In the 20th year of King Ding of Zhou Dynasty (587 BC), in the "Battle of Qi", the ruler of Jin State, who fulfilled his wish of revenge against Qi Qinggong and Qi State - the general of the Chinese Army and the ruling official Qiao Ke, because he had no regrets in his heart. , and the serious arm injury he suffered in the "Battle of Tart" also recurred several times, which seriously affected Choke's continued power. Therefore, Choke made a request to the king Jin Jinggong to retire in this year.
Jin Jinggong had always been in awe of Chuke, a strong-willed and serious man, and he also wanted this hero and thorn in the side to retire early. After greatly encouraging Chuke, Jin Jinggong agreed to his request to retire, but Ke also withdrew from the political stage of Jin; shortly after his retirement, Chu Ke passed away peacefully in a peaceful and peaceful retirement life.
After Chuoke retired, Zuo Xun, the second-ranked general in the imperial court, unexpectedly failed to succeed him as general in accordance with the previous practice. According to Chuke's recommendation before his retirement, Jin Jinggong would be a stable man with excellent talents and talents. Luan Shu, an experienced general at the time, was promoted to the new general and ruling official in order to balance the power structure in the court and the delicate relationship between the Jin government and the families of the ministers.
At the same time, in order to take care of the family interests of the diligent, loyal and upright veterans who had worked for the hegemony of Jin for most of their lives, Jin Jinggong specially promoted his legitimate son Que Qi to the court after Que Ke retired and served as a general; the Que family The position of minister was continued to be retained after Choke retired.
In the first year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (585 B.C.), Zuo Xun, the leader of the Jin army who was one step away from succeeding the general, passed away due to old age. Jin Jinggong made a new adjustment to the ministerial position in the court - with Chuke The treatment after retirement was the same. Xun Feng, the son of Xun Shou, also took over the position of minister left by his father under the guidance of Jin Jinggong and became one of the twelve ministers in the court; Positions are promoted sequentially by other ministers.
At this time, the ranking of the twelve ministers of the Jin State were - Luan Shu, the general in charge of the Zhongjun, Zuo Xungeng (Zhongxing Geng) in the Zhongjun, Xie (Fan Xie) in the Shangjun, Zuo Queqi in the Shangjun, and Zuo Queqi in the Xiajun. Zhao Tong, the lower army general Han Jue, the new middle army general Zhao Kuo, the new middle army general Gongshuo (Shi Shuo), the new upper army general Han Chuan, the new upper army general Xun Zui (Cheng Zhui), and the new lower army general Xun Feng (Zhi Feng), Xinxiajunzuo Zhao Zhan (Handan Zhi).
In a new round of personnel adjustments in the Jin Dynasty court, after the deaths of Zhao Dun and Zhao Shuo, the Zhao family now occupied the positions of the lower military general (Zhao Tong), the new middle military general (Zhao Kuo), and the new lower military general (Zhao Kuo). The positions of these three ministers (Zhao Zhan) are the largest among the twelve ministers, and their power is no less powerful than when Zhao Dun was in power of the Jin Dynasty; and at the same time, although the Xun family also had three ministers ( Zhongjun Zuo Xun Geng, new superior army Zuo Xun Zhui, and new subordinate general Xun Feng), but the three of them belong to three separate branches of the Xun family, and the cohesion of the family is far less strong than that of the Zhao family; the current power status and influence of the Zhao family The scope has far exceeded that of other Jin Kingdom extravagant families.
With such strong political strength, the Zhao family, headed by Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, began to invade the land of other officials in the Jin Dynasty, rob the people, and squeeze out the weak official families. Even the king Jin Jinggong lived in In Xinjiang, the capital of the country, a considerable part of its internal and external military power was also controlled by the Zhao family (Dazong).
Therefore, Jin Jinggong became more and more aware of the (potential) serious threat posed by the Zhao family to the officialdom, and was always wary of the Zhao family, fearing that one day he would accidentally repeat the "Taoyuan Disaster" of his uncle Jin Linggong. (Coincidentally, Jin Linggong was killed by the ancestor of Zhao Chuan, a member of the Zhao family's Xiaozong, who is now the new subordinate Zhao Zhan).
Relying on the power in their hands, after the Jin State expanded its sphere of influence and became strong, the Zhao family not only continued to invade and gain profits from the outside world, but also internal strife reached an unprecedented peak - Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo became ministers. After becoming a scholar, in order to suppress the lineage of his nephew Zhao Shuo, who was originally the family clan leader, Zhao Shuo died in the first year of his life. The (new) Zhao family clan, represented by Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, had obtained the power of minister and clan power. After the favorable result of merging the two into one, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo deliberately did not give their young grandnephew and Zhao Shuo's only son Zhao Wu the power and status he deserved in the Zhao family. Instead, they alienated and guarded him to prevent his After becoming an adult, he will take steps to regain the position of minister that originally belonged to him.
