Sima Yi, the deposed emperor of the Jin Dynasty, was the second son of Sima Yan, the emperor of Jincheng, and the half-brother of Sima Pi, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty. Sima Pi, the Emperor of the Jin Dynasty, died of poisoning by swallowing Dan medicine for many years, leaving no heirs behind him. Empress Chu, who had three times draped the curtain, issued an edict saying that Sima Yi was both talented and talented, and that he was the younger brother of the emperor and should inherit the throne. Sima Yi thus became the seventh emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Most of the puppet emperors lived relatively well. Because the imperial power is sidelined, because of their special status, they can easily fall into the political whirlpool and become victims of power struggles. A history of the ups and downs of imperial power, to put it bluntly, is a history of the struggle between imperial power and subject power. Once the powerful ministers broke out of ambition and had no scruples, the puppet emperors were mostly not good to eat, and were either killed or deposed, for reasons other than absurdity, fainting, immorality, immorality, weakness, youth, and incompetence. However, the reason for sima yi's depose, the emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was very strong, and the courtiers insisted that he suffered from it.
In 371 AD, Huan Wen, a powerful minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, wanted to usurp the throne and depose the lord and establish himself. However, Sima Yi, the emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, was an old and good man, with no negligence, and he also respected Huan Wen, and in a common saying, he won the hearts of the people. Huan Wen thought for a long time and did not find any excuse to depose Sima Yi, and was seriously hurting his brain. The staff offered a plan and sent people around to spread rumors that Sima Yi was sexually incompetent, and that the three sons born to the harem were all born to his male favorites Xianglong, Ji Hao, Zhu Lingbao, and concubines. For a while, there was a lot of discussion in the imperial court.
These rumors finally reached the point of being false and true, and Sima Yi was also disgraced. When Huan Wen saw that the effect was coming out, he went to Empress Dowager Chu, saying that Sima Yi was faint and immoral, could not be humane and humiliated the imperial family, and really did not have the qualifications to be emperor, and requested his depose. Although Empress Chu was an understanding person, Huan Wen was already deeply rooted in the dynasty, and Empress Chu could only yield to the quasi-performance.
In 372, Huan Wen again took the imperial order to demote Sima Yi to the Duke of Haixi and moved Sima Yi to Wu County. At that time, the situation in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was turbulent, and domestic wars were frequent, so some people raised troops to rebel under the guise of Sima Yi. In order to prevent sima Yi from being implicated, he lived in simplicity, closed the door tightly and did not make friends with anyone, and cautiously sought to survive so as not to be framed by the suspicion of the imperial court and Huan Wen.
One morning in November of the second year of Xian'an (372), Lu Hu sent his disciple Xu Long to Sima Yi's residence in secret, claiming to be under the secret edict of the empress dowager to welcome Sima Yi back to Beijing for restoration. Sima Yi listened to some heartbeat and wanted to agree. At this time, his family members came out to strongly discourage him, so he refused to go out again and rebuked Xu Long. Sima Yi knew that there was no hope of restoration, and he was afraid of another disaster, so he deliberately behaved mediocrely for peace, and indulged in wine at home all day. The imperial court was humiliated by Sima Yi, and finally avoided the disaster of killing himself.