In 266 AD, Sima Zhao's son Sima Yan usurped the power of Wei and established himself as the emperor of the Jin State, known as the Western Jin Dynasty in history. In the early days of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, he made great efforts to govern the country, practiced frugality, promoted economic development, and made the society show a prosperous scene, which was called the "rule of Taikang".
Emperor Wu of Jin also led his army to eliminate the Sun Wu regime, ending the situation of the Three Kingdoms and achieving the unification of the whole country. However, in the later period of the reign of Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, he became increasingly extravagant and corrupt, neglecting political affairs, and there were tens of thousands of concubines in the palace, which led to the trend of fighting for wealth among the people.
What is even more regrettable is that he set up his idiot son Sima Zhen as his heir and married Jia Nanfeng, which laid a hidden danger for the later "Eight Kings Rebellion" and the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty.
In 290, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty Sima Yan died at the age of 55, and his son Sima Zhen succeeded him as Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty, and Sima Yan's father-in-law Yang Jun assisted the government. However, due to the cowardice and idiocy of Emperor Hui of Jin, Empress Jia Nanfeng united with Sima Liang, the king of Runan, and Sima Wei, the king of Chu, to stage a coup d'état, killing Yang Jun, and further plotting to kill Sima Liang and Sima Wei.
Jia Nanfeng thus seized power in the Western Jin Dynasty, but it also triggered the Rebellion of the Eight Kings. In 299, in order to protect the rights and interests of himself and his son, Jia Nanfeng managed to ** the crown prince Sima Shu, which triggered a coup d'état by Sima Lun, the king of Zhao.
After Sima Lun deposed Jia Nanfeng, he monopolized the power of the court. However, Sima Lun's usurpation was not recognized by everyone. In 301, Sima Jian, the king of Qi, with the support of Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, and Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, raised an army against Sima Lun.
After many battles, Sima Lun was finally defeated and forced to abdicate. As a result, Sima Jian seized the power of the court. However, Sima Jian's rule did not enjoy popular support.
In 302, Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, and Sima Hao, the king of Hejian, once again raised troops to fight against Sima Yin. At this time, Sima Yi, the king of Changsha, also responded in the capital Luoyang. After a series of battles, Sima Jian was killed by Sima Yi, the king of Changsha.
However, Sima Jian's death did not end the turmoil. Sima Ying, Sima Hao, and Sima Yue jointly controlled the power of the court, but soon after, new contradictions broke out and they attacked each other.
In the end, Sima Ying and Sima Hao were killed, and only Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, monopolized the power of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the 16-year Eight Kings Rebellion finally ended.
1.In 304, Li Xiong, the leader of the Di tribe, took advantage of the rebellion of the Eight Kings of the Western Jin Dynasty to capture Chengdu and establish the Cheng Han regime, and the Hun Liu Yuan also established the Han State in the name of recovering the Han Dynasty and posthumously crowned Liu Chan as the filial piety emperor.
2.In 307, Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty was poisoned by Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, after reigning for 17 years, and his younger brother Sima Chi was proclaimed emperor, that is, Emperor Huai of Jin.
3.In 311, after the death of Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, Liu Cong, the son of Liu Yuan, led the Xiongnu army to besiege Luoyang, at this time the Western Jin Dynasty royal family and family have moved to the south of the Yangtze River, and the kings of the south did not send troops to "King Qin", the Xiongnu army invaded Luoyang and captured Emperor Huai of Jin, killing more than 30,000 Western Jin Dynasty ** and clan, this is the Yongjia Rebellion.
In 313 AD, Liu Cong, the leader of the Xiongnu, brutally murdered Emperor Huai of Jin, who was only 30 years old and ruled for 4 years. In this year, when the subjects of Chang'an learned of the death of Emperor Huai of Jin, they decided to proclaim Sima Ye, the grandson of Emperor Wu of Jin, as emperor, who would later become Emperor Jin Shu.
In 316, Liu Cong sent troops to besiege Chang'an, and Emperor Jin chose to surrender when the grain and grass were cut off. The following year, Liu Cong brutally murdered the 18-year-old Emperor of Jin, and the Western Jin Dynasty, which had reigned for only three years, came to an end.
Since then, various ethnic minorities have successively established their own political power in the north, which is known as the "Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms" in history. Sima Rui, the great-grandson of Sima Yi who fled south to Jiankang, also proclaimed himself emperor in Jiankang after learning of the death of Emperor Jin and Dingdu, and rebuilt the Jin court, known as the Eastern Jin Dynasty and Emperor Yuan of Jin.
At the same time, the northerners moved south on a large scale, and the history was called "the southward crossing of clothes". After Emperor Jin Yuan ascended the throne, in order to get the support of the northern and southern scholars, he reused the Wang Dao and Wang Dun brothers of the Langya Wang family, but this also led to the fall of power.
At that time, Wang Dao was in charge of internal affairs, and Wang Dun was in charge of military power. In 321, in order to regain power, Emperor Yuan of Jin introduced Liu Kui, Diao Xie and others to contend with the Wang clan, however, Wang Dun raised troops in Wuchang to attack Jiankang in the name of killing Liu Kui and Diao Xie.
In the same year, with the secret help of his cousin Wang Dao, Wang Dun led the army to attack Jiankang and killed Diao Xie and others, which was known as the "Wang Dun Rebellion" in history. From then on, Wang Dun monopolized the power of the court, and Emperor Jin Yuan was reduced to a puppet.