(Zhao Dun had already made arrangements when he was still alive - his younger brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo would hold the family power, and his son Zhao Shuo would hold the power of the Qing Dynasty. The family would support each other, work together, and act in unison with the outside world. As a result, Zhao Dun's plans were all blocked. The unworthy younger brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were destroyed).
What's more, brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo not only occupied and usurped the position of minister that originally belonged to their nephew Zhao Wu and took the position of minister on their own, they also deliberately created internal strife within the Zhao clan and forcibly suppressed their younger brother Zhao Ying. Qi (Lou Ying)'s legitimate interests appeal made Zhao Yingqi also extremely resentful of his two brothers with the same maternal position (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Yingqi were all Zhao Dun's half-brothers, and they were the Duke Wen of Jin whom Zhao Shui later married. Zhao Dun was born to his daughter Meng Ji; Zhao Dun was born to Zhao Shuai and Chi Di’s daughter Shu Wei).
At first, after Zhao Shuo passed away, Zhao Shuo's wife Zhao Zhuangji (daughter of Duke Cheng of Jin and sister of Duke Jin of Jin) lived alone with her young Zhao Wu (Zhao Shuo's only son), helpless and with no one to help her. , so the Zhao family was in dire straits. At this time, only Zhao Yingqi, who was Zhuang Ji's uncle, felt pity for his nephew-in-law, so he helped and took care of her in private many times. Zhuang Ji was grateful for his uncle's help. Over time, the relationship gradually changed, so he and Zhao Yingqi had an affair.
Zhao Yingqi is doing this. Firstly, he sympathizes with the helpless mother and son Zhuang Ji and takes care of them. Secondly, he is dissatisfied with the selfish and monopolistic behavior of his two elder brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo in the family. Therefore, in He After Zhuang Ji had an affair, Zhao Yingqi wanted to take measures to help his nephew Zhao Wu inherit (take back) the position of minister that originally belonged to him in the Zhao family when he became an adult.
But this matter was learned by brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo. They deeply hated Zhao Yingqi for alienating the clan and being close to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu, and they were afraid of taking away the Zhao family belonging to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu. The position of a minister may not be guaranteed in the future; therefore, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo used the excuse that Zhao Yingqi and Zhuang Ji had an affair, and in the name of "eliminating family scandal", as the head of the Zhao family, they expelled their younger brother Zhao Yingqi. He left the Zhao family and was exiled to Qi State in order 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 anything. If I die, I and Kun will be very worried!"
Zhao Yingqi is emphasizing that the Zhao family's great enemy, the Luan family, is already spying and testing from the outside, and that only by working together and advancing and retreating together can the Zhao family protect the family's interests from being infringed upon by other Qing clans and from political enemies. (Luan's, Que's) offense.
However, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo deeply resented Zhao Yingqi's attempt to assist the young Zhao Wu to regain his position and weaken the power of the Zhao family, so they were unwilling to listen to Zhao Yingqi's loyal advice before leaving, and forcibly The younger brother was expelled to the State of Qi; after Zhao Yingqi was expelled and the Zhao family experienced internal strife again, the conflicts within the family have become public and the centrifugal force has been greatly intensified. The Zhao family (big clan)'s situation of being strong on the outside and cadre on the inside is undoubtedly revealed within the Jin State .
After her 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 one to rely on within the Zhao family, resented the Zhao family even more. At the same time, she also believed that her son Zhao The hope that the military general will inherit (take back) the Zhao family's position as a minister is becoming increasingly slim.
Driven by this resentment and anger, Zhuang Ji was so angry that she took her young son Zhao Wu and voluntarily moved out of the Zhao family's fiefdom, the Lower Palace, and completely broke with her husband's family. Then, Zhuang Ji defected to her brother Jin Jinggong. , took Zhao Wu to move to the palace in Xinjiang.
After Zhuang Ji once again actively provoked the internal strife, the internal strife within the Zhao family became more intense, the family members became more estranged, and the trend of disintegration became more and more obvious. Regarding this, Jin Jinggong and other Qing clan all saw it.
The brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were competitive externally and did not know how to be humble. They also competed for interests internally and were short-sighted and selfish. Therefore, they not only offended the monarch and most of the ministers' clan, but also established many enemies within the family. At this time, Zhao The Jin family has caused public outrage in the Jin Kingdom. Jin Jinggong and other ministers' families are extremely dissatisfied with the Zhao family's aggressive and arrogant behavior. Everyone is looking for a suitable opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the Zhao family.
When the Zhao family was having internal strife and the family's strength was declining, the other Jin family, led by Luan Shu and Que Qi, were actively preparing themselves, waiting for a good opportunity to cooperate with the monarch to launch an attack on the Zhao family ( Liquidation of bulk).
The reason why the Luan family (mainly Luan Shu himself) is hostile to the Zhao family has been described in the previous article, so I will not repeat it here; and the reason why the Que family is hostile to the Zhao family is because the former head of the family, Chu Ke, retired. After that, his legitimate son Que Qi only got the position of a junior general and did not occupy a higher status in the court; moreover, Que Qi's deputy, the then junior commander Zhao Tonghuan, and his nominal boss Que Qi were under the Jin Dynasty. The army fought for power and suppressed and weakened the Que family at every turn. Therefore, Que Qicai was very resentful of the Zhao family headed by Zhao Tong and wanted to get back into this unfavorable situation.
