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Empress Jia Nanfeng, the wife of Emperor Hui of the Western Jin Dynasty, Sima Zhong, was a famous and vicious queen who brought chaos to the country in history.

She had a heart as vicious as that of a snake, but she was not as vicious and beautiful as Daji. Countless people in the harem died at her hands.

As the saying goes, good is rewarded with good, and evil is punished with evil. It’s not that there is no retribution, it’s just that the time has not come yet.

Jia Nanfeng single-handedly destroyed the entire political rules of the court. The Western Jin Dynasty, which was unified by the Sima family after the Three Kingdoms, was thrown into chaos by Jia Nanfeng.

Even the short-lived Jia Nanfeng of the Western Jin Dynasty could not escape the blame, and she herself became a notorious figure in history.

The Rebellion of the Eight Kings caused by Jia Nanfeng led to the famous Five Barbarians Invasion of China in history.

The Rebellion of the Eight Kings was one of the most serious imperial internal conflicts in Chinese history. It led to the fall of the Western Jin Dynasty and nearly three hundred years of unrest, and ushered in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period in the northern Central Plains.

"During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Jia Nanfeng was born into the Pingyang Jia family, a prominent family."

"My father Jia Chong once assisted Emperor Wu of Jin, Sima Yan, in establishing the Western Jin Dynasty and was deeply trusted and valued by Emperor Wu of Jin."

"In 271 AD, the Di and Qiang tribes in the border areas rebelled, and Emperor Wu of Jin ordered Jia Chong to lead troops to fight the next year."

"Jia Chong did not want to be sent to a distant post, so he wanted to marry his daughter to the mentally retarded prince in order to stay in the capital."

"So Jia Chong asked the minister Xun Xu to recommend his daughter to Emperor Wu of Jin as the crown princess."

"Emperor Wu of Jin thought that the descendants of the Jia family were jealous by nature, had few children, were ugly and short, and were not a good match."

"However, Empress Yang Yan insisted on choosing Jia Chong's daughter as the Crown Princess, and some ministers also praised Jia Chong's daughter for her virtue."

"Finally, Emperor Wu of Jin agreed to marry Jia Chong."

"Initially, the candidate for the Crown Princess was Jia Chong's youngest daughter, the twelve-year-old Jia Wu."

"But Jia Wu was too short to wear a wedding dress, so the bride was replaced by Jia Nanfeng, who was two years older than the prince."

"In 272 AD, Jia Nanfeng was canonized as the Crown Princess."

"Emperor Wu of Jin often suspected that Crown Prince Sima Zhong was not smart enough, and the court officials also had this view."

"So Emperor Wu of Jin held a banquet and summoned all the officials of the Eastern Palace."

"Emperor Wu of Jin sealed up the difficult questions as test questions and sent a messenger to deliver them to the crown prince, asking him to make the decision."

"Jia Nanfeng was very frightened and asked someone else to answer for her, who quoted from the classics."

"Zhang Hong, the crown prince's confidant, thinks that the crown prince doesn't like to study, but he would quote classics to answer these questions. The emperor will definitely be suspicious, so it's better for him to answer directly according to the meaning."

"Jia Nanfeng agreed with this and immediately asked Zhang Hong to answer on her behalf."

"After Zhang Hong prepared the draft, the prince copied it and asked the messenger to deliver it to Emperor Wu of Jin."

"The Emperor Wu of Jin was very happy after seeing it, and everyone immediately shouted "Long live the prince" and no longer had any objections to the prince."

"Jia Nanfeng was violent because of jealousy."

"He used a halberd to throw at a pregnant concubine, causing the fetus in her belly to fall to the ground along with the blade."

"When Emperor Wu of Jin heard about this, he was furious and prepared to depose Jia Nanfeng from her position as Crown Princess."

"The queen and all the ministers tried to save Jia Nanfeng, saying that she was still young and it was human nature to be jealous."

"He will be fine when he grows up. He also mentioned Jia Chong's past merits in front of Emperor Wu of Jin, and Emperor Wu of Jin had to give up."

