There is a very interesting legend about Si Marui's life story, that is, the cow queen followed the horse. I saw the word Niu Jima in the prophecy book, and I was worried that Sima's world would be taken away by the ox family one day, so I was deeply jealous of the ox family. At that time, there was a brave soldier named Jinniu, who made great achievements. Sima Yi tried to kill him with poisoned wine, thinking that this would avoid future trouble. Don't want to, Xia Houdun, Sima Jin's wife, was dissolute by nature, and she gave birth to Si Marui with a Niushi beadle. Although this incident is a legend, it is well documented in the Book of Jin and the Book of Song. Shu Wei simply said: Sima Ruijin will give cattle and gold. Perhaps it is this bizarre life story that inadvertently reveals Si Marui's depressed and timid tragic life.
Si Marui, a Chinese character, is the great-grandson of Sima Yi, the grandson of Sima Jin, the son of Sima Jin and the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At the age of fifteen, Si Marui was made the King of Langya. In the late period of the Eight Kings Rebellion, Si Marui was subordinate to Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, and was named General Pingdong, who was in charge of military affairs in Xuzhou and stayed in Xiapi. After the invasion of Xiongnu Liu Yuan, the situation in the Central Plains deteriorated. Si Marui adopted Wang Dao's plan and requested to move the capital to build his powers. At that time, Sima Yue also wanted to cultivate his own power in the south of the Yangtze River as a way of retrogression in the future, and readily agreed. In July of the first year of Yongjia, Si Marui moved to the east of Zhenjiang. In May of the 5th year of Yongjia, Si Marui was appointed as the General of Town East and became the Chief Executive of Jiangnan. In November of the fourth year of Jianxing, the Western Jin Dynasty perished, and Si Marui called it the King of Jin and rebuilt Wu. In March of the following year, Si Marui was declared emperor.
Si Marui became emperor mainly because of the packaging and planning of Wang Dao, Wang Dun and others. When Si Marui first came to Jianye, Wu people didn't treat him like a pickle because he lacked prestige. After more than a month, no one came to visit him, which made him feel embarrassed and disappointed, so he simply drank wine to drown his sorrows. Under Wang Dao's exhortation, Sima Rui woke up from a drunken dream. In order to enhance Si Marui's popularity index, Wang Dao and his cousin Wang Dun took advantage of the folk gathering on March 3rd to ride behind Si Marui respectfully with other celebrities, so as to set off Si Marui's lofty status. Leading figures of Jiangdong aristocratic families, such as, quite Rong and others, saw this kind of fighting and they all obeyed. In view of the support of Wang Dao and Wang Dun brothers, Si Marui not only gave them high officials and generous salaries, but also relied on the North to govern the country, from which came the saying that Wang Ma shared the world.
For this unusual pet encounter, Wang Dao refused with all his might, while Wang Dun was stirring inside. Wang Dun is a son-in-law with a double surname. After Si Marui proclaimed himself emperor, Wang Dun was appointed as a full-time foreign minister, with Qiang Bing in his hand. The group was subordinate to you and had no other authority, so he wanted an autocratic court with the intention of winning the championship. Although the Wang brothers made great contributions to Jiangzuo, the power of a family was too great for the emperor to see. Therefore, Si Marui fears and hates it. In order to restrain the influence of the Wang brothers, Diao and Liu Kun, two old men in the post-evil king's shogunate, were reused to alienate Wang Dun and Wang Dao. This arrangement made Wang Dunyi uneasy, so bad blood began to form. Later, every time Wang drank loudly, he aimed at a thousand miles; In his old age, the martyr was full of courage and hit the spittoon hard, resulting in a lack of pot side. No matter the content of singing or the intensity of accompaniment, Wang Dun's dissatisfaction, contempt and provocation against Si Marui regime are hidden.
After being alienated, Wang Dao was able to maintain a normal state of mind, but Wang Dun was not so happy. In his view, if he can become emperor, the Eastern Jin Dynasty can be partial to the south of the Yangtze River, and the Wang brothers are responsible for half. In the third year of Daxing, Wang Dun went to Beijing to express his dissatisfaction with Wang Dao and demanded to recall what he said about me and Qing and Mao Hongdang. The implication is to accuse Si Marui of reneging on his word and kicking down the ladder. This memorial was sent to the imperial court, taken back by Wang Dao, and Wang Dun was sent to Si Marui. Si Marui's mood when watching this performance is not recorded in the history books; But a courtier publicly said that he was not, and Si Marui was depressed and annoyed, so the emperor was even more afraid. Soon, Si Marui appointed Liu Kui as the general in the north of the city and Dai Ruosi as the general in the west. He learned that Yangzhou slave is a soldier, outside to please Hu, really a royal family.
