In the twenty-first year of the Reign of Jin (656 BC), Li Ji, the favorite concubine of the Duke of Jin, in order to enable her son Xi Qi to inherit the Jin Dynasty Temple, planned and secretly set traps for a long time, and finally let the old and dim-witted Gong Xian depose the crown prince Shen Sheng and force Shen Sheng to commit suicide in Quwo. In the twenty-second year of the Jin Dynasty (655 BC), two of Gong Xiang's other sons, Gongzi Zhong'er and Gongzi Yiwu, returned from their fiefdoms to pay homage to their father Gong Xian, and Li Ji falsely accused them of disgruntling Gong Gong for killing Shen Sheng and preparing for rebellion. The sacrifice was indiscriminate, and sent people to arrest Heavy Ear and Yi Wu for their crimes. The two did not dare to stay in The Capital, and quickly fled to the fiefdom of Pudi and Qudi to avoid trouble.
Xian Gong believed that the two rebel sons did not give up and parted ways to rebel against the fiefdom, so he sent an army to attack Pudi and Qudi. The people of The people of Pudi, the fiefdom of Zhong'er, were all prepared to raise troops to resist the army sent by the Gonggong to fight, but Zhong'er believed that the king's father's order could not be disobeyed, and he preferred to go into exile rather than meet his father's soldiers. So Heavy Ear gave up resistance and escaped through the back door of the residence over the wall. In the midst of the crisis, the envoy sent by the Gong of Xian arrived at the temple man Phi (that is, a eunuch named Phi in the Jin Palace) and slashed at the heavy ear with a sword, but fortunately did not hit it, and only cut off the sleeve of the heavy ear.
After Zhong'er and a few of his cronies escaped from Pudi, because their birth mother was a Di person, they ran to the birth mother's homeland, Zhai Guo (Di Guo), defected to a foreign home, and hid here, this year, Chong'er was forty-three years old.
Shortly after Zhong'er fled, Xiangong sent a large army to attack Gongzi Yiwu's fiefdom, and Yiwu did not resist his father's army, so he had to flee like his brother Zhong'er. At first, he also wanted to flee to the state of Zhai (Yiwu's biological mother was also a native of Zhai and was the sister of the mother of heavy ears), but under the persuasion of his cronies, Yiwu turned to the state of Liang (located on the eastern border of the state of Qin and was built by the clan of the state of Qin) and fled, in order to seek the protection of the state of Qin, and the state of Qin left Yiwu in the state of Liang.
After Crown Prince Shensheng committed suicide, Gongzi Zhong'er and Yiwu fled, Li Ji finally fulfilled his wish and seduced Gong Xian to make Xi Qi the crown prince. In the summer of the twenty-sixth year of the Reign of Duke Xian of Jin (651 BC), the sixty-year-old Duke Xian of Jin died, and before his death, he ordered the chancellor Xun Xi to serve as Xiangguo and assist the crown prince Xi Qi to succeed to the throne. However, the Jin army Zorik was very dissatisfied with the abolition of the Long Li Dynasty, and was jealous of Xun Xi's appointment as Xiangguo and the administration of the Jin Dynasty, which threatened his own position of power, so he took advantage of the new funeral of the Gong Gong and Xi Qi to hold a mourning ceremony for the Gong Gong above the Lingtang, and arranged for the dead soldiers to assassinate Xi Qi in front of the coffin of the Gong Gong. Xun Xi supported the funeral of Gong Xiang, and then summoned the Qing doctors to discuss and establish Zhuo Zi (the son of Li Ji's sister and the youngest son of Gong Xiang) who was only one year old as the new king. However, Rick and his fellow party members Pi Zhengfu and others were still not satisfied, and in November of this year, taking advantage of the opportunity of the upper dynasty, they stabbed the young Jin Jun Zhuozi to death above the court.
Because xun xi had two consecutive young lords killed by the rebels, he himself as a xiangguo but failed to protect the new king, and had the heavy trust of the first king, so he committed suicide in grief and anger. After Rick killed two lords in a row and let Xun Xi commit suicide with guilt, he took control of the jin dynasty. Later, Rick decided to make Zhong'er, the prince who had fled the kingdom of Zhai, the king, and sent Zhong'er's uncle Fox Mao to ask him to return and succeed him to the throne. Seeing the chaos in the country and the fact that both of his younger brothers had been killed by Rick, he replied: "When my father was alive, I ran away against my orders, and after my father's death, I did not return to China to fulfill my filial piety, so I did not have the face to go back (as a monarch)." Politely refused Rick's request and abdicated the throne.
