Chapter 196: The Difficulty of the Heavy Ear Party (1)
Before ascending the throne, Jin Huigong promised away property that did not belong to him without hesitation, in order to exchange for today's status; But after he became the ruler of the Jin Kingdom, his heart ached as soon as he remembered the promise he had made.
He summoned Yin Rui and complained that the teacher should not have instigated him to send so many cities out, saying that the five cities outside the river belonged to all the Jin people and were not his personal property, and now because of Yin Rui's mistake, he was about to cede to the Qin State, which was an unforgivable crime; Ask Yin Rui to do something to make amends.
Accustomed to the stinginess, capriciousness, and shirking of responsibility of Duke Hui of Jin, he said: "Of course, the prince has the power to decide the fate of the five cities, you just need to send an envoy to inform Uncle Qin." β
Jin Huigong decided to hand over this errand of offending people to Pi Zheng - he did not trust Rick and Pi Zheng, and if Pi Zheng died in Qin, he would save 700,000 acres of land and would not have to do it himself.
In the spring of the tenth year of the reign of Lu Xi (BC650), Pi Zheng sent an envoy to Qin. He told Qin Mugong that because the position of the new monarch was still unstable, he was very worried that the opponents would take advantage of the opportunity to make trouble, so he did not dare to assign the five cities outside the river to the Qin State for the time being; But as long as time passes, Huigong will definitely fulfill his promise.
The Qin people thought that Yiwu was just a loser, but they didn't expect that he was not only very stingy, but also very good at defaulting on his debts. The Qin doctors had already begun to roar angrily, and they strongly demanded that the chariot be used to level the five cities beyond the river.
Qin Mugong stretched out his hand to signal the people to be quiet, and then said: "Safeguarding the interests of the country of uncles and nephews is what a widow should do, and the widow has not asked anything from the monarch. The Qin State had always relied on its own Iron Curtain chariot to obtain land, and had never intended to obtain it through bribery. So please don't worry about it, as long as you can get along with Qin and Jin, aren't the five cities the same in any country? β
At the next welcome banquet, Pi Zheng privately said to Qin Mugong: "After the widow ascends the throne, he will hand over the government to Hao Rui, Lu nephew and Xun Cheng, we old guys are all standing aside!" Those three people were demagogic and advocated confrontation with the great powers in order to establish their 'prestige'. If the Emperor gets rid of the three traitors for the Jin Kingdom, the foreign ministers and Rick will be able to regain control of the office; When the time comes, expelling Yiwu and re-serving Chong'er as the king, the Jin State will definitely serve the great country with all its might. β
Qin Mugong also regretted the establishment of Jin Huigong at this time, he didn't care about those five cities, but he couldn't tolerate Jin Huigong's lack of credibility and capriciousness. The temperament of Jin Huigong made it impossible for the Qin people to evaluate the risk points of the Jin state's policy towards Qin, and thus to predict the risks of diplomacy and war. It is not impossible for Xihou to harm Cai Aihou that it will happen again.
There was a quick consensus among the Qin people that Hui Gong would have to be ousted regardless of whether Chong'er could ascend the throne or not. In this way, the elimination of the three became the first step in the plan to overthrow the Huigong regime.
At this time, it is already April, and Jin Huigong decides that the biggest threat around him - Rick. Jin Huigong believes that as long as Rick lives in the world for one day, the heavy-eared "ghost" will float over Miyagi and will take his life at any time; It is in the interest of all the Yiwu faction to kill Rick, the rights and property of the victims can be redistributed among the murderers, and Huigong does not have to be heartbroken to honor the millions of acres of fertile land given to Rick.
Pi Zheng's visit to Qin was the perfect time to get rid of Rick, but Hui Gong still did not dare to publicly announce Rick's death warrant. So a messenger was sent to Rick's house, saying: "Without the support of the Master, it would not have been possible for the widow to attain the position he is today." But the master killed two successors and a doctor, as the monarch of the Jin Kingdom, the widow really doesn't know how to treat you! β
Rick kept staring into the messenger's eyes, and the messenger couldn't help but kneel, sweating profusely and sifting chaff, and bowed his head to face him. Rick said, "How can there be rise without abolition?" If you want to add sin, why should you do it? The minister has been ordered by the prince! Then he got up, drew his sword, kissed his neck, and killed himself.
