Jin Wengong quickly stabilized the situation with Huairou's strategy and firmly held the monarch's power. When he was briefed on the status of officials, he found that many clans with outstanding ancestral merits had been excluded from the center of power: Shigu, the son of the former Great Sikong Shibao, and Xun Xi's son, Xun Shuao, were driven home to farm; Han Jian was also stripped of his throne because he shed tears when Kyung-jeong was beheaded.

Duke Wen of Jin ordered the three and other excluded ministers and righteous men to be summoned, gave them appropriate official positions, and prepared to promote those who were able to do so at the right time.

In formulating national policy, Jin Wengong established a legislative group; Institutions that favored the state, such as the warland system and the state military system, were retained; The harsh laws of exploiting the people of the country and hindering development were abolished. The office also learned the lesson of Qi that "the monarch dies, and the law is abolished", strengthened the power of the judicial officer (Taifu), and legalized the imperial decree of exile of the princes implemented at the end of the Xiangong period; From then on, the prince of Jin no longer had to worry about being murdered by his brothers.

Duke Wen of Jin once said to the doctors that the heavens helped him to take the throne in no way so that he could enjoy power, wine, and women like other monarchs; Heaven must have thought that he could accomplish great things, so that he would favor him; This major event was to make the Jin State dominate China; Therefore, he wanted to lead the Jin Kingdom to establish hegemony in his lifetime, so as to repay the favor of God.

In winter, the royal doctor, Master Jane, came to beg for the master. Hu Yan said: "The people do not know the righteousness and cannot live and work in peace and contentment; Becoming a teacher is an excellent opportunity to teach the people about righteousness. ”

In the spring of the twenty-fifth year of Lu Xugong (BC635), the Jin army was assembled; At this time, Qin Mugong also led the Qin division to the river at the request of the royal family. Hu Yan believed that if the Jin Kingdom wished to ascend to the throne of the overlord of Huaxia, he could not be allowed to interfere with his plans. Duke Wen of Jin immediately sent Xu Chen to the Qin military camp to persuade Qin to withdraw his troops.

Xu Chen said: "It is indeed the mission of the princes of the whole world to help the royal family, but it seems very unwise for the Heavenly King to ask for help from the Qin State. The reason why the foreign minister said this was not only because the royal family had not interacted with Qin for nearly two hundred years; And because the Qin army traveled a long distance, although it could be defeated, it cost the people and money; The territory of the country cannot be increased by a single point, the soldiers are killed in battle without return, and the local area has to worry about the invasion of its neighbors.

"The Son of Heaven has fallen to today's field because of his lack of kindness, and now he does not take into account the burden of the great country and disturbs the people's livelihood, so the prince should consider whether it is worth it to become a teacher. In order to repay the kindness of Qin Jun's help, the widow is willing to complete the mission on behalf of the great country. ”

The Qin people were already divided on the issue of sending troops, and Qin Mugong became hesitant when he heard the persuasion of the Jin people. At the emergency meeting he convened, the doctors who opposed the division believed that the Jin people would never be so kind as to exchange the lives of their own soldiers for the lives of the Qin soldiers, and that the hegemonic ambitions of the Duke of Jin Wen had been revealed; The question at hand is what benefits will the army bring to the country if it crosses the river? It is estimated that there is nothing, but it will damage the national strength; In this case, it is better to let the Jin army work for himself! Hexi had broken away from China, and the Qin people were regarded as Rongdi by the Central Plains; Whether it is Qi, Chu or Jin, who becomes the overlord of China has nothing to do with Qin? It is better for the Qin State to take the opportunity to form a good alliance with the Jin State and sweep away the Rongdi forces in Hexi.

Qin Mugong adopted the opposition's opinion, he expressed his "gratitude" to Jin Wengong, and then withdrew his troops.

The Jin army marched eastward along the Yiguan Road and reached Yangfan on 19 March. The Jin army repaired here for three days, and then divided the army into two routes, the right army surrounded Wenyi, and the left army went to Fanyi to welcome the return of King Xiang of Zhou.

The prince was not a smart man, and he understood that he had lost the possibility of taking the throne after his mother's death. But he couldn't control his **, and he couldn't resist the temptation of women, and finally embarked on the road of no return.

The prince's heart was dead when he was put on the chariot by the two uncles. Although Di Jun defeated Wang Shi, he did not feel the slightest joy, all he felt was the fear of being killed one day. After entering Wenyi, he lived a luxurious and decadent life with an attitude of being drunk today and getting drunk today, regardless of the future.

