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Chapter 43 Absurd, helpless and always impermanent (3)
The news spread like wildfire, and all the subjects in the world missed her and took pity on her.So they set up temples for her one after another, enjoy sacrifices regularly, respect her as the flower god, and the temple built for her is called the flower god temple.

The miserable political marriage between Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty and Zhang Yan ended so quietly. Both of them were victims of this marriage. A marriage that deviated from human relations recorded a history distorted by power and desire. .

Jananfeng: Ugly face harms the country
As the saying goes: beautiful women harm the country, and beautiful women harm the country. This seems to have become a taboo for feudal emperors.However, when the wheel of history ran over the Western Jin Dynasty, there was a special case of ugly women who misled the country, and ugly women caused more trouble than beautiful women.This is the famous ugly queen Jananfeng in history.

Regarding Jananfeng, some people say that if a woman is not sexy, she must be beautiful; if she is not beautiful, she must have temperament; if she does not have temperament, she must be cute; You are about to be young; if you are not young, then—maybe you may be a queen, if you are Jananfeng.

What kind of person is this Jananfeng?
In the last years of Cao Wei, Sima Zhao, who was prime minister and king of Jin, had long wanted to seize power. The so-called "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone".He heard that Yang Yan, the daughter of Tong Shilang Yang Wenzong, was very talented and beautiful, and that she had the appearance of a "very expensive" concubine in divination, so he hired her as the wife of his eldest son Sima Yan.This woman was really destined to be a queen. In 265 AD, Sima Zhao died, and Sima Yan ascended the throne as King of Jin. Three months later, he forced Wei Yuan Emperor Cao Huan to abdicate and called himself Emperor Wu of Jin. Yang Yan was naturally canonized as queen.

After Yang Yan married Sima Yan, she was always favored, and she gave birth to three sons and three daughters for Sima Yan. The eldest son, Sima Gui, died young, and the second son, Sima Zhong, was born stupid and had no ability to govern the country.It is said that once, when Sima Zhong heard that there was a famine among the people and many people starved to death, he asked his attendants with staring eyes: "Why do they starve to death? There is no food to eat, why don't they eat minced meat?" People can't laugh or cry.At that time, Emperor Wu of Jin also began to doubt whether it was appropriate to make this stupid son a prince, but Yang Yan, as a mother, felt deeply guilty for her son's natural idiot, and must give Sima Zhong the best compensation.So under Yang Yan's strong favoritism, this idiot son finally became the crown prince.

When the crown prince was 13 years old, Yang Yan insisted that Emperor Wu of Jin marry Sima Zhong, the daughter of powerful minister Jia Chong, as the crown prince.And before he died, she begged Emperor Wu of Jin to marry her cousin Yang Zhi as the queen with tears, and entrusted his son and daughter-in-law to Yang Zhi's care.How could Yang Yan have thought that her painstaking efforts would send her son into flames and find a gravedigger for the Western Jin Dynasty.

Jia Nanfeng is the daughter of Jia Chong and Guo Huai.Jia Chong was the founding father of the Western Jin Dynasty and a veteran of three generations. He was the favorite of Sima Zhao, the king of Jin. Sima Zhao wanted to make Sima You the prince.After Sima Yan came to the throne, Jia Chong helped him usurp the power of Cao Wei. It was Cao Mao, the second emperor's noble minister who killed Cao Wei, who was an important minister with special status in the Western Jin Dynasty.His mother, Guo Huai, was the daughter of Guo Pei, the prefect of Chengyang at that time. She was also a famous jealous woman in history. tigress.Having such a pair of notorious parents not only made it easy for Jananfeng to join the highest power class, but also the birth mother's jealousy left a deep impression on Jananfeng's young mind. The mother's jealousy taught her how to be a woman How to maintain your own status and obtain due rights and interests.

The family background created Jananfeng's jealous and brutal character, which had a profound impact on her life.

When Jananfeng grew up, he didn't have the face of a fish and a wild goose, or the appearance of a moon and a flower, but a short stature, black and blue face, and extremely ugly.Who knew that such an ugly girl could marry Sima Zhong, the crown prince at that time.In any case, such a marriage must have a story to tell!

