In the winter of the twenty-first year of King Zhou Ding (586 BC), because of the reattachment of Zheng State, the Jin State Alliance faintly overwhelmed the Chu State Alliance; In order to show this hard-won diplomatic victory, Jin Jinggong sent an invitation to all the princes and allies, inviting everyone to rush to the insect prison of the defense of the country (north of Fengqiu County, Xinxiang, Henan) to hold a new alliance ceremony.

At that time, the allies of the Jin State who received the notice from the Duke of Jin Jing—Duke Zheng Mourning, Duke Lu Cheng, Duke Qi Qing, Duke Gong of Song, Duke Wei Ding, Duke Cao Xuan, Duke Qi Huan, and Duke Di Zi of the State of Jin—all rushed to the Worm Prison Alliance on time to meet with the alliance leader Jin Jinggong, who had arrived earlier, and reaffirmed the previous oath.

After the successful conclusion of the 'Worm Prison Alliance', Jin Jinggong, who was still unsatisfied, wanted to consult with his allies again to determine the time and place of the next meeting and alliance, and by the way, reaffirm the alliance friendship of the 'Worm Prison Alliance'.

Unfortunately, at that time, Song Gonggong, the monarch of the Song State, did not want to delay things outside because there was really something in the country (the Song State broke out at this time the 'Ziling Rebellion'), so he sent the Song State Grand Si Kou Xiang to be the representative of the people, and visited Jin Jinggong instead of himself, and then euphemistically expressed to Jin Jinggong the meaning of Song Gonggong's heart - the "Ziling Rebellion" had just occurred in the Song Kingdom, and the situation in Shangqiu might change, and as the monarch, he must return to China immediately to deal with military and political affairs; Therefore, the next time the alliance leader (Jin Jinggong) wants to convene the princes' alliance, the widow cannot come to participate in person; But please rest assured, the Song State still has to participate in the alliance, and will be represented by the Song State Zhengqing to attend the next princes' alliance meeting on time.

Although Song Gonggong's posture has been very low, but this kind of 'ignorance, no praise, no face' behavior, as the leader of the princes' alliance, Jin Jinggong is very dissatisfied; but at that time, the princes' alliance had just ended, and Jin Jinggong did not immediately take action to teach Song Gonggong a lesson; therefore, after thinking about it again and again, Jin Jinggong still reluctantly endured this breath, and waited for time to talk about it later.

In March of the first year of King Jian of Zhou (585 BC), the second year after the end of the 'Worm Prison Meeting', the relieved Jin Jinggong began to settle accounts with the Song State after the Autumn Season—he united the two allies of Wei and Zheng, as well as the army of the Ilorong tribe, and joined the Jin army to attack the Song State on the grounds of 'not taking a firm position and wanting to betray the alliance'; Jin Jinggong used this to punish Song Gonggong's mistake of 'not knowing each other and losing the face of the overlord'.

However, in this campaign to attack the Song Dynasty, the Jin State did not let the ruling ministers go on the expedition, but only sent the doctors Bozong and Xia Yang to lead the troops; In addition, there were also the guards led by the allies Sun Liangfu and Ning Xiang, as well as the armies of the allies Zheng Guo's army, Yiluorong, Lu Hun Rong, and the Barbarian clan, who joined forces to invade the Song State.

When the coalition army entered the territory of the Song State, it was stationed in the land of the Song Dynasty and did not attack the Song capital Shangqiu in time; And the Song people did not have much panic and fear about the arrival of the Jin coalition army, and the defense of the national capital Shangqiu was not very strict (in fact, the Song people had long known that this time the Jin State sent troops to attack, it was Jin Jinggong himself who was venting his anger against the monarchs and ministers of the Song State, and he did not really want to fight with the Song State).

