The very famous Zhao orphans seemed to be very wronged, but the Zhao clan was not exterminated. In fact, the inside story of Zhao's orphans is a power struggle. Behind it is the struggle for control within the Zhao clan, a power grab process directed and performed by the sister of the Duke of Jinjing and the wife of Zhao Shuo of Zhao Zhuangzi. Moreover, Zhao Zhuangji attacked him first, and she succeeded, pulling the control of the Zhao clan back to her own system, and the other leaders of the Zhao clan were executed, and the distant branches such as the Handan clan were unscathed. Afterwards, Zhao's power was inherited by Zhuang Ji's son Zhao Wu, and although Zhao's strength in the Jin dynasty was damaged, it did not shake its roots.
The Zhao clan has been used heavily since entering the Jin Dynasty. During the Reign of Emperor Xiangong, he suffered from the rebellion of Li Ji and fled, followed by Zhao Wan, a descendant of the Zhao clan, who, after nineteen years in exile, was supported by the State of Qin to return to China to inherit the monarch, and Zhao Wan also returned, dominating the Central Plains after the Jin army retreated at the Battle of Chengpu and defeated the aggressive Chu army. Afterwards, Jin Wengong formulated a stable system of six secretaries, which became the pillar of the Jin state's hegemony for hundreds of years. As a reward, Zhao became one of the Six Secretaries, and the rotational stability of the Six Secretaries made the hegemony of the Jin State last forever.
However, the excessive expansion of Liu Qing's power overshadowed the position of the Jin Emperor, and after The Duke of Wen, the reigning monarchs were young, or acted recklessly, unable to control the overall situation, which caused Zhao Wan and Zhao Dun to hold power for a long time. This also made the Zhao family dominant, especially the dictatorship of Zhao Dun in the later period, squeezing out the old hushi clan of the Duke of Wen, and stabilizing the six secretaries system, during which the Jin Linggong tried to assassinate Zhao Dun and was killed by Zhao Zhao, in this context, the Zhao clan not only became a thorn in the eyes of jin jun, their tuoba also became a thorn in the flesh of other secretaries, and this matter became an untime bomb buried in the Zhao clan.
After Zhao Dun, Zhao Shuo became the suzerain, and his wife was the sister of Jing Gong, who seemed to be in the middle of the day, but Zhao Shuo died young, and his widowed son Zhao Wu had not yet been born. The status of the suzerainty of the Zhao clan was transferred to Zhao Tong. Perhaps Zhao Shuo's death gave Jin Jinggong a reassurance pill, and he did not have to worry about Zhao's problems for the time being. Also give the other secretaries a chance, Zhao Shi will not control the power for the time being.
However, within the Zhao clan, Zhuang Ji, as the wife of the suzerain, suddenly became a collateral family, and she was widowed at a young age, even if the sister of the monarch had no effect. So he had to find other helpers, so he hooked up with his uncle Zhao Baoqi, whether it was to maintain the façade or to maintain power, Zhao and Zhao Kuo could not let the family ugly out, nor could they let Zhuang Ji's forces rise again. Therefore, under the pretext of sending an envoy to Qi Guo, he was sent out. Then he died in the country of Qi inexplicably, and as for how he died, no one was in the mood to care.
This incident made Zhuang Ji feel angry, whether it was to protect her children or her own status, or to avenge her lover, she could not tolerate it, because of the scandal, she may always become a branch, and Zhao Wu has no future. Thus, Zhuang Ji began a plan for revenge and seizure of power. As the original suzerain's wife and the sister of the monarch, there are supporters within the Zhao clan, and in the court of the monarch, not only the monarch helps his relatives, but also does not see the Zhao clan's monopoly on power, or the Internal Dissatisfaction of the Liuqing clan has been spoonful of power.
Therefore, with Zhuang Ji as the internal response, the monarch taking the lead, and the anti-Zhao alliance with the cooperation of Liu Qing quickly took shape, for all this, Zhao Tong was encouraged and did not know anything. So Zhuang Ji falsely claimed that Zhao Tong was looking for a conspiracy to rebel, and the two may not even understand the situation and be in a different place.
Subsequently, the Zhao fiefdom was handed over to Zhao Wu without any losses. However, the zhao power temporarily fell to the bottom because of the death of many key members, and the destruction of the six-secretary system by the public office also gave other secretaries a warning, because the two generations of the Zhao family, although they were monopolistic but bent on seeking the country, were suppressed by the public office, and they began to no longer maintain the office, but frantically expanded their rights and interests. Lay the foundation for the last three branches of the Jin.