Chapter 15 Wolves grab a dragon

——The Capture of Emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty As for Luoyang, the hunger was getting worse day by day. The king of the East China Sea and Taifu Sima Yue sent envoys to recruit soldiers from all over the world to help the capital, but few responded.Every time an envoy left, Emperor Huai of Jin would meet him in person, and pleaded pitifully: "Speak for me, and the towns and towns can still be saved today, but there will be no future!" Jingzhou Inspector Wang Cheng sent troops to rescue each other, but they were invited to attack halfway, and they were defeated and returned. Seeing that the rescue was not coming and he lost the hearts of the people, Sima, the king of the East China Sea, knew that Luoyang was in danger, so he used the pretext of conquering Shi Le to meet Emperor Huai and wanted to lead his troops out of Luoyang.

Emperor Huai was shocked and begged, "Now that the Hulu have invaded the outer suburbs, people have no firm will, and the imperial court is relying on you, how can we lead troops far away at this time and make Luoyang lose its guard?" Sima Yue replied: "I send troops for my ministers. Maybe I can be lucky enough to break the bandits and restore the country's prestige. Instead of sitting in poverty, it is better to fight to the death." out. "Famous generals are strong soldiers, and they enter their mansions; they look up to the virtuous, and they are known as assistant officials." Even the Taiwei Wang Yan also served as the commander of the army, and the king of the East China Sea only left his son Sima Pi and a few relatives to "guard" the capital. .Named "Guard", it is actually to guard against Emperor Huai and his courtiers.

"As a result, there were no more guards in the palace, famine and famine became worse, and there were many dead people in the palace. The thieves went to the palace and temple camps, and they dug trenches to defend themselves." Sima Yue left behind "guard" generals who not only did not guard the city, but also plundered the capital. The family members of the ministers even forced to humiliate the princess. Emperor Huai of Jin had resented Sima Yue's monopoly for a long time, and at this time he also secretly gave the minister Gou Xi a hand-waving edict, asking him to conquer Sima Yue.After leaving Luoyang, Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, who had been leading troops around in circles, was troubled both at home and abroad. Later, he learned that Emperor Huai's secret order to crusade against him, became sick with worry and anger, and died of illness in Xiangcheng.Soon, Liu Cong's general Shi Le wiped out tens of thousands of Jin troops in Ningping City, Kuxian County, and killed Taiwei Wang Yan and several clan nobles.Sima Pi, the prince of the East China Sea who fled after hearing the news of defeat, was also killed on the way of fleeing, and the forty-eight princes of Sima were beheaded by Sergeant Shi Le.

Let's talk about the monarchs and ministers of the Jin Dynasty.Originally, Emperor Huai followed Gou Xi's advice and wanted to move the capital to Cangyuan, but the princes and ministers were greedy for Luoyang's family wealth and mansion, so they hesitated.A few days later, seeing that even the food had run out, and cannibalism had begun to appear in the city, Emperor Huai Sima Chi had no choice but to flee with dozens of court officials.The idea has been made, but the guards and horses cannot be found.A group of people went out of the palace and walked to Tongtuo Street, and met a gang of thieves composed of rioters. The majestic Jin emperor was looted in his capital and had to return to the palace.

Soon, Liu Cong's general Hu Yanyan attacked Dongyang Gate and burned the last hope of Emperor Huai's escape - the boat parked beside Luoshui; Liu Cong's brother Shi'an King Liu Yao also quickly entered Ximing Gate; General Wang Mike of the Han Dynasty plundered the Xuanyang Gate. The soldiers of each battalion will snatch the treasures and maids in the palace into their respective battalions. Emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty Sima Chi escaped from the gate of Hualin Garden, and wanted to take advantage of the chaos to flee to Chang'an, but was caught by Han soldiers before he went far and was imprisoned at Duanmen.Liu Yao sent troops to search and plunder from house to house, and killed more than 30,000 princes and scholars including Prince Sima Quan, King Sima Yan of Wu, and Cao Fu, the right servant.Then, he sent troops to excavate the royal mausoleum, and burned Luoyang to white ground.

During the chaos, Prince Sima Quan's younger brother Sima Duan, Prince of Yuzhang, fled to Cangyuan, where he was made crown prince by Gou Xi and others.But soon, both Gou Xi and Sima Duan were captured and killed by Shi Le.King Sima Ye of Qin, the son of King Sima Ke of Wu, fled to Mizhou at the age of twelve, and was enshrined by Xun Fan and others.During the chaos in the country, only the clan Langya King Sima Rui's Jiangdong area was a little calm. Under the advice of Zhendong Sima Wang, he recruited talented people and recruited outstanding talents, and finally gave the Jin Dynasty the safest place to breathe.

