After being promoted to the rank of general of the Chinese army, Xun Ke's mood stabilized a lot, and his words and actions were not as impulsive and reckless as before. He said to Jin Jinggong: "There can be no result between Jin and Qi; In addition, the main purpose of the Broken Dao Alliance is to ask for it, and if the Qi State has a second heart and does not ask for it, then the Broken Dao Alliance will become meaningless. So please Vazi to fulfill the covenant. ”

In the spring of the eighteenth year of Lu Xuangong (BC591), the Duke of Jin Jing and the Prince of Weiguo jointly attacked Qi. The princes all knew that the battle campaign with the participation of Jin Jinggong would definitely not be able to fight, because his physical condition was simply unable to command the battle.

Qi Qinggong led the army to meet the battle. The two sides met in Yanggu, but negotiations began before they could fight. Soon Jin Jinggong and Qi Qinggong met in Xuan, and the Jin people copied the content of the Broken Dao Alliance as the alliance of the Xuanzhi Alliance, and Qi Qinggong signed the alliance. After the alliance between the two countries, Gongzi Qiang of Qi came to Jin as a hostage, and Jin Jinggong also released Cai Chao and Nanguo Yan.

The State of Qi had no intention of giving in at all, and signing the alliance was just a measure to delay the troops - the Jin army turned around and embarked on the way back to China, and the Qi division backhanded a border town in the State of Lu. Qi people said beautifully: "The state of Lu and the state of Chu have an affair." This "fornication" refers to the fact that when the king of Chu Zhuang invaded the Song Dynasty three years ago, Lu Xuangong had shown favor to the people of Chu.

Regarding the matter of "fornication", Lu Xuangong had already explained it clearly to Jin Jinggong in the broken way, and obtained the understanding of the Jin people. Although the Qi people knew the inside story, because they did not participate in the alliance, they pretended not to understand and took the opportunity to teach Lu Guo a lesson.

The people of Lu suffered a dumb loss, and they wanted to take revenge but they had more than enough strength but not enough; If you want to invite the Jin Kingdom to come out, how can the excuse of the Qi Kingdom be so high-sounding. Lu Xuangong was furious and sent Ji Wenzi to Chu and asked the king of Chu Zhuang to send troops to attack Qi.

But as soon as the envoy entered Yingdu, the most tragic event occurred in the state of Chu: the king of Chu Zhuang died.

King Chuzhuang reigned for twenty-three years, and soon after he ascended the throne, he destroyed the Yong Kingdom, and then beat the century-old strong Ruoao clan back to its primitive state, thus firmly controlling the royal power.

King Chuzhuang's victory over Zheng cut off the path of the Jin kingdom's eastward advance; defeated the Jin again, so that the Chu army drank the Yellow River for the first time in history; After defeating the Song Dynasty, the state of Chu has since completely controlled the hinterland of the Central Plains.

King Chuzhuang vigorously promoted the military strategy of "being prepared for danger in times of peace and being unremitting". Under the guidance of this principle, the state of Chu cultivated an army with strict military discipline, tenacious will, and well-trained.

Because King Chuzhuang was too demanding on military affairs, and it was human nature to be lazy and depraved, those edicts were not carried out soon after his death.

King Chu Zhuang died suddenly at a young age, perhaps because he had completed all the missions he should have completed in this life; Perhaps it is that God's favor for the state of Chu has come to an end; Or is it that God is afraid that he will do something more terrifying and break the pattern of the world. But in any case, after the death of King Chu Zhuang, there was no more holy lord in the Chu State.

Seeing that he could not get support from Chu in a short period of time, Lu Xuangong temporarily canceled his plan to attack Qi and turned to quell the disputes within the office.

The political factions of the Lu State Office at that time were mainly divided into two factions, one faction was the "Three Huan Party" with Ji Sun Xing's father, uncle Sun Qiaoru, and Zhongsun Contempt as the core, and the other faction was the "Dongmen Party" headed by Gongsun Gui's father, the son of Gongzi Sui (Dongmen Xiangzhong). The power of the Sanhuan Party is greater, but Gongsun Gui's father is more favored by Lu Xuangong.

