In his later years, Huan Wen, a powerful minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was so powerful that the history called "the government was governed by the Huan clan, and the sacrifice was widowed".
It can be said that he wanted to learn from Cao Pi, Sima Yan and others to usurp the throne and stand on their own, which was easy.
Therefore, he was bedridden and bored, and his heart was troubled, and he said sadly: "If you are silent and do not shoot, you will be laughed at by Sima Shi and Sima Zhao behind you." ”
Finally, he sat up and said a shocking sentence: "Neither can it be passed on to the hereafter, nor is it enough to restore the stink of evil!" ”
He decided to depose the emperor in the imitation of Yi Yin and Huo Guang to re-establish authority, first deposing the Jin emperor Sima Yi and then usurping the throne.
However, before Huan Wen abolished Sima Yi, because Sima Yi itself had no shortcomings or faults, he could not find an excuse.
It was only when some of his subordinates offered the clever trick of "the palace was heavy and stuffy, and the bed was easy to slander", huan Wen then "falsely accused the emperor of having a problem in the domain", saying that Sima Yi was impotent and had no fertility, and that the three sons born to the harem were not the emperor's parents, but the result of incest in the court by Xianglong, Ji Hao, Zhu Lingbao and other male pets, and in November of the sixth year of Taihe (January 372), he seized Sima Yi's national seal and forced him to leave the palace.
Sima Yi stepped out of the arch in a single robe in the coolness of late autumn, and the situation of saying goodbye to the courtiers in an ox cart was recorded in the annals of history, which made people cry.
Sima Yu, the founder of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was the younger son of Sima Rui, the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and went through the seven dynasties of Yuan, Ming, Cheng, Kang, Mu, Ai, and Emperor Yuan.
Moreover, when Sima Yu was the King of Xiang, he was very familiar with Huan Wen.
Once, Sima Yu and Xie An went to visit Huan Wen.
Mingshi Wang Xun happened to be a guest at Huan Wen's house. Huan Wen said to him, "You have always wanted to see The King of Xiang, this time, the opportunity has come, you can hide behind the curtain and watch." ”
After Sima Yu and Xie An left, Huan Wen asked Wang Xun, "What do you think of Xiang Wang as a person?" ”
Wang Xun said, "Xiang Wang's auxiliary government is naturally like a divine king; however, you are also a great figure in the hope of all men, otherwise, how could Xie An be willing to submit to you?"
Therefore, Huan Wen Li Sima Yu, on the one hand, is flaunting "abolishing the dim light", on the other hand, he is confident that he can calmly control Sima Yu.
However, when Huan Wen embraced Sima Yu, he really saw Sima Yu, but he didn't know how to speak.
Originally, he designed a process, according to the process, after the abolition of Sima Yi, he saw the new emperor, should be in tears, and then the hundreds of sentences written in advance were recited in a voiced way, describing the intention of abolishing the old and establishing the new. But when Huan Wen saw his old friend Sima Yu, he felt very ashamed in his heart and could not say a word.
In this way, Sima Yu is also a big person who has witnessed many ups and downs, and his insight should be extraordinary.
But Sima Yu's insight was actually very shallow.
Once, he led a group of retinues on a trip, and when he saw the rice in the rice field, he didn't know it, so he asked the retinue, saying, "What kind of grass is this?" ”
The attendant replied, "Prince, this is rice." ”
Sima Yu was so ashamed that an old face was almost tucked into the crotch of his pants.
After returning to the palace, he did not go out for three days, and he was locked in the house alone, sighing and saying, "Is there a fundamental reason for relying on its fruits to sustain life without knowing it?"
From this, it can be seen that Sima Yu's insight is really limited.
After Sima Yu ascended the throne, everything was obeyed by Huan Wen, and he was afraid that he could not live forever, and privately asked Huan Wen's close confidant Xi Chao whether Huan Wen would still do anything to abolish the establishment. Xi Chao felt very ridiculous because of this.