In desperation, Rick sent someone to Liang Guo to ask Yi Wu to return to China. Yiwu immediately agreed to return to China to succeed to the throne, and personally wrote to Rick, praising him for his great contribution to the Jin dynasty, and promised Rick that after he returned to china to succeed to the throne, he would make him Xiangguo, and then seal the land of Fenyang for a hundred miles to him. At the same time, Yiwu also sent a letter to the king of the State of Qin, Qin Mugong (Mu Ji, the daughter of Gong Xian, was married to Duke Mu of Qin, and Mu Ji was Yi Wu's sister,so Yi Wu was the brother-in-law of Duke Mu of Qin), asking him to send troops to help him return to the country and take the throne, and promised to dedicate the five cities of the Jin state in Hexi to the Qin state after the event was completed. Qin Muzheng wanted to march east into the Central Plains to seek hegemony, and also wanted to cooperate with the Jin state, so he readily agreed to Yiwu's request and sent qin troops to escort Yiwu back to the Jin state in the winter of that year. After Yiwu returned to China, he succeeded him as a monarch, that is, the 20th Marquis of Jin of the Jin Dynasty, the Duke Hui of Jin.
After Jin Huigong returned to the throne, he did not fulfill his promises and rewards to Rick and others, but quickly promoted his cronies to important positions to guard against Rick's party. Rick was very remorseful, so he wanted to launch another coup d'état and depose Hye-kung. Since huigong returned to China, he has begun to prepare to eliminate these emperors and courtiers, and is also actively preparing. In order to confuse Rick, Huigong deliberately sent Rick's cohort Pi Zheng 's father to the State of Qin to thank his brother-in-law Qin Mugong , so that Rick's power was dispersed.
As soon as Pi Zheng's father left, Huigong immediately ordered his close associate Hao Rui to lead troops to surround Rick's house and force Rick to commit suicide. Rick's henchmen were absent and could not resist with all their might, and after measuring, they had to die on their own, and Huigong eliminated the hidden dangers in the country. At the same time, the five cities of Hexi that Huigong had promised to cede to the Qin state were also delayed, which made Qin Mugong very angry.
In the winter of the year 650 BC of the Jin Dynasty, Pi Zheng's father plotted with Qin Mugong to overthrow The Duke of Jin in the Qin State, and with the consent of The Duke of Qin Mu, he reported to the HuiGong after returning to China, and in the name of Qin Mugong, he invited lü province, Hao Rui, and Hao Zhi (all of whom were huigong's cronies) to the qin state to discuss the delivery of the five cities of Hexi. However, Hao Rui saw Pi Zheng's father's plot and immediately instigated Hui Gong to arrest Pi Zheng's father and then kill him. After Pi Zheng's father was killed, his son Pi Bao fled to the State of Qin and asked the State of Qin to send troops to attack the State of Jin. On the grounds that Duke Mu of Qin had taken in the rebels of the Jin state, Hui Gong publicly announced that he would no longer cede the five cities of Hexi to the Qin state.
After the Duke Hui of Jin returned to China, he killed all the powerful ministers who helped him succeed to the throne, and fell out with the Qin state that helped him return to China, and fell into a reputation of ungratefulness and treachery, so that the reputation of the Jin state among the princes plummeted and was despised by the states. After that, Huigong also offended Zhou Tianzi because of his disrespect for the royal emissaries, and then took advantage of the fire and robbery to attack the Qin state when the Qin state encountered a famine, and did everything perversely, which finally led to Qin Mugong sending troops to cross the river to attack the Jin state, defeating the Jin state in the Battle of Hanyuan, capturing the Jin Huigong and bringing him back to the Qin state, almost sacrificing him to the Haotian god (that is, sacrificing and executing). In the end, it was Duke Mu of Qin and Duke Hui's sister Mu Ji who came to the rescue, and Duke Hui of Jin was able to escape the disaster and return to the Jin Kingdom. (For details, please see my previous article, "Treachery, Lack of Mercy: Causes and Consequences of the Battle of Hanwon")
However, since then, Duke Hui of Jin has honestly stayed in the country and did not dare to make another attempt, took the initiative to hand over the land of Hexi to the State of Qin, and then took the prince as a hostage and made peace with the State of Qin, and Duke Mu of Qin did not care about the previous suspicions, married his daughter Huai Ying to the Prince of Jin, and made a family with the Duke of Jin Hui.