Due to Lu Xuangong's improper position, Gongzi did a lot of heinous bad things during his reign to eliminate dissidents and consolidate power. After the death of Gongzi, the power of Shangqing fell into the hands of Ji Sun Xing's father. After coming to power, Ji Wenzi began to correct the mistakes made by his predecessor, he recalled the exiles, returned their property, and restored their status.

Those people and clans who had been persecuted by Gongzi Sui rallied closely around Ji Wenzi and became anti-Dongmen clan activists once they made a comeback.

Because Gongsun Gui's father hugged Lu Xuangong's thigh tightly, the interests of the monarch and the minister were inevitably intertwined; Therefore, in the process of suppressing the Dongmen Party, the Sanhuan Party inevitably caused harm to Lu Xuangong.

Faced with this situation, Lu Xuangong and Gongsun Gui's father had to fight in a curve. Lu Xuan ordered Gongsun Gui's father to be in charge of diplomatic work, so that Gongsun Gui's father would have the opportunity to make friends with powerful people from all over the world. In fact, Gongsun Gui's father seized this opportunity very well: he was a brother and sister to some great powers, and the ministers accepted his favors and criticized Lu's internal affairs.

By the year of Lu Xuangong, the contradictions between the two factions had become irreconcilable: the Dongmen clan would definitely oppose the decision-making plan proposed by the Sanhuan Party, and vice versa; What happens in the court meeting every day is all kinds of noise and accusations among the ministers, and no decision can be made. Lu Xuangong and Gongsun Gui's father couldn't bear it, and after conspiring, the two decided to use the power of the Jin State to get rid of the Sanhuan Party.

In the autumn, Lu Xuangong sent Gongsun Gui's father as an envoy to the Jin State, and the official reason was to ask the Jin State for a teacher to crusade against the Qi State.

Gongsun Gui's father's backer in the Jin Kingdom was Xun Ke. Gongsun Gui's father said to Xun Ke: "I have always advocated being close to the Jin State, but the Lu State has been vacillating between Jin and Chu for a long time, and the reason is entirely due to Ji Sunxing's father. The idea of asking for a teacher from the State of Chu was also put forward by him.

Although the widow was reluctant in his heart, he was powerless to decide. Therefore, in order to get the state of Lu, it is necessary to get rid of the Jisun clan and his henchmen. If you can lure Ji Sun Xingfu out of the Lu State and get rid of him, I will clear his power in the Lu State. At that time, the Lu State will only be the head of the Jin State. ”

Of course, he knew that the other party was talking pure nonsense, but he didn't care at all. For Xun Ke, this is a business, as long as the other party's price is high enough, there is no reason why he should not make this money.

He then made a promise to his father: when the conditions were ripe, he would help the other party eliminate his political enemies.

Gongsun Gui's father persuaded Hao Ke to eliminate the Jisun clan, but he did not persuade the Jin State to send troops to attack Qi. But, "Whatever, I don't really want to attack the Qi Kingdom. Gongsun Gui's father thought so.

Just as Gongsun returned to his father and rushed back to Qufu day and night, God ruthlessly destroyed their good deeds - Lu Xuangong died.

Ji Wenzi seized this excellent opportunity and said to the ministers at the court meeting: "The culprit who made the Lu people bear the notoriety of killing their heirs and making the Lu country lose the princes is Xiangzhong!" ”

Uncle Zang Xuan is a maverick figure, although he does not belong to any faction, he is an out-and-out royalist. Uncle Zang Xuan was not used to Ji Wenzi's pretentious and cunning style, so he stood up and said: "The master couldn't cure Xiangzhong's sin at that time, what is the fault of his descendants? If the Master wants to get rid of the Father, he can just say it, and there is no need to beat around the bush! ”

Ji Wenzi no longer concealed his thoughts, and directly ordered the expulsion of the Dongmen clan.

Gongsun Gui's father arrived at a place called "Sheng" and received the news of Lu Xuangong's death and the expulsion of the family. He built a platform of earth and enclosed it with a curtain. Then he ordered the deputy envoy to dress up as Lu Xuangong and sit in the right position, and his father knelt in front of "Lu Xuangong" to report to him the results of the envoy to the Jin Kingdom.

After doing the above things, the father took off the half of his court robe on the left side of his body, took off the crown, spread his hair, and wept bitterly. After crying, he stomped his feet and fled to the country of Qi.