Jin Jinggong issued an edict: "Any criminal who harms the body of another person or robs property must be punished, but those who surrender themselves can be punished lightly; There is a reward for exposing and reporting sinners. ”

At the same time, Jing Gong sternly condemned a series of recent atrocities: "Those who harm innocents are by no means the work of people of great powers, and those who commit crimes under the guise of loyalty and revenge are outright cowards and villains!" In order to escape punishment, they did not hesitate to use hypocritical false justice to kidnap the people of their country and force good people to commit crimes with them, which is really an unforgivable crime! At the same time, they have also brought great shame to the country, and they really deserve to be killed! ”

Suspects were brought to justice, and the magistrate executed a large number of criminals; The unrest was quickly quelled, and order returned to normal.

Soon, when Jin Jinggong proposed a crusade against Chidi at the court meeting, almost all the ministers actually expressed opposition. They thought that the Jin Kingdom was not ready; And once Bergi died, no information could be preached; Moreover, there are three talented people in the Lu country, and the country is unprecedentedly strong. The ministers therefore suggested that the wait should continue.

But Doctor Bozong stepped forward and said, "No! Although there are three talented people under Xushu, he has committed five major sins, how can he make up for it no matter how many talented people there are?

"One of his sins is not to sacrifice to his ancestors; The second sin is to be addicted to alcohol; The third crime is to abandon the virtuous minister Zhongzhang and seize the Li fiefdom; The fourth crime is to torture and kill Berge; The fifth sin is to hurt the king's eyes.

"He uses power instead of merit, but breeds sin; If his descendants serve the community with virtue and righteousness, and devote themselves to the people's livelihood to consolidate their power, what will we do at that time? Is this what you want? What excuse will there be for the expedition then?

"The doctors don't go against sin, but they say, 'Ah! The enemy is too strong! We don't dare to do that, let's talk about it later! But after that, there was no excuse for crusade! How long will you delay?

"Relying on talent and force is the way to destroy the country, and Shang is like this, so it perished. Heaven violates the season, and disaster occurs; If the earth violates common sense, it produces evil; If the people violate morality, they will cause trouble. Disasters and demons are born in human chaos, and the reverse of 'positive' is 'lack', and Lu Guo will inevitably lose its strength if it violates the principles of heaven and human ethics, and if you don't fight at this time, you won't have such a good opportunity in the future. ”

The doctors were silent, and they felt that if they continued to argue, they would become cowards whom they despised even themselves, and as a result, the issue of war was passed. The Jin people liked to express their opinions and argue endlessly in court discussions, but once the results were determined, the people eliminated their differences and did their best to do things.

Li City was originally a vassal of Lu State, the site of the city is thirty miles east of Lu State, guarding the main road of Fukou; Because of its geographical location, the city became the object of Lu Guoguo's attempted occupation.

After the baby ascended the throne, Yu Shu found an excuse to annex the city of Li. The people of Licheng fled in all directions, and some of them fled to the Jin state, and the Jin people set aside a piece of land to house the exiles. Since then, there have been Li people who have come to the Jin Kingdom to defect to the clansmen, and now the Li family has formed a great force. If Lu is attacked, Li is undoubtedly a fighting force that cannot be ignored.

While the Jin people were actively preparing for war, they also sent a huge team to Bai Di, and the leader of the mission was Zhao Shuo. Although Bai Di signed a peace agreement with the Jin state, this agreement reflected the current state of mutual distrust between the two countries, and the close countries did not need to sign any agreement to remain friendly.

The current Bai Di monarch hated the Jin people very much, because his father had been killed by Yin Que in the battle a few years earlier, and his body had been ruined.

Bai Dizi symbolically received the Jin people, and when Zhao Shuo asked Bai Di to join the Lulu Alliance, he casually vetoed the other party's request.

Bai Dizi said: "Bai Di is unfortunate and struggles to survive between two big countries. Bai Di's peace was based solely on a policy of neutrality. If the widow opens the precedent of joining the alliance of great powers, he will fall into the predicament of being repeatedly contested like Zheng Guo. Bai Di didn't dare to help the Jin State to attack Lu, and of course he didn't dare to help the Lu State to attack the Jin. After speaking, he asked the doctor Bohu to entertain Zhao Shuo, and then announced his retirement from the dynasty.

Bohu is the grandson of Duke Wen of Jin and the son of Bo Yan, the eldest son of Duke Wen of Jin and Ji Kui; Bohu's grandmother and Zhao Shuo's grandmother are sisters, and Zhao Shuo is Bohu's cousin-in-law, and the relationship between the two is so close in blood and kinship, which is why Jin Jinggong sent Zhao Shuo to envoy Bai Di. Bohu's status in the Di Kingdom was very high, high enough to be qualified to receive the secretaries of the Jin State.

Bohu held a high-level bonfire banquet for Zhao Shuo, and people sat in a circle to drink and carnival. Zhao Shuo changed into Di Ren's robe, exposed his chest, wore a small hat with a crooked head, and a garland around his neck; He grabbed the leg of lamb in his left hand, held a large bowl in his right hand, and danced with his masters, two beautiful white girls snuggled beside him, stroking his chest muscles with red faces.

Just when everyone was drunk, Zhao Shuo stood up and pulled Bohu to a secluded place. He curled his tongue and talked to the other party about the mission of this visit to Bai Di (Bai Di people are talking about serious things in this drunken state).

Bohu is already a little unsteady on his feet, but his consciousness is still quite clear. He said: "As for me, although I am a descendant of the Jin people, I am also a Di person; So, no matter what I do, my first consideration should be my country. ”

Zhao Shuo said: "I, by no means, came here to harm Bai Di, otherwise you and I wouldn't be able to sit here and drink." I just want to know, after so many years, why does Bai Dizi still hate the people of the Jin Kingdom? You must know that it was his father who started the war, not the Jin people. Bai Di has many people who died in the war with other countries, according to this reason, there is no country in the world that is not hated by him! ”

Bohu said: "Things are not what you think. Bai Di was sandwiched between the Jin Kingdom and Chidi, and he was always worried about his own safety. Chidi is equal in strength to the Jin Kingdom, but it is closer to Baidi and more ferocious. It is true that the widow hates the Jin people, but he hates and fears Chidi even more. The widow's attitude towards you is just to hide his fear of Chidi. ”

Zhao Shuo said: "'Fearful, how much is left? Bai Dizi is weak and stubborn, even if he offends the Jin Kingdom, he will not be able to please Chi Di, and if this continues, the Di Kingdom will perish. As an important minister of the country, you should choose a way out for the country. ”

Bohu said: "We old fellows can't persuade him!" So I had to be alone. ”

Zhao Shuo had a bottom in his heart, and the two chatted while walking, and soon climbed to the top of a hill. Zhao Shuo looked in the direction where Bai Dizi lived, and saw another larger banquet going on next to Bai Dizi's tent in the distance; He pointed to the campfires and the figures and said, "What are those people doing?" ”

Bohu said, "It was a banquet for Jian Ru, the son of Yushu. The Luguo delegation had also just arrived, and Jian Ru was the chief envoy. ”

Zhao Shuo was furious, he sharply accused Bai Dizi of being favoritist and rude, saying that he would rather die in front of Bai Dizi than endure this discrimination, and rushed down the slope after speaking; If Bohu hadn't dragged him to death, he would have really run over and fight with Bai Dizi.