The final battle between the imperial power of the Western Jin Dynasty and the Gate Valve of the Shi Clan: the abolition of the idiot prince Sima Zheng

In Chinese history, the Jin Dynasty can be said to be the most reluctant history to be mentioned, although as a unified dynasty, it is not recognized, even the northern Song Dynasty, known as the weak Song Dynasty, has a higher historical status than the Jin Dynasty. The Jin Dynasty created many absurd things and disasters, such as the Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the Chaos of the Five Hus. And the root cause of all these disasters is the second generation of emperors - Sima Zheng, Sima Zheng, that is, the emperor who "why not eat meat", and the emperor who is clearly recorded in chinese history as an idiot in the history books is also this one. So although Sima Yan, the Emperor of Jinwu, was absurd in his later years, he was not dimwitted, so why did he pass on the throne to Sima Zheng? And this has to mention the Jin Dynasty period of the Shi clan door valve, after the founding of the Jin Dynasty Sima Yan sealed the clan room and let the clan hold the military power is the imperial power to challenge the shi clan door valve, trying to restrict the shi clan door valve, but with the succession of Sima Zheng also officially marked the imperial power finally defeated by the shi clan door valve.

In terms of the number of sons, Sima Yan had 26, compared with Song and Ming, who were extinct at every turn, he did not lack successors. However, in ancient times, the inheritance system of one eldest son was emphasized. Sima Yan had four concubines, namely Sima Zhen, son of Empress Wuyuan Yang Yan, Sima Zheng, Sima Kam, and Sima Hui, son of Empress Wu of Wu. That is to say, Sima Zheng was originally the second son of Concubine, but perhaps the heavens were going to die in Jin, the eldest son Sima Zheng died early, and Sima Hui also died early, so only Sima Zheng, Sima Zheng, and Sima Zheng became the eldest son of Sima Zheng, and in 268, Sima Zheng, the emperor of Jinwu, made Sima Zheng the crown prince, of course, at this time Sima Zheng was only 9 years old, and he could not see that he was stupid.

However, when the crown prince grew up, his intellectual problems began to be exposed, how stupid the stupid prince really was, the history books did not describe too much, it is estimated that the people who wrote the history books are poor, I really can't think of any other words that can summarize him, so I only left a stupid, but stupid to be terrible must be true, otherwise it will not be so many ministers in the DPRK to violate the primogeniture inheritance system and even at the expense of offending the family, it is also recommended to change the crown prince, according to other biographical records, it can be known that the typical characteristics of the silly prince are less words and less words, But he is not introverted, purely nothing, asking what is not knowing.

For this son with worrying intelligence, Sima Yan was also very desperate, he did not think of changing the prince, at this time he had a replaceable card in his hand, that is, the second son of the concubine whose intelligence was still normal at this time - Sima Kam, the king of Nanyang. However, everything was not as simple as Sima Yan thought, and his idea of changing the crown prince was quickly opposed. Many people don't understand who the emperor sets up to change who is not his own decision? In ancient times, this was really not the case, looking at the Wanli Emperor because of the matter of establishing the prince, he had a temper strike, and the Jin Dynasty Shi clan door valve was more powerful, and Sima Yan was also very helpless. Here we will first cover the family relationship between Sima Zheng and Sima Yan.

Sima Zheng was the son of Empress Yang Yan, and after Yang Yan's death, Yang Zhi was the queen, while Yang Yan and Yang Zhi were from the Hongnong Yang clan of gaomen, the first clan at that time, and the two were also cousins. During Sima Yan's reign, there was a "Three Yangs", but their Three Yangs could not be compared in terms of virtue or ability and the "Three Yangs" of the Ming Dynasty. The three Yangs were Yang Jun, Yang Ji, and Yang Jue, all three of whom were hongnong Yang clan, who at that time served as taiwei, wei general (the president of the forbidden army), and Shang Shuling (general of government affairs). We all know that the reason why the Sima family can successfully seize power is because of the Shi clan door valve, which was extremely powerful during the Jin Dynasty, and could even resist the imperial power.

Sima Zheng's crown princess was Jia Nanfeng, the daughter-in-law of Sikong Jia Chong, who was not a scholar, but was indeed a great hero of the establishment of the Jin Dynasty and the head of the new upstarts. Moreover, Jia Chong's wife Guo Huai is from the Taiyuan Guo clan, and the strength of the Jin Dynasty door valve can also be reflected in Jia Chong's family status, as the head of the new upstart, Jia Chong, who ranks in the third duke, cannot look up in front of the Guo clan and is very afraid of the Guo clan strength.

