"Shi Chong, in violation of the Great Jin system, crossed the river with poisonous birds from his post in Jingzhou; poisoning and killing Empress Dowager Wen's brother and general Wang Kai in public in the mansion was indeed a heinous crime and could not be forgiven!"
Fu Xian, the chancellor who was a lieutenant colonel, spoke loudly and with a calm face.
In the East Hall of the Taiji Hall, the courtiers exchanged heads and ears, looking like they were discussing things, but in fact, few people were really serious about Wang Kai's death.
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Shi Chong, holding an ivory wat board, stood tall in the palace, and his face looked awe-inspiring and fearless.
Wang Kai was poisoned to death, and if he was born in the reign of Emperor Wu, Shi Chong, even if he did not die, would be severely punished and imprisoned. Now, Empress Jia's nephew Jia Mi is in power, and Shi Chong's main confidant is the mastermind. The courtiers all knew it, so the Jin court could not have severely punished Shi Chong. In addition, Wang Kai himself was arrogant and lascivious, rude to others, and hated by others, and no one in the DPRK came out to speak for him.
Fu Xian went out to impeach Shi Chong for killing people with poison, impartially, out of public conscience.
Portrait of Jia Mi (Nephew of Empress Jia).
Sikong Zhang Hua and Situ Wang Rong, who were sitting in the crowd of courtiers, Shangshu Zuo Servant He Shao, Shang Shu Ling Wang Yan, and Pei Jun, who were sitting in the crowd, were all silent in the palace and did not make a statement for a long time.
At that time, the Great Jin Dynasty, from the capital Luoyang, seemed quiet. And nationwide, the scourge of the soldiers was continuous: the floods of Jing, Yang, Yan, Yu, Qing, and Xu prefectures floated down and drowned countless people; hail fell under the East China Sea, five inches deep, smashing and killing many people; the Luoyang arsenal was on fire, burning the treasures of the court (including the sword of the snake slayer of Han Gaozu, Wang Mangtou, Confucius's corpse, and other things) and the equipment used by two million people; the drought in Yong and Qin Prefectures, the outbreak of diseases, the value of rice was tens of thousands of dollars, and countless people starved to death in the prefecture.
Ancient natural disasters
Natural disasters, for the Jin dynasty, compared to the deteriorating situation in the border areas, are nothing. What should be most worthy of the deep concern of the ministers of the dynasty is the growing prosperity of the Yidi foreign tribes around them, constantly invading the Central Plains. After liu yuan, the xiongnu commander of the left department, was appointed by the imperial court as the "governor of the five major capitals", Wei Zhenshuofang secretly stepped up his consolidation of power, and the Xiongnu were eager to move; Murong Xixian of Eastern Hu invaded Liaodong several times, and seeing that he could not take advantage of liaodong, he sent envoys to surrender to the Jin court, and was also given the title of "Governor of Xianbei", and looked at the Liaodong region; Feng Yi, Malanqiang, Lu Shuihu and other tribes in the northern region of the Jin Dynasty rebelled several times, attacked and killed the Northern Taishou of the Jin Dynasty, and defeated Feng Yi Taishou Ouyang Jian; Yang Maosou of the Luoyang Clan led his troops to occupy Qiuchi, calling himself "Auxiliary General Right XianWang". The hegemonic side; the brothers Li Te and Li Ku took advantage of the opportunity of leading the displaced people to send food to Bashu, occupied the dangerous land of Shu, and gradually thought of taking control of all of Shu.
Portrait of Liu Yuan
In particular, the Qi and Qiang ethnic groups in qin and Yong Prefectures rebelled the most at the instigation of qi wannian of the Qin and Yong prefectures. In addition to the tight press, Qi Wannian led his troops to attack and kill everywhere, proclaimed himself emperor, and led 70,000 troops into Jingyang (泾阳, northwest of present-day Pingliang, Gansu), which seriously threatened to deter the Guanzhong region.
Originally, the main figure in the Jin Dynasty town guard was Sima Lun, the King of Zhao, who had the title of "Great General of the Expedition to the West". This person was mediocre in nature, greedy for money and bribes, and trusted his subordinate Shi Sunxiu, who tried to squeeze the local Qiang people and the Qiang people. He and yongzhou stabbed shi shi to dissolve the discord, competed for military command of each other, and each went to the imperial court to expose each other's "crimes". Because Feng Yi was too defensive and Ouyang Jian also played the role of Sima Lun in commanding the obedient side, the Jin court finally issued an edict recalling Sima Lun the Prince of Zhao and sending Sima Xuan the Prince of Liang as the general of the Western Expedition, and the military forces of Yong and Liang Erzhou were all overtaken.
Stills of Sima Lun, King of Zhao (as a teenager).
After the Jin court recalled King Zhao, he originally wanted to kill his changshi Sun Xiu to appease the anger of the people in Guanzhong. Sun Xiu had a strategy, and after he returned to Luoyang with King Zhao, he saw the situation accurately, offered advice, and gave Jia Nanfeng countless treasures to King Zhao, and actively attached himself to Jia Mi, so Sima Lun was soon deeply loved by the Jia clan, and Sun Xiuyou was spared.
Instead of Sima Lun the King of Zhao, Sima Lun, the King of Liang, sat in Guanzhong, and did not have a martial strategy. He had a feud with his subordinate Jianwei general Zhou Chu (who had impeached the King of Liang when he was serving as a royal historian in the middle of the dynasty), and actually forced Zhou To attack Qi Wannian's tens of thousands of strong troops with a force of 5,000 troops. As a result, zhou was outnumbered and died in battle. The Liang Emperor was a respected relative, and the Jin court did not deal with him in any way...
The four realms are noisy and disasters are frequent, but the princes and ministers of the Jin Dynasty enjoy honor and honor day by day, each seeking the wealth in front of them, immersed in the prosperous countryside of Luojing. They mostly advocate hypocrisy, and few of them can think about the long-term interests of the country. Among the nobles of the imperial court, even Zhang Hua, Pei Feng, and others, who were known for their mingda, were all focused on how to protect their whole body in infighting, and there was no time to think carefully about how to resist external troubles.