Jin Jinggong really just wanted to warn the Song State with this, and he did not really have the idea of fighting the Song State and breaking the alliance with it, let alone attacking other allies; Therefore, in this battle of the Song Dynasty, the Jin coalition army was only based on threats, supplemented by attacks; The two sides symbolically fought a few times in the territory of the Song State, and Bozong, who led the army, withdrew his troops from the Song State.

But on the way back to China, Xia Yang, the deputy general of the Jin army who led the army to attack the Song Dynasty, said that somehow he was stupid enough to attack the capital of his ally Wei Guo in order to establish military merit (was he kicked in the head by a donkey) - when he passed through the territory of Wei Guo, he suddenly suggested to the main general Bo Zong:

"Although we may not be able to enter the city smoothly by attacking Chuqiu (Weidu), we can always capture more prisoners of Weiguo to go back; In this way, even if the monarch blames us for not winning the Song war, we will not be guilty of a capital crime. ”

As a confidant of Jin Jinggong, Bozong is naturally not comparable to a fool like Xia Yang who is confused and can't figure out the true intentions of the monarch; In the face of Xia Yang's faint request of 'war with the country', Bozong immediately vetoed it and further refuted him, saying:

"You can't do that! Wei Guo is our loyal ally, and he has great trust in Jin; The reason why their troops were stationed in the suburbs instead of entering the city to defend them strictly was to show absolute trust and loyalty to us; If you do this unrighteous act and attack them suddenly, then you will discard the credit that our Jin Kingdom has won so hard; Although you can capture more prisoners of the Wei Kingdom, but the Jin Kingdom has no faith among the allies because of this, so what use are you doing this? In what name can the monarch win the support of the princes in the future? ”

As a result, Bozong immediately canceled Xia Yang's right to command the army, and then led the Jin army to accelerate away from the country and return to China; Afterwards, after learning that Bozong stopped Xia Yang's behavior of attacking and defending to the death, and maintained morality and credibility for the Jin State and himself, Jin Jinggong respected Bozong even more, regarded him as a "good minister and wise man" of the Jin State, and reused him more and more.

Because of the king's reliance and trust, and his participation in state affairs, many ministers and doctors in the Jin Kingdom deliberately approached, flattered, and had a good relationship with Bozong; In the long run, even people like Bozong, who are virtuous and courteous, will inevitably become complacent and vain and conceited after hearing too much and seeing too much flattery and praise from others; In his daily dealings with others, Bozong gradually developed some outspoken and domineering attitudes.

Seeing that her husband was relying on the trust of the king and some 'small merits', his wife gradually began to have an attitude of 'drifting and inflating', and fearing that he would be avenged and framed by some jealous of him, so she often advised him, and gave examples:

"The thieves hate the master of the house, and the people hate the ruler of their superiors; Inside and outside the government and the opposition, there are people who like good people, and there are even more people who hate and envy good people; If you like to criticize others outright, you will definitely offend those dark and jealous bad people, and in the long run, I am afraid that disaster will befall you! ”

- 'The thief hates the master, and the people love it.' There are lovers of others, and there are those who hate others. The Master is so outspoken, the vain is evil, and disaster will bring disaster. ’

What Mrs. Bozong meant by saying this was to let Bozong not take advantage of his fame and make real trouble, but should continue to be low-key and modest. But at this time, Bozong was accustomed to the days when he was praised by the stars and praised by the stars in the court, and he also enjoyed the feeling of talking eloquently, which made the monarch admired and the princes and doctors admired; Therefore, he couldn't listen to his wife's advice at all, and still went his own way, went straight to the court, and constantly expressed his opinions in the court.

Bozong's attitude made other scholars and doctors more and more jealous and wary of him, especially the Hao family; At this time, Xun Zhi and Hao Qi had not yet entered the throne, and Yin Qi had just been promoted to Shangjun Zuo, and the power of the Yin clan was not very strong, so there was nothing to do about Bozong for the time being; But the seeds of jealousy have been planted, and it is up to them to germinate.

