. The "Eight Kings" are arranged in order of appearance: King Sima Liang of Runan, King Sima Wei of Chu, King Sima Lun of Zhao, King Sima Jiong of Qi, King Sima Yi of Changsha, King Sima Ying of Chengdu, King Sima Yong of Hejian, and King Sima of East China Sea. cross. Among them, King Runan and King Zhao are Sima Yi's fourth and ninth sons respectively; King Hejian and King Donghai are the grandsons of Sima Yi's younger brothers Sima Fu and Sima Kui respectively; King Chu, King Changsha and King Chengdu are Sima Yi respectively. The fifth son, sixth son and sixteenth son of Emperor Wu of Jin. From this point of view, the relationship between these "eight kings" is really not that far away. Since they are all family members, what is the big deal that cannot be resolved through negotiation? Speaking of which, they had "negotiated", but the tools they used were not words, but guns and knives. The culprit of this "infighting" is the stupid emperor's empress, Jia Nanfeng. Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty died, and the foolish prince Sima Zhong came to the throne. The power of the court was in the hands of Yang Jun, the father of the Queen Mother. Empress Jia was unwilling to give in. After igniting internal and external connections and igniting fire from above and below, she finally falsely accused Yang Jun of "causing chaos" and wiped out all Yang's close associates. However, Jia Hou was busy for a long time, and Mao didn't get anything - it was King Runan and Taibao Guan who replaced Yang Jun in power. She endured it for several months, and then she actually falsely accused the two governors of having a "plan to abolish the establishment" and asked the King of Chu to lead troops to surround their mansion at night and kill them. Then she killed the King of Chu on the charge of "falsifying the imperial edict". . The black, short, fat and unattractive Empress Jia killed three birds with one stone and finally took over the power. If she had restrained herself a little, maybe the outcome would not have been what it was later, but she was just the opposite: stubborn and authoritarian, and becoming more and more abusive. Not to mention this, he first deposed the prince Sima Yu, and then eliminated the root cause. This was equivalent to raising the "red cloth" that excited King Zhao who was watching at the side. As a result, all Jia's pro-party members were wiped out. Later, Empress Jia was given a glass of gold crumb wine, and she was in mourning. King Zhao had been in power for eight months, but he seemed to be unhappy, so he simply grabbed the imperial seal and usurped the throne. King Zhao had bad eyesight and was called "blind". "Blind" took the throne from "Silly", arousing public outrage. Two months later, the King of Qi who was guarding Xuchang raised troops, and the King of Chengdu and the King of Hejian also responded one after another. The three juniors fought with their elders for more than two months, and nearly 100,000 people were killed on both sides. In the end, the "blind son" failed and was sentenced to death. The king of Qi who replaced him had a bad fate. He was in power for only half a year and was attacked and killed by the king of Changsha. Nearly 2,000 people were executed under the implication of the king of Qi. The Sima clan was all unambiguous, killing people as smoothly as chopping melons and vegetables, as if one could grow out of a head after it was chopped off. Without exception, these "kings" are robbing the central government. But if everyone is killed, who will rule? In this regard, the "Eight Kings" were really not as far-sighted as the Xiongnu leader Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan's general Liu Jing captured the city of Jin and drowned more than 30,000 men and women in the Yellow River. Liu Yuan was angry and said: "The person I want to get rid of is Sima Shi'er. What's wrong with the people?" Liu Jing was demoted. (Volume 87 of "Zi Zhi Tong Jian") The "Eight Kings" treat the "small people" as if they are nothing, so how can they achieve good results? In August of the second year of Tai'an (303), the King of Hejian and the King of Chengdu joined forces to attack the ruling King of Changsha. In May of the following year, the King of Donghai launched a coup and imprisoned the King of Changsha, making peace with the other party. The King of Changsha fell into the hands of the murderer Zhang Fang, a subordinate of the King of Hejian, and was "burned to death." According to current parlance, it was "barbecued". While the Sima kings were fighting in full swing, others were not idle either. Liu Xuan, the left Xian king of the Xiongnu, and others privately discussed: "Today, the Sima clan is killing each other, and the world is in chaos. It's time to rejuvenate the country." ("Book of Jin·Records No. 1") It is unfortunate that people have this kind of mentality. Liu Xuan was not alone: ??in August of the sixth year of Yuankang (296), the Di and Qiang people of Qin (now Tianshui and Qin'an in Gansu) and Yong (now Guanzhong and eastern Gansu in Shaanxi) elected Di Commander Qi Wannian as the "emperor"; In the second year of Yongkang (301), Zhang Guiqiu, a regular servant of Sanqi, was appointed as the governor of Liangzhou. "Yin had the ambition to protect Hexi." Thirteen years later, his son Zhang finally established a separatist regime - Qianliang; In the first month of the second year of An (303), the barbarian Zhang Chang took control of Jiangxia (now Anlu, Hubei) and proclaimed Qiu Shen (later renamed Liu Ni) as emperor, with the founding name of "Han"; in the first year of Yongxing (304), the Di people Li Xiong proclaimed himself king in Chengdu, with the founding title of "Cheng", and two years later he proclaimed himself emperor; also in this year, Liu Yuan of the Huns proclaimed himself king in Zuoguocheng (now northeast of Lishi, Shanxi), with the founding title of " Han" and proclaimed himself emperor in 308; in the second year of Yongxing (305), the right general Chen Min rebelled in Jiangdong and claimed to be the king of Chu. In addition, Liu Yao, a Hun who later established the "Former Zhao", Shi Le, a Jie man who established "Later Zhao", Murong Hui, a Xianbei man who founded the "Pre Yan", etc., all experienced the training of this war and continued to grow stronger. . I don’t know if this is an overview. . .