In June of the fifth year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (581 BC), Jin Jinggong, the overlord of the princes and the king of Jin, passed away (the specific death process will be introduced in detail later). Prince Zhou Pu of Jin succeeded to the throne, becoming the 27th Jin of Jin. Marquis——Dong Li of Jin; the historical process of Jin State has entered a new chapter.
When Jin Jinggong of Jin was in power, he placed great importance on and trusted Bo Zong, the great doctor who made suggestions and suggestions for him. Bo Zong, who was highly used by the king, also devoted all his talents and wisdom without reservation to the Jin country and the country. Duke Jinggong of Jin gave advice and advice, and solved problems.
Now, Duke Jinggong of Jin, who admired Bo Zong, suddenly passed away. The prince of Jin, Zhou Pu, was supported by the chief ministers in power - the Zhongjun general and the ruling official Luan Shu and the second Qing, Zhongjun Zuo Xungeng (Zhongxing Geng). The emperor inherited the throne of the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin Kingdom had a new monarch. Bo Zong, who had been so famous in the court before, was not so "high-spirited".
The new king Jin Ligong and Bo Zong did not have much personal friendship, which was just an ordinary relationship between king and minister. Therefore, after Jin Li Gong succeeded to the throne, the veteran Bo Zong's status in the Jin court was inevitably impacted and neglected; but this time At that time, Duke Li of Jin and the rest of the Xiqing family focused on the powerful external enemies - Qin and Chu. There really isn’t much care or attention attached to it.
Under normal circumstances, Bo Zong in this kind of environment should be knowledgeable and take the initiative to retire (or restrain his sharpness and keep a low profile); but Bo Zong's past career was too smooth and smooth, and this in his heart The complacency and arrogance still failed to turn around in time; after Jin Li Gong succeeded to the throne, Bo Zong could not control his "sharp-toothed" mouth, and still relied on his own reputation in the court where things were different and people were different. He was proud of his "vision and knowledge" and constantly expressed his opinions on many domestic, foreign and military affairs of the Jin State. He did not know the hierarchy of the monarch and his ministers. He gave many advices to the new king Jin Li Gong, asking him to pay attention to certain matters. The high-ranking Xiqing family (that is, the Anque family).
Such a low-key and restrained approach and attitude made Duke Li of Jin hate Bo Zong more and more; in the end, Bo Zong finally suffered great misfortune because of this, even losing his life, and his family disappeared from the Jin court ( Fortunately, his son went into exile and continued his official career in another place, causing great trouble to the Jin State).
The direct cause of Bozong's misfortune and death was that Jin's current ally, Zheng, brazenly sent troops to attack Xu without the consent of the alliance leader. This caused the interference of the southern overlord Chu, and the Chu Communist King sent troops to attack Zheng; after that, Jin When the monarchs and ministers were discussing in the imperial court and debating whether to send troops to aid Zheng immediately, Bo Zong, who was attending the meeting, got into his old ways and said some inappropriate words, which made Duke Li of Jin and other ministers furious.
In addition, during the period before and after, Bo Zong also repeatedly advised Duke Li of Jin, intentionally or unintentionally, to be careful of the powerful people of the same clan (that is, the Que family). As a result, Duke Li of Jin, who was dissatisfied with Bo Zong, took these The words were deliberately told to the Que family in private; in anger and anger, San Que came forward to falsely accuse Bo Zong of being suspected of being a "Tong Chu", and also despised the monarch, slandered the government, and slandered important ministers.
In the end, Bo Zong was arrested and imprisoned by Jin Li Gong together with the "San Que", and was humiliated. Bo Zong was unwilling to be humiliated, and driven by his strong self-esteem, he committed suicide in prison. The Bo family of Jin withdrew from the mother country (Jin State). ) political stage (of course, Bo Zong's descendants were able to go into exile and survive, and later made great changes in other countries and showed their talents. This is a story for later).
Bo Zong's subsequent story will be put aside for now. Here we will introduce to you the reasons for the "enmity between Zheng and Xu" that led to his eventual death. The process is actually like this - at first, under the mediation of Hua Yuan, the Zhengqing of Song Dynasty, Jin and Chu reached an agreement in May of the seventh year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (579 BC) in Shangqiu, the capital of Song Dynasty. times) 'Annihilation Meeting', both sides sent representatives to participate in this oath of alliance, announcing a formal ceasefire between the two countries and jointly maintaining friendly relations between the princes.
