Chapter 50 Blessing is actually a curse

——The political situation of the Eastern Jin Dynasty after the "Battle of Feishui" One night in the late autumn of October 396 AD, in the Jiankang Qingshu Hall, silk and bamboo bursts, graceful dancing, and the aroma of wine lingers in the inner hall warmed by animal charcoal.Thirty-five-year-old Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty had been addicted to wine and sex for many years, and he still drank happily that night, staring at the beautiful waist of the palace man wearing a light veil with wide sleeves and loosening his eyes.It is estimated that it is getting colder, and Emperor Xiaowu Sima Changming has several more cups of hot wine than usual.While drinking, looking at the beloved concubine Zhang Guiren with a frosty face beside him, Emperor Xiaowu joked: "My dear concubine, you are almost thirty. According to your age, it is common sense that I should be deposed by you. I prefer A beautiful young woman."

While speaking, Emperor Xiaowu laughed, raised his head and drank his glass again, and then he looked at the gorgeous dancers in the palace and nodded again and again. Zhang Guiren raised his brows a few times, and seemed expressionless.Monstrous jealousy and hatred rolled through her heart in an instant. Soon, Emperor Xiaowu reclined on the soft couch, drunk into the sweet land. Zhang Guiren seldom poured fine wine in person, and thanked the eunuch who was on duty that night.The emperor's favorite concubine made a toast, and the eunuchs were both surprised and happy. They knelt down and drank, and they were all drunk in a short while.Zhang Guifei called people to send all the eunuchs on duty back to their residences to rest.

Under the shadow of the red candle, looking at the sleeping face of Emperor Xiaowu, thinking about the words that the emperor wanted to depose him two hours ago, Zhang Guiren became murderous.She sat on the mat very calmly, commanded her four personal servants to cover several beds of brocade quilts on Emperor Xiaowu's body, and ordered them to press the corners of the quilts tightly.After thinking for a moment, the determination was made, Zhang Guiren's beautiful eyes were cold and cold.She lightly moved the lotus steps and sat on Emperor Xiaowu's head which had been covered by several layers of brocade quilts.

Emperor Xiaowu struggled painfully, but the brocade was tightly stitched together.A few minutes later, the howling inside the quilt completely quieted down. Sima Changming, the king whose subordinates had won the greatest victories in the Sixteen Kingdoms and the Southern and Northern Wars during his reign, was actually killed by his favorite concubine because of a joke. Suffocated to death. As a result, Emperor Xiaowu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty became one of the most useless emperors in Chinese history. At dawn, Zhang Guiren claimed that the emperor "collapsed suddenly due to a nightmare", that is, he had a nightmare and died.

"At that time, the prince was weak, and the king of Kuaiji (Sima) Daozi was dim, so he stopped asking questions."The majestic king of a country was murdered, and Zhang Guiren, the first rebel, was not "punished". This is one of the most bizarre things in the history of ancient Chinese courts. Prince Sima Dezong succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen, and he was Emperor An.This emperor was not as good as Emperor Hui of the Western Jin Dynasty. Not only was he "unable to speak", "he could not tell the difference between cold, heat, hunger and fullness", he was completely an active vegetable.Fortunately, Emperor An and his mother and younger brother Langya King Sima Dewen are respectful and intelligent, and they have been accompanying the prince's brother in the East Palace since he was sensible, serving the silly brother to eat, dress, and go to the bathroom.After ascending the throne, Sima Dewen, who was ten years old at the time, completely became the personal and full-time nanny of the stupid emperor, helping the meat puppet to the palace every day to fulfill the emperor's "obligations".

The Battle of Feishui was a big victory, and Xie An had no detailed plan in the history books beforehand.After the victory, he took great pains: first, he wrote a letter to insist that the imperial court confer the honorary title of Taibao on him, "I fear that the father and son will be suspected by the imperial court because both father and son are great honors"; Huan Shiqian's merits in revitalizing Mianyang deeply aggravated internal taboos, worrying that his bravery would be difficult to control, and according to the place of victory, he was changed to be the governor of Yuzhou, and Huan Shimin, who was modest in character, was awarded the governor of Jingzhou.After the arrangement was completed, Xie An wanted to help the Eastern Jin Dynasty to rule the world, "Shangshu asked to march from the north".

