In the twentieth year of King Zhou Ding (587 BC), in the 'Battle of Qi', he completed the wish of revenge on the Duke of Qi and the State of Qi, the ruling doctor of the Chinese army and the ruling doctor Xun Ke, because there was no regret in his heart, and the serious arm injury suffered in the 'Battle of Qi' also recurred several times, which seriously affected the continuation of the reign of Xun Ke;

Jin Jinggong has always been in awe of the strong personality and serious personality of Xun Ke, and there is also a person in his heart who let this hero and thorn retire early, after greatly encouraging Xun Ke, Jin Jinggong agreed to his request to tell the old man, and Xun Ke also withdrew from the political stage of the Jin Kingdom; Soon after his retirement, he passed away peacefully in a peaceful retirement.

According to the recommendation of Xun Ke before his retirement, Luan Shu, a steady, talented and experienced general of the lower army, was promoted to the new general of the Chinese army and the ruling doctor, so as to balance the power structure in the court and the delicate relationship between the Jin office and the Zhuqingshi family.

At the same time, in order to take care of the family interests of the diligent and loyal ministers who had worked for the hegemony of the Jin State for most of their lives, Jin Jinggong specially promoted his sister-in-law Xun Jian to enter the court and serve as the subordinate general; The position of the Yin family continued to be retained after the retirement of the Yin family.

In the first year of King Jian of Zhou (585 BC), Zuo Xunshou of the Jin State Central Army, who almost failed to succeed as the general of the Chinese army, died because of old age, and the Duke of Jin Jinggong made a new adjustment to the position of the secretary of the court - the same treatment as Xun Ke after his retirement, Xun Gang, the son of Xun Shou, also took over the position of the secretary left by his father under the guidance of the Duke of Jin Jinggong and became one of the twelve secretaries of the court; The vacant position of the Chinese army secretary vacated by Xun Shou was promoted by other secretaries in turn.

At this time, the ranking of the twelve secretaries of the Jin State was - Luan Shu, the general of the Chinese army and the ruling doctor, the Zhongjun Zuo Xun Geng (Zhongxing Geng), the Shangjun general Shixie (Fan Xie), the Shangjun Zuo Yin, the lower army general Zhao Tong, the lower army Zuo Han Ju, the new Chinese army general Zhao Kuo, the new Chinese army Zuo Gongshuo (Shishuo), the new army general Han Chuan, the new army Zuo Xun Xiao (Cheng Xiao), the new army general Xun Gang (Zhi Gang), the new army Zuo Zhao Zhan (Handan).

In the new round of personnel adjustments in the Jin court, Zhao Dun and Zhao Shuo died after the Zhao family, at this time occupied the position of the lower military general (Zhao Tong), the new Chinese military general (Zhao Kuo), and the new military assistant (Zhao Zhan), and the three secretaries of the army. At the same time, although the Xun family also had three positions (Zuo Xun Geng of the Chinese Army, Zuo Xun Hu of the New Army, and Xun Gang, the General of the New Army), the three of them belonged to three other branches of the Xun family, and the cohesion of the family was far less strong than that of the Zhao family; The Zhao family's current position of power and sphere of influence far exceed that of other Jin families.

With such a strong political strength, the Zhao clan led by Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo began to invade the land of other ministers within the Jin State, robbed the people, and squeezed out the weak doctor family.

Therefore, Jin Jinggong felt more and more that the Zhao family had a (potential) serious threat to the office, and was always on guard against the Zhao family, for fear that one day he would accidentally repeat the "Taoyuan disaster" of his uncle Jin Linggong (coincidentally, Jin Linggong was killed by Zhao Chuan, a member of the Zhao clan's small sect, that is, the ancestor of Zhao Zhan, who is now the new army).

With the power in his hands, after the Jin State expanded its sphere of influence and became strong, not only continued to invade and gain benefits from the outside world, but even the internal strife reached an unprecedented peak - after Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo took the position of secretary, in order to suppress the nephew Zhao Shuo, who was originally a family clan, Zhao Shuo died young, and after Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo as the representative of the Zhao clan (new) clan had achieved a favorable result of combining the power of the emperor and the clan power, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo deliberately did not give it to the young nephews, Zhao Shuo's only son, Zhao Wu, has the power and status that he deserves in the Zhao family, but he is alienated and guarded against it, in case when he becomes an adult, he will take measures to regain the position of secretary who originally belonged to him.

(When Zhao Dun was alive, it had already been arranged - with his younger brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo in charge of clan power, and his son Zhao Shuo in charge of the power, the family supported each other, worked together in harmony, and was consistent with the outside world; As a result, Zhao Dun's plan was ruined by his younger brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo).

What's more, the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo not only occupied and seized the position of the secretary who originally belonged to their nephew Zhao Wu, and served as the secretary themselves, but also deliberately created internal strife within the Zhao clan and forcibly suppressed the legitimate interests of the same brother Zhao Yingqi (Lou Ying), making Zhao Yingqi also resentful of the two brothers of the same mother (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Yingqi are all half-brothers of Zhao Dun, born to Meng Ji, the daughter of Zhao Yu and the later married Duke of Jin Wen; Zhao Dun was born to Shu Kui, the daughter of Zhao Yuan and Chidi).

