The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 228 Jin Zhun’s Rebellion
As the Xiongnu and Han kingdoms reached their peak, Sima Rui, who was in the south, supported by his generals, successfully ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor after three resignations. He became the Jin Yuan Emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, pushing the team of kings and horses to share the world to its peak. .

As the turmoil of these years subsided, capable Han bandits began to gradually appear on the stage of history.

First, Liu Tai and Gou Xi were locked in a stalemate on the Qingxu front line, and the fight was inextricable. Then Li Gu and Liu Chang broke out in the Battle of Xingyang, and at the same time, Zu Ti purged Yanzhou.

The most eye-catching one is the Battle of Xingyang.

Liu Cong sent his cousin Liu Chang to lead [-] infantry and cavalry to attack Xingyang. Li Ju sent people to offer wine and meat to the Han army and pretended to surrender. At the same time, he concealed the best troops and strong generals, leaving the old and weak outside to confuse the Han army.

Liu Chang didn't know that there was a trick, so he didn't take any precautions. He held a banquet to reward the entire army, and the generals were all drunk.

That night, Li Ju ordered his general Guo Song and his supervisor Yang Zhang to select 1000 warriors to attack the Han camp. They defeated the Han army, killed thousands of soldiers, and captured countless armored horses.

At the same time, Guo Mo, the governor of Hanoi in Jin Dynasty, sent troops to reinforce Li Ju. The troops divided into three groups to pursue him at night and won a complete victory.

Li Ju began to appear on the stage of history, and broke up the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty. Ever since Liu Yao broke through Chang'an and captured Sima, the desperate feeling that the building was about to collapse had almost suffocated the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It was well publicized by the Jin court.

This slightly slowed down the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty's desire to devour the world in one go.

But the problem is that a country like the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty has an unimaginable number of internal contradictions.

It's easy to talk about when everyone works together to attack the outside world, but as long as it stops, all kinds of contradictions will emerge.

The conflicts between Liu Cong and Liu Yi, Liu Yi and Liu Can in the Xiongnu Han clan quickly intensified.

The relationship here needs to be sorted out a little bit, and it even needs to be traced back to the Liu Yuan era.

First of all, Liu Yi's mother, Queen Shan, was originally Queen Liu Yuan. When Liu Yuan died, Liu He succeeded to the throne, but was killed by Liu Cong's troops within a few days.

At that time, Liu Cong expressed humility and planned to let Liu Yi become the emperor. Even if Liu Yi's head was full of water and he looked at the bloody knife in Liu Cong's hand, he would not agree to such a thing. Naturally, under the respect of his brothers and brothers, , Liu Cong successfully succeeded to the throne.

But in order to show his generosity, Liu Cong named Liu Yi the crown prince, saying that he would hand over his inheritance to his younger brother after his death.

Liu Yi agreed as soon as he was happy.

The next day, I saw Liu Cong coming out of the palace of his mother, Queen Shan. Then Liu Cong patted Liu Yi on the shoulder and said:
"We'll talk about our own affairs from now on. You call me brother, and I'll call you mother."

To be honest, for the Huns, it is normal for women to succeed after the death of their father and the younger brother.

Don't look at this matter with modern thinking, or even use normal ethics to deal with this kind of thing.

But the problem is that Liu Yi was exposed to the light of civilization of the Han family, and he hated this kind of relationship, so he gave his mother a few words of advice, and then Queen Mother Shan died of shame and anger.

From then on, Liu Cong saw that Liu Yi was very unhappy, because in Liu Cong's opinion, this was what all the khans had done since ancient times.

What do you want to do? Do you want to use the methods of your ancestors, or do you want to displease me? ?

Queen Huyan, who was beside Liu Cong, breathed a big sigh of relief. She hoped that her son would seize the throne of the crown prince. Seeing that the emperor's younger brother was already a thorn in his flesh, she decided to blow the pillow wind.

"After the father dies, the son succeeds, as has always been the rule in ancient and modern times. Your Majesty has inherited the legacy of the great ancestor (Liu Yuan), so who is the younger brother? After a hundred years, your Majesty, the Chan brothers will no longer have any seeds."

Liu Cong heard that even though he didn't want to kill his younger brother at the time, he was inevitably jealous after all.