In July of the seventh year of Taishi (271), due to the rebellion of Di and Qiang in Qin and Liang in the northwest (now Tianshui and Wuwei, Gansu), and repeated invasions, Ren Kai, a servant who was usually jealous of Jia Chong, who was favored by Emperor Wu, , Zhongshu ordered Yu Chun to take the opportunity to ask the imperial court to send Jia Chong out of the town of Guanzhong.Emperor Wu approved it, and decided to send troops to go out at the beginning of the next year.

Jia Chong was reluctant to leave the court, and was very resentful towards Ren Kai and others.Xun Xu, the supervisor of Zhongshu, who had close contacts with him on weekdays, also seemed to be missing something.Xun Xu said to his confidant Feng: "When Mr. Jia travels far away, we will lose our attachment and lose power in the court. We should try to save him from this hard work. You know, the prince is 13 years old and has not yet been engaged. If we can let him Jia Chong's daughter married the prince as a concubine, so there is no need to come forward to keep him, even if he wants to go to Guanzhong, he can't go."

Feng said: "You have a good idea. I don't know what Jia Chong's plan is?"After seeing Jia Chong, Gou Xu used the excuse to go to his private place to have a secret conversation. Jia Chong did not wait for Gou Xu to open his mouth, but first talked about his worries.Gou Xu smiled slightly and said, "You are the prime minister of the country. Wouldn't it be too useless if you were controlled by Ren Kai and others! However, it is difficult to refuse to be ordered to go out of Zhenguanzhong this time. Only you marry the prince. Like this, like this, how about it?" Jia Chong stared at Xun Xu and said, "Sure enough, a great plan! But how to say it?" Xun Xu replied, "I have my own way." After saying this, he pretended to smile mysteriously.

Then, Gou Xu and others were summoned by Emperor Wu to serve a banquet in the palace.He took advantage of the wine and said to the emperor: "The crown prince is old and rich, so he should get married as soon as possible, so as to inherit the family and inherit the imperial line. Jia Chong's daughter is extremely talented and virtuous, so she is suitable for the crown prince. Your Majesty, please make a decision." Gou Xu's description of Jia Nu is really nonsense.In fact, Emperor Wu of Jin knew the situation of Jia Chong's daughter very well, and he already had a plan for the prince's marriage. He planned to marry the prince to the daughter of Minister Wei Guan.He once said to Empress Yang Yan: "The daughters of the Wei family and the daughters of the Jia family are really different. Don't you know? Mrs. Jia's wife is born jealous, and she doesn't have many children. The girls of the Jia family are all tall. Not to mention dark and ugly, and all of them are short in stature, if they marry, it will affect the descendants of our Sima family; the wife of the Wei family is virtuous in nature and full of children and grandchildren, and the girls of the Wei family are fair and beautiful, all of them are slender, A tall daughter-in-law stands in front of the door, and she looks good even if she doesn't know how to work. Who do you think I should choose?" But Empress Yang had already heard Jia Chong's cronies and Guo Huai and others give her a briefing, saying how virtuous Jia Nu was, so she insisted on her own opinion. With the same voice as Gou Xu, please choose Jia.At this time, Xun Zhan, an old official who was the Taiwei and acted as the Prince's Taifu, also echoed Empress Yang, saying to the emperor that Jia Chong's daughter "beautiful and beautiful" is the best candidate for the crown prince.

Xun Xu, Gou Pin, and Jia Chong were all trusted ministers of Emperor Wu. They advised and decided military and state affairs, and were very respected.Regarding the selection of the crown princess, everyone unanimously asked for the daughter of Jia Chong, and even Queen Yang, who knew her own intentions, had a clear attitude, which prompted Emperor Wu of Jin to seriously consider their opinions.For the stability of his throne, he also agreed.

