It is undeniable that Duke Mu of Qin was a generation of male lords, and during his reign, he reused Baili Xi, Uncle Jian, Yu Yu and other sages, successively destroyed the Liang Kingdom, the Rui State, and the Slippery State, and subdued the Twelve Kingdoms of Xi Rong, dominating the West. In the contest with the eastern giant Jinguo, there are also losses and wins, and there is no downfall in the slightest. However, after the death of Qin Mugong, the State of Qin went downhill, and until the end of the Spring and Autumn Period, it did not have any more prestige, and one of the important reasons for this was that Qin Mugong made a big mistake before his death.
According to the "History of Qin Benji", Qin Mugong died after thirty-nine years of reign. At that time, the Qin state still had the custom of accompanying the funeral, but Qin Mugong was a bit excessive this time, using one hundred and seventy-seven people to accompany him to the funeral, which also included many sages.
We all know that for a country, the most important thing is talent, and Qin Mugong has taken away so many talents, which is equivalent to digging a deep pit for future generations. After these people were buried, the knowledgeable Qin people were very sad, they said that the monarch was so cruel after his death, and he grabbed the good ministers to accompany the funeral, and it would be difficult for the Qin state to develop to the east in the future.
Duke Mu of Qin raised a total of forty sons, and only one succeeded to the throne was Duke Kang of Qin. In the year when Duke Kang of Qin succeeded to the throne, Duke Xiang of Jin died, and the ministers of the State of Jin discussed not to let the young crown prince succeed to the throne, and wanted to take back the younger brother of Duke Xiang of Jin, that is, Gongzi Yong, who was a hostage in the State of Qin.
Gongzi Yong was the child of Duke Wen of Jin and the princess of Qin, and if he succeeded to the throne, it would certainly be of great benefit to the future relations between Qin and Jin, so Duke Kang of Qin was very happy to send troops to escort Gongzi Yong back to China. The Qin army escorted Gongzi Yong to a place called Ling Fox, and was suddenly attacked by the Jin army. It turned out that the Jin people had repented, and they planned to let the crown prince succeed to the throne, and in order to prevent Gongzi Yong from returning to China, they sent troops to attack the Qin army and prevent Gongzi Yong from returning to China. In the process, the ministers of the Jin state fled to the Qin state.
As soon as Qin Kanggong succeeded to the throne, he felt the mood of his father being toyed with by the Jin people. He did not have a city government like Qin Mugong, nor did he want to tolerate this, so he sent an army the following year to seize the Wucheng city of the Jin State. However, the Jin people did not feel that they were wronged, and two years later they retaliated and occupied Shaoliang in the Qin state.
However, the State of Qin had a entourage, and the Entourage was too familiar with the State of Jin, and with his help, the State of Qin first captured the horses of the State of Jin, and then engaged the Jin army at Hequ, beating the Jin army severely. At this time, the Jin people woke up, and it turned out that behind all this, they were all guided by the society, so they came up with a good idea.
Duke Kang of Qin received news that Wei Shou, the general of the Jin Dynasty, was dissatisfied with the treatment of the motherland and wanted to defect to the Qin state. Thinking about the help that the association would have helped himself, and then thinking that these years had indeed given the Jin State some color, Qin Kanggong accepted Wei Shou's request very happily, and according to his request, he sent the old acquaintance to go with him to meet him. Unexpectedly, this was a complete conspiracy, and as soon as suihui met Wei Shou, he was taken hostage and then escorted back to the Jin Dynasty.
Without the guidance of the entourage, Qin Kanggong did not have the courage to launch another attack on the Jin state. Duke Kang of Qin died twelve years after his reign, and his son succeeded him as Duke Gong of Qin. Duke Gong of Qin died after three years on the throne, and his son succeeded him as Duke Huan of Qin.
In the twenty-fourth year of the reign of Duke Huan of Qin, the State of Jin changed to a monarch of Jin Ligong, and the Duke of Jin Li wanted to make a difference, the first thing he thought of was to appease the State of Qin, so he signed a friendship treaty with the Duke of Qin Huan across the Yellow River. However, as soon as the front foot of Duke Li of Jin returned, Duke Huan of Qin repented on his back foot, and he felt that the new king of the State of Jin had just succeeded to the throne, and this was a good opportunity to unite with the State of Di to attack the State of Qin.
Whether the Qin state took advantage of this time, the history books do not record, but two years later, Jin Ligong already had appeal among the princes, he united several countries to attack the Qin state, the Qin army beat that was a miserable, the coalition army fought until near Jingshui, only to win the victory and collect the troops.
