There is no way to verify whether he can really see a doctor. The book says that he has secret skills, but looking at the things recorded, it is just magic. It’s just that people at that time had little knowledge and didn’t understand the truth, so they felt very strange.
It's magical.
After Du Zigong's death, Sun Taide passed on his skills. He was frivolous, cunning, and a little talented, and deceived the people. Some ignorant people respected him like a god and gave him money and their children in order to seek happiness.
Little talent? A crooked talent, right?!
This crooked trick not only deceived the people, but also deceived the ministers into believing it. Sima Yuanxian, who was powerful at the time, actually put down his identity and went to see Sun Tai several times to ask for his secret skills.
At this time, Huan Xuan, Wang Gong, Yin Zhongkan, Yang Quanqi and others stirred up trouble. Therefore, Sun Tai thought that the Jin Dynasty was going to be doomed, so he fanned the people and gathered people privately. In the end, he was killed by Sima Yuanxian's father, Sima
Daozi got KO.
When everyone heard that Sun Tai died, they all said that he had become an immortal. They were really speechless for superstitious people, so they supported Sun En who fled to the sea.
Sun En gathered more than a hundred desperadoes, determined to take revenge.
In 399, Sima Yuanxian ordered the conscription of "those who were exempted from slavery as guests" from eight counties in Jiangdong and moved them to the capital for military service, which caused a commotion. This gave Sun En the opportunity to jump back again, triggering
The "Sun En-Lu Xun Uprising" lasted for twelve years.
Although this uprising was a peasant uprising, it was led by the gentry Sun En and others. They took advantage of the people's oppression by the gentry and their hatred for the gentry. They allowed the gang to kill people, even babies, and Ran Min killed barbarians.
The method is the same, is this uncle still revolting?!
The uprising failed in the end. Even though this so-called "uprising" dealt a heavy blow to the Eastern Jin Dynasty's noble families, Gou Xiong still thought that these people were crazy!
The uprising was purely for his own selfish interests. Ran Min was still thinking about how to rule well at that time. They were more hateful than Ran Min! No, no, Ran Min looked much cuter compared to them.
Lu Simian said that most of the people Sun En used were desperadoes, so he killed them and caused great damage.
The person Sun En used was not a good person, and he himself was not a good person either!
I won’t go into details about this uprising here, otherwise it will deviate from the topic. If you are interested, you can search for it.
Outside the imperial court, rebellions of this and that continued, but internally the intrigues of the Western Jin Dynasty were still "gloriously" inherited. Today this one is stepping on that, and tomorrow the other is stepping on this.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty itself did not have strong strength. It mainly relied on the natural danger of the Yangtze River to settle south of the Yangtze River and relied on the Central Plains gentry who were called by Prime Minister Wang Dao to move south for refuge.
Director Wang selected more than a hundred celebrities from the north as subordinate officials, and united with the southern clans to gain their support. However, conflicts between the northern and southern clans often occurred, and civil strife occurred frequently, which made the Eastern Jin Dynasty unstable.
Although the Eastern Jin Dynasty was the continuation of the Sima family's regime, the Sima family itself did not have high political prestige, and the entire court was controlled by members of the family.
The first one was Director Wang of the Langya Wang family, Wang Dun, followed by the Yu brothers. However, the Yu brothers did not fully control it for too long, and when Yu Liang came to power, Director Wang had not yet passed away. The two of them openly and secretly
They pinched each other for a long time, followed by Xie An, Xie Xuan and his son, etc.
Among the big families, representatives include the gentry with the surname Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao who came to the south, and the gentry with the surname Wu such as Zhu, Zhang, Gu, Lu, etc. who lived in the south of the Yangtze River.
In the beginning, the Eastern Jin Dynasty relied on the powerful official Wang Dao to take charge of the overall situation. On the one hand, it attracted the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River, and on the other hand, it arranged for the gentry who came south from the Central Plains, and the Sima family was the object of common support.
However, the aristocratic families themselves are not really loyal to the Sima clan, especially since they all own a large amount of land and even have their own troops (that is, the tribe, as mentioned at the beginning of the article when Xun proposed to take back the land and population from the gentry).
Enough strength to compete with the Sima regime.
The ruling class of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was mostly composed of northern overseas Chinese gentry with the surname Wu who had fled across the Yangtze River and southern gentry with the surname Wu who had lived in the south of the Yangtze River. There were differences in region, culture and other aspects, and they had always been excluding each other.
After Xie An died of illness, Emperor Xiaowu of the Jin Dynasty handed over power to his younger brother Sima Daozi. Sima Daozi and his son Sima Yuanxian controlled the government. They were tyrannical and incompetent and exploited the people wantonly, giving opportunities to the wealthy families who wanted the throne.
From the establishment of "Huan Chu", the Eastern Jin Dynasty began to rush on the road of decline.