Moreover, at this time, the Yingchuan Xun clan represented by Xun Xun also sided with Sima Zheng, and the Yingchuan Xun clan was Xun Yu's clan, and we all know that there were two particularly famous strategists during the Cao Wei period, Xun Yu and Xun You's uncles and nephews, and Xun Yu was Xun Xun's uncle, and Xun You was Xun Xun's uncle. At this time, the three families were in the same position as Sima Zheng for the sake of profit. At this point, the situation was clear, the Hongnong Yang clan, the Taiyuan Guo clan, the Yingchuan Xun clan, and the head of the upstart Jia Chong all sided with the crown prince Sima Zheng, and the three of them had great power in the dprk. Therefore, when Sima Yan proposed to change the crown prince, Yang Zhi, Yang Jun, Xun Xun and others strongly opposed it, and Sima Yan, who had no choice but to propose to take the examination for the crown prince, but with the help of the crown princess Jia Nanfeng, Sima Zheng had a thrilling pass. This also made Sima Yan dispel the idea of changing the prince, I don't know if Sima Yan really thinks that the prince has become smarter or pretends to be confused and goes down the donkey, personally more inclined to the latter, because as the crown prince of a country, he will never lay a position because of an exam, and Sima Yan will not fail to see someone to help during the exam, at this time Sima Yan is just forced to bow his head out of helplessness. Because he was ultimately powerless to change the situation in which the Warrior Clan Gate Valve was dominant.

In fact, heaven still left the last glimmer of life and hope for the Sima family, that is, the last sun of the Jin royal family - Sima You, the king of Qi. In fact, in his later years, Sima Yan's support for Sima You's succession was very high, even higher than that of sima Zheng, the crown prince. Sima You He Xuren, he was Sima Yan's half-brother, the younger Sima Yan was 12 years old, the difference was that Sima You was passed on to Sima Shi very early. We all know that after Sima Yi left, Sima Shi took over Sima Yi's power, so if according to normal logic, Sima You should have taken over the power of Sima Shi, but Sima Shi died too early, when Sima You was only 7 years old. Therefore, Sima Zhao held great power, and Sima Zhao once wanted to make Sima You a son when he later became the king of Jin, because he always felt that he was only guarding the Jiangshan for his brother, but when he died, Sima You was only 17 years old, so in the end the throne passed to Sima Yan, and Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji specifically told Sima Yan to treat Sima You well when he died, so in terms of clan status, Sima You did not lose Sima You at all.

Compared with Sima Yan's son, Sima You was first-class in both ability and morality, Sima Zheng did not say, although Sima Kam was not stupid, but it was only compared to Sima Zheng, Sima You was extremely cowardly, so Sima You's prestige was very high at that time, after Sima Fu, Sima Wang, and others died, Sima You gradually became the military leader, and sima you rode a great general, at that time, it was stipulated that the big general of the horse should strike the camp, but Sima You's thousands of battalion soldiers were unwilling to leave, which showed his prestige and morality.

Sima You, like Sima Yan, was equally jealous of the upstarts and the door valves of the Shi clan, and even Sima You directly hated it, saying that Sima You also had a bad relationship with the Jia family, and Sima You's princess was Jia Quan, the daughter of Jia Chong and Li Wan, who was exiled because li supported Xiahou Xuan's attempt to assassinate Sima Shi and was exterminated. After Sima Yan succeeded to the throne, he was in need of suppressing the Shi clan and Jia Chong, pardoned Li Wan and took her back so that she and Guo Huai were the same as Jia Chong Zheng, but Jia Chong was afraid of Guo's power and resigned and imprisoned Li Wan, so jia quan and Jia Chong had a bad relationship, and Sima You had always disliked him, a father-in-law who could only play with power, and thus befriended the Jia family. Sima You was extremely disgusted with the Shi clan gate valves, especially the Yingchuan Xun clan and the Hongnong Yang clan, so when the courtiers advocated returning to the throne of Sima You, Sima Yan's mood was also very complicated at this time, he also thought about passing sima You, but he also wanted his son to take the throne, but before he could make up his mind, the Yang clan and the Xun clan could not sit still, if Sima You ascended to the throne, I was afraid that there was no way for them to live, after all, Sima You and the Shi clan gate valve basically had no intersection, so Xun Xun and others asked him to return to the State of Qi on the grounds that Sima You had never gone to the fiefdom of Qi, and at this time Sima You was still ill. Unbeknownst to him, Sima Yan also agreed to Sima You's return to the State of Qi, and eventually Sima You fell ill and died on the way to the State of Qi. As soon as Sima You died, he declared that the battle between the imperial power and the shi clan gate valve was completely defeated, and the imperial power was no longer able to declare the warrior clan door valve.

In fact, although Sima Yan hated the Shi clan door valve, sima Zheng could not succeed to the throne, because he could get the help of several major families, even if he was a fool, he could sit firmly in the world, and Sima Zheng's son Sima Song was not bad, but he obviously overestimated Sima Song and underestimated the ambition of the shi clan door valve.

In 290 AD, Sima Zheng ascended the throne, known as Emperor Hui of Jin, and his ascension to the throne also marked the complete degeneration of the Jin imperial family into a puppet of the shi clan gate valve, which eventually led to the decline of the Jin Dynasty.