"Empress Yang reprimanded her many times in order to help Jia Nanfeng."

"Jia Nanfeng believed that Empress Yang had framed her in front of Emperor Wu of Jin, so she hated Empress Yang deeply."

"In 290 AD, Sima Zhong, Emperor Hui of Jin, ascended the throne and honored Empress Yang as the Empress Dowager and crown princess Jia Nanfeng as the Empress."

"Appoint Empress Yang's father, Grand Commandant Yang Jun, as Grand Tutor to assist in government affairs."

Li Shimin: The moment the Sima family chose Jia Nanfeng to be the Crown Princess, it already foreshadowed the imminent demise of the Jin Dynasty.

Sima Yan usurped the Wei Dynasty and then established the Jin Dynasty, becoming the founding emperor Emperor Wu of Jin.

A Crown Prince Sima Zhong who asked why not eat meat porridge, and a vicious and cruel Crown Princess Jia Nanfeng completely ruined the Jin Dynasty.

Emperor Wu of Jin, Sima Yan, usually chose the Crown Princess from among his ministers.

After the ministers from various factions competed with each other, two families finally became candidates.

One family was the Jia family, the favorite ministers of Emperor Wu of Jin, and the other was the Wei family, the wise ministers of the Jin Dynasty.

Although Jia Nanfeng's father Jia Chong was very favored, Emperor Wu of Jin did not want to become relatives with the Jia family at all.

Because Emperor Wu of Jin knew very well the financial situation of the Jia and Wei families.

The women of the Wei family are virtuous, graceful, pure and innocent, and very beautiful.

The women of the Jia family were jealous of talented people, and their descendants were poor and ugly.

The words are a bit blunt, but they do have a basis.

Both the common people and the ministers in the court shook their heads at Jia Chong's wife Guo Huai.

Guo Huai was Jia Chong's second wife and Jia Nanfeng's biological mother.

Jia Chong's first wife, Li Wan, was implicated in a family faction struggle and was forced into exile, leaving behind only two daughters.

Not long after that, the 40-year-old Jia Chong married the beautiful Guo Huai.

After Guo Huai married into the Jia family, she gave birth to two daughters and two sons for Jia Chong.

Jia Chong would probably smile in his dreams if he knew that the beautiful Guo Huai would become his wife and they would have a son and a daughter.

However, Guo Huai's strong possessiveness caught Jia Chong off guard and his son off guard as well.

When Guo Huai saw Jia Chong reaching out to tease his eldest son in the wet nurse's arms, he became furious.

Thinking that Jia Chong and the wet nurse were having an affair, he instantly became jealous and ordered the wet nurse to be whipped to death.

Soon the eldest son passed away because he missed his wet nurse too much.

Later, Guo Huai saw Jia Chong reaching out to touch the little son in the wet nurse's arms, and he became furious again.

He seemed to have forgotten the grief of losing his eldest son and once again ordered the execution of the wet nurse.

Soon after, the youngest son also died for the same reason.

Guo Huai's jealousy caused her to lose her two sons, and at the same time, made her famous for her jealousy.

When Emperor Wu of Jin first ascended the throne, he issued a general amnesty, and Jia Chong's first wife Li Wan was among them.

At that time, Emperor Wu of Jin also issued an edict, allowing Jia Chong to have two wives on his left and right, and allowing Li Wan to return to the Jia family.

But Guo Huai was unwilling to do that, and he yelled at Jia Chong, "It's either her or me, it's either me or her."

Jia Chong was deeply influenced by Guo Huai's teachings and was very henpecked, so he had to decline the emperor's imperial edict and place Li Wan elsewhere.

Guo Huai became famous in this way, and it was said among the people that Guo Huai was the most jealous woman in history.

With such a bad reputation, it is no wonder that Emperor Wu of Jin was unwilling to become relatives of the Jia family.

But even though Emperor Wu of Jin refused in every possible way, he could not resist the Jia family and asked various people to help promote their daughter.

At first Emperor Wu of Jin still refused, but with the constant sweet words from his ministers, he was finally persuaded.

