The noble and honorable profession of "emperor" not only means that he is highly powerful and above ten thousand people under one person, but also means that he must be vigilant at any time to guard against the ill intentions of those who covet the throne. Because people are full of possessiveness of imperial power, the emperors of ancient China often died of death.
Not only that, in The history of China, more than 60 emperors were murdered by others. If you want to talk about which emperor died the most, it must be Sima Yao, the Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Sima Yao was born in 362 AD, the 9th emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his father was Sima Yu. Originally, Sima Yu had a total of 7 sons, but many died in the middle of the way, and only two sons survived in the end - Sima Yao and his brother Sima Daozi.
His father's few heirs invisibly contributed to Sima Yao's success in obtaining the throne in the later period.
In 365, sima yi ascended to the throne of the emperor and created Sima Yao's father Sima Yu the Prince of Huiji. At the age of 3, Sima Yao inherited his father's previous throne and became a minor prince.
In 371, Sima Yu, who had been coveting imperial power, ascended the throne under the support of the general Huan Wen, so Sima Yao changed from a prince to the crown prince of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
The general Huan Wen was a brave and resourceful man, who had long been in the hands of heavy soldiers and had long begun to plan how to seize the imperial power of the Jin Dynasty, although he had long controlled the power of the Jin Dynasty by virtue of his strength, he was well aware of the principle of "improper name is not smooth", and has been looking for opportunities to force the emperor of the current dynasty to open his mouth, so that the emperor Chan will give the throne to him, so as not to fall into opposition from the government and the opposition, and he does not want Qingshi to leave a stigma.
Although Sima Yu became emperor, he was oppressed by Huan Wen not long after he ascended the throne.
Huan Wen repeatedly hinted at Sima Yu to give him the throne, which once made Sima Yu worried and frightened, and in less than 1 year, Sima Yu became depressed and bedridden.
Sima Yu could not handle the major affairs of the state, so he wanted Huan Wen to help him handle government affairs, although Huan Wen was in the middle of Huan Wen's heart, but due to the pressure of public opinion, Huan Wen still refused. It didn't take long for the short-lived Sima Yu to die, and when the 11-year-old Sima Yao became the new emperor, he still had to continue to face the strong oppression of the powerful minister Huan Wen.
Soon after Sima Yao took the throne, mutinies occurred in many parts of the country, and Huan Wen had to lead his army to various places to suppress the rebellion. Unexpectedly, Huan Wen was seriously ill on the way out, and Huan Wen, who was ill, also wanted to write to the young emperor Sima Yao and ask Sima Yao to give him an official and a knighthood.
Although Sima Yao was young, he also knew the reason for temporarily appeasing the powerful ministers, and on the day that the edict for Huan Wen's officials was drawn up, an urgent report suddenly came from the army that Huan Wen had died of illness. At this point, Sima Yao's imperial crisis was a surprise and escaped.
After this power struggle, the young emperor Sima Yao immediately increased his mind, he knew that his foundation was shallow, and if he wanted to sit on the throne safely, he also needed to actively develop and strive to strengthen the strength of the Sima family.
To this end, Sima Yao made full use of the empty window period when there was a shortage of talents for the door valves of the Shi clan, vigorously promoted the sons of the Sima family to enter the court, worked hard to break through the old pattern of door valve politics, and fully supported his brother Sima Daozi to replace the important minister Xie An, helping himself to stabilize the government and discuss state affairs. After such a "combination fist" was played, it really stabilized the political and imperial power of the Sima clan.
The Song Dynasty's "Article Chronicle" evaluated Sima Yao as: Emperor Is intelligent and wise, pushing the sage and appointing talents.
It can be seen that Sima Yao really had a time when he was meritocratic and exerted himself to govern. However, the historian Lü Simian's evaluation is: the emperor connived at Daozi, political chaos, and even the fall of power. This shows that Sima Yao did not maintain the habit of being diligent and pragmatic after he thought that his regime was stable and had reached the peak of his power, and he did not realize that there were still people around him who were coveting imperial power.
