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Chapter 2
The Jin Dynasty's struggle for wealth

For a man, the best weapon to conquer life is "power and wealth", and the best way to enjoy life is "drunk and beautiful women".

Sima Yan, the founding monarch of the Jin Dynasty, who was well versed in the way of pleasure, paid great attention to two things, wine and sex.After he seized the world with power and wealth, he thought about ways and enjoyment in different ways every day.After the Jin army conquered Wu, the first thing Sima Yan did was to cast a wide net, catch more fish, and snare all the beauties from all over the world into the backyard of the palace for his own enjoyment.In order to please the new master, the local officials transported all the beauties to the Luoyang Palace.

In addition to being greedy for beauty, Sima Yan is also unequivocal and full of tricks when it comes to eating, drinking and having fun. In order to satisfy his own pleasures, he even sells his official position for money.The monarch is so indulgent and greedy for pleasure, let alone the subordinates.As the saying goes, "The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked", and the people under his command followed suit.

He Zeng, the prime minister in the early Jin Dynasty, was a typical example. He spent [-] yuan on food every day, and even so, he still had nothing to eat.His son He Shaoqing is even better than blue, and his daily food expenses are two or three times that of his father. The food expenses of his family are the monthly living expenses of three to five thousand ordinary people.

And this is not the most extravagant. When it comes to the luxury and waste of the Jin Kingdom, Shi Chong must be mentioned. The story of his fighting for wealth with the uncle Wang Kai is a household name.

After Shi Chong made his fortune by robbing houses, he bought an official position with money, and began to earn money in the office, accumulated a larger family business, and became one of the richest men in the capital at that time.Not only does he live in a high-end mansion, he also has more than 100 concubines who are as beautiful as flowers. Shi Chong's daily job is to eat, drink, whore and gamble with dignitaries and dignitaries.

Wang Kai is not inferior either, because he is a relative of the emperor and his status is more noble than Shi Chong, so he wants to compare with Shi Chong, so the two people's fight for wealth starts from the kitchen: Wang Kai uses maltose to wash the pot, Shi Chong Just use candles as firewood; Wang Kai paved the road tens of miles long with silk and satin, while Shi Chong used longer silk and satin to make the road a beautiful corridor; Wang Kai used pepper to paint the house, Shi Chong used Red stone resin as paint...

Every fight is bound to be defeated, Wang Kai was very unconvinced, so he went to his emperor's relatives for help, and when Sima Yan heard about Wang Kai's absurd act of fighting the rich, he actually gave him support.He asked Wang Kai to take out a priceless coral tree from the treasury, about two feet high, and let Wang Kai use it to defeat Shi Chong.

Wang Kai's confidence doubled after receiving the treasures tributed by foreign countries. Unexpectedly, when Shi Chong saw the coral, he smashed it without saying a word, and then led Wang Kai to his warehouse, let him choose at will, and used to compensate him for his loss.Each of the coral trees in Shi Chong's warehouse was tall and plump, as if what Wang Kai showed was the most inferior one. This failure made Wang Kai completely admit defeat and left in despair.

After this fight for wealth, Shi Chong's statement spread far and wide. Every night, guests came to his house for drinks and parties. Shi Chong also warmly entertained the guests. In the men's room, there were more than a dozen beauties holding trays with brocade clothes, spices, toiletries, make-up and skin care products and so on.

If guests want to go to the toilet, they need to change into new clothes. After washing their hands, they need to wipe their hands and bodies with high-end skin care products to prevent their bodies from getting foul smell.

Shi Chong is just a middle-level bureaucrat in the state of Jin, so extravagant and wasteful, one can imagine the behavior of those high-ranking officials and relatives of the emperor.Once Sima Yan went to the official Wang Ji's house for dinner, and Sima Yan was full of praise for a dish of roast suckling pig. Wang Ji revealed the secret of his dish to the emperor.

The piglets used for cooking in his family are all fed with human milk, so the meat tastes fresh and tender.This Wang Ji also likes horse racing. At that time, he took a fancy to a piece of expensive land, so he covered an area the size of a racetrack with coins and bought the land.

Crazy extravagance can only be exchanged for even crazier revenge in the end. When these dignitaries are indulging in pleasure, the common people are suffering from natural disasters and man-made disasters, and cannot eat enough.Finally, with no way out, Shi Le, who was born as a slave, led a large number of hungry people to fight back. They launched a brutal revenge war against the rich, killing men, occupying women, and wantonly burning, killing, and looting.The entire state of Jin gradually entered a state of chaos. By 304 A.D., a terrible famine broke out across the country. Not only did the common people have no food, but even the nobles who spent [-] yuan for a meal did not eat their last meal. .

Shi Chong, who was richer than others, also failed to escape this catastrophe. Not only was his family property confiscated by the rebel army, he also lost his life. The long river was destroyed, which shows that a person's wealth and ability are not always directly proportional. In the state of Jin, it is inversely proportional.

(End of this chapter)