In the Jin palace, Yan Qing ran in with excitement.
He held the bamboo slip high in his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Luo Kingdom has convinced your elder brother, Prince Chong'er, that he is willing to recognize your throne and make you the king."
"What?"
Everyone exclaimed, they couldn't help but be excited, Young Master Chong'er was different, he was the beneficiary of the previous edict.
There are two big countries, Qiluo and Qiluo behind him!
If they did not deceive the Marquis of Jin, Prince Chong'er was the one who should ascend to the throne of the Jin Kingdom.
Now that Prince Chong'er has voluntarily given up the throne and personally stood up to acknowledge the prince's ignorant edict, this credibility is almost 100%.
Gongzi Lin and Gongzi Wu raise an army again in an attempt to kill the king!
No one wants to be recorded as a regicide in the history books, and it would be even more ridiculous to change history.
The historians of the world come from the Luo family, and the history books of the world belong to the Luo Kingdom.
The Luo Kingdom is very cautious in treating history books and requires historians from all countries to write truthfully. Even if some words are difficult to say, they can be a little more obscure, but they cannot talk nonsense.
The last person who was recorded as regicide and then directly killed the historian had his body crushed into dirt by Luo chariots.
The Luo Kingdom's insistence on this point was almost more stringent than the patriarchal system. For the first time in five hundred years, the various kingdoms of the Xia Kingdom saw the king of the Luo Kingdom so angry that he rushed to another country without any scruples and killed the ruling minister. Killing, simply because he killed a historian who recorded truthfully.
There was joy in Yicheng, but Gongziwu was stunned, "Wuwu took away Chong'er's throne, but Chong'er acknowledged the imperial edict in Wuzhi's hands?
The dove occupied the magpie's nest, so the magpie voluntarily gave up its nest to the dove?
Could it be that I offended Chong'er at some point, so he didn't want me to ascend the throne? "
This is the only explanation Gongzi Wu can find, otherwise he really doesn't know the reason for Gongzi Chong'er's actions.
Because whether the prince is ignorant and becomes the king, or the prince is dancing, there is no difference to the prince Chong'er.
Gongzi Wu would never have expected that, mainly because he was too incompetent, he had not been able to seize the throne from his younger brother for two years. As a result, the situation had now changed to the point where the Jin Kingdom was about to end its chaos in a short time.
Prince Chong'er's main support is Qi State and Luo State. Now Qi State and Luo State require him to support Prince Wu Wu. Although he is unwilling, there is no way and he can't help himself.
The most embarrassing person was probably Gongzi Lin. He had just announced that he and Gongzi Wu would attack Doctor Qing in Yicheng, and then this news came.
This timing was cleverly chosen, a bit like how King Su rebelled with the three eunuchs before his Eastern Expedition. If he failed in the end, he would definitely become a joke in the history books.
But now the situation is beyond his control. The Song army has come, can he just retreat like this?
Then the Song Dynasty has become a joke. The reason for interfering in the throne of the Jin Kingdom is to gain the friendship of the Jin Kingdom. Now he failed to promote the young master he wanted to promote, but instead offended the future Jin Hou.
When Song Gong heard the news, his face turned green immediately. What is meant by stealing the chicken but losing the rice? This is what he is talking about now.
Gongziwu and Gongzilin are in a dilemma here, but Yicheng is facing another problem, that is, the envoy of Qi State mentioned Gongziyin very vaguely.
"Your Majesty, it seems that Qi and Luo want us to kill Young Master Yin."
Zhao Qing said this with a hint of hesitation. Killing a young master is not like killing a cat or a dog. Even if many young masters make mistakes, they will not be killed. At most, they will be exiled.
"Why would Luo Guo make such a request?" Yan Gui asked a little strangely.
She didn't care about Gongzi Yin's life, but she was unwilling to let her son be charged with murdering his brother. Moreover, this kind of request was not the style of Luo State. She suspected that Zhao Qing wanted to take personal revenge.
"Madam, Luo Guo did not say that he wanted to kill Young Master Yin.
The envoys from Luo State said that they were worried that Gongzi Yin would follow Gongzi Lin's example and introduce Qin's army into Jin State, so they hoped to put Gongzi Yin under house arrest and not have any contact with Qin.
But I think this is just a lie. It is impossible to block Gongzi Yin from contacting Qin under house arrest. I am afraid that Luo State wants us to kill Gongzi Yin. "
In fact, of course the Luo State hopes to kill Gongzi Yin directly, but this is a Gongzi who has no fault and cannot be killed on the spot. Therefore, Luo Yan hopes that the Jin State can choose a good fiefdom for Gongzi Yin and not let him and the Qin State Contact there.
