The story of Ju in the Jin and Chu hegemony war, the previous article was finished, and now we are returning to the previous series of articles, continuing to tell the ——- of the 'truce' between the two overlords of Jin and Chu
At the end of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou (582 BC), because he was appreciated and valued by the Duke Jing of Jin, he was released from the Jin State and returned to China from the Jin StateUnder the arrangement of the king of Chu, the king of Chu, Gongzi Chen, the Dazai of Chu, was ordered to send an envoy to the Jin State for a visit, in order to repay the Jin State for releasing Zhong Yi and asking for a review of the goodwill of the Jin and Chu friendships.
After Gongzichen arrived in the Jin Kingdom, he met with the Duke of Jin Jing and formally concluded a peace treaty between the two countries with the Jin KingdomAfter the peace agreement was reached, the Duke of Jin Jing also held a grand banquet to entertain Gongzichen's visit, so as to announce to the princes of the world that the two countries of Jin and Chu had reached a peace treaty of truce and truce.
As mentioned above, shortly after Gongzichen sent an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, Yin Zizhong, the Chu Ling, who had already sent troops to attack Ju, expelled the Duke of Juquqiu, and occupied the entire territory of the Ju State, finally got this belated news, so there was a follow-up situation in which the Chu army withdrew from the State of Ju and acquiesced in the return of the Duke of Juquqiu to end his exile and return to Jucheng to restore the country;And this is also a further move by the two countries to begin to release goodwill to each other and stop hostility towards each other.
In the second year, that is, at the beginning of the fifth year of King Jian of Zhou (581 BC), in order to implement the specific measures of the 'peace conference between Jin and Chu', the Duke of Jin Jing specially appointed the Jin Dafu to visit the state of Chu, which was the diplomatic etiquette to repay the envoy of the prince of Chu (Gongzichen) to the state of Jin;The main purpose of this visit to Chu was to further negotiate and exchange with the monarchs and ministers of Chu on the matter of 'peace between Jin and Chu' (that is, to fight war of words and quarrels).
After the long journey to the state of Chu, he immediately met with the king of Chu and the doctors of the state of Chu, and conducted long and difficult negotiations and consultations on how to improve the relations between the Jin and Chu countries and ease the previous situation of saber-rattling and sword-fightingAfter that, he stayed in the territory of Chu for more than a year, communicated and negotiated with the monarchs and ministers of Chu many times, and chewed on the specific conditions of the 'peace agreement',-for-tat, and both sides refused to give in first.
Therefore, this diplomatic consultation between the major powers dragged on indefinitely in the endless bickering and mouth-watering disputes between the monarchs and ministers of the Chu State.
During the period when the Jin and Chu countries reached a 'peace agreement' intention and launched diplomatic negotiations at the same time, the hapless Zheng Guojun Zheng Chenggong was still under house arrest in Xintian, the capital of Jin, and was not released by Jin Jinggong to return to ChinaIn view of the fact that the country cannot be without a monarch for a long time, Gongsun Shen, the doctor of Zheng Guo, suggested to the ruling ministers:
"The Jin State has detained the monarch and killed the envoy we went to intercede, even if we send another envoy to the Jin State to sue for peace, we may not be able to return to the monarch, and it is very likely that we will be killed by the Jin people again;It's better for us to simply send troops to attack Xu State, and then pretend to set up a new monarch, and show Jin State in this way that Zheng Guo doesn't care if the monarch is detained or not, and it doesn't matter if there is such a monarch or not;Then, the Jin Kingdom, who learned of our attitude, must think that it is unnecessary and unprofitable to continue to detain the monarch, and perhaps release the monarch and let him return to China. ”
Gongsun Shen is the grandson of Zheng Mugong, the son of Gongzi Hua (Ziyu), and the cousin of Zheng Mourning Gong and Zheng Chenggong;Although he is also a descendant of Zheng Mugong, he is not one of the powerful 'Zheng Guo Qimu' family (Zheng Guo's 'Mu clan' includes the Qimu group, but the Qi Mu is not the whole Zheng Guo Mu clan.
The time when Gongsun Shen proposed to the ruling ministers to cut down Xu and establish a new monarch was in November of the fourth year of King Jian of Zhou (582 BC), that is, when Chu ordered Yin Zizhong to lead the army to attack Ju and even the three cities of Quqiu, Ju and Yun in Keju State.
