Xiongnu immigrated to Luoyang

The demise of every dynasty is tragic, and the tragic degree of the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty can only be worse than that of other dynasties.

When the Western Jin Dynasty was just established, Sima Yan was still excellent and worked hard. However, after the destruction of Wu unification, it gradually became more and more decadent. Since then, the political style of the Western Jin Dynasty has been very dark, with officials taking bribes and bending the law, extravagant and decadent, and the people suffering.

After Sima Yan's death, his silly son Sima Zhong succeeded to the throne. Due to the incompetence of the emperor, all the imperial families of Sima who were named kings were salivating over the throne, and the Eight Kings Rebellion broke out.

The Eight Kings Rebellion led to serious internal friction in the Western Jin Dynasty, which gave the minority regime a chance to rise. The main minority regime that perished in the Western Jin Dynasty was Xiongnu, and Liu Cong and Liu Yao of Xiongnu were the direct instigators of its demise.

With the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, the overall situation in the north was almost in the hands of Xiongnu, and the whole north was in turmoil everywhere. The scene can be said to be terrible.

After Xiongnu invaded Luoyang, the capital of the Western Jin Dynasty, Luoyang, the prosperous capital, was deserted, and robbers robbed things in broad daylight. Xiongnu killed more than 30,000 people in Luoyang, not to mention ordinary people. There were massacres everywhere.

Sima Chi, the emperor who escaped at that time, was made a slave by Liu Cong and served Liu Cong wholeheartedly all day. Unfortunately, he still didn't save his life. Because at a banquet, the former minister of the Western Jin Dynasty saw the tragic fate of the emperor and wept silently, which made Liu Cong unhappy, so he poisoned Sima Chi.

After Sima Chi's death, Sima Ye succeeded to the throne in Chang 'an, but it was not long before he was destroyed by Xiongnu. The massacre in Chang 'an was worse than that in Luoyang. Men were slaughtered regardless of their identity, which led to the killing of men in Chang' an and women became playthings. Sima Ye saved his life when he surrendered, but after being a slave for a year, he was also killed by Liu Cong.

When the Western Jin Dynasty perished, according to the Book of Jin, every time the Huns broke a city, they slaughtered it, set fire to it and plundered it. At that time, there was no cremation in the Central Plains.

Because of the war at that time and the shortage of food supply, the Xiongnu army even hoarded women and children as reserve food. Folklore also says that people eat people. It is said that at the time of the demise of the Western Jin Dynasty, the people in the north were very afraid of Xiongnu. When they heard that Xiongnu was coming, they would rather commit suicide than fall into the hands of Xiongnu.

When the Western Jin Dynasty perished, there were wars everywhere, basically scorched earth, which led to not only people killed by Xiongnu, but also countless people who died of starvation.