Matters of Traditional Chinese Medicine

"Of course."

Watching Wang Tong and Zhang Ying fall into thought, Zhu Qizhen shook his head lightly again:

"Besides Emperor Ojin—or rather, the attitude of the Japanese island—there was also plenty of internal politicking on the Eastern Jin side over this matter."

"For example, when it came to choosing someone to send to Wa, a volume of unofficial history excerpted in the Yongle Encyclopedia recorded that Emperor Yuan of Jin had initially chosen Wang Dun."

"But someone as shrewd as Wang Dun wasn't about to fall for that. So after they passed the buck back and forth, they settled on Princess Hongnong, who had been clamoring to launch a northern campaign against Han-Zhao."

"So rather than being granted a title, Princess Hongnong and Fu Xuan were, in truth, exiled after a political struggle."

At this point,

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help sighing again.

There was a reason the Jin dynasty was known for its "magical" entries in the Book of Jin. As one of the most surreal periods in history, the courts of both the Western and Eastern Jin were naturally full of strange and extraordinary characters.

Take Emperor Yuan of Jin, Sima Rui, for instance. He was probably one of the most pathetic founding emperors in all of Huaxia's several thousand years of history.

He had risen to power with the support of the Langya Wang Clan, but he also came under immense pressure because of the clan's dominance, and was even stripped of his power.

Still, the historical Sima Rui had tried to fight back. For example, he had elevated Liu Wei, Diao Xie, and Dai Yuan in an attempt to weaken Wang Dun, among other things.

The enfeoffment of Wa recorded in the Yongle Encyclopedia was another similar attempt.

According to materials collected by Weng Tong and the