Slaying Jin

First of all, Sima Yan chose Jia Nanfeng, not just because of the influence of the Jia family and Empress Yang. Sima Zhong was not a complete idiot. He had mediocre intelligence, lacked the ability to govern independently, was long in the palace, and had no understanding of human relations and government affairs. The ready-made template of the Eastern Han Dynasty is before us: the emperor lacks ability, and the queen and queen mother serve as agents of imperial power to support the court. The ancient concept was that husband and wife were one body: the kings of the clan and the ministers of foreign dynasties all had motives to usurp the throne. The power of the queen was dependent on the emperor himself. If the emperor fell, all the honor of the queen would be wiped out. In theory, the interests were deeply bound. Sima Yan's calculation in his mind was that if the prince himself was not good enough, he would need a smart and capable crown princess. In the future, the queen could take charge of the imperial power and coordinate with the important ministers to check and balance. Sima Yan most likely knew that Prince Sima Zhong cheated in the exam, but he was unwilling to overthrow the throne and chose to acquiesce, placing his hope in the emperor's grandson Sima Yun. But there is a huge premise here: the queen is only an agent, and the source of power is the emperor's imperial power, not her personal private property. In the early days of taking power, Jia Nanfeng actually understood this measure. After getting rid of Yang Jun, she did not monopolize all government affairs, but let Zhang Hua and Pei Yu go. Zhang Hua was born into a poor family of the common people. He did not have a strong family foundation and would not threaten the imperial power. He was capable and prestigious, which created a situation of "quietness between the government and the public" for nearly ten years during the Yuankang period. This paragraph is a real political achievement, not a glorification of historical records. As for the historical records about her jealousy, murder of pregnant concubines, and private life in the palace, this part must be discounted: "Book of Jin" was compiled by people from the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and Jia Nanfeng was a loser in a failed coup. The private ethics of a loser can easily be processed and magnified. The so-called extremely ugly appearance is also exaggerated by later generations. Most likely, it is just an ordinary appearance, far from the level of a top beauty, and it is definitely not appallingly ugly. The biggest constraint in her life is her mother Guo Huai. Guo Huai had spent his life in officialdom and understood the rules of power. He repeatedly warned Jia Nanfeng that he must treat Prince Sima Yu kindly and not touch the country's foundation. He also advocated a marriage between the Jia family and the prince to bind the interests of both parties. When Guo Huai was alive, Jia Nanfeng was still shackles of reality. When Guo Huai died, the constraints disappeared and the expansion brought by power came. She confused one thing: I have great power now, not because I, Jia Nanfeng, am the best in the world, but because I am Emperor Hui's queen. What she did: she lied that she had given birth to a son during Emperor Wu's death, and brought her sister Jia Wu's son Han Weizu into the palace to pretend to be the prince. She planned to depose Sima Yu and make this child with a foreign surname the crown prince. This step directly broke through the bottom line recognized by the entire Western Jin court, clan, and noble families. The prince is the foundation of the country. You can engage in palace struggles, exclude courtiers, and exert power, but everyone can tolerate it. But if you want to secretly exchange the power of the Sima family for the children of the Han family, all the kings of the clan will not accept it. It's like taking care of the family's money. The owner is still alive, but you plan to transfer the property to your natal nephew. The money belongs to the owner, you are just in charge of it, it does not belong to you. Of course, the Western Jin Dynasty itself was a powder keg full of explosives. Even if there was no such thing as deposing the prince, chaos would break out sooner or later. Sima Yan's layout itself has huge bugs: he wants to divide the clan kings, and the vassal kings hold military power and territory; the clans are powerful and expanded under the ninth-level Zhongzheng system; the problems of land, refugees, and border tribes all pile up. Yuanyasu's ten years of peace only temporarily suppressed the conflict, but did not completely resolve it. Jia Nanfeng just lit the fuse in advance. Even if she doesn't move the crown prince, as long as she dies or Emperor Hui dies, the prince with heavy troops will still seize power. Deposing the crown prince only gave ambitious people like King Zhao Sima Lun a perfect excuse to launch an army. Another point is that Sima Zhong did not only have one son, Sima Yu, and the historical records are incomplete. Many princes died young and the records are scattered. But Sima Yu was the prince whom Emperor Wu valued and publicly established during his lifetime. He had the most important status. If he moved him, it would shock the whole world. The power of the concubine is the agency granted by the emperor. You can use power and power to check and balance the court, but you must not mistake the trusteeship for your birthright. Once the country's foundation is touched, all the legitimacy of power collapses in an instant. Many people in later generations simply blamed Jian Nanfeng for the Eight Kings Rebellion and the Five Husbands Rebellion. In fact, they were simplifying history. The ten years of Yuan Kang were a rare and stable time in the late Western Jin Dynasty; but abolishing and killing the prince was a major political mistake that she could not wash away. The collapse of the Western Jin Dynasty was a general outbreak of institutional accumulation, and Jia Nanfeng was the trigger, not the only root cause.

I feel that this introduction does not have any important information, only the background of the times.

Hurry up and eat the soft rice of Jananfeng, a real man has nothing to fear

If you are from a poor family, you should join the army. It is a huge mistake to be transferred to the harem. The place you choose to enter is not good either. You should choose to start with the Eighty Thousand Rebellion, or during the quelling the chaos, you must fight and then build a team. Let's do it again, it feels very difficult. We are all male chauvinists and don't like to take the feminine route.

In the Western Jin Dynasty, you were either a soldier or a border soldier.

You are doing something special for Queen Yang, and you are carrying the brother who brought you here? When someone asks you if she is ugly, don't you respond normally? As I wrote in the previous article, you can tell that she was a beauty before. Later, when the protagonist's brother and boss ask you, you should answer ugly. You just met her and she is not in your harem yet. I cooked a fish and couldn't finish it. While I was eating it, you asked the protagonist to make a portion and give it to Empress Yang personally. Either the protagonist would be fawning, or the protagonist would not take it seriously, and the relationship would naturally arise in the development of the situation. Now it's really disgusting to read such a straightforward and upright writing.

Sure enough, I am still a layman and cannot join the circle of aristocratic families.

Finally, we have reached the main plot. The harem of the struggle for hegemony is just a seasoning. It's good to have it occasionally, but if you write too much, this article will die. Write more about tactics and try to stay away from Jia Nanfeng. Relying on a powerful woman to get to the position will become boring. The down-and-out woman will just accept it. Otherwise, it feels like you won't survive half a year.

It's well written but not many people read it. . No promotion? Advance to power strategy and war as soon as possible

Politically speaking, the country is actually managed well. Zhang Hua, a famous scholar from a poor family, is actually managed well. But she had no son, so her destruction was doomed. As the prince grew older, the ministers became more and more inclined to return power to the prince. The prince and Jia Nanfeng are not biologically related, and their conflicts are sharp. Finally, he made a stupid move and killed the prince. . This gave the vassal kings of each town an excuse to interfere, and then it got out of hand.