0p0 Chapter 514 Sima Lun: Staging a coup, my family's ancestral skills!
Chapter 514 Sima Lun: Staging a coup, my family's ancestral skills!
At that moment, the first thought that arose in the minds of the others was:
Sima Lun truly lives up to his reputation as Sima Yi's youngest son; he's inherited his father's true skills! He's incredibly ruthless!
"Sima Lun is overjoyed now. Jia Nanfeng made a foolish mistake and sent Sima Yu to his death. Now he can implement Sun Xiu's plan."
"Not long after, another coup occurred in the Luoyang palace. Sima Lun launched a coup, using the pretext of plotting to kill the crown prince, and forged an edict to abolish the empress. If the imperial guards did not comply, their entire families would be exterminated."
The people of the dynasty: Sima Zhong's presence is so weak, anyone can forge his edict?!
At the same time, Sima Yan had the same idea. He had figured it out: none of those who wanted to take a gamble dared to put his eldest son, Sima Zhong, in their eyes!
Here's a joke: There was an emperor in the Jin Dynasty who, in his middle age, barely issued any proper edicts. Would you call him a human seal or His Majesty the Emperor?!
"Thus, under Sima Lun's coup, Jia Nanfeng successfully 'abdicated,' but strictly speaking, Sima Lun's coup was much more brutal than the previous ones."
"Not only was Empress Jia deposed, but her cronies, such as Jia Wu, were also arrested. Then, under the cover of night, they carried out their plan and beheaded Zhang Hua, Du Bin, and others in front of the palace."
"These people were actually quite capable, but it can only be said that they pushed the Western Jin Dynasty further into the abyss. Afterwards, Jia Nanfeng was imprisoned in Jinyong City, and soon after, she was forced to drink Jinxie wine and died."
"Although Jia Nanfeng's edicts and orders were all forged and did not come from Emperor Sima Zhong, she may have had some feelings before she left. She shouted: 'Your Majesty used to have me, but now that you have been deposed, your fate is not far off...'"
Others: (?_??) Actually, I'm even a little touched?!
"If Sima Yan knew all this, would he still think that his arrangement was a wise move?"
"It will probably collapse. It's only been a few years. Apart from the tool Sima Zhong, the Yang family, the maternal relatives, are gone, the Jia family is gone, and several capable ministers such as Zhang Hua are also gone. All that's left are the restless princes."
Sima Yan: ????? The more I talk about it, the more miserable it seems...
"In a sense, Sima Zhong was also quite unlucky. Nobody took him seriously, and most of the people around him died in the coup. He himself might have followed in his footsteps. With his intelligence, he would have been cannon fodder in the future!"
"After the coup, Sima Lun's ulterior motives were exposed. Soon he forged an imperial edict, transformed himself into the prime minister, and even assigned himself 10,000 troops, which seemed to be no different from his father's back then."
"Moreover, after eliminating his opponents, his confidants, such as Sun Xiu, were all granted large prefectures and then given military power. It can be said that Sima Lun was in the position of a victor at that time."
Sima Lun: (?????) You all have to listen to me!
"Past experience has shown that the more you drift along at this time, the less you can hold onto what you gain."
"The reason is that Sima Lun gave a lot of power to his cronies, placing one here and another there."
"But Sima Jiong, who rebelled with him, was pushed out of the center of power by Sima Lun. He even drove him away. You tell me, he worked his butt off for you, and in the end, you became the big leader, while he worked for nothing. Tell me, do you think he would be happy about that?!"
Sima Jiong: I want to improve too, is that not allowed?!