The most wonderful monarch in ancient times refused to take poison on the grounds that he could not be reincarnated and was crushed to death by a quilt.

In the first year of Taishi in the Western Jin Dynasty (AD 265) 165438+ 10/2, Sima Yi's grandson succeeded to Jin Cao. At this time, Sima Yan may never have imagined that Sima Shi's ending was far worse than Cao Shi's tragedy. According to historical records, Cao Huan, the king of Cao Wei's national subjugation, was sealed in the land of Cao Shizu, and Sima Yan allowed him to eat and wear the same, saying that he didn't need to be a vassal, and there were flags, chariots and horses, sacrifices and so on. Until he died at the age of 58. Sima Wende, the last emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, obviously didn't come to such a good end, and his death was extremely miserable.

▲ Ancient archery image

Sima, the second son of Sima Yao, the filial piety of Jin Dynasty, and the younger brother of Sima, the Emperor of Jin 'an, was originally sealed in Langya. When Sima Wende was a child, he was impatient and cruel. He likes to let people shoot horses with bows and arrows. Every time an archer shoots a horse, Sima Wende stands by to observe the horse's painful expression and often laughs. Later, someone advised him to say, "You are from Sima's family. When you know Ma's surname, it's too expensive to speak of, but someone has killed him in the king. This is an ominous thing! " Sima Wende was still young at this time, but he also understood the meaning of this sentence and regretted it very much. After that, he stopped doing such trouble.

As he grew older, Sima Wende became more and more intelligent. Because he made many celebrities, he became quite educated and handsome. After the death of filial piety emperor Sima Yao, Sima Dezong succeeded to the throne, but he was a famous "retarded emperor". In this way, state affairs naturally fall into the hands of others, and the two brothers even become pawns in the courtiers' political game, at the mercy of others. Emperor Jin 'an reigned for decades, and led troops to revolt, first Wang Gong, the secretariat of Yanzhou, and Yu Kai, the secretariat of Yuzhou, then Sun En rebelled, and then Huan Xuan usurped the throne and proclaimed himself emperor. Emperor Jin 'an was reduced to Pinggu King by Huan Xuan, Sima was demoted to Shiyang County, and was expelled from Jiankang. After Huan Xuan was defeated by Emperor Wu of Song, the two brothers were held hostage by Huan Xuan and his men twice, and were not released from the rebels until March of the first year of Yixi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 405).

▲ The image of Jin Gongdi Sima Wende

At this point, Sima Dezong has become a prisoner from the king of a country, and his younger brother has become a nominal county magistrate from the prince's pit of a country. Although the two brothers were rescued by Emperor Wu of Song, they just escaped from the den and entered the den. After emperor Wu of song put down the chaos, he wanted to seize the world of Sima's family and re-establish Liu's dragon flag. At that time, the man who claimed to be the emperor paid attention to God's will, so Emperor Wu of Song instructed his men to find an alchemist to divine for him. As a result, the inscription reads, "There are two emperors after Chang Ming (Emperor Jin Xiao)." In other words, there are still two emperors in Sima's family, and it is too early for Emperor Wu of Song to proclaim himself emperor. Emperor Wu of song heard this rumor, of course, he was so angry that he couldn't wait until the fool emperor died to usurp the throne. So he immediately sent a regicide to kill Sima Dezong, the emperor of Jin 'an, and made Sima Wende emperor the next day.

Because of the appearance of this picture, everyone knows that Sima Wende is obviously the last emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. At this point, Sima has no power to help Wende secure the throne. The aristocratic families headed by Wang and Xie have already declined, and the northern minorities are still self-sufficient and will not send troops to attack Liu. Therefore, Sima Wende knew his destiny very well, but he still hoped that Emperor Wu of Song would cut him some slack and let him enjoy his old age, just as his ancestors treated Cao Huan well.

▲ Map of Jingzhou in Eastern Jin Dynasty

In June of the first year of Yuanxi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 4 19), Emperor Wu of Liu saw that the time was ripe, so he asked his confidant to draft the imperial edict of Zen and bullied Sima Wende to copy it again, so that he could usurp the throne and become emperor. When Sima saw the draft imperial edict, he knew that this day would come eventually, so he smiled and said, "The Jin Dynasty had already perished when Huan Xuan usurped the throne. Thanks to Gong Liu's army, it lasted for nearly 20 years. Today's meditation, I am willing, without any resentment! " After that, he took a pen and copied it in one breath, and then moved to Liling, Jingzhou (now Jingmen, Hubei) with his concubines. After Emperor Wu of Song proclaimed himself emperor, Sima Wende was appointed king of Lingling, and was supervised by champion general Liu Zunkao.

Although Sima Wende survived, Emperor Wu of Song always felt that the former emperor was still alive, which was very unfavorable to his rule. So he ordered the former uncles Chu Xiuzhi and Chu Dan to closely monitor their brother-in-law and sister. When the Queen of Chu gave birth to a baby boy, the Chu brothers, according to the orders of Emperor Wu of Song, actually killed their nephew. This made Sima Wende afraid day and night and never dared to step out of the house again. The food he ate was also cooked by Queen Chu herself.

▲ Song Wudi Liu Yu stills

In the autumn of the first year of Liu Yong's first year (AD 420), Emperor Wu of Song finally decided to leave. He ordered Zhang Qian, a former minister of the Jin Dynasty, to take poisoned wine to Sima Wende's home and prepare to kill him. I didn't know that Zhang Wei still had a conscience, because he couldn't bear to kill his old master and died. Emperor Wu of song was very angry when he learned that the old minister of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was still loyal to the abolished emperor, and he was even more fearful and determined to kill Sima Wende. Originally, Emperor Wu of Song wanted to force Sima to drink himself, but Sima refused on the grounds that Buddhist suicide could not be reincarnated. Seeing that he didn't eat "toast", the soldiers sent by Emperor Wu of Song directly pressed him on the bed and suffocated him with a quilt, no matter what it was.

▲ Xiao Daocheng stills

After Sima Wende's death, he was posthumously named Emperor Gong Jin. However, although Sima Wende volunteered to meditate, it did not end well. Since then, it has become a routine for the former emperor to be killed, and almost no one can avoid it. Fifty-nine years later, Liu Song's regime was doomed, and the descendants of Emperor Wu of Song stood in the same position as Cao Huan and Sima Wende. /kloc-at the age of 0/0, Song was forced to meditate. Before he died, he said a widely circulated famous saying-I hope there will be no more emperors in the world!