This is the 308th original article of Shi Shuoxing
It is said that Jin Wengong, the founder of the century-old hegemony of the Jin Dynasty, wandered the countries for 19 years before finally returning to the Jin Kingdom to seize the throne and open the road to hegemony. However, the person who forced Jin Wengong to have these 19 years of experience was his biological father, Jin Xiangong. The people of the world often praise the great deeds of Jin Wengong, but ignore the immortal merits of his father Jin Xiangong, and the reason is that a woman, a woman who has won the exclusive favor of Jin Xiangong, she single-handedly stirred up the Jin state, causing the Jin Gong to abolish The Long Li And The Young, causing the sons to compete for the throne, which is the famous Li Ji rebellion in history.
Speaking in two parts, before talking about the Li Ji Rebellion, we must first look at the immortal merits of Jin Xiangong. In 677 BC, Duke Wu of Jin, who had successfully completed the Quwo Dynasty and unified the Jin state, died. His son Ji Weizhu succeeded to the throne smoothly and became the Duke of Jin.
However, in the face of the newly unified Jin State, he first stabilized the situation internally, reformed politically, abolished the Gong clan doctor system, and completely eliminated the possibility of splitting the children of the Gong Clan. Military reform, expansion of military establishment, divided into upper and lower armies. After this preparation, The Duke of Jin Began to expand his territory to the outside world, and he successively destroyed the states and tribes of Huo, Wei, Geng, Yu, Yang, Rui, Hao, Ji, Li Rong, chi di, etc., which were collectively called "seventeen and seventeen, and thirty-eight", intuitively understanding that the middle reaches of the Yellow River had basically become the territory of the Jin state. It can be said that without the 26 years of Jin Xiangong's reign, he worked diligently to fight the country and lay the foundation for future generations, and it would have been so easy for Jin Wen to openly create hegemony.
However, no one is a sage, and no one can be blameless. It was precisely because of The Jin Xiangong's reckless behavior on the issue of the heir of the Jin State that as soon as he died, the Jin civil unrest broke out, a process that lasted for 16 years, the sons and ministers competed for power and seized the throne, killing each other, which was unbearable to see, and his first heroic name was destroyed by a woman, and since then he has been saddled with the infamy of eternity and has become a lustful lady.
The root of all this has to start from 672 BC, when Jin Xiangong attacked Li Rong, thus obtaining two beautiful women, one is the next protagonist Li Ji, and the other is her sister Shao Ji, after the two sisters entered the harem of Jin Xiangong, they were very favored, and they also gave birth to two sons for Jin Xiangong, one is Xi Qi born to Li Ji, and the other is Zhuo Zi born to Shao Ji.
Since Li Ji had a son, he began to plot for the throne, after all, Jin Xiangong had already given birth to three sons before, Prince Shensheng was born of the adultery between Jin Xiangong and his stepmother Qi Jiang, the second son Was born to Hu Jiji, and the third son Yiwu was born to Xiao Rongzi, the younger son, Whoji Jiji. These three people are the three mountains in front of Li Ji, and she wants to eradicate them from the roots at once.
With the favor of The Duke of Jin, Li Ji kept blowing the pillow wind to the Duke of Jin, so that he had the idea of abolishing the long and young, and said that he would let his three sons go to the frontier to defend. And Jin Xiangong actually listened, of course, at this time can not say that he fainted, in fact, he also has his own plans, the eldest son Shen Sheng has been with him for many years, merit and prestige are increasing day by day, Jin Xiangong himself has gradually realized the threat of the prince to him. Later, all the dynasties and generations also had kings depose the eldest son, the root of which was nothing more than the old man's favor for the young son, and the threat of the eldest son.
The idea of the favored concubine Li Ji was exactly what he wanted, and the Duke of Jin xiang also agreed to the proposal of the three sons to guard the frontier. As for Xi Qi, the son of Li Ji, he naturally stayed by his side, and when he was a hundred years later, the youngest son just happened to grow into an adult, and it was not just right to take over smoothly! It can be said that Jin Xiangong made a good calculation, but Li Ji was not satisfied, there was no family relationship between him and Shen Sheng, Zhong'er, and Yi Wu, in order to ensure the smooth accession of her son to the throne, she did not allow the three of them to still be in the world, or still in Jinguo.
Therefore, Li Ji once again intervened, designing to frame the crown prince Shen Sheng for premeditated poisoning the Jin Xiangong, and the Jin Xiangong, who already had a grudge against Shen Sheng, naturally believed in Li Ji's words. Shen Sheng, on the other hand, was too honest and actually committed suicide. This is not the end, Heavy Ear and Yi Wu must also be eliminated, Li Ji once again framed the prince for poisoning Jin Xiangong, and both of their brothers were also accomplices. This forced Chong'er to flee to the mother country of Zhai, and Yiwu was also forced to defend the city and flee.
After the three sons of Jin Xiangong fled once they died and fled, his life also came to an end. In 651 BC, Duke Xian of Jin died, but his planned heir, Xi Qi, was only 14 years old. When he was brought to power at a young age, he only had to be slaughtered, and sure enough, the powerful minister Rick killed Xi Qi, and civil unrest broke out in Jin!
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