In March of the fifth year of King Jian of Zhou (581 BC), after thinking for a long time, the reigning secretary of Zheng State, Gongzi Ban, finally accepted Gongsun Shen's suggestion, gave up Zheng Chenggong, who was still under house arrest in the Jin State, and set up Zheng Mourning Gong and Zheng Chenggong's cousin, and Zheng Xianggong's eldest son, Gongzi, as the new monarch of Zheng Guo;Gongziban wanted to show the Jin State that Zheng Guo did not care about the detained monarch (Zheng Chenggong), and he was not afraid of the repressive methods that the Jin State would use next.
However, not long after Zheng Guo was renamed a new monarch, new turmoil began to occur within the country - although Gongzi Ban was currently the ruling secretary of Zheng Guo, he was not a descendant of Zheng Mugong, so he did not have the support of the 'Qimu' group;And his practice of giving up Zheng Chenggong, who was under house arrest in the Jin State, and replacing Gongzi as the new Zheng Bo, was naturally met by all the members of the 'Mu family' (not only referring to the Qimu family, but referring to all the descendants of Zheng Mugong;Except for Gongsun Shen);The members of the 'Mu clan' all wanted to overthrow the ruling prince and appoint someone they liked as the new monarch, so as to control the personnel of the court, exclude the power of other nobles, and finally control the military and political power of Zheng State.
Just one month after Gongzi was appointed as the new Zheng Bo, that is, in April of the fifth year of King Jian of Zhou (581 BC), Zheng's 'Mu people' suddenly launched a coup d'état, killing the new prince Gongzi directly, and forcing the ruling Gongzi Ban to abandon the country and flee to Xu to take refuge;Gongsun Shen, a traitor among the members of the 'Mu tribe', was detained by the tribesmen and placed under house arrest in the national capital Xinzheng for future treatment.
Although Gongzi was supported by Gongzi Ban as the new Zheng Bo, his reign was only a short month, and he was driven and killed by the domestic nobles in a coup d'état, so he did not get the nickname after his death, but was only recorded in the history books in the name of 'Zheng Junxuan'.
After Zheng Junyu was killed, the members of the 'Mu tribe' of Zheng State who staged a coup d'état—Gongzi Xi (Zihan, the head of the Seven Mu members) and Gongzi Tan (Zixi, one of the Seven Mu members), successfully took control of the state government;Then, Zihan and Zi Qian changed Zheng Chenggong's young son 'Yan Yan' as the new Zheng Bo.
The news of a coup d'état in Zheng Guo and the establishment of two new monarchs soon reached the Jin Kingdom. As Gongsun Shen had expected, after some of the secretaries of the Jin State learned the news that Zheng Guo had been reappointed as a new monarch, they felt that it was useless to continue to detain Zheng Chenggong in their hands, so it was better to let him go back earlier, firstly, to ease the relationship between Jin and Zheng, and secondly, they could also use Zheng Chenggong's return to China to cause some constraints on Zheng Guo's internal affairs (everyone should divide power or reset the throne).
Therefore, Luan Shu, the representative of this opinion, the general of the Jinzhong Army and the ruling doctor, looked for an opportunity to suggest to Jin Jinggong:
"Zheng Guo now has a new monarch, and Zheng Bo (referring to Zheng Chenggong) who is still here with us has become a waste, and it is useless to keep him in Jin State;Why don't we send troops to attack Zheng under the pretext of sending troops to attack Zheng by the way, so as to help him restore the conditions and Zheng Guo to perfect the alliance between the two countries;In this way, one can pull Zheng Guo back into the alliance of princes, and the other can show favor to Zheng Guo, which is a matter of killing two birds with one stone. ”
Luan Shu's suggestion, Jin Jinggong thought it was very reasonable, so he happily agreed. But Jin Jinggong was already very ill at this time and could not personally lead the troops to attack Zheng, so Jin Jinggong asked Taizizhou Pu to go out instead of himself and lead the princes to attack Zheng;And Zheng Chenggong, who had been a prisoner for several years, was also taken to Zheng by the Jin army this time.
