Behind the historical events, there are always unknowable secrets, and the accepted speculation may be contrary to the truth. Xiao Bai, the prince of the State of Qi, and Gongzi Jiao, returned to the country to seize the throne first, and finally Xiao Bai won, achieving a legendary hegemony; when the Duke of Jin Xiangong died, the doctor Rick killed the second jun in a row, and the gongzi Zhong'er and Gongzi Yiwu faced the situation in which the State of Qi was vying for the throne, and the different performances of the two actually achieved the hegemony of the Jin state many years later.
In order to be able to return to China to compete for the throne, the counselor Hao Rui suggested that Gongzi Yiwu promise to give the State of Qin property, and asked the State of Qin to support the struggle for the throne, and Hao Rui said: "The country is now controlled by others, why do we cherish the country's property?" If we seize the throne with the support of the Qin state, then the land and the people will belong to us. Qin Mugong asked Hao Rui, "Does Gongzi Yiwu have anyone to support in the Jin Dynasty?" Hao Rui replied, "No." Qin Mugong told Gongsun Zhi, "If we want to improve our reputation by arranging for someone who has the ability to be benevolent and righteous in the Jin state to be the monarch, it is better to arrange a person who does not have the ability to be the king of the Jin state for easy control." So he sent troops and the state of Qi to escort Gongzi Yiwu back to the Jin dynasty to become the monarch.
Gongzi Yiwu ascended the throne for the sake of The Duke hui of Jin. In The summer of April, Jin Huigong prepared to execute the doctor Rick, and sent someone to say to Rick: "Without you, there is no me today, but you have killed two monarchs and a trusted assistant minister in a row, and now that I am the monarch of this country, am I not also worried all day?" Rick said, "How can you become a monarch without abolishing the monarch, and if you want to punish others, can't you find a reason?" I see what you mean. "Rick lay down his sword and died.
When Duke Hui of Jin killed Li Ke, Li Ke and his party Ping Zheng were sent as an envoy to the State of Qin, one was transferred away from the country, so as not to conspire with Rick to rebel, the two borrowed a knife to kill people, the task of the envoy was to ask the State of Qin not to rush to ask for the bribe promised by the Duke of Jin Hui, maybe Qin Mugong killed Ping Zheng in a rage. Ping Zheng heard that Li Ke had been killed, and told Qin Mugong: "The jin state did not give the property promised to the qin state, it was all the idea of Lü Nephew, Hao Zhi, and Hao Rui, if the Qin state gave the Jin state property, and then let these three people go to the Qin state to get rid of it, I will expel the jin monarch, and then you send the prince to become the monarch, there will be nothing that cannot be done." In the winter, Duke Mu of Qin sent his doctor Ling to Pingzheng to return the gift to the Jin Kingdom, and sent a very heavy property, inviting Lü Nephew and three others to visit the Qin Kingdom for a friendly visit. Hao Rui said: "We did not fulfill our promises to give people money, but people gave us a lot of gifts, saying better than singing, must have deceived us." So he killed Ping Zheng and purged all of Rick and Ping Zheng's henchmen (in fact, they were all people who supported Gongzi Zhong'er).
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