The truce with the State of Chu was to temporarily stabilize the State of Chu in order to free up his hands to deal with the Qin State in the west; therefore, Duke Li of Jin was very concerned about the "truce treaty" between Jin and Chu. After the two countries reached an alliance oath, they also specially summoned the kings of Lu, Zheng, Wei and other allies to meet in Suoze (Daming County, Handan, Hebei Province), and personally read to them the alliance speech of Jin-Chu's "Annihilation Meeting" , and specifically warned them to abide by this covenant; and the Chu State on the other side also conveyed the results of the 'Military Meeting' to its allies, namely Cai, Xu, Chen and other vassal states, and also asked them to abide by the 'Military Meeting' Soldier Covenant'.
However, for their own benefit, the two overlords of Jin and Chu could temporarily choose a truce to restore their national strength in order to compete for hegemony in the future, but their allies (little brothers) did not fully abide by this covenant; just (for the first time) Less than two years after the end of the "Jin and Chu Army Annihilation Meeting", Jin's ally Zheng Guo used the "Gongzi Ban Rebellion" that happened that year as an excuse to stage a coup on August 2 in the eighth year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (578 BC). The first time he sent troops to attack Chu's ally Xu, he once again provoked a war between the two camps.
Zheng Guo's attack on Xu was all caused by an old grudge between the two countries - in June of the 21st year of King Zhou Ding (586 BC), the war happened because of mutual resentment and mutual wariness. After the dispute between Zheng and Xu, Xu Linggong, the king of Xu State, went to the capital of Ying, Chu State, to report Zheng Daogong, the king of Zheng State, to the leader of the Chu Communist Party. This "blame incident" between the princes, Not only did Zheng Daogong be reprimanded and humiliated by the King of the Communist Party of Chu, but also Zheng Dafu Huangxu and Sima Ziguo (Gongzifa, one of the Seven Mu Mu of Zheng State, who went with him to the Chu State for interpretation). (his uncle) were detained by Chu State in Yingdu, and Zheng Guo lost his face as a result. Therefore, Zheng Maogong, who was slapped in the face by Xu State, was so angry that he switched his allegiance to Chu State to Jin State.
According to other historical records, the then Duke of Zheng and the current monarch of Zheng (referring to the monarch of Zheng who reigned in the eighth year of King Jian of Zhou) - Duke Zheng Chenggong, the younger brother of Zheng Daogong, went to Chu State to accuse Xu Linggong. During the reign of Zheng Guo, he was appointed by his brother Zheng Daogong to go to Chu State as a "dispute" envoy to defend and litigate to the King of the Communist Party of Chu; however, unlike what is recorded in "Zuo Zhuan", it was Huang Xu and Zi Guo who came forward to dispute the case. The result was the same. Prince Wei's defense was still unsuccessful. The king of Chu Communist Party believed in Xu Linggong's theory and imprisoned Zheng Guogong's brother '甔'.
Later, after the unremitting efforts of the kings and ministers of the Zheng State, and a large amount of gold and silk donations, the young master was released from the Chu State. Although he was under house arrest by the Chu people, the Chu State was powerful and might be able to return to the Chu State in the future. There is a possibility of forming an alliance, so Young Master Sui does not dare and cannot hate the Chu people; but Young Master Sui remembers Xu Linggong who snitched and complained. If there is a chance in the future, Young Master Sui must report to Xu Guo. To inflict revenge, to exact revenge.
But the original reason for the hostility between Zheng and Xu was actually a long, long time ago - during the reign of the 'Spring and Autumn Little Tyrant' Zheng Zhuanggong, he coveted the land of the neighboring country - Xu. , led the people, so Zheng Zhuanggong deliberately found an excuse to attack Xu State with Lu Yin Gong and Qi Xi Gong on the grounds that Xu State did not obey the emperor's orders.
Xu State was weak alone and could not defeat the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, so it was defeated without any surprise. After the defeat, Xu Zhuanggong, the king of Xu State, had to abandon the country and fled to Wei State to escape. Later, Xu Zhuanggong also died in Wei State, and almost all of Xu State's territory Being occupied by the Zheng army, it was actually on the verge of annihilation.
