Chapter 4: Hiding a knife in a smile

In the winter of 298 A.D., Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, sat in the car tent back to Luoyang with a sad face, the wind and snow outside the account, and the brazier was placed in the tent, which still could not stop the cold, Sima Lun leaned listlessly on the wide seat, although his eyes were closed, but he was not sleepy, and he was thinking about what had happened recently: the imperial court because of his poor guard in the pass, he had been reappointed as the general of the chariot cavalry, and stayed in the capital. When Sima Lun was thinking about how to continue to maintain his authority, he suddenly heard that Sun Xiu, a small official of the palace, came to see him, and Sima Lun ordered him to get in the car and accompany him.

Sun Xiu got into the car and said to Sima Lun: "The prince is happy to descend from the sky, congratulations!"

When Sima Lun heard this, he suddenly sat up and scolded: "Damn the little official, make fun of me, you should kill!" Come! Quickly push this little official out of the car and beat him to death! Then he prepared to call for someone to tie him up.

Sun Xiu said: "Slow! Lord, where does the joy come from, listen to me. Sun Xiu cleared his throat and said: "When the prince returns to Beijing, he can regain his authority by doing only two things, and it is unknown if he will ascend the throne and become the emperor!" ”

Sima Lun's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said, "Please come quickly, sir!" ”

Sun Xiu said: "The prince has always been good friends with Guo Huai, the mother of Queen Jia, and now that the government is full of queens, the prince can give more gifts to his mother." And the prince is not the queen's biological son, the queen has been imprisoning the prince's biological mother Xie Cairen to prevent his mother and son from seeing each other, how smart the prince is, always forbearing, the prince may wish to suggest that the queen make plans as soon as possible and get rid of the prince as soon as possible. The queen must trust the prince and give the prince great power in the court, and the prince is smart and has the heart of the ministers, and the prince can use the crime of abolishing the prince to unite the ministers to abolish the queen, and then the prince will be a minister of great merit in the court, and the emperor is dull, and he can replace him! ”

Sima Lun's blood was boiling at this time, and he couldn't feel the cold of winter, so he draped his fur on Sun Xiu's body, took Sun Xiu's hand and said, "Sir, it's really my ovary, Kong Ming!" When I arrive in the capital, I will act in accordance with the plan of the gentleman, and after the deed is completed, I will confer a high position on the gentleman. ”

A few days later, Sima Lun came to the capital, and gave Guo Huai all the wealth he had spent his life looting and greedy for ink. and often added oil and vinegar, insinuating to the queen that the prince was dissatisfied, which made the queen gradually have the heart to abolish the establishment. However, the crown prince Sima Shu was careful everywhere, and did not fall into the hands of the queen at all.

One day in 299 AD, Empress Jia summoned the prince to a banquet, the prince did not know what to do, and was drunk by the queen. But due to drunkenness, half of the characters were not formed, Empress Jia revised again, and finally handed over what the prince wrote to Sima Zhen and the clans, saying that Sima Shu had rebelled, but the ministers of the court and China thought that something was wrong with Zhang Hua, and argued with reason, Empress Jia had to compromise, and finally abolished the crown prince, and only imprisoned Sima Shu and his three young sons in Kim Yong City, and did not kill him, only Sima Shu's biological mother Xie Cairen.

However, Sima Shu did not die, and Sima Lun and Sun Xiu could not sleep well.

In October 300 AD, because the prince Sima Shu was very famous, there were many ministers who sought grievances for him, and there were more ministers who conspired to abolish Queen Jia's support for the prince's reinstatement, and lobbied Sima Lun to participate in it. Seeing that the matter had come to this, Sima Lun and Sun Xiu persuaded the queen's younger brother Jia Mi to kill Sima Shu to cut off the courtier's heart. Jia Mi then ordered the imperial physician to order Cheng to bring poison, and Huangmen Sun Shu went to poison Sima Shu, but Sima Shu knew that someone was framing him and refused to take it, and Sun Shu finally killed Sima Shu with a medicine pestle.

Sima Shu was killed, the ministers were furious, in November, Sima Lun forged an edict, conspired to connect the ministers, to abolish Queen Jia on the charge of murdering the prince, at this time there was almost no one in the ministers did not support, Sima Lun led the troops to the city of Jiafu overnight, killed Jia Mi and the whole family of Jia, and sent Sima Jian, the king of Qi, into the palace to arrest Queen Jia. Queen Jia saw Sima Jian wearing a whole body, holding a sharp blade, and entered the palace at night, knowing that there was a change in the court, and asked in surprise: "What are you doing here?" ”

"Arrest Jia Nanfeng by edict!" Sima Jian said sharply.

Empress Jia then asked: "The edicts are all issued from my hands, what edict are you serving?" ”

Sima Jian ignored her anymore, escorted her out, and walked out of the apse. The queen vaguely saw Sima Zhen's shadow, and Jia Nanfeng shouted from afar: "Your Majesty, you watched your queen make the family abolish, didn't you abolish Your Majesty yourself in the end?" ”

shouted and saw that it was to no avail, so he asked Sima Jian again: "Who is the person who started the incident?" Sima Jian did not shy away from it and replied: "It's King Zhao." ”

When Jia Nanfeng heard this, he was full of remorse, and scolded viciously: "The dog should be tied to the neck, but I deserve to be tied to its tail." I only hated that I didn't kill the old dog first, but was bitten by them. He was then escorted to Jinyong City and deposed as a concubine. Sima Lun not only killed all Empress Jia's henchmen, but also executed the courtiers such as Zhang Hua during Empress Jia's reign, and soon poisoned Empress Jia. After the fact, Sima Lun claimed to be the prime minister, monopolized the power, and followed Cao Cao in everything to assist Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and all officials did not dare to obey.

At this time, it has been more than a year since the drought in Guanlong, and the imperial court has no time to take care of disaster relief.