In the spring of this year, Lu Xianggong, who was only six or seven years old at the time, accompanied by Meng Xianzi, made a pilgrimage to mourn the Duke of Jin. The two monarchs then held a bloody ceremony in the suburbs, and Meng Xianzi asked Lu Xianggong to pay a tribute to the Jin Mourning Prince. Jin Mourning Gong's official Zhi Gang was so frightened that he hurriedly pulled Mourning Gong to avoid the direction of the other party's salute, and he said: "There is a Son of Heaven in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, but Lu Jun deigns to the widow, and the widow is deeply disturbed. ”

Meng Xianzi said: "The country of Lu is located in the east, and it is surrounded by enemies; The country can only rely on Jin Jun, how dare not be guilty? ”

After Lu Xianggong left, the lieutenant Qi Xi asked Jin Mourning Gong to return to his hometown. Jin Mourning Gong retained three times, he resigned three times, and Jin Mourning Gong had to approve his resignation and ask him for a successor.

Qi Xi said: "Xie Hu can." ”

Jin Mourning Gong said: "Xie Hu and the master have old grudges! ”

Qi Xi said: "The prince asked the minister who could be the lieutenant, but he didn't ask who was the enemy. ”

Jin Mourning Gong then issued an appointment and dismissal order, but Xie Hu died of a violent illness before he took office. Jin Mourning Gong had to summon Qi Xi again and ask him for a candidate for the second time.

Qi Xi said: "My son is also noon. ”

Jin Mourning Gong said: "If the master recommends his son, he must come up with reasons that can convince the widow; Otherwise, even if the widow agrees, the doctors will gossip. ”

Qi Xi said: "There is no more demanding minister than the monarch, and there is no more demanding son than the father." Qi Wu has listened to the teachings of his teacher since he was a child, and he always asks his elders for instructions when he goes out, and he never breaks his promise when he returns. He is eager to learn and never waste time, and when he grows up, he strives to achieve his big ambitions, but he is never ambitious, but he is down-to-earth and moves forward step by step. He can complete the tasks assigned to him very well.

"Qi Wu is not afraid of the strong, does not bully the weak, acts boldly, and does not be surprised. His talent has surpassed that of the minister, and the minister's pickiness cannot find his shortcomings, let alone an outsider? Therefore, the minister recommended him to the prince, and he must be qualified for the position of minister. ””

As a result, Qi Wu was promoted to the second lieutenant of the Jin Kingdom, and there was no omission in the military orders he executed and issued during his tenure.

Since Zheng had already succumbed, the Duke of Jin intended to convene a general meeting of the princes. He sent Shi Kuo to the Qi State to recruit the alliance, and asked the Marquis of Qi to attend. Qi Linggong's nameless fire arched up again, and he said, "The Jin people are really shameless! They will continue to take advantage of it once they get it, and this time the widow will not go anyway! ”

Yan said weakly: "The country's foreign policy must be continuous, and it cannot be changed at the same time, otherwise it will lead to misjudgment in other countries." Jin is strong and weak, the destiny has not changed, it is better to accept the invitation. ”

Gao Hou also advised: "It's best not to cause trouble before destroying the Lai Kingdom." ”

Only then did Qi Linggong reluctantly agree to participate in the alliance.

In June, the monarchs of Jin, Lu, Wei, Song, Zheng, Ju, and Di, as well as Shan Qinggong and Prince Guang of Qi, met at Jize (present-day Handandong, Hebei). Xu Ren was absent because he belonged to the Southern Alliance. The alliance also invited Wu Zi Shoumeng, and Jin Mourning Gong specially sent Xun Hui to the north bank of the Huai River to meet Shoumeng, but Wu was busy waging war against Chu at the time, and Shoumeng failed to come over.

When the nations held an alliance meeting, the Jin army was stationed in Quliang, not far from the venue. Jin Mourning Gong has a younger brother named Yang Gan, who is young and crazy, and often does bad things without fear. This time Yanggan also came with the army, and one day he rode a chariot in a rampage through the barracks; Sima Wei Jiang of the Chinese army was furious, and immediately forced the chariot to stop, and drove all three people in the chariot down.

Yang Gan had no fear, and shouted at Wei Jiang with his neck straight, but Wei Jiang announced his crime of disturbing order in public, and said: "You are the brother of the prince, I can't punish you, but your Yu Rong also participated in the crime, and he must be punished." With that, he cut off Yu Rong's head and hung it up for public display.

Only then did Yang Gan know that there were really people in the Jin Kingdom who were not used to him, and once his arrogance was extinguished, all that was left was fear. Yang Gan was so frightened that he urinated on the ground, trembling and being put into a car to complain to his brother.