The Que family was originally the largest and most powerful Qing family in the Jin Kingdom, and its power was by no means weaker than the Zhao family. However, after Jin Jinggong changed the military system and expanded the army to six armies and twelve ministers after the "Battle of Ta", The Que family only got the position of a junior general (Que Qi), and later he was only promoted to the rank of senior military commander, which was far inferior to Zhao's three ministers (low military general Zhao Tong, new central military general Zhao Kuo, and lower military general). Zuo Zhaozhan).
Therefore, Que Qi was even more dissatisfied with the Zhao family, and always wanted to weaken or even directly overthrow the Zhao family (big clan), and divide the power, wealth and interests belonging to the Zhao family with other officials. Under the control of this kind of thinking, the Que family and the Luan family, who had the same purpose, united privately for the common interests and goals, and accumulated their strength, preparing to cooperate with the monarch to eradicate the power of the Zhao family (big clan) in one fell swoop and seize the The power, status, territory and wealth belonging to the Zhao family.
Although the king of 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 prince of Jin Chenggong, Only then could he succeed to the throne as Marquis of Jin), and both public and private people should be grateful to the Zhao family.
But after the death of Zhao Dun and Zhao Shuo, the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, who were in charge of the Zhao family, relied on their status as the family leader to wantonly bully and oppress their own sister Zhuang Ji and nephew Zhao Wu and their son, and forcibly occupied the property belonging to Zhao Wu. The position of ministers of the Zhao family forced Zhuang Ji and Zhao Wu to leave the Zhao family and come to join themselves. This made Jin Jinggong very dissatisfied with the Zhao family.
At the same time, the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were very competitive and only cared about the personal interests of the Zhao family. They had no sense of responsibility for maintaining and strengthening the hegemony of the Jin State. They were simply the biggest instability factor within the Jin State. Therefore, Jin Jinggong’s attitude towards Zhao The Zhao family (big clan) gradually turned from dissatisfaction to deep hatred. They also wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate the domineering and mediocre Zhao family (big clan), eliminate internal threats, expand the power and interests of the official, and deter other members of other clans who dare to offend the interests of the official.
However, although Jin Jinggong was already afraid of and hated the Zhao family, and wanted to get rid of him quickly, the current power of the Zhao family was still huge, and most of the private soldiers and territories of the Zhao family were still firmly controlled by brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo. In his hands, not only was he far superior to the current strength of other Qing clans, but even the Duke of Jin's office, where Jin Jinggong was located, was also faintly outnumbered by the Zhao family.
Moreover, most of the land around Xinjiang, the capital of Jin, is the territory of the Zhao family. If Jin Jinggong takes action against the Zhao family at this time, if brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo jump over the wall and attack, Jin Jinggong will be killed. It's hard to say whether the Zhao family can be eradicated smoothly, and he may be harmed by him (just like his uncle Jin Linggong).
Therefore, Jin Jinggong was determined to temporarily stabilize the Zhao family, and then look for a suitable opportunity to move the capital away from Xinjiang, which was influenced by the Zhao family, and find another location to build the capital, in order to kill the Zhao family and stabilize the monarchy. desire.
In the first year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (585 BC), in order to leave Xinjiang, the capital of the country, which was actually controlled by the Zhao family, in order to better implement the plan to kill the Zhao family (Dazong), Jin Jinggong formally proposed to the ministers in the court meeting to move the capital. According to the proposal, the capital Xinjiang was announced to be moved elsewhere on the grounds that its population was increasing and its water and soil environment continued to deteriorate, making it unsuitable to continue to serve as the capital.
At that time, Xinjiang's living environment was indeed relatively poor - it had a large population, crowded and cramped houses, and its groundwater was polluted by the daily water used by many residents in the city. It was no longer suitable to continue to be the capital of the Jin Dynasty, and it was indeed necessary to move the capital. meaning.
Therefore, Jin Jinggong's move to change the capital, which he had other intentions, soon got the unanimous consent of all the ministers, including the Zhao family, and the matter of moving the capital was decided (Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo even thought that the official After the move, Xinjiang will be directly controlled by the Zhao family. I did not expect that this was a precursor to the monarch's move against the Zhao family).
After Jin Jinggong's careful selection, and on the advice of other ministers, Jin's new capital was selected in "Xintian" (today's Houma, Shanxi); then, Jin Jinggong was impatient. The capital was officially moved that year, leaving Xinjiang, which had become the capital of Jin since Duke Xiang of Jin.
In this regard, under the planning of Jin Jinggong, the members of the Jin Dynasty headed by Jin Jinggong and the Jin Dynasty court openly moved out of Xinjiang, where the Zhao family (Dazong) had a profound influence. The Qing family and other Qing clan also followed the monarch to build a new private residence in Xintian; Jin Jinggong no longer had any scruples about his plan to kill the Zhao family.
