0p0 Chapter 504 Jia Chong: Physically in Cao Wei, but with a Heart in Sima Yi
Chapter 504 Jia Chong: Physically in Cao Wei, but with a Heart in Sima Yi
Seeing the screen filled with comments mocking Sima Yan for being mentally ill, he felt bad.
How could he not know the incompetence of his son, Sima Zhong?! But the court officials' recommendation of Sima You only fueled his anger!
Now, according to what future generations say, everyone in the world will laugh at him, preferring to appoint someone less intelligent rather than change the person!
"Ahem, let's continue. To be precise, besides Sima Zhong, Sima Yan had more than a dozen other children to choose from. However, at that time, from the perspective of patriarchal clan law, the succession to the throne was mostly based on the eldest son of the legitimate wife."
"Furthermore, if we consider meritocracy, would Sima Yan's son be better than his good brother Sima You, who had a good reputation since childhood?"
"To be fair, Sima You's talent and prestige far surpassed those of Sima Yan; otherwise, he wouldn't have been valued by Sima Yi and adopted by his eldest son."
"Therefore, Sima Yan was not without the opportunity to back out, but he did not want to, nor could he. After all, although his eldest son was a bit foolish, he was the eldest legitimate son and it was right for him to inherit the throne!"
"Otherwise, if someone else were chosen as the successor, wouldn't Sima You seize the opportunity to ascend to the throne? Why did his father pull that stunt before he died? In short, the throne of the Jin Dynasty would belong to Sima Zhao's lineage!"
Emperor Zhao Kuangyin of the Song Dynasty: The plot seems familiar...
"So, nine-year-old Sima Zhong was made crown prince, and it was the kind of situation where your father knew you weren't smart, but he still wanted to hand over the family business to you!"
"Quite coincidentally, Sima Yan also triggered the 'good grandson script bonus' at this time. Sima Zhong's son, Sima Yu, was intelligent from a young age, and Sima Yan also said that his grandson was just like his grandfather, Sima Yi!"
"Therefore, even though Sima Yan knew that Sima Zhong was not very smart and had wavered on the choice of successor, he did not change his mind due to the opposition of the court officials to recommend Sima You and Empress Yang."
"Perhaps Sima Yu was wise, and Sima Zhong was just foolish. He wasn't a tyrant, after all. The Jin Dynasty, which was eventually handed over to his grandson, wouldn't have been too bad, would it?"
At this moment, the people of Wanchao in front of the screen were speechless. Just because of these reasons, they handed over the country to unreliable people to govern!
Has he forgotten... that it was their Sima family who farted at the Luo River! A ruler murdered in the street—in the street, no, right there!
At that time, imperial power was in the hands of others. Didn't the neighboring Shu Han have a model emperor? Yet, we didn't see any of the Sima family members, father and sons, acting as loyal ministers!
Or did they really believe that Sima Zhong could control those restless court officials and princes of different surnames?
If you yourself have not obtained your position properly, why are you afraid that others will follow suit?
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Lin Ke paused for a moment, then continued, "After that, Sima Yan's health deteriorated because he liked to ride a sheep cart around in his later years."
"Moreover, at this time, Sima Yan's empress Yang Yan was replaced by his cousin Yang Zhi. Sima Yan was in a coma, and power fell into the hands of the empress and her father Yang Jun."
Not long after, in 289 AD, Sima Yan passed away at the age of fifty-five.
"Therefore, Crown Prince Sima Zhong ascended the throne as Emperor Hui of Jin, and at this time, Yang Jun controlled all the power in the court."
"But it doesn't matter, Sima Zhong had a [quite powerful] empress named Jia Nanfeng."
"She was the daughter of Jia Chong, a minister in the early Jin Dynasty. Her grandfather, Jia Kui, was a good minister of the Wei Dynasty. On his deathbed, he was still thinking that he had not helped Wei destroy Wu."
"However, his son Jia Chong, as a subject of the Great Wei, was a key figure in helping the Sima family usurp the throne and participated in the famous scene of [killing the emperor in the street]."
Jia Kui: ...His rebellious son...
"As Jia Chong's daughter, Jia Nanfeng was cruel by nature and was by no means a kind person. In the beginning, the candidate for Crown Princess was not actually her, but Wei Guan's daughter."
"Sima Yan was obsessed with looks. He thought Wei Guan's daughter was beautiful and fair-skinned, while Jia Chong's daughter was ugly, dark-skinned, and jealous. Could she be the crown princess?!"
"But Empress Yang Yan objected, saying, 'I am her own mother, how could I harm my son?' Furthermore, officials like Xun Yi acted as matchmakers, suggesting that Jia Nanfeng, setting aside everything else, was virtuous and talented!"
People in Wanchaozhong: (?_??)...Cultural people! How terrifying!
"Thus, through the maneuvering of various forces, in 272 AD, the groom Sima Zhong, aged thirteen, and the bride Jia Nanfeng, aged fifteen, got married."
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