At the beginning, after Zhao Shuo's death, Zhao Shuo's wife Zhao Zhuangji (the daughter of Jin Chenggong and the sister of Jin Jinggong) lived alone with the young Zhao Wu (Zhao Shuo's only son), lonely and helpless and no one to help, so she was very depressed in the Zhao family; At this time, only Zhao Yingqi, who was Zhuang Ji's uncle, took pity on his nephew and daughter-in-law, so he helped her in private many times and took care of her; Zhuang Ji was grateful for her uncle's assistance, and the relationship gradually changed over time, so she had a personal relationship with Zhao Yingqi.

Zhao Yingqi is doing this, one is to sympathize with the lonely Zhuang Ji mother and son, and take care of them, and the other is dissatisfied with the selfishness and monopoly of the two brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo in the family; So, after having a personal relationship with Zhuang Ji, Zhao Yingqi wanted to take a way to assist his nephew Zhao Wu to inherit (regain) the throne of the Zhao family that originally belonged to him when he became an adult.

But this matter was learned by the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, and the two deeply hated Zhao Yingqi for being estranged from the Great Sect, and being close to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu, and fearing that the position of the Zhao family who belonged to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu who belonged to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu might not be guaranteed in the future; So, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo used the excuse that Zhao Yingqi and Zhuang Ji had a personal affair, and in the name of "putting an end to family ugliness", as the head of the Zhao family, expelled his younger brother Zhao Yingqi from the Zhao family and exiled him to the Qi country to exile, so as to cut off the connection between him and Zhuang Ji's mother and son.

Before Zhao Yingqi went into exile, he begged his two brothers, saying:

"I'm here, so Luan doesn't do it; If I die, I will be worried! ”

Zhao Yingqi is emphasizing that the Zhao family's great enemy, the Luan family, has been watching and testing from the outside, and the Zhao family can only protect the interests of the family from being infringed upon by other Qing clans and prevent offense from political enemies (Luan and Yin).

However, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were deeply jealous of Zhao Yingqi's practice of wanting to assist the young Zhao Wu to regain the throne in the future and weaken the strength of the Zhao clan's great sect, so they refused to listen to Zhao Yingqi's loyal advice before leaving, and forcibly expelled his younger brother to the Qi State; After Zhao Yingqi was expelled and the Zhao family experienced internal strife again, the contradictions within his family have become public, and the centrifugal force has also been greatly intensified.

After his uncle Zhao Ying, the only sympathetic and supportive member of the Zhao family, was forcibly expelled from the family, Zhao Zhuangji, who was orphaned and widowed and had no support within the Zhao family, resented the Zhao clan even more, and also thought that his son Zhao Wu would inherit (take back) the position of the Zhao family in the future.

Driven by this resentment and anger, Zhuang Ji angrily took the initiative to move out of the Zhao family's fiefdom - the lower palace with his young son Zhao Wu, and completely broke with her husband's family and cut it in two; Then, Zhuang Ji defected to his brother Jin Jinggong and moved to the palace of Xinjiang with Zhao Wu to live.

After Zhuang Ji's infighting provoked by this initiative again, the internal disputes within the Zhao family could not be repeated, the family members became more detached, and their disintegration became more and more obvious. For this, Jin Jinggong and the other Qing clans all saw it.

Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo brothers are competitive and humble externally, and compete for interests internally, short-sighted and selfish, so they not only offended the monarch and most of the Qing family, but also set up many enemies within the family; At this time, the Zhao family had already committed public anger in the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin Jinggong and other Qingshi families were extremely dissatisfied with the Zhao family's arrogant behavior, and everyone was looking for a suitable opportunity to give the Zhao family a fatal blow.

And the other Qing families of the Jin State, led by Luan Shu and Yin Qian, were actively preparing for the Zhao family when the internal strife and strife and the family's strength subsided, waiting for a good opportunity to cooperate with the monarch to launch an action and initiate the liquidation of the Zhao family (Dazong).

The reasons why Luan (mainly Luan Shu himself) is hostile to Zhao have been described for everyone in previous articles, so I will not repeat them here; The reason why the Yin clan is hostile to the Zhao family is because after the retirement of the previous head of the family, his sister-in-law Xun Ke only got a position as a military general and did not occupy a higher position in the court; Moreover, Zhao Tong, the deputy of Yin Jian and the then subordinate of the army, and his nominal boss Yin Jian fought for power and profit in the Jin army, suppressing and weakening the Yin clan everywhere, so Yin Jian was angry with the Zhao family headed by Zhao Tong and wanted to move back to this unfavorable situation.

The Yin family was originally the largest and most powerful Qing family in the Jin Kingdom, and its power was by no means weaker than that of the Zhao family; However, in the process of changing the military system and expanding the six armies and twelve secretaries after the 'Battle of Jinjing', the Yin clan only got the position of a lower army general (郤錡), and later only rose to the position of the upper army Zuo, far inferior to the three secretaries of the Zhao clan (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Zhan).

