After Sima Zhao killed the king, he discussed with the ministers and established Cao Huang, the son of Cao Yu, the king of Yan, as the son of Changdao Township, as the son of the Son of Heaven and changed the Yuan Jingyuan.

In the third year of Jingyuan (262), Sima Zhao listened to Zhonghui's admonition and killed Ji Kang and Lu An, and soon regretted it (one said that this incident happened in the following year, and here I will follow the "Zizhi Tongjian").

In the summer of the following year, Sima Zhao prepared to cut down Shu and consulted with everyone:

"Since the rebellion was put down in Shouchun, the soldiers have not fought for six years, making weapons, repairing armor, and preparing to deal with the two captives of Wu Shu. If Wu is destroyed, roughly calculated, it will take more than 10,000,000 man-days to build warships and open waterways, which will take 100,000 people and 100 days to complete. In addition, the low terrain and humid climate in the south will inevitably lead to epidemics.

"Today, we should take Shu first, and after three years of destroying Shu, we can take advantage of the favorable terrain that Bashu can go down the river, and advance by land and water, which is just like the history of Jin to destroy Yu Dingyu, Qin to annex Han and Wei.

"According to statistics, there are 90,000 Shu soldiers, and there are no less than 40,000 garrisons in Chengdu and the counties in the rear, and the rest are only 50,000. Now drag Jiang Wei in the middle of the river, so that he can't look east, and then the army will go straight to Luogu, out of its empty land, in order to attack Hanzhong. If the Shu army is in danger of defending the city, its forces will inevitably be scattered and isolated from the end.

"We can mobilize a large army to break through its cities and send stragglers to occupy the villages, and the Sword Pavilion has no time to defend itself, and there is no power to protect itself at the juncture. With Liu Chanzhi's mediocrity, the border city outside fell, and the scholars and girls inside were shocked, and its demise was predictable. ”

Deng Ai, the general of the expedition to the west, thought that Shu had no chance to take advantage of the chaos, and repeatedly put forward different opinions.

Sima Zhao was worried, and sent the chief bookkeeper to Deng Aijun as Sima, looking for an opportunity to persuade him, and Deng Ai was ordered.

So the Quartet of troops 180,000 was levied, so that Deng Ai attacked Jiang Wei from Didao to Shuzhong, Yongzhou Assassin Shi Zhuge Xu set out from Qishan to garrison Wujie, cut off Jiang Wei's retreat, Zhenxi general Zhong Hui led the former general Li Fu, the Shu protector Hu Lie and others from Luogu to attack Hanzhong.

In August, the army set out from Luoyang, rewarded the soldiers, and swore in formation. General Deng Dun proposed that Shu could not be cut down, and Sima Zhao beheaded him to show the public. In September, he made Tianshui Taishou Wang Qi attack Jiang Weiying, Longxi Taishou Lianhong intercepted in front, and Jincheng Taishou Yang Xin marched to Gansong.

The army led by Zhong Huisuo was divided into two teams, one team led by Li Fu, passed through the valley, surrounded the Shu general Wang Han in Lecheng, and made the general Yi Kai attack Jiang Bin in Hancheng. Zhong Hui led a team to Yang'an, and the protector Hu Lie captured Guancheng.

After Jiang Wei heard the news, he led the army back, and Wang Qi pursued Jiang Wei and defeated the Shu army at Qiangchuan. Jiang Wei, Zhang Yi, and Liao Hua merged to defend the Sword Pavilion, and Zhong Hui attacked the Sword Pavilion. In October, due to the frequent successes of the various armies, Cao Huan took the hometown of the Jin Kingdom in the Spring and Autumn Period, a total of ten counties, a radius of 700 miles, and sealed Sima Zhao as the Duke of Jin, and promoted the position as Xiangguo, plus nine tin.

In November, Deng Ai led more than 10,000 people from Yinping to cross the dangerous mountains to Jiangyou, broke the Shu army in Mianzhu, killed Zhuge Zhan, and passed the head to Beijing. He marched into Ruoxian again, and Liu Chan, the lord of Shu, surrendered.

Cao Huan ordered Sima Zhao to take charge of the government as Xiangguo, so he sent a new post to the Fu Festival, removing the titles of Shizhong, Dadu Governor, and Lu Shangshu. Sima Zhao made Deng Ai the captain and Zhong Hui as the situ. Zhong Hui secretly plotted rebellion, so he secretly sent an envoy to frame Deng Ai.

In the first month of the fifth year of Jingyuan (264), Deng Ai was summoned to Beijing by the threshold car that transported prisoners. On the fourth day of the first month, Sima Zhao coerced Emperor Cao Huan of Wei to march westward and garrisoned Chang'an.

At that time, Cao Wei's clan was in Ye (yè) City, and he was ordered to be in charge of Zhonglang Shantao and the military secretary, guarding Yecheng, and sending the protector Jia Chong to hold the festival and supervise the army, and guard Hanzhong.

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really made Sima Zhao's wife Wang Yuanji unfortunate that Zhong Hui was arrogant and arrogant after Pingshu, thinking that he had made great contributions, and he was unwilling to be subservient to others. Therefore, the edict of the Empress Dowager Guo was falsely reported, and she was ready to raise troops to destroy Sima Zhao.

Fortunately, the prison guard and the right general Hu Lie attacked Zhonghui and killed him. Deng Ai and his son Deng Zhong and others had not yet seen Sima Zhao and were also killed on the way, and their sons who were still in Luoyang were killed.

