imperial tune, forbidden music house beautiful hundred tricks and carved literary equipment.
- "Jin Shu Di Ji"
The reason why Sima Yan did this at this time was completely a common sense that a founding monarch must have. Although Sima Yan's ancestors and fathers laid a solid foundation for him, neither inside Cao Wei nor eastern Wu outside made Sima Yan dare not take it lightly. Therefore, in the early days, Sima Yan's behavior did not deviate too far from the unspoken rules that a founding monarch should abide by.
Aspect two: a relaxed political atmosphere
After Sima Yan replaced the Cao clan, in order to ease the contradictions and stabilize the world, a series of economic policies were adopted, and the political atmosphere of the whole world was relatively relaxed. In particular, from the formulation of the "Tai Shi Law", we can perceive the ruling ideology of Emperor Wu of Jin. The Taishi Law is a Confucian-based code of law that is more lenient than the laws enacted by previous dynasties.
"Curse its harshness, save its covenant, and give it a good time."
- "Jin Shu And Criminal Law"
The relaxed political atmosphere provides a certain boost to the extravagant social atmosphere, and in the Tai Shi Law, it is stipulated that "those who are exempted from office are punished more than three years old", which simply means that the crime can be compensated with a black hat. This also encourages the atmosphere of corruption and perverting the law among officials, and to a certain extent, it also makes society pursue wealth, especially for officials to pursue wealth without much psychological pressure.
Aspect three: the Western Jin Dynasty's Shi clan door valve assembly
As early as the Cao Wei period, Cao Pi adopted the nine-pin Zhongzheng system to select officials, and by the time of the Western Jin Dynasty, the effect that had been formed was "no cold door in the upper product, no scholar in the lower product", which was the era when the real cold door was difficult to produce a noble son. The Sima family is the first family of the Shi clan, and the power of other families is also particularly strong, and the Sima family is only the representative of the Shi clan, so the Sima family must safeguard the interests of the Shi clan.
The warriors have an advantage in both politics and economy, it can be said that they are neither short of power nor money, and the superior living conditions make it possible for them to obtain everything without too much effort, so who is willing to be frugal in this case. Moreover, showing off wealth also became the trend of the time, and the largest display of wealth in the Western Jin Dynasty was carried out by Shi Chong and Wang Kai.
Shi Chong, in a struggle with Wang Kai, was poor and beautiful to decorate his costume. Emperor Wu, Kai's nephew also assisted Kai. Taste a coral tree two feet high Xu Zhikai, branches of Kefu sparse, the world is rare. Kai to show reverence. Reverence for the curse, with iron ruyi to hit it, should be broken. Kai was both sorry and thought that he was the treasure of his own disease, and his voice was very strong. Chongyue: "Not enough to hate, now I am still Qing." "He commanded the left and right to take the coral tree, which was three feet and four feet, and the trunk was unique, and there were six or seven glorious ones, such as the Kai. Kai was devastated.
- "The New Language of the World, Ji Luxury"
From this point of view, the focus is not on the fight between the two rich people, the key point is in "Emperor Wu, Kai's nephew, every help Kai", The Jinwu Emperor Sima Yan also participated in this fight, and was also Wang Kai's behind the sponsor. It can be seen that Emperor Wu of Jin, who practiced frugality in the early days, also degenerated, and explicitly supported such a show of wealth.
The emperors all take the lead, so who will abide by the so-called frugality?
The two richest people in the Western Jin Dynasty show off their wealth
Aspect 4: Economic prosperity and the resolution of external troubles
At the founding of the country, it is undeniable that Sima Yan was a qualified monarch who adopted a series of effective political, economic and military measures to promote the development of productive forces. It was also because of this that the Western Jin Dynasty soon appeared prosperous, which was the "rule of Taikang".
Even the great monarch Tang Taizong of later generations spoke highly of Sima Yan: "To carve the ornaments, to make extravagant customs to become frugal, to stop pouring wind and to oppose simplicity." "Benevolence is a royal object, wide and multitude, grand and generous, and has the measure of an emperor." Therefore, the people and customs are quiet, the home gives people enough, the cultivation of martial arts, and the thought of opening up the frontier. "
Especially after the destruction of Eastern Wu, the world was unified, political stability, and economic prosperity. The royal family and the nobles (shi clan door valves) enjoy life together, and the luxurious life opens the hi mode, and the Jinwu Emperor is also among them.
"After the emperor was favored, after pingwu, the number of people in the palace of Sun Hao, the king of Fu na Wu, was thousands, and since then the court has been destroyed by tens of thousands, and the number of people who have been favored is very large, and the emperor does not know what to do, and often rides on the sheep cart, and does what he wants, so that the envoys can sleep."
- "The Biography of the Later Concubines of Jin"
The reason why Emperor Wu of Jin joined the army of showing off his wealth was that the world was peaceful, and all the political and economic indicators were good. Second, the life of the royal family and the nobility is like this, Sima Yan is powerless even if he has a heart, and the ruling class is very luxurious, and he cannot be uncoordinated.
After Sima Yan ascended to the throne, he wantonly divided the kings, and many members of the Sima family became powerful princes. These princes Kenben was not only frugal, but also from Sima Yan's uncle Sima Gan.
Although there is a knighthood, if it is not in itself, the rank of the cloth is exposed and decayed.
- "Jin Shu Liechuan"
This is Sima Gan's direct abandonment of his belongings outside and rotting them, which can prove that his family has a deep foundation and does not care about these wastes at all, and thus can also peek into the luxurious life of others in the Sima family.
Although Wang Yuanji was the empress dowager, she also set a good example in being virtuous and thrifty, but her son Sima Yan did not inherit his virtues at all. Of course, in addition to Sima Yan's own reasons, the social atmosphere created by the general environment was sometimes helpless to the emperor. But the hidden crisis behind this soon swept through the Western Jin Dynasty.
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