Fortunately, not long after this, Duke Zhuang of Zheng, who was preparing to forcibly annex Xu State, died of illness, and Xu State finally escaped. But just after Zheng Zhuanggong died, Zheng State soon fell into a chaotic situation of internal strife among the princes. Xu State With the help of Qi State, Xu Mugong, the successor king of the state, took the opportunity to return to the country, expelled the Zheng army that occupied the country, and restored the state of Xu.
However, although the Xu State successfully restored the country, the successive kings of the Zheng State did not give up on the Xu State and always wanted to send troops to annex the Xu State again. In this way, the hatred between the two countries was forged from generation to generation, and eventually there was Later, Xu Linggong went to the King of the Communist Party of Chu to "report a crime" and accused Zheng Aogong of his "criticism"; the unlucky Zheng Aogong was also reprimanded by the leader of the Chu Communist Party, and the officials around him were imprisoned as punishment ( There is also a theory that the King of the Communist Party of Chu imprisoned Zheng Aogong's younger brother Gongzi Zui - later known as Zheng Chenggong).
In June of the first year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (585 BC), Duke Zheng Mou died after reigning for two years. Because Zheng Mou Gong had no descendants, his younger brother "Gongzi Di" succeeded his elder brother as Uncle Zheng. This was the thirteenth son of the Zheng Kingdom. The 15th king of the country - Zheng Chenggong.
After Zheng Chenggong succeeded to the throne, he wanted to deal with the "informer" Xu Linggong, send troops to attack Xu, and "seek justice" for the country and himself; but at this time, Zheng State had already joined the Jin alliance (that is, it had an alliance with Chu State) , so the state of Chu, which thought it had lost face, deeply hated Zheng for betraying its alliance, and sent troops to attack Zheng every year for two years. Each time, Zheng relied on the Jin army's southward rescue to rescue itself; therefore, Zheng Chenggong is currently I really don't have any extra energy to fight Xu Guo in the ring again.
Later, Jin Jinggong moved the capital to Xintian, and together with the Luan family and the Zhongxing family, he planned to kill the powerful Zhao family (Dazong) of the Jin state; and such a big chaos occurred in the leader's country, Zheng Chenggong's mind immediately became active; In view of the internal strife in the Jin Kingdom and the opportunity to control external affairs, Zheng Chenggong secretly went to Dengdi (Yancheng County, Luohe, Henan) in February of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou (582 BC), and met with the representative of the Chu Communist King: Chu Prince Cheng held a meeting and resumed exchanges between the two countries. However, Zheng Chenggong still kept an eye on it at the time, and did not immediately make an alliance oath with the representatives of the Chu State. Instead, he only made a verbal promise, and the two countries communicated and shared news with each other in advance.
Zheng Chenggong's "treason" of secretly contacting the Chu State behind the back of the alliance leader (eldest brother) was quickly learned by Jin Jinggong; for Zheng Chenggong's repeated betrayal of the enemy, Jin Jinggong Naturally, Jinggong was furious and hated the traitor (Zheng Chenggong) extremely. Therefore, Jin Jinggong was determined to find an opportunity to settle the score with Zheng Chenggong.
In the autumn of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (582 BC), Duke Cheng of Zheng had to go to the Kingdom of Jin to pay a pilgrimage to the leader of the alliance Jin Jinggong, so he led his close associates and others to leave Xinzheng, the capital of Jin, and headed for Xintian, the capital of Jin; and Duke Cheng of Zheng had just left Zheng. , when they arrived at Tongtang (Qin County, Changzhi, Shanxi Province) of Jin State, Jin Jinggong, who had been well prepared, sent an army to directly capture Zheng Chenggong on the spot, escorted him back to Xintian, and locked him in a prison cell. As a result, Zheng Guo temporarily lost The king.
After imprisoning Zheng Chenggong, Jin Jinggong, who was still angry, immediately sent the central army general Luan Shu to lead the army to attack Zheng, in order to warn and beat other allies (little brothers) - the consequences of betraying the leader of the alliance are what Zheng will be like .
