After Xiao Jaw's death, the internal disintegration of the Zhao State was rapid, and the civil and military generals went their separate ways, and the King of Zhao defected to the Jin State and married one of his daughters to the King of Jin. (Note: The current Zhao State is not the Zhao State of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the Zhao State of the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, Korea, and the Wei State are all split from the Jin State.) ）

In 676 BC, Ji Yizhu, the son of Duke Wu of Jin, inherited the throne and was known as Duke Xian of Jin. When Jin Xiangong was still the crown prince, Wu Gong married Jia Ji for him.

Jia Ji has no children. Later, he married two more wives, one was named Fox Ji, who was the niece of Lord Da Rong and gave birth to a son Chong'er, and the other was a woman surnamed Xiao Rong Yun who gave birth to a son Yiwu. In his later years, Duke Wu's father, married a young lady named Qi Jiang, who was the daughter of Duke Qi Huan. This Qi Jiang was young, and soon after passing the door, he colluded with Ji Yizhu, and after the death of Duke Wu, Yizhu simply married his stepmother and became a wife, and later gave birth to two children. The male is Shen Sheng, and the female is the eldest daughter who later married Qin Mugong, named Bo Ji. In this way, Xiangong had three sons - Chong'er, Yiwu and Shensheng. If you say by age, Shen Sheng is the youngest, but because Shen Sheng's mother is the daughter of Qi Huan, "the son is more precious than the mother", and he was promoted to the crown prince.

In the fifth year of his reign (671 B.C.), he led his troops to attack Lirong (i.e., the Xirong tribe). Lord Lirong gave two beauties to Xiangong. These two people are sisters, the elder sister is called Li Ji, and the younger sister is called Shao Ji. That liar Ji was born very beautiful, and she can talk flatteringly, so she is very favored by the public.

A few years later, Li Ji gave birth to her son Xi Qi. Xiangong wanted to abolish Qi Jiang and set up Li Ji as his wife. One day, he summoned Taibu Guoyan and asked, "Waste Qi Mei, Li Li Ji, okay?" After divination, Guo Yan said: "It's not good, it's unlucky!" "Xiangong loves to drive Ji with all his heart, and he doesn't believe his words. So he invited another Taibu to have another method of divination, who knew that he also said: "There is no distinction between the young and the old, and the young and the old are disorderly, and Li Ji should not be appointed as his wife." Despite this, Xiangong still chose an auspicious day and a good day, came to the Taimiao to worship his ancestors, and set up Li Ji as his wife.

After Li Ji was made his wife, it caused a lot of discussion among civil and military officials. Da Bu Shi Su said privately to Da Fu Lik; "Oh no, the Jin Kingdom is about to fall, what can I do?"

Rick was taken aback and asked, "Is it difficult to die," Shi Su said, "It's not the new lady Li Ji yet." ”

Rick shook his head, incredulous.

Shi Su further explained: "Alas, Xia Wei favored his sister, and the Xia Dynasty perished; The king favored Daji and brought the Shang Dynasty to ruin; The king of Youwang was fortunate to praise him, and the Zhou Dynasty collapsed. Today, the princess is favored by Li Ji, can the Jin Kingdom not perish! ”

Rick listened, nodded his head, and said with emotion: "Reasonable, reasonable." ”

After Duke Xian established Li Ji as his wife, he also wanted to make Xi Qi the crown prince, so he discussed with Li Ji. When Li Ji heard this, she felt that the time was not yet ripe, and she was afraid that the ministers would oppose her, so she knelt down and pretended to say to Xian Gong: "Shen Sheng has already been established as the crown prince and is known to the Son of Heaven, the princes, and the world. If Shen Sheng is abolished, the concubine would rather die. Tears flowed down his sleeve.

Besides, Jin Xiangong has two confidants. One is called Liang Wu, and the other is called Dongguan Wu. The people of the Jin Kingdom called them "Erwu". These two people will be flattering and patting horses. Who knew that Xiangong liked them, entrusted them with important tasks, and sent them to inspect state affairs in other places. Li Ji wanted to stand up for Xi Qi, but her heart was already on fire, but she still had to pretend. She wanted to hand over the matter to the "Second Five-Year Plan", but it was inconvenient for her to say it directly. There was a well-spoken Youshi by Li Ji's side, who figured out her thoughts, so she took the opportunity to offer a plan and said: "Madame wants to make Xi Qi the prince, isn't it easy?" In the name of fiefdom, the three sons are sealed out, can't they act from it?! ”

When Li Ji heard this, she turned her worries into joy, and hurriedly said, "Who can do this great thing for me?" ”

Youshi said: "I have heard that the foreign minister's 'Second Five-Year Plan' is meticulous. As long as they are willing to show up, are they still worried that the prince will not be able to stand up? ”

So Li Ji prepared a large amount of gold and silver treasures, and asked Youshi to bribe Liang Wu and Dongguan Wu heavily. After the "Second Five" accepted Li Ji's things, they were flattered, and they said to Xian Gong: "Quwo is the land of the first seal of the Jin ancestors, and it is also the place where the temple of the ancestor of the first emperor is located, which is a very important place. Pudi and Qudi (in Ji County, Shanxi) are close to the Yellow River, close to the Rongdi foreign people, and are important frontier areas, these three places should send their own people to guard, if you can let Taiyu Shensheng go to Quwo, Chong'er and Yiwu go to Pudi and Qudi, and the lord is in the middle of the command, the Jin country will be as solid as a rock, solid as gold."

