Lu Chenggong went to the Jin Kingdom to visit the Duke of Jinjing, but was treated rudely, so after Lu Chenggong returned to the State of Lu, he wanted to rebel against the Jin dynasty. But in fact, "rudeness" is by no means the main reason for Lu Chenggong's rebellion against Jin.
Jin Jinggong's "arrogance" is no longer news. As early as after the Jin state annihilated the Chi Di Lu clan, when Zhao Tong went to the Zhou royal family to offer prisoners, the attitude of the Jin state was already disrespectful. Subsequently, Jin Jinggong openly "acted as a sixth army", which was an act of "tyranny" that violated the "law of etiquette". From these actions, we can all see that the Jin Jinggong relied on the strong national strength of his own Jin state, and even the Zhou royal family did not pay attention to it, let alone the weak Lu state?
"Eastern Zhou Kingdoms, Spring and Autumn Chapter" Jin Jinggong stills
Coincidentally, at this time, the Song Kingdom also began not to participate in the alliance held by the Jin State.
Before the "Alliance of Worm Prisons", all the alliances held during the jin jinggong's office were attended by the Song kingdom. However, after the "Alliance of Worm Prisons", the princes wanted to hold a meeting again, but the Song Kingdom refused the invitation to attend the meeting on the pretext of the "difficulties of the sub-spirits" occurring in its own country.
It is worth noting that this point in time is very close to the time point when Lu Chenggong attempted to rebel. The main reason for the simultaneous defection of the State of Lu and the State of Song from the State of Jin was, on the one hand, that the State of Chu was developing rapidly and becoming strong year by year; on the other hand, it was no longer related to the status of the hegemon of the State of Jin. In order to seek refuge, the small princely states naturally saw the wind and turned their rudder, changed direction, and threw themselves into the arms of the Chu state.
"Eastern Zhou States, Spring and Autumn Chapter" Battlefield Mingjin
However, the loss of allies cannot be entirely blamed on the strength of the Chu state. In fact, Jinguo itself also has a lot of mistakes and responsibilities.
When the State of Song did not participate in the alliance on the grounds of "the difficulty of the Spirit of the Son", the State of Jin used this as an excuse to unite weiguo, Zheng guo, rongren and others to jointly send troops to attack the song state. Surprisingly, the Jin general Xia Yang said that when he saw that the Wei people were not fortified, he wanted to sneak up on wei guo by the way, but this move was stopped because he was stopped by the Jin general Bozong. However, Xia Yang's actions had raised the vigilance of the Defenders, and when the Jin army returned, the Defenders climbed the city wall to increase the degree of military vigilance.
Xia Yang of the Jin Dynasty said that the sudden decision to sneak up on Wei Guo was not only unwise, but also its motives were even more bizarre.
It should be known that since the Jin Jinggong took the throne, Wei Guo has become the most staunch ally of the Jin State. For example, during the "Battle of the Saddle", Wei Guo specially raised the standard and sent the crown prince to expedition with Hao Ke to the State of Qi; and as Hao Ke planned to annihilate Chi Di, Wei Guo fully cooperated with the Jin State to attack Chi Di from the east, and finally, the Jin State smoothly obtained all the territory of Chi Di.
However, the greatest weiguo did not benefit from the Jin dynasty after the war. Such a loyal ally as Wei Guo, Jin Guo even had to make a temporary intention to sneak up on people's homes, such a practice is really puzzling.
Luan Shu, who was then serving as the "General of the Chinese Army" in the Jin Dynasty, saw that he could not stop the trend of the alliance from producing "two hearts" one after another, so he had another plan - to help the State of Wu, and wanted to limit the development speed of the State of Chu.
"Zuo Chuan" Yun: "Wu Chen, please envoy Yu Wu, Marquis Xuzhi of Jin." ”
According to the Records of the Wu Taibo Family, Wu Taibo was a descendant of the Zhou royal family, and after Wu Taibo gave way to Ji Li, he fled to Jingman and established the State of Wu with his younger brother Zhongyong. Until the time when King Shoumeng of Wu ascended the throne, he exerted great efforts to govern, so that the state of Wu began to grow stronger. After the State of Wu defeated the State of Tan, the State of Jin realized that the State of Wu might become an important helper in containing the State of Chu, so he sent Shen Gong wuchen to the State of Wu, in addition to leaving the military vehicles, imperial soldiers, and archers in the State of Wu, but also carefully taught the essence of the Wu State's car warfare and the way of arraying.
The purpose of this series of moves by the State of Jin was to cultivate the State of Wu as its own right-hand man against the State of Chu, and as long as the State of Wu succeeded in containing the State of Chu in the south, in this situation of being attacked by the enemy, the State of Chu was bound to divert part of its attention and strength to the defense of the State of Wu. In this way, the State of Chu would not be able to go all out to the north to chase the Central Plains, and the State of Jin would become the biggest beneficiary.
Although the national strength of the Jin state at this time was not as good as in the past, such a layout was enough for the Jin state to continue to maintain its position as the hegemon of the Central Plains. Judging from the final results, the plan of Luan Shu, the "General of the Chinese Army" of the Jin Dynasty, was quite successful. After receiving support from the Jin state in terms of military training and equipment, the State of Wu began a crusade against the State of Chu and its vassal states.
Unfortunately, the son of the chu state ling Yin at the time did not guard against this. It is conceivable that after the development of things to an uncontrollable point, he faced the sudden and repeated invasions of the State of Wu, and could only lead the Chu army to carry out defensive work back and forth, which can be described as a long-term state of exhaustion.
After that, the State of Wu really became a major problem for the State of Chu for many years. Therefore, the rise of the State of Wu can be said to be a lot of constraints to the hegemony of the State of Chu.
"Eastern Zhou States, Spring and Autumn" Stills of the Chu State Chariot
So, how does the State of Wu view the situation in which the princes of the Central Plains had "two hearts" towards the Jin State?
As we all know, the "Pudi HuiMeng" was a meeting that the Jin State had to hold in order to appease the allies. From the perspective of national interests or "etiquette", Wu Guodu should accept the invitation of jin guo this time and attend this meeting. However, to the surprise of jinguo, Wu guo actually refused to join the "PudiHui Alliance".
Judging from the results of Wu Guo's refusal to invite, Wu Guo must have heard rumors of dissatisfaction with the Jin state in various princely states. Although the Jin state was kind to the state of Wu, for the sake of the country's future interests, the state of Wu decided to refuse to join the alliance and wait and see for the time being the follow-up changes in the situation.