One day, Bozong returned home after the completion of the court, still full of spring breeze and triumphant; And his wife, when she saw him in such a cheerful appearance, was very puzzled, and asked him:

"You seem to be happy today, what's going on?"

Bozong replied to his wife with a smile:

"My exquisite speech in the court today has been unanimously praised and praised by the monarch and the doctors, and the doctors also praised me for my knowledge, just like the first doctor Yangzi (the 'Yangzi' in the mouth of Bozong, that is, the old minister in the era of Jin Wengong, and the Taifu after the succession of Jin Xianggong - Yang virgin father)."

Bo Zong thought that if he said this, his wife would also praise him for his talent and insight, just like the doctors in the court; After listening to her husband's answer, Mrs. Ke Bozong became uncharacteristically worried, and admonished her husband:

"Millet with full grains will not be beautiful in appearance; The most true and reasonable quotes do not need to be embellished with too many words; Yangzi (Yang's virgin father) was gorgeous in words and lacking in hard work, and his strategy was unsatisfactory, and he was later killed because of this; Isn't it sarcastic to say that you are like him? What else is there to be happy about! ”

Hearing his wife say such philosophical words, Bo Zong is a wise and wise person, and he also thinks that these words are very reasonable, he is used to being conceited on weekdays, and he may indeed ignore and treat his colleagues slowly, and steal their limelight, so he may also offend people unintentionally; So Bo Zong said to his wife:

"Well, in a few days, I will invite all the doctors to our house for a banquet, and then you will secretly hide in the back hall, listen to our conversation, and see what kind of relationship between me and the doctors is."

Mrs. Bozon agreed.

Bozong's move was made in consideration of the people who participated in the banquet, because the atmosphere was relaxed, the mood was comfortable, and the effect of alcohol would definitely reveal the true temperament that was somewhat hidden in ordinary times, and his words and demeanor would also reveal his temperament (this kind of thing, even now, more than 2,000 years later, is the same).

And Bozong wants to invite his colleagues to drink, and let his wife eavesdrop in the back hall, in order to take the opportunity to understand the true character of his colleagues, as well as their views and attitudes towards himself; I have to say that Bozong, as a rare wise and virtuous person in the Jin Kingdom, is still very clever in his thinking and methods.

A few days later, Bozong really invited many scholars and doctors to his private residence to drink, gather, and talk loudly, expressing his views on the important military and political affairs of the Jin court, as well as his views and suggestions on the internal and external situation; Everyone talked for a long time before ending the banquet (as for whether there are any members of the Hao clan in this, the history books did not say it, and it is estimated that there is none).

After all the scholars and doctors had left, Mrs. Bozong, who had listened to the speech and behavior of Bozong and his colleagues at the banquet in the back hall, came out and presented her husband with her opinion of his colleagues:

"At the banquet just now, I heard the conversation between you and the doctors; From your conversations and discussions with each other, I feel that the doctors are indeed inferior to yours in their talents and abilities; But now within the Jin Kingdom, ordinary people have not respected and loved the noble doctors in the upper positions for a long time, once there is any change in the country, in order to divert the contradictions between the upper and lower levels, some villains who are jealous of your talent and favor will deliberately point the finger at you and let the disaster befall you.

I have advised you many times to be cautious and humble to avoid making enemies and offending too many people, but you just refuse to listen to my advice, and I will not force you. Now that the country has the potential danger of turmoil, a great crisis is coming, our family does not have enough wealth and connections to avoid disaster, you must prepare in advance now, make more friends with some virtuous and upright people, even if there are unpredictable things in the future, we can rely on their help to let our son avoid disaster (the 'Bozong and her son' mentioned by Mrs. Bozong here is the future Dazai of Chu, the 'Bozhou Plow' of Chu Chongchen, who was the advisor to the king of Chu in the Battle of Yanling. ）

Bozong felt that his wife's words were correct, so he accepted her persuasion, and after that, he also paid attention everywhere, and consciously established relations with his colleagues in the court, who were virtuous and noble; Among them, Bozong has the best relationship with Dafu Biyang, and the relationship is still close.

