Chapter 20 Virtue and "kinship"

After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, the situation in the south became much simpler and clearer than that in the north.Let's say that when Sima Ye, the last emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, was captured by Liu Yao, it happened that a guy named Sima Rui in the royal family was staying in Jianye, south of the Yangtze River.Earlier, the "Eight Kings Rebellion" caused the "Yongjia South Crossing". A large group of scholars from the Central Plains fled to the south of the Yangtze River to seek refuge. People were panicked and the dragons had no leader. The big guys saw that there was nothing good left in the Sima family, so they went Pull out generals in the scorpion, support Sima Rui to ascend the throne, and continue the imperial line-it is called the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history, and Sima Rui is the emperor of Jin and Yuan.

The situation in the Eastern Jin Dynasty seems to be much more stable than that in the Western Jin Dynasty. The Yangtze River is there to form a natural Maginot line of defense. Can be safe and sound all the time, eat and wait to die.Although the Eastern Jin Dynasty also organized several Northern Expeditions, they were all knocked back by the ethnic minority brothers, so they had to lie obediently in the south of the Yangtze River to support the large group of celebrities.Among the northern states, only Fu Jian seriously made one expedition to the south with the aim of destroying the country. Unfortunately, the Battle of Feishui suffered a disastrous away defeat, allowing the Eastern Jin Dynasty to escape this catastrophe.This incident is often used by celebrities in the south of the Yangtze River to brag, saying that our family is orthodox. Have you seen Feishui's victory?God bless you.

The so-called Eastern Jin Dynasty and Western Jin Dynasty were actually separated by people who studied history for the convenience of postgraduate entrance examinations. At that time, people in Jiangnan firmly believed that there was only one Jin Dynasty, and it could even be said that there was only one China. How could those barbarians in the north represent China? Woolen cloth?Since there is only one Jin Dynasty, there is no need to change the virtues, so the Eastern Jin Dynasty is also Jinde. , looked on coldly, sneered, and at most three words popped out from between his teeth: "Hmph, false dynasty!"

There were not many foreign wars in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Basically, it was possible to win the defense, and the attack was death, just like the Soochow back then.So the main energies of the rich and powerful are all spent on making money, taking drugs or fighting among themselves.Thinking that the famous Huan Wen had a barely successful Northern Expedition, Wang Meng rushed to offer advice, leaving a good story of "talking about the world with lice", but in the end Wang Meng still went to talk to Fu Jian.why?Because Wang Meng saw it, Huan Wen had no determination to regain the Central Plains at all, he was thinking about winning a few battles on the front line to improve his prestige, and then go back to usurp the throne.

There are not a few guys who have ideas like Huan Wen's, but there is only one (and only one) who succeeds in the end, and that is Liu Yu. Liu Yu, whose nickname is Jinu, is an incomparable military genius. During his service in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, he made great achievements repeatedly. He conquered Chang'an City as far as he could, and was later given to him by the "Jinde" little sun Helian Bobo. kicked out.This person's life experience is very interesting. According to his boast, he is the descendant of Liu Jiao, the king of Chu and Yuan in the Western Han Dynasty—if this genealogy is true, he is still related to Liu Xiang and Liu Xin.When he was a child, Liu Yu also made a living by selling straw sandals, and later he joined the army, and his fate was quite similar to that of the big-eared Han family clan.

In 420 A.D., when the Northern Wei Dynasty was on the rise, but had not been able to unify the north, Liu Yu thought that his reputation was almost high and his strength was almost strong, so he forced Emperor Gong of Jin to abdicate and proclaimed himself emperor.It is said that he has such a fate with the royal family of the Han Dynasty, if he wants to usurp the throne, he should continue to use the hundreds of years old banner of "reviving the Han Dynasty".But Liu Yu is a smart man. He knew that it had been too long since the fall of the Han Dynasty. Change your country name.Before Liu Yu usurped the throne, he was named Song Gong and Song King by the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is logical that the country name of the new dynasty is Song.

Now that the name of the country has been changed, the virtues have to be changed as well.According to the law of mutual generation of the five elements, metal generates water, and Liu Song should be the virtue of water and respect black. "Song Shu·Xiangrui Zhi" records such an incident, saying that in the eleventh year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 415), the Ximing Gate of Jiankang, the capital city, suddenly collapsed, causing a big commotion floods.Of course, this is not the fault of the bean curd project. The west belongs to gold, and the Ximing gate refers to the gate of the golden elephant. It was destroyed by water, which happens to be a sign of the decline of gold and the prosperity of water.So when we read "Book of Songs", we can often see the emperor's old man dangling around wearing a black jacket (a kind of headband with long ears wrapped around his hair), that's because the clothes are still dark.

To make a digression, the clothing of the past dynasties has been constantly evolving, and the black Jiepei has changed to become the familiar "black gauze hat". The Liu Song Dynasty existed for more than 60 years. It was overthrown by General Xiao Daocheng and the Qi Dynasty was established, known as Southern Qi in history.The virtues of the Southern Qi Dynasty can be guessed with the toes. The character Xiao is a cursive character, which belongs to wood, and water grows wood, so the Qi Dynasty should be the virtue of wood, and the clothes, flags, and sacrifices are still green.