While Jin Jinggong, the Luan family, and the Que 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 respond and did not take corresponding countermeasures - —After Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo moved their official offices to Xinjiang, they believed that their family had been operating in Jin for forty years, with strong strength and numerous affiliated members. Among the Jin families, almost no one could To contend with the Zhao family, even if the monarch wants to deal with the Zhao family, he must carefully consider it.
What's more, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo believed that the Zhao family was not guilty of "colluding with outsiders to cause rebellion" like the Hu family and the Xian family. The Zhao family had made great contributions to the consolidation and development of Jin's hegemony, and the monarch had no reason to target them. It's Zhao.
Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo took it for granted that the monarch did not want to see the Zhao family at present, probably because he wanted to fight for his nephew (Zhao Wu) to regain a position as a minister; when the time comes, if it is really difficult to deal with the monarch's censure, then they will still Forget about giving Zhao Wu a ministerial position. Originally, this ministerial position belonged to his grandnephew (Zhao Wu) and his family.
Under the control of this arrogant and negative thought, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo relied on the Zhao family's more than 40 years of management in the Jin State. They had strong private soldiers and many party followers. Under the control or influence of the Zhao family, the Zhao family is not afraid of the provocations of other ministers and the monarch's disposal.
Therefore, in addition to continuing to manage the Zhao family's fiefdom and participate in national affairs as usual, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo failed to be highly vigilant against potential enemies, nor did they strengthen the defense and alert of the fiefdom. They intentionally or unintentionally provoked other ministers' families. The Zhao family only dealt with it as a normal interest dispute; the Zhao family still relied on its own strong strength to act arrogantly and without any scruples.
In the third year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (583 BC), after Jin Jinggong moved the capital to Xintian, he and his ministers had already formulated an action plan against the Zhao family, and everything was ready; so Jin Jinggong summoned all the people in Xintian. The ministers discussed matters and prepared to launch an attack on the Zhao family.
Before that, Jin Jinggong first asked his sister Zhuang Ji, who was living in the palace, to come forward to report the Zhao family and falsely accuse the Zhao family, saying:
"The original screen will be in chaos!"
(Zhao Tong's fiefdom was in the same place, and Zhao Kuo's fiefdom was in Pingdi; so Zhuang Ji used Yuan and Ping to refer to the Zhao family, and falsely accused Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo of gathering people to cause trouble and rebel).
After Zhuang Ji came forward to complain, Jin Jinggong used this as an excuse to summon all the ministers - the central army general Luan Shu, the central army Zuo Xungeng, the upper army Zuo Queqi, the lower army Zuo Hanjue and other ministers. Discuss the countermeasures; however, the Luan and Que clans represented by the central army general Luan Shu and the superior army Zuo Queqi had long secretly formed an alliance with the monarch to deal with the Zhao clan; therefore, Luan Shu and Que Qi showed up to Zhuang in public. Ji testified and said categorically that the Zhao family had long had a conspiracy to cause rebellion, so it was better to take a preemptive strike and eliminate the hidden dangers.
Luan Shu and Que Qi had long been in collusion with Jin Jinggong, and had already prepared their attack on the Zhao family. Therefore, when Jin Jinggong asked Zhuang Ji to come forward to sue the Zhao family, Luan Shu and Que Qi Qi also testified to Zhuang Ji in public, saying categorically that the Zhao family had actually planned to rebel for a long time, but that they were not fully prepared, so they could not launch it.
In order to ensure that the final blow to the Zhao family was accurate, Luan Shu and Que Qi even seriously advised Jin Jinggong (and other officials) during the court meeting that the Zhao family's family power was too large and the party members were attached to it. There are many people who have killed the Zhao family. If the monarch does not take preemptive measures to kill the Zhao family, I am afraid that the Taoyuan disaster will happen again in the Jin Dynasty (back then, Jin Linggong wanted to kill Zhao Dun, but was killed by Zhao Dun instead. Cousin Zhao Chuan was killed in Taoyuan!)
At this time, among the other ministers' families in the Jin Kingdom, Xie, the superior general, was on an envoy and could not attend the meeting; The Xun family (Zhongxing family, Zhi family, Cheng family) and the Luan family represented by the military general Xun Feng (Zhi Feng) have always been on good terms. In addition, there is also a great conflict between the Xun family (Zhongxing family) and the Zhao family; therefore, Xun Geng also spoke in support of Luan Shu and Que Qi's opinions, urging the monarch to send troops to attack the Zhao family.
The New Chinese Army's assistant, Gong Shuo, was soft-spoken and weak, and the head of the clan was not present (Gong Shuo was from a branch of the Shi family, and the head of the family, Shi Xie, was not present at the court meeting at this time, so it was not easy for Gong Shuo to speak alone), so he did not express his own opinions. .