Rick was not unaware of today's outcome, and some people advised him to flee the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible; But until he lost everything, he did not act. He believed too much in Huigong's character, too much in his own status, and couldn't give up his power and wealth.
On his way back to Jin, Pi Zheng met the general Gonghua on the left line, and received a murderous letter from him that Rick had committed suicide. He hesitated, not knowing whether he should run away or go back.
"Dr. Rick was the only one who was killed, and no one else was implicated," Gonghua said. The master was also ordered by the king to send an envoy to the Qin State, and there should be no danger. β
Pi Zheng listened to Gonghua's words and immediately entered the capital, where he was soon defeated and killed.
Before Yiwu returned to China, his sister Qin Muji specially told him to recall his brothers who had been exiled to the Jin Kingdom as soon as possible after he ascended the throne, so as not to make them make ends meet. Her heart is full of sincere feelings for her family blood relatives, and she is also full of simplicity and idealization; But he didn't know that the root cause of the turmoil in the Jin Kingdom was that the brothers had the same blood.
Yiwu replied to his sister that what he cherished most was brotherhood, and that he would definitely summon all the exiles back and give them fiefs and positions.
However, after Yiwu ascended the throne, not only did he not fulfill his promise, but he hastened to eliminate the henchmen of his brothers in the country; The only person he recalled was Jia Jun, the wife of the late crown prince Shensheng. Hui Gong's purpose in summoning Jia Jun was not to give her a home, but to covet her beauty; As soon as Jia Jun arrived in the capital, he couldn't wait to drag her into the harem.
A series of brutal and shameless acts committed by Jin Huigong caused great dissatisfaction among the people, and people made up a lot of obscene jokes to ridicule him, abuse him, and curse him; Those gossips spread to every street in the city at once.
After collecting some jokes, Yin Rui said to Huigong that the monarch could execute the doctor, but he could not offend the people; Now that the people of the country are beginning to miss Shensheng again, if Huigong can make some articles on the late prince, he may be able to calm down the people's grievances and win the love of the people.
After some planning, Hui Gong announced to the people that Shen Sheng would be posthumously honored as the "Gong (Gong) Prince" and be buried with the etiquette of the prince.
After Shen Sheng committed suicide, his personal servants hastily buried him in a remote place on the outskirts of Quwo City. His funeral rites were quite simple, only the coffin had no coffin, and if it were not for the guidance of the burial person, no one would have been able to find the place where Shen Sheng was buried.
On the day of the reburial, the wilderness was filled with people who had come to attend and watch the ceremony. Hutu, who had already retired and had driven the chariot for the prince, also made a special trip from a hundred miles away. Jia Jun was also pulled by Huigong to act as a faΓ§ade, as if he still regarded her as his brother's widow.
Wearing a shoddy sheepskin jacket, the fox stood far away from a high place with an open line of sight. Jin Hui pretended to read out a eulogy, which he begged Hanyi, who had returned to the mountains. The eulogy extolled the noble character of Shin Sheng, praised his great exploits, and made a stern indictment of the Li Ji party, and finally expressed his deep nostalgia for the late crown prince. The eulogy is full of deep, real emotion. Jin Huigong had just finished reading halfway through it, and some people had already begun to shed tears at the scene.
Then people began to rise up. The moment Shen Sheng's coffin was lifted, Hu Tu couldn't help but burst into tears, and couldn't help but fall to the ground and cry bitterly. Tens of thousands of people present fell to their knees, and the mournful voices of the people echoed in the sky above the land, which could not be dispersed for a long time.
But the sudden eruption of a violent, strange stench from the coffin made the nearest person vomit on the spot, and those who were farther away covered their noses and frowned. As a result, this unexpected event brought the reburial ceremony to an abrupt end.
Later, some good deeds said that the prince did not hesitate to express his strongest anger to him by destroying his bones because he was disgusted with Huigong's clumsy character and objected to him using his own banner to win the hearts of the people; Otherwise, with the noble character of Prince Hui's Lanxin, how could it emit a disgusting smell? Jin Huigong not only did not win back people's hearts, but became even more notorious.