Chapter 4 2. Liu Yuan Jianhan

The "Eight Kings' Rebellion" that began in the first year of Emperor Hui of Jin Yuankang (AD 291) can be said to be the longest and most influential one among the great disputes caused by the struggle for power within the royal family in Chinese history.On the surface, this incident seems to have originated from a palace coup caused by Ms. Jananfeng mentioned above, but in essence, it is inseparable from the overall corruption from the royal family to the scholar-bureaucrats since the founding of the Jin Dynasty.The turmoil lasted for a total of sixteen years.It's a pity that our article is not interested in discussing how these eight princes and their respective forces ebbed and flowed and killed each other. The Sima clan has no outstanding figures. If we discuss the history of the "Eight Kings Rebellion" alone, I'm afraid You can write another article.

In the first year of Yongxing (304 A.D.), when Liu Yuan was preparing to raise troops, most of the power of the royal family had been lost at that time. Even the culprit Jananfeng had already lost his life. Among the eight kings, there were only three left, namely Sima Ying, king of Chengdu, Sima Yong, king of Hejian, and Sima Yue, king of East China Sea.Sima Ying, Liu Yuan's immediate boss, was named the emperor's younger brother because of his great achievements in the previous campaign against Sima Ai, the king of Changsha. He was in charge of major affairs inside and outside the court, and held military power.But this "Emperor's brother" is also a son-in-law, who holds great power but does not know his self-respect.

Since someone is occupying the seat and not doing good things, someone is going to take his place, and this old man is Sima Yue, king of the East China Sea.At this time Sima Ying was in Yecheng, but left Emperor Hui in Luoyang.Sima Yue thought about it, isn't this a god-sent opportunity, just to give him a "holding the emperor to order the princes".So he gathered a group of direct descendants, entered the palace, claimed that Sima Ying was a rebel, and wanted to punish him under martial law, and then led the idiot emperor to send troops to crusade, and became the governor himself, preaching to the world, recruiting soldiers, and notifying King Hejian Sima Yong fight against rebellion together.

When the news spread to Yecheng, the generals were shocked. Sima Yue was able to fool many people under the guise of "the emperor's personal conquest". Welcome to the holy driver.Sima Ying has long regarded the idiot emperor as nothing, how can he be afraid?He angrily scolded his subordinates and said: "Fortunately, you people are well-informed and came to join me; now the emperor is forced by a group of villains, but you actually ask me to send you to the door, and you will catch me without a fight!" He immediately sent 50,000 soldiers to fight Sima Yue. It seems that Sima Ying's subordinates are indeed the country's regular army, and their training and equipment are superior to their opponents. Fleeing back to his fief in embarrassment.Sima Ying took the opportunity to bring the emperor who was injured and frightened in the war into Yecheng, and turned around to attack Luoyang, the capital. (Thus, "holding the emperor" is not a panacea, not everyone can do it, if one's own ability and strength are not strong enough but insist on using an emperor as a front, it may not be possible to order the world to play, but it will be bad own business.)

This is good, one side says "you hold the emperor hostage", and the other side says "you intend to rebel", anyway, "the public says the public is right, and the mother-in-law says the mother-in-law is right".A few princes fought back and forth, but some people came to join in the fun.Anbei General Wang Jun had a disagreement with Sima Ying at the beginning, so he took advantage of the chaos and called his superior Sima Yue's younger brother Sima Teng, the governor of Bingzhou, and the tribes of Xianbei and Wuhuan to attack Sima Ying. At this time, Liu Yuan was thinking about how to leave Sima Ying and go back to his hometown Zuoguocheng to start an uprising. Seeing that this opportunity had come, he said to Sima Ying: "Now the second town (Wang Jun and Sima Teng's second division) is gaining momentum. Huo Da, known as hundreds of thousands of soldiers, I am afraid that with our current strength, it is difficult to resist, I am willing to go back and persuade us five tribes of the Xiongnu to go to the national calamity together."

Sima Ying was also worrying about not having any troops under his command, but he still hesitated: "Could it be possible for all five of your troops to send troops? If you can send troops, Xianbei and Wuhuan are also hard to deal with. I think it's better to go back to Luoyang to hide from them limelight." Liu Yuan thought to himself, well, it seems that I have to say something big, so he said: "Your Highness, you are the son of Emperor Wu, but you want to help the world. Now, who in the world is not willing to die for you? What are Wang Jun and Sima Teng? Things are nothing more than sticks, how can they compete with you? If Your Highness shows weakness to others, I am afraid that the authority of the world will be lost! As for the Eastern Hu soldiers and horses like Xianbei and Wuhuan, they are far less fierce than our Hun cavalry. As long as Your Highness sticks to Yecheng , When I bring five men and horses, let me use two to kill Sima Teng, and the other three to kill Wang Jun, and bring down the two thieves, just around the corner!"