At this time, in order to apologize to the Jin State and request Jin Jinggong to release the king, Ziliang and Zihan (both members of the Qi Mu and the uncle of Zheng Chenggong), the ruling ministers of the Zheng State, sent Bo Jue, a senior official of the Zheng State, to Go to Jin State, apologize and make peace to Jin Jinggong in person, and ask the leader of the alliance to forgive Zheng Guo's mistakes and let Zheng Chenggong return to the country; if the leader of the alliance forgives Zheng Guo, then Zheng Guo promises to cut off private contacts with Chu State and continue to stay. Among the alliance of princes headed by Jin State.
The furious Jinggong did not accept Bolui's apology, and deliberately made the situation worse in order to threaten and frighten the Chu State who was poaching him. Therefore, Jinggong ignored the diplomatic etiquette at the time and ordered Bo Jue, the Zheng envoy who came to ask for peace, was executed to punish Zheng for his betrayal of the alliance leader.
It took a lot of effort to win the Chu State back to Zheng Guo. After learning that Jin State had detained Zheng Chenggong and killed Zheng Guo’s peace envoy, of course he could not sit idly by and ignore the matter (Zheng Guojun Being detained by the Jin State and the envoys were killed, this was the excuse for the war between the Chu State and the Jin State); therefore, the Chu State was ready to send troops to intervene and have another fight with the Jin State. However, the King of the Communist Party of Chu was a relatively "honest" (or pedantic) person, and did not want to have a direct military conflict with the Jin State because of his "secretly poaching" practice. In that case, the Chu State's self-proclaimed " The demeanor of a great country was publicly slapped in the face.
Therefore, at the end of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (582 BC), the Chu Communist King Chu ordered Yin Zizhong to lead an army and invaded Chen and Ju, Jin's allies, in order to warn and threaten Jin and allow Zheng Chenggong to be released ( As for whether this has any effect and whether Zheng Cheng Guild will be released, the King of the Communist Party of Chu doesn't care. Anyway, his attitude of "aiding Zheng" has been shown).
When the Chu army was attacking Chen and Ju, Duke Jinggong of Jin was inspecting the official warehouse (military mansion) where military supplies were stored in Xintian, the capital of the country. He accidentally met Zhong Yi, the "Gong Yun" of Chu State who was imprisoned here. The encounter led to an interesting story.
Two years ago, in the second year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (584 BC), when the State of Chu sent troops to attack Zheng (Zheng State had just surrendered to Jin State at that time, so the State of Chu wanted to attack Zheng), it was defeated by the Zheng State official Gongzhong. Hou Yu led his army to defeat, and the general of the Chu army, "Yun Gong" Zhong Yi, who was the rearguard of the army in Si and covered the army's retreat, was also captured by the Zheng army and was treated as a "trophy" and presented to him by Zheng Chenggong. Jin Jinggong, the leader of the alliance who led the army to rescue Zheng; when the Jin army withdrew, they also brought Zhong Yi back to Xintian, the capital, and imprisoned him in the warehouse of the military mansion, where he has been a prisoner for two full years. 'Prisoner of Jin'.
When meeting Zhong Yi and talking with him, Jin Jinggong admired his demeanor and knowledge very much, so the conversation was very pleasant. At this time, Jin Jinggong was already interested in easing relations with Chu.
So, after finishing the conversation with Zhong Yi, Jin Jinggong summoned the superior general Shi Xie and conveyed his conversation with Zhong Yi to Shi Xie, hoping to hear Shi Xie's views on the matter.
After listening to the king's report, Shi Xie also praised Zhong Yi's demeanor very much, saying that he was a noble gentleman with good moral character, and persuaded Jin Jinggong to release him back to Chu State and let him serve as an envoy between the two countries. Promote the easing of tensions between Jin and Chu and re-open friendly exchanges.
Jin Jinggong followed Shi Xie's advice and soon released Zhong Yi and asked him to return to Chu to serve as a peace negotiator between Jin and Chu.
After Zhong Yi returned to the Chu State, he reported to the King of the Chu Communist Party the original intention of Jin Jinggong to ease relations with the Chu State and to have a truce between them. The King of the Chu Communist Party did not get what he wanted, so he appointed the Grand Prime Minister of Chu Zi Shang (Gongzi Chen) to go there. The State of Jin responded to Jin Jinggong's suggestion to suspend troops. In June of the fifth year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (581 BC), Jin Jinggong, the overlord of the princes and the king of Jin, passed away (the specific death process will be introduced in detail later). Prince Zhou Pu of Jin succeeded to the throne, becoming the 27th Jin of Jin. Marquis——Dong Li of Jin; the historical process of Jin State has entered a new chapter.
