When we say "powerful people", we can't just say that we are alone. In many ancient dynasties, there was always a theory of forming a party, that is, the courtiers formed cliques, adhered to the common political ideas, and carried out common state policies. After all, the strength of a person is shallow, and the powerful ministers of the Spring and Autumn And Warring States period also had many theories of forming a party, and they closely surrounded the most authoritative figure in it, taking the remarks of the figure as the criterion, and taking the interests and losses of the figure as their own interests and losses. The courtiers are often like this, they will condense the consensus of these courtiers, grasp the absolute right to speak in the DPRK, and then turn their hands into clouds and turn their hands into rain.
The State of Jin once had the power to subordinate Zhao Dun, through three generations of Jin Xiang, Jin Ling, and Jin Chenggong, and the Jin Ling Gong was established because of Zhao Dun's support, and died because of Zhao Dun's killing, and the subsequent Jin Cheng Gong was established by Zhao Dun, and the Zhao family reached its peak state during its reign. At Zhao Dun's side, he also followed the three major ministers for many years, all three of whom had the ability, and they were also important figures in the three armies and six secretaries, who played a very important role in Zhao Dun's internal politics, foreign wars and diplomatic activities. Who are they? It was Father Hao Que, Shi Hui, and Xun Lin.
Hao Que's life path is quite tortuous. Hao Que's father was Hao Rui (郤芮), who was a teacher and assistant minister of Jin Huigong. In that year, Duke Wen of Jin returned to the throne, because Hao Rui firmly stood in the faction opposing Duke Wen of Jin, and also plotted to kill Duke Wen of Jin, and finally the plot was revealed and he had to go into exile.
However, Hao Rui's behavior directly affected Hao Que's career, and for many years, because he was the son of a criminal minister, Hao Que could only cultivate in the countryside and could not enter the Jin Dynasty. However, it is possible that He Que did not actually break off contact with the Jin courtiers, especially with the Xu courtiers around Duke Wen of Jin, and later returned to the Jin Dynasty court because of Xu Chen's introduction.
After Entering the Imperial Palace, in addition to becoming a frontal alliance with Xu Chen, he also established friendly relations with Zhao Dun, and during Zhao Dun's reign, he often put forward constructive opinions for Zhao Dun, such as in the relationship with Wei Guo, because Wei Guo had fought with Jin Guo, and finally ended with Jin Occupying Several Cities and Cities in Wei Guo and Defending The State surrendered.
For Zhao Dun, absolute power has been achieved at home, and on foreign issues, whether the princes agree with the foreign strategy of the Jin state is a large demonstration of Zhao Dun's ability. The strategy proposed by Zhao Dun was that of the Princes of Dezhao, and since Weiguo had already surrendered, He believed that Zhao Dun should return the occupied land to Weiguo in order to win true harmony between the two countries. Zhao Dun not only carried out the strategy of defecting, but also learned from each other, and at the same time returned the land of zhengguo that had been occupied to the two countries, which won the praise of the two countries, and even submitted to the Jin state, and Zhao Dun successfully established the glorious image of the Jin state.
As a result, He Que also entered the think tank around Zhao Dun and assumed a very important responsibility in Zhao Dun's major choices, and later when Zhao Dun reorganized the three armies and six secretaries, Hao Que smoothly served as a general. Since Zhao Dun came to power for decades, Hao Que had stayed by Zhao Dun's side, that is, when the Zhao family killed the Jin Linggong and the imperial court was talking about it, Hao Que was still Zhao Dun's guardian. Therefore, the position of Hao Que was never replaced by anyone, and later after the death of Zhao Dun, Hao Que was actually able to be supported by the Zhao family, and became the chief military general of the Jin State by leaps and bounds, and grasped the military and political power of the Jin State.
Zhao Dun's second assistant was the Shihui. Compared with Hao Que, this courtier's life was still bumpy. Among the many courtiers of the Jin Dynasty, the Shihui belonged to the kind of person with outstanding ability, and when Zhao Dun elected a new monarch after the death of Duke Xiang of Jin, the Shihui was entrusted by Zhao Dun to go to the Qin Kingdom to greet Gongzi Yong.
It's just that things change a lot, and what the Shihui didn't expect at all was that he honestly ran to the Qin State to do things, and had not yet sent Gongzi Yong back to the Jin State, but Zhao Dun, who was in the Jin State, was coming with a large army to attack the qin escort army. At this time, the scholars probably did not understand what their old friend Zhao Dun was thinking, and in order to save his life, he could only flee the Qin state and become an assistant to Qin Kanggong. Of course, Qin Kanggong attached great importance to this Jin courtier, and later led the Qin army to attack the Jin state in the Battle of Hequ, it was precisely because of the strategy of the shihui that the Qin army was able to retreat completely. But did Zhao Dun really give up on this old friend? Of course not.
In order to establish more allies in the Jin Dynasty, and not to be vulgar, Zhao Dun could not be lacking in the imperial court, and with the shortage of hao, the shihui could not be lacking. Zhao Dun later held an important meeting of the Six Secretaries of State, which specially invited the scholars back to the Jin State from the Qin State. After that, Zhao Dun was inseparable from this old friend, and when Zhao Dun and the Jin Linggong had a conflict, it was this scholar who would discuss with Zhao Dun day and night how to persuade the cunning Jin Linggong to be diligent in government affairs. Shihui once led a large army to attack the country of Chidi, led troops to quell the rebellion of the Zhou royal family, and also practiced the law of the Jin kingdom in the Jin kingdom, which can be described as an all-rounder.
There is also a figure beside Zhao Dun, who is also a good warrior. This figure participated in the most glorious battles in the history of the Jin Dynasty, such as the Battle of Chengpu and the Battle of Kun. Moreover, this figure was highly used by Jin Wengong in the era of Jin Wengong, who served as the imperial servant of Jin Wengong and later served as the chief general of the Bank of China, and his debut time was even earlier than Zhao Dun. It is precisely for this reason that Zhao Dun may have been guarding against this old cadre for many years, especially in the era of The Duke of Jin, where Xun Lin's father's position seemed to have been at a low level for a long time, and he did not really participate in the major affairs of the Jin state.
However, in the late Jin Dynasty, Xun Lin's father seemed to have been an important courtier in the dynasty. When Zhao Dun held a meeting of the Six Secretaries, and many courtiers, including Hao Que, supported the meeting of the scholars, Xun Lin's father dared to say that he would greet the fox shooting girl, which showed that this Xun Lin father was a straightforward person. However, Zhao Dun's willingness to consult Xun Lin's father shows that Xun Lin's father may have entered Zhao Dun's cabinet at this time, and Zhao Dun's cabinet cannot be completely dominant, at least on the surface. Zhao Dun knew this very well.