In addition, Bozong has always had close contacts with Luan Fuji, a member of the Luan family's other branches, and communicated with each other; The two have similar personalities and like-mindedness, and they rely on each other in the Jin court, and their relationship is even closer.

But apart from Bi Yang and Luan Fuji, I haven't heard that Bozong has other friends in the court, let alone the members of the Hao family.

At the beginning of the fifth year of King Jian of Zhou (581 BC), Jin Jinggong, the monarch of the Jin State and the overlord of the princes, who had been reusing, trusting, and relying on the talent and wisdom of Bozong, to give advice to himself and solve problems for the country, suddenly became seriously ill and could not continue to deal with state affairs, so he ordered the Jin prince Zhou Pu to take charge of the Jin court, and at the same time let the Chinese army general and ruling doctor Luan Shu, and the Chinese army Zuo Xun Geng (Zhongxing Geng) assist the prince in governing state affairs and jointly maintain the stability of the Jin hegemony.

In June, Jin Jinggong, who had been tormented by anxiety and fear for more than half a year, could no longer support it, and died of illness in Xintian, the national capital, under the condition of physical and mental damage, and he was not able to eat the newly harvested wheat rice of this year before he died (there are different records in the history books about the death of Jin Jinggong, because it has nothing to do with the history to be told at present, I will not describe it in detail here, and I will mention it in one stroke; Next time, I'll talk about the 'trapped' story).

After the death of the Duke of Jin Jing, the prince of Jin Prefecture Pu successfully inherited the throne of the monarch of the Jin State under the support and respect of the Chinese army general and ruling doctor Luan Shu and the Zhongjun Zuo Xun Geng (Zhongxing Geng), the 27th Jin Marquis of the Jin State - Jin Li Gong; The history of the Jin Kingdom has entered a new page.

Jin Jinggong died, and Jin Li Gong also became the new Marquis of Jin, so what kind of fate will Bozong suffer In the winter of the twenty-first year of King Zhou Ding (586 BC), because he was reattached to Zheng State, the Jin Alliance faintly overpowered the Chu State Alliance; In order to show this hard-won diplomatic victory, Jin Jinggong sent an invitation to all the princes and allies, inviting everyone to rush to the insect prison of the defense of the country (north of Fengqiu County, Xinxiang, Henan) to hold a new alliance ceremony.

At that time, the allies of the Jin State who received the notice from the Duke of Jin Jing—Duke Zheng Mourning, Duke Lu Cheng, Duke Qi Qing, Duke Gong of Song, Duke Wei Ding, Duke Cao Xuan, Duke Qi Huan, and Duke Di Zi of the State of Jin—all rushed to the Worm Prison Alliance on time to meet with the alliance leader Jin Jinggong, who had arrived earlier, and reaffirmed the previous oath.

After the successful conclusion of the 'Worm Prison Alliance', Jin Jinggong, who was still unsatisfied, wanted to consult with his allies again to determine the time and place of the next meeting and alliance, and by the way, reaffirm the alliance friendship of the 'Worm Prison Alliance'.

Unfortunately, at that time, Song Gonggong, the monarch of the Song State, did not want to delay things outside because there was really something in the country (the Song State broke out at this time the 'Ziling Rebellion'), so he sent the Song State Grand Si Kou Xiang to be the representative of the people, and visited Jin Jinggong instead of himself, and then euphemistically expressed to Jin Jinggong the meaning of Song Gonggong's heart - the "Ziling Rebellion" had just occurred in the Song Kingdom, and the situation in Shangqiu might change, and as the monarch, he must return to China immediately to deal with military and political affairs; Therefore, the next time the alliance leader (Jin Jinggong) wants to convene the princes' alliance, the widow cannot come to participate in person; But please rest assured, the Song State still has to participate in the alliance, and will be represented by the Song State Zhengqing to attend the next princes' alliance meeting on time.