At this time, it was snowing heavily in Luoyang City, fluttering and falling, and it fell for several days. The snow was more than two feet thick, and the entire capital was covered in white.The heavy snow sealed the road tightly and made it impossible to recognize. Jia Chong, who was about to lead the army to set off, had to stand by and wait for the ice and snow to melt.Gou Xu and others did not dare to be negligent in the slightest, and they stepped up their activities to urge the prince to get married as soon as possible.He said to Emperor Wu: "In February of February, the sky is full of auspicious snowfall, which is really auspicious. The crown prince should choose a good day to get married immediately." Emperor Wu granted an edict to marry Jia for the prince in February of the eighth year of Taishi (272). Daughter of Chong.Because the prince wanted to marry Jia Nu, Jia Chong stopped going west.Emperor Wu then issued another edict ordering him to remain in his original post.

At the beginning of the marriage, Jia Chong's 12-year-old daughter, Jia Wu, was supposed to be an official.What's ridiculous is that the girl from Jia's family is really short in stature, and she can't even wear a wedding dress.Helpless, Jia Wu's sister, Jia Nanfeng, had to be replaced.This year Jananfeng was 15 years old, two years older than the prince.In this way, Jananfeng became the crown princess by accident.

Jananfeng was born jealous, and would kill the concubine she couldn't see easily.The prince is afraid of her fierceness, and it is rare for other concubines to be recruited.Once, when she heard that Sima Zhong's concubine was pregnant with his child, she immediately brought the concubine to her face, picked up a halberd with her own hands and threw it at the protruding belly of the maid, mother.The two princes were killed immediately, but the cowardly prince didn't even dare to fart.

Emperor Wu of Jin was very indignant about Jia Nanfeng's cruelty, and once wanted to abolish her, but before the edict was issued, he was stopped by Yang Zhi: "Your Majesty, don't forget Jia Chong?" The cronies of the family also wrote letters to plead for mercy, so the matter of abolishing the concubine was left alone.It can be seen that Jia Chong has a solid position and prominent power in the Western Jin regime.Afterwards, Yang Zhi kindly reminded Jananfeng to be more careful, but in the end, Jananfeng held a grudge and used it as an excuse to persecute the Yang family in the future.

Although Jananfeng herself is a woman, but she is good at making money, and is good at maneuvering. It is said in history that she is "jealous and deceitful". Sima Zhong is afraid of her, but also tempted by her, and likes her.Emperor Wu of Jin and his courtiers knew the talent and ability of Prince Sima Zhong very well, and thought he was "pure quality" and "cannot be involved in government affairs".It is said that in order to test how stupid his stupid son was and whether he was capable of being an emperor, Sima Yan ordered a set of test questions to be given to Sima Zhong, who was still the crown prince at the time.Sima Zhong took a look in his hand and was dumbfounded. It turned out that he couldn't do a single question. He was just about to hand in the blank paper while he was sighing. ) to help him answer.Sima Zhong's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he happily prepared to find a senior gunner to help him take the exam.At this time, his wife, the princess at the time——Jiananfeng blocked his thoughts.Because Sima Zhong has left an impression of not being smart to everyone in the palace on weekdays, if you ask a master to answer, it will arouse the suspicion of Sima Yan, the emperor at that time. The official's questioning did not need to give the unknown shooter much reward.Ever since, Sima Zhong passed the exam with the help of his wife Jia Nanfeng, and successfully sat on the throne of the emperor after Sima Yan passed away.Jia Nanfeng was afraid of exposing her husband's incompetence, so he came up with a trick to ask an outsider to answer for the prince, so that he could get away with it, so that the prince could retain the crown prince and successfully obtain the throne.

In April of the first year of Taixi (290), Emperor Wu of Jin passed away. Prince Sima Zhong took the throne as Emperor Hui of Jin, and Jiananfeng was canonized as empress.Emperor Hui was weak and incompetent, indulged in wine and sex, and was too lazy to take care of state affairs, all of which were interfered by Jananfeng.Therefore, the political situation of the Western Jin Dynasty was in turmoil from the day when Jananfeng became the queen.

