Chapter 8 The Emerging Families I
Li Mian, originally a young leader of the Li family in Shu County, after the Li family of Shu County decided to submit to Zhang Jiashi, after escorting his sister Li into Guanzhong to marry Zhang Jiashi, he became a celebrity among the new generation of young generals of the Qin army. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Tian Lai Novel.2
In fact, even among the officers of the Qin army who were about the same age as Li Mian, after knowing Li Mian's deeds, they first thought that Li Mianxun would become a high-ranking general, and it was very likely that his sister was Zhang Jiashi's concubine. But for people who understand Li Mian, or recognize Li Mian's ability, Li Mian's ability to reach this position is more of a reasonable arrangement.
But what Li Mian didn't know was that as his brother-in-law, Zhang Jiashi, who was the de facto ruler of the Qin Empire at the moment, he was reluctant to promote this young man too early.
Or that he is also a little jealous of Li Mian's own identity.
Because Li Mian himself is a young man from an emerging family.
It's just that because Zhang Jiashi himself realized the serious shortage of manpower, he could only make some arrangements in this regard, which he was not willing to do, but had to do.
In other words, the emergence of these new families can be said to be the inevitability of a new force in the process of exhibition.
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In fact, there are not a few talents in the family under Zhang Jiashi's command.
Li Zuoche, Li Mu's grandson, the Li family itself is the original Zhao State's prestige in Dai County.
The wang family, as the name suggests, refers to a famous and large family. Later, it also referred to the descendants of imperial nobles.
In history, there are many records of officials' origins:
"The Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Biography of Zhu Mu": "The ministers heard the old classics of the Han family, placed one person in the middle and one in the middle hall, one person in the provincial Shangshu, one person in the Huangmen Waiter, and passed on the book, all with the surname. Li Xian's note: "Quoting scholars and people have clan prestige." ”
"Northern History: The Biography of Zhu Ben": "Ben is also suppressed by the great Zhongzheng of Benzhou, and many surnames are suppressed, which is quite resentful of the people of the time.
"The History of the Old Five Dynasties, the Book of Jin, and the Biography of Li Zhuanmei": "The distant ancestor of Zhuan Mei was originally out of the Guzang big house, and the Cui family of Qinghe Xiaofang, the Lu family of the second room of the Northern Ancestor, and the Zheng family of Zhaoguo were the four wang clans. The marriage of men and women, regardless of his surname, wants to hire his clan, and gives a generous gift of gold and silk. Tang Taizong once issued an edict to stop his malpractice, but he could not change it. In the meantime, those who have not reached it will say: 'The surname is Cui, Lu, Li, Zheng, what do you want to ask for?'
"Book of Jin: Shi Jilong Chronicles": "The king of Zhenyuan promoted the Wang clan of Yongqin and Qin, and since he migrated eastward, he has come to serve in the army. from it. ”
Song Qin Guan "Wang Jian's Treatise": "Since the Jin Dynasty has used people to read and employ, Wang Xie Er's clan is the most prestigious family, since Jiangzuo, the princess will be the seventeenth or eighteenth, the son is the main son-in-law, the daughter is the princess, Butai Province and Lizhou County are innumerable, and the Zhutian of Qi, Chu Zhizhao, Qu, and Jing are all with the country. ”
Qing Zhaolian "Xiaoting Continuation of De Shangshu": "De Shang Shuying, surname Tongyan Jue Luo, Manchurian Wang clan. ”
The earliest recorded wang clan system in history is the six Qing families of the Jin State in the Spring and Autumn Period: the Zhao family, the Han family, the Wei family, the Zhi family, the Fan family, and the Zhongxing family.
The six secretaries of the Jin State are the generals of the Chinese army, the middle army, the general of the army, the general of the army, the general of the lower army, and the lower army, of which the Chinese army will be the Zhengqing (Shangqing), the middle army will be the second secretary (Yaqing), and the four generals of the army, the upper army, the lower general, and the lower army will be the lower secretary.
In 633 B.C., the Duke of Wen of Jin set up a system of three armies and six secretaries, and the generals were mainly controlled by eleven clans, including the Hu clan, the Xian clan, the Xu clan, the Xu clan, the Luan clan, the Fan clan, the Zhongxing clan, the Zhi clan, the Han clan, the Zhao clan, and the Wei clan. Internally, the Qing Dynasty and the Qing Doctor, and the Qing Dynasty and the monarch actively expanded their own power, and externally, the Six Qing Dynasty could join hands to unite under the banner of the Jin State, "respect the king and conquer the Yi", resist the invasion of the four Yi, maintain the Zhou Dynasty, and defend the Chinese civilization.
