What was the Eight Kings Rebellion like in history? Is this the cause of the five chaos?

The Eight Kings Rebellion in history was a very serious civil strife after the establishment of the Western Jin Dynasty. It is also the cause of the five chaos. At that time, there were mainly eight princes who participated in the Eight Kings Rebellion, but there were more than twenty who actually participated. At first, the rebellion between princes was mainly for the throne. Later, many different regimes were established because the separatist regime was too serious. It led to great confusion in the Central Plains. Therefore, the surrounding ethnic minorities invaded the Central Plains and slaughtered the Han people. ?

The cause of the Eight Kings Rebellion was that the Emperor Wu of the Western Jin Dynasty studied the historical process of the rise of Sima family after he succeeded to the throne. It also makes a series of analysis on the decline of Wei and Jin Dynasties. It was soon believed that the demise of Cao Wei was due to the fact that the gentry was too weak to maintain the imperial power. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Jin Dynasty conferred the title of king on many aristocratic children, and also gave them the power to choose officials and recruit soldiers. In his view, these vassals are all their own brothers, and they are not afraid of their uprising against the court. ?

However, shortly after his death, all the governors were very dissatisfied with his successor Jin Huidi. Because Jin Huidi is an ignorant emperor. He doesn't have the strategy or advantage that the emperor needs. He often makes jokes, so those governors all think that he is not worthy to be emperor. Governors all want to win the throne through rebellion. Because of the rise of local power, every vassal has his own ambition. The power of the central government gradually declined. Leading to the final disintegration of the Central Plains.

It is precisely because during the period of Emperor Wu of Jin Dynasty, the power of the central government was not valued, but local forces were paid more attention, which led to the last Eight Kings Rebellion. Originally, ethnic minorities just wanted to seize the corresponding resources in chaos, only to find that the Central Plains region was so chaotic that even the army did not appear, so they began to take advantage of it. No longer satisfied with robbing the resources of the Han people, but began to establish their own political power in various places. Therefore, after experiencing the chaotic separatist regime of the Eight Kings Rebellion, the Central Plains fell into a situation of five chaos.