After listening to the statement of the "Second Five-Year Plan", Xiangong thought for a while and said: "Let the prince go out, aren't you afraid of others gossiping?" ”

Dongguan Wu said: "The crown prince is the future monarch; Quwo is the location of the Jongmyo Temple. It was only fitting for the prince to go to Quwo. ”

Xiangong said: "Pu and Qu are barren and desolate, how can they be kept? ”

Dongguan Wu replied: "If you don't defend it, it's a wasteland." As soon as a city is built, the wilderness becomes a lively city. ”

Xiangong didn't know what the plan was, and after listening to the words of "Second Five", he ordered Shen Sheng to go to Shouquwo, and Taifu Du was assisted by the original line; Heavy ears go to Pudi, and fox fur follows; Yiwu went to Qudi, and Lu Yu's nephew followed. In order to cover up the eyes and ears of the people, craftsmen were sent to the three places to strengthen the city walls and build houses.

The third duke was far away from the Jin capital, and only Li Ji's son Xi Qi and Shaoji's son Zhuo Zi stayed with Xiangong. Li Ji played tricks, flattered and favored, and became more and more loved by the public.

After Gongzi was far away, wars often broke out in the Jin Kingdom. Gongzi Shensheng and others inevitably often returned to the Jin capital to discuss national affairs and ask about the health of Hou Jun's father. Li Ji was already disgusted with Shen Sheng, and when she saw him come back, she was so worried that she couldn't eat or sleep. One night in the autumn of the twenty-first year of his dedication, Li Ji had a nightmare and dreamed of Shen Sheng's mother, Qi Jiang.

Early the next morning, Li Ji summoned the crown prince Shen Sheng into the palace.

Li Ji said: "Last night I dreamed that your biological mother came to the palace, thinking that my son had not sacrificed for a long time. ”

Shen Sheng immediately said that he would return to Quwo tomorrow to pay respects.

The next day, Shen Sheng hurried back to Quwo and sacrificed Qi Jiang in the temple for three days. After the memorial service is completed, Shen Sheng will send the pigs, cows, sheep and other meat used in the memorial service to the public to enjoy. At this time, the priest was hunting outside, and Li Ji had the poison sprinkled on the sacrificial meat. Two days later, when Xiangong returned, the cooks were busy cooking the sacrificial meat offered by Shen Sheng into various delicacies for Xiangong to taste. Xian Gong wanted to sandwich the meat, but Li Ji suddenly stopped and said, "Food from afar, try it and eat it again." ”

Li Ji immediately poured a bowl of broth, and a dirt bag immediately burned on the ground. Another dog was called and fed a piece of meat, and the dog screamed a few times before dying. Xiangong still didn't believe it, and called a petty official next to him and told him to eat the sacrificial meat, and he died immediately.

Under the instigation of Li Ji, Xiangong was furious and immediately issued an edict to ask the prince Shensheng for his crimes.

When Shen Sheng heard the news, he was shocked and angry, and his subordinates persuaded him to flee, Shen Sheng said: "My father is already old, I don't have a good wife, I can't eat sweetly, I can't sleep at night, if I escape, I will make my father bear a bad name." Soon after, he committed suicide in the Quwo Palace.

When Chonger and Yiwu heard that Shen was dead, they went to the capital of Jin to inquire.

Li Ji provoked Xiangong again and said: "Shen Sheng sprinkled poison, it seems that Chong'er and Yiwu know. ”

The two princes learned that Li Ji was plotting against them again, so they quietly returned to their respective fiefdoms. The suspicious and jealous dedication saw that the two sons said goodbye without saying goodbye, and became more and more convinced. Immediately sent an army, divided into two routes, to pursue Chong'er and Yiwu.

The pursuers came to Pucheng, entered the palace, and grabbed Chong'er. A petty official named Bo Dai forced himself to commit suicide with heavy ears. Heavy Ears broke free from the restraints, rolled over and fled, and slashed with a knife, only to cut off half of the sleeves of Heavy Ears' clothes.

Another line of pursuers came to Qucheng, and Yiwu ran to Liang (southwest of Hancheng, Shaanxi Province)-

2. Rick exterminates the traitor

In the summer of 651 B.C., on the way to attend a meeting of princes convened by Duke Huan of Qi, Duke Xian of Jin suddenly fell ill and had to return.

Li Ji sat beside the sickbed of Xiangong and said sadly: "Alas! You are sick like this, once you have three long and two short, if Chong'er and Yiwu come back, what can you do? ”

Xiangong immediately summoned Xun Xi into the palace.

Xian Gong asked, "Xun Aiqing, what do you mean by faithfulness?" ”

Gou Xi immediately knelt on the ground and hurriedly said: "Doing things for the Lord with all your heart is loyalty, and you will not change your mind until you die." ”

Xiangong felt comforted, so he asked Gou Xi to assist the prince Xi Qi with all his might.

A few days later, Xiangong died. Xun Xi followed the will of the Duke of Xian, helped Xi Qi to become the new monarch, and became the prime minister himself, in charge of national affairs. Foreign ministers Liang Wu and Dongguan Wu were also crowned as left and right Sima, leading the Jin troops.

