The State of Jin was threatened by the strong threat of the State of Chu and the unprovoked intrusion of the State of Qin, and had just been defeated in the "Battle of Oak", and we all know that they could not easily give up. Therefore, the Jin Dynasty held a "Mianshang No. Ryo" with the intention of reorganizing the generals of the three armies.
"Zuo Biao" Yun: "Xun Yan, Shi Qu Pawn." The Marquis of Jin ruled the army in Mianshang. ”
It can be seen that the original "Eight Qings" of the Jin Dynasty were missing two for a time. In fact, the jin mourning gong's adjustment of the behavior and process of the three generals in the "Mianshang Zhi" is very similar to the situation of the "Chinese general" Han Yu when he was old enough to reorganize the three generals. On the surface, they were all dominated by the Jin Mourning Gong, not only that, but when they were adjusted, there was also a situation of mutual "courtesy" between these Jin Qing.
"Eastern Zhou Kingdoms, Spring and Autumn Chapter" Jin mourning gong stills
The previous "courtesy" situation even made the Chu state order Yin Zinang to praise the Jin state for "Junming, subject loyalty, upper concession, lower competition", and this time, the "Zuo Zhuan" gave the Jin state "... Etiquette also. The people of the Jin Dynasty are known as Yamato and the princes are harmonious"
However, if you think about it carefully, is the monarch of the Jin Dynasty really as beautiful as the Zuo Chuan says? Or is there something else under the surface of harmony?
According to the "Zuo Chuan" and the "History of the Jin Dynasty", the Duke of Jin was only a fourteen-year-old young man when he ascended the throne, and from his grandfather and father to him, this line had long taken refuge in Zhou, and they were alienated and unfamiliar with the state politics of the Jin State, plus before the Return of the Duke of Jin, the State of Jin had just experienced a civil unrest, and the final result ended with the "Chinese General" Luan Shu and the "Shangjun Zuo" Xun Yan sending people to kill the Jin Li Gong.
Obviously, as soon as the young Duke of Jin returned to China, it was difficult to fully understand the complex forms of the Jin state, let alone control the Jin state. From this inference, the power of the Jin state at this time may have been in the hands of the "Chinese general" Luan Shu. However, shortly after the Duke of Jin took the throne, the Luan Shu, who had once killed the king, disappeared inexplicably!
In the author's opinion, at this time, Luan Shu is either dead if he is not telling the old man to return to his hometown, because the record of Luan Shu telling the old man in the "Left Biography" does not see a single word. Therefore, it can be inferred that the probability of Luan Shu's death is quite high and the cause of death is unknown.
"Spring and Autumn Zuo Clan Biography"
At this time, the person who succeeded the "General of the Chinese Army" was Han Jue, and since he had refused to participate in the rebellion before Luan Shu killed Jin Ligong, it can be inferred that the "death of Luan Shu" should also be the result of the power struggle between Jin Qing.
In the author's view, after the Jin Mourning Duke took the throne, the reason why he was able to know people and carry out reforms should be attributed to the "General of the Chinese Army" Han Yue, otherwise it would be difficult for the fourteen-year-old Jin Mourning Gong to have such a great deed.
In the "Zuo Biography", it is recorded that Song Pinggong feasted on the Duke of Jin at Chuqiu. During the banquet, Song Pinggong specially arranged the "Dance of Sanglin" to entertain the Jin Mourning Gong, and surprisingly, when the musician led the band in, the Jin Mourning Gong retreated into the room because of fear.
Spring and Autumn Dance Stills of "Eastern Zhou Dynasty: Spring and Autumn Chapters"
Perhaps, the Duke of Jin mourned not because he was afraid of the "Dance of The Mulberry Forest", and we have no way of knowing what the reason was. What we clearly know is that the Duke of Jin fell ill after the feast of the Song Dynasty and returned to the Jin Kingdom. Moreover, at this time, the Duke of Jin was still relying on Xun Yan, Xun Yan and Shi Kuo around him to take care of all administrative affairs.
The Jin dynasty mourned the prince, but he could not see his momentum as the overlord of the Central Plains, so how should he cope with the power struggle in the Jin dynasty?
The Duke of Jin, who had been on the throne for eleven years, was still like this, let alone in the early days of his reign. Therefore, the author believes that since the Duke of Jin came to the throne, although he was called the monarch, in fact, he had no actual power.
At that time, after Han Que told the old man to return to his hometown, the candidate for the "Chinese Army General" in the Jin Dynasty was not controversial, and Han Que was directly replaced by Xun Yan, the "Zhongjun Zuo" was ceded by Xun Yan to Shi Yan, the "Shangjun Zuo" was ceded to Han Qi by Luan Di and Shi Yu, and the "New Army General" was ceded by Wei Dai to Zhao Wu.
At this time, at the time of the "Mianshang Zhi", the candidates of the generals of the three armies were almost all unexpected by the Jin Mourning Gong, and the candidates who were originally willing to mourn the Public Of Jin finally gave up their positions to others.
Xun Yan and Wei Dai, who had been "courteous" in the previous time, were elected as "Generals of the Chinese Army" and "Subordinate Military Commanders" respectively this time; Shi Zao and Han Qi, who had been "given up by courtesy" the previous time, this time gave up their high positions to others.
What is more different this time is that Zhao Wu, who was "courteously given up" as a "new army general" last time, was promoted to "shangjun general" this time; while Luan Di, who had already given up his post last time, was still in his original post this time.
On the surface, the generals of the three armies of the Jin Dynasty are harmonious, and their acts of humility to each other can indeed be rumored to be beautiful talk, but in fact, if we carefully look at this list, we will find that none of the candidates are dominated by the Jin Mourning Gong.
I would like to ask, where is the "etiquette" and "reason" of the elderly Xun Yan and Luan Di who gave up their posts to the younger Shi Zhao and Han Qi? If it was because Xun Yan's ability to govern was inferior to that of Shi Zhao, then why could he become a "Chinese general" in the "Mianshang Zhi"? In particular, Xun Yan, Shi Zhao, and Han Qi, who had once given up high positions, were all promoted to "General of the Chinese Army" one after another, so from this point of view, was "courtesy" just a "blinding method" for the exchange of interests between the nobles of the Jin State?
Therefore, we have come to the conclusion that if the candidates arranged by the Jin mourning princes are in line with "some kind of tacit understanding" between the nobles of the Jin state, then they will directly take office; if the rules are different from those of the nobles of the Jin state, then they will adopt the method of "courtesy" to adjust.
However, if only from the aspect of the Jin Mourning Duke, he originally had no power to speak of in the Jin State, and the nobles of the Jin State distributed power in a peaceful way, which was better than making the Jin State a battlefield for power killing.