Sima Ying is also a person who likes to listen to good things. After a while of flattery, she doesn't know what her surname is, and even worships Liu Yuan as Bei Shanyu and joins the prime minister's military. Liu Yuan didn't care about these titles for a long time, and immediately returned to Zuoguo City non-stop. Zuoxian King Liu Xuan and other Xiongnu nobles saw the return of the leader, and the crowd was excited.Surrounded by everyone, Liu Yuan ascended to the throne of the Great Chanyu justifiably, and made Lishi the capital of the Xiongnu tribes. In just half a month, he had already recruited 50,000 horses.

However, Sima Ying over there couldn't be sorry for Liu Yuan's "praise" at the beginning. Wang Jun's subordinates led the Xianbei tribe to attack Yecheng. Sima Ying was defeated and fled back to Luoyang with the emperor. Liu Yuan sighed: "Sima Ying didn't need me to say anything, so that she was defeated. What a slave!" I just want to keep my promise, send troops to rescue, and crusade against Xianbei. Liu Xuan and others said: "Jin people treat us like slaves. Now they are killing each other. This is a god-sent opportunity for us to revive the great cause of Hu Hanxie Chanyu. Xianbei and Wuhuan are nomadic peoples just like us. , can be our ally, why should we attack them? We must not give up all our efforts now."

Liu Yuan nodded in praise and said, "That's right! If you want to be a man, you have to be a big hill that towers above the sky, how can you be a small mound that tends to the power? Since ancient times, there have been no immortal emperors. Dayu came from Xirong, and King Wen of Zhou was born in Dongyi. We can win the world. We now have more than 100,000 elite soldiers, and even one is worth ten against the Jin Dynasty army. The destruction of the Jin Dynasty is not a matter of destruction. In this way, we may not be able to get the support of the people of Jin. The Han Dynasty has been in the world for a long time, and the kindness has been entwined in the hearts of the people, so Liu Bei can also compete with the world by occupying a state. I am also a nephew of the Han Dynasty, and we are brothers. Now my brother He is dead, so I, as the younger brother, of course have to inherit his career. I think we will use the title of the Han Dynasty to respect the emperor Liu Chan far away and win the hearts of the people.” (It’s really speechless, I don’t know what happened to If Han Gaodi Liu Bang, who was surrounded by Baideng, could predict that hundreds of years later, the Huns who besieged him would actually use his country name and honor his descendants to build a country, I don’t know how he would feel.)

In October of the first year of Yongxing, Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty, Liu Yuan was the King of Han in Zuoguo City, and he posthumously named Emperor Xiaohuai after the posthumous Shu Han (so Liu Chan, the posthumous master, could also be called Emperor Huai of Han, but unfortunately the Sixteen Kingdoms never It is recognized as orthodox, so no one will recognize this posthumous title. Speaking of the posthumous master reminds me of watching a TV series a few days ago. When talking about Zhuge Liang's vows to raise troops, someone came to report "The posthumous Liu Chan has a decree...", such The dialogue is really embarrassing, not to mention that he should be beheaded if he called the emperor directly by name, just say the word "post-lord". The "post-lord" in all dynasties generally refers to the "last monarch". How can it be said that he is the "post-lord"? Such a person should be killed——CCTV should be beaten even more for making such a mistake of lacking historical knowledge, huh, huh, let me be "convinced") The three ancestors and five ancestors of the Han Dynasty were enshrined in the ancestral temple. Zu Gaodi—this is often mistaken for Gao Zu and Shizu Guangwu Emperor. The third ancestor should refer to Liu Bei, the founding monarch of the Shu Han Dynasty, but it has been impossible to verify what kind of ancestor he is. As for the five ancestors, it is very clear Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, Sejong Xiaowu, Zhongzong Xiaoxuan, Xianzong Xiaoming, Suzong Xiaozhang. It can also be seen that the temple name system of the Han Dynasty is quite strict. Only the founding emperor can be called the ancestor. Only an outstanding emperor can be called the clan, unlike after the Tang and Song Dynasties, basically an emperor can be mixed with a temple name), Yuan Yuanxi was changed, the world was amnesty, and the Kingdom of Han was founded. It's time to start.