Author: Moon Xiao Makeup
Among the emperors of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Emperor Ming was able to make a difference.
——Bai Shouyi, General History of China
Sima Rui, the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, had no hegemony, and the reason why he could barely support the Jiangshan that ate the glimmer of the Candle Fire of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was because he was a descendant of the Langya Wang clan. In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the door valve system had absolute appeal and was a symbol of the power of the Han landlords. As a puppet in a dragon robe, no one expected his abilities, but fortunately, he did not disappoint these people. During his reign, he did nothing.
However, Sima Rui had a good son, who was a rare gem of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and once shone in the dark night of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. His name was Sima Shao and he was Sima Rui's eldest son. When he was 10 years old, he showed his talent as an emperor, he was both literate and martial, a corporal of Li Xian, and also had the unique cultural heritage and qinggao of the children of the family, and the contacts were all famous courtiers, such as Wang Dao and Yu Liang.
Sima Rui was very depressed, Wang Dun was too arrogant, he always wanted to kill himself, he came to be emperor. But he was cowardly, and there was nothing he could do about Wang Dun. In 322, Wang Dun was killed all the way from Wuchang to Jiankang, and Sima Shao, who was still the crown prince at the time, was about to put on a robe and was dragged by Wen Yu to death. Wang Dao had the best relationship with Sima Shao, and Wang Dun was his cousin, so he mediated from Zhou to let Wang Dao withdraw his troops and return to health. Only from then on, Wang Dun became more arrogant.
In 322, the Yuan Emperor Sima Rui died of depression, and the Ming Emperor Sima Shao took the throne, when he was only 24 years old.
What Sima Rui left sima shao was a court that had nothing but a ceiling, and Sima Shao was young and idealistic, and he wanted to show his fists and feet and do something, so he thought that if he wanted to do something, he would first kill Wang Dun.
Wang Dun was very happy to hear that Sima Rui was dead, and he felt that he could take the throne immediately. He expected that Sima Shao would not dare to let him go back, so that he would have a reason to rebel and seize the throne. Before he could finish laughing, the man with the edict appeared and said, "The emperor will let you go back and give you a reward." Let you sit in the town of Auntie and lead the Yangzhou Pastor. You know, Gu Yu is a healthy southwest gateway, an important ferry port in the Yangtze River. Sima Shao gave the gate of the palace to Wang Dun.
Wang Dun was dumbfounded, his mind jumped, he needed time to sort out his thoughts. Wang Dun all the way to the imperial court to see the emperor was like stepping on a cotton pile, which had a feeling of being too unreal and too dreamy. He vaguely felt that this young Tianzi was not as easy to deal with as he imagined.
In 323, Sima Shao made the sister of the famous minister Yu Liang empress, Yu Liang the Superintendent of Zhongshu, and Wang Dao the Shang Shu Ling. He didn't seem to mind at all that Wang Dao had a rebellious brother, Wang Dun.
However, this was the jin ming emperor's move to kill two birds with one stone, one was that he really believed in Wang Dao, and the other was to show Wang Dun.
To tell the truth, Wang Dun was still worried for a while at first, thinking that this boy was probably not so simple, and he would first observe and observe. After a while, he saw that Wang Dao was still serving in the imperial court! It seems that there is no big deal, and it is ready to rebel again.
Wang Dun had a nephew, Wang Yunzhi, who was clever and clever, and was very much liked by Wang Dun, who loved him like a mascot and often took him with him. You love others, people may not love you. Wang Yunzhi is a very right-and-wrong person, and he has always been not optimistic about Wang Dun's ambitions that should not be there.
Once, when his uncle and nephew were drinking, Wang Yunzhi felt dizzy and lay down first. Wang Dun's confidant Qian Feng came to him to discuss the conspiracy, and half of it was discussed, Wang Dun thought, broken, Wang Yunzhi is still inside, what if he listens to it? In fact, Wang Yunzhi really listened, and he also knew that Wang Dun was suspicious, so he pretended to be drunk, shouted and vomited wine everywhere, and Wang Dun confirmed that he was delirious and let him go.
In the middle of the night, taking advantage of Wang Dun's lack of attention, he ran to his father and told his father Wang Shu and Wang Dao the news, and the two quickly reported it to the imperial court. When Sima Shao heard this news, he began to actively deploy. Sima Shao was not Sima Rui, and he would never sit still.
In the process of conquering Wang Dun, Sima Shao gave full play to the wisdom of "Zhuge Liang".
First of all, Sima Shao single-handedly broke into the enemy camp and went to Wang Dun's army to check the deployment of military strength, and when a sergeant found him suspicious, he reported it to Wang Dun. Of course, Wang Dun would rather kill a thousand by mistake than let go of one, and immediately sent someone to chase after him. Sima Shao saw that his deeds were exposed and fled on horseback. He was very careful, and as soon as the horse excreted feces, he sprinkled water to cool it, and when he saw an old woman selling food on the side of the road, he handed her the magnificent horse whip in his hand and said that someone would come and show them the horse whip.
After a while, the sergeants came after them, and the old woman said that she had gone far away, and then showed them the horse whip. The sergeants had never seen so many jeweled horse whips, they all looked at it curiously, and after everyone silently read it, there were careful people who said that the horse dung was cold, and it seemed that they really ran away, and then they went back.
