In many history books, there are many differences in the records of the Spring and Autumn Five Powers, but the only constants are Qi Huangong and Jin Wengong, and I also like the character of Qi Huangong, because he appointed talents and was upright. But the person I want to talk about today is Jin Wengong.
First of all, let's first look at a question, how can Jin Wengong He De dominate? I believe that after listening to my explanation, you will definitely know.
We look at what kind of person Zhong'er was through the boyhood of Jin Wengong, his wandering career, the battle for the throne, the battle of Chengpu and the siege of Zheng in Qin and Jin.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" part one of the >: adolescence</h1>
The boyhood of The Heavy Ear was inseparable from these four people, namely his father Jin Xiangong, his father's concubine Li Ji, crown prince Shensheng and brother Yiwu.
In his later years, Duke Xian of Jin favored concubine Li Ji, so Li Ji was favored by Duke Xian of Jin, and acted recklessly in the Jin Kingdom, and she was bent on making her son Xi Qi the crown prince. Once, The Duke of Jin asked Crown Prince Shensheng to sacrifice his mother, and when he returned, he gave the sacrificial meat to the Duke of Jin to eat. After Shen Sheng returned, it happened that Jin Xiangong went out hunting, so Shen Sheng put the meat in the palace, Li Ji secretly sent someone to poison, Jin Xiangong came back to eat the meat, so Li Ji said to Jin Xiangong: "There should be a problem with the meat from afar, so let the dog eat it, and the dog dies." So Jin Xiangong wanted to kill Shen Sheng, Shen Sheng was so frightened that he fled, and someone asked Shen Sheng to defend himself, but he felt that Li Ji would be sad to kill his father, so he hanged himself. Li Ji framed Zhong'er and Yiwu again, and they fled in a hurry, jin xian believed that they must have a conspiracy without resignation, so he sent troops to attack them, and they went to other countries separately, and zhong'er's exile officially began.
Part II: Wandering Career:
Zhong'er was a very prestigious person in the Jin Dynasty, so when he fled, there were many capable people who went with him, such as Fox Yan and Zhao Wan.
His journey can be said to be insulting. When he arrived at Weiguo, he begged a farmer for food because he had no food, and the farmer, seeing that he was a nobleman, picked up a piece of soil from the ground and said, "Eat!" Heavy Ear was very angry and wanted to kill him, and the ministers around him said, "This is heaven giving you land, so you must quickly accept it." So The heavy ear immediately changed his attitude and respectfully accepted the soil. The peasant looked confused, and a nobleman was so respectful to him! But then Heavy Ear was about to faint from hunger, and one of his followers, called Mezi Tui, was obligated to cut off a piece of flesh on his thigh, and Heavy Ear said that he would make him a high official in the future.
Later, when they came to the State of Qi, Duke Huan of Qi was particularly kind to Zhong'er and married him to the daughter of Emperor Yi of Qi. In 643 BC, Duke Huan of Qi died, and the State of Qi was in turmoil. Zhong'er lived in Qi for five years, fell in love with his wife married in the State of Qi, and slowly forgot his great ambitions, and did not mean to leave the State of Qi. One day, Zhao Wan and Fox Yan were discussing how to leave Qi under a mulberry tree, and Qi Jiang's maid heard their secret conversation on the mulberry tree and went back to the house to secretly tell Qi Jiang. Qi Jiang actually killed the maid and advised Zhong'er to leave the country quickly. Zhong Er said: "I was born to seek comfort and pleasure, no matter what other things I do, I will not go, and I will die in the country of Qi." Qi Jiang said: "You are the son of a country, you came here in desperation, and these followers of yours regard you as their life." I am ashamed of you if you do not hurry back to your country and repay your toiling courtiers, but you covet women. Besides, if you don't pursue it now, when will you succeed? She and Zhao Wan, along with others, drunkenly drunk his ears and drove him away from the Country of Qi. After a long walk, Heavy Ear woke up, and as soon as he found out the truth of the matter, Heavy Ear was furious and picked up Ge to kill his uncle Fox Yan. The fox said, "If killing me can accomplish you, I'd rather die." Heavy ear said, "If things don't work out, I'll eat your flesh." The fox smiled and said, "If things don't work out, my flesh is fishy and dirty, how can it be worth your eating!" So the heavy ear calmed down the anger and continued to move forward.