The position of Crown Princess was not originally held by Jia Nanfeng, but by Jia Nanfeng's younger sister Jia Wu.

But Jia Wu was born petite and had a childish face, so he couldn't even wear a wedding dress, so in the end the marriage fell to Jia Nanfeng.

Jia Nanfeng's appearance was not outstanding, and most importantly, her personality was the same as her mother Guo Huai.

Whether it is towards marriage or men, she is very jealous.

When Jia Nanfeng married off her sister, the good days of the Jin Dynasty came to an end.

"Jia Nanfeng was unwilling to serve the Empress Dowager as a daughter-in-law, but wanted to interfere in government affairs."

"Yang Jun believed that Jia Nanfeng was sinister, tyrannical and good at political manipulation, so he kept a close watch on her."

"Yang Jun appointed his trusted aides to take charge of confidential matters and control the Central Imperial Guards."

"When there is an imperial edict, the emperor must read it and then present it to Empress Dowager Yang before it can be issued."

"Jia Nanfeng secretly instructed eunuchs and ministers to plot to get rid of Yang Jun and depose the empress dowager."

"Jia Nanfeng also asked Sima Liang, the King of Runan, and Sima Wei, the King of Chu, to send troops to attack Yang Jun."

"Sima Liang did not agree, but King of Chu Sima Wei readily agreed."

"Jia Nanfeng asked Emperor Hui of Jin to issue an edict overnight, falsely accusing Yang Jun of treason and abolishing his position."

"King of Chu Sima Wei led his army into Yang Jun's residence, and Yang Jun was killed by the chaotic army."

"Afterwards, Jia Nanfeng secretly ordered her subordinates to kill Yang Jun's relatives and accomplices, and exterminate all three clans."

"At the beginning of the incident, when Empress Dowager Yang heard that her father was in trouble, she wrote on a piece of silk, 'There will be a reward for saving the Grand Tutor', and shot it outside the city with a bow and arrow."

"Jia Nanfeng used this incident as an excuse to claim that Empress Dowager Yang was complicit in the rebellion, demoted her to a commoner, and ordered the execution of Pang Shi, the empress dowager's mother who had previously been exempted."

"When Pang Shi was executed, Empress Dowager Yang hugged her and cried and screamed, cut off her hair, and knelt down with her forehead touching the ground."

"Empress Dowager Yang also wrote a letter asking to be a slave to Jia Nanfeng and to save her mother's life, but her response was ignored."

"Soon after, Jia Nanfeng removed the attendants from Empress Dowager Yang's side, and she died of hunger strike."

"In order to prevent Empress Dowager Yang from complaining to the late emperor, Jia Nanfeng followed the advice of the sorcerer."

"Empress Dowager Yang was buried face down, and various charms and medicines to ward off evil spirits were placed on her body."

"Later, Jia Nanfeng joined forces with the King of Chu, Sima Wei, to accuse Sima Liang, who was in charge of the government, of plotting to depose and enthrone the emperor. She forged an imperial edict and led troops to attack and execute Sima Liang."

"Zhang Hua, the crown prince's tutor, sent someone to persuade Jia Nanfeng that Sima Wei should be punished for his crime of killing people."

"Jia Nanfeng adopted this suggestion and sent people to kill Sima Wei."

"After clearing away the obstacles, Jia Nanfeng took sole control of the government."

"Jia Nanfeng trusted her relatives, and her brothers were also appointed to important positions, and their power grew day by day."

"Jia Nanfeng appointed Zhang Hua, the Prince's tutor, as the Minister of State, and the Jia family worked together with Zhang Hua to assist in state affairs and correct mistakes."

"From 291 AD to 299 AD, the government and the people were peaceful and stable."

"In her life, Jia Nanfeng became more and more dissolute and indulgent, and had affairs with imperial physician Cheng Ju and others."

"She also had people put handsome young men found on the street into bamboo boxes and secretly brought them into the palace for her sexual pleasure."