When Jin Jinggong of Jin was in power, he placed great importance on and trusted Bo Zong, the great doctor who made suggestions and suggestions for him. Bo Zong, who was highly used by the king, also devoted all his talents and wisdom without reservation to the Jin country and the country. Duke Jinggong of Jin Dynasty advised and advised people to be loyal and solve problems.
Now, Duke Jinggong of Jin, who admired Bo Zong, suddenly passed away. The prince of Jin, Zhou Pu, was supported by the chief ministers in power - the Zhongjun general and the ruling official Luan Shu and the second Qing, Zhongjun Zuo Xungeng (Zhongxing Geng). The emperor inherited the throne of the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin Kingdom had a new monarch. Bo Zong, who had been so famous in the court before, was not so "high-spirited".
The new king Jin Ligong and Bo Zong did not have much personal friendship, which was just an ordinary relationship between king and minister. Therefore, after Jin Li Gong succeeded to the throne, the veteran Bo Zong's status in the Jin court was inevitably impacted and neglected; but this time At that time, Duke Li of Jin and the rest of the Xiqing family focused on the powerful external enemies - Qin and Chu. There really isn’t much care or attention attached to it.
Under normal circumstances, Bo Zong in this kind of environment should be knowledgeable and take the initiative to retire (or restrain his sharpness and keep a low profile); but Bo Zong's past career was too smooth and smooth, and this in his heart The complacency and arrogance still failed to turn around in time; after Jin Li Gong succeeded to the throne, Bo Zong could not control his "sharp-toothed" mouth, and still relied on his own reputation in the court where things were different and people were different. He was proud of his "vision and knowledge" and constantly expressed his opinions on many domestic, foreign and military affairs of the Jin State. He did not know the hierarchy of the monarch and his ministers. He gave many advices to the new king Jin Li Gong, asking him to pay attention to certain matters. The high-ranking Xiqing family (that is, the Anque family).
Such a low-key and restrained approach and attitude made Duke Li of Jin hate Bo Zong more and more; in the end, Bo Zong finally suffered great misfortune because of this, even losing his life, and his family disappeared from the Jin court ( Fortunately, his son went into exile and continued his official career in another place, causing great trouble to the Jin State).
The direct cause of Bozong's misfortune and death was that Jin's current ally, Zheng, brazenly sent troops to attack Xu without the consent of the alliance leader. This caused the interference of the southern overlord Chu, and the Chu Communist King sent troops to attack Zheng; after that, Jin When the monarchs and ministers were discussing in the imperial court and debating whether to send troops to aid Zheng immediately, Bo Zong, who was attending the meeting, got into his old ways and said some inappropriate words, which made Duke Li of Jin and other ministers furious.
In addition, during the period before and after, Bo Zong also repeatedly advised Duke Li of Jin, intentionally or unintentionally, to be careful of the powerful people of the same clan (that is, the Que family). As a result, Duke Li of Jin, who was dissatisfied with Bo Zong, took these The words were deliberately told to the Que family in private; in anger and anger, San Que came forward to falsely accuse Bo Zong of being suspected of being a "Tong Chu", and also despised the monarch, slandered the government, and slandered important ministers.
In the end, Bo Zong was arrested and imprisoned by Jin Li Gong together with the "San Que", and was humiliated. Bo Zong was unwilling to be humiliated, and driven by his strong self-esteem, he committed suicide in prison. The Bo family of Jin withdrew from the mother country (Jin State). ) political stage (of course, Bo Zong's descendants were able to go into exile and survive, and later made great changes in other countries and showed their talents. This is a story for later).
Bo Zong's subsequent story will be put aside for now. Here we will introduce to you the reasons for the "enmity between Zheng and Xu" that led to his eventual death. The process is actually like this - at first, under the mediation of Hua Yuan, the Zhengqing of Song Dynasty, Jin and Chu reached an agreement in May of the seventh year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (579 BC) in Shangqiu, the capital of Song Dynasty. times) 'Annihilation Meeting', both sides sent representatives to participate in this oath of alliance, announcing a formal ceasefire between the two countries and jointly maintaining friendly relations between the princes.