The Jin State Dafu Rick and Pi Zheng were very dissatisfied with Xun Xi's support for Xi Qi. Rick said: "An ignorant child can be a king, so what about a son's heavy ears!" ”

When the two saw Gou Xi, they said bluntly: "The lord has just died, and the two sons of Chong'er and Yiwu are still outside. Besides, the people of the Jin State have long hated the chaos of Li Ji, if the Qin State sends troops and the country rebels, what will you do to deal with it? ”

Xun Xi said: "I was ordered by the lost monarch to help the young master, except for Xi Qi, I don't know that there are others." If you can't do it, you can only die, and thank the ancestors of Jiuquan. ”

Pi Zheng persuaded him: "It's not worth dying like this." I think it's better to change your mind! ”

Xun Xi said: "I promised my ancestors with 'faithfulness' that I would rather die than change my mind. ”

Rick and Pi Zheng saw that Xun Xi was hard-hearted, so they quit and thought of another way.

Later, Rick and Pi Zheng bought a strong man, put him in the clothes of the Jin Jun Guards, mixed in the palace guards, and stabbed the young lord Xi Qi to death on the mourning hall during the funeral of the Xian Gong Office. At this time, there was a cry inside and outside the mourning hall. Xun Xi worked hard to manage a game, and when he fell to such a point, he couldn't help but cry bitterly in front of the coffin, saying that he was about to hit the pillar and die.

Li Ji hurriedly called someone to stop him and persuaded him: "Even if the young master dies and Zhuozi, he can also be established as a king." Xun Xi listened to reason, reinvigorated his spirits, killed dozens of guards guarding the spirit, and sent a reliable guard to guard the spirit.

Xun Xi hastily finished the funeral, and quickly summoned hundreds of civil and military officials to help the nine-year-old Zhuo Zi on the throne and establish him as the new monarch of the Jin Kingdom.

Seeing that there was only a lack of Rick and Pi Zheng among the ministers, Zuo Sima Liang Wu played the book and said: "The death of the young lord must be related to Rick and Pi Zheng, and all the ministers have come to congratulate the new monarch today, but these two people are missing, please send troops to arrest them immediately." ”

Xun Xi said: "Sima doesn't have to be suspicious, Rick Pi Zheng is the old minister of the first monarch, so he will do such a disloyal and unfilial thing!" ”

After retreating, Liang Wu said to Dongguan Wu very dissatisfied: "I think Xun Xi is a coward, and he is cautious in doing things. If you don't get rid of Rick and Pi Zheng, how can the power of the Jin Kingdom get into our hands! ”

Dongguan Wu said: "What do you say should be done? ”。

Liang Wu told Dongguan Wu about the plan he had thought of a long time ago.

That night, a big man named Tu Anyi suddenly broke into the house of Dr. Jin Xiao Xiao, because he and Xiao Xiao had been very good since childhood, so he told Liang Wu and Dongguan Wu how to buy him and let him take the opportunity to kill Rick and Pi Zheng when he was buried and sacrificed. He was taken aback when he heard this, and said, "If you don't go, it is expected that the 'Second Five' will also send others to do it, so it is better to plan it." ”

On the day of the funeral of Xun Xi's civil and military officials, Tu Anyi grabbed Erwu and wielded a knife and killed them. As soon as the soldiers saw it, the ranks were in chaos and fled in all directions, Tu Anyi jumped on a stone and shouted loudly: "Don't panic, everyone, Gongzi Chong'er has led the soldiers and horses of the Qin State to the city, I am ordered by the old man Rick to kill the traitorous party, avenge the prince Shensheng, welcome Chong'er back to China, and stand up with me."

When the soldiers heard that Chong'er was going to be the king, Hula stood over more than half of the men at once.

Tu Anyi immediately led his troops to pursue the victory, and Rick, Pi Zheng, Xiao Xiao and others also led their families to fight into the court together, killed Zhuo Zi, and slashed Xun Xi and Li Ji.

After Rick killed Xi Qi and Zhuo Zi and the minister Xun Xi, he temporarily held the power of the Jin Kingdom and sent people to invite the fugitive son Chong'er to return to China.

After listening to the words of the envoy of the Jin Kingdom, Chong'er couldn't figure out the situation in the country for a while, and said: "When my father was alive, I fled against my orders; After my father died, I didn't fulfill my filial piety, so what if I still have the face to go back and be the king? ”

Yiwu, the second son of Jin Xiangong, after fleeing from Qucheng to Liang, married Liang Bo's eldest daughter and gave birth to a child, named Ji Yu. Yiwu was always inquiring about the movements of the Jin Kingdom, and as soon as the Duke died, he sent his fugitive doctor Lu Yu's nephew with a team of men and horses to secretly fight back to his Fenghe Qucheng. At that time, Xiangong had not yet been buried, and Xun Xi, the minister of the auxiliary state, could not take care of crusading against him.

Soon, Yiwu was very happy when he heard that Rick had killed Xi Qi, Zhuo Zi, and Xun Xi, and that Chong'er didn't want to be the king. On this day, the Jin State sent two doctors, Tu Anyi and Liang Xuanmi, to welcome Yiwu back to China as king.

The doctor who followed Yiwu said: "This matter can't be trusted, we have been away for many years, and we don't know the situation at home, so we hurriedly went back, what if we are fooled?!" ”

Yigo said, "What should I do? ”

In my opinion, to be a king, there should be two things: virtuous ministers and good neighbors. Now Rick and Pi Zheng are in charge of the court, and the Qin State in the west is the strongest. Let's first buy them with huge profits and get internal and external support before we can return to China. ”

Yiwu took Gap Rui's suggestion and ordered the historian to write two letters, asking Tu Anyi to bring them to Rick and Pi Zheng, in which he praised Rick for being in the tiger's den, eradicating traitors, and making great contributions to the Jin state, and then said that when he became the king, he would make him Xiangguo, and give Rick 1 million acres of land and Pi Zheng 700,000 acres of land. Yiwu also specially wrote a long letter and sent someone to Qin Mugong, begging him to send troops to help him return to China, and promised that after the matter was completed, the five cities west of the Jin State would be assigned to the Qin State.