After Jin Huigong left the Qin state and returned to China, he implemented the policy of "cultivation and restoration" and did not compete with other major powers for hegemony. Huigong's ruling style and reform methods in his later years expanded the production enthusiasm of the Jin people, enhanced the power position of the people who were not included in the household Qi people in the country, and the national strength of the Jin state was quickly restored after the Battle of Hanwon, which was also the greatest contribution made by Huigong, a mean and unkind and perfidious villain, to the Jin state.
Before and after the death of his father Xiangong, and after his brother Huigong Returned to the throne, Gongzi Zhong'er went into exile in zhai for twelve years, and the close associates who followed him in exile were: Fox Yan, Fox Mao (both of whom were uncles of Heavy Ear), Zhao Wan, Wei Yi, Xu Chen, Xianxun and others. During this period, Zhong'er married Di's daughter Ji Kui and gave birth to two sons, and Zhai Guo also treated him very favorably, and Zhong'er lived a very comfortable life, almost wanting to end up in Zhai Guo.
In the seventh year of the Reign of Duke Hui of Jin (644 BC), after stabilizing his domestic rule, Duke Hui, fearing that the Grand Master of the Jin Dynasty and his brother Zhong'er, whom the people of jin would miss and cling to, sent his close associate Bo Yan (i.e., the temple man Phi) to the State of Zhai to hunt down and kill Zhong'er. Hearing that his brother was going to send someone to kill him, in order to avoid disaster, he had to flee the country of Zhai and defect to other places.
As for leaving Zhai Country and going to other countries, Zhong'er's cronies also agreed, because they were afraid that If Chong'er continued to live here, he would lose his fighting spirit, covet comfort, and be unable to achieve great things in the future, so they immediately arranged to leave.
As for which country to choose to settle down, Zhong'er consulted with Hu Yan, Zhao Wan, and others, and finally decided to go to the State of Qi. Zhong'er said: "Qi Hou (referring to the first generation of the Spring and Autumn Overlord Qi Huangong) is old, and Qi Xiangzhong's father (referring to Guan Zhong) has also died, and most of the attendants around Qi Hou are some slanderous villains. In his recent old age, Qi Hou will inevitably pursue virtue, seek assistance, and seek a good death, and when we go to him at this time, he will certainly sympathize with us. Therefore, Zhong'er left the country of Zhai and embarked on the road to the state of Qi.
When he left Zhai Guo, Zhong'er did not take his wife Ji Kui with him, but said to him: "Wait for me for twenty-five years, if you don't come back, you will remarry." Ji Kui replied with a smile: "Twenty-five years later, the cypress trees on my grave have grown, but I will still be here waiting for you." The husband and wife are separated for the time being.
On the way to the State of Qi, Wei Guo passed by Wei Guo, at this time Wei Guo had just barely recovered from the blow of almost being destroyed by the Chi Di, the national strength was weak, and the materials were scarce, so the monarch Wei Wengong did not attach great importance to the arrival of the exiled prince Zhong Er, nor did he have any grand hospitality, extremely cold, and the supply was not good. Therefore, Zhong'er left Chuqiu, the capital of the Weiguo State, and continued to march towards the State of Qi.
When passing through Wulu, Zhong'er and his party were starving, so they asked for food from a savage who was cultivating on the side of the road (referring to the people who were not included in the household Qi people, not the primitive people in the wild), and the savage did not say anything, but just picked up a piece of soil and handed it to him, indicating that he had no food.
Heavy Ear thinks that the wildling is teasing himself, so he is furious and wants to whip the wildling. At this time, Zhao Wan stopped him and solemnly said to Zhong'er, "This is a gift from Providence!" When the people give the land to you, it means that you will be subjected to the people. There must be a precursor to the actions of Heaven, and the great destiny will belong to you in the end. Twelve years from now, we will surely acquire this land and the support of the princes. Please perform the rituals to receive the gifts of Heaven! ”
Zhao Wan's words are intended to inspire the heavy ear, so that he knows his responsibilities, and does not make a big mistake because of small mistakes. Under zhao wan's reminder, Zhong'er immediately reacted, so he respectfully took the piece of soil, returned the salute to the savage, loaded the soil on the car, and continued to move towards the state of Qi.