The truce with the State of Chu was to temporarily stabilize the State of Chu in order to free up his hands to deal with the Qin State in the west; therefore, Duke Li of Jin was very concerned about the "truce treaty" between Jin and Chu. After the two countries reached an alliance oath, they also specially summoned the kings of Lu, Zheng, Wei and other allies to meet in Suoze (Daming County, Handan, Hebei Province), and personally read to them the alliance speech of Jin-Chu's "Annihilation Meeting" , and specifically warned them to abide by this covenant; and the Chu State on the other side also conveyed the results of the 'Military Meeting' to its allies, namely Cai, Xu, Chen and other vassal states, and also asked them to abide by the 'Military Meeting' Soldier Covenant'.
However, for their own benefit, the two overlords of Jin and Chu could temporarily choose a truce to restore their national strength in order to compete for hegemony in the future, but their allies (little brothers) did not fully abide by this covenant; just (for the first time) Less than two years after the end of the "Jin and Chu Army Annihilation Meeting", Jin's ally Zheng Guo used the "Gongzi Ban Rebellion" that happened that year as an excuse to stage a coup on August 2 in the eighth year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (578 BC). The first time he sent troops to attack Chu's ally Xu, he once again provoked a war between the two camps.
Zheng Guo's attack on Xu was all caused by an old grudge between the two countries - in June of the 21st year of King Zhou Ding (586 BC), the war happened because of mutual resentment and mutual wariness. After the dispute between Zheng and Xu, Xu Linggong, the king of Xu State, went to the capital of Ying, Chu State, to report Zheng Daogong, the king of Zheng State, to the leader of the Chu Communist Party. This "blame incident" between the princes, Not only did Zheng Daogong be reprimanded and humiliated by the King of the Communist Party of Chu, but also Zheng Dafu Huangxu and Sima Ziguo (Gongzifa, one of the Seven Mu Mu of Zheng State, who went with him to the Chu State for interpretation). (his uncle) were detained by Chu State in Yingdu, and Zheng Guo lost his face as a result. Therefore, Zheng Maogong, who was slapped in the face by Xu State, was so angry that he switched his allegiance to Chu State to Jin State.
According to other historical records, the then Duke of Zheng and the current monarch of Zheng (referring to the monarch of Zheng who reigned in the eighth year of King Jian of Zhou) - Duke Zheng Chenggong, the younger brother of Zheng Daogong, went to Chu State to accuse Xu Linggong. During the reign of Zheng Guo, he was appointed by his brother Zheng Daogong to go to Chu State as a "dispute" envoy to defend and litigate to the King of the Communist Party of Chu; however, unlike what is recorded in "Zuo Zhuan", it was Huang Xu and Zi Guo who came forward to dispute the case. The result was the same. Prince Wei's defense was still unsuccessful. The king of Chu Communist Party believed in Xu Linggong's theory and imprisoned Zheng Guogong's brother '甔'.
Later, after the unremitting efforts of the kings and ministers of the Zheng State, and a large amount of gold and silk donations, the prince was released from the Chu State. Although he was under house arrest by the Chu people, the Chu State was powerful and might be able to return to the Chu State in the future. There is a possibility of forming an alliance, so Young Master Sui does not dare and cannot hate the Chu people; but Young Master Sui remembers Xu Linggong who snitched and complained. If there is a chance in the future, Young Master Sui must report to Xu Guo. To inflict revenge, to exact revenge.
But the original reason for the hostility between Zheng and Xu was actually a long, long time ago - during the reign of the 'Spring and Autumn Little Tyrant' Zheng Zhuanggong, he coveted the land of the neighboring country - Xu. , led the people, so Zheng Zhuanggong deliberately found an excuse to attack Xu State with Lu Yin Gong and Qi Xi Gong on the grounds that Xu State did not obey the emperor's orders.
Xu State was weak alone and could not defeat the Allied Forces of the Three Kingdoms, so it was defeated without any surprise. After the defeat, Xu Zhuanggong, the king of Xu State, had to abandon the country and fled to Wei State to escape. Later, Xu Zhuanggong also died in Wei State, and almost all of Xu State's territory Being occupied by the Zheng army, it was actually on the verge of annihilation.
