In 325 AD, sima shao, the emperor of the Jin Dynasty, died, and Sima Yan, the emperor of Jincheng, succeeded to the throne. The death of Emperor Ming of Jin marked the only hope of ZTE in the Eastern Jin Dynasty
Sima Yan, the Emperor of Jincheng (321-342), reigned from 325 to 342. The eldest son of Sima Shao, emperor of the Jin Dynasty, the third emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty and the seventh emperor of the entire Jin Dynasty. Emperor Cheng, Temple Name Sutra. Her mother was Empress Mingmu Yu Wenjun (remember this surname, which influenced later history)
He ascended the throne at an early age and assisted the empress dowager
When Sima Yan ascended the throne, he was only five years old (imaginary age), and at such a young age, he was still peeing his pants, so naturally he could not handle political affairs, that is, the empress dowager's auxiliary government. The empress dowager trusts nothing more than her own mother's family, so she must rely on foreign relatives, which will lead to the monopoly of foreign relatives. In the period of doubt, this inference was basically correct. Sima Yan is no exception. The empress dowager is in charge of the dynasty. Situ Wang guided Shang Shushi and joined Zhongshu Ling Yuliang in assisting the government. Yu Liang was the brother of the empress dowager, which was a foreign relative. Needless to say, Wang Daozi was a powerful vassal from the first emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Yu Liang was relied upon by the empress. At this time, Sima Tianxia, naturally, the surname Sima said that it did not count. As for whether the surname Wang has the final say or the surname Yu has the final say, it depends on the balance of forces between the two sides. Because Yu Liang wanted to squeeze out Wang Dao's forces, yu Liang was too jealous and was not the material for doing big things. It also provoked a rebellion. This was su jun's rebellion with Zu Yue.
Natural and man-made disasters continue
In the second year of Sima Yan's reign as emperor, that is, in 326 AD, that is, the first year of Xianhe (sima Yan changed the first era name of the Yuan), from June of this year to December of this year, there was no rain, and the world was in a great drought. This is Jiangnan, so long without rain, there can stand it
Natural disasters are man-made disasters. The peoples in the north continued to attack southwards, and Li Xiong in Chengdu was also attacking. At this time, the Eastern Jin Dynasty had been on the defensive in foreign wars. External wars are constant, but internal ones are not stopping.
Yu Liang did not heed the dissuasion of his subjects and forcibly stripped Liyang of Su Jun's military power and let him return to Beijing as a civilian official. The intention is to eliminate hidden dangers in the imperial court. I have always felt that the emperors and ministers of the Jin Dynasty did not like to read history books, and if they read the history and the Book of Han, how did Chao mistakenly die? What happened to emperor Jingdi's rebellion of the seven kings. Ah, the lesson of the past. In November of the second year of Xianhe, Yuzhou assassinated Shi Zuyue and Liyang Taishou Sujun directly rebelled. In the same year, Sima Xiong, the king of Pengcheng, and Sima Xiu, the king of Zhangwu, also rebelled and responded to Su Jun.
This mess was provoked by Yu Liang, and his ass had to be wiped by himself, and Yu Liang was the governor of The Conquest. Unfortunately, this Yu Liang couldn't do anything, and he couldn't beat Su Jun at all. Su Jun's troops were strong and strong, and the momentum was like a broken bamboo, and Yu Liang was defeated and retreated. Later, he abandoned the little emperor and went to Wen Yu himself. The following year, Su Jun occupied Jiankang (the capital), leaving only Situ Wang Dao, Right Guanglu Grand Master Lu Ye, Xun Song and other Wei Emperors in the Taiji Hall, which was unreliable at critical times. Fortunately, Su Jun did not have the ambition to become emperor and also admired Wang Dao. Only then did he not attack the little emperor and Wang Dao. Sima Yan only then saved his life.
Su Jun's rebellion lasted for a year and four months, until Xian he was put down in four years. Zu Yue was defeated because of the battle against Shi Le in the north, as for Su Jun, with the help of Tao Kan and Wen Zhao, he stabilized the situation, and finally: Jun lightly rode out to battle, fell off his horse, beheaded it, and the crowd collapsed. The horse lost its front hoof and died.
Sima Yan's father and grandfather experienced the Wang Dun rebellion, and he himself had a rebellion by Su Jun. No one can stand anyone who is worried about internal and external troubles.
There is a shadow of his father
He succeeded to the throne at an early age and could not personally manage political affairs. As he grew older, Sima Yan practiced frugality, advised nongsang, and commanded the virtuous, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty tended to be politically stable. Unfortunately, he died at the age of two, and his political initiatives have not yet formed an influence. It's a pity.
In Sima Yan's last days, Sima Yan made a seemingly wise decision. Because Sima Yan's two sons were still too young, Sima Yan, in order to stabilize the country, no longer repeated the same mistakes, and did not pass the throne to his son, but to his half-brother Sima Yue, the king of Langya. This is Jin Kangdi. It's just a pity that this younger brother has completely failed his brother's wishes. My brother lived to be twenty-two years old, and he lived only twenty-three. ay
In addition, his two sons, Sima Pi and Sima Yi, also later became emperors, namely: Emperor Ai of Jin and Emperor Fu of Jin. Look at these two nicknames, and you know that it is not good.
Jin Shu's evaluation of Sima Yan
Less of it is controlled by the uncle clan and is not pro-government. And long, quite attentive to all opportunities, keeping things simple, often wanting to shoot in the back garden, counting forty gold, and ending at the cost of labor. Although he was ashamed of the former king (his father Sima Shao, the Emperor of Jinming), the virtue of frugality was enough to track down Yu Lieyi.
This evaluation is still very pertinent.
Emperors before Sima Yan:
Sima Yi, Emperor Xuan of Jin Dynasty- Sima Tianxia was laid by me
Sima Yi, the Emperor of Jinjing, was originally scheduled to be the successor, and Sima Zhao had no hope
Sima Zhao, Emperor Wen of Jin—My father and my brother are dead, and the world is mine
Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty--The founding emperor is the Emperor of Xia, and your wives are not as many as mine
Sima Zheng, emperor of Jinhui — I'm an idiot, an outsider to the power struggle
Emperor Sima Chi of Jinhuai - the world was in chaos, the Sima family was almost extinct, and the Yellow River of the Yangtze River was dry
The last emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Yi of the Jin Dynasty, surrendered, and a dynasty was over
Sima Rui, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty - look at a real Sima Rui, don't think that the creation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty is very powerful
Sima Shao, emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the most reliable emperor of the Jin Dynasty, really wanted to live another five hundred years