When Zhong'er and his party arrived in the State of Qi, they were indeed solemnly entertained by the Duke of Qi Huan, who gave Chong'er twenty cars and eighty horses, and also married Qi Jiang, a woman of the Qi State Sect, to him as a wife, so that Zhong'er could live a comfortable and prosperous life. After more than ten years of exile, he truly enjoyed a comfortable life in the state of Qi, so he was extremely satisfied, saying to his cronies: "The people's livelihood is happy, who knows the others!" I planned to live in the Country of Qi for a long time until I died.
However, Zhong'er's good life in the State of Qi had only passed a year later, when he was interrupted by a sudden accident: in the eighth year of the Duke Hui of Jin (643 BC), Duke Huan of Qi died of serious illness, and civil unrest broke out among the princes of the State of Qi for the throne, and the situation in the State of Qi was in chaos. Later, Duke Xiao of Qi defeated other brothers to succeed to the throne, but the power of the State of Qi also declined in civil strife, and the princes invaded the State of Qi, and the State of Qi lost its hegemonic position during the Reign of Duke Huan of Qi.
After the decline of the State of Qi due to civil strife, Zhong'er's cronies advised him to leave the State of Qi and go to other countries, but Zhong'er was unwilling to give up the stable life he had obtained and once again embarked on the road of exile, and it was unlikely that Qi Xiaogong would leave for the purpose of containing the Jin State and the Jin Huigong, so Zhong'er lived in the State of Qi for five years.
And after living in the country of Qi for a long time, the heavy ear will be consumed by the contentment of the status quo and become a mediocre person. Therefore, the heavy ear cronies led by Zhao Wan and Hu Yan secretly discussed together how to take the heavy ear away from the State of Qi.
Unexpectedly, when Zhao Wan, Fox Yan, and others were discussing secretly taking Heavy Ear away from the State of Qi, they were overheard by one of the maids of Qi Jiang, the wife of Heavy Ear, and she immediately told Qi Jiang.
In order not to let Zhong'er be embarrassed by Qi Xiaogong and lose his ambition to establish a great cause, Qi Jiang killed this maid and advised Zhong'er: "You have the ambition to run the four directions, you will not stay in the Country of Qi for a long time, and now that someone knows your intentions, I have killed her." When no one knows about this, you should quickly leave the country of Qi and establish your work. ”
Heavy ear said: "Life is to enjoy, no matter what other things do, I will not go, and I will die in the country of Qi." Qi Jiang said angrily, "Your followers regard you as their life, and they do not abandon and follow you, just in the hope that you can achieve great things." You don't want to be grateful to repay these loyal and selfless courtiers, but you covet women and enjoy them, and I am ashamed of you! Jin Jun has no way, and among the princes of Jin Guo, only you are still there, and who else but you will have Jin Guo in the future? Since you left the Jin Kingdom, Jin has not been peaceful, the people have not been determined, and the heavens have not lost Jin. Be good to yourself, and if you don't take it, there will be a curse! ”
No matter how Qi Jiang persuaded, Zhong'er was unwilling to leave the State of Qi.
When Qi Jiang saw that he could not persuade Heavy Ear, he privately found Zhao Wan, Fox Yan, and others, and expressed his heart to them, asking them to immediately make preparations to leave the State of Qi with Heavy Ear. Zhao Wan, Hu Yan, and others admired Qi Jiang's profound righteousness and courage and insight, and deeply worshiped him. Therefore, Qi Jiang first deliberately drank with heavy ears and drunk him, and then asked Zhao Wan, Hu Yan, Wei Yi, XianXun and others to prepare their vehicle luggage overnight, tied the heavy ears to the car, and galloped out of the city and left the country of Qi. Qi Jiang was therefore temporarily separated from the heavy ear.