Although Song Gonggong's posture has been very low, but this kind of 'ignorance, no praise, no face' behavior, as the leader of the princes' alliance, Jin Jinggong is very dissatisfied; but at that time, the princes' alliance had just ended, and Jin Jinggong did not immediately take action to teach Song Gonggong a lesson; therefore, after thinking about it again and again, Jin Jinggong still reluctantly endured this breath, and waited for time to talk about it later.

In March of the first year of King Jian of Zhou (585 BC), the second year after the end of the 'Worm Prison Meeting', the relieved Jin Jinggong began to settle accounts with the Song State after the Autumn Season—he united the two allies of Wei and Zheng, as well as the army of the Ilorong tribe, and joined the Jin army to attack the Song State on the grounds of 'not taking a firm position and wanting to betray the alliance'; Jin Jinggong used this to punish Song Gonggong's mistake of 'not knowing each other and losing the face of the overlord'.

However, in this campaign to attack the Song Dynasty, the Jin State did not let the ruling ministers go on the expedition, but only sent the doctors Bozong and Xia Yang to lead the troops; In addition, there were also the guards led by the allies Sun Liangfu and Ning Xiang, as well as the armies of the allies Zheng Guo's army, Yiluorong, Lu Hun Rong, and the Barbarian clan, who joined forces to invade the Song State.

When the coalition army entered the territory of the Song State, it was stationed in the land of the Song Dynasty and did not attack the Song capital Shangqiu in time; And the Song people did not have much panic and fear about the arrival of the Jin coalition army, and the defense of the national capital Shangqiu was not very strict (in fact, the Song people had long known that this time the Jin State sent troops to attack, it was Jin Jinggong himself who was venting his anger against the monarchs and ministers of the Song State, and he did not really want to fight with the Song State).

Jin Jinggong really just wanted to warn the Song State with this, and he did not really have the idea of fighting the Song State and breaking the alliance with it, let alone attacking other allies; Therefore, in this battle of the Song Dynasty, the Jin coalition army was only based on threats, supplemented by attacks; The two sides symbolically fought a few times in the territory of the Song State, and Bozong, who led the army, withdrew his troops from the Song State.

But on the way back to China, Xia Yang, the deputy general of the Jin army who led the army to attack the Song Dynasty, said that somehow he was stupid enough to attack the capital of his ally Wei Guo in order to establish military merit (was he kicked in the head by a donkey) - when he passed through the territory of Wei Guo, he suddenly suggested to the main general Bo Zong:

"Although we may not be able to enter the city smoothly by attacking Chuqiu (Weidu), we can always capture more prisoners of Weiguo to go back; In this way, even if the monarch blames us for not winning the Song war, we will not be guilty of a capital crime. ”

As a confidant of Jin Jinggong, Bozong is naturally not comparable to a fool like Xia Yang who is confused and can't figure out the true intentions of the monarch; In the face of Xia Yang's faint request of 'war with the country', Bozong immediately vetoed it and further refuted him, saying:

"You can't do that! Wei Guo is our loyal ally, and he has great trust in Jin; The reason why their troops were stationed in the suburbs instead of entering the city to defend them strictly was to show absolute trust and loyalty to us; If you do this unrighteous act and attack them suddenly, then you will discard the credit that our Jin Kingdom has won so hard; Although you can capture more prisoners of the Wei Kingdom, but the Jin Kingdom has no faith among the allies because of this, so what use are you doing this? In what name can the monarch win the support of the princes in the future? ”

As a result, Bozong immediately canceled Xia Yang's right to command the army, and then led the Jin army to accelerate away from the country and return to China; Afterwards, after learning that Bozong stopped Xia Yang's behavior of attacking and defending to the death, and maintained morality and credibility for the Jin State and himself, Jin Jinggong respected Bozong even more, regarded him as a "good minister and wise man" of the Jin State, and reused him more and more.