They came to Zheng Guo again, and Zheng Wengong, the ruler of the State of Zheng, did not receive them according to etiquette, and Zheng Guo's grand master Shu Zhan advised Zheng Wengong: "Prince Xianming of Jin, his retinue is all talents of Dongliang, and he is the same as us, Zheng Guo is from King Li of Zhou, and the State of Jin is from King Wu of Zhou." Zheng Wengong retorted: "There are too many princes who have escaped from the princely states, how can they all be received according to etiquette!" Shu Zhan said, "If you don't treat him with courtesy, you might as well kill him, so as not to become our trouble." Zheng Wengong ignored Shu Zhan's advice.
Zhong'er left the State of Zheng and went to the Chu Kingdom, and King Cheng of Chu entertained him with the courtesy of treating the princes, and Zhong'er did not dare to accept it. However, after Zhao Wan's persuasion, Zhong'er then met with King Cheng of Chu according to the etiquette of the princes. King Cheng of Chu entertained the heavy ear very well, and the heavy ear was very humble. At the banquet, King Chu Cheng said, "If you can return to the Jin Kingdom in the future, what will you use to repay me?" The heavy ear said: "Rare birds and beasts, pearls and jade silk, the kings are rich and rich, and I don't know what gifts to repay." King Chu Cheng said, "But what exactly should you use to repay me?" Heavy ear said: "If you have no choice, in case you encounter a soldier, I will retreat for you." After hearing this, the Chu general Zi Yu (Cheng Dechen) angrily said to King Cheng of Chu: "King, you are too good to the Prince of Jin, and today you are not inferior to him, please kill him." King Cheng of Chu said, "Prince Jin has a noble character, he has been in trouble for a long time, and his followers are all sages of the state, this is arranged by heaven, how can I kill him?" And what is there to refute from his words? ”
After staying in the State of Chu for several months, the Prince of Jin, who was a hostage in the State of Qin, learned that Duke Hui of Jin was seriously ill and had not resigned from the State of Qin. The State of Qin was particularly angry, and when he heard that Heavy Ear lived in the State of Chu, he invited Heavy Ear to the State of Qin. King Cheng of Chu said: "The State of Chu is too far away from the State of Jin, and it will take several countries to reach it. The border between the State of Qin and the State of Jin, the king of the State of Qin is very wise, you go well! "The king gave many gifts to the heavy ear.
At this point, the wandering career of heavy ears is almost over. After 19 years of hardships, he has increased his insights, accumulated experience, broadened his horizons, and more importantly, honed his character.
<h1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > part three: the battle for the throne</h1>
When it comes to the battle for the throne, we have to mention a doctor in the Jin State at that time, Rick, why is he so important? It must be said from that time, after the death of Duke Xian of Jin, Gongzi Xiqi succeeded to the throne, Li Ji was the mother of the country, and Xun Xie was a vassal of the orphans. Rick, the doctor who has always supported Shen Sheng, and others took the opportunity to make trouble, and Rick assassinated Xi Qi. Shunshi and Zhuozi succeeded to the throne, and Rick continued to work hard, not only killing Zhuozi but also killing Xunxi and Li Ji. You see Rickdo is so powerful that one man killed two monarchs, a mother of the nation, and a vassal of the orphans, and he was all right. But how much of the scenery is there, and it is also dead, why is it dead? Killed by the monarch he had supported, he first wrote to Ji Zhong'er, but Ji Zhong'er said: "I escaped from the Jin kingdom according to my father's orders, and after my father's death, he could not treat the funeral according to his son's etiquette, how dare I return to China to succeed to the throne, please doctor or change someone else." "What can Rick do, let the heavy ear succeed to the throne, but he does not succeed to the throne, so he suddenly thought of another person, another son who fled that year, Yi Wu, he wrote a letter to Yi Wu again, Yi Wu can be much more straightforward than The ear, I don't care if I have any etiquette, you let me succeed to the throne, I will not succeed to the throne." However, Yiwu's advisers believed that Rick did not establish a prince in the Jin state, but instead demanded that Yiwu return to the throne, which was unconvincing, so he negotiated with the Qin state to use the land of Hexi in exchange for the support of the Qin state. In 650 BC, Yiwu ascended the throne and was known as the Duke hui of Jin.