After everyone had left Qi Du Linzi for more than a hundred miles, Zhong'er woke up and saw that he was inexplicably in a wild car, so he asked his entourage about the reason, and Fox Yan told Zhong'er what had happened. After realizing that he had been deceived, Zhong Er was furious, and he was about to kill his uncle Fox Yan when he picked up a long knife, and scolded: "I would hate to eat your flesh!" ”
While dodging around the car, Fox Yan replied, "You can't do anything in the country of Qi, we don't know where we are buried when we die, do you still want to grab my meat with the jackals to eat?" Besides, my flesh is fishy and smelly, and I'm afraid you don't want to eat it!" After hearing the words, he cried and laughed, and he also knew that fox Yan did this for his own great cause, and he also had some awakening in his heart, so he put down the long ge and said hardly: "If things succeed, it will be over, if not, you still have to eat your meat!" ”
After that, heavy ears
Under the service of his cronies, he left the border of the State of Qi and marched towards the State of Cao.
During the reign of Cao Guo, the monarch Cao Gonggong was very rude to heavy ears, and he heard that heavy ears were skulls (that is, ribs were connected together), so he secretly peeped when heavy ears were bathed. Cao Guo's grand master advised Cao Gonggong to say: "I see that those followers of the Jin Gongzi are all talented and talented in governing the country and the country, and the Jin Gongzi they assist will definitely return to China to inherit the Zongmiao Temple." You still have to make good friends with The Prince of Jin. Cao Gonggong said disapprovingly: "There are many exiled princes, who don't pass by here, how can I fulfill the full gift one by one?" "Do not listen to the advice of the servants.
Helpless, he had to visit Zhong'er privately, and offered him exquisite food, and put a piece of jade under the plate containing the food. Heavy Ear was very grateful to The Servant for his help and accepted the food, but returned the Jade Bi to the Servant. Soon after, Zhong'er and his party left the Cao Kingdom.
After leaving the Cao Kingdom, Zhong'er and his party came to the Song Kingdom. At this time, the song monarch Song Xianggong had just been defeated by the State of Chu at the Battle of Hongshui, and he himself was injured and was recuperating. However, Song Xianggong was very kind to Zhong'er, and received them solemnly according to the etiquette system, and also gave Chong'er eighty horses. The relationship between Sima Gongsun Gu and Hu Yan in the Song Dynasty was also very good, and it was also very helpful to Chong'er and others.
However, Song Xianggong knew that the purpose of Chong'er's coming to the Song Kingdom was to help him return to China with his own help, but the Song State had already been defeated by the Chu State, and its national strength had been greatly damaged, and it could not maintain the hegemonic position that it had barely obtained since the death of Duke Huan of Qi, and did not have this ability. So he sincerely said to Zhong'er: "Song is a small country, and has just lost the war, my current strength is really not enough to help you return to China, if you want to live in the Song country, then there is no second word, if you want to return to China, or go to other big countries to find help." ”
Zhong Er knew that what Song Xianggong said was the truth, although disappointed, but there was no complaint or anger, and Song Xianggong politely resigned, and left the Song Kingdom.
Zhong'er and the others continued to move forward and came to Zheng Guo. Zheng Wengong, the ruler of the State of Zheng, was also very cold to the heavy ear and did not pay much attention to it. Zheng Guo's uncle Zhan advised Zheng Wengong to treat him with courtesy, saying: "Prince Xianming of Jin, his relatives and followers are also talents. Jin and Zheng are countries with the same surname, and their sons passing through our country should be kind to their friends. The Prince of Jin is inspired by heaven, and he will certainly have great achievements in the future, and you must keep friends with him. Zheng Wengong did not take Shu Zhan's words seriously, and vaguely prepared to perfunctory.
Shu Zhan saw that Zheng Wengong did not want to make friends with Zhong'er, so he advised Zheng Wengong: "Blessings and misfortunes are based on people, based on virtue, if the monarch does not want to treat the Prince of Jin kindly, then simply kill him, so as not to make him a trouble for our Zheng Kingdom!" Zheng Wengong felt that Shu Zhan was surprised and alarmist, and did not adopt his opinion. Shortly thereafter, Zhong'er left the State of Zheng and went to the State of Chu. This was the thirteenth year of the Jin Dynasty (638 BC).