Xie An's name was the Northern Expedition, but it was actually Sima Daozi, the king of Kuaiji who was afraid of Emperor Xiaowu's tyranny in the court.He went out of the town of Buqiu, Guangling, and built a new fortress to live in it, trying to keep himself away from Jiankang, the center of the political whirlpool.Although due to the great victory in Feishui, Xie An was promoted to Taibao, Taifu, and the military governor of Yangjiang Jingsi and other 15 prefectures, Xie An was already suspected of being the "lord of great achievements", lest he would arouse the suspicion of the Jin family.

In 385 A.D. (the tenth year of Taiyuan, Emperor Xiaowu of Jin Dynasty), Xie An occasionally felt unwell, and said sadly to the left and right: "When Huan Wen was alive, I was often afraid of being killed. At that time, I had a dream: I dreamed that I was riding in Huan Wen's sedan chair. Traveling sixteen miles, I stopped when I saw a white rooster. Taking the Huanwen sedan chair was a sign to take his place. Traveling sixteen miles, maybe sixteen years, it has been exactly sixteen years. The white rooster is the master of You, and the Tai Sui is in You this year, so I’m afraid I won’t be able to recover from my illness.” Sure enough, within a few days, the famous Taifu Xie passed away at the age of sixty-six.

Once Xie An died, the power in the Eastern Jin Dynasty was more concentrated in the hands of Sima Daozi, king of Kuaiji (first king of Langya).At that time, the Jin court issued an imperial edict, saying that "the new mourning Zhe Fu, Hua Rong is not one, since he is not a wise man, he can't be swayed inside and outside the imperial court. Situ and King Langya (Sima Daozi) are natural, spiritual and far-sighted, and should be the general manager. In the post of Ernan, he can lead the governor of Yangzhou, record the minister, fake festival, and supervise all Chinese and foreign military forces."The power of the party, government and army is all held by Emperor Xiaowu, his brother.

Is it true that Sima Daozi is "Ming Xian Mao De"?exactly the opposite.This handsome prince has a big embroidered pillow, "songs for business", and his daily business is eating, drinking and having fun. Not to mention the meni monks are all over the place, and most of his favorites are treacherous villains.Under the banner of Sima Daozi, these people took bribes widely, sold their officials and nobles, invaded the foolish people, and did many evils. Above the court, Sima Daozi's favorite is Zhongshuling Wang Guobao.This Wang Guobao has a great background. His father is Wang Tanzhi, the secretary of the Central Committee during Emperor Jianwen's time, and his father-in-law is the famous Xie An.However, Wang Guobao "has little to do with no one", and is flattering and dangerous, while Xie An "represses every time but does not use it".Since Wang Guobao's cousin was Sima Daozi's concubine, the young master of the Wang family took this opportunity to have a deep love affair with the emperor's younger brother.