After Qin Mugong received the letter, he ordered the general Gongsun Zhi to lead 300 military vehicles to escort Yiwu back to the Jin State and become the monarch, this is the Jin Huigong, the time is 650 BC.

After Yiwu ascended the throne, Gongsun Zhi, the general of the Qin State, lived in the Jin capital and claimed the land of the five cities in Hexi that was granted by the Duke of Jin Hui. At this time, Jin Huigong was a little reluctant.

The nephew of the doctor, Lu Yu, said: "The land was left by the ancestors, how can it be easily given to other countries?" ”

Rick tried his best to oppose his claim, saying: "The lord relied on the power of the Qin State to become the king, and he cannot lose his trust in the Qin State, so I think it is better to give it." ”

Gap Rui said angrily: "If you give the Qin State five cities, the Jin State will lose half of its territory!" ”

Rick complained: "Since the country was laid down by the ancestors, why did you allow people in the first place? ”

Gap Rui shouted: "Rick, you are fighting for land for the Qin State, and you are obviously asking the lord for your one million acres of fiefdom!" ”

Pi Zheng was afraid that Rick would suffer if he continued to make trouble like this, so he pushed Rick down with his arm, and Rick dared to be angry but didn't dare to speak.

Hui Gong listened to the idea of Lu Yu's nephew, and asked him to write a long letter to Qin Mugong, in which he said: He has just become the king, and he does not dare to give five cities to Qin suddenly, and he will allocate it after the country has settled down a little. and sent Pi Zheng to bring some gold and silver treasures to the Qin State.

After Pi Zheng left, Rick sent one ride after another.

Gap Rui secretly said to Hui Gong: "Rick has bad intentions, saying that the king has taken away his power and refuses to give him a fief, and he has long been dissatisfied with the lord. When Pi Zheng was leaving, they didn't know what they were muttering, there must be a ghost among them, it was better to kill them as soon as possible to prevent future troubles. ”

Huigong said: "Rick has merit, how can you kill him!" ”

Gap Rui said. "Rick killed two kings and one minister in a row, the crime is extremely heinous, the monarch remembers his return to the country to protect the credit, this is a private matter, and it is a public matter to liquidate his crime of killing the king and disrupting the government. How can a king forget righteousness for his own gain? ”

Hui Gong hesitated for a moment and said, "In this case, you go and kill him!" ”

Gap Rui and Rick had a long feud, and after listening to Huigong's order, he led his men and horses to quickly surround Rick's residence. Standing on a high place and shouting: "The edict of the Duke of Jin, without Rick, it is difficult for the Jin monarch to stand, this is a merit, but Rick killed two kings and one minister in a row, and the crime cannot be punished." You don't dare to abolish righteousness for personal gain. Rick: Kill yourself! ”

Rick argued. "If I don't kill Xi Qi and Zhuo Zi, how can Huigong be the king? It's really a sin to be added, and there is no excuse for it! After speaking, he drew his sword and killed himself with hatred.

Later, Pi Zheng returned to the Jin State from the Qin State, and Jian Rui framed him in front of Huigong. Jin Huigong believed Lu Rui's words and killed Pi Zheng and other eight old ministers. This is the famous massacre of ministers in the history of the Jin Kingdom.

Soon after the reign of Jin Huigong, the Jin Kingdom suffered from several years of wind and drought and insect disasters, and the crop harvest was very small.

In 636 B.C., there was another great drought, and most of the crops in Quwo and Jiangzhou died of drought, and there was almost no harvest. The refugees of the Jin Kingdom helped the old and the young, left their hometowns, fled in all directions, the treasury was empty, and the soldiers were starving, and there were many complaints.

If you want to survive the famine year, you must ask the Qin State for a loan, but the five cities promised to the Qin State have not even given one, so why are you embarrassed to open your mouth again? Igo was conflicted.

Gap Rui said: "The lord doesn't have to worry, we don't refuse to cede the land of the five cities, but just say that we can borrow grain from the Qin State after the country is stable, if it doesn't agree, it is not the Qin State, at that time, we refuse to cede the five cities, and they will have nothing to say." Hui Gong then ordered the doctor Qing Zheng to go to Qin to borrow grain with letters and jewelry and jade.

Qin Mugong convened the ministers to discuss, and Mu Gong was very unhappy and said to the ministers: "Yiwu promised me the land of the five cities in Hexi, but so far he has not given a single one, and he has borrowed grain." Do you want to borrow or not to borrow? ”

Uncle Jian, the minister of the State of Qin, and Baili Xi (Baili Xi was originally a doctor of the State of Yu, and served in the State of Qin after the Emperor of Jin Xiangong took the leave of Yu to destroy Yu) replied in unison: "In the year of natural disasters and famines, no country will be avoided. Disaster relief is like fighting fires, the difficulties of the Jin State are like the difficulties of the Qin State, this is common sense, the lord still lends it! ”

Qin Mugong said: "The benefits I have given to the Jin State are enough."