However, after Yiwu took the throne, he not only violated the agreement, but also killed Rick and some of the people who had rebelled at that time, and the people of Jin thought that Yiwu was not trustworthy and did not believe him. The Duke of Jin hui was afraid that the people of the country would obey Zhong'er, so he sent someone to hunt down and kill Zhong'er, and after Hearing the news from Zhai Guo, He said to his wife: "Wait for me for twenty-five years, and if you don't come back after twenty-five years, you will remarry." The wife said very sadly: "By that time, my grave has grown grass, how can I remarry!" Then Zhong'er left the country of Zhai and wandered among the countries.
When Zhong'er arrived in the Qin kingdom, Yiwu was already dead, and then he was the Duke of Jinhuai, who was very angry with the Duke of Jinhuai, and even did not quit, so he sent 3,000 Qin soldiers to escort Chong'er back to China, and the Duke of Jinhuai fled in a hurry, and was soon assassinated, and was only 19 years old when he died. Subsequently, the heavy ear took the throne, that is, the Duke of Jin. Therefore, the position of monarch of that year returned to the side of the heavy ear again.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > part iv, the Battle of Chengpu</h1>
In the summer of 632 BC, Ziyu (Cheng Dechen) sent Wanchun to negotiate with the Jin: if the Jin state promised to let Cao and Wei restore the country, Chu would relieve the siege of Song. If the State of Jin agreed to his request, the three kingdoms of Cao, Wei, and Song would all be grateful to the State of Chu. If the Jin state did not accede to his request, then the three kingdoms of Cao, Wei, and Song would resent the Jin state. The Jin Emperor immediately fell into Ziyu's trap and said, "Ziyu is very uncivilized, and my monarch has received very few benefits, but their courtiers have received great benefits and cannot agree." Xianxun saw through Ziyu's plan and said, "Calming people's minds is called etiquette." The Chu state has stabilized three countries in one sentence, but you have destroyed them in one sentence, and we are rude. Not agreeing to the State of Chu is to abandon the State of Song. It is better to privately promise to restore the state of Cao and defend the state in order to lure the state of Chu, detain Wanchun to provoke the state of Chu, and then plan again depending on the outcome of the war. Duke Wen of Jin took Xianxun's advice while secretly allowing Cao and Wei Fuguo to break off relations with Chu, while detaining Chu envoys to provoke Ziyu.
Zi Yu was really enraged, and immediately led troops to attack the Jin state, because the powerful country at that time was detained by other countries to detain the emissaries, and really could not swallow this breath. In order to lure the wolf into the room, Jin Wengong immediately withdrew. The Chu state officer asked, "Why do you want to retire?" The Minister of the Jin Dynasty, Hu Yan, did not want to reveal his true intentions, so he said: "When the lord of my family wandered to the Chu State, he promised the Chu State to retreat to the Three Houses (30 miles in ancient times), but now he does not dare to break his promise. So Chu Guo heard this and wanted to retreat, but Zi Yu refused to retreat. Ordered the whole army to pursue the Jin Division.