The Book of Wei records that Changming (Sima Yao) was old and drunk, while Changming's brother Would be the prince Daozi of The Imperial Household, and he was evil.
It can be seen that Sima Yao, who thought that Jiangshan would be eternally solid, began to indulge in luxurious pleasures and indulge in wine in the later period. When he realized that his great power was falling, he hurried to secretly compete with his brother Sima Daozi for power, forming an embarrassing situation of "lord holding each other".
As a result, the chaogang, which had already been clean and clear, fell into a dim situation, and the results of all the previous efforts were completely destroyed because of Sima Yao's inaction.
After Sima Yao sat firmly on the throne, he began to indulge in the sound and color of dogs and horses, he liked to drink, and the amount of alcohol was particularly good. Among the ministers, whoever drank well would be rewarded to the official. In the harem, Sima Yao often found a number of concubines and drank qiong pulp and jade liquid all night, and whichever concubine had a good amount of wine would get his favor and reward, without exception.
According to the historical records, Sima Yao once held up wine in the Hualin Garden and prayed: Changxing, persuade Ru to have a cup of wine, since ancient times, how can there be a long life tianzi? It can be seen how ridiculous Sima Yao's behavior when he was half drunk was.
In the autumn of 396, Sima Yao drank and had fun with his favorite concubine Zhang Guiren in the Palace of the Qing Dynasty.
This Zhang Gui is more than 30 years old, and her appearance cannot be called how outstanding, but she is deeply favored by Sima Yao by virtue of a good amount of wine, and it can be said that she is the first person in the inner garden of the deep palace.
Sima Yao came to be interested, drank heavily, and insisted that Zhang Guiren accompany him to drink. Originally, Zhang Guiren had drunk a lot of alcohol that day, and he really couldn't drink more jade liquid jelly, so he gave thanks and didn't want to drink anymore.
Sima Yao, on the other hand, obviously drank too much, and with a look of displeasure on his face, he said, "If you don't drink today, I will punish you for your sins."
Zhang Guiren smiled and said: "Concubines will not drink when they are partial, but they also depend on what crime Your Majesty wants to punish me?"
Sima Yao, who was drunk and confused, did not think about it, and said in a letter: Concubine Ai has accompanied me for many years, but she is more than thirty years old, she has old sex, and she has no heirs, are you not afraid that I will turn to other beauties and abandon you to the cold palace? Before he could finish speaking, Sima Yao began to vomit violently, and the filth he spat out also stained Zhang Guiren's dress.
Seeing this, the palace people rushed forward to wash Sima Yao's filth, change him into a new set of clothes, and help him to the bed, and Sima Yao immediately passed out.
Zhang Guiren herself was the daughter of a commoner, and since entering the palace at the age of 14, she was able to stand out among the crowd by relying on Chen Shuyuan, who was in the limelight at the time, and was noticed by Sima Yao.
Since then, Zhang Guiren has gained the favor of the Holy Grace by virtue of his good ability to not get drunk in a thousand cups.
Zhang Guiren had no background, nor did she give birth to a prince for the emperor, but she knew that as long as Sima Yao always pampered herself, the wealth and glory of this life would not be a worry.
Therefore, with the king accompanying the driver for more than 10 years, Zhang Guiren is also pampered and proud, and is becoming more and more obedient, but usually no one dares to provoke her to be angry, so Zhang Guiren usually has a good reputation of gentleness and courtesy.
After Zhang Guiren was freshened, he sat down on the edge of the bed, remembering what Sima Yao had just said, and he was very angry, I don't know if it was because people will become impulsive after drinking, in short, Zhang Guiren started to kill.
Zhang Guiren found his confidant palace maids, asked them to bring them a number of Quilts, and then worked together to suffocate Sima Yao alive under the Quilt in his sleep.
Poor Sima Yao, as the Ninth Fifth Supreme, would actually lead to the disaster of killing himself because of his drunken jokes, which was rare among hundreds of emperors throughout the ages. From this point of view, even as an emperor, you can't talk casually, and you must be cautious about the truth that comes out of your mouth.
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