More importantly, Liu Can grew up and began to take control of power.

As the successor of Liu Cong, how could he allow an emperor's younger brother to wander around in front of his eyes, especially after accepting the Han culture, the right way is to inherit from father to son.

As for brothers becoming brothers, this kind of thing has nothing to do with the nomadic tribes, but for the Xiongnu senior leaders who have been baptized by Han culture, this is instinctive with their traditional habit of relying on strength that has been deeply rooted in their bones. conflicting.

All in all, because of the conflict between the Xiongnu culture and the Han culture, after the Xiongnu and Han Dynasty conquered such a large area of ​​land, they began to face the first problem caused by the conflict between the two cultures, which was how to inherit it.

Liu Can saw that Liu Cong had not shown any intention to solve this problem, so he immediately started to take action to provide enough food and clothing for himself.

Liu Can asked Wang Ping, a member of his party, to deceive Liu Yi and say, "His Majesty has secretly issued a decree to the capital that there will be an accident, and they should wear armor under their clothes to prepare for the unexpected."

Liu Yi believed it to be true, or in other words, Liu Yi didn't dare not believe it to be true. This is actually not much different from the Golden Sword Strategy.

After all, if you don't do this and Liu Cong finds out, as long as Liu Cong has a bad feeling towards him, Liu Cong will also feel that you are unfaithful to him.

After all, Wang Ping falsely conveyed the secret decree, but didn’t you show any loyalty to your Majesty?
Then Liu Yi not only asked himself, but also all the subjects of the East Palace to put on armor and get ready.

Liu Can decisively sent someone to inform Jin Zhun and Wang Chen. Jin Zhun reported to Liu Cong: "The emperor's brother is preparing to cause trouble, and his men are already wearing armor."

Liu Cong ordered Liu Can to lead his army to surround the East Palace and send people to arrest him.

Liu Can asked Jin Zhun and Wang Chen to arrest more than ten Di and Qiang chiefs who were under orders from the East Palace, and tortured them. The chiefs could not bear the torture, so they falsely accused themselves and Liu Yi of conspiring against each other, so they killed the officials of the East Palace, and also killed Ping Su and Liu Yi. Close friendship.

Jin Zhun, Wang Shen and others took advantage of the situation and killed dozens of ministers who usually hated and resented them, and killed more than 1 soldiers.

Liu Cong looked at Liu Can's attitude of trying to implicate him as much as he could. Did he know there was something fishy about it?

But the problem is that this is what Liu Cong wants to see. By doing this, Liu Can is just following the trend.

Even if someone reverses Liu Yi's case in the future... No, as long as the Huns and Han Dynasty are still there, no one will reverse Liu Yi's case.

Just like the inheritance of the Tang Dynasty is still there, no one will reverse the verdict of Li Jiancheng. That is to say, after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, people of this kind began to reverse the verdict of Li Jiancheng.

Therefore, Liu Cong took advantage of the situation and deposed Liu Yi as the crown prince, changed the title of King of Beihai, and established Liu Can as the crown prince, holding the post of prime minister and the title of chief regent. The regent government remained as before. Soon Liu Can sent Jin Zhun to murder Liu. Yi.

Jin Zhun took this opportunity to completely embrace Liu Can's thigh. However, because he slaughtered the Di and Qiang chiefs so harshly, rebellion naturally emerged among them, including Fu Hong and others, but Jin Zhun He must have led the army to defeat.

It can be said that the conflict between Han culture and Xiongnu culture broke out slightly at this time, causing a lot of turmoil.

But because the emperor Liu Cong was still there, this level of turmoil could not hurt the country. After a certain conspirator in Qingzhou took a look at it, he threw the battle report aside and became more determined. thoughts in mind.

As long as Liu Cong is still there, all conflicts between the Huns and Han can still be suppressed, but if Liu Cong dies, who knows what will happen.

Next, the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom had no external campaigns, but the country was always in chaos.

For example, Liu Cong fell into one of his old habits and wanted to adopt Wang Chen's adopted daughter and then make her his left queen.

However, Shangshu Ling Wang Jian, Zhongshu Ling Cui Yizhi, Zhongshu Ling Cao Xun and others came to remonstrate with them. Liu Cong decisively collected the jian and others and sent them to the market, where they were all killed.