Sima Yu also asked Xi Chao to deliver a message to Xi Chao's father Xi Yu on his behalf, saying: "The matter of the royal family has reached this point because Xi Chao cannot use morality to defend it. ”
Sima Yu also continued to chant poems by Yu Yu: "Heroes are in pain, and loyal subjects mourn the humiliation of the Lord." ”
There was once a proverb in the society that "Jin Zuo exhausted Changming", and Sima Yu kept this proverb in mind.
Since Sima Yu had deposed his son Sima Daosheng while he was the King of Huiji, and Sima Yu and other sons had died prematurely, he was eager to have another son to inherit his throne as Huiji.
Which concubine has the life of a son?
Sima Yu asked Xiangshi to come and meet the concubines, and Xiangshi took a fancy to the dark-skinned maid Li Lingrong.
Sima Yu then summoned Li Lingrong to sleep.
After coming and going, Li Lingrong claimed to have dreamed many times of double dragon pillow knees, the sun and the moon into his arms, and then he became pregnant with Sima Yao.
During her pregnancy, Li Lingrong also said that she dreamed of seeing the immortals and instructing: "Rusheng male, take Changming as the word." ”
Sima Yu listened, tears poured down, and said, "I didn't expect that changming of our Sima family would appear like this!" ”
Then, when Sima Yao was born, he really used the word "Changming" as the word.
Now, Sima Yu suddenly ascended to the throne, and he therefore determined that the destruction of the Jin Chamber in the hands of Sima Yao was Providence, and Providence could not be disobeyed.
Therefore, only eight months later, in July of the second year of Xian'an, he became seriously ill, and a series of edicts summoned Huan Wen of Guyi (present-day Dangtu County, Anhui Province) to assist the government in Beijing.
Huan Wen didn't know what kind of medicine he was selling in the gourd, and he should not resign.
Sima Yu had no choice but to make Sima Yao the crown prince, and before his death, he wrote a will and testament, asking Huan Wen to live according to the zhou gong's routine, and at the same time, in the tone of Liu Beituo's lonely to Zhuge Liang, he wrote: "The young son can be assisted by those who assist him, and if not, the king will take it upon himself." ”
Wang Tanzhi next to him really couldn't see it, grabbed this testament, and tore it up in front of him.
Sima Yu cried and said with a sad face: The world of the Jin Room was only accidentally obtained by stepping on the luck, so why should you be dissatisfied! ”
Wang Tanzhi said, "The Jin Dynasty was founded by Emperor Xuan (Sima Yi) and Emperor Yuan (Sima Rui), so Your Majesty will give it to whomever you want!" Sima Yu was helpless, so he threw the heavy responsibility of writing a will to Wang Tanzhi.
Wang Tanzhi wrote instead: "All family and state affairs can be reported to Sima Da, such as the old practice of Zhuge Wuhou (Zhuge Liang) and Wang Cheng Xiang (Wang Dao). ”
Sima Yu collapsed, but the courtiers did not dare to immediately appoint sima Yao as the new emperor before receiving Huan Wen's clear instructions, and everyone wanted to wait for Huan Wen to return to the court before making a decision.
At the crucial moment, it was Wang Dao's cousin, Shangshu Zuo's servant Wang Biaozhi, who stood up and said with a straight face: "Junbang, the crown prince is standing on behalf of him, what is the matter with Huan Wen?" What a strange thing he had to say! If you wait for his instructions, you will be rebuked by him. In the face of danger, he quickly established the young Sima Yao as emperor, for Emperor Xiaowu.
Empress Chu was terrified, and she also wanted to issue an edict ordering Huan Wenxing to take the story of Zhou Gongju.
Fortunately, he was promptly obstructed by Wang Biaozhi, who said: "This is an extraordinary event, and Huan Wen will definitely push and give in again, so that it will inevitably bring the machine to a standstill, ruin the mountains, and dare not take orders." Please return the seal, please stop. ”
In this way, because of the efforts of the Qunchen, Huan Wen's desire to automatically take over the throne was frustrated.