Fortunately, not long after this, Duke Zhuang of Zheng, who was preparing to forcibly annex Xu State, died of illness, and Xu State finally escaped. But just after Zheng Zhuanggong died, Zheng State soon fell into a chaotic situation of internal strife among the princes. Xu State With the help of Qi State, Xu Mugong, the successor king of the state, took the opportunity to return to the country, expelled the Zheng army that occupied the country, and restored the state of Xu.
However, although the Xu State successfully restored the country, the successive kings of the Zheng State did not give up on the Xu State and always wanted to send troops to annex the Xu State again. In this way, the hatred between the two countries was forged from generation to generation, and eventually there was Later, Xu Linggong went to the King of the Communist Party of Chu to "report a crime" and accused Zheng Aigong of his "criticism"; for this, the unlucky Zheng Aogong was reprimanded by the leader of the Chu Communist Party, and the officials around him were imprisoned as punishment ( There is also a theory that the King of the Communist Party of Chu imprisoned Zheng Aogong's younger brother Gongzi Zui - later known as Zheng Chenggong).
In June of the first year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (585 BC), Duke Zheng Mou died after reigning for two years. Because Zheng Mou Gong had no descendants, his younger brother "Gongzi Di" succeeded his elder brother as Uncle Zheng. This was the thirteenth son of the Zheng Kingdom. The 15th king of the country - Zheng Chenggong.
After Zheng Chenggong succeeded to the throne, he wanted to deal with the "informer" Xu Linggong, send troops to attack Xu, and "seek justice" for the country and himself; but at this time, Zheng State had already joined the Jin alliance (that is, it had an alliance with Chu State) , so the state of Chu, which thought it had lost face, deeply hated Zheng for betraying its alliance, and sent troops to attack Zheng every year for two years. Each time, Zheng relied on the Jin army's southward rescue to rescue itself; therefore, Zheng Chenggong is currently I really don't have any extra energy to fight Xu Guo in the ring again.
Later, Jin Jinggong moved the capital to Xintian, and together with the Luan family and the Zhongxing family, he planned to kill the powerful Zhao family (Dazong) of the Jin state; and such a big chaos occurred in the leader's country, Zheng Chenggong's mind immediately became active; In view of the internal strife in the Jin Kingdom and the opportunity to control external affairs, Zheng Chenggong secretly went to Dengdi (Yancheng County, Luohe, Henan) in February of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou (582 BC), and met with the representative of the Chu Communist King: Chu Prince Cheng held a meeting and resumed exchanges between the two countries. However, Zheng Chenggong still had a cautious mind at that time and did not immediately make an alliance oath with the representatives of the Chu State. Instead, he only made a verbal promise and the two countries communicated and shared news with each other in advance.
Zheng Chenggong's "treason" of secretly contacting the Chu State behind the back of the alliance leader (eldest brother) was quickly learned by Jin Jinggong; for Zheng Chenggong's repeated betrayal of the enemy, Jin Jinggong Naturally, Jinggong was furious and hated the traitor (Zheng Chenggong) extremely. Therefore, Jin Jinggong was determined to find an opportunity to settle the score with Zheng Chenggong.
In the autumn of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (582 BC), Duke Cheng of Zheng had to go to the Kingdom of Jin to pay a pilgrimage to the leader of the alliance Jin Jinggong, so he led his close associates and others to leave Xinzheng, the capital of Jin, and headed for Xintian, the capital of Jin; and Duke Cheng of Zheng had just left Zheng. , when they arrived at Tongtang (Qin County, Changzhi, Shanxi Province) of Jin State, Jin Jinggong, who had been well prepared, sent an army to directly capture Zheng Chenggong on the spot, escorted him back to Xintian, and locked him in a prison cell. As a result, Zheng Guo temporarily lost The king.
After imprisoning Zheng Chenggong, Jin Jinggong, who was still angry, immediately sent the Chinese general Luan Shu to lead the army to attack Zheng, in order to warn and beat other allies (little brothers) - the consequences of betraying the leader of the alliance are what Zheng will be like .