At this time, Zihan, Zisi and others, who were in charge of Zheng Guoguo's politics, originally wanted to renegotiate peace with the Jin State and take back Zheng Chenggong, so when the Jin State coalition army drove to the territory of Zheng State, the ruling Zihan was in the middle of it and immediately sent an envoy to the Jin army camp to 'ask for peace' to the Jin princeIn order to show Zheng Guo's sincerity in asking for peace this time, Zihan also asked the envoy to give the bronze bell in the Zheng Xianggong Temple in the temple of Zheng Guozong as a gift, and gave it to the commander of the Jin army, Taizizhou Pu.
Jin Jinggong asked the crown prince to lead an army to attack Zheng this time, and his original intention was not to really launch a military attack on Zheng Guo, but to put on a posture to surrender and subdue Zheng Guo, so that Zheng Guo could return to the alliance of princes again;Therefore, following his father's instructions, the prince of Jin, Pu, immediately agreed to Zheng Guo's 'request for peace' after receiving Zheng Guo's envoy of 'asking for peace' and receiving a generous gift from Zheng Guo, and then held an oath ceremony with the envoy sent by Zheng Guo, the great master Ziran (Mu nationality, but not a member of the Seven Mus), in Xuze (Yuanyang County, Xinxiang, Henan).
In order to show his sincerity to the reconstructed 'Jin and Zheng Covenant', when the two countries reached an agreement, Zheng Chenggong's uncle, Zheng Guoqing's Shizi Si (Gongzi 騑, the current ruling deputy secretary of Zheng Guo and a member of Zheng Guoqimu), was appointed by Zheng Zihan to go to Jin as a hostage as Zheng Guo's guarantee and observance of the covenant.
After receiving the reattachment of Zheng Guo, and using ritual weapons and hostages as guarantees, Pu of the Jin Prince, who had gone on the expedition instead of Jin Jinggong, was satisfied, announced that he would withdraw his troops from Zheng State, and released Zheng Chenggong, the monarch of Zheng State, who had been detained in Jin State for nearly a year, and sent him back to Zheng StateOn May 11 of that year, Zheng Chenggong returned to Xinzheng, the capital of the country after a long absence, and became the monarch of Zheng Guo again.
After Zheng Chenggong was released from house arrest and returned to China by the Jin army and re-ascended to the throne of the monarch, the first thing he did was to demote the son of the 'Mu' nobleman as the new Zheng Bo to the crown prince and rename him 'Yun';Zheng Chenggong's move is to erase the 'negative impact' of the (illegal) Zheng Guojun, who his son once used the name of 'stubbornness' and served for a month;(It seems that Zheng Chenggong still loves this son very much, otherwise, he would have been like his great-grandfather Zheng Wengong back then, and his uncle Zheng Taizihua, who coveted the throne and conspired to collude with foreign countries to seize power, was detained and imprisoned, and finally killed directly).
Subsequently, the second important thing that Zheng Chenggong wanted to do was to investigate the 'crime of rebellion' of the original Gongzi Ban ** who privately changed the monarch - at this time, the main culprit who changed the monarch at the beginning, Gongzi Ban, had fled to Xu State, and he could be left alone for the time being;Gongsun Shen, who first proposed the establishment of a new monarch, and his accomplice Shu Yu are now being detained in Xinzheng's cell by the 'Mu' who initiated the coup.
Therefore, on the eighth day of the sixth month, Zheng Chenggong publicly executed Gongsun Shen and his uncle in the bazaar of Xinzheng on the charge of 'bullying the king and treason and conspiracy to cause chaos', so as to warn those rebel ministers who harbored the evil intentions of 'seizing power and betraying the king'. And Zheng Chenggong's public execution of Gongsun Shen, who was also a member of the 'Mu tribe', was to warn those other members of the 'Mu tribe' who intended to divide power and change the monarch at will - you should not act rashly, otherwise the monarch's axe will be very sharp.
Regarding a series of things before and after Zheng Chenggong's return to China, Zuo Qiu Ming commented on the behavior of Gongzi Ban, Gongsun Shen and others in "Zuo Biography" - "Loyalty is a gentleman's virtue, even if the loyal person is not in line, it can not be easily betrayed, not to mention that the person who betrays the monarch is not right?”
Left Biography. Ten Years of Chenggong - The gentleman said: "Loyalty is the virtue, it is not necessary for the people, but it is not for the order."”
