0p0 Chapter 564 Huan Wen: My Turn!
Chapter 564 Huan Wen: My Turn!
A few scattered comments from Song Dynasty figures, setting aside other factors, just considering the actions of Zhao Gou and others in the Southern Song Dynasty, even if they were naturally thick-skinned, they wouldn't have the confidence to say that the Southern Song court was more assertive than the Eastern Jin court!
No matter who it is, they would feel aggrieved, because what good government pays money to be its lackey, and then gets beaten up like crazy?!
Lin Ke glanced at the comments and thought to herself, "The Eastern Jin and the Southern Song are indeed easy to compare!"
Putting everything else aside, how did Zhao Gou of the Southern Song Dynasty react to the overwhelming military pressure? How did he pay tribute and submit to the emperor, and how did he persecute Yue Fei?
In terms of integrity, Zhao Gou ranks last. Who can rival him? At least no one in the Eastern Jin Dynasty could. He even knelt before the northern barbarians!
Damn it, just thinking about Wanyan Gou makes my blood pressure rise again!
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Back to the live broadcast room.
"Having avenged his great enemy, Huan Wen began another chapter in his life. For example, he became a prince consort, married Princess Nankang, and later rose to the position of governor of Xuzhou."
"Remember this Princess Nankang—Sima Xingnan. She was no ordinary person either. The idiom 'I feel pity for her' comes from her story with Huan Wen's concubine."
"But on another level, Princess Nankang was the eldest daughter of Emperor Ming of Jin, Sima Shao, and a niece of the Yu family."
"And Yu Liang's younger brother, Yu Yi, was Huan Wen's former friend. To put it simply, her marriage to Huan Wen was more like a political marriage between powerful clans."
"However, before Huan Wen established himself in the court, the power of the Eastern Jin court was still in the hands of the Wang and Yu clans, namely the Wang clan of Langya and the Yu clan of Yingchuan."
"However, fate is unpredictable. In 339 AD, Wang Dao, a veteran minister who had served several dynasties, passed away. Not long after, Yu Liang also followed him."
"At that time, the change of power in the imperial court was too rapid, and several veteran officials died one after another, such as Xi Jian and Lu Wan."
"However, following Wang Dao, Yu Liang and other ministers, Emperor Cheng of Jin, Sima Yan, also died in 342 AD, and Sima Yue succeeded him as Emperor Kang of Jin."
Everyone in the world: In my memory, this child wasn't that old, how could he have died so young! ? ?
"At this time, the Eastern Jin court, and the Langya Wang clan, gradually declined after the deaths of Wang Dao and others. Perhaps longevity is sometimes a key factor in achieving success."
"Afterwards, the Yu brothers, who held great power, thought of the Northern Expedition, and the Eastern Jin court finally remembered the lost north!"
"Therefore, Huan Wen, who was on good terms with the Yu family faction, was appointed as the vanguard commander, guarding Linhuai and assisting Yu Yi in his northern expedition."
"However, unsurprisingly, things took an unexpected turn. In 344 AD, the heir of the Sima family died once again."
"The newly enthroned Emperor Mu of Jin, Sima Dan, stripped the Yu brothers of their original status as maternal relatives, and soon after, Yu Bing also fell from power."
"This drastic change was so rapid that the pace of the banquet couldn't keep up with the pace of the decline. In less than a year, Yu Yi also left. At that time, there wasn't even time for the transfer of power, and his position was almost in jeopardy. What was the point of continuing the north then!"
In another timeline, during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the court officials were utterly dumbfounded. This wasn't a live broadcast; it was like being called upon by the King of Hell himself!
Later generations never mentioned why. Was there a plague at the time?
These days, you can't even stand firm if you don't live a long life. Heavens above, some people live to be eighty, while others die young, only a few years old!
Time is also fate!