On the fifth day of April, the Chu division caught up with the Jin division and immediately set up camp according to the danger. The next day, the two countries faced each other, and when they were about to fight, Ziyu boasted: Today, we must be sure that the Jinshi division will no longer exist! Then the war began, and as a result, the Chu state withdrew from the battlefield due to a strategic mistake, and the big battle was fought for no more than half a day, and the result was that Chu was defeated, but the vitality was not greatly damaged. When Zi Yu led the remnants back to the Chu Kingdom and approached Fangcheng, the emissaries of the King of Chu said: If the doctor enters Fangcheng, how can he confess to the father and elder of Shen County and Xi County? Ziyu had no face to face, so he committed suicide. But after the suicide, the pardon letter of the King of Chu came
When Jin Wengong heard about Ziyu's suicide, he said, "No one can stop me anymore!" This is the origin of the idiom MoYu Poison, which means to do whatever you want and have no scruples. Moreover, this battle achieved the hegemony of Jin Wengong.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > Part V: Qin Jin Fa Zheng</h1>
The Alliance of The Lands was the most glorious moment in Jin Wengong's life, because it was the moment when he became the overlord. In the winter of the fifth year of the reign of Duke Wen of Jin (632 BC), Duke Wen of Jin summoned the princes at the behest of Zhou Tianzi and made an alliance with Qi, Song, Lu, Cai, Zheng, Wei, and Ju at Jiantu (present-day Yuanyang, Henan). In the summer of the sixth year of the reign of Duke Wen of Jin (631 BC), Duke Wen of Jin, together with Song, Qi, Chen, and Qin, formed an alliance with Zhai Quan (翟泉, in modern Mengjin, Henan) to consolidate his alliance with Jian tu and plot against the State of Zheng.
In the seventh year of the Reign of Jin (630 BC), in order to prevent the State of Chu from advancing northward, duke Wen of Jin joined forces with Duke Mu of Qin to besiege the State of Zheng, because Duke Wen of Zheng had been rude to Duke Wen of Jin and was still dependent on the State of Chu. The Jin army was stationed at Hanling, and the Qin army was stationed south of The Water. Duke Wen wanted to get Shu Zhan, a benefactor of Duke Wen of Jin when he was in exile in Zheng Guo, and Shu Zhan committed suicide after hearing about it. Zheng Guoren took Shu Zhan's corpse to Jin Wengong, but Jin Wengong said: "I must get Zheng Jun to be willing." Yu Zhihu said to Zheng Wengong: "The country is in danger, if you send the Candle Wu to see Qin Jun, the Qin army will definitely retreat." Zheng Wengong listened to his opinion. Candle Nobu pushed back and said, "When the subject was in his prime, he was still inferior to others, and now that he is old, he is powerless. Zheng Wengong said: "I did not reuse you early, and only came to ask you when I was in danger, which is my fault." However, Zheng has destroyed the country, and it is not good for you! Candle Nobu agreed. In the night, Candle Zhiwu fell from the city with a rope to see Qin Mugong, and Candle Zhiwu said: "Qin and Jin besieged Zheng Guo, and Zheng Guo already knew that it was going to perish!" If the demise of Zheng Guo is good for you, it is worth bothering your subordinates. You know that it is not easy to set up borders in the distance across other countries, so how can you strengthen the strength of neighboring countries by destroying Zheng? The strength of your neighbors is weakened. If you do not destroy Zheng Guo and make it the master of your eastern road, your envoys pass by, and Zheng Guo provides them with food, accommodation, and supplies, which will not hurt you. Speaking of that Jinguo, how can there be a time of satisfaction? It used the State of Zheng as the border to the east, but also to expand the border to the west, if it did not damage the State of Qin, where would it go to seize the land? Damage to the Qin state and let the Jin state benefit, I hope you still think more about this matter. Qin Bo was very happy, and allied with Zheng Guo, sending Qizi, Fengsun, and Yang Sun to guard Zheng Guo, and Qin Bo returned to China. The Grand Master of the Jin Dynasty requested to attack the Qin army. Jin Wengong said, "No, if it were not for the strength of the monarch of the Qin State, I would not be where I am today." It is unkind to rely on the strength of others to harm others; let's go back! So the Jin state also withdrew from zheng guo.
But after that, Zheng Guo no longer dared to be rude to the Jin State.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > the final summary</h1>
In his life, Jin Wengong went from a wandering man to a king of a country to a generation of overlords, and Jin Wengong made a lot of efforts, and finally it was an incomparable glory