diskusbooks Chapter 519 Luring the wolf into the house
Chapter 519 Luring the wolf into the house
Chapter 519 Inviting a Wolf into the House
At this moment, almost everyone on the other side of the screen fell silent. Could they say that the Sima family was out of their minds, proposing such a feudal system? What were they thinking?
Sima Yan could have just closed his eyes and left a mess behind. It's fortunate this person wasn't the emperor of their time; otherwise, the sky would have fallen!
People living during the chaotic period of the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms were in a terrible mood, with one bad news after another!
So, ever since the chaos of the Eastern Han Dynasty, it's been a constant state of chaos, lasting at least a century?!
Damn, life in the Southern Song Dynasty was much better than theirs. Back then, they even laughed at their emperor for being a coward.
Looking at it now, these princes of the Sima family, by focusing on exploiting Luoyang, weren't they just digging their own graves?!
Hey! Didn't Emperor Zhu of the Ming Dynasty grant fiefdoms to many of his sons?
Does he think that no matter how his son rebels, he'll always be his son?
Meanwhile, back in the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu sneezed several times. He was already annoyed by Sima Yi's words, but now he was even more annoyed. Who was talking about him behind his back?!
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The live stream continued: "However, not long afterward, Sima Yong and Sima Ying's armies arrogantly entered the dilapidated city of Luoyang."
"Now it's time to divide the spoils of victory."
"Sima Ying, who was the strongest overall and contributed a lot, was granted twenty more prefectures, appointed as prime minister, and honored as the Crown Prince. He then returned to Ye City and firmly controlled Sima Zhong and the court."
"Following closely behind was Sima Yong, who was eager to advance his career and was promoted to Grand Chancellor. Finally, there was Sima Yue, the Prince of Donghai, who was appointed Minister of the Imperial Secretariat."
"Everything seemed to have stabilized, but the true colors of the Sima family members who seized power one after another were always disappointing, and Sima Ying was no exception."
"Sima Yue was the first to be dissatisfied with his autocracy. Historical records show that Sima Ying, like Cao Cao in his time, copied his work. However, if Emperor Xian had not lived in a chaotic era, he might have been a capable emperor, far superior to Sima Zhong."
Boss Cao scoffed: "Hmph! Do you think my homework is so easy to copy?!"
"Furthermore, the Western Jin Dynasty was an era where rebellion was easier than eating. Sima Yue's reasons aren't exactly the same as the previous ones, are they?"
"But the core requirements were all the same: to gather more than 100,000 men and lead Emperor Hui of Jin to attack Sima Ying at Ye City."
Lin Ke was about to throw up from talking about it. Damn it, how many times has this happened? It's never going to end! They're always gathering soldiers and fighting for positions. Don't they get annoyed?!
Once you get your hands on it, you don't cherish it; it's basically gone in one go. You don't even know what you're going to do with it!
The Sima family, the Sima family, they believed in the "take a gamble and you'll get rich" mentality, and they've been stuck in that mindset ever since! They didn't even consider what time it was!
The Sima family of the Western Jin Dynasty: The empire is gone! We will fight them all!
Lin Ke took a deep breath and continued, "Sima Ying was stunned and somewhat frightened by Sima Yue's forceful attack."
"The group of people behind him who were giving advice were equally astonished. None of them expected that Sima Yue would attack with the emperor, so they offered several countermeasures."
"In the end, Sima Ying chose to fight him to the death. Sima Yue's performance in the Book of Jin is hard to understand. He became arrogant. He thought that the troops in Ye City were not strong enough, so he did not set up defenses. Sure enough, he was defeated by the local army in Ye City at Dangyin."
"In fact, judging from the outcome of this battle, no one is a winner, because there will be even greater turmoil in the future, waiting for everyone left, whether they are noble families, soldiers or common people."
"And the only relatively innocent person in the entire War of the Eight Princes was probably the foolish Emperor Sima Zhong. From the moment Sima Yan put him on the throne, it meant that there would be endless turmoil in the future."
"Perhaps he truly wasn't intelligent, but in the Battle of Dangyin, his men fled, leaving only Ji Shao to stand in front of Sima Zhong."
"Later, Ji Shao was still killed by Sima Ying's men. His blood stained Sima Zhong's robes, and he would say, 'This is the blood of a loyal minister, do not wash it away.'"
"However, in this turbulent era, Sima Zhong could only be manipulated like a puppet, with no one taking him seriously and anyone able to issue edicts on his behalf!!"
The comments section at this moment:
A spoiled young man from the Song Dynasty: He's just silly, but not bad!
The First Emperor, Sima Yan, who put him on the throne, only made him seem mentally unstable. Man proposes, God disposes; how could he have known that things would develop exactly as he wished?
Judy, the General Who Conquers the North: This is so annoying! The endless coups are giving me a headache!
Liu Zhuzhu from the Han Dynasty: The conscience of these sons of the Sima family is entirely devoted to Sima Zhong, and their brains are also devoted to Sima Yi!
Empress Li Erfeng of the Tang Dynasty: Knowing he was not intelligent, she still entrusted the country to him. She was neither a good emperor nor a good father!
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At this time, the Western Jin Dynasty
Upon hearing this, Sima Yan felt a chill run down his spine, and a cold sensation crept into his heart.
The War of the Eight Princes can be said to have been instigated by him. He not only insisted on making Sima Zhong the crown prince, but also left him with many vassal kings and brothers!
So much so that after the maternal relatives rebelled, the Western Jin Dynasty fell into the War of the Eight Princes. Was the Western Jin court still a court?
The most frightening thing is that this turmoil has not yet ended. How will the people of the world view Sima Yan now?
Sima Yan was on the verge of collapse when he thought of this. There were hardly any good people in the Western Jin Dynasty to begin with!
People from all over time would laugh at him now. So what if he snatched it from Cao Wei? He still managed to do such a terrible job!
Damn it, can these guys please stop causing trouble so easily?! They're always fighting over it, and they can't even hold onto it!
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Back to the live stream
"Back to the main point, the defeated Prince of Donghai, Sima Yue, led his remaining confidants to flee back to his fiefdom."
"As for Sima Zhong, he was taken to Sima Ying's side. He learned his lesson and dared not leave him outside to be used for rebellion."
"After this incident, it is unknown whether Sima Ying was happy or not, but Sima Yue's younger brother, Sima Teng, joined forces with Wang Jun to overthrow the governor of Youzhou, He Yan, who had been appointed by Sima Ying."
"This matter greatly angered Sima Ying, and he decided to send troops to attack Sima Teng. The key point here is neither Sima Ying nor Sima Teng, but Wang Jun."
"Speaking of which, Wang Jun's father, Wang Shen, proved his loyalty to the Sima family by betraying Cao Mao."
"Later, Wang Jun inherited his father Wang Shen's title and was then sent to Youzhou to guard the city."
"He was a 'clever man.' While the princes of the Sima family were fighting for power, Wang Jun ordered everyone not to get involved. He pretended to be weak while secretly gaining strength, and gradually grew bigger. One way he accumulated strength was by winning over the Hu people through marriage alliances."
"Or to put it better, it's like letting a wolf into the house..."