When King Cheng of Chu learned that Zhong'er had come to the Chu Kingdom, he entertained him with the etiquette of treating the princes, and enthusiastically set up a banquet for Chong'er to receive the wind, and Chong'er was afraid and uneasy, and did not dare to accept such a grand ceremony. Zhao Wan's persuasion said: "You left the Jin State and went into exile for more than ten years, without roots and no foundation, so that ordinary small countries despise and treat you slowly, today is the big country Chu State insists on treating you with kindness and respect, you don't resign, this is an auspicious omen for heaven to let you rise!" So Zhong'er accepted the favor of King Chu Cheng, and met with King Chu Cheng with the etiquette of a prince and attended a banquet.
At the banquet, King Cheng of Chu asked Zhong'er, "If you can return to the Jin Kingdom (with the help of the Chu State), how will you repay me?" He replied respectfully, "Children, golden veils, you have to be." Colored feathers, fur, rhinoceros leather, your land is very rich. What Jinguo has, not even yours, how can I repay you? King Chu Cheng was proud to see that his posture was so humble, but he still asked, "Even so, you still have to tell me, how will you repay me?" So he solemnly said to King Chu Cheng: "If I can return to the Jin Kingdom thanks to your blessing, in the future, the two countries of Jin and Chu will exchange troops, and I will retreat for your army (in the Spring and Autumn Period, when the countries send troops, when marching, they will set off to the camp for a while; at that time, the army walked thirty miles a day, so thirty miles was a house), if you are not enough, I can only go all out with you." ”
King Chu Cheng suddenly laughed and felt that Zhong'er was honest, and the truth was all said to this point, so he stopped mentioning the matter of retribution and continued to drink and laugh with Zhong'er.
After the banquet, the Chu general Ziyu (Cheng Dechen) was indignant at Zhong'er's words, believing that he was not inferior and confronted the king of Chu, so he privately visited King Cheng of Chu and asked to kill Chong'er to protect the dignity of the monarch.
King Cheng of Chu disagreed with Ziyu's request and admonished him: "The Prince of Jin is of noble character, broad in spirit, humble and courteous, and his entourage is also solemn, tolerant, loyal, and talented, and it is not something we can despise and offend." Now that the Jin Emperor (referring to the Duke Hui of Jin) has lost his morals and betrayed his faith, rebelled and rebelled, and has formed a grudge inside and outside, the Prince of Jin will surely return to China and bear the Jin Dynasty. The heavens will prosper and promote the prince (the great cause), who can disobey it? ”
After that, King Chu Cheng treated Zhong'er and others as before.
In the winter of the thirteenth year of the Reign of Jin Huigong (638 BC), a few months after Zhong'er arrived in the State of Chu, his brother, the Prince of Jin Huigong of jin, fell ill and became more and more serious, and the crown prince of the State of Jin, who was a hostage in the State of Qin, was worried that if Duke Hui of Jin died suddenly, he was far away, and he was afraid that he would not be able to return to the State of Jin to succeed to the throne, so he did not resign, abandoned his wife Huai Ying, evaded the surveillance of his father-in-law Qin Mugong, and secretly fled back to the State of Jin.
Jin Huigong himself had no problem with Prince Hui's sneaking back from the Qin state, after all, he was his own prince and the successor of the Jin state Sheji, and it was better to come back than to be placed as a hostage in the Qin state. However, when Qin Mugong learned that his son-in-law had escaped, he was furious, and as his son-in-law and hostage, he sneaked back to China without saying goodbye, and even his wife abandoned, which clearly meant that he despised the Qin state and ignored the covenant between Qin and Jin. Therefore, Duke Mu of Qin decided to abandon the covenant with the father and son of the Duke Hui of Jin, and began to look for the prince of Jin who had been in exile for many years, and then sent him back to China to compete with the treacherous father and son of the Duke hui of Jin for the position of the king of the State of Jin.
In the spring of the fourteenth year of the Jin Dynasty (637 BC), Duke Mu of Qin knew that Zhong'er was now living in the Chu State, so he sent emissaries to the Chu State to welcome Chong'er to the Qin State. King Cheng of Chu received the emissaries of the State of Qin and learned of the intention of Duke Mu of Qin, he invited Zhong'er and said to him: "The distance between the State of Chu and the State of Jin is too far, and it will take several countries to arrive (meaning that if the State of Chu returns from the State of Chu to compete for the throne, it will be inconvenient), the border between the State of Qin and the State of Jin, the qin junxian and the heavy gift, will surely help you achieve a great cause, you can rest assured to go to the State of Qin." Zhong'er then followed the emissaries of the Qin state out of the Chu state and went to the Qin state. When King Cheng of Chu left the Chu state, he also gave him a large number of pearls and jade carriages and horses.