"But they are also afraid that these teenagers will leak the truth, and they often kill people to silence them after the truth is revealed."

Yang Yuhuan: Jia Nanfeng could have ruled for a long time, but she did something stupid and ended up dying. Emperor Wu of Jin, Sima Yan, died of illness, and Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong, succeeded to the throne.

Empress Jia Nanfeng used her political skills to eliminate a number of people and became the ruler of the Jin Dynasty.

In the following years, the situation was relatively stable, and if Jia Nanfeng had not made any mistakes, she could have remained in power for a long time.

The reason why Jia Nanfeng was able to maintain her rule for several years was mainly because she had three cards in her hand.

The first card is Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Zhong.

Although Emperor Hui of Jin was dull by nature, he was after all the crown prince of Emperor Wu of Jin and the legitimate heir to the Jin Dynasty.

Jia Nanfeng issued orders through Emperor Hui of Jin, and all civil and military officials dared not disobey.

The second card is Zhang Hua, the favorite of Emperor Wu of Jin.

Zhang Hua was quite strategic, and Jia Nanfeng relied on him to govern the world.

The third card is also very important, and it can even be said to be the foundation for maintaining people’s hearts, and that is the Crown Prince Sima Yi.

Sima Zhong and Jia Nanfeng had no son after they got married, so Emperor Wu of Jin gave the talented woman Xie Jiu to Sima Zhong, who later gave birth to Sima Yu.

Emperor Wu of Jin loved this grandson very much and regarded him as the third-generation heir to the Jin Dynasty.

Therefore, during the reign of Emperor Hui of Jin, Sima Yi became the hope of the court and the country.

Jia Nanfeng's mother Guo Huai was well aware of the importance of Crown Prince Sima Yi, and repeatedly advised Jia Nanfeng to be kind to the crown prince.

In addition to Guo Huai, Jia Nanfeng's cousin Jia Mo was also a sensible man, and he repeatedly advised Jia Nanfeng to treat the prince well.

But Jia Nanfeng disagreed and insisted on getting rid of the prince.

Jia Nanfeng deposed the Crown Prince Sima Yi, which caused dissatisfaction among the court and the public, and some ambitious people were ready to make moves.

In the end, King of Zhao Sima Lun led his troops into the palace and arrested Jia Nanfeng on the charge of murdering the crown prince.

After Jia Nanfeng was executed, Sima Lun took control of the Western Jin Dynasty, and the political situation in the Western Jin Dynasty became even more turbulent.

If Jia Nanfeng had adopted the advice of her mother and cousin and treated the prince well, she would still have had a chance to rule for a long time, but she was too stupid.

"Before Jia Nanfeng entered the palace, Emperor Wu of Jin was worried that Crown Prince Sima Zhong was too young to understand the affairs of the boudoir, so he sent the talented woman Xie Jiu to serve the crown prince."

"As a result, Xie Jiu became pregnant and gave birth to the emperor's grandson Sima Yi."

"After Emperor Hui of Jin ascended the throne, Sima Yi was made crown prince, namely Crown Prince Minhuai."

"Jia Nanfeng and Emperor Hui of Jin had four daughters, but no sons."

"My mother often advised Jia Nanfeng to be kind to the prince and leave a way out for herself, but Jia Nanfeng did not agree."

"The prince was intelligent and polite when he was young, but when he grew up, he didn't like to study and only knew how to play and have fun."

"Jia Nanfeng allowed eunuchs to seduce the prince, causing him to become rude and wasteful."

"The prince had a stubborn character and was at odds with Jia Mi, often expressing his dissatisfaction with Jia Mi."

"Jia Mi reminded Jia Nanfeng that after the crown prince ascended the throne, he would definitely be unfavorable to her, so it would be better to depose the crown prince as soon as possible."

"So, Jia Nanfeng spread the prince's shortcomings everywhere, and the prince's reputation gradually deteriorated."

"Jia Nanfeng pretended to be pregnant again and secretly brought her sister's son into the palace, intending to have him replace the crown prince."