Therefore, Yin Qi was even more dissatisfied with the Zhao family, and always wanted to weaken or even directly defeat the Zhao family (Dazong), and share the power, wealth and interests belonging to the Zhao family with other secretaries. Under the domination of this kind of thinking, the Yin clan and the Luan clan, who had the same purpose, privately united for the common goal of interests, and accumulated the strength in their hands, preparing to cooperate with the monarch to eradicate the Zhao (Dazong) power in one fell swoop, and seize the power position and territorial wealth belonging to the Zhao clan.

Although the monarch Jin Jinggong was able to successfully ascend to the position of Marquis of Jin because of the support of the Zhao family (Jin Jinggong's father, Jin Chenggong, was supported by Zhao Dun, so Jin Jinggong, as the crown prince of Jin Chenggong, could succeed to the throne as the Marquis of Jin later), Yu should be grateful to Zhao both in public and private.

But after the death of Zhao Dun and Zhao Shuo's father and son, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, who were in charge of the Zhao family, relied on the identity of the family clan to wantonly bully and oppress their own sister Zhuang Ji and nephew Zhao Wu's mother and son, and forcibly occupied the position of the Zhao clan who belonged to Zhao Wu, so that Zhuang Ji and Zhao Wu were forced to leave the Zhao clan and come to join him, which made Jin Jinggong very dissatisfied with the Zhao clan.

At the same time, the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were competitive, only caring about the selfish interests of the Zhao family, and had no sense of responsibility to maintain and strengthen the hegemony of the Jin State, which was simply the biggest unstable factor within the Jin State; Therefore, Jin Jinggong gradually changed from dissatisfaction with the Zhao clan (Dazong) to deep hatred, and also wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate the domineering Zhao clan (Dazong), eliminate internal threats, expand the power and interests of the office, and deter other foreign clans who dared to offend the interests of the office.

But although Jin Jinggong has been jealous and hated the Zhao family, he will want to get rid of it quickly, but the current family power of the Zhao family is still huge, and the private soldiers and territory of the Zhao family are still firmly in the hands of Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo brothers, not only far exceeding the existing strength of other Qing clans, but also the Jin Gong Office where Jin Jinggong is located, but also faintly overwhelmed by the Zhao family.

Moreover, most of the land around Xinjiang in the Jin capital is the territory of the Zhao family, if Jin Jinggong makes a move to the Zhao family at this time, if Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo brothers 'jump over the wall in a hurry' and fight hard, it is difficult to say whether Jin Jinggong can successfully eradicate the Zhao family, and it is possible that he will suffer from it (just like his uncle Jin Linggong).

Therefore, Jin Jinggong was determined to temporarily stabilize the Zhao clan, and then find a suitable opportunity to move the capital away from Xinjiang, which was influenced by the Zhao clan's influence, and find another site to build the capital, so as to realize his desire to destroy the Zhao clan and stabilize the monarchy.

In the first year of King Jian of Zhou (585 BC), in order to leave Xinjiang, the national capital under the actual control of the Zhao family, in order to better implement the plan to destroy the Zhao family (Dazong), the Duke of Jin Jing formally proposed to the Zhuqing in the court meeting to move the capital, and announced that the capital would be moved elsewhere on the grounds that the population of the national capital Xinjiang was increasing, the water and soil environment continued to deteriorate, and it was not suitable to continue as the capital.

At that time, Xinjiang's living environment was indeed relatively bad - with a large population, crowded and cramped houses, and groundwater was polluted by the daily life of many residents in the city, it was no longer suitable to continue as the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and moving the capital was indeed the proper meaning.

Therefore, Jin Jinggong's move to change the capital with other intentions was soon unanimously agreed by all the ministers, including the Zhao family, and the matter of moving the capital was decided in this way (Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo even thought that after the office was moved, Xinjiang would be directly controlled by the Zhao family, and they did not expect that this was a harbinger of the monarch's attack on the Zhao family).

After some careful selection by the Duke of Jin Jing, at the suggestion of other secretaries, the new capital of the Jin Kingdom was selected in "Xintian" (now Houma, Shanxi); Immediately, Jin Jinggong was impatient to officially move the capital that year, leaving Xinjiang, which had become the capital of the Jin Kingdom since Jin Xiangong.

In this regard, under the planning of Jin Jinggong, the members of the Jin office headed by Jin Jinggong and the court of the Jin State all moved away from Xinjiang, which was deeply influenced by the Zhao clan (Dazong), and the Luan family, the Hao clan and other Qing clans also followed the monarch and went to Xintian to build a new private house; Jin Jinggong's plan to destroy the Zhao family no longer has any scruples.

When Jin Jinggong and the Luan family and the Yin family were intensively planning an attack on the Zhao family (Dazong), the Zhao family represented by Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo was inexplicably slow to react and did not make corresponding countermeasures - Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo moved out of Xinjiang in the office, and the Ziwei family had a business layout in the Jin State for 40 years, with strong strength and many affiliated henchmen, and almost no one in the Jin Zhuqing family could compete with the Zhao family, even if the monarch wanted to deal with the Zhao family, it should also be carefully weighed.