In 453 BC, the battle of Jinyang, Han, Zhao and Wei joined forces to defeat the ruling minister Zhibo of the Jin State and divided the Jin State.
The Jin State was the brother of the Son of Heaven and had always been the humerus of the Zhou Dynasty, with a prominent position. King Zhou Ping moved eastward, and Marquis Wen of Jin sent troops to Qin Wang, and the merit was in Sheji. Jin Wenhou also has a younger brother, known as Chengshi, known as Uncle Qu Wohuan in history, all born in the war, the name Qiu is indeed not as good as Chengshi, and some people predicted that there would be chaos at that time.
In 784 BC, Jin Muhou died, and his younger brother Jin Uncle Jin briefly usurped the throne, and was seized by the eldest son of Jin Muhou, Gongzi Qiu, who reigned for 35 years. In 745 BC, after the Marquis of Wen ascended the throne, there was a rebellion near Quwo, and the Marquis of Jin Zhao sealed his uncle Chengshi to Quwo, which is a city larger than Duyi, and the trouble came: Chengshi and his descendants began to compete with the Marquis of Jin for the throne for decades, and the struggle was extremely complicated and cruel.
In short, in 679 BC, after 67 years of civil war, Cheng Shi's grandson Jin Wu Gong finally eliminated the descendants of "Qiu", and the Jin Kingdom was temporarily stable, known as "Quwo Daiyi" in history. At that time, Qi Huan Gong Xiaobai had already begun his hegemony. In 677 BC, Duke Wu of Jin died, and his son Duke Xian of Jin ascended the throne. During his reign, he did two major things - expanding the territory and massacring the clans.
Jin Xiangong may be the inertia formed by the 67 years of infighting in the Jin Kingdom, after Jin Xiangong ascended the throne, even if he wanted to be benevolent, it was difficult to do it - his great-grandfather Chengshi's son, Gongsun (known as the Huanzhuang clan) is also a lot, always thinking about killing the tricks, Jin Xiangong is not easy to sleep, and the food is not sweet.
So with the strategy of Shi Bao, he divided the sons of the group, and then spent 8 years to slaughter. The family is almost killed, and there is basically no problem, but the bloody killing inertia makes the trickster involuntarily stretch out his poisonous hand to his son. In 672 BC, that is, the fifth year of Jin Xiangong, "Cutting Li Rong, Li Ji, Li Ji brother, all love and luck." ”
In order to seek inheritance for her son, Li Ji went through a series of conspiracy activities of her sisters, of course, the most fundamental is the cruel nature of the treacherous, in 655 BC, the crown prince Shensheng was forced to die, Chong'er and Yiwu ran away.
Li Ji also made an alliance between the deceitful Zhu and the ministers of the Jin State: they are not allowed to accept or help the sons who go out. At this point, although Wei Zhu thinks that he has completely solved the hidden danger, he is not far from death, and the things behind him are out of his control.
The above-mentioned practices of the Trick Zhu had a profound impact on the future of the Jin Kingdom, and the sons of the monarchs were generally not left in their own country from then on, which became a kind of institution. Although this measure played a role in stabilizing the interior at that time, in the long run, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the vassal states fissioned one after another, and the Jin State was extremely thin because of the extremely thin personnel and strength of the office.
But with the growth of the forces with different surnames, Jin Xiangong only cleared the obstacles, and what really cultivated them was the overlord Jin Wengong. Chong'er has been in exile for nineteen years, and his henchmen include Hu Yan, Zhao Yuan, Zhu Jie, Wei Li, Xu Chen, etc., all of whom are different clans, and these people are also important objects for him to rely on in the future.
Even after returning to China, most of the reused Xianzhen, Luan Zhi, Xun Linfu and others have different surnames.
These people are the builders of the hegemony, and a few decades later, their next generation is maintaining the century-old hegemony of the Jin State at the same time, but also encroaching on the monarchy of the Jin Marquis, and sure enough, a few hundred years later, their descendants will become the gravediggers of the Jin State Temple. It can be said that since the father and son of Jin Wengong and Jin Xianggong successively became hegemonic, the national affairs of the Jin State were basically in the hands of the ministers of the different clans, and the result was that the monarch was getting weaker and weaker, and the Qing clan of the different clans was getting stronger and stronger.
They are under the same roof, in order to survive, to fight for power, in order to win profits, they have launched round after round of competition. The family affection and hatred between the six Qings are intertwined, and the kindness and blood are mixed, and they jointly compose a heroic historical poem. The story of enmity and feud during this period was full of ups and downs, and the merger and fighting were extremely cruel, no less wonderful than the strife between various countries at that time.
And the most famous allusion in this regard is the orphan of the Zhao family.