Sima Shao had already touched Wang Dun's troop deployment almost completely, and he was not afraid of him when he raised troops to provoke him, and he had to provoke and provoke him if he did not come to Sima Shao. Wang Dun could not come, he was sick, Wang Dao stood up and published false news, saying that Wang Dun was dead. The sergeant was in chaos and the military was panicked. Wang Dun was angry and his illness worsened, and he could not personally lead the troops, so he sent Wang Han and Qian Feng to lead the troops. Sima Shao found some more people and sneaked up on the enemy camp one by one. Wang Han's army was scurrying around like headless flies, completely unable to find the focus of the battle. When Wang Dun heard that the soldiers had been defeated, he was actually angry and died in a fit of anger. After Wang Dun's death, the dragons were leaderless, and the soul of Sima Shao was scattered.
However, Sima Shao was a ming emperor, and he only killed Wang Han and Qian Feng, and by the way dragged the hanging Wang Dun out of the cemetery and beheaded him, and ordinary generals and soldiers were pardoned.
About Sima Shao's death, it may be related to a woman. He did not love his queen, as can be seen in the edict after the seal.
Emperor Ming only got married at the age of twenty, which was already an "older leftover man" in ancient times, but the empress was three years older than him, according to the famous family of the Yu family, it was a miracle that he could keep a girl until she was so old, and ancient girls were married at the age of fourteen or fifteen. Empress Yu Wenjun was a virtuous woman, but not a taste that Emperor Ming liked.
People often say that the red face is short of life, although this empress is not called a red face, but still has a thin life. Emperor Ming rarely slept with her, so much so that he married for four years before giving birth to Sima Yan. After Emperor Ming's death, Su Junzu rebelled, and she was so humiliated that she actually died. Pathetic.
After Emperor Ming ascended the throne, after the delay in standing, the ministers nagged and their ears were about to come out of the cocoon, and he wrote an edict after the establishment of the emperor.
Let's now look at how Emperor Ming's edict to crown Yu Wenjun as empress was written:
Concubine Yu shi used to inherit the ming order, as a concubine Of the Eastern Palace, pious gong in the middle of the feeding, Si Mei Lu Ze. Follow the faith and think smoothly, to become the way of Su Yong; to be in the boudoir, to be beautiful in the virtue of virtue. Dreams are not created, and the cocoon is guilty. The Qun Gong Qing Shi, the previous generation of the Ji Dynasty, was enshrined in the Dian Mo, and it was advisable to build a Long Autumn Temple to fengzong temple. It is to recount the ancestors, not to replace the old order, so that the envoy and the lieutenant conferred the empress seal. Fu Kun De Shang Rou, Female Dao Chenggu, Chongzhi Shengli, Dun Yi Si Righteousness, Isili in Yongzhen, Clone Tang Ji, Mother Yi Tianxia, Subliminal Yin Sect. In view of the six columns, the examination of the books, there is no way to curse, prosperity and decline by people, although the rest is not rested. Its respect, can not be careless!
Although it is difficult to fully understand, we can see the unkindness of his tone from the words "there is no way to be blessed, and prosperity and decline are up to people".
Emperor Ming's edict contains a few sentences in which the words are noteworthy, and there are some Spring and Autumn brushwork, such as "Thinking of Flattery", "Following the Letter and Thinking of Obedience", and so on. In such an elegant and magnificent edict, why did Emperor Ming say "Si Shun" and "Si Mei"? One of the reasons is that the queen has some tigress momentum. Anyway, it is not in line with women's morality. Let her pay attention, otherwise "there is no way out of blessings and misfortunes", and the rich and noble dare not protect. The edict says: "The Qun Gong Qing Shi, the previous generations of the Ji Dynasty, you to worship the Ming Dynasty, contained in the canon, it is advisable to build a long autumn, in order to serve the Zong Temple." "Although this is polite, in fact, it is saying, you do it well according to the model of a woman, if you don't do it well, the family prosperity is not there, you don't blame me for not saying it in front."
What's that called! Not only the empress, but also the Yu family felt that their faces were dull. This laid hidden dangers for the later monopoly of the Yu family.
So why didn't Emperor Ming like the empress? This is related to a woman. This woman's name is Song Wei, and it is said that she is a disciple of Lu Zhu, who is a disciple of Lu Zhu and was once known as a Jingshi. Song Wei is also not a match, and his dance skills are superb, especially good at playing the flute. Emperor Ming was very fond of her, but after all, he could not give her a name. However, for a woman, fame is far less important than true love.
Emperor Ming died a strange death, supposedly in a conspiracy. The "Biography of Foreign Relatives of the Jin Dynasty" is mentioned in a vague way, but it is vague, only to say that Emperor Ming did not let him investigate this matter, and Emperor Ming's maternal uncle, Empress Yu's younger brother Yu Yin, and Sima Zong, a prince of Nanton, among the clan relatives, were related to these two people, and these two people Emperor Ming were very close to them. After Emperor Ming's death, he killed Sima Zong, the King of Nanton. It is explained that the emperor's death was due to poisoning. Before he dies, give the woman he loves the most to someone he trusts. It is also a rare person with a heart.
For Empress Yu, he knew the ins and outs of the matter, and did not turn his anger on her, nor did he sin against the Yu family, and there were still some conjugal feelings.
Some people say that Emperor Ming's death may be related to Empress Yu's jealousy, however, as a out-of-favor palace, she was later abused by foreign ministers and died of insults, and Empress Yu was also a poor person.
Emperor Ming reigned for 3 years, quelled civil unrest, consolidated the power of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he was the only light of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but unfortunately died young at the age of 27.