In order to control the power of the government, Jananfeng took the method of killing innocent people and exterminating dissidents indiscriminately, so as to consolidate Emperor Hui's ruling position.Jin Huidi's auxiliary minister, Tai Fu Yang Jun also died tragically at the hands of Jananfeng.Yang Jun is the father of the Empress Yang of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty.After Taikang destroyed Wu, Emperor Wu of Jin had nothing to do in the world, so he stopped paying attention to government affairs and was immersed in wine and sex all day long.At this time, Yang Jun, Yang Yao, and Yang Ji were among the three princes, and they were known as the "Three Yangs" at that time, which can be said to be powerful for a while.Regarding Yang Jun, Shangshu Chu Qi and Guo Yi once wrote to Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, saying: "(Yang) Jun is a small weapon and cannot be the most important thing in the community." Emperor Wu didn't think so.Sima Zhong was the emperor, and he appointed Yang Jun as the Taifu and assistant minister.

Yang Jun will personally intervene in all affairs in the court, "all officials are the chief himself"; because he is afraid that "the left and right are already in the middle, he takes his nephews Duan Guang and Zhang Xun as close servants" and "there are many remaining parties, all leading the forbidden soldiers"; However, when dealing with some important matters, Yang Jun "familiar with the ancient meanings, often violated the old codes", so there was a situation of "the resentment of the office and the anger of the world".On the issue of dealing with Jia Nanfeng, "Jun knew that Empress Jia's temperament was difficult to control, and was very afraid of it", and "Empress Jia wanted to interfere with political affairs, but Jun Jun did not get what he wanted, and he refused to use women's ways to trouble the Queen Mother."There is an irreconcilable contradiction between Yang Jun, who is blindly authoritarian, and Jananfeng, who is obsessed with power.After fierce fighting, Jananfeng finally killed Grand Fu Yang Jun, General Wei Yang Jun, Prince Taibao Yang Ji, Zhang Shao of the Central Guard, Duan Guang, Duan Guang, Yang Miao, General Zuo Liu Yu, Yin Libin of Henan, Jiang Ling of Zhongshu Fen, Wei Wenshu of Dongyi School, Wu Mao of Shangshu, etc., are "all barbarians".After that, Jananfeng pretended that the abolished Empress Dowager Yang was a commoner, and persecuted him to death in Jinyong City the next year.

After killing Yang Jun, Jananfeng appointed Da Sima and Runan King Sima Liang as Taizai, and together with Taibao Weicui, he assisted in the administration.In the early Western Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Jin made a great effort to enfeoff the clan, but the enfeoffed kings did not go to the feudal towns, but stayed in the capital, and some feudal kings still held considerable military power.For example, Sima Wei, king of Chu, is an example.The existence of the kings is extremely detrimental to the emperor's rule.At this time, Sima Liang, the king of Runan, the Minister of the Assistant Government, in order to weaken the power of the kings, advocated "sending the kings back to the vassal", and the Taibao Weijin also fully agreed with this move.This caused Chu Wang Sima Wei's great dissatisfaction with Runan Wang Liang and Wei Cui.Wei Cui was the founding father of the Western Jin Dynasty. He strongly opposed Emperor Wu of Jin's appointment of Sima Zhong as the crown prince. Jia Chong said to Jananfeng, "Old slave Wei Cui almost broke your family." Wei Jin is currently in the Taibao, which makes Jiananfeng "not allowed to abuse himself".In order to hold the power of the government firmly in his hands, Jananfeng "slandered Guan and Liang as Yin Huo's affairs".In June of the first year of Yongping (291), Jiananfeng finally directed another incident of "the edict made Chu Wangwei kill Dazai, Runan Wang Liang, Taibao, and Ziyang Duke Weijin".Later, on the charge of "killing without authorization", Sima Wei, king of Chu, was executed.