At the beginning, Zhong Hui was about to cut down Shu, and Shao Yi, a member of Xicao, said to Sima Zhao, "It is difficult for Zhong Hui to reassure people, and he can't be made to cut down Shu." ”

Sima Zhao said with a smile, "It's easy to take Shu, and everyone says no, only Zhong Hui agrees with me." After the destruction of Shu, everyone in the Central Plains thought of returning, and the remnants of Shu still had fear, and even if Zhonghui had a rebellious heart, it would not be realized. ”

In the end, things turned out as Sima Zhao expected.

In fact, the pillow wind has long been blowing.

On March 30 of the fifth year of Jingyuan (264 years) (May 2 of the Gregorian calendar), Emperor Cao Huan of Wei Yuan once again issued an edict to worship Sima Zhao as the prime minister, and was named the king of Jin, adding nine tin.

In August of the second year of Xianxi (265), Sima Zhao was critically ill due to a stroke. Taiwei Wang Xiang, Situ He Zeng and other ministers entered the palace to greet him, Sima Zhao could not speak, and died at the age of 54 by pointing at the prince Sima Yan.

Sima Yan inherited his father's position as Xiangguo and the title of King of Jin. In September, Sima Zhao was proclaimed King Wen. In December, his son Sima Yan was called the emperor of Wei, and the country was called Jin, and the history was called the Western Jin Dynasty.

Sima Zhao was posthumously named Emperor Wen, and the temple name was Taizu.

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After Sima Zhao's death, Sima Yan replaced Cao Wei to establish the Western Jin Dynasty, and Wang Yuanji was honored as the empress dowager. Although she was respected as the queen mother, Wang Yuanji was still not arrogant or arrogant, and she took the lead in spinning and weaving in the palace.

What's more admirable is that Wang Yuanji's palace does not have a luxurious and extravagant ornaments and white snakes, all the ornaments are very simple, and Wang Yuanji never pays attention to eating, under the management of Wang Yuanji, the harem is harmonious, the clan relatives are friendly, the people follow suit, and the world is peaceful.

In 268 AD, Wang Yuanji was seriously ill and knew that his limit was approaching, and he still remembered his son Sima You before he died, so he called Sima Yan to the bed, and said with tears, "Sima You has an impatient personality, but your brother will not love his younger brother, I am worried that you will not be able to tolerate him after I die, so I tell you, don't forget what I say now." ”

Wang Yuanji died soon after, at the age of fifty-two. After Wang Yuanji died, according to the etiquette system, Sima Yan did not have to mourn like his father, but Sima Yan still wore a white crown, ate vegetarian, and persisted for three years, expressing condolences to his mother.

There are twelve words of description and evaluation of Wang Yuanji in "Taiping Guangji", "self-esteem, attachment to the industry, and abandonment of gorgeousness" These twelve words describe Wang Yuanji's virtue very well, and show Wang Yuanji's character in front of future generations, such a virtuous queen should be respected by future generations.

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Wang Yuanji was able to become Sima Zhao's wife, the mother of Sima Yan, the founding emperor of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the founding queen mother of the Western Jin Dynasty, thanks to her father.

At the beginning, Wang Yuanji's father Wang Su had a unique vision, he saw that Sima Zhao had great potential, and he would definitely be able to achieve a career in the future, so he married his fifteen-year-old daughter Wang Yuanji to him.

Wang Su not only married his daughter to Sima Zhao, but also spared no effort to support Sima Zhao to ascend to the throne, and later when "Sima Zhao's heart is known to everyone", it was also their Wang family who forced the then emperor Cao Huan to abdicate, which led to Wang Yuanji's son Sima Yan to establish the Western Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, the Wang family became the biggest relative at that time, and suddenly became the founding hero of the Western Jin Dynasty, and for a time the children of the Wang family were infinitely beautiful, and later Wang Kai, who was rich with Shi Chong, was the son of Wang Su, that is, the younger brother of Wang Yuanji, which shows that Wang Su has made pioneering contributions to the revitalization of the Wang family.

Wang Su not only has a unique vision, but also has a wide range of contacts, he is the general of Cao Wei, but he married his daughter to Sima Yi's son Sima Zhao, and the latter became the later Emperor Wen of Jin, it can be seen that Wang Su is a thoughtful person, step by step.

Although Wang Su was famous as a scholar with his father Wang Lang under the prevailing atmosphere of Qing Tan at that time, it is obvious that Wang Su was not only a scholar, he also had the ambition and vision of a politician, he entered the upper class of society at that time through the marriage of his children, and later there was a situation of "king and horse sharing the world", making the Wang family the most prominent family at that time, and Wang Yuanji's father Wang Su can be said to have made great contributions.

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According to the historical records, Sima Zhao has a wife and five concubines, and one wife is Wang Yuanji; The five concubines are: Xiuhua Li Yan, Xiurong Wang Xuan, Xiuyi Xu Yan, Jieyu Wu Shu, and Chonghua Zhao Yan.

Sima Zhao had eight sons, they were: Sima Yan, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty, born to the Empress of Civilization; Qi Xian Wang Sima You, born to the queen of civilization; Sima Zhao, the mourning king of Chengyang, was born to the queen of civilization; Liaodong mourns the king of Hui Sima Dingguo, born to the queen of civilization; Sima Guangde, the king of Guanghan, was born to the queen of civilization; Sima Jian, King of Le'anping, mother unknown; Sima Ji, the king of Yan, whose mother is unknown, came out of his step-uncle Sima Jing, Hou of Qinghui Pavilion; Sima Yongzuo, mother unknown, died early; Sima Yanzuo, King of Leping, mother unknown;

There are also two daughters: they are, Princess Jingzhao, born to the Empress of Civilization; Princess Changshan, married to Wang Ji.