These officials were all fine people, and they could discern Luo Yan's true meaning from his words.
Zhao Qing felt that his idea was right and said again: "Your Majesty, although this is my guess, the son's mother's family is a noble daughter from the Qin State. Now the Qin State dominates Xirong and is involved with the Chu State.
Because the Weihan Passage is in the hands of our Jin State, it is the pass for Qin to go east. If the young master borrows Qin's troops to go eastward, he may cede the Weihan Passage to Qin.
Luo State has always been very concerned about the safety of the Weihan Passage, so we hope that we will consider it carefully. "
After careful consideration, the safest way is to kill him directly, so that Qin will not be able to reach out at all.
When Yan Gui heard that the Qin State was actually so powerful, she even peeked at the Weihan Passage. Even she knew the importance of this passage, and the Qin State also formed an alliance with the Chu State.
She is not a strong political woman, but the reputation of Chu State in the Central Plains is so bad, especially after the Battle of Yanling, basically everyone who sees her shakes her head.
So he immediately said: "Chu has always been rude to the royal family and the princes of the Central Plains, and is a barbarian country.
The state of Qin actually formed an alliance with the state of Chu. It seemed that it was also a rude country that disobeyed the emperor.
Although I am a woman, I also know that I respect the Emperor of Zhou. Because he was born in such a country, he must be a man with a wolf, tiger and leopard in his heart.
But after all, he is the son of the monarch. The monarch said many times during his lifetime that he was worried that he would be lonely because he would not be able to see the young master after his death.
Since the king likes Gongzi Yin so much, let Gongzi Yin accompany him.
This can not only reflect the filial piety of the prince, but also make the monarch feel warm. I have known the monarch for many years, and this is the last thing I can do for the monarch. "
When she said these cold words, there was a warm smile on her beautiful face, as if she did not want to kill Jin Hou's son, but really thought that she was thinking about Jin Hou.
Although she was secretly wary in her heart, since Yan Gui took the initiative to take the blame for this matter on herself, these Qing officials were naturally willing.
So they all bowed and said: "Madam, you are really a wise and virtuous woman.
The monarch must also know your sincerity, so he decided that the young master Wuzhi should inherit the throne of Jin.
The young master will be very grateful to you because he is able to fulfill his filial piety for his father because of you. "
Young Master Wuzhi watched helplessly as his brother was killed by his mother and the officials of the Jin Kingdom in just a few words, which made him feel a little scared.
That was a young master from the Jin Kingdom. He was a nobleman with the surname Ji and noble bloodline, far surpassing these people.
As a result, life or death was decided in just a few words.
Young Master Wuzhi is not very old, and he is very cowardly by nature. Now after experiencing this incident, he was directly frightened, and he often started to panic in his dreams for several days.
The reason why Yan Gui and Doctor Qing decided to kill Gongzi Yin so quickly was because among the five young masters of the Jin Kingdom, Gongzi Yin had the smallest power in the Jin Kingdom and could easily be killed. die.
After Gongzi Lin introduced the Song army, Gongzi Yin was indeed considering whether to introduce the Qin army into the Jin state.
Unexpectedly, someone in Yicheng had come to kill him. Of course, he would not sit still and wait for death. He directly led his retainers to resist, but was defeated.
However, he was not captured, slipped out through the tunnel, and then ran towards Qin.
However, Luo Guo had always been prepared. When he saw Yicheng, he did not choose to place Young Master Yin under house arrest, but directly killed him.
They notified the generals at Hangu Pass, so at the foot of Hangu Pass, the young master was blocked here because he was blocked by Jin's killers.
"I am a prince of the Jin State, and I was executed for no fault of my own. Is this what a wise king should do?
Isn't the ignorant son worried about being accused of killing his brother? "
Gongzi Yin loudly vented his fear in despair, but the killers sent naturally didn't care about Gongzi Yin's roar, and shot him directly under the wall of Hangu Pass with random arrows.
This was the first of the five young masters to die at the hands of his brothers. The historian of Jin State slightly covered up the ignorance of the young master.
However, historians from other countries directly wrote the six words "Jin Hou Ke Yin Yu Han", describing the killing between the two brothers as "Ke", which can be said to be full of irony.
These killers pickled Young Master Yin's head and brought it directly back to Yicheng to show it to the monarch, his wife, and the officials.
When Gongzi Yin's head was passed to Yicheng, Zhao Qing personally brought Gongzi Yin's head into the palace and showed it to Gongzi Wuwu and Yan Gui. He looked quite proud.
But at this time, something unexpected happened. Young Master Wuwu was so frightened that he fainted when he saw the ferocious appearance of his brother's head.
It turns out that the young master was ignorant these days, and he was frightened by these officials who dared to kill his brother while talking and laughing.