Jananfeng monopolized power, and Emperor Hui became a puppet at the mercy of Jananfeng.She no longer had any scruples, and put the court completely under her control, so she appointed cronies and party members wantonly, and sent them to important official positions.Jia Mo, Jia Nanfeng's elder brother, and Guo Zhang, his uncle, were in charge of the government separately, while Jia Wen, the grandson raised by his stepmother, Lord Guangcheng, intervened in state affairs.And he started a licentious life unscrupulously, not only messing with the imperial physician Cheng Ju, but also sending people to the folks to find beautiful men to have fun.A group of people under her specially searched for fit and handsome young men for her, and secretly sent them to the palace.It is said that there lived a small official in the south of Luoyang City, who was handsome and handsome.Suddenly one day, he was on duty wearing extremely gorgeous clothes. When everyone saw him, they all suspected that he had stolen the clothes.The chief also has doubts.Let him make it clear in public.In order to cleanse himself, the little official said:

One day, I met an old woman on the road. She said that there was a seriously ill person at home. The wizard said that he should find a young man who lives in the south of the city to drive away evil spirits and eliminate disasters. She wanted to let me go for a while.So, I agreed to go with her.After getting into the car, she lowered the curtains and packed me in a big bamboo box.After walking for more than ten miles and passing through six or seven gates, I was released from the box.I looked up and saw Qionglou Yuyu in front of me, magnificent and magnificent.I asked, "Where is this?" Someone told me, "It's heaven."I didn't ask too much.Then I was allowed to take a hot bath, the aroma of the water was overwhelming, and I had never enjoyed it before.Just after washing, someone delivered beautiful clothes and delicious food.After drinking and eating, I suddenly saw a woman who looked about 35 or [-] years old, short in stature, with a dark complexion and a small blemish behind her eyebrows.She kept me for a few nights, and shared her bed with her, and had a great feast.Before leaving, they gave me these things as gifts.

After listening to his speech, everyone understood that this woman was Queen Jiananfeng, so they left with a smile.

During that period, there were frequent cases of handsome men disappearing. It turned out that Jananfeng had brought them into the palace for his sexual pleasure, and then secretly killed them and buried them.Only this little official in the south of the city, because he was not only handsome, but also well-behaved and eloquent, was loved by Jananfeng, so he saved his life and survived.

Jananfeng is so domineering, but she has no sons, and only gave birth to four princesses for Emperor Jin Hui. Naturally, she is also afraid that Sima Zhong will die one day, and she will be held accountable by the new emperor.Sima Zhong's Shuyuan Xie Jiu gave birth to a son Sima Tong when Sima Zhong was still the prince.After Emperor Hui came to the throne, Sima Tong was made the prince.Xie Jiu is Concubine Shu, but Jananfeng forbids the prince to meet his biological mother.In order to achieve the goal of long-term and effective control of the government, Jananfeng pretended to be pregnant and stayed in the inner court for a long time without seeing outsiders. He secretly adopted Han Weizu, the son of his brother-in-law Han Shou, and pretended to be the son of Sima Zhong and Jananfeng.

Jananfeng's "violence" and "tyranny of the world" and his conspiracy to depose the prince finally aroused strong dissatisfaction and opposition from the kings of the Sima clan.So the generals of the Right Army Zhao Wang Sima Lun, Sun Xiu and others "planned to abolish the empress because of public grievances."At this time, Sima Tong has grown up and is very smart, which makes Jananfeng even more restless, for fear that someone will abolish his queen position in the name of supporting the prince.So she decided to kill the prince to win the hearts of the people.

In the ninth year of Yuankang (299), Jananfeng sent people to get Sima Tong drunk, and made him write the treason letter he had written before, in order to falsely accuse the prince of treason, and manipulated the court to send Sima Tong into Jinyong City, where he was persecuted to death. and tortured his mother Xie Jiu to death.

Jananfeng thought that if the prince was killed, the courtiers who were dissatisfied with him would have no leader to choose, so they would let it go.But it backfired, and finally aroused the clan kings to resist one after another.In March of the first year of Yongkang (300), Liang Wang Sima Tong and Zhao Wang Sima Lun led troops into the government, abolished Jananfeng as a commoner, and killed dozens of Jananfeng's henchmen.Shut the rampant Janan wind into Jinyong City.In a few days, Zhao Wang Sima Lun gave him a glass of golden flake poisoned wine, and Jia Nanfeng died, but the chaos she directed had just begun.

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