What's more, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo thought that the Zhao family did not have the responsibility of 'colluding with outsiders to make trouble' like the Fox family and the Xian family, and the Zhao family had made great contributions to the consolidation and development of the Jin hegemony, and the monarch had no reason to target the Zhao family.

Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo took it for granted that the monarch did not want to see the Zhao family at present, and he probably wanted to fight for his nephew (Zhao Wu) to regain the position of a secretary; When the time comes, if it is really difficult to deal with the king's criticism, then give Zhao Wu a secretary position, originally this secretary position is the nephew (Zhao Wu) and their lineage.

Under the domination of this arrogant and negative thinking, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo relied on the Zhao family's business history in the Jin State for more than 40 years, with strong private soldiers and many party followers, and the Jin government and the opposition were under the control or influence of the Zhao family, and the Zhao family was not afraid of the provocation of other Qing clans and the disposal of the monarch.

Therefore, in addition to continuing to manage the Zhao fiefdom as usual and participating in state affairs, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo did not do a good job of being highly vigilant against potential enemies, nor did they strengthen the defense and vigilance of the fiefdom, and the Zhao family only treated the intentional or unintentional provocations of other Qingshi families as ordinary interest disputes; The Zhao clan still relied on his own strong strength to act arrogantly and without scruples.

In the third year of King Jian of Zhou (583 BC), after the Duke of Jin Jing moved the capital to Xintian, he had already formulated a plan of action against the Zhao clan with the ministers, and everything was ready; As a result, Jin Jinggong convened the Zhuqing meeting in Xintian and prepared to launch an attack on the Zhao family.

Before that, Jin Jinggong first asked his sister Zhuang Ji, who lived in the palace, to come forward and sue the Zhao family for the first time, framing the Zhao family, saying:

"The original and the screen will be messy!"

(Zhao Tong was in the same place, and Zhao Kuo was in the same place; Therefore, Zhuang Ji used Yuan and Ping to refer to the Zhao clan, and framed Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo for gathering people to make a rebellion and rebel).

After Zhuang Ji came forward to make a first complaint, Jin Jinggong used this as an excuse to convene all the secretaries - the Chinese army general Luan Shu, the Chinese army Zuo Xun Geng, the upper army Zuo Heqian, the lower army Zuo Han Ju and other secretaries to discuss countermeasures; And the Luan clan and the Xun clan, represented by the Chinese army general Luan Shu and the Shangjun Zuo Yin, have long secretly formed an alliance with the monarch and unanimously dealt with the Zhao clan; Therefore, Luan Shu and Yin Jian testified to Zhuang Ji in public, and said conclusively that the Zhao family had already had a conspiracy to cause chaos, so it was better to strike preemptively and eliminate hidden dangers.

Luan Shu and Yin Qian had long been in cahoots with Jin Jinggong, and they had already set the caliber in advance and were ready to attack the Zhao family; So, when Jin Jinggong asked Zhuang Ji to come forward to sue the Zhao family for the first time, Luan Shu and Yin Jian also testified to Zhuang Ji in public, saying conclusively that the Zhao family had actually attempted to rebel a long time ago, but the preparation was not sufficient, so it was not launched.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the final blow to the Zhao family, Luan Shu and Yin Jian also took the trouble to advise Jin Jinggong (and other secretaries) in the court discussion - the Zhao family's family power is too large, and there are many followers of the party, if the monarch does not take preemptive measures to destroy the Zhao family, I am afraid that the old incident of the Taoyuan disaster will reappear in the Jin Kingdom (back then, Jin Linggong wanted to kill Zhao Dun, but was killed by Zhao Dun's cousin Zhao Chuanjiao in Taoyuan!). ）

At this time, among the other families of the Jin State, Shangjun General Shixie was on an envoy at that time and was unable to participate in the meeting; The Xun clan (Zhongxing clan, Zhi clan, Cheng clan) and Luan clan represented by the Chinese army Zuo Xun Geng (Zhongxing Geng), the new army Zuo Xun (Cheng Xiao), and the new army general Xun Gang (Zhi Gang) have always been good friends, and there are also great contradictions between the Xun clan (Zhongxing clan) and the Zhao clan; Therefore, Xun Geng also spoke in support of Luan Shu and Xun Qi's opinions, and strongly advocated asking the monarch to send troops to attack the Zhao family.

However, the new Chinese army Zuo Gongshuo was soft-spoken, his power was weak, and the head of the big sect was not present (Gong Shuo was a branch of the Shi clan, and the head of the family, Shi Xie, was not at the scene of the court meeting at this time, and Gong Shuo was not good at speaking alone), so he did not express his opinion.

As for the three secretaries belonging to the Zhao family among the twelve kings (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Zhan), Jin Jinggong naturally would not let them participate in this court meeting that deliberately targeted the Zhao family.

