kingnovel Chapter 501 Western Jin Dynasty Nobles: In our circle, flaunting wealth is all the rage!
Chapter 501 Western Jin Dynasty Nobles: In our circle, flaunting wealth is all the rage!
Sima Yan knew something was wrong the moment he heard that! He could guess what was going to happen next!
This is a public execution!
"Therefore, due to the continuous wars during the Three Kingdoms period, how many people could be wealthy? Even figures like Zhuge Liang and Cao Cao practiced frugality, let alone others."
"But the extravagance of Sima Yan and his ministers in the Jin Dynasty was beyond imagination. It is said that there were tens of thousands of women in the harem alone. So Sima Yan expanded the palace and carried out large-scale construction."
People in Wanchaozhong: (′｀；) ? ? ?
"However, there is only one emperor, but so many concubines. He can't possibly manage them all. So he came up with a plan: he would ride in a sheep-drawn cart, and wherever it went, Sima Yan would go. Good heavens, you've really figured out this game!"
"However, a sheep is still an animal, so there are ways to attract it. But Sima Yan's game of pointing at a sheep to catch a concubine is something to admire. Your ancestors were truly ingenious!"
People in Wanchaozhong: ?? ? Their reputation has been ruined!
Sima Yi: ...Is it really necessary to have such a woman?
"As the saying goes, what the superiors do, the inferiors will follow. When the monarch acted in this way, the princes and ministers below followed suit. For example, many ministers at that time would spend at least 10,000 coins on food alone."
"Furthermore, in the Western Jin aristocratic circle, flaunting wealth was popular. Wang Ji, the grandson of Wang Chang, the former Minister of Works of Cao Wei, built a new horse farm. Fearing that others would not know he was rich, he had copper coins spread all over the ground. People at the time called it the 'Golden Ditch'."
"Such a high-profile display should be enough to get you beaten up, but that's only one aspect of it."
"What's even more outrageous is that Shi Chong and Wang Kai were competing in wealth!"
At this moment, people from before the Jin Dynasty picked their ears, wondering if they had misheard. What the heck?! What kind of wealth contest is this?!
"For example, one side says he used syrup to wash the pot, while the other side says he used candles to cook rice. This back-and-forth only shows that the extravagance and waste of the Western Jin aristocracy were beyond our comprehension."
“From the chaos at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the establishment of the Jin Dynasty, when the Sima family usurped the Wei throne, society had only just stabilized. Such extravagance was a clear sign of the impending doom of the country. How could it last long?”
"However, the Western Jin aristocracy was even more excessive than the emperor at the time, and had no bottom line than what I am describing today. Its collapse was always foreshadowed."
The comments section at this moment:
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: Is there something wrong with the brains of this descendant of the Sima family? Riding in a sheep-drawn cart and choosing beauties?! Why doesn't he just fly to the heavens!
First Emperor: Not only him, everyone else is insane!!
Cao Cao, the boss: I want to see when the Sima family kicks the bucket!
Yuan Shao of the Eastern Han Dynasty: ...Cao Mengde's country was usurped by such a family...
A bystander from the Ming Dynasty commented: "That period was quite perverse..."
Zhang Fei: If the Jin Dynasty can last long, then there is no justice in the world!
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The common people living during the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period were astonished to hear that the Jin Dynasty nobles were so extravagant—that they could wash pots with syrup and pave the ground with copper coins!
They wouldn't even dare to dream of such things; their greatest wish was for a peaceful life, but alas…
On the other side, Sima Fang and the others, who were listening silently without expressing their opinions, were inwardly exclaiming that this was outrageous!
Sima Yan, that kid, you can't deny that he did a good job in the early stages, but he doesn't seem like someone who can handle things well in the later stages!
Is it possible that the Sima family's descendants are all incompetent?
Thinking of this, Sima Fang felt that he, an old man, was truly heartbroken. His descendants were both short-lived and incompetent!
Could it really be the consequence of Luo Shui breaking his oath and murdering the king in the street?
……