In the summer of the fourteenth year of the Jin Dynasty (637 BC), Zhong'er arrived in the Qin state, and Qin Mugong was very happy, and also welcomed the arrival of his brother-in-law according to the etiquette of the princes (Chong'er was also Mu Ji's younger brother, another brother-in-law of Qin Mugong), and treated him with courtesy. Later, Duke Mu of Qin also arranged for his daughter Huai Ying, who had been abandoned by the Prince of Jinguo, to marry Zhong'er (according to the generations, Zhong'er was Huaiying's uncle (of course, Huaiying was not born to Mu Ji), or his uncle (from the perspective of prince Yuan), which was incompatible with ethics and etiquette), and Because Huai Ying was the wife of his nephew Prince Yuan, he did not want to marry Huai Ying.
His confidant Xu Chen advised him, "We are all ready to seize his country, not to mention his abandoned wife!" Your purpose in accepting the daughter of the Emperor of Qin was to marry the Qin state in order to return to the Jin kingdom and achieve great things, and if you stuck to etiquette and did not do so, wouldn't you forget the shame of our nineteen years in exile? ”
After hearing this, he was ashamed, so he accepted Huai Ying, and in parallel with the gift of taking the coin, officially married Huai Ying as his wife (Huai Ying married after the heavy ear, renamed Wen Ying), and Qin Mugong took the daughter of the Qin state as a concubine and married The heavy ear together. From then on, Qin Mugong changed from a brother-in-law with heavy ears to his father-in-law.
In the autumn of the fourteenth year of the reign of Duke Hui of Jin (637 BC), Duke Hui of Jin died in the capital of Dai, and crown prince Huan successfully succeeded to the throne, that is, duke Huai of Jin. First, Duke Huai was afraid that the Qin state would send troops to attack when the Jin state was newly mourned, and second, he was worried that his uncle Zhong'er would return to the country with his cronies to seize the throne, so he ordered "do not follow the dead" (referring to heavy ears), and all the families in the country who have sons and daughters who follow the heavy ears into exile must notify them to return to China within the time limit, and those who do not return to China after the deadline will be punished or even exterminated.
At that time, the grandfather of the heavy ear, Fox Tu, was still alive, and his sons Fox Mao and Fox Yan followed Heavy Ear into exile in the Qin Kingdom, so Duke Huai ordered that Fox Tu immediately summon fox hair and fox Yan. Fox Tu said to Duke Huai, "My sons have been serving the Heavy Ear for a long time, and now if I call them back, I will teach them to betray the Lord." The Father teaches the Son to be loyal and righteous, and the Father teaches the Son to be the second, so why will they serve the King in the future? When Huai Gong heard this, he was furious and killed Fox Tu.
The eldest daughter of Fox Tu, Ji Ji, and the second daughter, Xiao Rongzi, were both married to The Duke of Jin. Ji Ji gave birth to heavy ears and Xiao Rong Zi (xiao Rong Zi to Yi Wu (i.e., Jin Huigong), so Fox Tu was also Huigong's maternal grandfather, and even more so, Huaigong's great-grandfather. Duke Huai, in disregard of his courtesy and family affection, blatantly killed his great-grandfather, and since then he has lost the hearts of the people, and the Doctor of the Jin Dynasty and the majority of the country no longer respect and obey him.
After Zhong'er learned of his grandfather's murder in the State of Qin, he was indignant, and the Fox Yan and Fox Hair Brothers were even more heartbroken, and in anger, they immediately prepared to use the power of the State of Qin to return to China as soon as possible, eliminate the Duke Huai of Jin, who had lost all his people, and stabilize the Jin State Society. At the same time, Zhong'er had a comprehensive understanding of the situation of the Jin state after the death of Huigong, and knew that Huaigong was newly established and the people's hearts were unstable, and most of the domestic subjects hoped to return to the country to inherit the temple and strengthen the Jin state.