So, in this court discussion against the Zhao family, there is no opinion, only the Han clan where the army Zuo Han Ju and the new army general Han Wear are located, and what kind of reply does the Han clan have to the proposal of the monarch and the Luan clan and the Hao clan to 'attack the Zhao clan', the Zhao clan (Dazong) Zhou Ding King 20 years (587 BC), in the 'Battle of Qi' completed the revenge of the Duke of Qi and the Qi State The ruling Jin State - the Chinese army general and the ruling doctor Xun Ke, because there is no regret in his heart, and in the year in ' The serious arm wound he suffered during the Battle of the Gang also recurred several times, which seriously affected the continuation of the reign of Xun Ke, so that in this year, Xun Ke submitted a request to the monarch Jin Jinggong to retire.

Jin Jinggong has always been in awe of the strong personality and serious personality of Xun Ke, and there is also a person in his heart who let this hero and thorn retire early, after greatly encouraging Xun Ke, Jin Jinggong agreed to his request to tell the old man, and Xun Ke also withdrew from the political stage of the Jin Kingdom; Soon after his retirement, he passed away peacefully in a peaceful retirement.

According to the recommendation of Xun Ke before his retirement, Luan Shu, a steady, talented and experienced general of the lower army, was promoted to the new general of the Chinese army and the ruling doctor, so as to balance the power structure in the court and the delicate relationship between the Jin office and the Zhuqingshi family.

At the same time, in order to take care of the family interests of the diligent and loyal ministers who had worked for the hegemony of the Jin State for most of their lives, Jin Jinggong specially promoted his sister-in-law Xun Jian to enter the court and serve as the subordinate general; The position of the Yin family continued to be retained after the retirement of the Yin family.

In the first year of King Jian of Zhou (585 BC), Zuo Xunshou of the Jin State Central Army, who almost failed to succeed as the general of the Chinese army, died because of old age, and the Duke of Jin Jinggong made a new adjustment to the position of the secretary of the court - the same treatment as Xun Ke after his retirement, Xun Gang, the son of Xun Shou, also took over the position of the secretary left by his father under the guidance of the Duke of Jin Jinggong and became one of the twelve secretaries of the court; The vacant position of the Chinese army secretary vacated by Xun Shou was promoted by other secretaries in turn.

At this time, the ranking of the twelve secretaries of the Jin State was - Luan Shu, the general of the Chinese army and the ruling doctor, the Zhongjun Zuo Xun Geng (Zhongxing Geng), the Shangjun general Shixie (Fan Xie), the Shangjun Zuo Yin, the lower army general Zhao Tong, the lower army Zuo Han Ju, the new Chinese army general Zhao Kuo, the new Chinese army Zuo Gongshuo (Shishuo), the new army general Han Chuan, the new army Zuo Xun Xiao (Cheng Xiao), the new army general Xun Gang (Zhi Gang), the new army Zuo Zhao Zhan (Handan).

In the new round of personnel adjustments in the Jin court, Zhao Dun and Zhao Shuo died after the Zhao family, at this time occupied the position of the lower military general (Zhao Tong), the new Chinese military general (Zhao Kuo), and the new military assistant (Zhao Zhan), and the three secretaries of the army. At the same time, although the Xun family also had three positions (Zuo Xun Geng of the Chinese Army, Zuo Xun Hu of the New Army, and Xun Gang, the General of the New Army), the three of them belonged to three other branches of the Xun family, and the cohesion of the family was far less strong than that of the Zhao family; The Zhao family's current position of power and sphere of influence far exceed that of other Jin families.

With such a strong political strength, the Zhao clan led by Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo began to invade the land of other ministers within the Jin State, robbed the people, and squeezed out the weak doctor family.

Therefore, Jin Jinggong felt more and more that the Zhao family had a (potential) serious threat to the office, and was always on guard against the Zhao family, for fear that one day he would accidentally repeat the "Taoyuan disaster" of his uncle Jin Linggong (coincidentally, Jin Linggong was killed by Zhao Chuan, a member of the Zhao clan's small sect, that is, the ancestor of Zhao Zhan, who is now the new army).

With the power in his hands, after the Jin State expanded its sphere of influence and became strong, not only continued to invade and gain benefits from the outside world, but even the internal strife reached an unprecedented peak - after Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo took the position of secretary, in order to suppress the nephew Zhao Shuo, who was originally a family clan, Zhao Shuo died young, and after Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo as the representative of the Zhao clan (new) clan had achieved a favorable result of combining the power of the emperor and the clan power, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo deliberately did not give it to the young nephews, Zhao Shuo's only son, Zhao Wu, has the power and status that he deserves in the Zhao family, but he is alienated and guarded against it, in case when he becomes an adult, he will take measures to regain the position of secretary who originally belonged to him.

(When Zhao Dun was alive, it had already been arranged - with his younger brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo in charge of clan power, and his son Zhao Shuo in charge of the power, the family supported each other, worked together in harmony, and was consistent with the outside world; As a result, Zhao Dun's plan was ruined by his younger brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo).

What's more, the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo not only occupied and seized the position of the secretary who originally belonged to their nephew Zhao Wu, and served as the secretary themselves, but also deliberately created internal strife within the Zhao clan and forcibly suppressed the legitimate interests of the same brother Zhao Yingqi (Lou Ying), making Zhao Yingqi also resentful of the two brothers of the same mother (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Yingqi are all half-brothers of Zhao Dun, born to Meng Ji, the daughter of Zhao Yu and the later married Duke of Jin Wen; Zhao Dun was born to Shu Kui, the daughter of Zhao Yuan and Chidi).

