"I don't kill Beren, but Beren dies because of me", we should all have heard of this saying, but we don't necessarily understand the allusion.
In this regard, many people will have this question: Who is Boren? And why was he killed?
Today, with these two questions, let's review the story that happened in the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
It is said that after the "Rebellion of the Eight Kings", the orthodox imperial power of the Jin family can be said to be declining, and Sima Rui, the king of Langya, who was born in the side lineage, was assisted by Wang Dao and Wang Dun and others in the "Langya Wang Clan", and established a small court in the Jiangnan region with difficulty, which is called the "Eastern Jin Dynasty" in history. After Sima Rui became the emperor, he made Wang Dao the prime minister for his merits and was responsible for taking charge of the government, while Wang Dun served as a general and was responsible for military affairs. The "Langya Wang Clan" and the Sima Clan jointly supported this small court of the "Eastern Jin Dynasty", which was called "the king and the horse share the world".
Careful people will find that the "king" in the "king and the horse" is ranked in front of the "horse", that is to say, the power of the "Langya Wang" actually exceeds the imperial power of the Sima family, which conveys a very interesting signal - although Sima Rui is a founding king, but his real power is very limited, and some people have even lamented that Sima Rui, the emperor of the Jin Yuan Dynasty, is the weakest founding emperor in history.
The power is on the side and the imperial power is declining, of course Sima Rui is unwilling, of course, this may just be his expedient measure. Sure enough, when Sima Rui gradually secured the position of the emperor, he began to attack the "Langya Wang Family" - Wang Dao and Wang Dun and others, he first slowly snubbed Prime Minister Wang Dao, and then used his henchmen - Liu Kui, Diao Xie, Dai Yuan and others and gave real power to try to suppress the power of the Wang family.
Everyone knew about Sima Rui's moves, and Wang Dao, who was a civil minister, was also idle, but Wang Dun, who was the general of the southern expedition at the time, who defended Wuhan with heavy troops, did not buy it. As Sima Rui's "actions" became bigger and bigger, Wang Dun, who couldn't sit still, simply sent troops to attack Jiankang (now Nanjing), the capital of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in the name of "crusading against traitorous ministers".
Wang Dun's move was tantamount to a chaotic minister and thief, and at the same time, it also pushed Wang Dao and others in the capital to the most dangerous situation. Liu Kui also suggested that Emperor Jin Yuan kill the people of the Langxie Wang clan who stayed in the capital, and the prime minister Wang Dao, who heard the news, hurriedly led more than 20 people of the clan to kneel outside the palace to plead guilty, and Sima Rui hesitated for a while.
At this moment, the protagonist of the story, "Boren", appeared, and he was the famous minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Zhou Yi (yǐ), and "Boren" was his character. Zhou Yi and Wang Dao, Wang Dun and others are all old friends, they once drank together after the Jin Dynasty dressed in the south and sighed, and staged a famous "Xinting Crying".
In addition, Zhou Yi also has a very bad hobby, that is, he likes to drink, and when he drinks, he will drink until he is drunk until he is drunk, so he often delays his business. When he served as the servant of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (equivalent to the prime minister), he did not have much time to be sober because he often drank alcohol, so people also called it "three-day servant shooting".
Just when Wang Dao led a large family to kneel outside the palace, Zhou Yi, who was recruited by the emperor, was about to enter the palace to discuss matters. When Director Wang saw Zhou Yi, he begged as if he had seen a savior: "Boren, the lives of hundreds of my family will be entrusted to you!" But Zhou Yi entered the palace without even looking at him.
After meeting Emperor Jin Yuan, Zhou Yijin said that Wang Dao was definitely a loyal and patriotic person, and Wang Dun's rebellion had nothing to do with him, and he must not kill Zhongliang by mistake. Emperor Jin Yuan not only adopted Zhou Yi's suggestion, but also deliberately left Zhou Yi to drink together, and did not let him go back until he drank too much.
At this time, Wang Dao and the others were still kneeling there to apologize, and when they saw Zhou Yi coming out, Wang Dao went to call his name again, but Zhou Yi, who had drunk too much, still ignored him, and said with a smell of wine in his mouth: "Now that you kill these thieves, you can change to a big official!" According to historical records, after Zhou Yi returned home, he wrote to the court again, insisting that Wang Dao could not be killed.
From this point of view, Director Wang's two requests for help, Zhou Yi didn't pay attention to them, and the second time it seemed as if he was about to fall into a well, which would inevitably cause resentment from Director Wang and others.
Later, Wang Dun's army successfully captured Jiankang, and Sima Rui was completely overthrown. Wang Dun, who was full of ambition, found Director Wang and asked, "There should be no problem for such a famous person as Zhou Yi to hold the position of the third division, right?" Director Wang didn't squeak about this. Wang Dun asked again: "Even if you can't be ranked in the third division, you can be a servant, right?" Director Wang still didn't squeak. Wang Dun finally had to sigh and say, "If you don't use him, then kill him!" Director Wang was still silent.
Soon, Zhou Yi was indeed killed by Wang Dun.
Later, when Wang Dun's rebellion was put down, when Director Wang was sorting out the documents of Zhongshu Province, he found that Zhou Yi had written a memo to rescue him, which was sincere and moving, but he didn't show it in front of him at that time!
Director Wang took this letter and remembered his irresponsible silence at the beginning, and missed the opportunity to save his benefactor again and again, and a strong sense of guilt came to his heart. When he returned home, he said to his sons with tears streaming down his face: "Although I will not kill Beren, he will die because of me." In the underworld, this good friend! ”
It's a pity that people can't be resurrected after death, and Zhou Yi has gone with Huang He, leaving Boren in the world.