After the death of Duke Xiang of Jin (the son of Duke Wen of Jin), the young Duke Ling of Jin took the throne, and the military and political power of the State of Jin was held by Zhao Dun (son of Zhao Wan) of xiangguo at that time, and as the Duke of Jin Ling gradually grew to adulthood, the contradiction between the two became more and more acute, in fact, it was also a game between the monarchy and the Xiang state.
Jin Linggong was brave and unscrupulous, coupled with his youthfulness, so he sent assassins to infiltrate Zhao Dun's mansion to carry out assassinations. The assassin came to Zhao Dun's bedroom and slashed the quilt into several sections, lifted the quilt to see that there was no one inside, just when the assassin wondered where Zhao Dun was, he heard a voice in the lobby. Looking for the voice of Datang, he came to the lobby, it turned out that Zhao Dun was silently reciting the fold, at this time it was not yet 4 a.m., Zhao Dun had already gotten up, and the assassin saw that Xiang guo of the Jin State was so conscientious that he could not bear to do harm, so he committed suicide in front of Zhao Dun. He also said that he was an assassin sent by the monarch, and there would be more after that, seeing that Xiangguo was so diligent in state affairs, it would be unjust to kill the minister of state; but the assassination order was issued by the monarch, and he did not complete the mission of the monarch, it was for disloyalty, in order to preserve his loyalty, he could only commit suicide, and warned Zhao Dun to be careful of assassins.
After the failure of the first assassination operation, Jin Linggong was not discouraged, and he took advantage of the opportunity of Zhao Dun to enter the palace to report for duty and carry out assassination again. To say that this assassination is also really funny, because the assassin of this assassination is not a person but a dog, it is conceivable that it has failed again, but Zhao Dun was really scared half to death, after all, the dog bites people and hurts, and this time it is a complete fight with Jin Linggong. Knowing that the capital city could not stay any longer, Zhao Dun had to flee, and after Zhao Dun fled, the Duke of Jin Linggong took control of the military and political power of the Jin state. After taking power, Jin Linggong was no different from before, abusing his ministers and people, and the attendants around him were also worried, afraid that one day Jin Linggong would not be happy and killed. The actions of the Jin Linggong disappointed the jin people, and people began to miss the era when Zhao Dun was in power, and a force of opposition began to gather, at this time, the Jin Ling justice was worth a beautiful moment of spring breeze, where to see these threats, it was still the same perverse behavior as always. Therefore, Zhao Pu (Zhao Dun's cousin) took advantage of the opportunity of Jin Linggong's hunting to launch a coup d'état and threw Jin Linggong alive to death, ending Jin Linggong's short pro-government career. After the death of Duke Ling of Jin, Zhao Pu welcomed the fleeing Zhao Dun back to the capital to govern, and Zhao Dun re-established the younger brother of the Duke of Jin (Jin Chenggong) to become the new monarch of the Jin state, and Zhao Dun died of illness shortly after.
Duke Cheng of Jincheng, who had been a puppet monarch for several years, also passed away, leaving his young son Jin Jinggong on the throne, as the Duke of Jinjing gradually grew up and held great power, he became more and more dissatisfied with the dictatorship of the Zhao family, at this time Zhao Dun died but the state affairs of the Jin state were still in the hands of the Zhao clan, at this time the power of the Jin state was controlled by Zhao Dun's son Zhao Shuo, and for his own throne and life, the Duke of Jin jing had to marry his sister Princess Zhuang Ji to Zhao Shuo.
Jin Jinggong tried to regain his own power, suffering from no helper, and at this time, Tu Anjia's joining made Jin Jinggong like a tiger. With the help of Tu Anjia, Zhao Shuo's power was slowly dismembered, and after the time was gradually ripe, at the behest of Jin Jinggong, Tu Anjia launched a war of extermination against the Zhao family, and overnight more than three hundred members of the Zhao family were all killed, and the once-prosperous Zhao family suffered a devastating blow. In order to cut the grass and remove the roots, Tu'an Jia set his sights on Princess Zhuang Ji, who was already pregnant, and on the day that Princess Zhuang Ji gave birth, Tu An Jia led his troops to kill all the babies born in the capital. Because the famous doctor Cheng Bao had received zhao shuo's heavy favor that year, in order to preserve the blood of the Zhao family, he handed over his son to exchange for the child of the Zhao family, so that the orphans of the Zhao family survived.
Cheng Infant took the orphan to the mountains to raise him, taught literary martial arts, and according to Zhao Shuo's last words, the orphan's name was "Wu", that is, Zhao Wu. Eighteen years later, Xiao Zhao Wu grew up to be an adult, and when he grew up, Zhao Wu was both literate and martial, and he had a legacy of his ancestors. At this time, the Duke of Jinjing was also elderly, and had dreamed many times of the tragic situation of the Zhao clan being killed, remembering the merits of the ancestors of the Zhao clan for the Jin state, and gradually developed pity, and ordered his subordinates to look for the descendants of the Zhao clan. After learning this news, Cheng Infant rushed to the capital with the eighteen-year-old Zhao Wu, and the Duke of Jin Jing gave Zhao Wu all the family property and fiefs that originally belonged to the Zhao clan, and the Zhao family became strong again in zhao Wu's hands. In order to avenge his ancestors, after obtaining the consent of the Duke of Jinjing, Zhao Wu led an army to destroy Tu'an Jia Manmen (not even young children remained), and the Tu'an family was completely destroyed, and there was no possibility of revival.
After reviving the Zhao family, Zhao Wu was appreciated by the Duke of Jin Jing, held an important position in the Jin state, innovated the maladministration, and made the Jin state's national strength increase rapidly, and repeatedly commanded and commanded the Jin army to go out on expeditions, restoring the hegemonic position of the Jin state.