Because of the king's reliance and trust, and his participation in state affairs, many ministers and doctors in the Jin Kingdom deliberately approached, flattered, and had a good relationship with Bozong; In the long run, even people like Bozong, who are virtuous and courteous, will inevitably become complacent and vain and conceited after hearing too much and seeing too much flattery and praise from others; In his daily dealings with others, Bozong gradually developed some outspoken and domineering attitudes.

Seeing that her husband was relying on the trust of the king and some 'small merits', his wife gradually began to have an attitude of 'drifting and inflating', and fearing that he would be avenged and framed by some jealous of him, so she often advised him, and gave examples:

"The thieves hate the master of the house, and the people hate the ruler of their superiors; Inside and outside the government and the opposition, there are people who like good people, and there are even more people who hate and envy good people; If you like to criticize others outright, you will definitely offend those dark and jealous bad people, and in the long run, I am afraid that disaster will befall you! ”

- 'The thief hates the master, and the people love it.' There are lovers of others, and there are those who hate others. The Master is so outspoken, the vain is evil, and disaster will bring disaster. ’

What Mrs. Bozong meant by saying this was to let Bozong not take advantage of his fame and make real trouble, but should continue to be low-key and modest. But at this time, Bozong was accustomed to the days when he was praised by the stars and praised by the stars in the court, and he also enjoyed the feeling of talking eloquently, which made the monarch admired and the princes and doctors admired; Therefore, he couldn't listen to his wife's advice at all, and still went his own way, went straight to the court, and constantly expressed his opinions in the court.

Bozong's attitude made other scholars and doctors more and more jealous and wary of him, especially the Hao family; At this time, Xun Zhi and Hao Qi had not yet entered the throne, and Yin Qi had just been promoted to Shangjun Zuo, and the power of the Yin clan was not very strong, so there was nothing to do about Bozong for the time being; But the seeds of jealousy have been planted, and it is up to them to germinate.

One day, Bozong returned home after the completion of the court, still full of spring breeze and triumphant; And his wife, when she saw him in such a cheerful appearance, was very puzzled, and asked him:

"You seem to be happy today, what's going on?"

Bozong replied to his wife with a smile:

"My exquisite speech in the court today has been unanimously praised and praised by the monarch and the doctors, and the doctors also praised me for my knowledge, just like the first doctor Yangzi (the 'Yangzi' in the mouth of Bozong, that is, the old minister in the era of Jin Wengong, and the Taifu after the succession of Jin Xianggong - Yang virgin father)."

Bo Zong thought that if he said this, his wife would also praise him for his talent and insight, just like the doctors in the court; After listening to her husband's answer, Mrs. Ke Bozong became uncharacteristically worried, and admonished her husband:

"Millet with full grains will not be beautiful in appearance; The most true and reasonable quotes do not need to be embellished with too many words; Yangzi (Yang's virgin father) was gorgeous in words and lacking in hard work, and his strategy was unsatisfactory, and he was later killed because of this; Isn't it sarcastic to say that you are like him? What else is there to be happy about! ”

Hearing his wife say such philosophical words, Bo Zong is a wise and wise person, and he also thinks that these words are very reasonable, he is used to being conceited on weekdays, and he may indeed ignore and treat his colleagues slowly, and steal their limelight, so he may also offend people unintentionally; So Bo Zong said to his wife:

"Well, in a few days, I will invite all the doctors to our house for a banquet, and then you will secretly hide in the back hall, listen to our conversation, and see what kind of relationship between me and the doctors is."

Mrs. Bozon agreed.

Bozong's move was made in consideration of the people who participated in the banquet, because the atmosphere was relaxed, the mood was comfortable, and the effect of alcohol would definitely reveal the true temperament that was somewhat hidden in ordinary times, and his words and demeanor would also reveal his temperament (this kind of thing, even now, more than 2,000 years later, is the same).