At the beginning, after Zhao Shuo's death, Zhao Shuo's wife Zhao Zhuangji (the daughter of Jin Chenggong and the sister of Jin Jinggong) lived alone with the young Zhao Wu (Zhao Shuo's only son), lonely and helpless and no one to help, so she was very depressed in the Zhao family; At this time, only Zhao Yingqi, who was Zhuang Ji's uncle, took pity on his nephew and daughter-in-law, so he helped her in private many times and took care of her; Zhuang Ji was grateful for her uncle's assistance, and the relationship gradually changed over time, so she had a personal relationship with Zhao Yingqi.

Zhao Yingqi is doing this, one is to sympathize with the lonely Zhuang Ji mother and son, and take care of them, and the other is dissatisfied with the selfishness and monopoly of the two brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo in the family; So, after having a personal relationship with Zhuang Ji, Zhao Yingqi wanted to take a way to assist his nephew Zhao Wu to inherit (regain) the throne of the Zhao family that originally belonged to him when he became an adult.

But this matter was learned by the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, and the two deeply hated Zhao Yingqi for being estranged from the Great Sect, and being close to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu, and fearing that the position of the Zhao family who belonged to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu who belonged to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu might not be guaranteed in the future; So, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo used the excuse that Zhao Yingqi and Zhuang Ji had a personal affair, and in the name of "putting an end to family ugliness", as the head of the Zhao family, expelled his younger brother Zhao Yingqi from the Zhao family and exiled him to the Qi country to exile, so as to cut off the connection between him and Zhuang Ji's mother and son.

Before Zhao Yingqi went into exile, he begged his two brothers, saying:

"I'm here, so Luan doesn't do it; If I die, I will be worried! ”

Zhao Yingqi is emphasizing that the Zhao family's great enemy, the Luan family, has been watching and testing from the outside, and the Zhao family can only protect the interests of the family from being infringed upon by other Qing clans and prevent offense from political enemies (Luan and Yin).

However, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were deeply jealous of Zhao Yingqi's practice of wanting to assist the young Zhao Wu to regain the throne in the future and weaken the strength of the Zhao clan's great sect, so they refused to listen to Zhao Yingqi's loyal advice before leaving, and forcibly expelled his younger brother to the Qi State; After Zhao Yingqi was expelled and the Zhao family experienced internal strife again, the contradictions within his family have become public, and the centrifugal force has also been greatly intensified.

After his uncle Zhao Ying, the only sympathetic and supportive member of the Zhao family, was forcibly expelled from the family, Zhao Zhuangji, who was orphaned and widowed and had no support within the Zhao family, resented the Zhao clan even more, and also thought that his son Zhao Wu would inherit (take back) the position of the Zhao family in the future.

Driven by this resentment and anger, Zhuang Ji angrily took the initiative to move out of the Zhao family's fiefdom - the lower palace with his young son Zhao Wu, and completely broke with her husband's family and cut it in two; Then, Zhuang Ji defected to his brother Jin Jinggong and moved to the palace of Xinjiang with Zhao Wu to live.

After Zhuang Ji's infighting provoked by this initiative again, the internal disputes within the Zhao family could not be repeated, the family members became more detached, and their disintegration became more and more obvious. For this, Jin Jinggong and the other Qing clans all saw it.

Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo brothers are competitive and humble externally, and compete for interests internally, short-sighted and selfish, so they not only offended the monarch and most of the Qing family, but also set up many enemies within the family; At this time, the Zhao family had already committed public anger in the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin Jinggong and other Qingshi families were extremely dissatisfied with the Zhao family's arrogant behavior, and everyone was looking for a suitable opportunity to give the Zhao family a fatal blow.

And the other Qing families of the Jin State, led by Luan Shu and Yin Qian, were actively preparing for the Zhao family when the internal strife and strife and the family's strength subsided, waiting for a good opportunity to cooperate with the monarch to launch an action and initiate the liquidation of the Zhao family (Dazong).

The reasons why Luan (mainly Luan Shu himself) is hostile to Zhao have been described for everyone in previous articles, so I will not repeat them here; The reason why the Yin clan is hostile to the Zhao family is because after the retirement of the previous head of the family, his sister-in-law Xun Ke only got a position as a military general and did not occupy a higher position in the court; Moreover, Zhao Tong, the deputy of Yin Jian and the then subordinate of the army, and his nominal boss Yin Jian fought for power and profit in the Jin army, suppressing and weakening the Yin clan everywhere, so Yin Jian was angry with the Zhao family headed by Zhao Tong and wanted to move back to this unfavorable situation.

The Yin family was originally the largest and most powerful Qing family in the Jin Kingdom, and its power was by no means weaker than that of the Zhao family; However, in the process of changing the military system and expanding the six armies and twelve secretaries after the 'Battle of Jinjing', the Yin clan only got the position of a lower army general (郤錡), and later only rose to the position of the upper army Zuo, far inferior to the three secretaries of the Zhao clan (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Zhan).