As for the three ministers (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, Zhao Zhan) who belong to the Zhao family among the Twelve Ministers, Jin Jinggong will naturally not let them participate in this court meeting that is intended to target the Zhao family.
So, in this court meeting against the Zhao family, the only ones left who have not expressed their opinions are the Han family, where the subordinate Han Jue and the new superior general Han Chuan are. However, the Han family has no opinions on the monarch and the Luan family. What is the response to the proposal of "attacking the Zhao family" proposed by the Zhao family? In the 20th year of Zhou Dingwang (587 BC), the Zhao family (big clan) completed the attack on Qi Qinggong and Qi Dynasty in the "Battle of Qi". Chu Ke, the general and ruling official of the Jin Dynasty who wanted revenge for his country, had no regrets in his heart. The serious arm injury he suffered in the "Battle of Ta" also recurred several times, which seriously affected Chu Ke's continued rule. So, in this year, Choke made a request to the king of Jin Jinggong to retire.
Jin Jinggong had always been in awe of Chuke, a strong-willed and serious man, and he also wanted this hero and thorn in the side to retire early. After greatly encouraging Chuke, Jin Jinggong agreed to his request to retire, but Ke also withdrew from the political stage of Jin; shortly after his retirement, Chu Ke passed away peacefully in a peaceful and peaceful retirement life.
After Chuoke retired, Zuo Xun, the second-ranked general in the imperial court, unexpectedly failed to succeed him as general in accordance with the previous practice. According to Chuke's recommendation before his retirement, Jin Jinggong would be a stable man with excellent talents and talents. Luan Shu, an experienced general at the time, was promoted to the new general and ruling official in order to balance the power structure in the court and the delicate relationship between the Jin government and the families of the ministers.
At the same time, in order to take care of the family interests of the diligent, loyal and upright veterans who had worked for the hegemony of Jin for most of their lives, Jin Jinggong specially promoted his legitimate son Que Qi to the court after Que Ke retired and served as a general; the Que family The position of minister was continued to be retained after Choke retired.
In the first year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (585 B.C.), Zuo Xun, the leader of the Jin army who was one step away from succeeding the general, passed away due to old age. Jin Jinggong made a new adjustment to the ministerial position in the court - with Chuke The treatment after retirement was the same. Xun Feng, the son of Xun Shou, also took over the position of minister left by his father under the guidance of Jin Jinggong and became one of the twelve ministers in the court; Positions are promoted sequentially by other ministers.
At this time, the ranking of the twelve ministers of the Jin State were - Luan Shu, the general in charge of the Zhongjun, Zuo Xungeng (Zhongxing Geng) in the Zhongjun, Xie (Fan Xie) in the Shangjun, Zuo Queqi in the Shangjun, and Zuo Queqi in the Xiajun. Zhao Tong, the lower army general Han Jue, the new middle army general Zhao Kuo, the new middle army general Gongshuo (Shi Shuo), the new upper army general Han Chuan, the new upper army general Xun Zui (Cheng Zhui), and the new lower army general Xun Feng (Zhi Feng), Xinxiajunzuo Zhao Zhan (Handan Zhi).
In a new round of personnel adjustments in the Jin Dynasty court, after the deaths of Zhao Dun and Zhao Shuo, the Zhao family now occupied the positions of the lower military general (Zhao Tong), the new middle military general (Zhao Kuo), and the new lower military general (Zhao Kuo). The positions of these three ministers (Zhao Zhan) are the largest among the twelve ministers, and their power is no less powerful than when Zhao Dun was in power of the Jin Dynasty; and at the same time, although the Xun family also had three ministers ( Zhongjun Zuo Xun Geng, new superior army Zuo Xun Zhui, and new subordinate general Xun Feng), but the three of them belong to three separate branches of the Xun family, and the cohesion of the family is far less strong than that of the Zhao family; the current power status and influence of the Zhao family The scope has far surpassed other Jin's extravagant families.
With such strong political strength, the Zhao family, headed by Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, began to invade the land of other officials in the Jin Dynasty, rob the people, and squeeze out the weak official families. Even the king Jin Jinggong lived in In Xinjiang, the capital of the country, a considerable part of its internal and external military power was also controlled by the Zhao family (Dazong).
Therefore, Jin Jinggong became more and more aware of the (potential) serious threat posed by the Zhao family to the officialdom, and was always wary of the Zhao family, fearing that one day he would accidentally repeat the "Taoyuan Disaster" of his uncle Jin Linggong. (Coincidentally, Jin Linggong was killed by the ancestor of Zhao Chuan, a member of the Zhao family's Xiaozong, who is now the new subordinate Zhao Zhan).
Relying on the power in their hands, after the Jin State expanded its sphere of influence and became strong, the Zhao family not only continued to invade and gain profits from the outside world, but also internal strife reached an unprecedented peak - Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo became ministers. After becoming a scholar, in order to suppress the lineage of his nephew Zhao Shuo, who was originally the family clan leader, Zhao Shuo died in the first year of his life. The (new) Zhao family clan, represented by Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, had obtained the power of minister and clan power. After the favorable result of merging the two into one, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo deliberately did not give their young grandnephew and Zhao Shuo's only son Zhao Wu the power and status he deserved in the Zhao family. Instead, they alienated and guarded him to prevent his After becoming an adult, he will take steps to regain the position of minister that originally belonged to him.
