The overlord who almost let the Zhou Dynasty receive a box lunch 300 years in advance- the Duke of Jin

The Spring and Autumn Five Lords are familiar to everyone, there are two versions, but each version does not have the person of Jin Mourning Gong, but from the perspective of merit, Jin Mourning Gong is indeed a real overlord, and he almost let zhou Dynasty receive a box lunch 300 years in advance and clock out of work.

573 BC. The Jin dynasty Shangqing Luan Shu and Zhongxing Yan killed the monarch Jin Ligong, and then Luan Shu and others went to the Zhou royal family to welcome the great-grandson of Duke Wen of Jin who lived here, and the nephew of Duke Li of Jin, Ji Zhou (since the Jin Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty has no gong clan, and the sons and grandsons have lived abroad), which is the duke of Jin.

At this time, the Duke of Jin was only 14 years old, facing a group of powerful subjects of the Jin Dynasty, even if he became the monarch, could this monarch sit steadily? 30 years ago, Zhao Dun, the son of Zhao Xuanzi, sent Zhao Pu, the murderer of the Duke of Jinling, to come here to welcome the prince of The Black Buttocks back to the throne, for the Duke of Jincheng. However, after ascending the throne, Cheng Gong was in the shadow of the Zhao clan and was no different from a puppet. How similar is this scene to Luan Shu's just killing of Jin Ligong, and this scene repeats itself today: Jin Mourning Gong can't help but hesitate: What is Luan Shu's intention?

After some deliberation, the Duke of Jin decided to return to China with his courtiers, and at the inauguration ceremony, the Duke of Jin, who had returned to the Jin Dynasty, gave the secretaries of the Jin State, led by Luan Shu, a dismissal, saying: "Is it not providence that I can do for the king than I want?" If a widow is bound to another country and does not expect to return to his hometown, how can he hope to be a king? The noble one of the kings, the command to come out of the self. If you take it in your name and do not obey his orders, it is better to be a king. The secretary of state is willing to use the name of a widow only today; if not, the secretary of state and so on serve others even more. I cannot sit on the empty name and continue to be the name of the state Pu (Jin Li Gong name). "To put it bluntly, you want me to be the monarch, you can, but you have to listen to me, if not, then you find someone else, anyway, don't treat me as a jin ligong." After the words were finished, everyone was amazed. Doctor Zhu Qing bowed his head and bowed again: "Only the king is from!" Sun Zhou struck iron while it was hot, and allied with Zhu Qing's doctor in the same clan as His Uncle. In this way, the 14-year-old Duke of Jin mourned and occupied the name of Dayi first.

At the same time, jin promoted Lü Xiang, Shifang, LingHujie, Zhao Wu and others, although these people were also descendants of Qing Dafu, in the power struggle of successive dynasties, only Zhao Wu remained in the Zhao clan, and Ling Hu was a rising star, and none of them had the possibility of competing with the Jin gong for power, they only relied on the Jin mourning dukes and got along with the powerful ministers. In this way, the Duke of Jin divided the Qing Dafu clique and consolidated the monarchy.

After that, the Duke of Jin began a series of measures in the external field

The first is to support the Song Dynasty. After the destruction of the State of Weiyang, the State of Weiyang was incorporated into the State of Song. The Song State was a vast place and an important geographical location, an important country to resist the offensive of the Chu State, consolidated the Song State, and was a strong obstacle to the Chu State moving north.

The second is to surrender Zheng Guo. Force Zheng Guo to surrender to the Jin State. Zheng Guo was the largest of the brothers of the State of Chu, and was very loyal to the State of Chu, and dukes of Jin mourned led the jin army to lead a coalition of countries to build the Tiger Prison City, that is, tiger prison pass, to choke the throat of the State of Zheng, forcing it to surrender to the State of Jin, and continue to disintegrate the strength of the State of Chu.

The third is to vigorously support the State of Wu. This cruel move made the Chu state fall into the situation of being attacked by the enemy on its back. With the help of the Jin state, the power of the state of Wu continued to increase, and a few decades later, the state of Wu was led by Sun Wu and Wu Zixu to attack Chu in a big way, destroying most of it, and the state of Chu was devastated from then on. This move of the Jin state forever lifted the threat of the Chu state to the countries of the Central Plains.

The last and most crucial one was to announce that the princely states would stop paying tribute to the Zhou royal family, and would replace the royal family to accept the appointment of the princes, and the Jin state would become the center of the world. This article also completely tore off the last bit of face and dignity of the Zhou royal family, he directly cut off the economic lifeline of the Zhou royal family, and it is equivalent to announcing to the princely countries that the Zhou Dynasty has existed in name and in fact since the Western Zhou Dynasty, and Zhou Tianzi has basically formed an equal relationship with the princes since then, and the princes have gradually become a metaphysical name for Zhou Tianzi, which is dispensable.

In fact, the actions of the Duke of Jin are no different from the Son of Heaven, all that is missing is the name of the Son of Heaven, and the Zhou royal family has almost no need to exist, and the Duke of Jin mourning is only one step away from taking zhou Tianzi and replacing it. However, anything was always imperfect, and in 558 BC, at the age of 29, Jin mourned the death of Gong Gong. His hegemony did not come to the last step after all.

After the death of the Duke of Jin, the State of Jin gradually entered a situation of power struggle for power by the Secretaries of State, and the hegemony of the State of Jin never reached the situation of the Duke of Jin, and the Zhou royal family thus continued for another 300 years.