And Bozong wants to invite his colleagues to drink, and let his wife eavesdrop in the back hall, in order to take the opportunity to understand the true character of his colleagues, as well as their views and attitudes towards himself; I have to say that Bozong, as a rare wise and virtuous person in the Jin Kingdom, is still very clever in his thinking and methods.

A few days later, Bozong really invited many scholars and doctors to his private residence to drink, gather, and talk loudly, expressing his views on the important military and political affairs of the Jin court, as well as his views and suggestions on the internal and external situation; Everyone talked for a long time before ending the banquet (as for whether there are any members of the Hao clan in this, the history books did not say it, and it is estimated that there is none).

After all the scholars and doctors had left, Mrs. Bozong, who had listened to the speech and behavior of Bozong and his colleagues at the banquet in the back hall, came out and presented her husband with her opinion of his colleagues:

"At the banquet just now, I heard the conversation between you and the doctors; From your conversations and discussions with each other, I feel that the doctors are indeed inferior to yours in their talents and abilities; But now within the Jin Kingdom, ordinary people have not respected and loved the noble doctors in the upper positions for a long time, once there is any change in the country, in order to divert the contradictions between the upper and lower levels, some villains who are jealous of your talent and favor will deliberately point the finger at you and let the disaster befall you.

I have advised you many times to be cautious and humble to avoid making enemies and offending too many people, but you just refuse to listen to my advice, and I will not force you. Now that the country has the potential danger of turmoil, a great crisis is coming, our family does not have enough wealth and connections to avoid disaster, you must prepare in advance now, make more friends with some virtuous and upright people, even if there are unpredictable things in the future, we can rely on their help to let our son avoid disaster (the 'Bozong and her son' mentioned by Mrs. Bozong here is the future Dazai of Chu, the 'Bozhou Plow' of Chu Chongchen, who was the advisor to the king of Chu in the Battle of Yanling. ）

Bozong felt that his wife's words were correct, so he accepted her persuasion, and after that, he also paid attention everywhere, and consciously established relations with his colleagues in the court, who were virtuous and noble; Among them, Bozong has the best relationship with Dafu Biyang, and the relationship is still close.

In addition, Bozong has always had close contacts with Luan Fuji, a member of the Luan family's other branches, and communicated with each other; The two have similar personalities and like-mindedness, and they rely on each other in the Jin court, and their relationship is even closer.

But apart from Bi Yang and Luan Fuji, I haven't heard that Bozong has other friends in the court, let alone the members of the Hao family.

At the beginning of the fifth year of King Jian of Zhou (581 BC), Jin Jinggong, the monarch of the Jin State and the overlord of the princes, who had been reusing, trusting, and relying on the talent and wisdom of Bozong, to give advice to himself and solve problems for the country, suddenly became seriously ill and could not continue to deal with state affairs, so he ordered the Jin prince Zhou Pu to take charge of the Jin court, and at the same time let the Chinese army general and ruling doctor Luan Shu, and the Chinese army Zuo Xun Geng (Zhongxing Geng) assist the prince in governing state affairs and jointly maintain the stability of the Jin hegemony.

In June, Jin Jinggong, who had been tormented by anxiety and fear for more than half a year, could no longer support it, and died of illness in Xintian, the national capital, under the condition of physical and mental damage, and he was not able to eat the newly harvested wheat rice of this year before he died (there are different records in the history books about the death of Jin Jinggong, because it has nothing to do with the history to be told at present, I will not describe it in detail here, and I will mention it in one stroke; Next time, I'll talk about the 'trapped' story).

After the death of the Duke of Jin Jing, the prince of Jin Prefecture Pu successfully inherited the throne of the monarch of the Jin State under the support and respect of the Chinese army general and ruling doctor Luan Shu and the Zhongjun Zuo Xun Geng (Zhongxing Geng), the 27th Jin Marquis of the Jin State - Jin Li Gong; The history of the Jin Kingdom has entered a new page.

Jin Jinggong died, and Jin Li Gong also became the new Marquis of Jin, so what kind of fate will Bozong encounter