Sima was indifferent to what Jia Nanfeng did, which was all caused by his low IQ. > > As mentioned earlier, before Sima Zhong came to the throne, some people raised the issue of Sima Zhong's ability to Emperor Wu of Jin many times, doubting that he was unable to manage political affairs. As expected, Sima Zhong has been deprived of power since he came to the throne and became a puppet at the mercy of others. The first person to manipulate him was Jian Nanfeng. > > "Book of Jin" contains: > > When he occupies a high position, his politics is superior to those of others, his discipline is bad, his bribery is common, his family is in a position of power, he values ??mausoleums and property, his loyalty to the virtuous is cut off, his success is due to slander, and he is even more recommended. , the world calls it mutual trading. Gaoping Wang Shen wrote "Shi Shi Lun", Nanyang Lu Bao wrote "Qian Shen Lun", and Lujiang Du Song wrote "Ren Zi Chun Qiu", all of which were written by Ji Shi. > > In other words, when Sima Zhong was in power, discipline was very bad, bribery was common, and society was in turmoil. Officials within the imperial court recommended each other, just like trading official positions, which was despised. The world was in a state of excitement, and many people wrote articles to ridicule current events. Sima Zhong knew nothing about all this. >> In order to bring the court completely under his control, Jia Nanfeng appointed cronies and party members to important positions. Jia Nanfeng's elder brother, Jia Mo, and his uncle, Guo Zhang, were in charge of the affairs of the state. His stepmother, Jia Wen, the adopted grandson of Lord Guangcheng, intervened in state affairs. Jia Nanfeng never gave birth to a prince. In order to have a male heir so that he could effectively control the government for a long time, Jia Nanfeng falsely claimed that he was pregnant and stuffed his clothes to disguise signs of pregnancy. She lived deep in the inner palace and saw no outsiders. She secretly adopted Han Weizu, the son of her brother-in-law Han Shou, as the so-called "prince". In the ninth year of Yuankang (299), Jia Nanfeng used a conspiracy to depose Prince Sima, killed him the following year, and adopted his son as the crown prince. > > In the process of killing his relative Yang, Jia Nanfeng made use of the power of many princes from foreign vassals. After the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty, Emperor Wu of Jin believed that the important reason for the demise of Cao Wei was the lack of Guangshu vassal king, so the Western Jin Dynasty enfeoffed clans and gave these clans real power. The conferred kings did not go to the vassal town, but stayed in the capital. Some vassal kings also held considerable military power. The existence of the kings became a major obstacle to the consolidation of imperial power in the Western Jin Dynasty. > > After killing Yang Jun, Jia Nanfeng appointed Da Sima and Runan King Sima Liang as Dazai, and assisted the government together with Taibao Bao. At this time, the auxiliary minister, Sima Liang, King of Runan, in order to weaken the power of the kings, advocated "sending the kings back to the vassal", and Wei fully agreed with this move. This caused Chu King Sima Wei to be extremely dissatisfied with Runan Wang Liang and Wei. At this time, it happened that Jia Nanfeng had always resented Wei, and Wei's current Taibao had restrained Jia Nanfeng's bad behavior. Therefore, in order to firmly hold the power of the government in his hands, Jia Nanfeng "slandered and Liang wanted to be Yin Huo's business." In June of the first year of Yongping (291), Jia Nanfeng finally directed another incident of "falsifying the imperial edict and sending King Wei of Chu to kill Dazai, Wang Liang of Runan, Taibao, and Ziyang Public Guards." Later, he executed Chu King Sima Wei on the charge of "killing without permission". Jia Nanfeng thought that he was acting very carefully, but he did not expect that it caused an extremely brutal civil war among the kings to compete for dominance, causing chaos in the world. This is the famous "Eight Kings Rebellion" in history. > > Jia Nanfeng's actions of deposing the prince and killing the prince's important ministers finally aroused strong dissatisfaction and opposition from the kings of the Sima clan who held real power. Although Sima Zhong is a Communist, these princes and clans are not. Generals of the Right Army, King Zhao Sima Lun, Sun Xiu and others began to plot to depose Jia Nanfeng. Jia Nanfeng knew that he was resented by everyone and was very afraid, but he could only protect himself with more cruel tyranny and dictatorship. The result was counterproductive and eventually aroused resistance from the clan kings. In April of the first year of Yongkang (167), Liang Wang Sima Tong, Zhao Wang Sima Lun and others led their troops into the palace, deposed Jia Nanfeng as a commoner, and killed dozens of Jia Nanfeng's party members. A few days later, King Zhao Sima Lun killed Jia Nanfeng again. > > Suddenly, the clan fell into bloody killings. After killing Jia Nanfeng, Sima Lun deposed Emperor Hui and established himself. King Sima of Qi (son of Sima You) who guarded Xuchang raised troops to attack, and King Sima Ying of Chengdu who guarded Yecheng and King Sima of Hejian who guarded Guanzhong also raised troops to respond. Wang Yu, the general of the imperial army in Luoyang City, took the opportunity to raise troops against Sima Lun, welcomed Sima Zhong's restoration, and killed King Sima Lun of Zhao. King Sima of Qi assisted the government as the Grand Sima. In December of the first year of Tai'an (302), Sima raised troops from Guanzhong to attack Sima. Sima, the king of Changsha in Luoyang City, rushed into the palace and killed Sima, the king of Qi. The regime fell into Sima's hands. The next year, King Sima of Hejian and King Sima Ying of Chengdu joined forces to attack King Sima of Changsha. Sima ordered Governor Zhang Fang to lead 70,000 elite troops to advance from Hangu Pass to Luoyang; Sima Ying mobilized an army of more than 200,000 to attack Luoyang. The coalition forces of the two kings were defeated by Sima many times. In 303, Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea in Luoyang City, conspired with some of the Imperial Army to capture Sima and hand him over to Zhang Fang. Zhang Fang burned Sima to death. Sima Ying entered Luoyang as prime minister, but stayed in Yecheng and ruled as the emperor's younger brother. The political center was temporarily moved to Yecheng. Sima Yue, King of the East China Sea, and others were dissatisfied with Sima Ying's dictatorship and led the imperial army to kidnap Emperor Hui of Jin and march north to attack Yecheng. In the battle of Dangyin (now Tangyin, Henan Province), Sima Yue and others were defeated by Sima Ying. Emperor Hui of Jin was captured in Ye, and Sima Yue fled to Fengguo (now Tancheng area, Shandong Province). At the same time, Sima sent Zhang Fang to lead an army to occupy Luoyang. Then Sima Teng (the younger brother of Sima Yue), the governor of Bingzhou, and Wang Jun, the governor of Youzhou, joined forces to attack Yecheng. Sima Ying took Emperor Hui of Jin hostage and transferred him to Chang'an via Luoyang.