"In 300 AD, Jia Nanfeng falsely claimed that Emperor Hui of Jin was unwell and summoned the crown prince to an audience."

"Then he tricked the prince into getting drunk, took out a draft with words of treason, and lied that Emperor Hui of Jin had ordered him to copy it."

"The prince was so drunk that he copied the draft. When Emperor Hui of Jin saw the copy, he became furious."

"Jia Nanfeng also arranged for the eunuchs to surrender themselves, claiming that they had conspired with the crown prince to commit treason."

"Under the instigation of Jia Nanfeng, the crown prince was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned in the old palace in Xuchang."

"The prince's supporters wanted to use the military power of Zhao Wang Sima Lun to depose Jia Nanfeng and rescue the prince."

"While stalling for time, Zhao Wang Sima Lun sent people to spread the news that the court officials were planning to depose Jia Nanfeng and reinstate the crown prince."

"When Jia Nanfeng heard these rumors, she became very frightened and forged an imperial edict to order the eunuchs to kill the crown prince."

"After the crown prince died, King Sima Lun of Zhao led his army into the palace, claiming to be following the order of Emperor Hui of Jin."

"Since the mother of Prince of Qi Sima Jiong had a grudge against Jia Nanfeng, Sima Jiong went into the palace to announce the dethronement of the queen."

"Jia Nanfeng was very surprised to see the King of Qi. When she heard that Sima Jiong had come to arrest her with an imperial edict, Jia Nanfeng angrily accused Sima Jiong of forging the imperial edict."

"Then Jia Nanfeng told Emperor Hui of Jin that deposing the empress would be the same as deposing the emperor, and asked him to stop it."

"Later, it was learned that the leaders of the rebellion were Zhao Wang Sima Lun and Liang Wang Sima Rong, and Jia Nanfeng scolded them severely."

"Then he saw his cousin Jia Mi's body and burst into tears. He cried twice and then stopped abruptly."

"King of Zhao Sima Lun forged an imperial edict to depose Jia Nanfeng and demote her to a commoner. She was imprisoned in Jinyong City, and all of Jia Nanfeng's close associates were executed."

"Not long after, Jia Nanfeng was forced to drink poison and died at the age of 43."

Su Shi: Jia Nanfeng triggered the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, which eventually led to the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty.

The marriage that Sima Yan arranged for Crown Prince Sima Zhong brought the Western Jin Dynasty into the abyss.

After Sima Zhong ascended the throne, it was basically Empress Jia Nanfeng who ruled the country.

Jia Nanfeng first destroyed Sima Yan's queen Yang Zhi, and then destroyed the power of Yang's relatives, and since then she has held real power.

Jia Nanfeng was determined to take action against Crown Prince Sima Yi. She felt that Sima Yi was not her biological son, so she looked for an opportunity to get rid of the crown prince.

The disaster caused by Jia Nanfeng directly led the Western Jin Dynasty into the Rebellion of the Eight Kings.

The participants in the so-called Rebellion of the Eight Kings were mainly princes of the Sima family.

Sima Liang, King of Runan, Sima Wei, King of Chu, Sima Lun, King of Zhao, Sima Jiong, King of Qi, Sima Yi, King of Changsha, Sima Ying, King of Chengdu, Sima Yong, King of Hejian, and Sima Yue, King of Donghai.

During the first chaos, Jia Nanfeng used a trick to get rid of Sima Wei, the King of Chu, and Sima Liang, the King of Runan.

King of Runan Sima Liang was the third son of Sima Yi and one generation older than Sima Yan.

King Sima Wei of Chu was the fifth son of Sima Yan.

The two men originally had no hatred, but Sima Wei was a cruel person by nature, and at a young age he devised many tortures to torment people.

Therefore, the highly respected Sima Liang did not want Sima Wei to continue staying in the court, and wanted Sima Wei to return to his fiefdom as soon as possible.

This incident really offended Sima Wei, so he killed Sima Liang through a fake imperial edict given by Jia Nanfeng.