(Zhao Dun had already made arrangements when he was still alive - his younger brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo would hold the family power, and his son Zhao Shuo would hold the power of the Qing Dynasty. The family would support each other, work together, and act in unison with the outside world. As a result, Zhao Dun's plans were all blocked. The unworthy younger brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were destroyed).
What's more, brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo not only occupied and usurped the position of minister that originally belonged to their nephew Zhao Wu and took the position of minister on their own, they also deliberately created internal strife within the Zhao clan and forcibly suppressed their younger brother Zhao Ying. Qi (Lou Ying)'s legitimate interests appeal made Zhao Yingqi also extremely resentful of his two brothers with the same maternal position (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Yingqi were all Zhao Dun's half-brothers, and they were the Duke Wen of Jin whom Zhao Shui later married. Zhao Dun was born to his daughter Meng Ji; Zhao Dun was born to Zhao Shuai and Chi Di’s daughter Shu Wei).
At first, after Zhao Shuo passed away, Zhao Shuo's wife Zhao Zhuangji (daughter of Duke Cheng of Jin and sister of Duke Jin of Jin) lived alone with her young Zhao Wu (Zhao Shuo's only son), helpless and with no one to help her. , so the Zhao family was in dire straits. At this time, only Zhao Yingqi, who was Zhuang Ji's uncle, felt pity for his nephew-in-law, so he helped and took care of her in private many times. Zhuang Ji was grateful for his uncle's help. Over time, the relationship gradually changed, so he and Zhao Yingqi had an affair.
Zhao Yingqi is doing this. Firstly, he sympathizes with the helpless mother and son Zhuang Ji and takes care of them. Secondly, he is dissatisfied with the selfish and monopolistic behavior of his two elder brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo in the family. Therefore, in He After Zhuang Ji had an affair, Zhao Yingqi wanted to take measures to help his nephew Zhao Wu inherit (take back) the position of minister that originally belonged to him in the Zhao family when he became an adult.
But this matter was learned by brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo. They deeply hated Zhao Yingqi for alienating the clan and being close to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu, and they were afraid of taking away the Zhao family belonging to Zhao Shuo and Zhao Wu. The position of a minister may not be guaranteed in the future; therefore, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo used the excuse that Zhao Yingqi and Zhuang Ji had an affair, and in the name of "eliminating family scandal", as the head of the Zhao family, they expelled their younger brother Zhao Yingqi. He left the Zhao family and was exiled to Qi State in order 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 anything. If I die, I and Kun will be very worried!"
Zhao Yingqi is emphasizing that the Zhao family's great enemy, the Luan family, is already spying and testing from the outside, and that only by working together and advancing and retreating together can the Zhao family protect the family's interests from being infringed upon by other Qing clans and from political enemies. (Luan's, Que's) offense.
However, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo deeply resented Zhao Yingqi's attempt to assist the young Zhao Wu to regain his position and weaken the power of the Zhao family, so they were unwilling to listen to Zhao Yingqi's loyal advice before leaving, and forcibly The younger brother was expelled to the State of Qi; after Zhao Yingqi was expelled and the Zhao family experienced internal strife again, the conflicts within the family have become public and the centrifugal force has been greatly intensified. The Zhao family (big clan)'s situation of being strong on the outside and cadre on the inside is undoubtedly revealed within the Jin State .
After her 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 one to rely on within the Zhao family, resented the Zhao family even more. At the same time, she also believed that her son Zhao The hope that the military general will inherit (take back) the Zhao family's position as a minister is becoming increasingly slim.
Driven by this resentment and anger, Zhuang Ji was so angry that she took her young son Zhao Wu and voluntarily moved out of the Zhao family's fiefdom, the Lower Palace, and completely broke with her husband's family. Then, Zhuang Ji defected to her brother Jin Jinggong. , took Zhao Wu to move to the palace in Xinjiang.
After Zhuang Ji once again actively provoked the internal strife, the internal strife within the Zhao family became more intense, the family members became more estranged, and the trend of disintegration became more and more obvious. Regarding this, Jin Jinggong and other Qing clan all saw it.
The brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were competitive externally and did not know how to be humble. They also competed for interests internally and were short-sighted and selfish. Therefore, they not only offended the monarch and most of the ministers' clan, but also established many enemies within the family. At this time, Zhao The Jin family has caused public outrage in the Jin Kingdom. Jin Jinggong and other ministers' families are extremely dissatisfied with the Zhao family's aggressive and arrogant behavior. Everyone is looking for a suitable opportunity to deal a fatal blow to the Zhao family.
When the Zhao family was having internal strife and the family's strength was declining, the other Jin family, led by Luan Shu and Que Qi, were actively preparing themselves, waiting for a good opportunity to cooperate with the monarch to launch an attack on the Zhao family ( Liquidation of bulk).