Doctor Gongsun Ji said: "What are you afraid of, we lend him more, and they pay back more, which will not affect the prosperity of Qin, if he does not return us, the people of Jin will be on the other side, and the people's hearts will return to Qin, and the prestige of our country will be higher." ”

Pi Bao, the son of Pi Zheng, who had just escaped from the Jin Kingdom, was bent on avenging his father, saying: "The Jin monarch is inhumane, and the natural disasters ** all come to Jin, which is God's punishment." Qin can take advantage of the famine in Jin and raise troops to attack Jin, and the opportunity must not be lost. ”

Mu Gong said solemnly: "It is the Duke of Jin Hui who bears me, and it is the people of the Jin Kingdom who are starving." We can't offend the people of Jin because we hate Jin Jun. ”

So Qin Mugong issued an edict to lend grain to the Jin State. He collected vehicles, horses, and boats, and sent troops to escort grain to the Jin capital. At that time, from the banks of the Weishui River to the banks of the Yellow River and the Fen River, there were convoys and fleets of the Qin State transporting grain. When the people of the Jin Kingdom heard that Qin Mugong had sent food, they were very grateful.

Unexpectedly, in the second year, the Weihe River valley of Qin also encountered a severe drought, and a large number of wheat seedlings died, and there was little harvest. Coincidentally, this year, the wheat of the Jin Kingdom was harvested.

Qin Mugong remembered what Uncle Jian and Baili Xi said in the first year, and was deeply grateful: "It's really unexpected!" If you didn't lend grain to the Jin Kingdom last year, how can you borrow grain from others today? ”

Pi Bao knew Hui Gong's personality quite well, so he said: "Jin Hui Gong is an insatiable and untrustworthy faint gentleman, I don't think he may lend it." ”

Qin Mugong said disapprerovingly: "People's hearts are exchanged for people's hearts, I think Jin Jun will lend it to us." So, he ordered the doctor to go to the Jin Kingdom, and brought a large number of jewelry, jade and other gifts when he left......

At first, Jin Huigong remembered the benefits of Qin and promised to lend Qin some grain.

Doctor Jian Rui immediately stopped and said, "If you give grain to Qin, will you also give Qin land?" ”

Hui Gong said; "I only promised to lend him grain, who said to give Qin land to him?"

Gap Rui said: "Jun only repays Qin's small kindness for borrowing grain, and forgets the great virtue of Qin Jun's assistance, which is unreasonable to give up the big and repay the small." ”

Doctor Qing Zheng said: "Last year I was ordered to go to Qin to borrow grain, Qin Jun did not refuse, the people of Jin praised Qin Jun's virtues, and now we do not lend Qin grain, not only Qin complains, I am afraid that even the common people in the country will oppose it." ”

Lü Yu's nephew said: "Qin lent grain to Jin in order to seek land. I lend grain to Qin, what do I ask him for? ”

Doctor Yu said to Jin Huigong: "Last year, there was a famine in our Jin Kingdom, and God asked the Qin State to destroy our Jin Kingdom, however, they lent our country food, it was really stupid, there was a famine in the Qin State this year, it was God who asked us to attack the Qin State, this opportunity cannot be missed." Let's hurry up and unite with the Liang State, take the opportunity to crusade against the Qin State, and divide the Qin land together, which is the best policy. ”

Jin Huigong was originally an ungrateful miser, but after listening to the words of Lu Yu's nephew and Yu Jie, it was exactly what he wanted, so he nodded again and again. The envoy of the Qin State, Ling Zhi, said angrily: "Our monarch is grateful for the goodness of Qin and Jin, and does not want an inch of land in the Jin State to lend grain to the people of the Jin State. ”

Lu Yu's nephew, Jian Rui and the others shouted: "If you want to eat the grain of the Jin Kingdom, unless you use Qin soldiers to get it." ”

Ling Zhi angrily left Pudu and went back to Qin.

Jin Huigong was treacherous and did not lend Qin grain, which greatly annoyed Qin Mugong, and he decided to mobilize three armies (about 10,000 people in one army) to attack Jin.

Qin Mugong and Prime Minister Baili Xi personally led the Chinese army, the generals Xi Qishu and Bai Yibing Bao, the general Gongsun Zhi led the right army, and Gongzi Zhitong led the left army, killing the Jin Kingdom.

The border is in an emergency, but it is in a hurry to break Jin Huigong and a group of civil and military generals.

Doctor Qing Zheng said: "The Qin State sent troops, not because we did not lend grain and did not cede the city. According to what the minister sees, it is better to hand over the five cities of Hexi to others, so as not to fight again, and the Jin Kingdom will suffer. ”

Jin Huigong was furious and wanted to behead Qing Zheng, and he was exempted from the death penalty after a plea of intercession.

Duke Hui of Jin formed 600 chariots and led a three-way army to the west, preparing to meet the Qin state. On the way, Qing Zheng saw that Hui Gong was riding the "little horse" sent by Zheng Guo, and persuaded him kindly: "Today, when I meet the great enemy of Qin State, the lord is riding a horse from a foreign country, and it is not familiar with the road of the Jin Kingdom, I am afraid that Yu Jun is not good!" ”

Hui Gong not only listened, but also reprimanded: "You dare to talk more!" ”

At this time, the Qin army had crossed the Yellow River to the east, fought successive victories, and drove the real into the army, all the way to Hanyuan, the land of Jin. Jin Huigong ordered the troops to set up camp ten miles away from Han Yuan, and asked the doctor Han Jian to go to the Qin camp to spy on the truth. After Han Jian returned to peace, he reported: "I see that the Qin army is brave and brave, although the number is less than our army, it is ten times stronger than our army!" ”

Hui Gong was very angry when he heard this, and said: "This is Qing Zheng's words, to increase the morale of others and destroy his own prestige." I swear to fight to the death with the Qin army! "I ordered Han Jian to go to the front of the battle to ask for battle.