Sima Daozi is usually close and cannot be separated for a moment, and there are two people, Zhao Ya, who was born in Youzhuan, and Ru Qianqiu, who was born as a "thief catcher".In the Eastern Jin Dynasty, where family status and talents were emphasized, Sima Daozi actually appointed an actor like Zhao Ya as the prefect of Wei County, and Ru Qianqiu was a leisurely official like Huqiu counseling and joining the army.In return, Zhao Ya used public funds to build a big house for Sima Daozi in Jiankang.Emperor Xiaowu once "visited" his brother's new mansion. Seeing the magnificent room and large area, he persuaded him: "There are mountains in the mansion, which can be viewed from afar. You are a good example." Hearing this, Sima Daozi could only nod his head. As soon as Emperor Xiaowu left, Sima Daozi hurriedly said to Zhao Ya who was kneeling behind him: "It was really dangerous just now. If the emperor knew that these mountains in the mansion were piled up artificially, you would definitely be killed." Zhao Ya smiled, and imitated Yan Hui's reply to Kong Shengren: "Your Majesty, how dare I, Zhao Ya, die first?" In order to please his master, Zhao Ya "built a big house" and doubled the size of the mansion. As for Ru Qianqiu, he also used Sima Daozi's guise to "sell officials and nobles, and collect hundreds of millions of dollars in goods." At that time, because Emperor Xiaowu and Sima Daozi's own mother, the imperial concubine Li, were still alive, Sima Daozi "respected his favor and took wine, and was disrespectful from time to time." "Emperor (Emperor Xiaowu) benefits cannot be equalized, but because of the concubine, the order of etiquette is increased."No matter how close brothers are, the distinction between monarch and minister must never be confused. Sima Daozi doesn't even understand this point, so it can be seen that his understanding is so shallow. Although Emperor Xiaowu was a drunkard, he also knew that his younger brother was too powerful and threatened him to seize the throne.Therefore, he issued an edict to appoint his brother-in-law Wang Gong as the governor of Nanyanzhou, and he was appointed as the governor of Jingzhou. , Wang Ya and others added important positions such as court servants to restrict Sima Daozi's power. Emperor Xiaowu later named his second son, Sima Dewen, the King of Langya, and then changed Sima Daozi to be the King of Kuaiji. Wang Guobao heard that Emperor Xiaowu was jealous of Sima Daozi, and immediately the grass fell on the wall, "so he flattered the emperor", and began to accompany Emperor Xiaowu to drink and have fun every day. The emperor was happy and agreed to accept Wang Guobao's daughter for his son King Langya. princess.Wang Guobao is naturally "quite sparse (Sima Daozi)".The prince was furious, and in his introspection, he reprimanded Wang Guobao face to face for stepping on two boats, and even "throwing him with a sword". Sima Daozi is very good at wine, and it is often called "a long night banquet, with disheveled head and dizzy eyes".He was drunk when he was drunk, and the two hundred and five princes were extremely unstable, talking indiscriminately regardless of his status.Once, Sima Daozi drank too much at a banquet full of guests and hundreds of people.At that time, Huan Wen's son Huan Xuan was also present, toasting frequently and serving him carefully. Sima Daozi didn't know where his head was going wrong, and suddenly he said loudly in front of everyone: "Huan Wen wants to rebel in his later years, isn't that true?" Above the main hall, there was a sudden silence.When Huan Xuan heard the words, he quickly knelt down in the hall, sweating all over his face, not daring to raise his head.You know, the ancients were very particular about taboos.Taking Huan Xuan as an example, someone mistakenly called someone to "warm the wine" in front of him once, and Huan Xuan "run down his nose".This is a good time, Sima Daozi, the emperor's younger brother and minister of record, called his father by his name, and said that Huan Wen wanted to "become a thief" back then. Huan Xuan had mixed feelings of shame, shame, fear, hatred, and hatred. Facing the abyss. Although Huan Wen wanted to usurp the throne in his later years, he did not show it.The reason why Sima Daozi's father, Emperor Jian Wen, and his brother, Emperor Xiaowu, were able to ascend to the throne was that Huan Wen deposed Ma Yi of the Haixi Company, so that their father and son could ascend to the ninth five position.Not only was he ungrateful, but he also said in front of his son that his father was going to be a thief. This Sima Daozi was really an asshole. Fortunately, at the time of embarrassment, the chief official Xie Zhong left the seat and knelt down, held up the court board and said solemnly: "The late Xuanwu Gonghuan has made a fool of himself, and his merits have surpassed that of Yi and Huo. Although there are different opinions from the outside world, your Highness should be the one Make a judgment and set the record straight!" Although this sentence is euphemistic, the meaning is also very direct: Without Huan Wen, there would be no Emperor Jian Wen at that time and Emperor Xiaowu today. The heartless Sima Daozi was also a little sober, nodded again and again, said "Nong Zhi Nong Zhi" in Wu dialect, turned his head, and raised his glass to Huan Xuan who had been sweating all the time, "(Huan) Xuan Nai De rise". Although there was a step down at that time, "(Huan) Xuanyi felt uneasy and gnashed his teeth at (Sima) Daozi", which planted the roots of Huanxuan's conspiracy to usurp Jin in the future.