Duke Lu died, and his son Gongzi Xing ascended the throne, which was Duke Lu Wen. In the third year of the Duke of Luwen, the State of Jin rebelled against the State of Lu because Duke Lu Wen did not go to the court, and duke Lu Wen had no choice but to go to the State of Jin, and the Duke of Jin Xiang asked the doctor to receive Duke Lu Wen to humiliate the State of Lu. The eldest concubine of Duke Wen of Lu was a woman of the State of Qi, who gave birth to Gongzi Evil and Gongzi Shi, and the second concubine was called Jingyi (敬嬴) and Gongzi (公子俀). Gongzi Li had a good relationship with the ruling minister Dongmen Xiangzhong at the time, so they contacted Qi Huigong to help seize power, and at that time, Qi Huigong had just taken the throne and wanted to be close to the State of Lu, so they acquiesced to this rebellion, so Dongmen Xiangzhong and Gongzi Li killed Gongzi Evil and Gongzi Shi, and Gongzi Li took the throne, that is, Lu Xuangong. Princess Lu Wen cried and cried in the downtown area, reprimanding Dongmen Xiangzhong for killing Yuan Lishu, and the people in the downtown area also wept with it, so they also called her "Wai Jiang". Since then, the strength of the Lu State Office has been even more weakened. Dongmen Xiangzhong was not a member of the "Three Huans", he was the son of duke Luzhuang. His actions infuriated the "Three Huans", and the Mengsun clan and the Shusun clan clashed with him, but were both repelled by him, consolidating his position in the Lu state. After his death, his son Gongsun returned to power. Gongsun Gui's father knew that he could not get rid of the "Three Huans", so he went to the Jin State to ask for help from the Jin State. However, lu Xuangong died on his way back to China, and Ji Wenzi took the opportunity to launch a coup d'état and eliminate the Dongmen clan. Gongsun Gui's father had to leave the State of Benqi, and from then on the Lu state regime was controlled by the "Three Huans". It is said that liu Kanggong, a minister of the Zhou Dynasty, judged these ministers of the state of Lu when he sent an envoy to the state of Lu, saying: "Ji Wenzi and Meng Xianzi are very frugal, uncles and uncles Xuanbo and the Dongmenzi family (Gongsun Gui's father) are very luxurious, the Jisun and Mengsun clans can maintain their status for a long time, while the uncles and Dongmen clans will not last long." "Sure enough, it was fulfilled.
After the death of Duke Xuan of Lu, the prince Hei Humerus took the throne, that is, Lu Chenggong. Duke Cheng participated in the Battle of The Jin and Qi states, defeated the Duke of Qi, and regained the land previously occupied by the State of Qi. The State of Jin still did not look up to the State of Lu and did not respect the Duke of Lu Chenggong, so Lu Chenggong wanted to betray the State of Jin and defect to the State of Chu. Ji Wenzi said, "No, although Jin Guo has no way, he can't betray it." They are great powers, and the kings and subjects are harmonious, and the princes are all subordinate, and if they betray them now, it is not looking for death. Moreover, the Chu Kingdom is not of my race, and its heart must be different, so how can it help us with a dead heart? Lu Chenggong gave up. Uncle Sun Xuanbo had an affair with Lu Chenggong's mother, and he wanted to get rid of the Ji Sun clan and the Meng Sun clan to monopolize power, so he told Jin Guo bad things about Ji Wenzi. At that time, Ji Wenzi was with the army of the Jin state, and the Jin people imprisoned Ji Wenzi, but the Jin master Fan Wenzi said: "Ji Wenzi has served two monarchs, and his wives and concubines do not wear good clothes, and the horses do not eat grain, which cannot be described as unfaithful." If you listen to rumors and kill loyalists, how can you explain them to the other princes? The Jin people then released Ji Wenzi. When Ji Wenzi died, his wives and concubines did not have good clothes to wear, horses had no grain to eat, and there was no gold and jade in the treasury, so he assisted three generations of monarchs. The gentleman said, "Ji Wenzi is really honest and incorruptible." Uncle Sun Xuanbo did not do this properly, and Dr. Lu Guo united to get rid of him, and he went to the State of Qi. He was also a lover, and when he arrived in the Country of Qi, he had an affair with Qi Linggong's mother, and his status was not low, but he felt that this was not good, so he went to Weiguo. After Uncle Xuanbo left, the head of the Luguo uncle Sun clan was inherited by his younger brother Uncle Sun Mu.
Ji Wenzi's concubine and horse
Ji Wenzi also left us with an idiom - "think twice and then act". That is to say, Ji Wenzi is a person who acts cautiously, and no matter what things, he must think twice before making a decision. Of course, Confucius had some views on this matter, and he felt that Ji Wenzi was a little cautious, but it was possible to delay the opportunity and fail to do great things. In fact, the most difficult thing to grasp is a "degree", the so-called "too much". However, from the perspective of Ji Wenzi's concubines and horses, caution is his characteristic and the foundation of his standing in the political arena, and there is nothing wrong with it.
Look before you leap
Duke Xuan of Lu died, and the prince ascended the throne at noon, that is, Duke Xiang of Lu. He was only three years old when he ascended the throne, and in his fourth year, when he was seven years old, he went to see the Jin Dynasty. In the ninth year, when Xianggong was twelve years old, according to the etiquette of the Zhou Dynasty nobles, the crown ceremony should be performed, and in this year, the State of Lu defeated the State of Zheng with the State of Jin, so the Duke of Jin mourned the crown ceremony for Duke Lu Xiang. Ji Wuzi's entourage, because he was still on the way to fight, Ji Wuzi said: "There are many things to be prepared for the crown ceremony, such as fine wine and delicacies, and they must also be held in the temple of the ancestors." Now the march is out, hoping to be completed by borrowing facilities from other brotherly countries. The Duke of Jin agreed, so he held a crown ceremony at the temple of Wei Chenggong in Weiguo. There were two armies before the State of Lu, and by this time Ji Wenzi had died, and the patriarch of the Jisun clan was Ji Wuzi. Ji Wuzi added another army to become the third army. In fact, this is not in line with the etiquette system. According to the Zhou Li, "the sixth army of the Son of Heaven, the third army of the big country, the second army of the sub-country, and the first army of the small country", the state of Lu has always been the second army. Of course, this is not a big deal, the Jin Dynasty has long had the Sixth Army. However, these three armies were led by the "Three Huans", and the Lu State was already controlled by the "Three Huans" in the actual sense, completely emptying the LuGuo Gong's office, without a gun, and could only "artificially knife me as fish meat". Several major events occurred during the reign of Duke Xiang of Lu: one was the birth of Confucius, the second was Cui Zhujun, and the third was the visit of Yanling Jizi to the State of Lu.