In the past, the three families of Wei, Zhao, and Han were all Jinqing and the same dynasty officials, and it was not impossible to say that they were brothers; the three families were evenly matched and were equal brothers, and in the face of the common enemy, Zhibo, who swallowed the land and gluttony, they involuntarily moved closer together and their claws were outward; it was precisely because of the perfect unity and cooperation of the three hyenas that they together took down the fierce lion of Zhibo.
In 453 BC, the Three Families of Zhao, Wei, and Han joined forces to destroy the Zhi clan in one fell swoop and divide the Jin state into three parts.
The group heating at the beginning of the three ventures is a classic.
But it's also possible that it's just a perfect moment. Because in the history of the Jin Dynasty, the dispute between the six secretaries of state has a long history, and it has always been either you die or I die, six changes to four, four changes to three, will this end abruptly? The inertia of devouring and plundering is enough to make them turn against each other before they lick the blood from the corners of their mouths.
Fortunately, there was a Great Wei Wenhou who was sober-minded and slammed on the brakes so that the three families would not fight to the end.
Wei Wenhou was really a rare sage in the history of a thousand years. After the separation of the three families, Zhao and Han both used the usual trick of pulling one to fight one, just like Zhi Bo in those years, and both wanted to win Wei over and destroy the other family. As for the Han and Zhao families, no matter who had such a crooked thought, Wei Wenhou categorically refused.
Wei Wenhou said that none of our three families could eat anyone, and our three families survived together in hardship, and we were really brothers! If we continue to fight desperately, it is needless to say that the big deal is to die together; but we are sorry for our ancestors, sorry for the three great rivers and mountains that gave birth to us and raised us! We might as well still unite and unite externally!
These remarks were both truth-seeking and awe-inspiring, and Zhao and Han Erjun could not help but be dissatisfied.
The second perfect cooperation of the Three Jins was completed in 403 BC.
Prior to this, there was civil unrest in the State of Qi, and Wei Wenhou seized the great opportunity to unite the three Jin troops and attack Qi. At Liaoqiu, he fought a major battle with the Qi army and defeated the Qi army in one fell swoop.
Immediately afterwards, Wei Wenhou ordered the combined forces of the Three Jins to take advantage of the victory and pursue them all the way to the Great Wall of Qi. Wei Wenhou did not give the Qi army the slightest chance to breathe, and immediately posed a strong attack on the Qi capital Linzi.
There were also capable people in the State of Qi, and they saw that Marquis Wenhou of Wei's intention in looking at the eagle was by no means to destroy the State of Qi, and it was not enough to destroy a big country like the State of Qi with the strength of the Three Jins at that time, but to invite a name; so he persuaded the State of Qi to make peace with the Three Jins, so the Duke of Qi Kang accompanied the Three Qings of Jin to the Court of Zhou.
Duke Qi Kang requested the King of Zhou to appoint Sanqing as a prince. At that time, the Zhou royal family was already weakened, and King Weilie of Zhou had to obey these tough princes, so he officially crowned Wei Zhao Han as a prince.
After the three Jins were officially established, they were bent on dominating the Central Plains, so they cooperated for the third time, and went south to fight with Chu, still Wei Wenhou as the ally, leading the three Jin forces to defeat the Chu army and capture Daliang.
The reason why the State of Wei was first powerful and the reason why Wei Wenhou was able to lead the Three Jins was because the State of Wei first set a precedent for changing the law during the Warring States period, and Wei Wenhou appointed Li Wu to change the law to reward cultivation and rule the country according to law; at the same time, it broke the previous situation of hereditary rule of nobility, vigorously promoted middle- and lower-level sages and strangers, and used Zhai Huang, Wu Qi, Le Yang, Ximen Leopard, and so on; he also vigorously promoted Confucian scholars, respected Bu Zixia, Tian Zifang, Duan Ganmu, and so on, so that the Wei state had a wealth of talents for a while, and the national strength quickly soared.
Han and Zhao watched the rise of the State of Wei, how could they not be extremely red-eyed?
The State of Zhao also carried out some reforms during the reign of Marquis Liehou of Zhao, and its national strength also increased. When zhao jinghou arrived, recalling that the previous three Jin dynasties had repeatedly joined hands in foreign wars, contributed equally, but only a few Wei were profitable, was it tolerable, but what was intolerable? We can't be so stupid, the light is not flattering, we also have to seize a bigger living territory under the sun!
Due to Zhao Guo's indignation, the first provocation, and the death of Wei Wenhou, the three brothers Han, Zhao, and Wei initially became suspicious, then fought each other, then fought each other, and then parted ways, and finally black blood became revenge.
The split began in 383 BC with Zhao's massive attack on the defense. Zhao tried to expand his territory, and first aimed at Wei. Wei is small and fat, just right.
However, Wei was a mouthful of food that Wei Guo had been watching for a long time, how could he easily give it to others, and at this time, Wei's family was already the Marquis of Wei. Wei Wuhou was fierce and belligerent, fierce, and good at limousine, unlike Wei Wenhou, who paid attention to everything and made concessions, and attacked Tibet. Therefore, after receiving Wei Guo's request for help, Marquis Wuhou of Wei was furious and immediately led a large army to meet the Zhao army.
First, Wei Wuhou beat the Zhao army to the west, and then the State of Chu also wanted to take advantage of the civil unrest in the Three Jins and sent troops to help Zhao attack Wei, and as a result, Wei was hit by Zhao Chu on both sides and hit the ground looking for teeth.
From the three families to the Jin Dynasty, Zhao Wei has been living in peace with each other, hugging each other for warmth, peacefully, and calling brothers and brothers for more than 70 years, and to this war, the grace and righteousness of two generations have been beaten into a chicken feather.
Not to be outdone, South Korea did not idle, taking advantage of the chaotic war between Wei and Chu, actively cutting down Zheng and independently seeking its own development space.
Because Zhao, Wei, and Han were each powerful, each pregnant with a ghost fetus, and each playing his own small calculation, after 383 BC, the Three Jin Alliance finally came to the point of exhaustion, and when they met, they were not brothers, but enemies who saw each other and ran away with their ears and noses.