Once when he was playing in Hualin Garden, he heard the sound of frogs. He found it interesting and asked the waiter: "Is this croaking sound for official or private matters?" The waiter cleverly replied: "In the official field. Those who call are officials; those who call in private fields are private." Another time, there was a famine in various places and the people had no food to eat. Sima Zhong was puzzled by this and said: "If you don't have food, why don't you eat meat porridge?" This made people laugh and laugh. However, it is conceivable that such an extremely ignorant idiot controlled the rudder of the Jin Empire. What will be its future? Sima Zhong reigned for 17 years and was just a symbolic emperor. Whoever controlled him could issue edicts and become the de facto emperor. Queen Jia Nanfeng of Sima Zhong was very smart and capable. He was dissatisfied with the control of power in the hands of Yang Jun, so he contacted Chu King Sima Wei to launch a coup to kill Yang Jun and depose Queen Mother Yang. Then he killed Sima Liang and Sima Wei successively and became the de facto emperor. Jia Nanfeng herself was childless. She was worried about the loss of power and planned to poison the prince. King Zhao Sima Lun used this as an excuse to hunt down Empress Jia, depose Sima Zhong, and force Sima Zhong to hand over the emperor's jade seal and claim to be emperor. Put Sima Zhong under house arrest in Jinyong City. King Sima Jiong of Qi, King Sima Ying of Chengdu, King Sima Yong of Hejian and others refused to accept the decision and raised troops to attack Luoyang, starting a brutal melee among the royal families. The battle lasted for sixty days, with more than 100,000 casualties. Sima Lun was defeated and killed, and Sima Zhong Reset. From then on, there was a melee for power among the royal families.
It lasted for 16 years and was known as the "Eight Kings Rebellion" in history. The "Eight Kings Rebellion" brought serious disasters to the people. ? Sima Zhong was completely a puppet in this war. He was robbed and supported by the kings. He was sometimes deposed, sometimes established, and suffered all the humiliation. After the war, Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea, took control of the court. He wanted to get rid of Emperor Hui as soon as possible and make Sima Yan's youngest son Sima Chi the emperor.
In 306 AD, Sima Yue sent someone to deliver poisonous cakes to Sima Zhong. Sima Zhong ate a few cakes and felt cramps in his abdomen. He threw himself on the bed and waited for the palace doctor to call. Already dead.
Jin Hui is a famous idiot emperor in Chinese history. The reason why he retained the throne without dementia was firstly because his mother, Queen Yang, fought hard, and secondly because his son Sima Yu was smart and favored by Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty. After he succeeded to the throne, his queen Jia Nanfeng wanted to interfere in politics, which led to the "Eight Kings Rebellion". Throughout his reign, that is, for 17 years, there were never interruptions to war. And in his own life, he knew nothing but enjoyment. He was really an ancient emperor who neither accomplished nor did anything.