The reason why the Luan family (mainly Luan Shu himself) is hostile to the Zhao family has been described in the previous article, so I will not repeat it here; and the reason why the Que family is hostile to the Zhao family is because the former head of the family, Chu Ke, retired. After that, his legitimate son Que Qi only got the position of a junior general and did not occupy a higher status in the court; moreover, Que Qi's deputy, the then junior commander Zhao Tonghuan, and his nominal boss Que Qi were under the Jin Dynasty. The army fought for power and suppressed and weakened the Que family at every turn. Therefore, Que Qicai was very resentful of the Zhao family headed by Zhao Tong and wanted to get back into this unfavorable situation.
The Que family was originally the largest and most powerful Qing family in the Jin Kingdom, and its power was by no means weaker than the Zhao family. However, after Jin Jinggong changed the military system and expanded the army to six armies and twelve ministers after the "Battle of Ta", The Que family only got the position of a junior general (Que Qi), and later he was only promoted to the rank of senior military commander, which was far inferior to Zhao's three ministers (low military general Zhao Tong, new central military general Zhao Kuo, and lower military general). Zuo Zhaozhan).
Therefore, Que Qi was even more dissatisfied with the Zhao family, and always wanted to weaken or even directly overthrow the Zhao family (big clan), and divide the power, wealth and interests belonging to the Zhao family with other officials. Under the control of this kind of thinking, the Que family and the Luan family, who had the same purpose, privately united for the common interests and goals, and accumulated their strength, preparing to cooperate with the monarch to eradicate the Zhao family (big clan) in one fell swoop and seize the power. The power, status, territory and wealth belonging to the Zhao family.
Although the king of 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 prince of Jin Chenggong, Only then could he succeed to the throne as Marquis of Jin), and both public and private people should be grateful to the Zhao family.
But after the death of Zhao Dun and Zhao Shuo, the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, who were in charge of the Zhao family, relied on their status as the family leader to wantonly bully and oppress their own sister Zhuang Ji and nephew Zhao Wu and their son, and forcibly occupied the property belonging to Zhao Wu. The position of ministers of the Zhao family forced Zhuang Ji and Zhao Wu to leave the Zhao family and come to join themselves. This made Jin Jinggong very dissatisfied with the Zhao family.
At the same time, the brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo were very competitive and only cared about the personal interests of the Zhao family. They had no sense of responsibility for maintaining and strengthening the hegemony of the Jin State. They were simply the biggest instability factor within the Jin State. Therefore, Jin Jinggong’s attitude towards Zhao The Zhao family (big clan) gradually turned from dissatisfaction to deep hatred. They also wanted to take the opportunity to eliminate the domineering and mediocre Zhao family (big clan), eliminate internal threats, expand the power and interests of the official, and deter other members of other clans who dare to offend the interests of the official.
However, although Jin Jinggong was already afraid of and hated the Zhao family, and wanted to get rid of him quickly, the Zhao family's current power was still huge, and most of the private soldiers and territories of the Zhao family were still firmly controlled by brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo. In his hands, not only was he far superior to the current strength of other Qing clans, but even the Duke of Jin's office, where Jin Jinggong was located, was also faintly outnumbered by the Zhao family.
Moreover, most of the land around Xinjiang, the capital of Jin, is the territory of the Zhao family. If Jin Jinggong takes action against the Zhao family at this time, if brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo jump over the wall and attack, Jin Jinggong will be killed. It's hard to say whether the Zhao family can be eradicated smoothly, and he may be harmed by him (just like his uncle Jin Linggong).
Therefore, Jin Jinggong was determined to temporarily stabilize the Zhao family, and then look for a suitable opportunity to move the capital away from Xinjiang, which was influenced by the Zhao family, and find another location to build the capital, in order to kill the Zhao family and stabilize the monarchy. desire.
In the first year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (585 BC), in order to leave Xinjiang, the capital of the country, which was actually controlled by the Zhao family, in order to better implement the plan to kill the Zhao family (Dazong), Jin Jinggong formally proposed to the ministers in the court meeting to move the capital. On the grounds that Xinjiang, the capital, has an increasing population and the water and soil environment continues to deteriorate, making it unsuitable to continue to be the capital, it was announced that the capital would be moved elsewhere.
At that time, Xinjiang's living environment was indeed relatively poor - it had a large population, crowded and cramped houses, and its groundwater was polluted by the daily water used by many residents in the city. It was no longer suitable to continue to be the capital of the Jin Dynasty, and it was indeed necessary to move the capital. meaning.
Therefore, Jin Jinggong's move to change the capital, which he had other intentions, soon got the unanimous consent of all the ministers, including the Zhao family, and the matter of moving the capital was decided (Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo even thought that the official After the move, Xinjiang will be directly controlled by the Zhao family. I did not expect that this was a precursor to the monarch's move against the Zhao family).
