The three kingdoms of Qin, Han and Jin were unified, and Wei, Shu and Wu divided the world. Later, the Sima family picked the peaches, completed the unification, and established the Jin Dynasty .
The Jin Dynasty is divided into two periods: Western Jin and Eastern Jin . In 266 AD, Sima Yi's grandson Sima Yan usurped the Wei Dynasty and made the capital Henan Luoyang . The country was officially renamed Jin, which was the Western Jin Dynasty. period. In less than fifty years, the Western Jin Dynasty experienced the Rebellion of the Eight Kings and the Rebellion of the Five Husbands.
The Eight Kings Rebellion was a civil strife caused by the royal family of the Sima family in the Western Jin Dynasty to compete for central imperial power. It lasted on and off for 16 years. There were more than 8 royal families involved in this turmoil, but the core figures among them were King of Runan Sima Liang , King of Chu Sima Wei , King of Zhao Sima Lun, King of Qi Sima Ji , and King of Changsha Sima Yi. , Chengdu King Sima Ying , Hejian King Sima Yong, Donghai King Sima Yue Eight Kings, so it is called the Rebellion of the Eight Kings.
If a country has serious internal disputes, it must be that the national power is empty and the people's livelihood is in decline. External enemies are bound to take advantage of this opportunity to gain strength.
As a result, many nomadic peoples outside the Western Jin Dynasty took advantage of the Eight Kings Rebellion and established dozens of countries, mainly five Hu tribes: Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Qiang and Di. It is the famous Wuhu Luanhua in history.
There are many external enemies, and the Western Jin Dynasty occupies such a large area but lacks combat effectiveness. Naturally, it becomes a piece of fat that everyone wants to hold and take a bite of.
What to do in the Western Jin Dynasty? Can't you run away if you can't fight? Only then did Emperor Yuan lead his Central Plains Han subjects to cross south from the capital Luoyang to Jiankang (Nanjing) as the capital, which later became the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
Even if you look at the Eastern Jin Dynasty in isolation, it is an important era in Chinese history. The well-known Wang Xizhi and Tao Yuanming all come from this era. The establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty involved a famous wine shop, known in history as the "Xinting Club of the Eastern Jin Dynasty".
Please note that the Xinting Meeting here is not the Lanting Meeting held by Wang Xizhi in Kuaiji County . The Xinting Hui was roughly held in 316-317 AD. Wang Xizhi was only thirteen or fourteen years old at this time, so although they were both from the Eastern Jin Dynasty and had pavilions, they were completely different.
Sixty-seven out of ten nobles in the north moved to the south and settled down for a while, but humans are emotional animals after all. Without the fear of life, homesickness will easily arise.
What can I do if I feel homesick?
wanted to go back to Luoyang but didn't have the ability, so he could only drink some to relieve his homesickness in his drunken haze. Drinking alone is not interesting. It has to be a group of people with their own emotions to be interesting.
Therefore, whenever these scholars had free time, they would meet at the Xinting Pavilion by the Yangtze River outside the city to have a banquet, so it was called the "Xinting Hui". This kind of banquet and gathering was not a habit they only had when they arrived in the south, but had already existed in Luoyang.
I remember that when they were in Luoyang, the high-ranking gentry would regularly hold cocktail parties by the Luoshui River. Everyone would chat and have a great time. The host's family has gained a reputation for hosting cocktail parties, and the guests can eat and drink and express their opinions. It can be said that the guests and the host have a great time, and there is such a tradition.
Looking back at the past and looking at today, the people may still be those same people, but the home is no longer that home. After drinking a few drinks and getting into a mood, General Zhou Wei (yǐ) couldn't help but sigh: "The scenery is not special, there are different rivers as far as the eye can see."
The scenery is the same as before, but looking around, it is the Yangtze River and Luoyang River. The difference between water and water means that the country has changed its owner. This is where the words "different scenery" and "rivers" that often appeared in poems and poems of later generations praising the broken mountains and rivers and the destruction of the country and the family came from here.
When drinking, emotions are easily contagious, whether positive or negative. After listening to Zhou Wei (yǐ)'s words, everyone couldn't help but feel sad, lamenting the hopelessness of their family and country, and even shed tears directly.
spread to ten, and the celebrities who should have enjoyed a certain reputation in all aspects actually started crying like a group of children. At this time, the leading celebrity Wang Dao finally couldn't stand it anymore. Are all of them okay? Whether it's over or not, will crying bring Luoyang back to tears or what?
Then Director Wang drank heavily and shouted loudly: "When we work together for the royal family to conquer China, why should we be prisoners of Chu and cry to each other!" We should work together to serve the royal family and eventually regain the country. How can we cry for each other like slaves who have subjugated the country?
Director Wang's scolding immediately woke everyone up. Everyone was ashamed and realized that it was not a problem to continue like this and they should cheer up. So this group of talents formed a circle with Wang Dao as the core. Wang Dao supported the Jin Yuan Emperor Sima Rui , and Sima Rui reused Wang Dao. This stabilized the Eastern Jin Dynasty and gave rise to the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history.
Later generations’ evaluation of the Xintinghui was mainly because Wang Dao dispelled the negative emotions of northern scholars and further established Wang Dao’s core position.
This time Xinting reminds me of a wine party in "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms", that is, the wine party held by Situ and Wang Yun before Cao Cao borrowed the Qibao knife to assassinate Dong Zhuo.
At that time, Wang Yun wanted to get rid of Dong Zhuo, but he didn't know how to do it, so he invited all the civil and military officials to his home for a banquet in the name of his birthday. After three rounds of drinking, Wang Yun burst into tears and said that today was not his birthday at all. He just wanted to bring everyone together. He thought that Dong Zhuo was bullying the master and taking power, so he cried.
When Wang Yun cried, all the ministers also started to cry. It was so similar to Xintinghui. At this moment, Cao Mengde spit out the sentence: " The ministers of the Manchu Dynasty cried until dawn at night, and cried at dawn until night, can they still cry to death for Dong Zhuo? " This sarcasm is similar to Wang Dao's words.
It was during this drinking party that Cao Cao and Wang Yun discussed the plan to assassinate Dong Zhuo with the Qibao Sword. So why are all these major events decided at the wine bureau?
I think there are at least three reasons:
First, the wine shop is versatile and can be installed with various names to cover the real purpose. For example, Wang Yun pretended to be his birthday, and another example is a friend of mine. Whenever my sister-in-law asked him where he was, he said he was drinking with me. One time when we were playing games, he also said he was drinking, which I heard My scalp is numb , I didn’t put a skill in place, and I was killed alone in the lane...
Second, wine has a strong appeal , which can help everyone get together as much as possible. For example, if you ask to play ball, one person is not available, and that person may not be available; if you ask to play a game, they say they are busy; if you ask to have a drink, they usually only reply with two words - positioning.
Third, after sitting at the wine table and drinking a few drinks, emotions are more likely to be driven . Alcohol is a catalyst for emotions. Whether you want to impress someone or persuade someone, drinking may be the best time to do so.
So those people always like to negotiate contracts at the drinking table. A political power can be negotiated at a drinking bureau, let alone a contract?
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