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In 746 BC, the thirty-fifth year of the reign of Marquis Wen of Jin, he died suddenly. His eldest son, Ji Bo, ascended the throne and was the Marquis of Jin Zhao.

Marquis Zhao of Jin ascended the throne and saw that Ji Chengshi grasped the military power and was quite powerful. Not only does he have a self-respecting army, but also the prestige of the DPRK and China far surpasses that of his own monarch. Especially this uncle has contempt and neglect for himself from time to time, and he is often refuted by Ji Chengshi when he speaks in the court, so that he often loses the face and authority of the monarch. Jin Zhaohou looked at Ji Chengshi standing on one side every time he went to the court, and he felt really uncomfortable.

So Jin Zhaohou thought about it, it would be better to kick this Ji Chengshi out of the court. After much deliberation by the Marquis of Jin Zhao, it was decided to give Quwo City to this uncle Ji Chengshi. Because Quwo is a big city, giving it to his uncle is also giving him enough face, in the eyes of Jin Zhaohou, as long as his uncle can leave the court, he Jin Zhaohou can really become the monarch. In fact, Quwo City is much larger than Yicheng, the capital of the Jin Kingdom. Quwo is in the southwest of Yicheng, and Yicheng is in the northeast of Quwo. Yicheng is located in a small plain between two mountain ranges; There are Taiyue Mountain in the northwest and Zhongtiao Mountain in the southeast, and the two mountain ranges meet and the north of Yicheng to form the majestic Taihang Mountain Range.

However, the two mountain ranges opened a large opening, heading towards Quwo, southwest of Yicheng. Therefore, not only the city of Quwo is much larger, but the land under the jurisdiction of Quwo is also much larger. To the north of the city are mountains, and there is very little space to develop. Ji Chengshi is also very optimistic about Qu Wo. The monarchs and ministers tacitly understood each other, drew the ground as a prison, and embarked on their own development paths.

Ji Chengshi was sealed by the Marquis of Jin Zhao in Quwo and left the government of the Jin State, known as Uncle Quwo Huan.

At that time, Ji Chengshi, who was called Uncle Huan, was already 58 years old, because of his assistance to Ji Qiu, fighting in the south and north, loyalty, and advocating virtue, the people of the Jin Kingdom were willing to belong to his subordinates. Uncle Huan's departure made the ministers of the court line up again, and some of the important ministers followed Uncle Huan to Quwo. One of them was Luan Bin, the grandson of the Marquis of Jin Jing, who also went to assist Uncle Huan.

The old minister felt very bad when he saw the Marquis of Jin Zhao so divided. First of all, Quwo is an important town, and its city scale is much larger than the capital wing of the Jin Kingdom, and the distance of Quwo wing is no more than fifty kilometers in a straight line, which may pose a threat to the wing at any time. In addition, Quwo's geographical location is in the southwest of Yidu, as long as Quwo is controlled, to the west can block the connection between Yidu and the western fiefdom such as the old Korea, and to the south can cut off the link between the lower reaches of the Fen River and the territory west of the Yellow River, which is equivalent to the territory that Marquis Wen of Jin has worked hard for most of his life, all of which have been handed over to Ji Chengshi. The land of the office is only left with the traditional territory of the Western Zhou Dynasty, which will inevitably cause an imbalance of power between Quwo and Yidu.

So the old minister Shifu hurriedly found the Marquis of Jin Zhao to admonish, and Shifu said: "I heard that the independence of the country must be big and small, so as to be stable. Therefore, the Son of Heaven founded the country, the princes established their families, the secretary set up a side room, the doctor had two sects, the scholars had subordinate children, and the commoners, industrialists, and merchants each had their own relatives and ranks. Therefore the people obeyed it from above and did not covet it. You must not put the cart before the horse. However, the current unification of the Jin Kingdom is divided into two, and Quwo is bigger than Yicheng. If you weaken yourself in this way, you will be able to commit the following crimes: Can your kingdom last? ”

The old minister of the old minister said earnestly and straightforwardly, which made the Marquis of Jin Zhao very uncomfortable to listen to, he was like the beginning of Uncle Huan's play, and it was difficult to hear the words of the old minister's teacher. What putting the cart before the horse, what weakening himself, what country can last long...... he heard it too badly. In fact, Jin Zhaohou also has his own ideas, the east of Yicheng is a mountain, and the north of Yicheng is also a mountain, and if there is a barrier to talk, Yicheng will be safer, but the southwest direction is an open gate, and there is nothing wrong with him Ji Chengshi guarding it. The invasion of Qin and Shanrong in the west was first carried by his Ji Cheng division, so what was wrong.

Marquis Jin Zhao said: "Shifu, you are already old, and the widow is more willing to listen to the advice of those younger doctors." ”

As the king of a country, the Marquis of Jin Zhao is above everyone, and he has golden lips and jade teeth. You can listen to flattery, but you can't listen to advice. He received royal majesty and dignity in front of his ministers who were subservient and subservient to him.