Therefore, Zhong'er proposed to Qin Mugong to ask Qin Mugong to help him return to China to seize the throne, and Qin Mugong had long wanted to teach Jin Huaigong, the vile and untrustworthy former son-in-law, so he agreed to the new son-in-law's request. In the first month of the year of jin huai (636 BC), under the protection of three thousand Qin troops, the Prince of Jin, who had been in exile for nineteen years, crossed the Yellow River and returned to the Jin state. Prior to this, Luan Zhi, the grand master of the Jin Dynasty, had already made contact with Zhong'er, as an internal candidate to receive his return to the Jin Dynasty.
After Chong'er and his party crossed the river, the Jin state linghu (Linyi, Shanxi), Sangquan (Linyi Linjin Town), and Usui (Xiezhou, Yuncheng, Shanxi) and other places turned against each other and attached themselves to Zhong'er. Duke Huai of Jin was stunned and hurriedly sent his grand masters Lü Sheng (Lü Province) and Hao Rui (both of whom were Hui Gong's cronies) to lead an army to meet the battle. However, lu province and the garrison of Lu Rui did not engage the Qin army and the heavy ear, but first did not move, and then withdrew under the persuasion of the Qin emissary Gongzi Ji.
On February 11, 636 BC, the emissary of Zhong'er, Hu Yan, signed a pact with the Qin and Jin governors at Gaocheng, and Lü Province and Hao Rui surrendered to Zhong'er before the front, and the troops led by them were also handed over to Zhong'er's command. When the rebellious Duke Huai of Jin learned of the rebellion of the army, he fled in panic and fled from The Capital to Sorghum (Linfen Yaodu District, Shanxi), where he hid.
On February 16, 636 BC, The Great Ear arrived at Quwo, the former capital of the Jin Dynasty, and the Jin doctors rushed from the capital to see him after learning that the Heavy Ear was in Quwo. Zhong'er visited the ancestral temple of his grandfather Duke Wu of Jin (Qu Wo Wu Gong) in Qu Wo, and officially ascended the throne at the Wu Gong Temple, becoming the twenty-second Marquis of Jin, the Duke Wen of Jin. When Wen Gong ascended the throne, he was already sixty-two years old.
On February 18, 636 BC , the reign of Duke Wen of Jin ( since Duke Wen ascended the throne , duke Huai was no longer in use ) , Duke Wen sent an army to Sorghum and killed his nephew Duke Huai of Jin , who was hiding here , eliminating the last hidden danger. Later, he thwarted the rebellions of Lü Province and Hao Rui, and firmly grasped the military and political power of the Jin state.
With the assistance of Zhao Wan, Fox Yan, Fox Mao, Xianxun, and others, Duke Wen began to rectify domestic discipline, develop social production, train military forces, elect virtuous people, appoint talents, and benefit the people, so that the Jin state swept away the decadent decline and decline since the end of the gong, and quickly became strong and strong.
In the year 636 BC of the Jin Dynasty, Duke Wen sent emissaries to the States of Zhai, Qi, and Qin, and brought his wives Ji Kui and Qi Jiang, who had been separated from him for many years, and wen Ying, who was newly married, to the State of Jin, and the husband and wife were finally reunited, and Ji Kui did not have to wait for The Duke of Wen for twenty-five years, and Qi Jiang did not need to drunk Duke Wen away.
Zhong'er went abroad from the twenty-second year of the Jin Dynasty (655 BC) to the return of the Jin Dynasty (636 BC) to the throne, and lived in exile for nineteen years. In the past nineteen years, he has endured hardships and tribulations, and has grown from an aristocratic prince who only knows pleasure and covets wine to an excellent lord who is open-minded, ambitious, wise and benevolent, and a courteous corporal. It was precisely because of these excellent qualities, as well as the loyal and virtuous courtiers such as Zhao Wan, Fox Yan, Fox Mao, Xianxun, Xu Chen, and Wei Xian, that The Duke of Jin Wen was able to control the royal rebellion after he ascended the throne, and successively cut down Cao, attacked and defended, defeated Chu, saved the Song Dynasty, served Zheng, and Wei Qin, took the mighty hegemony with a hundred victories, and convened the Jiantu Alliance, becoming the second and first overlord of the Jin Dynasty in the Spring and Autumn Period!