When the Jin army surrounded Wenyi, the armed forces led by the prince had already been dispersed. The Jin army marched into Wencheng and broke into the palace with great vigour. The people in the palace basically fled, and only a handful of dead soldiers put up a final resistance. The prince sat on the main seat in the main hall, and he was in a sluggish spirit, and his mouth was muttering vaguely, as if he had not yet sobered up.

Enraged sergeants rushed up and dragged him down, ripped off his tiara, stripped him of his garment, and stuffed him into a prison cart. The order to execute the prince's belt soon came down, and he was beheaded in Yucheng. The fate of the prince as an exile in the Qi country is far better than returning to China to continue to be his royal brother.

King Xiang of Zhou entered the royal city on April 3. The next day, King Xiang of Zhou hosted a banquet for Duke Wen of Jin in the palace; The more people drank, the happier they became, and the atmosphere became more and more relaxed. King Xiang of Zhou threw all his bad moods out of the clouds, and he returned to his former state of vividness, talking and laughing loudly with his eyebrows fluttering, and making an exception to allow Duke Wen of Jin to toast to himself many times (Zhou Li had a limit on the number of times princes could toast to the Son of Heaven).

Duke Wen of Jin suddenly made a request, he said: "Chong'er asked the Son of Heaven to allow his ministers to build a tunnel for his tomb. ”

King Zhou Xiang's smile suddenly froze on his face, and the noisy venue immediately became silent. After thinking for a while, King Xiang of Zhou said: "Zhou Li stipulates: the tomb tunnel is for the exclusive use of the Son of Heaven, and the tombs of the princes are only allowed to build open-air tomb roads; This is what the uncle knew. The uncle went out to quell the rebellion in order to maintain Zhou Li, so the guy in Wenyi (because he wanted to build a tomb tunnel) was executed. Uncle wouldn't want to do anything that violated Zhou etiquette. ”

Duke Wen of Jin immediately pleaded guilty to King Xiang of Zhou in a sincere panic, explaining that he was talking nonsense because he had drunk too much; But everyone knows it. King Xiang of Zhou felt very discouraged, he didn't want to continue drinking, so he hastily issued an order to give land to the cities of Yangfan, Wen, and Yuan in the Jin Kingdom, and then ended the banquet.

After King Zhou Ping moved eastward, the area of land that the royal family could control had been greatly reduced. Previously, there were usually large areas of wilderness on the outskirts of the vassal states, and those lands were not granted to the princes, but were still under the jurisdiction of the crown. But as the royal power weakened and the vassal states grew stronger, the nations began to set up villages, farm, and build cities on the wasteland. As a result, the land area of many countries grew rapidly, and the Eastern Zhou Dynasty was even smaller than the vassal states.

Doctor Yang Fan Cangge said angrily: "The Jin people are really shameless! The land cultivated by the Jin State privately has exceeded that of Yangfan several times, and it has encroached on a lot of royal land; The Jin kingdom was already very powerful, but instead extorted the fiefdom of the royal family. The prince couldn't take one Wenyi, but the Jin people snatched four! If King Qin's result is only to make the Eastern Zhou Dynasty worse, then the Jin people might as well not come! After all, the king and the prince are just brothers! Yang Fan must not endure the rule of the Jin Kingdom! Cangge closed the city gates, refused to allow the Jin people to enter the city, and refused to hand over the household registration and map.

Enraged, Duke Wen of Jin immediately encircled Yangfan and prepared to use force when deterrence was ineffective.

Cang Ge began to regret his impulsiveness, but he knew that he would definitely not get good results by holding back at this time. Dressed in military uniform, he stood on the tower and raised his arms and shouted: "Virtue is used to soothe China, and armor is used to subdue the four empires; Which one in Yangfan City is not a royal in-law or a Chinese citizen? If a big country regards the Yangfan people as Rong Di, of course we will not accept it, and we will burn the jade of the city; If it is regarded as China, we will move out of Yangfan and dedicate the city to the great powers! ”

Of course, Duke Wen of Jin would not be charged with brutality, and he ordered the siege of Yangfan to be lifted and sent envoys to the city to discuss the matter of immigration.

Three days later, the Yangfan people helped the old and the young, drove the cart out of the nest, and the procession stretched for miles, as if the people had fled from a city that had fallen.

Cang Ge finally walked out of the city gate, he handed the map to the Jin people, but left with the household registration. The Jin people accepted an empty city, and Duke Wen requisitioned a number of immigrants in the country and settled them in Yangfanzhong. In this way, for the first time, the land of the Jin Kingdom crossed the Taihang Mountains and extended its tentacles to the land of Nanyang.