At the foot of Longmen Mountain, the two sides set up a position and tore apart. In an instant, the sky was dark, and the blood flowed like a river. In the melee, Jin Huigong rode the "little horse", the strength was exhausted, and met the Qin general Gongsun Zhi, Hui Gong let the general's servants to fight, Gongsun Zhi had the courage of ten thousand people, the servants were his opponents, and they were defeated and retreated after a while, and the "little horse" was frightened and ran wildly, and finally fell into the quagmire because he didn't know the way, and couldn't pull out his legs. At a very critical moment, the Jin general Qing Zheng rushed over, and Hui Gong shouted: "General Qing Zheng, save me quickly!" ”

Qing Zheng glanced at Hui Gong and said a few cool words: "The monarch is very stable on a small horse, you just wait for others to save you!" As he spoke, he spurred his horse away.

The battle ended in a great defeat for the Jin army, and the Qin State captured a group of Jin generals such as Jin Huigong and his servants and servants, and only about 100 escaped.

When Qin Mugong looked at the general, he just didn't see the general Bai Yibing, so he sent troops to search everywhere, it turned out that after Bai Yibing and the Jin general Tu Anyi fought, they scuffled together and rolled into the cave, the two ran out of strength, and they still held each other and didn't let go, so the sergeant had to disassemble them and carry them to the military vehicle. Tu Anyi became a prisoner and was beheaded by the Qin army, a brave general, and ended up with a sad end.

Qin Mugong returned to Qin with his captives, wanting to kill Jin Huigong. The general Gongsun Ji thinks: Killing, it will not be much good for the Qin State, drive away, there will be people to take it in, it may leave future troubles, it is better to still make him the king, let the Jin State return the land of the five cities in Hexi, let the prince Yu as a hostage, stay in the Qin State, so that the Qin and Jin countries will live in friendship for generations.

Qin Mugong praised and said: "Gongsun Zhi has foresight! So he temporarily placed Jin Huigong in the palace of Lingtai Mountain, and sent a thousand Qin soldiers to guard it closely.

The news of Jin Jun's capture soon spread to the Qin State. When Mrs. Mu Ji (Jin Huigong's half-sister) heard that her younger brother had been captured, she cried and cried all day long, and let people build a high platform in the back garden, and a lot of firewood and grass were piled up under the stage. She and the crown prince wore plain clothes, went to the hut on the stage, did not eat or drink, and swore that if Huigong was not released back to the Jin Kingdom, she would be on the stage**. The maiden who was waiting for her hurriedly reported to Qin Mugong.

Mu Gong was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ordered the maid to go back and report to his wife, and soon released Jin Jun to return to China. Mu Ji took off her plain clothes, got off the high platform, and returned to the palace.

The Jin State suffered a defeat, and Hui Gong finally ceded the land of the five cities in Hexi, and left the prince Yu as a hostage in the Qin State.

Fourth, heavy ears flee

Chong'er, the eldest son of Jin Xiangong, was forty-three years old when he was framed by Li Ji and chased to Pucheng by the samurai Bo Tai, cut off one of his sleeves, and fled to Di Guo (in the area of present-day Weishui, Shaanxi). At that time, he fled with him, as well as a group of literati and military generals of the Jin Kingdom, the more famous ones were Fox Mao, Fox Yan, Zhao Yuan, Wei Qiu, Fox Shooting Gu, Dian Jie, Yu Tui, Xianzhen and others.

Di is a small country, the monarch is hospitable, I heard that the prince of the Jin Kingdom Chong'er and a group of famous people arrived, specially received with generous gifts, arranged this group of "refugees" to be comfortable and comfortable, Di Jun also conquered the blame such as (Chi Di alias, Kui surname), the two beautiful women who were accepted married to them, the small one was called Ji Kui, married Chong'er, gave birth to two sons, named Bo Min, Shu Liu. The eldest is called Shu Kui, married Zhao Yuan, and gave birth to a son named Zhao Dun. They found this good backer and lived there for 12 years. At that time, Chong'er felt that he was already an old man in his fifties, where would he have his early days?

In the twelfth year, the Fox Fur and Fox Yan brothers received a letter from Chong'er's uncle and the father of the Fox brothers, Hu Tu, saying that after Jin Huigong returned to the Jin State from the Qin State, he immediately ordered to behead Qing Zheng, who Han Yuan had not saved, and he called his favorite minister Liang Rui to his side, thinking that Chong'er was enveloping the princes outside, and sooner or later it would be the scourge of the Jin State, so it was better to get rid of them as soon as possible.

So, Hui Gong summoned Bo Ti and rewarded him with a lot of money, and promised that after killing Chong'er, he could also be given a big official.

As soon as Chong'er told people about this, everyone persuaded him to leave the kingdom of Di as soon as possible.

Hu Yan and Zhao Yu said: "Now that the number of Qi countries in the world is the strongest, and the princes of all countries are attached to it, let's go to the Duke of Qi Huan!" ”

Chong'er returned home and said to his wife Ji Kui: "Someone from the Jin Kingdom wants to kill me, I can't stay here anymore, you and the children should take good care, if I can't come back after twenty-five years, you don't have to wait for me." ”

Ji Kui cried and said: "The man's man's ambition is in all directions, not to mention that you are the son of the Jin Kingdom, just rest assured to go, what twenty-five years, I will become an old woman at that time, what else do I remarry......"