After Jin Jinggong's careful selection, and on the advice of other ministers, Jin's new capital was selected in "Xintian" (today's Houma, Shanxi); then, Jin Jinggong was impatient. The capital was officially moved that year, leaving Xinjiang, which had become the capital of Jin since Duke Xiang of Jin.
In this regard, under the planning of Jin Jinggong, the members of the Jin Dynasty headed by Jin Jinggong and the Jin Dynasty court openly moved out of Xinjiang, where the Zhao family (Dazong) had a profound influence. The Qing family and other Qing clan also followed the monarch to build a new private residence in Xintian; Jin Jinggong no longer had any scruples about his plan to kill the Zhao family.
While Jin Jinggong, the Luan family, and the Que 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 respond and did not take corresponding countermeasures - —After Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo moved their official offices to Xinjiang, they believed that their family had been operating in Jin for forty years, with strong strength and many affiliated party members. Among the Jin families, almost no one could To contend with the Zhao family, even if the monarch wants to deal with the Zhao family, he must carefully consider it.
What's more, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo believed that the Zhao family was not guilty of "colluding with outsiders to cause rebellion" like the Hu family and the Xian family. The Zhao family had made great contributions to the consolidation and development of Jin's hegemony, and the monarch had no reason to target them. It's Zhao.
Of course, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo believed that when the monarch did not wait to see Zhao, I am afraid that he wanted to compete for a Qingshi position for his nephew (Zhao Wu). I gave Zhao Wu a Qing position. Originally, the location of the Qing Shi was the nephew grandson (Zhao Wu).
Under this kind of arrogant and negative ideological domination, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuoju Zhao's family has been in the business course of more than forty years within the Jin Dynasty. In the control or influence of Zhao's, the Zhao family was not afraid of the provocation of other Qing tribe and the disposal of the monarch.
Therefore, in addition to continuing to manage Zhao's land -sealed land and participating in national affairs, Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo did not make high vigilance for potential enemies, and did not strengthen the defense and alerts of land sealing. Zhao's only deal with general interest disputes; Zhao still acts on his own strength and has nothing to do with his strong strength.
In the three years of King Zhou Jian (583 BC), after Jin Jinggong moved to Xintian, he had formulated a plan for Zhao's action plan with the Qingshi, and everything was ready; Qing discussed the matter and was ready to launch an attack on Zhao's.
Prior to this, Jin Jinggong first asked the sister Zhuang Ji, the sister who lived in the public palace, to come and told the Zhao family, framed Zhao's, and said:
"Original, screen will be chaotic!"
(Zhao Tongfeng is in place, and Zhao Kuofengyi is in the screen; so Zhuang Ji refers to the Grand Zhao as the original and the screen, and framed that Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo would gather in chaos and rebel).
After Zhuang Ji came out, Jin Jinggong used this as an excuse to convene Zhu Qingshi -the Chinese Army General Luan Shu, the Central Army Zuo Geng, Shangjun Zuo, and the next army. Discuss the strategy of responding; the Luan Shu, who is represented by the Central Army, and the Junjun Zuo, who have formed an alliance with the national monarch, to unanimously deal with Zhao's; therefore, Luan Shu gave Zhuang Zhuang Ji confirmed, and said that Zhao had a conspiracy that had long been chaotic.
Luan Shu, but he had been angry with Jin Jinggong for a long time, and had been prepared to attack Zhao's in advance. Therefore, when Jin Jinggong asked Zhuang Ji to come forward to Zhao's, he作 also testified in public in public, saying that Zhao had already had a rebellious attempt, but the preparation was not enough, so he couldn't launch it.
In order to ensure that Zhao's last blow is accurate, Luan Shu, but in the DPRK, also said in a statement to Jin Jinggong (and other Qingshi) - There are many people. If the monarch does not adopt the method of preemptive and destroy the Zhao family, I am afraid that the old things of the Taoyuan scourge of the year will be reproduced in the Jin Dynasty (Jin Linggong wanted to kill Zhao Dun, but Zhao Dun was by Zhao Dun’s. Cousin Zhao Yiyi killed Taoyuan!)
At this time, among the other Qingshi family of the Jin Dynasty, the generals of the soldiers were in the event and were not able to participate in the meeting. The army (Zhi Xing, Zhi, Cheng's) and Luan family represented by the military generals have always been good. Geng Geng also spoke to support Luan Shu, but he asked the monarch to send troops to attack the Zhao family.
And the new Chinese army Zuo Gongshuo said slightly, the power is weak, and the master of the large family is not present (Gong Shuo is a scholarly, the family owner is not at the scene of the discussion at this time, Gong Shuo is not good at speaking alone), so he did not express his own opinions. .
As for the three Qingshi (Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo, Zhao Yan) who belonged to the Zhao family in the twelve Qing family, Jin Jinggong would not let them participate in this dynasty meeting of Zhao's.
So, in this discussion of Zhao's, those who have not yet issued opinions have left the Han family where the next army, Han Jue, and the new soldiers. What kind of response does the 'attack Zhao's' proposed by the clan?