Qin Huangong obviously lost a lot this time, there was a lack of talent at home, and there was no foreign aid like the meeting, he really fell into the big pit left by Qin Mugong. The following year, Duke Huan of Qin died, and his son succeeded him as Duke Jing of Qin.
Qin Jinggong obviously did not learn his father's lesson, in the fifteenth year of his succession, the State of Jin sent troops to attack the State of Zheng, and the State of Qin actually went to rescue the State of Zheng, and also defeated them while the Jin army was not prepared, at this time the monarch of the State of Jin was the famous Duke of Jin. The Duke of Jin was already the lord of the princes' alliance, that is, a figure who had met with the princes nine times, and this time he summoned the princes to meet and make peace, and the target was directly aimed at the Qin state.
Don't think too much, the Qin state is definitely unable to do the coalition army, after not being able to defeat the opponent, the only choice is one word "escape". The Qin army ran to Jingshui, and the coalition army chased after Jingshui; the Qin army crossed the Jingshui, and the coalition army chased after Jingshui; the Qin army fled to The Forest, and the coalition army gave up and went back. What a terrible word!
A few years later, the Duke of Jin mourned the death, the Duke of Jinping succeeded to the throne, Qin Jinggong seized the opportunity to personally go to the Jin State to sign the contract, but it was not long before unilaterally tearing up the contract, and the two countries were so unsalty and stalemate for many years. However, the State of Qin has never given up the idea of moving east, and always wants to bypass the State of Jin and go to the east.
The opportunity finally came, after the death of Qin Jinggong, his son succeeded to the throne, that is, Qin Aigong. In the thirty-first year of the Duke of Qin, the State of Wu attacked the State of Chu and occupied the capital of the State of Chu, Yingdu, and king Zhao of Chu fled, and the State of Chu fell. Shen Baoxu, the minister of the State of Chu, escaped from the rebel army, and he rushed to the State of Qin, and bitterly begged the State of Qin to send troops to rescue him, and not eating for seven days and seven nights was a cry. After weighing the pros and cons, the Duke of Qin sent five hundred military vehicles to rescue the Chu state, and in coordination with the remnants of the Chu army, drove away the state of Wu and restored the state of Chu. This is also the first time in the history of the Qin State that there has been such a great achievement in the East.
The achievements are remarkable, but the problem is also very realistic, the Jin state is still like a mountain between the Qin state and the east. Duke Ai of Qin died after thirty-six years on the throne, at this time the crown prince had already gone one step ahead of him, and the prince's son succeeded to the throne, which was the Duke of Qin Hui.
Qin Huigong reigned for ten years, during which time there was infighting in the Jin state. Originally, the Jin dynasty was ruled by the Zhi family, the Zhao family, the Wei family, the Han family, the Zhongxing family, and the Fan family, but the Zhongxingjia and the Fan family were swallowed up by the combination of those four families. This was originally an opportunity for the rise of the Qin state, but Qin Huigong did not act, and the history books did not specifically record the reasons, if we guessed, it should be caused by insufficient national strength and insufficient talent.
After the death of Duke Hui of Qin, his son Duke Of Qin succeeded to the throne. Duke Mo of Qin reigned for fourteen years, during which time there was constant strife in the east, the power of the State of Qi gradually fell into the hands of the Tian clan, and Jiang Ziya's descendants became puppets; the State of Jin began to decline, the State of Wu began to rise, and The Prince of Wu went north to ally with the Jin Ding Guild, and in the confrontation for the lord of the alliance, the Duke of Jin Ding fell behind. However, even so, the Qin state did not make a difference during this period, and the history books also did not record the specific reasons, and we once again guessed that it should also be caused by insufficient national strength and lack of talents.
After the death of Duke Mo of Qin, his son Qin Ligong succeeded to the throne. In the twenty-fourth year of Qin Li's succession, civil unrest broke out again in the Jin dynasty, and the three families of Han, Zhao, and Wei joined forces to divide the territory of the Zhi family, and thus entered the Warring States era.
From Qin Kanggong, the successor of Duke Mu of Qin, to Qin Ligong, the last monarch of the Spring and Autumn Period, we have witnessed the decline of the Qin state. In the early days, it was able to compete with the Jin state, relying on the guidance of the Jin state association, and the time was deduced little by little, and the Qin state almost did not appear any famous generals, just in the process of the gradual decline of the Jin state, the Qin state still did not climb over this mountain.
It can be seen from this that after Qin Mugong's death, he used talents to be buried, which really pitted his descendants.