After listening to Yang Gan's cry (Yang Gan added fuel and vinegar to portray Wei Jiang as an extremely arrogant person), Jin Mourning Gong couldn't help but be furious, and the sheep's tongue was red at this time, and Jin Mourning Gong said: "Master, it is the glory of the widow to be with the princes, but Yang Gan is insulted, and the widow can't raise his head in front of the princes. Master, go and kill Wei Jiang, don't let him run away! ”

Yang Yu Chi said: "If Wei Jiang wants to escape, he will not execute Yu Rong." Wei Jiang has no second heart for the office, he is not afraid of danger when he serves the monarch, and he will not escape punishment if he is guilty, he will come over to explain the situation himself, and he will not bother the prince and marquis to send his life. ”

Wei Jiang knew that he had created a catastrophe, he returned to the military tent to sort out his mood, and then wrote a letter of statement to the Duke of Jin, and then came to the outside of the tent of the Duke of Jin and handed the letter to his imperial servant (the official who delivered the message). At this time, many doctors had already heard the news and rushed to gather outside the tent.

After the servant sent the letter in, Wei Jiang drew his sword and prepared to wipe his neck. Shi Yi and Zhang Lao immediately pounced on him and controlled his hand. They said, "Since the Master is ready to die, does he care about this moment?" If the prince forgives you, it's too late for you to regret it! ”

Jin Mourning Gong unfolded the bamboo slip and read: "In the past, the prince lacked officials, so he ordered the minister to be Sima. The minister heard: 'The division is obedient as the weapon, and the military has death and no offense as respect. 'The prince summoned the princes of the world to meet here, how dare the ministers be disrespectful? The army is not martial, the officials are disrespectful, and the crime is great! The ministers were afraid of death for dereliction of duty, so they enforced military law against Yanggan. The sin of the ministers is serious, where dare to escape the prince, so please attribute it to Si Kou to die. ”

Yang Gan shouted after listening to it: "Kill! Gotta kill him! ”

Jin Mourning Gong flew up and kicked him to the ground, scolding: "Do you still think that you have lost fewer people? Do you want to drag the widow to embarrass people together? Because of you, the widow almost lost a good minister and a prince of the world! You go back to the Jin Kingdom immediately, and you are not allowed to come out again until the crown ceremony is over! ”

Jin Mourning Gong turned around and ran out of the military tent barefoot, he saw that Wei Jiang was still holding a sword in his hand, stretched out his hand to take it down, and said: "The widow loves his brother, so he said something wrong; The master punished Yang Gan with military law, and he had no merit but no fault. The widow has a brother who is not angry, but he can't teach him a lesson, and he actually makes him do bad things that violate military orders, and the responsibility lies with the widow. Please put away your sword and go back to your post, and don't add any more to the widow's fault!" ”

After returning to China, the Duke of Jin Mourning gave Wei Jiang many gifts, and soon promoted him to the new army leader, and at the same time appointed Zhang Lao as the Sima of the Central Army, and Shifu as a waiter.

After Prince Renfu was promoted to Ling Yin, there was not a day when the surrounding countries stopped. It turned out that he had obtained a new way to get rich from Wang Zishen, so he began to extort money and property from neighboring countries, especially Chen.

Later, Renfu was no longer satisfied with asking for money and treasures, and he sent someone to Chen Chenggong and said: "I never doubt the loyalty of the prince to the widow; However, some people in the country slandered the prince in front of the widow, and the widow was deceived, so he became dissatisfied and suspicious of the prince. But if the prince can give Chu a piece of land, I will speak more for the prince in front of the widow, and I will definitely re-establish the widow's trust in the prince. ”

Chen Chenggong was furious, he threw the book on the ground, kicked it with his foot, and scolded in his mouth: "Chu Zi is dissatisfied with this, Chu Zi is dissatisfied with that, Chu Zi is dissatisfied with the widow!" I think you're dissatisfied with the widow! Renfu instigated accomplices to slander the widow in front of Chu Zi, and used this as an excuse to blackmail the widow, why did the Chu State produce so many insatiable villains?

"In the long run, without the invasion of foreign enemies, Chen Guoyi will have to make himself have nothing left if he bribes the villain! In a few years, Renfu will sit on the throne side by side with the widow! 'How much is there left?' The widow had no way but to ask the Jin kingdom for help. The widow would rather go to war with the state of Chu than do anything that would disgrace the ancestors and the country! ”

Chen Chenggong then sent an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin Mourning Duke had just returned to Xinjiang from Jize at that time, and he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and immediately sent envoys to inform the princes.

In the autumn, doctors of Jin, Lu and other countries held an alliance meeting with Chen Dafu Yuan Qiao, and Chen's betrayal made Chu's international status almost drop to the freezing point.

"Fortunately, Xu Guo has not betrayed yet." The people of Chu used this self-deceptive idea to talk about comfort. As a result, in the winter of that year, the Zhifu Shuai Division invaded the Xu State, and Xu Linggong surrendered to the Jin people.