Therefore, Yin Qi was even more dissatisfied with the Zhao family, and always wanted to weaken or even directly defeat the Zhao family (Dazong), and share the power, wealth and interests belonging to the Zhao family with other secretaries. Under the domination of this kind of thinking, the Yin clan and the Luan clan, who had the same purpose, privately united for the common goal of interests, and accumulated the strength in their hands, preparing to cooperate with the monarch to eradicate the Zhao (Dazong) power in one fell swoop, and seize the power position and territorial wealth belonging to the Zhao clan.

Although the monarch Jin Jinggong was able to successfully ascend to the position of Marquis of Jin because of the support of the Zhao family (Jin Jinggong's father, Jin Chenggong, was supported by Zhao Dun, so Jin Jinggong, as the crown prince of Jin Chenggong, could succeed to the throne as the Marquis of Jin later), Yu should be grateful to Zhao both in public and private.

But after the death of Zhao Dun and Zhao Shuo's father and son, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, who were in charge of the Zhao family, relied on the identity of the family clan to wantonly bully and oppress their own sister Zhuang Ji and nephew Zhao Wu's mother and son, and forcibly occupied the position of the Zhao clan who belonged to Zhao Wu, so that Zhuang Ji and Zhao Wu were forced to leave the Zhao clan and come to join him, which made Jin Jinggong very dissatisfied with the Zhao clan.

At the same time, the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were competitive, only caring about the selfish interests of the Zhao family, and had no sense of responsibility to maintain and strengthen the hegemony of the Jin State, which was simply the biggest unstable factor within the Jin State; Therefore, Jin Jinggong gradually changed from dissatisfaction with the Zhao clan (Dazong) to deep hatred, and also wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate the domineering Zhao clan (Dazong), eliminate internal threats, expand the power and interests of the office, and deter other foreign clans who dared to offend the interests of the office.

But although Jin Jinggong has been jealous and hated the Zhao family, he will want to get rid of it quickly, but the current family power of the Zhao family is still huge, and the private soldiers and territory of the Zhao family are still firmly in the hands of Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo brothers, not only far exceeding the existing strength of other Qing clans, but also the Jin Gong Office where Jin Jinggong is located, but also faintly overwhelmed by the Zhao family.

Moreover, most of the land around Xinjiang in the Jin capital is the territory of the Zhao family, if Jin Jinggong makes a move to the Zhao family at this time, if Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo brothers 'jump over the wall in a hurry' and fight hard, it is difficult to say whether Jin Jinggong can successfully eradicate the Zhao family, and it is possible that he will suffer from it (just like his uncle Jin Linggong).

Therefore, Jin Jinggong was determined to temporarily stabilize the Zhao clan, and then find a suitable opportunity to move the capital away from Xinjiang, which was influenced by the Zhao clan's influence, and find another site to build the capital, so as to realize his desire to destroy the Zhao clan and stabilize the monarchy.

In the first year of King Jian of Zhou (585 BC), in order to leave Xinjiang, the national capital under the actual control of the Zhao family, in order to better implement the plan to destroy the Zhao family (Dazong), the Duke of Jin Jing formally proposed to the Zhuqing in the court meeting to move the capital, and announced that the capital would be moved elsewhere on the grounds that the population of the national capital Xinjiang was increasing, the water and soil environment continued to deteriorate, and it was not suitable to continue as the capital.

At that time, Xinjiang's living environment was indeed relatively bad - with a large population, crowded and cramped houses, and groundwater was polluted by the daily life of many residents in the city, it was no longer suitable to continue as the capital of the Jin Kingdom, and moving the capital was indeed the proper meaning.

Therefore, Jin Jinggong's move to change the capital with other intentions was soon unanimously agreed by all the ministers, including the Zhao family, and the matter of moving the capital was decided in this way (Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo even thought that after the office was moved, Xinjiang would be directly controlled by the Zhao family, and they did not expect that this was a harbinger of the monarch's attack on the Zhao family).

After some careful selection by the Duke of Jin Jing, at the suggestion of other secretaries, the new capital of the Jin Kingdom was selected in "Xintian" (now Houma, Shanxi); Immediately, Jin Jinggong was impatient to officially move the capital that year, leaving Xinjiang, which had become the capital of the Jin Kingdom since Jin Xiangong.

In this regard, under the planning of Jin Jinggong, the members of the Jin office headed by Jin Jinggong and the court of the Jin State all moved away from Xinjiang, which was deeply influenced by the Zhao clan (Dazong), and the Luan family, the Hao clan and other Qing clans also followed the monarch and went to Xintian to build a new private house; Jin Jinggong's plan to destroy the Zhao family no longer has any scruples.

When Jin Jinggong and the Luan family and the Yin family were intensively planning an attack on the Zhao family (Dazong), the Zhao family represented by Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo was inexplicably slow to react and did not make corresponding countermeasures - Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo moved out of Xinjiang in the office, and the Ziwei family had a business layout in the Jin State for 40 years, with strong strength and many affiliated henchmen, and almost no one in the Jin Zhuqing family could compete with the Zhao family, even if the monarch wanted to deal with the Zhao family, it should also be carefully weighed.