Of course, the historical Zhao Wu did not have the kind of bumpy experience described by the Zhao orphans:
Under the call of Jin Jinggong, the nobles who were oppressed by the Zhao family rose up and killed the Zhao family. Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were caught off guard and were killed. Zhu Ji hated the original and screen, raised the butcher's knife to his clan, and vented the hatred accumulated by the Ying surname over the years. For a while, the temple was stained with blood, and the Zhao family was tragically destroyed.
Duke Jing deprived the Zhao clan of his fief and gave it to the Qi clan to strengthen the clan. Everyone hated the Zhao family deeply, and she didn't expect it. Just when everyone was falling into the well for framing the Zhao family, an important minister stood up.
Han Xianzi was grateful for the kindness of the Zhao family in the past, and when Jing Gong ordered him to attack the Zhao family, he resolutely resisted the strong pressure and refused to send troops. The fall of the Zhao family, Han Ju couldn't bear it anymore, he entered the palace to admonish Jing Gong, and said boldly and bluntly: "Zhao, after the sages and Boyi." From the middle of the derivation below, the surname Ying is noble. Zhao Yu Zuo Wengong and Zhao Dun Zuo Xianggong are all ministers of Sheji, and they have made great contributions to the Jin. However, once he was convicted, and his heirs were cut off? Those who have contributed to the country today may not be left behind in Jin......!
Han Ju's words woke up Jing Gong who killed the red-eyed to a certain extent, and Jing Gong was silent for a long time, knowing that he was a little excessive: Zhao Yu and Zhao Dun have made outstanding achievements, and now they are destroying Zhao Zong with selfishness, and it is difficult to block the mouth of Youyou. Jing Gong obeyed his request, and then ordered his nephew Zhao Wu to continue the heir surnamed Ying, and ordered Qi Xi to return the fief to the Zhao family.
The Duke of Jin Jing established the authority of the monarch, and the goal of collecting the extravagant secretary had been achieved, and Zhao Wu was reinstated. At this time, Zhao Wu was about ten years old. How can an underage doll manage such an empty family?
Zhao Wu was young and couldn't run a family, so he relied on Zhao Zhan to take care of him inside and outside, but fortunately Zhao Zhan became mature after the difficulty of going to the palace, and he was no longer arrogant and domineering like when he was young, and he also lost his capital.
In 581 BC, Jing Gong was haunted by nightmares, dreamed of ghosts, became depressed and became ill, and ordered the prince of Pujian State. Half a year later, Duke Jing of Jin died suddenly, and Duke Li of Jin ascended the throne. In the last years of Jinggong, the Zhao family was no longer insignificant. Among the eight Qings, Luan, Han, and Erhe all belong to the office, and Erxun is the far branch, and after getting rid of the Zhao family, Jin Jinggong has established a high prestige. The Jin clan was reinstated.
Li Gong is young, has no political qualifications, and the control and control of his subordinates are not as strong as his father, Luan Shu is the government, Sanhe Yin Office, and he values peace externally, and has concluded alliances with Qin and Chu, and later defeated Qin and Chu in Ma Tunnel and Yanling. Li Gong wants to regain power, and there are many extravagant kings in the country, especially the Luan family and the Hao family. Only by activating a group of nobles who are loyal to the country and disgusted with Luan and Hao can Li Gong be able to compete with extravagant Qing.
More than ten years later, in 566 BC, Zhiwuzi announced the three-driving strategy that had been planned in the cabinet, mourning the public insight, and immediately realized that this set of strategies that consumed huge national strength would play a decisive role in the competition between Jin and Chu. Zhibo was highly praised by the mourning duke, and Han Xianzi asked the old man to let Zhigang show his talents. Han Ju Zhishi. In June, the Duke of Jin held a military parade in Mianshang, and all the members of the families of the major ministers and doctors were present. Mourning Gong Han Qi is the secretary, and Han Wuji is the doctor of the Xi Gong clan.
After the long-term test and observation of the Duke of Jin, Zhao Wu has shown the image of a virtuous minister in the heart of the Duke of Mourning, and he does not hide his appreciation for Zhao Wu.
In 56o BC, Zhengqing Zhiwuzi and Yu Gongzi both died, and the cabinet urgently needed to be reorganized. Jin mourned the public field hunting in Lu and discussed the arrangement of the six kings. Since Mourning Gong often controls the promotion of Zhu Qing with his own will, everyone is also inquiring about Mourning's intentions......
