The so-called "moral unworthiness" refers to a person's moral integrity, which does not match the social status and treatment in which he or she is located. In ancient Chinese history, there were a large number of people who were not worthy of the throne, and Jia Chong in the Wei and Jin dynasties can definitely be called a typical representative of this sequence.
Jia Chong was originally the younger son of Shi JiaKui in Yuzhou during the Cao Wei regime, and he did not inherit his father's willingness to be loyal and benevolent, but with his despicable political means, he achieved political success again and again, becoming the founding hero and even the power minister of the Western Jin Dynasty, and his status can be said to be "the back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, and the generation is stronger than the next.".
< h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > committed and was deeply trusted by the Sima family</h1>
Jia Chong first served as a lieutenant general in Sima Shi's army, and when Sima Shi put down Qiu Jian's rebellion and returned to Xuchang, he left Jia Chong as an overseer. After Sima Shi's death, Sima Zhao was in charge of the Cao Wei dynasty and coveted the Cao Wei regime, jia Chong, perceiving Sima Zhao's heart, took the opportunity to flatter Sima Zhao, and suggested to Sima Zhao that someone be sent to comfort the four generals in the southeast, southwest, and northwest, so as to understand their inner thoughts about giving Sima Zhao the throne of Cao Zhao. Jia Chong, who was a long historian, was ordered to go to Huaiyang, saw Zhuge Birthday, and suddenly asked such a sentence in his speech: "All the sages in Luozhong wish for the Zen Dynasty, what does the king think?" Zhuge Shi was furious at that time, and severely scolded Jia Chong, saying: "Qing fei Jia Yu Zhou Zi Hu? The world is blessed with Wei En, how can it be that you want to lose people with social welfare! If there is trouble in Luo, I deserve to die. Zhuge Wei's words hit the nail on the head, the Jia family was favored by Cao Wei, and his father Jia Kui was even more loyal to Cao Wei, and as Jia Kui's son, he actually had the idea of letting Cao Wei take the throne, and Zhuge Wei was deeply ashamed of him. When Jia Chong returned, he reported the situation to Sima Zhao and suggested that Sima Zhao summon Zhuge Birthday to Luoyang and get rid of Zhuge Birthday as soon as possible. From this time on, Jia Chong became the driving force behind the Usurpation of power by the Sima family, and gradually became the core figure of the Sima reactionary clique.
In 260 AD, Emperor Cao Xian, who was supported by the Sima family, because he was not willing to be a puppet and did not want to sit and wait for him to be deposed, began to plot to get rid of Sima Zhao. Cao Xian led the palace guards and slaves out of the palace, and happened to meet Sima Zhao's younger brother Sima Ling (zhòu), the emperor brought his own majesty, Sima Ling's soldiers were frightened and fled, but Jia Chong went against the trend and fought with emperor Cao Xian. Prince Cheng Ji asked Jia Chong, how should things end up like this at present? Jia Chong said: "Sima Gong's livestock raising Ru and so on is what it is today. Today's things, don't ask any questions! Hearing this, Cheng Ji immediately assassinated Cao Xian.
The incident happened suddenly, and if it was not the master's master who had premeditated it, the courtiers killing the monarch was a terrible thing in ancient times. Sima Zhao was also shocked to hear the news, his back was cold, and he fell to his knees. At this point, Sima Zhao summoned his ministers to discuss, and Chen Tai did not dare to say that it was Sima Zhao's crime, so he pointed the spearhead at Jia Chong and demanded that Jia Chong be killed in order to apologize to the world. Sima Zhao thought about it for a long time, and finally let Cheng Ji carry the pot for the crime of "great rebellion". However, Jia Chong's performance of firmly standing firm in his political position in the face of "great right and wrong" has instead won Sima Zhao's favor. When Sima Zhao died, he also pointed at Jia Chong in front of Sima Yan, meaning that Jia Chong was worthy of a heavy responsibility.
Although this incident made Jia Chong successful, it also made him bear the eternal infamy of the following crimes. After Sun Hao of Eastern Wu surrendered, Jia Chong teased Sun Hao's cruelty and asked him what kind of criminal law he used to dig up human eyes and peel people's skins, and Sun Hao sneered at him, saying that "if a person has killed his king and raped back to an unfaithful person, he will add this punishment ear", which means that for those who commit crimes below, they will be punished with the criminal law of eye gouging and peeling.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > two sides and three knives, using cunning means to exclude dissidents</h1>
In 265 AD, Sima Yan forced Cao Yan to take the throne and establish the Western Jin Dynasty, Jia Chong as the founding hero, and because "the emperor is the prince, full of strength", so he was more favored by Sima Yan, serving as a waiter, Shang Shuling, and CheQi general, and his power was extremely powerful. However, Jia Chong was hypocritical and flattering, and formed a party in the DPRK for personal gain, which made the government and the public very disgusted, and Ren Kai and Yin Yuchun of Henan were at odds with them.