What's more, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo thought that the Zhao family did not have the responsibility of 'colluding with outsiders to make trouble' like the Fox family and the Xian family, and the Zhao family had made great contributions to the consolidation and development of the Jin hegemony, and the monarch had no reason to target the Zhao family.

Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo took it for granted that the monarch did not want to see the Zhao family at present, and he probably wanted to fight for his nephew (Zhao Wu) to regain the position of a secretary; When the time comes, if it is really difficult to deal with the king's criticism, then give Zhao Wu a secretary position, originally this secretary position is the nephew (Zhao Wu) and their lineage.

Under the domination of this arrogant and negative thinking, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo relied on the Zhao family's business history in the Jin State for more than 40 years, with strong private soldiers and many party followers, and the Jin government and the opposition were under the control or influence of the Zhao family, and the Zhao family was not afraid of the provocation of other Qing clans and the disposal of the monarch.

Therefore, in addition to continuing to manage the Zhao fiefdom as usual and participating in state affairs, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo did not do a good job of being highly vigilant against potential enemies, nor did they strengthen the defense and vigilance of the fiefdom, and the Zhao family only treated the intentional or unintentional provocations of other Qingshi families as ordinary interest disputes; The Zhao clan still relied on his own strong strength to act arrogantly and without scruples.

In the third year of King Jian of Zhou (583 BC), after the Duke of Jin Jing moved the capital to Xintian, he had already formulated a plan of action against the Zhao clan with the ministers, and everything was ready; As a result, Jin Jinggong convened the Zhuqing meeting in Xintian and prepared to launch an attack on the Zhao family.

Before that, Jin Jinggong first asked his sister Zhuang Ji, who lived in the palace, to come forward and sue the Zhao family for the first time, framing the Zhao family, saying:

"The original and the screen will be messy!"

(Zhao Tong was in the same place, and Zhao Kuo was in the same place; Therefore, Zhuang Ji used Yuan and Ping to refer to the Zhao clan, and framed Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo for gathering people to make a rebellion and rebel).

After Zhuang Ji came forward to make a first complaint, Jin Jinggong used this as an excuse to convene all the secretaries - the Chinese army general Luan Shu, the Chinese army Zuo Xun Geng, the upper army Zuo Heqian, the lower army Zuo Han Ju and other secretaries to discuss countermeasures; And the Luan clan and the Xun clan, represented by the Chinese army general Luan Shu and the Shangjun Zuo Yin, have long secretly formed an alliance with the monarch and unanimously dealt with the Zhao clan; Therefore, Luan Shu and Yin Jian testified to Zhuang Ji in public, and said conclusively that the Zhao family had already had a conspiracy to cause chaos, so it was better to strike preemptively and eliminate hidden dangers.

Luan Shu and Yin Qian had long been in cahoots with Jin Jinggong, and they had already set the caliber in advance and were ready to attack the Zhao family; So, when Jin Jinggong asked Zhuang Ji to come forward to sue the Zhao family for the first time, Luan Shu and Yin Jian also testified to Zhuang Ji in public, saying conclusively that the Zhao family had actually attempted to rebel a long time ago, but the preparation was not sufficient, so it was not launched.

In order to ensure the accuracy of the final blow to the Zhao family, Luan Shu and Yin Jian also took the trouble to advise Jin Jinggong (and other secretaries) in the court discussion - the Zhao family's family power is too large, and there are many followers of the party, if the monarch does not take preemptive measures to destroy the Zhao family, I am afraid that the old incident of the Taoyuan disaster will reappear in the Jin Kingdom (back then, Jin Linggong wanted to kill Zhao Dun, but was killed by Zhao Dun's cousin Zhao Chuanjiao in Taoyuan!). ）

At this time, among the other families of the Jin State, Shangjun General Shixie was on an envoy at that time and was unable to participate in the meeting; The Xun clan (Zhongxing clan, Zhi clan, Cheng clan) and Luan clan represented by the Chinese army Zuo Xun Geng (Zhongxing Geng), the new army Zuo Xun (Cheng Xiao), and the new army general Xun Gang (Zhi Gang) have always been good friends, and there are also great contradictions between the Xun clan (Zhongxing clan) and the Zhao clan; Therefore, Xun Geng also spoke in support of Luan Shu and Xun Qi's opinions, and strongly advocated asking the monarch to send troops to attack the Zhao family.

However, the new Chinese army Zuo Gongshuo was soft-spoken, his power was weak, and the head of the big sect was not present (Gong Shuo was a branch of the Shi clan, and the head of the family, Shi Xie, was not at the scene of the court meeting at this time, and Gong Shuo was not good at speaking alone), so he did not express his opinion.

As for the three secretaries belonging to the Zhao family among the twelve kings (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Zhan), Jin Jinggong naturally would not let them participate in this court meeting that deliberately targeted the Zhao family.

So, in this court discussion against the Zhao family, only the Han clan where the lower army Zuo Han Ju and the new army general Han Wear is located, and what kind of reply does the Han clan have to the proposal of 'attacking the Zhao clan' proposed by the monarch and the Luan clan and the Hao clan, the Zhao clan (Dazong)