Wang Dun is a clever man, and it is not hard to see that Si Marui has ulterior motives. But the existence of the Northern Expedition star Zu Ti and others made Wang Dun know that he was no match, so he never dared to start work. In September of the fourth year of Daxing, Zu Ti died of illness, and Wang Dun thought he was invincible in the world, so the plan against the imperial court was put on the agenda. In the first month of the first year of Yongchang, Wang Dun rebelled in Wuchang in the name of killing Liu Kui. Shen Chong, a clan in the south of the Yangtze River, also responded. In the play, Wang Dun also threatened Si Marui to submit by beheading and withdrawing troops in the evening. After Wang Dunbing arrived in Wuhu, he said the charges of Diao Xie in the above table and asked Si Marui to kill Diao Xie. Wang Dun even suggested that if he didn't do what he wanted to do, he would make Si Marui turn over a new leaf, just like Emperor Taizong of Yi Yin. Si Marui was furious and said, This is tolerable, but you can't tolerate it! Anger returns to anger, but Wang Dun's strength should not be underestimated. Therefore, Si Marui began to woo Wang Dao. In March of the first year of Yongchang, Si Marui, with Wang Dao as the pioneer, led an army to battle and called Dai Yuan and Liu Kun to help. However, at the critical moment, guarding the city opened the door to surrender for Zhou, and Wang Dun entered Stone City without bloodshed. Si Marui ordered Diao Xie, Liu Kun, Dai Yuan and others to take back Stone Town, but they were all defeated. Dai Yuan and Diao Xie were killed, Liu Kui went to Schleswig, Si Marui was defeated, and the official province ran away, but only the two of them served the emperor. In desperation, Si Marui took off his military uniform and put on his royal clothes. He said to Wang Dun, If you want to be in my position, you should learn while you can. I want to return politics to evil, so why bother the people! This means, Wang Dun, if you wanted to be emperor, you should have told me earlier. I will give you the throne and be my evil king. Why let the people suffer? Among the founding emperors of past dynasties, Si Marui was the first and only one who could be detained so disorderly, so cowardly and so undignified.
Si Marui's similar entreaties did not discourage Wang Dun's ambition. Before long, Wang Dun promoted himself to rank and title, while Dun himself was the prime minister and commander-in-chief of Chinese and foreign armies, recording the affairs of ministers. When Si Marui conquered Wang Dun, he ordered the people who killed Wang Dun to seal 5,000 households, while Wang Dun sealed himself as a county magistrate and a city household. This is undoubtedly a mockery of Si Marui. The prestige accumulated before Si Marui proclaimed himself emperor is gone now; The emperor is just a hollow reputation, and everything in the DPRK is decided by Wang Dun. Wang Dun saw that Prince Si Mashao was brave and resourceful, and wanted to abandon him on the grounds of unfilial, but all the officials did not give up. In April, Wang Dun returned to Wuchang to remotely control state affairs. In July, Wang Dun took over the two states of Ning and Yi. Since then, Wang Dun has become more rampant, so that the four parties have made greater contributions to their own government. The leader Yue Mu learned about this. Si Marui and his court have obviously become a decoration.
Si Marui watched Wang Dun bossy, humiliated the imperial court and despised the imperial power, but he could do nothing. In November of the first year of Yongchang, Si Marui died of extreme depression and cowardice at the age of 47. Regarding his death, Zizhi Tongjian said that the emperor was worried, angry, embarrassed and collapsed. Shu Wei said that Rui Wei was forced by Dun, and he was miserable all day long, and finally died of illness. The Book of Jin said that the leap moon was ugly and the emperor collapsed in the inner hall, without mentioning the cause of death. Obviously, this saved face for Si Marui. After Si Marui's death, his son Si Mashao succeeded to the throne and continued to be ruled by Wang Dun. In June of the second year of Taining, Wang Dun died. After rooting out the henchmen, Si Mashao ordered Wang Dun to take out the body, burn his clothes, punish him, and finally gave the evil spirit to his father Si Marui. But this scene, Si Marui is never seen. The body depends entirely on the headband, and a dynasty is no exception. Most of the emperors after the Eastern Jin Dynasty were restricted by the powerful ministers, which was the negative influence of Si Marui, the founding emperor, who lost control of the powerful ministers and committed suicide.