On the day of the execution, Wang Yan, the doctor of Jin Ziguanglu, went to admonish him to stop him, but Wang Chen insisted on stopping him until the execution was over before letting his disciples let him go.

The person responsible for overseeing Wang Jian's execution happened to be Jin Zhun, and Wang Jian cursed without hesitation:
"Those who caused the destruction of the emperor and Han Dynasty, you and Jin Zhun'er, will sue you to the late emperor and take you to the ground!"

Jin Zhun pretended to be innocent and said: "I accepted you under the imperial edict, but how can you contaminate me and disrupt the country?" Cui Yizhi also scolded Jin Zhun: "Jin Zhun's owl sound is like a mirror, which will definitely cause trouble to the country. Since you eat, people should also eat you. !”

The two were beheaded by Jin Zhun not long after they were scolded.

All in all, Liu Cong enjoyed himself, and Liu Can and Jin Zhun Wang Shen joined forces to dominate the court of the Huns and Han Dynasty.

It's just that Liu Cong didn't have fun for long, because his body couldn't support it and he died of illness.

Before Liu Cong's death, he ordered the Grand Master Liu Jing, the Grand Sima Liu Ji, the Grand Master Liu Wei, and his father-in-law Jin Zhun to assist Liu Can.

Liu Can successfully succeeded to the throne. Although he consecrated Jin Yuehua as the Queen Mother, he climbed into the Queen Mother's bed that night. At the same time, he also consecrated Jin Zhun's other daughter as the queen, and Jin Zhun's other niece as the concubine. All military and state affairs were Entrusted to Jin Zhun.

He only needs to be responsible for enjoying the wine pools, meat forests, and banquets in the back courtyard. He found that he only knows the happiness of the emperor when he becomes the emperor!

Liu Can was so happy that he consecrated the six queens, but at the same time he made Liu Yuangong, the son of Queen Jin, the crown prince. He showed great favor to the Jin family. No emperor in history would be so close to his ministers.

But Jin Zhun was still not satisfied, because he found that the princes still had military power, so he decisively discussed with his empress dowager and the empress' daughter,
“The ministers are now secretly plotting to depose the emperor and make Jinan King Liu Ji (Liu Can’s younger brother, Grand Sima) the emperor.

If this happens, every one of our Jin family will be killed. You must take the opportunity to persuade His Majesty to take action early. "

What knowledge did the two women have? They always felt that their father would never deceive them. Besides, his grandsons were both princes, so what bad intentions could he have.

Immediately, the two girls came together, frequently attacking Liu Can and crying about the clan's bullying of their own family.

Liu Can cried when he saw the two beauties. Compared with the beauties, brothers are nothing, clan is nothing, and the country is nothing. Destroy them!

King Liu Ji of Jinan, King Liu Jing of Shangluo, King Liu Li of Chu, Duke Liu Kai of Chang Kingdom, King Liu Cheng of Wu, etc., all their brothers and princes were killed in one day!
After Liu Can did all this, it can be said that Jin Zhun's family no longer had any checks and balances in the court.

Jin Zhun looked around and suddenly felt that the court and I were invincible. If I didn't fight with heaven, I would fight with no one!

Therefore, Jin Zhun launched a coup and led his soldiers into the harem to kill Liu Can. The entire Liu family in the capital was beheaded and sent to Dongshi.

They also dug up the graves of Liu Yuan and Liu Cong, beheaded Liu Cong's body, and burned their ancestral temple.

Seeing the chaos within the Xiongnu, Bei Gongchun wanted to call on the Han people to revolt and build a fortress in the East Palace.

However, he was greatly disappointed. There was almost no response from the Han people. The uprising was easily suppressed by Jin Zhun, and Beigong Chun died.

To be honest, everything up to this point is normal, it's just another palace infighting that copied Sima Yi.

At most, he was too willing to give up. He gave away all his daughters and even his niece.

But what happened next made Liu Tai scratch his head and think for seven days and seven nights, unable to figure out what had changed inside.

Jin Zhun first killed his own daughter, Queen Jin, and then killed his grandson, Prince Liu Yuangong.

