History of the State of Jin, Volume 3 (506) Diagram of the Relationship between the Six Ministers (2) Han Family and Zhongxing Family

After Handan rebelled, Zhao Yang quickly characterized the rebellion as an act of treason and ordered the superior army Sima Ji Qin to surround Handan.

At that time, Zhongxingyin, the commander-in-chief of the Shangjun, was Zhao Wu's uncle. The Handan family and the Zhongxing family were related by marriage, so their relationship was naturally extraordinary. After the second expedition to Xiyang in the sixth year of Jin Qinggong (520BC), Xun Wu once appointed Shetuo to guard Xiyang, and this Shetuo was a general of the Handan clan. It can be seen that the two families still had economic and political contacts.

The Zhonghang family has a close relationship with the Handan family, but there is a big conflict with the Zhao family, and this conflict is mainly caused by the conflict between the Zhonghang family and the Han family.

In the more than thirty years since the middle period of Duke Ping of Jin, the alliance formed by the Zhao family and the Han family has firmly controlled the political situation of the Jin state. In the tenth year of Jin Ping Gong (548 BC), Zhao Wu came to power, Han Qi was his assistant, and Zhongxing Wu served as the general. After Zhao Wu's death, Han Qi came to power, and Zhongxing Wu was not promoted as usual. Instead, Zhao Wu's son Zhao Cheng, who was only in his twenties, directly became Zhongjun's assistant on a rocket. If it weren't for Zhao Cheng's early death, BOC Wu would never have been able to join the Chinese Army, let alone be in power.

But these are also the fruits of the feud between the Zhongxing family and the Han family. The real seeds were planted as early as the rise of the two families. In the seventh year of Duke Li of Jin (574BC), when Zhongxing Yan and Luan Shu murdered Duke Li of Jin, they wanted to recruit Han Jue to join the gang, but Han Jue refused. At that time, Zhongxing Yan once wanted to attack the Han family, but was stopped by Luan Shu. Later, when Duke Mourning returned to China, Han Jue passed over Zhongxingyan and became a general in the Zhongjun army. While the Han family was enjoying a prosperous life, the Zhonghang family was on the decline, and it was inevitable that there would be some estrangement between the two families.

During the mourning period and the early peace period, because the two families had the same interests, the conflicts were not fully revealed. But when the common enemies subsided, the conflicts gradually intensified with the continuous conflicts of interests between them. The Han-Zhao alliance firmly controlled the Jin State's power, which intensified the hostility, making Zhongxing Wu always maintain a resistant attitude towards Han Qi's rule.

In the first year of Jin Zhao (531BC), Chu State destroyed Chen and attacked Cai State. According to Han Qi's policy, he originally did not want to rescue Cai State, but Zhongxing Wu deliberately ridiculed Han Qi for being cowardly and strongly advocated saving Cai State. Attack Chu. Han Qi had no choice but to join the princes, but the result was an international joke. Two years later, at the Pingqiu meeting, Han Qi detained Ji Pingzi, the ruler of the Lu state, but Wu of the Bank of China came forward to obstruct it. He even mentioned the old incident of rescuing Cai in vain to humiliate Han Qi.

In the decades after the annihilation of the army, most of the matters involving war were dominated by Zhongxing Wu. Therefore, Zhongxing Wu can be said to be the only minister with military exploits during this period. Although the Jin State Minister at that time had no army and his ruling position was in name only, BOC Wu still had great ambitions for this legal ruling position. Unfortunately, although Zhao Cheng, who was at the front of the queue, died early, allowing Zhongxing Wu to ascend to the position of Zhongjunzuo, Han Qi, who was in power, was simply too capable. Zhongxing Wu was eagerly looking forward to the position of Zhongjunsuo. After all, Still died in front of Han Qi.

During the Qinggong period of Jin Dynasty, the frustrated Zhongxing Wu Hanhen passed away, and his son Zhongxingyin (Wenzi) stepped onto the political stage of the Jin state as a junior military assistant. Zhongxing Yin is a man who is strong on the outside and greedy in nature, which is completely different from Zhongxing Wu who pays attention to simplicity. He inherited Zhongxing Wu's hatred for the Han and Zhao families, but did not get Nai's father's wisdom and bravery. His main deeds during his political career were, first, "working on orders" to cast a punishment cauldron, and second, asking for bribes from Marquis Cai during the Zhaoling Conference, which caused a very bad influence among the princes, so his reputation was not good.

In some historical materials, Zhong Xingyin was also very ignorant in managing his family. At that time, ministers were vying for supremacy, and the trend of favoring virtuous people was prevalent among various families. Zhong Xingyin was willing to follow the trend, but his understanding of the trend of favoring virtuous people was often superficial. According to his understanding of the so-called virtuous people, he spent a lot of money to invite some people who were considered sages at the time to put them in their homes as decorations. Therefore, Confucius criticized his actions: he respected the virtuous but could not use them, and the humble ones could not leave them if they were unworthy. The sage knows that he does not need to resent him; the unworthy knows that he despises himself and hates him.

But in any case, relying on the foundation laid by generations of ancestors, no matter how arrogant Zhong Xingyin is, he dare not say that he will definitely be able to defeat the Zhao family. This requires his long-term allies. ——Fan’s support.