The news that Zhao Dun killed his king spread instantly among the states of Zhou and Zhou. The strength of the Jin State can be said to be the strongest among the Zhou Dynasty, but now there is a case of regicide.
But thinking of Zhao Dun's power, they didn't dare to say anything. After all, Zhao Dun led the Jin army and taught many countries a lesson. Even Qi, Chu and Qin were beaten by him.
Others did not dare to say anything, but Dong Hu, the historian of Jin State, was a stubborn man. He directly wrote in the history books, "Zhao Dun killed his king in five words."
He also appealed to the court to explain the reasons. Zhao Dun was speechless and had no choice but to let him record it.
After all, Jin Linggong was indeed killed by his clan brother, and he did not kill his clan brother because of this incident...
Although Zhao Dun killed Jin Linggong, its impact was not over. After the death of Duke Lin of Jin, another son of Duke Wen of Jin returned to the country to inherit the position of Marquis of Jin.
This Marquis of Jin was much smarter than Jin Linggong. The first thing he did after taking the throne was to announce that Zhao Dun had not killed Jin Linggong. He defended Zhao Dun and eased the relationship between the prince and Zhao Dun.
Then the second thing is to restore the official position of the public family and expand the power of the public family.
After Zhao Dun killed his king, the Marquis of Jin realized that without the protection of the Duke, he could no longer restrain the Six Ministers. Therefore, he could only restore the official positions of the Duke of Jin decades ago. He wanted to use the Duke to The power of the Chamber of Commerce is against the increasingly powerful Liu Qing.
It's a pity that the Six Ministers have become powerful. Even if the public clan is their wing, it is very difficult to eliminate the Six Ministers.
However, a balance was found between the Dukes of Jin and the officials, and the internal fighting in Jin was limited to a certain range.
In comparison, the situation in Qi is not much better. The last time Qi and Jin went to war, the reason was that the Marquis of Qi laughed at the commander-in-chief of Jin as a lame man. Just laugh at him. He didn't laugh to his face at first.
Chuke of the Jin State was lame. When he came to make an alliance with the Marquis of Qi, the Marquis of Qi wanted to laugh out loud. Fortunately, he had received professional training and could not hold back his laughter.
But after Choke left, he couldn't help it anymore and started laughing. Of course, this is not considered a failure, after all, I didn’t laugh in front of my face. But his laughter aroused his mother's curiosity.
His mother asked what was so funny, and the Marquis of Qi said that the commander-in-chief of Jin was a cripple. Qi Hou's mother also found it funny when she heard it, but because she didn't see it with her own eyes, she didn't find it satisfying. Qi Hou said, "This matter is easy to handle. I will invite him to the banquet tomorrow. Doesn't my mother know it when she is hiding behind the curtain?"
So the next day, the Marquis of Qi sent someone to invite Chuke to the banquet, and asked his mother to hide behind the curtain to observe. Sure enough, when I saw Choke limping here, I felt very funny. Qi Hou had been professionally trained to hold back, but Qi Hou's mother had not been trained, so she immediately laughed out loud.
Choke was the sixth minister of the Jin State. How could he bear such humiliation? He immediately walked away. After returning, he began to look for opportunities to attack the Qi State. Jin State and Qi State fought several times and almost captured the Marquis of Qi alive. However, his ministers saw that the situation was not good and changed clothes with the Marquis of Qi, allowing the Marquis of Qi to escape.
This incident made Qi Hou become a joke among the princes.
Qi and Jin were at odds with each other, so Wang Jin no longer worried about the north, so he continued to follow his strategy to deal with Chu.
The forward position against Chu State was Chao State, and Jinling was also very important because it guarded the Yangtze River waterway. At the same time, after Shu State was annexed by Chu State, Jinling was also close to the border of Chu State. .
So Wang Jin began to regard Jinling as an important base for marching into the Chu Kingdom.
Since the annexation of the Yue State, the Chu State has felt great pressure, especially since there was also turmoil between the Chu State and the Jin State. This has resulted in the Chu State needing to face threats from the north and the east of the Jin State and the Huai State. So in order to reduce the pressure, Chu State sent envoys to fight with Jin State's old rival Qin State.
During the war with the Quanrong, the Qin State gradually became stronger. It was no longer satisfied with the west and also wanted to enter the Central Plains. However, the Qin State's eastern passage, the ancient Hanhan Road, was controlled by the Jin State.
How could the Jin State agree to the Qin State going east to compete with them for the hegemony? Directly block the Qin State to the west of Huohan.
Both Qin and Chu had frictions with Jin, so after simple communication, Qin and Chu hit it off immediately and began to marry.
Marquis Mu of Chu passed away, and his son Lu came to the throne. As soon as the Marquis of Chu came to the throne, the Yue Kingdom perished. In order to reduce the pressure, the Marquis of Chu married his sister to the Marquis of Qin.
Chu State, the capital of Ying.
"Brother." A girl hurriedly walked in.
"Li, you're here." Chu Hou raised his head and smiled as he watched a graceful young woman walk in.
This woman is dignified and beautiful. She is a rare beauty.
"Li, your marriage has been decided. Qin Hou is a very good person. After arriving in Qin, you should get along well with Qin Hou and stop acting like a child!" Chu Hou said with some reluctance.
Li Mi Bingxue was smart and knew that her brother was doing it for the Chu State, so she married him to the Qin State. This was also the fate of the children of the royal family. She immediately said: "Brother, don't worry, after my sister arrives in the Qin State, she will help maintain the good relations between the two countries." .”
"Hey, thank you for your hard work!" Chu Hou sighed.
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Yongdu.
This is the capital of Qin. Since King Xuan enfeoffed Qin, Qin has become a big country after more than two hundred years of hard work.
Because the people of Qin lived in places where Yi and Di were everywhere, they fought wars all year round. Therefore, the princes of Qin in the past dynasties were all good at conquering and fighting.
The Marquis of Qin of this generation was a commander who was good at conquering and fighting. After all, if you can't fight well, Qin may one day be attacked and destroyed by Yi Di.
You must know that Quanrong and Xirong are both powerful Rongdi tribes. Except for some differences in habits, these two tribes are not much different from Bangzhou.
Otherwise, there would not have been the disaster of King Li. King Ping moved eastward, forcing the Zhou family to abandon the land of Longxing in Zhou Dynasty.
The younger brother of the Marquis of Qin led an army to welcome the princess of Chu back, and then married the Marquis of Qin.
Qin and Chu began to form an alliance, and after the alliance, the two countries began to deal with Jin together. Although the Qin State and the Huai State both came from the Yin Shang Dynasty, there are still differences. The Qin State completely surrendered to Zhou Dynasty, but the Huai State did not.
Of course, Qin and Chu were dealing with Jin, and Chu just wanted Qin to hold Jin back so that Chu could deal with Huai. With the help of Qin, the pressure on Chu to deal with Jin was suddenly reduced a lot. This also gave Chu State more strength to deal with Huai State.
Wang Jin mobilized the people and began to expand Jinling City. For a long time in the future, Jinling will be an important node for Huai State to attack Chu State. At the same time, Chu State wanted to pull out a nail.