Unexpectedly, Jia Nanfeng's plan was to kill two birds with one stone. When Sima Liang was killed, someone immediately reported that Sima Wei had forged the imperial edict, so Sima Wei was also executed.

The successive killings of Sima Wei and Sima Liang marked the beginning of the Rebellion of the Eight Kings.

The second chaos was that King Sima Lun of Zhao dominated the country.

King of Zhao Sima Lun was the ninth son of Sima Yi, one generation older than Sima Yan.

Sima Lun had long been dissatisfied with Jia Nanfeng's actions, but Jia Nanfeng did not dare to touch him.

After Zhao Wang Sima Lun and Qi Wang Sima Jiong joined forces to destroy Jia Nanfeng.

Sima Lun, contrary to his usual behavior, actually planned to keep the throne to himself, forcing Sima Zhong to abdicate and proclaiming himself emperor.

In the third rebellion, Sima Jiong, Sima Yong and Sima Ying joined forces to destroy Sima Lun, who proclaimed himself emperor.

King Sima Jiong of Qi was the grandson of Sima Zhao and the nephew of Sima Yan.

Hejian King Sima Yong was the grandson of Sima Yi's younger brother Sima Fu, and in terms of seniority, he was Sima Yan's cousin.

King Sima Ying of Chengdu was the sixteenth son of Sima Yan.

These three people were not convinced by Sima Lun's enthronement at all, so they joined forces to kill Sima Lun.

At this time, new conflicts arose because King Sima Jiong of Qi had a very special identity, as his father was Sima You.

Sima You was the second son of Sima Zhao, and was later adopted by Sima Shi.

Sima Shi was the founder of the Western Jin Dynasty and Sima Zhao's elder brother. He was posthumously named Emperor Jing.

Therefore, Sima You had the support of both Sima Shi and Sima Zhao, so Sima Jiong, as Sima You's son, naturally felt that the throne should be his.

So Sima Jue also started to eat alone, became the Grand Sima, and prepared to become emperor.

During the fourth rebellion, Sima Yi and Sima Yong destroyed Sima Jiong.

Sima Yi, King of Changsha, was the sixth son of Sima Yan. He got the title of King of Changsha through the relationship with Sima Jiong.

However, Hejian King Sima Yong wanted to make the Western Jin Dynasty more and more chaotic so that he could benefit from it.

Therefore, when King Sima Jiong of Qi came to power, King Sima Yong of Hejian immediately led an army to attack him.

As a result, Sima Yi followed closely behind and successfully destroyed Sima Jiong, the King of Qi, and took power.

Sima Yi's troops captured Luoyang and he had unlimited power in his hands. As he was the son of Sima Yan, he had every right to inherit the throne.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. Hejian King Sima Yong joined forces with Sima Ying to kill Sima Yi.

From then on, Sima Ying and Sima Yong jointly held power.

During the fifth rebellion, Sima Yue killed Sima Ying and Sima Yong.

After King Hejian Sima Yong came to power, he made Sima Ying the first heir to the throne according to the agreement.

Since the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, Sima Yue, King of Donghai, has made many contributions and has gained a certain amount of power in his hands, and he has been eager to seize the throne.

Hejian King Sima Yong is old and no longer wants to fight.

But Sima Ying was still young and was named the Crown Prince.

Sima Yue got nothing, so he led his troops into Luoyang.

Not long after, he destroyed Sima Ying and Sima Yong, and from then on held the military and political power of the Jin Dynasty.

Sima Yue was the one who brought the Rebellion of the Eight Kings to an end, but he was also a foolish man.

Sima Yue caused internal and external troubles for the Western Jin Dynasty, and was eventually frightened to death by the army that condemned him.

During the Rebellion of the Eight Kings, the northern ethnic groups quietly penetrated into the Central Plains.

When the Rebellion of the Eight Kings ended, the Western Jin Dynasty had already been in ruins.

The war that lasted for more than ten years resulted in the regular army of the Western Jin Dynasty being no match for the Hu people.

What followed was the Five Barbarians' Invasion of China, which lasted for more than a hundred years. (End of this chapter)