The story behind the idiom ** is good and the historical figures are married.
From ancient times to the present day, we often use it"**Excellent"To refer to the marriage of two families, but you know"**Excellent"Is there a historical story behind this idiom? Actually, idioms"**Excellent"It does not specifically refer to the marriage of the two families, but refers to the marriage of several generations of the two families due to their own development in the Spring and Autumn Period, among which the most far-reaching is the marriage between Qin Mugong Ying Renhao and the daughter of Jin Xiangong, and the marriage between Jin Wen Gongji Chonger and Qin Mugong's daughter Huai Ying.
Qin Mugong marries Boji: ** Marriage, become allies, and seek common development.
In the mid-to-late Spring and Autumn period, the Jin state became a major power in the Central Plains, while the Qin state rose to prominence in the west, and geopolitical conflicts escalated rapidly due to the expansion of the two countries. Starting from Qin Xuangong, ** often clashed, Jin Xiangong repeatedly attacked Qin, and Qin repeatedly defeated Jin.
Although the Jin State was stronger than the Qin State at that time, the Qin State was extremely strong due to its long-term war with Xirong. After years of war, the two countries fought each other, but due to their geographical proximity, a state of mutual coercion was formed. When the Jin state wanted to further dominate the Central Plains, the Qin state became a threat behind him; When the Qin State wanted to expand further outward, it had to face the tremendous pressure of the Jin State.
After Qin Mugong ascended the throne, he changed his strategy of hostility to the Jin state and actively sought reconciliation with the Jin state. Therefore, in the fourth year of Qin Mugong (656 BC), Qin Mugong personally proposed to Jin Xiangong, hoping that the two countries would form an alliance and stop the war. Jin Xiangong knew that it would be detrimental to the Jin Kingdom to fight again, so he gladly accepted this family affair and married his daughter Boji to Qin Mugong.
In the later years of Jin Xiangong, the Jin Kingdom broke out"The Rebellion of Rihime", the crown prince Shensheng was killed, and Duke Yi Wu and Duke Chonger fled to Liang and Zhai respectively. In the twenty-sixth year of Jin Xiangong (651 BC), Jin Xiangong died, Jin Li Gong Li Ji rebelled, and Jin Wen Gongzi Wu found Qin Mugong and expressed his willingness to pay the price of Hexi in exchange for Qin Mugong leading his army back to China to take the throne. Hexi is an important strategic point in the eastern part of Qin, not only the eastward rush of Qin, but also the eastern gate of Qin, which can ensure the security of the eastern part of Qin, and Qin Mugong immediately accepted Yiwu's proposal.
When Yiwu ascended to the throne with the help of Qin Mugong, he immediately withdrew his troops and refused to cede the land west of the river, but Qin Mugong still refused to leave the Jin state. In the twelfth year of Qin Mugong (648 BC), there was a drought in the Jin Kingdom, and Jin Huigong did not hesitate to ask the Jin State for help, and Qin Mugong provided a large amount of grain to the Jin State regardless of his previous suspicions. However, in the fourteenth year of Qin Mugong (646 BC), there was a famine in Qin, and Jin Huigong not only refused Qin Mugong's request for food, but also took the opportunity to attack Qin.
In the fifteenth year of Qin Mugong (645 BC), the Qin state recovered from the disaster, and Qin Mugong appointed Pi Bao as the supreme general, personally led the army to attack the Jin state, defeated the Jin army in Hanyuan, and captured the Jin Hui Gong Yiwu. In November of the same year, Jin Huigong was released and returned to China. He first ceded the land west of the river to Qin, and two years later sent the crown prince Gao to Qin as a hostage in order to reconcile relations between the two countries.
Duke Wen of Jin married Huai Ying: Gongzi will turn his back on the Qin State, and Duke Mu of Qin framed Chong'er.
After the crown prince defected to the Jin state, Jin Mugong not only returned the land east of the Yellow River to the Jin state, but also married his daughter Huaiying to the Jin state as a sign of friendship. However, when the crown prince learned that Duke Hui of Jin was seriously ill and that Qin had destroyed his mother's hometown of Liang, he feared that he would be left in Qin after his father's death and would not be able to return to China to ascend the throne, so he fled back to Jin.
Qin Mugong was very angry when he heard the news of the escape of the crown prince Genji. King Cheng of Chu agreed to let Chong'er go to Qin, so in the autumn of the twenty-third year of Qin Mugong (637 BC), Chong'er came to Qin, accompanied by five women of the same clan in Qin, including Huaiying, who was married to the crown prince Zhenning. In the autumn of the twenty-third year of Qin Mugong (637 BC), Chong'er came to Qin, and Qin Mugong was about to marry Chong'er to five women of the same clan, among whom Huai Ying was married to Prince Ding.
After Jin Huaigong ascended the throne, he was afraid that Qin would attack Jin, so he severed all ties with Qin, and at the same time ordered those who fled with Chong'er to return to Jin in time, and if they did not return to Jin in time, they would kill their entire family, and even killed Chong'er's grandfather Xu Tu for this. At the same time, Qin Mugong expressed his willingness to support Chong'er to return to the Jin Kingdom and help him become the king of Jin.
In the spring of the first year of Jin Wen (636 BCE), the Qin army escorted Chong'er to the throne of the Jin state and helped him pacify the internal opposition of Duke Lu Shen and Xuan Rui. After Duke Wen of Jin ascended the throne, Chong'er maintained friendly relations with Qin, bringing a period of relative peace between the two countries.
In the twenty-fifth year of Qin Mugong (635 BC), the Zhou royal family rebelled, and Qin Mugong and Jin Wengong jointly sent troops to escort King Zhou Xiang back to the dynasty, and beheaded King Zhou Xiang's younger brother, Prince Banda. In the thirtieth year of the reign of Duke Mu of Qin (630 BC),* they joined forces to besiege the state of Zheng, and although the state of Qin secretly allied with the state of Zheng, the Duke of Wen of Jin still did not confront the state of Qin.
However, after the death of Duke Wen of Jin, the geopolitical contradictions between ** intensified and broke out again. In the thirty-third year of the reign of Qin Mugong (627 BC), Qin Mugong took advantage of the new funeral of Duke Wen of Jin and Duke Wen of Zheng to plot an attack on Zheng, and returned after destroying the vassal state of Jin on the way. When Jin Xianggong heard the news, he was furious and sent troops to intercept the Qin army on the way, but the Qin army was defeated.
Overall, in the conclusion of **"**Excellent"During this period, although there were occasional disputes between the two countries, the situation remained relatively peaceful on the whole. Although the two countries did not attack each other, during the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Jin state first seized territory in Hanoi, and then many territories from Wei and other vassal states. The state of Qin, with the consent of the state of Jin, also occupied the territory west of the river and conquered many Xirong tribes.