He reigned for a total of 14 years, and he ascended the throne in the winter of the sixth year of Lu Wengong and was killed in the winter of the second year of Lu Xuangong (BC607). This chapter is about the dark history of the country since the accession of Jin Linggong to the throne and the process of his murder.

The accession to the throne of Jin Linggong was the result of a compromise between the Zhao Dun group and the interest groups represented by the Duke of Xiang. Lady Xiang was the daughter of Qin Mugong, and she had a double hatred for Zhao Dun because of Zhao Dun's abolition of the crown prince and his policy of being an enemy of Qin.

She began to instill anti-Zhao ideas in her son when Linggong received enlightenment education: she portrayed Zhao Dun as a murderer, saying that he killed two sons, three secretaries, some doctors, and countless people from Linggong's uncle's family; Whoever stands in his way, he shall be slain. Through a large number of such teachings, she planted the seeds of fear and hatred in Linggong's young heart.

When Jin Linggong reached the age of reading and literacy, Zhao Dun arranged for Xianxin to be his teacher. Xianxin was originally a trusted person by Zhao Dun, but was later wooed by Mrs. Xiang.

Zhao Dun's cousin Zhao Chuan was the uncle of Jin Linggong, and his son Zhao Zhan was the same age as Linggong, so Zhao Chuan brought Zhao Zhan into the palace to accompany the monarch to study. Among the friends who accompanied Jin Linggong to study at that time was Xu Jia's son.

Jin Linggong has been arrogant since he was a child, and there are no palace maids around him who have not been bullied by him. When he found that although he could not fiddle with the doctors, he could call the wind and rain in the palace, the child who lacked civil capacity but was not restrained began to act recklessly, and then did many cruel things.

As he grew older, Jin Linggong's temperament became more and more violent, and the bad things he could do became more and more serious; And Zhao Dun's constraints on him are getting stricter and stricter, but his resistance is also getting stronger and stronger.

Jin Linggong finally grew from a naughty child to a delinquent teenager, and he was surrounded by a group of gentlemen all day long; The fathers of those sons also became arrogant and arrogant through the relationship between their sons and Jin Linggong.

But Zhao Chuan is a special case (he has been crazy since he was a child), he is the son-in-law of the monarch, and he does not need to use Linggong to raise his status; He is also a very self-regarded and maverick person, so he never takes Jin Ligong's favor and humiliation to heart. He called Jin Linggong "Jun" in his mouth, but he always treated the other party as a "little kid" in his heart.

After the crown ceremony, Jin Ling began to attend the princes' meeting. In the Hu Alliance, the Qi people saved the country from being defeated by bribing the Jin marquis through the brokers of the Jin state. As a result, the bribery led to the betrayal of Zheng Guo and the departure of the princes.

Zhao Dun was furious and vowed to find out the broker who was lurking in the office and punish him severely. He quickly found out the identity of the villain through the spy planted in the Qi State Mansion?—— it turned out to be Xu Jia. Xu Jia was the first celebrity in front of Linggong at that time, and he was also a secretary of state, with many henchmen; Even though Zhao Dun had a thousand hatreds in his heart, he didn't dare to do anything to him easily.

Some of the noble children favored by Jin Linggong were already adults, so Linggong incorporated them into the palace guards, and they were surrounded by those guys every day.

At that time, local conflicts often broke out between the Qin and Jin border towns, and the public offices generally did not participate in civil conflicts (otherwise they would have evolved into battles between the regular armies of the public offices). Once, the local armed forces of the Qin people took out several villages in the Jin Kingdom, and the Jin people lost very badly; Zhao Dun used clever language to arouse the great desire of those young people for revenge and meritorious service. As a result, the disciples proudly asked the Jin Linggong for permission, asking them to destroy the enemy and defend the dignity of the Jin Kingdom.

Jin Linggong was moved by the bold words of his companions, praised their fearless spirit, and immediately approved the request; So this "death squad" composed of hot-blooded young people resolutely embarked on the road of no return.

Zhao Dun deliberately revealed the whereabouts of this team to the Qin people, and the Qin people set up an ambush circle on the path that the team must pass, and wiped out the enemy without much effort. Jin Linggong couldn't help but be sad and indignant when he heard the bad news, and he asked Zhao Dun to gather his army immediately, shouting that he would personally lead the Jin army to level the Qin State.

Zhao Dun finally found an entry point, so he said: "In the Battle of Hequ, our army originally had the hope of leveling the Qin State. If it weren't for someone's behavior to benefit the enemy, the Qin army would not have escaped the annihilation of the entire army, and those hot-blooded disciples would not have died in battle today, and Uncle Qin is probably still serving you in the Jiangdu Palace now! ”

Jin Linggong's curiosity was aroused, and he began to get to the bottom of it, and followed the words set by Zhao Dun step by step; Zhao Dun then carefully recounted Xu Jia's crime of sabotaging the Jin army's attack plan and arranging for the enemy to flee.

Although Jin Linggong hated Zhao Dun, he always thought that he was an honest person, so he completely believed his words.

Zhao Dun saw that Jin Linggong's eyes were red and his face gradually became hideous, his fists were clenched, and his chest rose and fell violently, thinking that the time was ripe, so he continued: "Xu Jia is trying to escape punishment, so he sticks to the side of the prince and asks for shelter. But once he takes the favor of the prince as a talisman to exonerate himself, God knows what other crimes he will commit? It is unknown whether he was bought by the Qin people, and if he was bought, the lives of the entire Jin Kingdom would not be enough for him to betray! ”

If it wasn't Zhao Dun on the other side, Jin Linggong would have flipped the table on the spot; Even so, he drew his sword and slashed at a pillar. When his temper was almost vented, he ordered Zhao Dun to investigate Xu Jia's crimes.

A few days later, due to the close friendship between Zhao Yu and Xu Chen, Zhao Dun didn't want to do things too much; He said that Xu Jia's crime would not lead to death, and suggested that he be exiled. A few days later, the Duke of Jin Ling announced that Xu Jia would be stripped of his title and exiled to Weiguo; However, considering Xu Chen's great contribution to the country, he ordered Xu Jia's son Xu Ke to replace his father as secretary in order to continue the sacrifice to Xu Chen.

After Xu Jia was exiled, Xianxin was exposed. Xianxin's hands and feet are not clean, his status is not as good as Xu Jia, but he collects more black money than him. He was afraid that Zhao Dun would use himself to open the knife, so he took the initiative to flee to the Qi country.

All of the above happened before Zhao Chuan and his son-in-law Chi returned to Jin from Zheng.

Although Zhao Dun eliminated some villains, he could not fundamentally change the character of the little tyrant. Zhao Dun soon discovered that the number of bad people around Jin Linggong quickly returned to their original number, and the number of people soon became more and more bad things than before.

The harmfulness of Jin Linggong was originally limited to the inner palace, but after the crown ceremony, it expanded to the whole country, and finally affected the entire alliance. The boy tasted supreme power, and he didn't have to pay any price to enjoy it, so his behavior became more and more uncontrollable. Later in his reign, he began to use the state apparatus to amass money to meet his and the degenerates' growing expenses.

Zhao Dun was like a tireless chatterbox, nagging in his ear whenever he had the opportunity, telling Jin Linggong the history of the rise and fall of the three dynasties and the nations, persuading him to change his ways, and persuading him to be a less hateful monarch. But for a teenager who has not reached adulthood and is still in the rebellious period, these words can only increase his resistance and boredom with Zhao Dun.