Born in a chaotic world, Sima Yan was calm in the face of traitors.
Solid political power is frugal, and virtue is enough to be better than the sages.
In the previous article, Bao Ge introduced Sima Rui, the first emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Sima Shao, the second emperor. Today we come to the third place.
The third emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was named Sima Yan, the Emperor of Jincheng, who was the eldest son of Sima Shao and his mother was Empress Yu Wenjun of Mingmu. Sima Shaoying died young, and Emperor Hancheng was only four years old when he ascended the throne, and was ruled by Empress Yu, assisted by the old minister Wang Dao and his foreign relative Yu Liang.
Yu Liang was suspicious of the chancellor, constantly excluding dissidents and expanding his own power.
At that time, a general in Zhenshou Jiangbei, Su Jun, because of his merits in quelling Wang Dun's rebellion, had a high prestige, showed pride, and gradually showed a sense of disobedience.
In order to eliminate the hidden danger of Su Jun, Yu Liang recruited Su Jun to serve in the DPRK, hoping to take advantage of the opportunity to take away Su Jun's military power.
Of course, Su Jun would not respond to the order, and after several persecutions, Su Jun finally rebelled, which is known in history as the "Rebellion of Su Jun". Due to Yu Liang's constant miscommunication, the imperial court's army was defeated, and Su Jun attacked the capital City of Jiankang.
Yu Liang escaped from the capital, and Wang Dao stayed behind to protect Emperor Jincheng. Su Jun respected Wang Dao and did not kill him, but after a while, Wang Dao felt frightened and ran away with his two sons.
After Su Jun entered Jiankang, he acted extremely brutal, burning and looting. Empress Yu was humiliated and died of sorrow. What insults Empress Yu has suffered, everyone wants to go for themselves.
At this time, the seven-year-old Jin Cheng Emperor did not know whether he was young and ignorant, or a young man, and in the face of Su Jun's imprisonment and harsh treatment, he was not afraid, he only knew to bury his head in reading and deal with it calmly.
Later, the imperial army elected Tao Kan as the supreme commander and led all the allies to defeat Su Jun, who was defeated and killed.
After the disaster was put down, Wang Dao returned to continue to assist the government, of course, he was inevitably teased by Tao Kan. Yu Liang knew that he was extremely wrong in this matter, so he asked for his resignation and wanted to return to the hidden mountain forest. Emperor Jincheng did not agree, and eventually let Yu Liangzhen guard Wuhu.
This is the most important historical event during the reign of the JinCheng Emperor.
When Emperor Jincheng grew up, he was diligent in political affairs, commanded virtuousness, and his political power tended to be stable. The Jincheng Emperor was also quite frugal, and once he wanted to build an archery practice room with a budget of forty gold, and the Jincheng Emperor gave up because the cost was too high.
Although the Jincheng Emperor was not as strong as his father, Emperor Ming of Jin, his frugal character was enough to trace back to the sages.
By the way, the Jincheng Emperor was also a famous calligrapher, and there are sources that record that his calligraphy is "powerful and refreshing, and the ancient style is included".
Originally, he had the opportunity to become the Emperor of Zhongxing in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but unfortunately, like his father, he was also a short-lived emperor and only lived for 21 years. On his deathbed, Emperor Jincheng's two sons were still young, and some ministers suggested that he appoint his younger brother Sima Yue as the heir to the throne, and Emperor Jincheng gladly agreed, which was the last contribution to the country!