It is not easy.
When Si Marui first arrived in Jiankang, all the famous families in Jiangdong looked down on him and never visited him. Without the approval of the local gentry, it is impossible to gain a foothold in Jiangdong. How should Si Marui respond?
Si Marui was worried about this, but fortunately, he was accompanied by a famous minister-Wang Dao.
At the suggestion of Wang Dao, Si Marui was able to gain a foothold in Jiangdong and made great achievements in imperial industry. Wang Dao's idea is actually very simple, that is to show off. If you are easily intimidated by momentum, then he will show momentum.
If you are easily intimidated by high fame, then he will show high fame. What Wang Dao wants to show is a huge trip.
The third day of March is Shangsi Festival. According to local customs, a prayer is required.
Spring often means new life, with flowers blooming on the trees and warblers flying on the grass. In the bright spring, everyone hopes to sweep away the dust and fatigue of the past and win a good year. It was on this day that Xiumao prayed and went into the water for cleaning.
Ordinary people flock to the river, and so do dignitaries. They all went to the river happily to seek happiness and eliminate disasters.
On the third day of March, Wang Dao chose this day. He wants to build a huge and gorgeous travel team, and also invites his cousin Wang Dun, who is a secretariat in Yangzhou, to deploy together.
Look, Si Marui is sitting in a gorgeous and extraordinary soft sedan chair, in front of which is a mighty and solemn guard of honor, followed by high officials and celebrities from Wang Dao, Wang Dun and the north riding fine horses.
This scene is bound to arouse those who watch the excitement by the river.
Gu Rong and Zhan Ji, celebrities in Jiangdong, couldn't help secretly reading the news. What did they see? They saw Wang Dao and Wang Dun, the Langya family, pay homage to Si Marui, and saw Si Marui's extraordinary demeanor and noble demeanor.
They couldn't help being very surprised. They quickly ran out and fell on the side of the road to meet Si Marui.
In this way, Si Marui's reputation is like a clear spring, rising all the way in the hearts of Jiangdong clans.
Wang Dao tried to put forward that He Xun was a celebrity in Jiangdong. As long as these two people are brought in, nothing else is a problem. Si Marui readily agreed. He immediately sent Wang Dao to visit us and ask them to be an official.
Gu Rong and He Xun agreed happily. And they agreed, which means that the famous family in Jiangdong will support Si Marui.
Since then, Si Marui has gained a foothold in the field of health. Five chaos in China, the northern nobles fled their homeland in the war and rushed to take refuge in Jiangdong.
Si Marui once again followed Wang Dao's advice and took in celebrities who had taken refuge. A total of 106 people were able to enter North Korea as officials. Suddenly, the health school flourished.
Wang Dao's plan made Si Marui very grateful, and their relationship became closer and closer. In 3 18 AD, Si Marui ascended the throne in Jiankang, and rebuilt the Jin Dynasty for Di Chin. He will take health as his capital. In order to distinguish it from the Western Jin Dynasty established by Sima Yan, this dynasty was called the Eastern Jin Dynasty in history.
On the day when Emperor Jinyuan ascended the throne, hundreds of officials paid tribute to him. As soon as Emperor Jin Yuan saw Wang Dao, he immediately stood up from the throne, grabbed his sleeve, and let him sit on the throne with himself for worship.
In ancient times, such a move was absolutely not allowed. Wang Dao hurriedly declined, saying, if the sun is like everything on the earth, how can the people enjoy glory?
The Jin and Yuan emperors were no longer reluctant, but he would never forget how stable his throne was. Later, he appointed Wang Dao as Senior Minister to take charge of the state affairs. Wang Dun is in charge of the military. The Wang family immediately turned to Jiangdong, and for a time, the saying that "Wang and Ma share the world" spread like wildfire among the people.
It can be seen that the king of the Eastern Jin Dynasty was able to gain a firm foothold with the support of celebrities. This means that the imperial power is weak, in fact, it is restrained by the clan. So, why does the clan have such power?
Let's review it.
As we mentioned before, the county system is that the king divides the world into several regions and lets officials rule. Officials have tenure and poor political achievements. The king will change at any time.
Officials can't have an army in name, and the taxes collected should be handed over to the court. For kings, they need loyalty. However, it is impossible for a king sitting on a throne to rule this vast territory. Someone must go to the bottom to benefit the people, collect taxes and maintain public order.
Where did these officials come from?
Who can be an official?
General. Yes, many officials in the Han Dynasty came from generals who followed Liu Bang's Northern Expedition. However, there is another problem, that is, these generals don't know the difference between words and characters, so they are not competent for communication, not to mention how to replenish fresh blood when these generals are old.
By the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the court had established a way of selecting officials-procuratorial system. He asked the county to recommend those virtuous, incorruptible, filial and outstanding talents to the court, and then arrange these people to hold official positions after examination one by one.
Slowly, this method became the main source of officials and provided talents for the king.
The problem is that this method has shortcomings. How to judge a person's virtue, honesty, filial piety and outstanding ability?
The formulation of this standard is very arbitrary. You recommended me, so I am grateful. When I am in power, I will recommend your children or people. In this way, power gradually gathered from one family to another, and they served as officials for generations, forming the door of the gentry.
For example, Yuan Shao, whom we mentioned, is known as "Four Worlds and Three Fairs". In other words, they have a generation of senior officials. When he arrived in Wei Wendi, the imperial court established a system of electing officials-the Nine Grades System. Nine-grade Zhengzhi system divides the famous families around the country into nine grades, and Jinshi holds corresponding official positions according to the grades.
This system further solidified the gentry's gate valve, resulting in no suffering at the upper level and no gentry at the lower level.
One more thing, under the gentry-gate system, the power of the king was severely weakened by the rich and powerful families. His voice was intercepted by cremation before it reached the palace.
Therefore, we need the support of the Wang family and the gentry in Jiangdong to gain a foothold in Jiankang.
Speaking of it, the Eastern Jin Dynasty was a period when the gentry such as Wang, Xie, Yu and Huan took turns to take charge of the court and shared the world with Sima.
Of course, even under the restraint of the gentry, the imperial power was unstable, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty lasted for more than one hundred years before it was replaced by Liu Song.
The Eastern Jin Dynasty perished and history entered the Southern and Northern Dynasties.
Since then, the Southern Dynasties located in the south of the Yangtze River have been replaced by the four dynasties of Song, Qi, Liang and Chen, while the Northern Dynasties, which occupied the Central Plains, were unified in the Northern Wei after the Five Lakes and Sixteen Countries, but the once powerful Northern Wei was later divided into the Eastern Wei and the Western Wei. Eastern Wei and Western Wei were replaced by Northern Qi and Northern Zhou.