Chapter 9 Fourth, the hero Huan Wen

In any case, Huan Wen is indispensable and worth mentioning.This is not only because of his power and achievements, but also because of his shocking famous saying: Even if he can't be famous forever, can't he still be infamous for thousands of years? What a character! Huan Wen was the son of Huan Yi, a famous official of the Jin Dynasty. It is said that Wen Qiao saw that he was unusual at a glance when he was born before he was one year old, so he was named Wen after Wen Qiao.Later, because of the recommendation of Yu Liang's younger brother Yu Yi, he became the son-in-law of Emperor Ming of Jin Dynasty.

However, Huan Wen was dissatisfied with people comparing him to Wang Dun, and he admired Liu Kun more.During the Northern Expedition before the Qin Dynasty, Huan Wen ran into the singing girl of Liu Kun's house by chance. The old woman burst into tears when she saw Huan Wen.Huan Wen asked her why, and the old woman replied: Seeing the general is like seeing Liu Sikong (Liu Kun). Huan Wen was very happy, so he rearranged his clothes and showed the old woman again. Now the old woman saw the difference.She said: similar skin, but a bit thinner; similar eyes, but a bit smaller; a similar beard, but a bit redder; a similar body, but a bit shorter; a similar voice, but a bit sissy.

It is said that Huan Wen was depressed for several days because of this. Although this matter is seen in official history, it is actually suspicious.Because Huan Wen's appearance has a beard like hedgehog hair and brow bones like purple stone edges, he belongs to the characters of Sun Quan and Sima Yi.How can such a person be a sissy when speaking? So, is Huan Wen's appearance reliable? reliable.Because it is Liu Yin (read Rutan) who made this description. Liu Bin is also the son-in-law of Emperor Jin Ming, and he is good friends with Huan Wen, so his description should be correct.What's more, although Liu Yin is a talker and basically does not do business properly, he is extremely accurate in judging people, and he is also quite thorough in judging problems.When Huan Wen went to the west to conquer Cheng Han, the ministers in the court and the central government were not optimistic about it. Only Liu Tun believed that he would win.The reason given is: This person never does anything that is not sure, even if it is a game.

Of course, Huan Wen's big tail would not be lost, of course, it was also expected by Liu Tin. This is a matter of Emperor Mu of the Jin Dynasty.The Eastern Jin Dynasty at this moment is no longer what it was in Wang Dao's era.After Jin Ming Emperor Sima Shao passed away, the five-year-old Jin Cheng Emperor Sima Yan succeeded to the throne, and the government actually fell into the hands of Yu Liang, the older brother of Empress Dowager Yu.Yu Liang wanted to strengthen the centralization of power, so he had serious conflicts with local forces, which eventually led to the Su Jun Rebellion, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty was almost doomed.

What's more troublesome is that although Su Jun's rebellion was quelled, Yu Liang changed from a central to a local.He and his younger brother Yu Yi successively served as governor of Jingzhou for eleven years, equivalent to occupying half of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.Therefore, who will take over the position after Yu Yi's death has become a matter of life and death. Of course the three-year-old Emperor Jin Mu couldn't answer, and the ruling Kuaiji Wang Sima Yu was also a talker, not to mention that this matter was already a difficult problem.To the north of Jingzhou is Qianghu, and to the west is Jinshu. Sending a loyal, honest and incompetent person to be the governor will not be able to resist those barbarians;

In the end, the court chose Huan Wen. Liu Po ​​said: With Huan Wen, Jingzhou would not fall into the enemy's hands; but with Jingzhou, no one can control Huan Wen. The result, unfortunately, is average. In fact, Huan Wen's ambition began to expand after serving as the governor of Jingzhou, but this ambition can also be called ambition.Because Huan Wen's spearhead was not directed at Jiankang like Wang Dun, but at the Hu people.After the fall of Cheng Han, he conquered the former Qin Dynasty, defeated Yao Xiang, defeated Qianyan, marched to Chang'an, and marched into Luoyang, winning the greatest victory in the history of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

In this regard, the attitude of the imperial court is one of happiness and the other of worry. In fact, since Cheng Han was destroyed, the imperial court became wary.Huan Wen's military operations were often not approved, and incompetent people were repeatedly used.As a result, these guys were defeated like a mountain, and the great cause of regaining the Central Plains just missed a good opportunity. Huan Wen's subsequent Northern Expedition was actually a lonely battle. I think Huan Wen must have been full of grief and indignation at that time.When the army entered Luoyang, he stood on the ship tower of the flagship and looked at the northern country. He once said with great emotion: the Central Plains fell, and the great rivers and mountains were lost. Some people should be responsible!

