The Three Kingdoms are competing for the chaotic times. In the fierce competition, the strength of the three families of Wei, Shu and Wu gradually grew stronger, and finally formed a three-legged tripod on the Central Plains. However, in the following decades, the situation changed suddenly, and Shu and Wu were destroyed by the Wei Kingdom. The Cao family, who was in charge of the Wei Kingdom, thought they could unify the world, but they were taken away by the Sima family, who had long been ambitious, and changed the country's name to Jin, which is known in history as the Three Families returning to Jin.
The establishment of Jin Dynasty ended the chaotic situation in the Central Plains for decades, but unfortunately its fortune was not long and it perished in just 51 years. Compared with the methods they used to steal the Cao Wei family's harem, the Sima family's ending when the Western Jin Dynasty was destroyed was extremely miserable.
Speaking of The establishment of the Western Jin dynasty, it is inseparable from the genius of the Sima clan Sima Yi . When Cao Cao When he conquered the country of Wei, Sima Yi, as a counselor, had been dormant by his side waiting for an opportunity to move. After the two overlords of the Cao clan passed away one after another, Sima Yi's ambition was revealed. He imitated Cao Cao at that time and held Emperor Wei hostage and took over the power of the Wei emperor.
His son Sima Zhao has greater ambitions, but he did not rush to seize Cao Wei's country and proclaim himself emperor, but left this opportunity to his son Sima Yan . At that time, when Sima Yan saw that the climate had already become established, he let his confidant show his intention to be emperor to the emperor at that time. Cao Huan, who knew he could not stop him, did not struggle too much and honestly gave up Sima Yan.
Cao Huan's move not only saved himself, but also saved many relatives of the Cao clan, and in the end everyone was able to spend the rest of their lives safely. But the Sima family, who took over the power and established the Western Jin Dynasty, were not so lucky. When they were exhausted and they were at the end of their lives, they were all killed.
After the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, the first test was not long after it was encountered, that is, " The Eight Kings Rebellion ". The cause of the incident was that the Western Jin emperor Sima Yan was worried that the Jin Dynasty would be as isolated as Cao Wei, so he activated the long-sanctified feudal system , and enfeoffed the Sima clan's vassal kings to all parts of the country. In this way, once an accident occurs, the vassal kings from all over the country can unite to maintain the Sima family's territory.
But it is obvious that Sima Yan forgot the lessons learned from history when he was enfeoffed by the vassal kings. The vassal king who obtained the fief gradually became dissatisfied with the situation in front of him and gradually turned his attention to the dragon throne on which the emperor sat. It happened that Sima Zhong The harem was in chaos, which gave these vassal kings the excuse to plot chaos. When the harem turmoil was quelled, Sima Lun tore off the mask of disguise. He ignored Sima Zhong and directly claimed to be king, and was eventually attacked by other vassal kings.
After this, although Sima Zhong was re-supported, he was also like a puppet. Other powerful vassal kings fought for power, not only exhausted the luck of the Jin Dynasty, but also gave the surrounding nomadic peoples a chance to rise. Not long after, the Shanyu Liu Yuan of the Xiongnu brought a large army to fight. Later, after his death, his son Liu Cong also took over his will and continued to attack the Western Jin Dynasty. Although many vassal kings led their troops to resist during this process, the Western Jin Dynasty was still destroyed under the protracted attack of their father and son. After attacking the capital, Liu Cong slaughtered all the people in the palace, and his generals also invaded the queen. After conquering Chang'an , he captured the emperor Sima Ye and almost killed all the royal family members, and all the items in the palace were looted. Looking back at the Cao Wei clan who stepped down steadily, the Jin Dynasty that unified the Three Kingdoms ended in this way.