Not long after Chong'er and his party hit the road, Toumu, who was in charge of the coiled luggage, sneaked away alone.

If Chong'er wants to go to Qi State, he has to go through Weiguo first, they are not entangled, they have endured all the hardships along the way, and they have walked for a few days before they come to Weiguo. The people guarding the city gate asked where they came from, and Zhao Yu said: "The car is sitting on the son of the Jin Kingdom, Chong'er, if you want to go to the Qi Kingdom, please open the door and borrow a way." ”

The soldiers guarding the pass heard that it was the son of Jin Chong'er, so he flew the horse to report to Wei Jun, Wei Wen Gonggu suspected that when Wei Guo built the national capital, Jin Guo was not willing to help, and heard that Chong'er was fleeing, so he refused to switch the road. The soldier guarding the gate said, "Our king does not know who Chong'er is, so please go elsewhere." ”

Wei Qiu said angrily: "Wei Wei (Wei Guojun) is really a villain, wait and see!" ”

Zhao wai sighed and said: "The dragon lost water, and it is not as good as the earthworm." Let's take this breath. ”

These "refugees" had no choice but to go around the border in a big circle.

On this day, they went hungry until noon and came to a place called Wulu (in the northeast of present-day Puyang, Henan). They saw a group of farmers squatting on the edge of the field for lunch, and asked the fox to ask them something. The peasants said, "How can we have anything to give you to eat?" ”

The fox said, "If you don't give me food, can you lend the bowl to use?" ”

One farmer said, "It's a poor thing." As he spoke, he took a piece of dirt and said with a smile; Eat this! ”

Wei Qiu was furious, and he was about to hit with his fist, but Hu Yan hurriedly grabbed Wei Qiu, and took the piece of dirt, and said with a smile: "Childe, this is an auspicious omen. It's not easy for us to get some food, but it's difficult to occupy the land, and the old man gave us this land, isn't God giving us the land! Hurry up and take it. ”

When he heard these words, he bowed to this piece of soil.

There was no food to eat, Chong'er was almost hungry, Jie Zitui cut off a piece of meat on his thigh and made a can of broth, and after Chong'er finished eating, everyone continued to flee. This is the story of Meson Pushing.

In this way, Chong'er and his party were hungry and full, and finally arrived at Qitong. At that time, Qi Huan was just enveloping all the princes and establishing hegemony, Chong'er was a very famous figure, Qi Huan sent ministers to greet them outside the customs, and people set up a banquet to catch them, and also married a distant niece named Qi Jiang to him, and allocated them more than 20 cars and horses, and sent special people to receive them. These 'refugees' had food and shelter, and they lived a peaceful and stable life just like in the country of Di.

However, the good times did not last long, and within a few years, after the death of Duke Qi Huan, the sons of Qi fought endlessly for the throne, and chaos occurred in the country. Hu Yan, Zhao Yu and others felt that there was no point in staying, so they planned to go to the Song Kingdom.

But Chong'er is content with the comfortable life he has now, and he doesn't want to wander around anymore.

So, Hu Yan and Zhao Yu called a few people, under an old mulberry tree, to discuss the way to let Chong'er leave Qi State, but they were heard by a few maids who picked mulberry leaves, and they told Qi Jiang when they went back, although Qi Jiang was reluctant to part with Chong'er, but after thinking about it, he couldn't let the prince of Jin Guo do nothing, so he secretly made up his mind and prepared to send him back to China, so he thought of a way with Hu Yan and others.

One night, Qi Jiang set up a banquet, took the opportunity to get Chong'er drunk, called Wei Qiu and Zhuojie to carry Chong'er to the car, and then walked towards the Song Kingdom (in present-day Shangqiu, Henan Province).

After walking dozens of miles, Chong'er was woken up by a bump, and found himself lying in the car, only to know that he had been deceived.

After walking for a few days, we arrived at Cao Guo (in the northwest of Dingtao County, Shandong Province). Cao Gonggong, the monarch of Cao Guoguo, saw Chong'er and a group of "refugees" to vote, he was a little annoyed, and Dr. Cao said: "The son of Jin is famous all over the world, and he has heavy pupils (ribs are connected together)." It's unusual, and we should have received him well."

Cao Gonggong asked them to lead them to live in the herald.

Just when Chong'er was bathing, Cao Gonggong led a group of his concubines and maids, giggling, squeezing to the door, watching Chong'er's coercion, Chong'er is a big country who loves face, and he is very disgusted with Cao Gonggong's behavior.

He also expressed dissatisfaction with Cao Gonggong's behavior, personally apologized to Chong'er, and secretly sent food and jade walls to Chong'er. Chong'er took all this to heart and left Cao Guo in a hurry.

Song Xianggong heard that Chong'er was coming, and received them as state guests. However, the Song State was at war with the Chu State, and the country was small, so it did not have the strength to send them back to the Jin State, so he sent twenty good horses, and Song Xianggong specially sent one trip after another, and the Jin Gongzi Chong'er was very grateful.

Chong'er and his entourage left the Song Kingdom and came to Zheng State (present-day Zheng County, Henan Province), but Zheng Jun simply ignored them. Chong'er, this group of "refugees", had no choice but to swallow his anger and make a detour to the state of Chu.