Shifu shook his head painfully, stroked his white hair with his hand, and walked out of the court. Since then, the division has returned to his hometown.

As everyone knows, since then, Yicheng and Quwo of the Jin Kingdom have begun a decades-to-death battle.

Because the Marquis of Jin Zhaohou was blind and arrogant, could not listen to the advice, and did not sympathize with the suffering of the people, the Yicheng side from the people to the court had opinions on the Marquis of Jin Zhao. And Qu Wo's Uncle Huan can sympathize with the suffering of the people, and can unite important ministers, and is unanimously supported and loved by the court and the people. It is precisely because Uncle Huan's prestige in the eyes of the Jin people is very high, so many people with lofty ideals have defected to Quwo. Relying on very superior geographical conditions, coupled with Uncle Huan's painstaking management, Quwo soon became the second political, economic, and cultural center of the Jin Kingdom, and its strength and influence have surpassed that of the Jin capital Yicheng. As the fiefdom continued to grow, and the people from Yicheng often came to suffer, they all came up with the idea of letting Uncle Qu Wo Huan replace the Marquis of Jin Zhao, which undoubtedly gave Uncle Huan the idea of conquering Yicheng and joining the Jin Kingdom. In the face of the expansion of Quwo's power, Marquis Zhao of Jin turned a deaf ear, and in his opinion, it was no greater than Uncle Huan's threat to him in the imperial court. Therefore, measures were not taken in time to stop it.

So they are both in the Jin Kingdom, but there are different life differences between the two places, and the common people can see it. As a result, the contradictions in the court of the Marquis of Jin Zhao on the Yicheng side intensified.

The Jin State Doctor Pan's father was dissatisfied with the Marquis of Jin Zhao and was bent on killing Uncle Huan who greeted Qu Wo by the Marquis of Jin Zhao. So he carefully planned a riot from the Yicheng of the Jin Kingdom. His confidant sent a message to Uncle Qu Wohuan, saying that he should kill the monarch Jin Zhaohou and welcome Uncle Qu Wohuan to unify the Jin Kingdom. and made an appointment with Qu Wo's Uncle Huan to riot time. Although Uncle Qu Wohuan still had some doubts, he thought that this was an opportunity after all, and taking advantage of the contradictions within the court of Marquis Zhao of Jin to capture Yicheng in one fell swoop, wouldn't it fulfill the long-cherished wish of the people to compliment him. However, Uncle Huan still has some concerns at this moment, such as whether killing the Marquis of Jin Zhao will arouse the suspicion of the people of the Jin Kingdom, and whether he will have an impact on the Zhou royal family if he wins the throne, and so on. Between hesitation, the best time was missed.

Pan's father took a few henchmen and hid in the palace, and sent his family to open the west gate at the agreed time. Do what you agree to do.

Marquis Jin Zhao didn't notice that death was approaching him step by step.

Father Pan was hiding in the palace and estimated the time he had agreed, and suddenly rushed out with a sword to stab him, and Marquis Zhao of Jin inadvertently had been pierced by Father Pan's long sword and fell in a pool of blood. At the same time, Pan's father's family had already disguised themselves as ordinary people and waited at the west gate, but they didn't see the arrival of Uncle Qu Wohuan's army, but there was information from the palace that the Marquis of Jin Zhao was dead, so he had to get up and do it, kill the soldiers guarding the city, and seize the city gate. However, Uncle Qu Wohuan still arrived. Soon the doctors of the Yicheng court rushed to the palace to capture Pan's father, and killed the family of Pan's father in the west gate, and quickly dispatched troops to protect Yicheng, when the Jin army gathered the soldiers to board the city wall, Uncle Qu Wohuan led the troops to arrive, a rain of arrows, so that Uncle Qu Wohuan's army suffered heavy casualties, and then the Yicheng army rushed out of the city gate, wanting to kill Qu Wo's soldiers and horses. Uncle Qu Wohuan thought that there would be someone to greet him when he arrived in the city, but he didn't know that he had finished a step and was actually suffering from the dowry of the Yicheng side. So the army was defeated and withdrew to Quwo. The courtiers of Yicheng saw that the Marquis of Jin Zhao had already choked his breath, so they had to appoint Ji Ping, the son of the Marquis of Jin Zhao, as the monarch and the Marquis of Jin Xiao. Jin Xiaohou killed Pan's father, destroyed Pan's father's people, and began the Jin Xiaohou era in Yicheng.

Uncle Qu Wohuan also missed the siege time provided by Pan's father, so that he lost the best opportunity to capture Yicheng, and as a result, this Uncle Qu Wohuan failed to occupy Yicheng, thus failing to achieve his goal of unifying the Jin Kingdom. When the Marquis of Jin Xiaohou reigned for eight years, Uncle Qu Wohuan died, especially his son Ji Yi took over Uncle Qu Wohuan's position, which is Uncle Qu Wo Zhuang.