In fact, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was destined to be unable to develop steadily and prosperously from the very beginning, because it was established by the gentry.
We often say that it is better to rely on oneself than to rely on the sky and the earth. As an individual, this must be true, so it is even more true for a royal family. Although the emperor also relies on ministers to govern the world, the emperor must first have the ability to control the world.
The ability to live as a minister, hold up the table, and the domineering attitude of "without you, I will still be the emperor!"
However, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was not good. Without these noble clans, the Sima family could not stand at all. It was really taking advantage of others' shortcomings.
Finally, Sima Shao, Emperor of Jin and Ming Dynasty, was born, but he was a short-lived emperor, reigning for only three years.
After that, Sima Yan, Emperor Cheng of Jin Dynasty, and Sima Yue, Emperor Kangxi of Jin Dynasty, were not bad. In such an environment, they could defend well. Maybe it was because of the brothers Yu Liang, Yu Bing, and Yu Yi who assisted the government, and the correctional director Wang
Many shortcomings were left behind when he was in power.
Unfortunately, Sima Yan and Sima Yue were also short-lived emperors. At any rate, these three people lived to be in their twenties. Emperor Mu of the Jin Dynasty, Sima Dan, died of illness when he was only nineteen years old.
What happened to Sima Shao's branch? Moreover, brothers Yu Liang, Yu Bing, and Yu Yi were not able to assist the government for too long. They passed away one after another. The court, which was just getting on the right track, was turned into a mess by Huan Wen. God is really going to destroy the Jin Dynasty.
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I wonder if you have noticed that when a dynasty is about to fall, the wise and capable people who can speak up will not live long. Maybe they are too depressed in the face of the smoky government? Will they die in depression?
The evaluation of Yu Liang in history is not good. However, after reading these historical records, Gou Xiong felt that Yu Liang was underappreciated. In a powerless environment, even if he had the idea of restoring the Central Plains, he had no external support.
For example:
When Yu Liang led 100,000 soldiers to garrison Stone City (Xiangyang), he wrote a letter saying: Farm on one side and guard on the other side in preparation for advancing northward.
This is a positive idea. Just like during the Warring States Period, the Chu State attacked the Song State. They farmed outside the Song Dynasty and besieged the city for nine months. In the end, the Song State was forced to make peace with the Chu State, and seven or eighty-eight of them were
Let’s not talk about it anymore, we won’t talk about the Warring States period here, haha.
If Yu Liang's proposal is passed, perhaps after the collapse of Shihu, the Jin Dynasty may be able to restore the Central Plains.
But, very, very regretfully, Xi Jian and Cai Mo both opposed it.
Director Wang was the only one who agreed, but he did not really agree from the bottom of his heart. As mentioned before, Director Wang was a peacemaker, and his governance was relatively relaxed. He was good to me, good to everyone, and he had no intention of restoring the Central Plains. Therefore, how could it be possible?
I wholeheartedly agree, I just don’t want to be openly different from Yu Liang.
Cai Mo's objection was: Shi Hu is too strong and should not be aggressive from a long distance.
Yu Liang's intention was not to attack Shihu immediately, but to find an opportunity a few years later. Cai Mo's opinion was obviously to increase the enemy's momentum and destroy his own prestige.
Lu Simian believed that Shi Hu was strong not because he was strong alone, but also in collaboration with many people. "The strength of a country is not determined by one person." Cai Mo's proposal seemed prudent, but in fact it was cowardly.
Cai Mo also said that the king's army and the thieves are different on land and water. We should use the natural dangers of the Yangtze River to protect ourselves and lure the enemy to come, instead of abandoning the river and advancing further, using our shortcomings to attack the enemy's strengths.
This meaning coincides with Sima Rui's "not seeking the north". Moreover, the court discussions at that time were the same as Cai Mo's, so Yu Liang's proposal was naturally rejected.
Some people say that when forming a country, a group, or an organization, the first generation of leaders is very important. His handling and administrative style will affect subsequent generations. Even if the leader is replaced, it will still be difficult to change unless there is reorganization.
At the beginning of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in the hands of Sima Rui and Wang Dao, they did not care about the north. Therefore, the general climate had been formed. Afterwards, although some generals or rulers wanted to restore the Central Plains, there was no environment to support it.
History’s evaluation of Cai Mo is mediocre. I don’t know much about him and I dare not say that history’s evaluation is correct. But judging from this matter, Cai Mo is an owner who only wants to take care of his own one-third of an acre of land and has no ambitions.
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After the death of Emperor Cheng of Jin Dynasty, his sons were all young, so Yu Bing gave up and established Emperor Cheng's younger brother Sima Yue. However, He Chong, who was assisting the government together at the time, insisted on establishing Sima Yan's youngest son, but Yu Bing insisted.
Rejected.(To be continued)
This chapter has been completed!