The auspicious omen related to this is as mysterious as ever.It is said that when Xiao Daocheng was seventeen years old, he dreamed of a blue dragon chasing the setting sun in the west. Some magicians explained that the setting sun was Liu Song, and this green dragon naturally represented Xiao Daocheng.It's a bit too fake. When he was really seventeen, he asked the warlock about this dream, and the warlock replied like this. Both of them will be arrested, and maybe their heads will be lost.And when Xiao Daocheng is in power, I really don't believe he can still remember the dream he had when he was seventeen.

There is also a dream that Xiao Daocheng’s son, Xiao Yu, was thirteen years old. He dreamed of walking in the palace wearing clogs. The clogs are of course made of wood, implying that he would ascend the throne sooner or later. The second emperor. These two statements are really quite creative. Let’s take a look at the above. A lot of trash snacks will only compare history books and make up that they saw a yellow dragon, blue dragon, phoenix, unicorn, etc., so that people can read it. Want to doze off.Besides, if there is a blue dragon to appear, why only you see it but no one else sees it?The father and son of the Xiao family simply said that they saw it in a dream, and they didn't need to testify at all, so it was so worry-free.

The Southern Qi passed on for fifty-five years, and finally "abated" to Nanliang.So what is the virtue of Nanliang?After the influence of so many dynasties in the past, probably everyone can guess that if wood makes fire, Nanliang must be Huode?Hahaha, you guessed wrong! The founding emperor of Nanliang—Emperor Wu of Liang Xiao Yan was a "man of god", his disposition was impossible to guess, and this unfathomable disposition directly caused his tortuous and bizarre experience.Besides, Xiao Yan himself is also a member of the Southern Qi royal family, and his father is Xiao Daocheng's brother of the same clan. With such a relationship, even if he kicks out the last Qi emperor Xiao Baorong and inherits the Southern Qi throne by himself, it is basically reasonable and legal.But this old man quit and insisted on using the title of his own kingdom "Liang" as the title of the empire, obviously wanting to establish a new dynasty and create a new atmosphere.It's all right to establish a new dynasty, but when discussing virtue, Xiao Yan brought out his identity as the royal family of the Qi Dynasty, saying that everyone is a family, and talking about the five elements is out of the question. As the saying goes, what kind of virtue we have in the previous dynasty, right? Ever since, the theory of the Five Virtues was cast the color of "family affection" for the first time, and Qi and Liang also became the first pair of dynasties in Chinese history that truly continued to share the same virtues. Qin, Han, or the former Zhao and later Zhao were originally Tongde, but it was a car hit without recognizing the orthodox status of the former, so it doesn't count. In the early days of Liang Wudi Xiao Yan's reign, he was diligent and frugal, and made a big improvement in the south. It is estimated that if he continues to do so, he will have a chance to achieve a successful Northern Expedition.But who would have thought that as he got older, the divinity of this "man of God", more precisely his nervousness, would skyrocket. For some reason, the old man abandoned Confucianism and fell in love with Buddhism. Generally, emperors worship Buddha, that is, they build more temples, give up more money, and offer at most Buddha bones and relics, which is as high as the sky.Xiao Yan was unusual. After building the temple, he not only gave away his money, but also gave up himself. He sneaked into the temple several times to get a shave, saying that he wanted to become a monk.There is no precedent for the emperor to become a monk. It is really a waste of the face of the royal family and the court, but it is still a trivial matter. flagrant absenteeism in the name ofThe ministers didn't dare to expel him, so they had to go to the temple to persuade him. The emperor said: "This monk wants to return to the vulgar, so he has to donate property to the temple to redeem himself." The emperor redeemed him—don't even mention that the "emperor monk" is the only one in the world, so the redemption fee is of course not cheap. Xiao Yan sneaked away to become a monk, and then was redeemed with a huge amount of money. It was not just a game, but several times in a row.What he did, directly led to the emptiness of the national treasury and the chaos of the government. As a result, Hou Jing, who had nowhere to go from the north, caused chaos, and finally imprisoned Xiao Yan in Taicheng.Because Xiao Yan scolded Hou Jing a few words, Hou Jing was not angry, so he ordered the prisoner's diet to be cut. In the end, because of the bitterness in his mouth, Xiao Yan refused to come to ask for honey, and starved to death. Yuan Laoer's death was just as ugly. However, there are also rumors among the people that although the old emperor was imprisoned in Taicheng, although he had no food, he had practiced the magic of bigu, so he couldn't go hungry at all.What, you said he starved to death?No, no, he has cultivated so well that he has ascended through autopsy—we said that he is a "man of gods", and he is really not wrong at all. After Xiao Yan died of starvation, Nanliang lingered for less than ten years before being usurped by General Chen Baxian.This Chen Baxian is an honest man, Liang is wood virtue, and wood makes fire, so Chen Chao is naturally fire virtue, and the whole process is well-regulated and lackluster.On the one hand, it is because there is nothing to dispute, and on the other hand, it also shows that the Southern Dynasties began to get tired of the theory of the five virtues and did not pay much attention to it.