Jin Zhun then claimed that he was the "King of the Han Dynasty" and respected the newly established Eastern Jin Dynasty. He wanted to give the imperial seal that was snatched by the former Zhao Dynasty when the Western Jin Dynasty was destroyed and sent it to Jiangdong by Hu Song, a native of Jin Dynasty who surrendered to the Han Dynasty. He said to Sima Rui:

"The clown An dared to proclaim himself king by slaughtering the clowns, and the chaos in the Jin Dynasty sent the two emperors to Bo Yue. Now I send the two emperors to Zi Palace in Jiangdong."

Hu Song was confused. He didn't know what Sikong's purpose was and he didn't dare to send the seal.

Seeing Hu Chong's hesitation, Jin Zhun thought he was disloyal so he killed him with one sword, and sent others to Jiangdong to find Sima Rui.

Sima Rui was stunned when he heard the news. Is there such a good thing in this world?
Just with the mentality of giving it a try, I asked Taichang Han Yin to give it a try, and sure enough, he brought back the coffins of Emperor Huai and Emperor Min.

As for the Chuanguo Jade Seal, I don’t know why, but it stayed.

Han Yin didn't dare to say anything. It would be great to take back the coffins of the two emperors.

Sima Rui looked at the coffin and felt for a moment whether he was really destined to die, and fell into deep thought.

Sima Rui asked the people around him, "Is this Jin a Han?"

Liu Tai, who received the follow-up information, was also stunned and asked the people around him: "What does Jin Zhun want?"

Yes, Jin Zhun is not Han at all!
But what Jin Zhun did made all Han people feel ashamed.

If Jin Zhun was a Han Chinese, there would be an idiom that could be compared to "sleeping on firewood and tasting courage" to describe Jin Zhun's perseverance and to praise Jin Zhun's contribution.

But the problem is that Jin Zhun is a Xiongnu, and he is from the Jin tribe that has a long history.

Every step he took after taking power was so unexpected. A man with unparalleled patience and wisdom, did things that transcended his family, clan, and even class, which made Liu Tai even doubt whether he was a saint. ?
For the first time, Liu Tai discovered that he had made a mistake in trying to judge a person by class.

The only thing Liu Tai could do was to respond to Liu Yao's crusade against Jin Zhun's rebellion and send some food through the Yellow River. After all, Jin Zhun's operation was beyond the scope of Liu Tai's logic.

Liu Tai was afraid that he would be plotted by others, dragged into an unfamiliar environment, and then beaten to death by the other party using his rich experience.

So relatively speaking, it is better to be more cautious.

Liu Yao was not polite, he decisively inherited the throne, made a name for himself, and attacked Jin Zhun. Shi Le stationed in Hebei, and even responded together to attack Pingyang.

Jin Zhun saw that the opponent was powerful, so he sent his servant Bu Tai to make peace.

Liu Yao said: "Liu Can is an unprincipled and ignorant king. You killed him with merit and no fault. As long as you surrender, I will count it as your support."

This sounds nice on the surface, but Jin Zhun himself knows that Liu Yao's mother and brother were both killed by him.

If you surrender yourself, you may be in trouble.

Therefore, although his cousins ​​Jin Ming and Jin Kang urged him to surrender, he always hesitated.

But Jin Ming couldn't bear it anymore and directly assassinated Jin Zhun. The crowd voted Jin Ming as the leader. Jin Ming sent the imperial seal to Liu Yao and prepared to surrender to Liu Yao.

The main force of Shile's faction rushed to attack Pingyang. Jin Ming asked Liu Yao for help, and Liu Yao's faction welcomed Jin Ming back.

Fifteen thousand scholars and women followed Jin Ming to Liu Yao. After Liu Yao took over, he decisively killed all the men and women of Jin Ming's clan, which finally brought the incredible Jin Zhun rebellion to an end.

　This chapter basically follows the history books, and the protagonist really doesn’t dare to participate in this incredible situation.

　　Although this is only one chapter, it actually lasted almost three years. After this chapter, the protagonist has almost become an independent prince.

　　As for Jin Zhun, no matter how many times I read history books, I still don’t understand what he was thinking. I feel like a Han man’s spirit has passed through his body.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)