After stabilizing the situation in the country and killing the 'traitors' who coveted the throne and re-established the monarch, Zheng Chenggong wanted to make persistent efforts and continue to send troops to attack Xu, so as to achieve the long-cherished wish of the ancestors of Zheng Guo to 'annex Xu Guo';But it is really unfortunate that in the year when Zheng Chenggong returned to China, that is, in June of the fifth year of King Jian of Zhou (581 BC), Zheng Guo's current alliance leader (eldest brother) - Jin Jinggong, the monarch of Jin State, died of illness (about the death of Jin Jinggong, which will be described in detail later), and Jin Prince Zhou Pu was able to succeed to the throne, that is, Jin Li Gong;In order to cooperate with the smooth completion of the transfer of power to the Jin State, Zheng Chenggong had to temporarily abandon the plan to defeat the Xu, and instead 'send an envoy to mourn' to the Jin State.
On the Jin side, after the succession of the Duke of Jin Li, when the Duke of Jin Jing was alive, he was ordered to send an envoy to the State of Chu and undertook the task of discussing with the monarchs and ministers of the State of Chu to improve the relationship between the two countries.
After completing the mission, after returning to the Jin State, he immediately reported to the new monarch Jin Ligong and the court ministers about the diplomatic achievements he had achieved in the Chu State for more than a year, as well as the reply of the King of Chu Gong's opinion of 'agreeing to negotiate peace and truce'. And Duke Jin Li had just succeeded to the throne at this time, and he also needed a stable situation to consolidate his monarchy and status in the country.
Therefore, Jin Li Gong attached great importance to the matter of peace with Chu State, and immediately decided to accept the invitation of the King of Chu Gong's 'peace agreement', and then choose the right time to reach a formal peace agreement with Chu State (Jin Jinggong had reached a peace agreement with Gongzichen before, but after Jin Li Gong succeeded to the throne, he still had to do it again to show his importance and formality).
At this time, Hua Yuan, the ruling secretary of the Song State, heard that the two great powers of Jin and Chu had reached an agreement and wanted to seek peace and truce, and decided to personally come forward to promote this matter, and contribute to the princes of the world to get rid of the damage caused by the continuous war and war (Hua Yuan is also a contribution to the war-torn Song State, and it is a good thing for any country to no longer go out frequently to fight and defend against the enemy).
In the winter of the sixth year of King Jian of Zhou (580 BC), under the exchange and mediation of Hua Yuan, the kings of Jin and Chu successively met with Hua Yuan, who was 'in the middle of the traffic and transmitting information', and agreed to formally reach the 'Jin and Chu Alliance', and the two countries lived in peace.
List of high-quality authors In the summer of the seventh year of King Jian of Zhou (579 BC), Jin and Chu and the two countries sent high-level representatives to Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Dynasty, to conduct a formal 'truce meeting';, the chief representative of the Jin State, was the general of the Shangjun Shixie;The chief representative of the state of Chu is the eldest doctor and the eldest doctor Xu Yan. On the fourth day of the fifth month, representatives of Jin and Chu held a formal alliance ceremony outside the west gate of Shangqiu, the capital of the Song Dynasty, and issued a speech of the alliance, which was the 'West Gate Alliance', also known as the 'meeting of the soldiers'.
The words of its alliance are - 'Fan Jin and Chu have no other than each other, have the same likes and dislikes, and are compassionate to the danger, and prepare to save the evil.' If it is harmful, it will be cut down. In Jin, Chu is the same. Exchanges and exchanges, the road is not strong, seek their disagreement, and do not seek court. There is this alliance of Chongqing, the gods of Ming, the team of its division, and there is no country of Keyun. ’
After the 'Ximen Alliance' was reached, a temporary truce was finally established between the two overlords of Jin and ChuAfter this, the Duke of Jin Li, who consciously completed a major event, specially summoned the allies of the princes—Lu Chenggong, Zheng Chenggong, and Wei Dinggong—to meet in Zoze (Daming County, Handan, Hebei), and conveyed to them the Jin and Chu's 'Resignation for Killing Soldiers', asking them to abide by this covenant. The Chu State also admonished its allies Chen, Cai, Xu and other countries.
Therefore, Zheng Chenggong's wish to cut Xu cannot be realized for the time being.