In order to overthrow Ren Kai, Jia Chong took the retreat as an advance, praised Ren Kai's loyalty and reliability to Sima Yan, and proposed that he be made the prince's young fu, and his means were the same as Cao Shuang's rejection of Sima Yi in the past, hoping that Ren Kai would rise and fall and stay away from Sima Yan. However, Sima Yan not only made Ren Kai the post of Prince Minor Fu, but also did not dismiss the position of attendant.
Ren Kai used his human way to treat his body, saying that Jia Chong had prestige, wisdom, and talent, and suggested sending him to appease the Hu riots in qin yong's land, which made Jia Chong very worried, and before he sent the army, he quietly asked Xun Xun if there was any way not to go, xun xun said: "It is really difficult to resign, and it is unique to marry a prince, but you can leave it without quitting." This led to Sima Yan's selection of concubines for the crown prince and lay the foundation for the later Jia Hou government, the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, and even the Wuhu Chaohua.
Originally, Sima Yan wanted to take Wei Wan's daughter as a princess, and in Sima Yan's view, "Wei Gongnu has five cans, and Jia Gongnu has five inconclusivities: Wei clan breeds virtuous and many children, beautiful and long, white; Jia clan is jealous and has fewer children, ugly and short, black." "Simply put, it is the Wei family girl Xianliang Shude Bai Fumei, and the Jia family girl ugly and black." However, Jia Chong asked his wife Guo Huai to bribe the people around Empress Yang, and Empress Yang insisted on asking the prince to marry the girl of the Jia family, and Xun Xun and others added oil and vinegar to the Jia family girl, praising her for being extremely beautiful and had both moral integrity and ability, Sima Yan was a bit rake-eared, and he was almost obedient to his wife Empress Yang, and finally heeded their opinions and married the Jia family girl as a princess, and Jia Chong also had to avoid going to qin yong to send troops.
The contest between Jia Chong and Ren Kai was drawn at this point, and the struggle gradually became white-hot, and both of them were red people around Sima Yan, and two factions with clear grievances gradually formed in the DPRK. After Sima Yan learned of this situation, he specially invited the two to a banquet, wanting to be peacemakers, and the two only promised, and secretly the enmity became deeper and deeper. Jia Chong again recommended Ren Kai to serve as the official Shangshu, this time different from the prince Shaofu, after all, the official Shangshu is a real position, has real power, as a result, Ren Kai is busy with the affairs of the official, the chance of seeing the emperor is greatly reduced, Jia Chong took the opportunity to frame Ren Kai, resulting in Ren Kai being convicted and dismissed, Jia Chong won a great victory in this power struggle.
Another figure who openly opposes Jia Chong is Yin Yuchun of Henan Province just mentioned, and the struggle between the two seems to be somewhat comical. At a banquet, the two argued, and Jia Chong said, Your father is old, you don't go home to take care of it, you have no eyes. Yu Chun also reacted quickly, directly asking him, "Where is the noble township prince?" The noble township duke was the Cao Wei emperor Cao Xi who was killed by Jia Chong, and this irony was too explicit, and Jia Chong became angry and asked to resign. Unexpectedly, Sima Yan was relieved of Yu Chun's official position.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > yang and yin violation, and does not exert force to destroy Wu</h1>
After Sima Yan became emperor, he always had the ambition to destroy Eastern Wu, and Shangshu Duqian, Zhongshu Ling Zhang Hua, and Yang Hu (hù) were all hawks who strongly supported the cutting of Wu, but Jia Chong and his henchmen Xun Xun and others insisted that Wu could not be cut down, and Sima Yan was furious, and Jia Chong immediately took off his hat and confessed.
In 279 AD, Sima Yan decided to send troops to Eastern Wu, and interestingly, Sima Yan made Jia Chong, who had vigorously opposed Wu, the governor of the capital, and Jia Chong wanted to excuse himself as an old man and could not assume the heavy responsibility of marshal, Sima Yan said: "If the king does not allow it, I will come out on my own." Therefore, Jia Chong's appointment as marshal of Wu was forced by Sima Yan, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, and had to do so.