At this time, in order to apologize to the Jin State and request Jin Jinggong to release the king, Ziliang and Zihan (both members of the Qi Mu and the uncle of Zheng Chenggong), the ruling ministers of the Zheng State, sent Bo Jue, a senior official of the Zheng State, to Go to Jin State, apologize and make peace to Jin Jinggong in person, and ask the leader of the alliance to forgive Zheng Guo's mistakes and let Zheng Chenggong return home; if the leader of the alliance forgives Zheng Guo, then Zheng Guo promises to cut off private contacts with Chu State and continue to stay. Among the alliance of princes headed by Jin State.
The furious Jinggong did not accept Bo Jue's apology, and deliberately made the situation worse in order to threaten and frighten the Chu State who was poaching him. Therefore, Jin Jinggong ignored the diplomatic etiquette at the time and ordered Boyan, the envoy of Zheng who came to ask for peace, was executed to punish Zheng for his betrayal of the alliance leader.
It took a lot of effort to win the Chu State back to Zheng Guo. After learning that Jin State had detained Zheng Chenggong and killed Zheng Guo’s peace envoy, of course he could not sit idly by and ignore the matter (Zheng Guojun Being detained by the Jin State and the envoys were killed, this was the excuse for the Chu State to start a war with the Jin State); therefore, the Chu State was ready to send troops to intervene and have another fight with the Jin State. However, the King of the Communist Party of Chu was a relatively "honest" (or pedantic) person, and did not want to have a direct military conflict with the Jin State because of his "secretly poaching" practice. In that case, the Chu State's self-proclaimed " The demeanor of a great country was publicly slapped in the face.
Therefore, at the end of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (582 BC), the Chu Communist King Chu ordered Yin Zizhong to lead an army and invaded Chen and Ju, Jin's allies, in order to warn and threaten Jin and allow Zheng Chenggong to be released ( As for whether this has any effect and whether Zheng Cheng Guild will be released, the King of the Chu Communist Party doesn't care. Anyway, his attitude of "aiding Zheng" has been shown).
When the Chu army was attacking Chen and Ju, Duke Jinggong of Jin was inspecting the official warehouse (military mansion) where military supplies were stored in Xintian, the capital of the country. He accidentally met Zhong Yi, the "Gong Yun" of Chu State who was imprisoned here. The encounter led to an interesting story.
Two years ago, in the second year of King Jian of Zhou Dynasty (584 BC), when the State of Chu sent troops to attack Zheng (Zheng State had just surrendered to Jin State at that time, so the State of Chu wanted to attack Zheng), it was defeated by the Zheng State official Gongzhong. Hou Yu led his army to defeat, and the general of the Chu army, "Yun Gong" Zhong Yi, who was the rearguard of the army in Si and covered the army's retreat, was also captured by the Zheng army and was treated as a "trophy" and presented to him by Zheng Chenggong. Jin Jinggong, the leader of the alliance who led the army to rescue Zheng; when the Jin army withdrew, they also brought Zhong Yi back to Xintian, the capital, and imprisoned him in the warehouse of the military mansion, where he has been a prisoner for two full years. 'Prisoner of Jin'.
When meeting Zhong Yi and talking with him, Jin Jinggong admired his demeanor and knowledge very much, so the conversation was very pleasant. At this time, Jin Jinggong was already interested in easing relations with Chu.
Therefore, after finishing the conversation with Zhong Yi, Jin Jinggong summoned the superior general Shi Xie and conveyed his conversation with Zhong Yi to Shi Xie, hoping to hear Shi Xie's views on the matter.
After listening to the king's report, Shi Xie also praised Zhong Yi's demeanor very much, saying that he was a noble gentleman with good moral character, and persuaded Jin Jinggong to release him back to Chu State and let him serve as an envoy between the two countries. Promote the relaxation between Jin and Chu and restart friendly exchanges.
Jin Jinggong followed Shi Xie's advice and soon released Zhong Yi and asked him to return to Chu to serve as a peace negotiator between Jin and Chu.
After Zhong Yi returned to Chu State, he reported Jin Jinggong's intention to ease relations with Chu State and a truce between the two parties to the Chu Communist King. The Chu Communist King did not want it, so he appointed Chu Dazai Zi Shang (Gongzi Chen) to go there. The State of Jin responded to Jin Jinggong's suggestion to suspend troops.