Now, the coldness has entered the body, and the whole person has a high fever.
In this era, having a high fever is basically a journey behind closed doors, and eight out of ten people will die immediately. At the beginning, Luo Ren still relied on the blessing of his ancestors from Ji Zhao to survive.
Now, only by using Ji Zhao's medicinal talisman can we ensure that the young master's ignorance can be cured directly.
But Luo Ci and Luo Yan had no choice but to admit that the young master was ignorant of the throne. Now they want him to die, so how can they spend the magic weapon to save him.
Character determines destiny.
The timid and cowardly king, the strong and ruthless mother, died of injuries after being violently stimulated, which is quite similar to the mother and son of Emperor Hui of Han and Empress Lu.
No one expected that just when the situation in Jin was about to settle down, the Marquis of Jin would pass away just two years after he ascended the throne.
Gongziwu and Gongzilin became excited again. This was a turn of events. They were already about to give up in the struggle for the throne, but they didn't expect they would have another chance.
So the two of them said in unison: This was not an accident, but Prince Chong'er regicide.
The most surprising person was Prince Chong'er. When the Luo State informed him of the situation in the Jin State and said that only by recognizing the prince's ignorance of the throne could the interests of the Jin State be guaranteed, he endured it.
But I didn't expect that the young master Wuzhi suddenly died suddenly. Who could have imagined such a happy event?
Once Gongzi Wuzhi dies, the Luo Kingdom will definitely guarantee his throne. This is why Gongzi Wu and Gongzi Lin said in unison that it was Gongzi Chong'er who killed Gongzi Wuzhi.
However, everything that happened during Gongzi Wuzhi's lifetime was recorded by historians. Although it is not possible to guess that it was the attitude of the officials that frightened Gongzi Wuzhi to death, Gongzi Wuzhi's death was obviously related to the fact that he was killed.
Gongzi Wu and Gongzi Lin themselves just wanted to find an excuse. They decided to join forces to kill Prince Chong'er first. As long as they could kill Prince Chong'er before Luo State intervened, Luo State would not interfere with Jin's succession.
When the royal family was in civil strife, King Xi killed everyone in the royal family, and finally forced Luohou to grit his teeth and recognize him as the king.
Now the two of them can naturally use the same method to force Luo Hou to withdraw from the succession war. At worst, they can wait until they take the throne to repair the relationship with Luo Kingdom.
Fortunately, ever since the incident with the royal family, Luo State had been on guard against this happening again, and those who stayed with Young Master Chong'er soon took him away.
Luo Yan led the armies of Luo State and Qi State to gather at the border of Qi State. After receiving Prince Chong'er, he headed to Jin State with great fanfare.
After defeating Gongzi Wu in one battle, Gongzi Chong'er deeply hated this younger brother who had brought shame to the Jin government. He announced that he would be erased from the family tree of the government, and then directly killed him on the charge of cholera. die.
The army of Luo State escorted Prince Chong'er and rushed into the capital of Jin State without any obstruction. Prince Chong'er declared himself the Marquis of Jin.
Gongzi Wu was killed, and Gongzi Lin fled to the Song Dynasty. Chong'er thought of Song Zhuanggong's old affairs, so he sent a letter to Song Gonggong.
"Young Master Wuzhi killed Young Master Yin, and finally died of fear.
It seems that killing brothers will be punished by God.
But Gongzi Lin made a big mistake and should go to heaven to pray for forgiveness from his father.
If you kill him in the Song Dynasty and help him meet the ancestors of the Jin Dynasty, he will definitely be grateful to you.
Jin will never forget your kindness. "
Song Gong saw that the situation was over and that the succession of Prince Chong'er was an undisputed fact. Now that Jin and Luo had united again, he was worried that Luo and Jin would use this excuse to attack him. He also saw Prince Chong'er's implicit threat in the letter. , so he killed Gongzi Lin in fear.
At this point, the Five Young Masters Rebellion that lasted for several years finally came to an end.
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Amid the bloody killings, Duke Wen of Jin ascended the throne, which marked the complete formation of the alliance between Qi and Jin.
Because the prince was killed, Qin felt Jin's malice, and the alliance between Qin and Chu became closer.
From the natural barrier of Weihan between Qin and Jin to the land of Yanling where Qi and Chu intersect, an iron curtain has descended across the world of the Xia.
Ji Jiang Alliance and Mi Ying Alliance, the two largest military groups in the Zhuxia world, have been engaged in a two-hundred-year life-and-death struggle! ——"Cambridge History of China·Eastern Zhou Dynasty Volume 3"
I deleted a lot of words to make it look more comfortable, so I ended this plot quickly.
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