Jia Chong, who was leading the troops outside, originally had no talent, nor did he have any ideas on the strategic issue of cutting down Wu, so he violated Sima Yan's edict to cut down Wu, and most of his subordinates were credited to the Wu war. During this period, Jia Chong believed that the State of Wu could not be completely pacified, it was the rainy season at that time, the climate in the Yangtze River Huai River Basin was humid, and plague was bound to occur, so he wrote a letter to request the retreat of the troops, Du Pre-heard about it and quickly insisted on entering the army, as a result, Jia Chong had not yet obtained the official document of emperor Wu of Jin's edict to enter the army, and Eastern Wu surrendered. At this time, Jia Chong was ashamed and afraid, and he slipped to Sima Yan to ask for his guilt. After all, Wu Wu had won a complete victory, and Sima Yan was in a good mood, not only did not pursue it, but also had the heart to comfort him. Later, Jia Chong's fengyi households were also increased by 8,000 households.
In this war to eliminate Wu, Jia Chong did not contribute or contribute, and he picked up a military merit badge inscribed on his life history in vain, which was really too cheap for him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the family style is not positive, but the shortcomings become advantages</h1>
Jia Chong had two wives, two sons, and four daughters, but except for the eldest daughter Jia Zhao, who married Sima Yan's uncle Sima You, the rest of the people did not seem to be normal.
Jia Chong's original partner, Li Wan, was the daughter of Li Feng, the former Zhongshu Ling, and was moved to Lelang by Li Feng's involvement. Subsequently, he married a second wife, Guo Huai. According to the "Shishu Xinyu Confused Drowning", "Jia Gonglu's wife Guo Shi was jealous. Guo Huai's jealousy was very heavy, and both sons died because of it. The eldest son Jia Limin was born only one year old, one day, the child's nursing mother held the child and played, the child saw Jia Chong go home, happily jumping around, Jia Chong walked over and kissed the child, did not think, this scene just let Guo Huai see, he thought that Jia Chong had something to do with the nursing mother, and immediately killed this nursing mother. The child has a deep affection for the nurse, recognizes the milk, and "does not drink its milk, and dies." Later, Guo Huai gave birth to a second child, but unfortunately the tragedy recurred, and after Jia Chong was killed, the later son of the Jia family was adopted.
Let's talk about her fourth daughter, Jia Wu, who is a person who steals incense. According to the "Biography of Jia Chonglie of the Book of Jin", Jia Chong admired Han Shou's appearance and demeanor, and recruited him to be a Sikong Tuan, "Filling every banquet guest, his daughter peeped in Qingxuan, and was happy to see Shou." Jia Wu was moved by this beautiful man, and he was unsettled all day and all night, asking the slave maid if anyone knew Han Shou, and if a maid had served Han Shou before, he asked her to go to Han Shou's house to spread the word, saying that Jia Wu was beautiful and moving. Han Shou was also moved to hear this, so he asked this maid to convey his heart. Jia Wu secretly promised to let Han Shou go to her place to sleep at night. Han Shou was agile and climbed over the wall every time, and no one in the Jia family noticed the ugly things of the two. Jia Chong was attentive, seeing that Jia Wu's face was rosy and comfortable, and smelling a special aroma on Han Shou's body, he expected that his daughter and his staff might have an affair, but they couldn't figure out how they had crossed many obstacles to fornicate. He sent people to crouch around and torture Jia Wu's side. After knowing the truth of the matter, Jia Chong did not make a sound, and simply married Jia Wu to Han Shou to cover up the ugliness of the family. Later, since Jia Chong had no sons, the sons born to Han Shou and Jia Wu, that is, Jia Chong's grandson, also dramatically inherited Jia Chong's title.
Jia Chong's third daughter does not need to be elaborated, it is the famous Jia Nanfeng, just now we said that Sima Yan commented that the girl of the Jia family is ugly and short. This daughter, originally talentless and unscrupulous, was sent to the position of princess by Jia Chong's conspiracy, and since the crown prince, sima Zheng, the later Emperor Hui of Jin, was a fool, she had the opportunity to interfere in the politics of the dynasty, and the crimes against the Western Jin Dynasty and even the Central Plains were uncountable.
epilogue
In his lifetime, Jia Chong had neither the praiseworthy good deeds nor the eminent merits, but he used countless despicable means to step on the bones of others and achieve his supreme power and status, and even he himself knew that he was "unworthy of morality." Before his death, he was very worried about how future generations would evaluate him and how historians would record him. After his death, it was too often discussed to give Jia Chong a nickname, and Dr. Qin Xiu said: "Fill with etiquette and drowning, in order to incest... The blood of the father and ancestors, the chaos of the imperial court. According to the law: 'The age of chaos is in a state of desolation', please be a desolation. Because Sima Yan was already benevolent and had always been fond of Jia Chong, he did not heed this advice, and he was given the title of Duke of Wu.
Reference historical materials:
(1) Zizhi Tongjian, vols. 76-82
(2) "The World Speaks a New Language and Drowns"
(3) The Biography of Jia Chonglie of the Book of Jin