On this day, the mourning prince hunted in Lu and inspected the troops. Mourning Gong asked Fan Xuanzi: "Can Qing be in power?" Shi Kuo excused himself: "I am the commander of the Chinese army, because I understand Zhibo and cooperate more closely." Choosing a commander, the minister is not as good as the bank. "Jin Mourning Gong was invited by him, and he ordered to sacrifice his son to the Chinese army, and Shi Kuo assisted him.
Mourning Gong asked Han Xuanzi to lead the army, and Han Qi strongly recommended Zhao Wu: "Zhao Wu is older than me, and he is lenient and virtuous, I can't compare, how dare I live on it?" Mourning Gong asked Yu Luan Huanzi and Wei Zhuangzi again, and Luan Wei said: "The minister is not as good as Han Zi, Han Qi is still humble, how can I be dissatisfied?" Because Xun Ying and Yu Qiu are young, they cannot participate in politics. Mourning Gong suppressed Shiqing, canceled the new army, and assigned his subordinates to the unified command of Luan Wei and Wei Jiang.
This time the rise and fall of the six Qings was very conventional, except for the new army was led by Luan Wei and Wei Jiang, and the soldiers were greedy and did not get the favor of the mourning duke, but Zhongxingyan was promoted to marshal because of his long-term conscientiousness. Of course, the best official luck is Zhao Wu, who jumped from a new army to a general, and even a few people, it can be said that he has advanced by leaps and bounds, and his official luck is prosperous.
Zhao Wu is in his early 3o years and is young, but he only lives under Xun Yan and Shi Lu. However, Xun Yan is approaching his twilight years, and Shi Kuo is also more than half a hundred years old. What awaits Zhao Wu is a piece of light, he and Han Qi carry the hope of the next half century of Jin Mourning Gong's rule, and the eloquent Mourning Duke has depicted his future ruling picture of maintaining the hegemony of the Central Plains, and the framework has been formed, that is: Mourning Gong sits in the court, and Zhao Wu is the prime minister of the court, and Han Qi is supplemented. Mourning is far-sighted and is already preparing for the government in 1o years.
Zhao Wu was not only a general, but he was grateful for the kindness of mourning the duke, and his heart of serving the country was even more majestic. or personality factors, Zhao Wu is engaged in civilian work and is not good at fighting. In terms of martial arts, he is slightly inferior, in the process of reviving the hegemony of the Jin Kingdom, Han Xianzi, Zhiwuzi, and Wei Zhuangzi have made great contributions, while Zhao Wu is like a small lotus - only to show sharp corners, or is it really the ancestors who are protecting him.
Mourning the success of the public, the country of Qi is ready to move again. Qi Linggong was frivolous and perverse, stirring up the restlessness of the chickens and dogs in the East, but he almost posed no threat to the Jin Kingdom.
In the autumn of 558 BC, the Duke of Jin Mourning issued an order to the princes to meet the alliance and invite the princes to discuss the war. The Duke of Jin, who had his hands free, wanted to severely punish Qi Guo and teach Qi Linggong a lesson. Just when Mourning Gong was preparing to fight Qi, he suddenly became ill and did not get better after a long treatment. All the ministers paid homage to the mourning prince who was sick in bed, and prayed for the king's well-being, but his illness dragged on for several months and did not improve. He was seriously ill, and the government affairs of the Jin Kingdom were basically suspended.
After winter, the mourning prince lies on the couch all day, and the son is on the side. cumbersome court affairs, as well as the provocation of the Qi State, the peeping of the Qin State, and the counterattack of the Chu State...... People are also looking forward to mourning the duke being able to stand up again and lead them to create a prosperous era belonging to the Jin Kingdom.
Soon, Gongzi Biao took medicine for his mourning father, and died shortly after mourning his father. The chamberlain announced to the outside world: The Marquis of Jin has passed away! The Jin Kingdom is in mourning, and the whole country is crying bitterly. Xun Yanzuo Gongzi Biao presided over the funeral and issued an obituary.
The death of the mourning prince was the starting point of the complete decay of the Jin office, and it was difficult for the later monarchs to control the powerful Liuqing. This is also a huge turning point in Zhao Wu's political life, Jin Mourning Gong cherished great political ideals, but died young, so that Zhao Wu and Han Qi's ambition to create a great cause suffered a heavy blow, and the damage to Zhao Wu is self-evident. In the days to come, when Zhao Wu's self-cultivation, self-cultivation, governing the country, and the world were not going well, he realized that having a lord like Mourning Gong was a happiness that a virtuous minister could meet but could not seek.
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In Zhang Jiashi's heart, the death of the Duke of Jin Mourning can be said to be the last pillar of the power of the Jin State, and the power of the Six Secretaries of the Jin State was not sufficiently checked and balanced later, and finally became the biggest factor in the destruction of the Jin State.