The king of Chu became a king, very hospitable, saw Chong'er come to defect, and warmly entertained them as VIPs, Chong'er slowly became a good friend of King Chu Cheng, often drinking at the same table, and riding and hunting.

One day, King Chu Cheng and Chong'er drank together, and King Chu Cheng joked with Chong'er: "If Gongzi returns to the Jin Kingdom and becomes the king, how will he repay me in the future?" ”

Chong'er listened to it, and said gratefully: "Hongfu of the king, if I can return to the Jin country to be the king, I must be friendly with the Chu country for generations to repay the king's kindness, if there is a war between the two countries, I will definitely retreat three times (in ancient times, thirty miles is one house, and three houses are ninety miles), so as to let the king." ”

Cheng Dechen, the general of Chu State, listened to Chong'er's words and said to King Cheng: "Chong's whisper is not inferior, he must be an ungrateful guy in the future, it is better to kill him as soon as possible." ”

King Chu Cheng said: "Chong'er is known as a virtuous person, and even God blesses him, so dare I go against God's will!" ”

During Chong'er's stay in the Chu State, a major event occurred in the Jin State. It turned out that after Jin Huigong mortgaged the crown prince Ji Yu in the Qin State, Qin Mugong wanted the prince to return to Jin to be the monarch, so he married his daughter Huaiying to him.

In 638 BC, Gongzi Yu heard that his father was seriously ill, and he was afraid that others would rob him of the throne, so he did not say hello to Qin Mugong, so he secretly ran back to the Jin Kingdom. As soon as Duke Hui of Jin died in the second year, Prince Yu became the monarch, that is, the short-lived Duke Huai of Jin. As soon as Huaigong came to power, he severed contact with the Qin State, and Qin Mugong scolded him for being an ungrateful villain, and at the same time sent someone to inquire about the whereabouts of Gongzi Chong'er.

One day, King Chu Cheng said to Chong'er: "Our Chu and Jin countries are far away from thousands of rivers and mountains. It is very difficult for the State of Chu to send you back to China, and now the State of Qin has sent the general Gongsun Zhi to welcome you into Qin. Qin and Jin are adjacent to each other, only separated by a water, which is your best place. ”

Chong'er was very grateful to King Chu Cheng for this arrangement, so he took that group of ministers and followed Gongsun Ji to Qin State.

Chong'er arrived in Qin and visited Qin Mugong, Mu Gong was very happy to see Chong'er, not only warmly entertained, but also proposed to remarry his daughter Huai Ying to him, which stumped Chong'er, first, he was already old; Second, Gongzi Yu is his nephew, how can he marry his niece and daughter-in-law? Huai Ying also cried and refused, saying, "I am Gongziyu's wife, can I still remarry his uncle?" ”

Mrs. Qin said: "As long as the two countries are reconciled, what does it matter!" ”

And so it was done. The son was confused and became a groom again.

At this time, Jin Huaigong was afraid that Chong'er would return to the country, and issued an order: Anyone who followed Chong'er should return to Jin within three months, and if he did not return after the expiration date, the whole family would be beheaded. Fox Fur and Fox Yan's father, Hu Tu, that is, Chong'er's uncle, refused to summon his son back and was killed by Jin Huai.

In 636 BC, Qin Mugong decided to send troops to escort Chong'er back to the Jin Kingdom as the king. Mu Gong and Baili Xi, Gong Yu Ji, Gongsun Zhi and others led more than 400 military vehicles to the Yellow River, and Qin Mu Gong divided half of the men and horses to send Gongzi across the river, leaving half of the men and horses to meet on the other bank. Mu Gong and his wife waved tears goodbye to Chong'er and said, "Gongzi has become the king, don't forget our daughter!" ”

When he boarded the ship, Uncle Pot, who was in charge of the luggage and sundries, carried all the worthless rags to the ship. Chong'er saw it and said, "I'm going back to be the king, what are you doing with these things?" ”

After speaking, he had to ask his subordinates to throw these tattered things onto the shore, and some of them even threw them into the choppy Yellow River.

Hu Yan and Uncle Hu were very uncomfortable, so they held the white jade given by Qin Mugong when he left, knelt down in front of Gongzi Chong'er, and presented it respectfully, saying: "Childe, you are going to cross the river now, go back to your hometown, you are the king of the Jin State, at that time, there was the assistance of the ministers inside, and the support of the Qin State outside, obviously very safe, I want to continue to stay in the Qin State and be your minister." This piece of white jade is a little bit of my heart! ”

After hearing this, he hurriedly asked: "I am wandering with the assistance of my uncle and your brothers, you should go back, why do you want to stay in the Qin Kingdom?" ”

Hu Yan said: "I know that I have three sins, so I dare not follow the prince back to China, the ancients said: 'The holy minister can make the monarch dignified, and the virtuous minister can keep the monarch peaceful'." I have not done this, and it is a sin to trap my son in Wulu; Later, when we went to Cao and Weiguo, we were discriminated against, which is two crimes; Taking advantage of the child's drunkenness, pulling you out of Qi is the three sins. In the past, I didn't dare to resign when you were in trouble. When I returned to the Jin Kingdom today, I was exhausted, as if I could no longer eat this leftovers, and just like these rags could no longer be used, it was useless to leave me, so it was better to throw them away. ”

After hearing this, Chong'er swore with tears in his eyes: "I am not to blame for these things, and I will never forget the merits of all of you, let God testify!" "At the same time, let people pick up all the things that were thrown on the shore,

Later, with the help of Qin, Chong'er returned to the Jin Kingdom and became the monarch.