Seeing that the Jade Seal of the Jin Dynasty will be sent to Pingyang, and the Emperor Huai of Jin Sima Chi and the Empress Yang of Emperor Hui of Jin will also be sent to the inner palace. Liu Cong was overjoyed and ordered that Empress Yang be bestowed on the clan that had made great achievements in the capture of Luoyang. Liu Yao.At the time of Tao Ran, he announced an amnesty order and changed his name to Jiaping. At this time, although he had been emperor for less than a year, Liu Cong had completely changed internally and externally.The corrosive power of power on people is enormous.Not only did he no longer say that he was the emperor's younger brother Liu Yi, but even his elder brother Liu Gong became suspicious, and sent someone to enter through the wall at night to assassinate the emperor's brother.

After Liu Cong entered the palace, he saw that his stepmother, Empress Dowager Shan, was beautiful, so he also steamed and prostituted her (the next prostitution is steaming, the next prostitution is newspaper). When the emperor's younger brother Liu Yi heard that his biological mother Shan was having an affair with the emperor's elder brother Liu Cong, he felt ashamed and angry, and often went to the palace to "remonstrate".If you can't make it to the left, you can't make it to the right, "Shan died of shame."Liu Cong felt resentment in his heart, but because he missed the Shan family, he endured it for the time being, and did not attack this "ignorant" imperial brother.

Liu Yi's uncle, Shan Chong, weeping and admonishing Liu Yi, asked him to cede the crown prince to Liu Cong's son Liu Can.Liu Yi didn't listen, and said: "The world is under the Gaozu's world, and brothers will end up with brothers, why not!" Soon after Shan's death, Liu Cong's queen Huyan also died of illness.Liu Cong, who was in his prime and extremely lecherous, ignored the righteousness of the same surname, and accepted the two daughters of Taibao Liu Yin as the left and right concubines.Soon, he felt that the women of the Liu family were beautiful and affectionate, so he welcomed Liu Yin's four granddaughters into the palace as nobles.All of a sudden, "the favor of the six Liu Lius fell in the harem".

When he was full of ambition, Liu Cong held another banquet to introduce the captured Emperor Huai of Jin.After Emperor Huai of Jin Dynasty Sima Chi entered Pingyang, he was "conferred" as Duke of Kuaiji County. After three rounds of drinking, Liu Cong, who was sitting high on the top, spoke softly, and said to Emperor Huai of Jin, who was sitting tremblingly on the side seat: "Aiqing, when you were the king of Yuzhang, I was also in Luoyang at that time. ) together to visit your mansion. When Wang Wuzi introduced me to you, Aiqing also said that she has been famous for me for a long time, and she also showed us the lyrics of Yuefu that you wrote at that time, and said to me: "Wen Please correct me one or two for Jun Shan's Fu.' At that time, I and Wang Wuzi each wrote a "Shengde Fu". Aiqing, you praised my Fu for a long time. Soon, Aiqing, you took me and Wang Wuzi to the imperial hall to shoot arrows , Wang Wuzi and you both got nine chips, and I got twelve chips. Aiqing was very happy at that time, and gave me Zhe bow and silver inkstone. Do you remember these things?"

Obviously, Liu Cong, who was the son of a hostage in a small "Dominion" at that time, had a deep memory of how lucky he was to be close to Prince Sima Dazong. Ordinary people really didn't have many opportunities to meet the biological son of Emperor Wu of Jin.When they met, they discussed martial arts and were awarded a fine bow and inkstone. At that time, Liu Cong must have expressed his gratitude and knelt down to accept Sima Chi's reward. Shiyi time shifts.The son of a former general of the Huns is now the emperor of the "big Han" and occupies the ninth rank, while the blood of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty is flowing on his body, and Sima Chi, who was once the ninth-five-year-old, has fallen into a prisoner and served people in the north. Such a major role exchange, The psychological shock between each other must be no small matter. From noon to night, the two "old friends" chatted speculatively, discussing the scenery of Luoyang City in those days and the writing, thinking and martial arts in their youth.At the time of parting, Liu Cong gave Emperor Huai of Jin one of the "Six Lius" on a whim, and said: "This is a lady from a famous family, and I am giving it to you. I hope you will treat her kindly." .” Emperor Huai of Jin did not dare to accept it, so he had to thank him deeply.Liu Cong's Chinese culture is more profound, after all, the Hun factor in his body has suddenly risen, and he can give his concubine to others for enjoyment.