In the second year of Yongxing (305), Sima Yue raised troops from Shandong to attack Guanzhong and defeated Sima and others. The next year, Sima Yue welcomed Emperor Hui of Jin back to Luoyang, killed Sima Ying, Sima and others, and took over the power. The Eight Kings Rebellion ended here. > > The Eight Kings Rebellion lasted for 16 years. There were far more than eight princes participating in the war, and it was the eight princes who played the main role. These vassal kings were defeated one after another, and the power of the Western Jin ruling group was also exhausted. During the war, many people were killed and the social economy was severely damaged. After a brief period of unification, the Western Jin Dynasty showed a tendency to split, and the originally latent ethnic conflicts quickly intensified. In the end, the Xiongnu people who were converted to the Han Dynasty raised troops and destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty. > > During the entire Eight Kings Rebellion, Sima Zhong, as the emperor, was a bystander. He became a target for rebels and conspirators and a prisoner in the army. He changed hands several times and was displaced and frightened. Apart from this, Sima Zhong did not make any useful decisions or make any sound to turn things around. > >But humans are not grass and trees. Even a mentally retarded person like Sima Zhong can show some normal side of human nature in troubled times. Sima Wei was a regular servant of the Western Jin Dynasty, attached to King Sima Lun of Zhao. When Sima Lun wanted to usurp the throne, he sent Sima Wei and Huangmenlang Luo Xiu to force Sima Zhong, and even took the emperor's seal and ribbon. After Sima Lun usurped the throne, he appointed Sima Wei as Zhongshu Ling. After Sima Lun's failure, Emperor Hui of Jin became emperor again. Afterwards, a group of people began to discuss the treatment of losers. When dealing with Sima Wei, everyone originally wanted to let him live (they were probably all scumbags). At this time, Sima Zhong, who had always been silent, spoke: "Api (Sima Wei's diminutive) pinches my finger and seizes my seal ribbon. I must kill him." Sima Zhong is the emperor after all, and now the emperor has spoken. He didn't dare to disobey, so he had to kill Sima Wei. > > During the melee between Sima Ying, the king of Chengdu, and Sima Yue, the king of the East China Sea, Sima Zhong was kept in the army and was in a very dangerous situation. In a battle, Sima Zhong was slashed on the face and hit by three arrows. All the attendants around him ran away. Only the attendant Ji Shao used his body to protect Sima Zhong. The two men were surrounded by rebel soldiers, who came up to kill Ji Shao. At this time, Emperor Hui of Jin shouted: "The servant is a loyal minister, you are not allowed to harm him." But the rebel soldiers said: "According to the order of the emperor's brother (referring to Sima Ying), we will not harm your majesty." As a result, Ji Shao was rebelled. He was hacked to death with a knife, and his blood splashed on Emperor Hui of Jin's clothes. Sima Zhong was later found safe, still wearing clothes stained by blood. The attendants asked him to change his clothes and wash them. Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty said: "This is the blood of Ji Shi, why do you need to wash it?" This sentence sounds silly, but it actually contains the light of justice that is rare in troubled times, and has become a positive saying of Sima Zhong left in history. Wen Tianxiang of the Southern Song Dynasty also specifically proposed "blood for Ji Shi" in "Song of Righteousness". > > In 306, Sima Yue's army invaded Chang'an, looted wantonly, and killed more than 20,000 people. In September of this year, Sima Ying was captured and killed. On Gengwu in November, Emperor Hui of Jin passed away in Xianyang Hall, Chang'an. Sima Zhongji was probably poisoned to death by Sima Yue. It is said that he ate a piece of poisoned cake before his death. After the death of Emperor Hui of Jin Dynasty, he was buried in Taiyang Tomb. > > "Book of Jin Hui Di Ji" commented on this *** emperor and said: > > A son who is not talented will be great in heaven, and his power will not come from the emperor, but he will govern the people... The name of the person is Zhongliang. He was called a monster, and his origins have since disappeared. Changle is ominous, Chenghua is not destined, life is in chaos, and the country is ruined. In ancient times, when a country was defeated and its body was destroyed, it was divided and destroyed. Without chaos, there would be mediocrity and darkness. How could it be that the god had lost his soul, and the Emperor Wu did not know his son! > > Sima Zhong's mental retardation brought great harm to the newly established Western Jin Dynasty. This responsibility lies with Sima Zhong, and even more with his father.