The fool king Sima Zhong, what famous jokes did he make when he was emperor?

Sima Yan’s eldest son passed away very early. As the second son, Sima Zhong, Sima Zhao had low intelligence since he was a child, but he also had merits. Sima Yan was worried that he would lose the family business and cleared the throne of ministers. Sima Zhong asked the question and after reading the answers, he thought that Sima Zhong's logical thinking was still very clear, and he successfully ascended to the throne.

According to the Records of Emperor Hui in the Book of Jin, Sima Zhong went to Hualin Garden and heard the sound of toads. He was curious and asked the ministers around him: Are these toads sounding for public or private reasons? ? After hearing this, the ministers were very speechless and could only reply helplessly: "In public places, it is for official business, and in private places, it is for private matters." ? This shows the minister’s coping mentality.

Another joke is that during the famine in the Western Jin Dynasty, the people were hungry and had no clothes to cover their bodies. Many people starved to death. At that time, the ministers reported that many people starved to death during the famine. Gave it to Sima Zhong. Sima Zhong asked: "If you don't have food to eat, why don't you drink meat porridge?" This sentence made the ministers dumbfounded. The people couldn't even eat rice bran, so where could they eat meat? These two things are the source of the joke that later generations call the fool emperor.

Historians later analyzed that there was a misunderstanding of Sima Zhong. Sima Zhong was born into a wealthy family. He had never seen farmers plowing the fields since he was a child. Of course, he did not know about the cries of toads and the food and clothing of the people. Therefore, it is somewhat arbitrary to judge that Sima Zhong is a fool based on his jokes. Although Sima Zhong has low intelligence, he has a clear distinction between loyalty and traitor, and values ??love and justice. According to "Shui Jing Zhu" records, during the "Eight Kings Rebellion", the imperial army was defeated, and only Shizhong Ji Shao (son of Ji Kang, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest) was left to defend Jin Hui Emperor Sima Zhong. When the enemy was about to kill Ji Shao, Sima Zhong took the enemy general's hand and shouted: "He is a loyal minister and cannot be killed." ?The enemy general chopped down Ji Shao, splattering Sima Zhong's blood. Later, after Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty escaped from danger, he wore this bloody clothes every time he went to court. The civil and military officials of the court advised him to change into new clothes or wash off the blood. Emperor Hui of the Jin Dynasty cried and said to them: "This is the blood of the loyal minister Ji Shao. It can't be washed. ?