"The rebellion of the eight kings is because Jia Nanfeng interfered in politics, poisoned the prince, and in addition to a cadre of elders was almost killed, there was no one who could manage the dignified generation of the dynasty, so that some ambitious princes began to compete for that position, and the core figures in this power struggle are Sima Liang, King Sima Wei of Chu, Sima Lun, King of Qi, Sima Yin, King of Changsha, Sima Ying, King Sima Ying, King Sima Ying, King Sima Hao, King Sima Hao, King Sima Yue of the East China Sea, etc.

"After Jia Nanfeng died, all the princes immediately jumped back, and they all wanted to control the fool emperor in their hands, but as a result, everyone beat you to the death, and a bunch of Simas killed endlessly."

"It is conceivable that the eight kings are vying for power, how chaotic the world will be, and the biggest crisis will come from this, that is, the five chaotic flowers."

"The "five hus" refer to the nomadic tribes of the five Hu people: the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Qian, Qiang, and Di.

"Let's not talk about other alien races, let's just say that the Xiongnu, for the entire Xiongnu dynasty, how much effort and how many lives were spent, to attack the Xiongnu and keep the Central Plains, and Sima Ying, one of the eight kings, directly cooperated with the Xiongnu for the position of this regime and brought people into the Western Jin Dynasty."

"In addition, when the kings of the Sima family are inseparable, what are these Hu people doing? Such a good once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they are preparing to turn over, in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, these aliens were just slaves and servants of rich merchants, this brawl is good, directly let them into the territory of my Han Dynasty, they burned, killed and looted, under the land, a sea of blood, and even they ate people. ”

"This troubled time is the darkest of times,

"Among the Hu people who invaded the Central Plains, almost all of them did not have their own writing. It is very barbaric, and many Hu people still retain their cannibalistic animal nature. The three tribes of the Qian, the white Xiongnu, and the Xianbei are the most vicious. ”

Li Xiong, the leader of the Di nationality, occupied Chengdu, called himself the king of Chengdu, known as the Han Dynasty in history, and the Xiongnu nobleman Liu Yuan raised troops in Lishi, known as the former Zhao, as well as the former Qin, the former Yan and other established sixteen countries, because these founders were all Wuhu people, also known as the "Five Hu Sixteen Kingdoms", the consequences of the rebellion of the eight kings led to the Central Plains being occupied by foreign races, directly dividing and cutting the land, and the Western Jin Dynasty perished. ”

"After the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty, some ethnic minorities in the north and some Han heroes established separatist regimes one after another, fought with each other, and entered the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms."

"In the south, with Jiankang as the center, there was a regime established by Sima Rui, known as the Eastern Jin Dynasty."

"Sima Rui is the great-grandson of Sima Yi, and after inheriting his father's title as King Langya at the age of fifteen, he befriended the royal director of the great family of Langya County."

Wang Dao saw the chaos in the Western Jin Dynasty, and it was possible to get lucky to establish a small court in power of the Wang family, so he "devoted" Sima Rui and paid special attention to wooing, but Sima Rui's reputation on Jiankang's side was very light, and there was no manpower to support him, how could he establish a dynasty again. ”

"Director Wang was also very worried, just in time for Sima Rui to go out to watch the sacrifice, Director Wang came up with a clever plan, director Sima Rui took a sedan chair, and arranged a majestic guard of honor, Director Wang and some other celebrities were riding horses and hugging behind the attendants, in order to show off Sima Rui's dignity and majesty."

This trick really worked, and after seeing this "lineup", Ji Zhan, Gu Rong, He Xun and others from famous families in Jiangnan were very surprised and shocked, and hurriedly ran out one by one to bow on the side of the road and meet Sima Rui. ”

Sima Rui also took the opportunity to let Wang Dao personally visit He Xun, Gu Rong and other most famous Jiangnan clans, and also appointed He Xun as the history of Wu State, Gu Rong as the military commander, and awarded the free cavalry permanent attendant. Military and political affairs are discussed with them. ”

"So, driven by them, the famous clans in Jiangnan have all risen up to support and respond to Sima Rui."

Immediately afterwards, Sima Rui asked Ji Zhan to serve as the military advisor, and let some other people hold their respective official positions. For a while, the people of Wu County and Huiji County all attributed to Sima Rui. ”

"At this time, the north was in turmoil, Jiangdong was relatively stable, and the Central Plains clan was afraid of war and fled south in large numbers, so Wang Dao advised Sima Rui to accept his virtuous handsome, work with him, and strive to win the support and support of the northern clan, Sima Rui recruited more than 100 of these famous people as subordinate officials."

"Sima Rui has gained a firm foothold in Jiangnan because he has the support of the two parts of the famous families who moved south from the south and the north."

"In the first year of Emperor Jin Yuan's military establishment, Emperor Jin was killed by Emperor Liu Cong of the Han Dynasty. Upon learning of this news, Sima Rui was officially proclaimed emperor in the first year of Emperor Taixing of the Jin Yuan Dynasty, and was the Emperor of the Jin Yuan Dynasty. The Eastern Jin Dynasty was established from then on. ”

"Before Sima Rui ascended the throne, Wang Dao persuaded Sima Rui to select a group of talents from the Nandu clan and the southern indigenous scholars, which prepared sufficient conditions for the establishment of the Eastern Jin Dynasty regime and enabled Sima Rui to ascend the throne smoothly."

Therefore, when Sima Rui was called the emperor, he asked Wang Dao to "ascend to the royal bed and sit together", and he was congratulated by hundreds of officials. ”

"The fact is also the case, Sima Rui's ascension to the throne is inseparable from Director Wang's help, and after Sima Rui ascended the throne, the two have a close relationship and are like brothers, and Director Wang has also proposed a lot of favorable rectification measures."

"Due to the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty and the entry of ethnic minorities into the Central Plains, a large number of scholars and common people in the north moved south, which further strengthened the power of the Han bureaucracy and aristocracy in the south, which laid a solid foundation for the establishment of the new regime."

"After the establishment of the Eastern Jin regime, it was faced with the grim situation of stabilizing and consolidating internal contradictions, as well as the reception of the southward migration to resist the continuous intrusion of the minority regimes in the north."

Wang Dao, who was in charge of the government, conscientiously summed up the profound lessons of the short-lived death caused by the internal strife of the ruling group of the Western Jin Dynasty, and put forward the political proposition of "calm down and self-peace with the masses". ”

In order to seek "peace" with "tranquility", Wang Dao suggested that Sima Rui "be humble to receive soldiers, be thrifty and sufficient, take tranquility as the government, and soothe the old and the new", that is, strengthen unity and cooperation within the ruling group, implement recuperation and recuperation for the people, and vigorously appease the displaced people who moved south from the north. ”

Therefore, in the early years of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, "the public was relieved of servitude and benefited the people", reducing the burden of servitude on the peasants, and taking measures to appease the displaced people. ”