I am afraid that there is something in the words. However, the Eastern Jin court would rather not have the Central Plains than Huanwen's success, which doomed his career to failure.When attacking Qianyan, Huan Wen's troops advanced like a broken bamboo with singing songs, and fought all the way to Fangtou (now Junxian County, Henan Province), but they returned in defeat, and almost wiped out the whole army. The defeat of Fangtou has ruined Huan Wen's reputation, and his sixty years have made him feel that time is not waiting for him.Huan Wen, who would rather be famous for thousands of years, decided to vent all his anger on the emperor, and took this opportunity to shock the world.

That's right, Huan Wen wanted to abolish the emperor. The emperor at that time was Sima Yi.This gentleman has been on the throne for ten years and has been cautious in his words and deeds. He has no fault, so he can only make a fuss about his private life.Huan Wen's solution was to accuse Sima Yi of being incompetent, and that his three sons were wild.The emperor, who was unable to do a paternity test, couldn't argue with anything, so he could only let him abolish himself in the name of the queen mother. The new emperor is Sima Yu, king of Kuaiji, who is Emperor Jianwen. Emperor Jian Wen was the one who was almost made crown prince by Sima Rui.He is also a talker, with profound knowledge, extraordinary bearing, and excellent reputation. Even Huan Wen often sighs: There is such a person in the imperial court!

It's a pity that Huan Wen's abolition of the emperor was not for the purpose of discussing philosophy, so Emperor Jian Wen had no choice but to fight with him.Fortunately, although Huan Wen was domineering, he managed to be educated and reasonable and abide by etiquette, so Emperor Jian Wen was able to maintain the dignity of the emperor to some extent. In fact, Huan Wen was also afraid of Emperor Jian Wen.After all, Emperor Jian Wen was the son of the founding emperor Sima Rui, and he had successively served as Zai Fu of Emperor Mu, Emperor Ai, and Emperor Fei. Besides, the relationship between the two was also good before.Once, Emperor Jian Wen, who was still a general of Fujun, went to court with Huan Wen, but insisted on letting Huan Wen go in front.Huan Wen had no choice but to say: Bo Ye Zhi Shu (reading like a book), is the king's forerunner.

Emperor Jianwen said: No small, no big, follow the public and step forward. Both sentences are from.Huan Wen was older than Emperor Jianwen, so he called himself "Bo" (elder brother), but he said that he was still just a pawn of the king.Emperor Jianwen implied that no matter how old or young the official position is, everyone will follow Duke Huan. It is not difficult to imagine that the two of them must have smiled knowingly at that time. It's a pity that such a good life is no longer possible, but the tension deep in the heart must still be expressed in a gentle manner, otherwise it will not be Wei Jin style.Therefore, in order to explain the abolition of Li, Huan Wen, who is usually not good at words, carefully prepared a speech of hundreds of words before going to see Emperor Jianwen. Emperor Jian Wen didn't listen to his explanation, but just shed tears. Huan Wen was also confused, unable to say a word. However, Xiongxiong will not stop acting because of other people's tears.In order to exclude dissidents from seizing military power, Huan Wen still proposed to abolish Sima Xi (read Ruxi), the prince of Wuling who served as Taizai, and later killed their whole family.Emperor Jianwen approved the previous request, but he refused to kill anyone anyway.His comment said: I can't bear to say this, so how can I put it into action? Huan Wen insisted on the table again. Emperor Jian Wen once again approved: If Huan Gong thinks that Jin's national fortune will last for a long time, please follow the previous edict to implement it.If you think that I have exhausted my vigor, I will abdicate and make way for the virtuous. It is said that when Huan Wen received the edict, he was sweating profusely. After seven or eight months of stalemate like this, Emperor Jianwen died at the age of fifty-three.Jin people gave him a very high evaluation: the temple name is Taizong. A year later, Huan Wen also drove west of Hexi, and died at the age of sixty-two.He was posthumously made prime minister, posthumously named Xuanwu.But Jiuxi, whom he had been looking forward to for a long time, still failed to arrive before his death.Nine tin is the nine kinds of utensils bestowed by the emperor to powerful officials. Wang Mang, Cao Cao and Sima Zhao all added nine tin, but Huan Wen failed to do so. The Eastern Jin Dynasty turned the crisis into peace, and later a new atmosphere emerged.The victory in the Battle of Feishui was achieved ten years after Huan Wen's death.But this is not because of Emperor Jian Wen, but because of Xie An.