After the death of Lu Xuangong, the crown prince Heiqiu succeeded to the throne for Lu Chenggong. Lu Chenggong was young, only four or five years old when he ascended the throne, and the state affairs were completely controlled by Ji Wenzi.

In the seventeenth year of Lu Xuangong, the Zhou royal family had a dispute with Mao Rong, who was entrenched in the Jiyuan area. Mao Rong then sent an envoy to Chengzhou, hoping to resolve the matter by diplomatic means.

But the Zhou people, who have always been arrogant and arrogant, told the other party: "Zhou Tianzi is the king of the whole world, how can the king negotiate with you barbaric ministers?" All you have to do is respectfully carry out the king's commands. ”

Mao Rong was furious, and immediately fought against the Zhou people, and the royal family was not to be outdone; The two sides come and go, and they fight happily. Although the scale of each battle was small, the dispute lasted for many years, causing great instability in the Gyeonggi region.

The Zhou royal family gradually felt powerless. In the spring of the first year of Lu Cheng (BC590), the royal family hoped to negotiate peace with Mao Rong, but they refused to let go of the stinky frame that no one cared about, so they asked the Jin people to mediate the dispute.

At the beginning of March, the three kingdoms of Zhou, Maorong, and Jin held talks at the location of the Xu Wu tribe, and both sides of the conflict intended to use the slope of the Jin state to descend their own donkeys, but they refused to make concessions easily; As a result, the negotiations lasted several days, and the outcome remained unclear.

At that time, the three ** teams were ten miles apart, forming the apex of an equilateral triangle, and the negotiation site was in the center of the triangle.

The negotiator of the Zhou royal family was Liu Kanggong, a loyal and cunning figure. Liu Kanggong saw that Mao Rong's army was slacking off in defense and decided to take the opportunity to destroy the enemy. He believes that if he wins the first battle, he will no longer have to talk to the other side.

Uncle Nei Shi persuaded him: "Betraying the alliance and deceiving the big countries is bound to fail." It is ominous to betray the alliance and deceive the great powers unjustly; Neither God nor man will help us, so what will we rely on to win? ”

Liu Kanggong said, "Then please invite your god out, and I will ask him what we should do to help us?" As for the Jin people, they will not stand on the side of Rong Di against the royal family. ”

Shufu said: "The master is wrong, it is the royal family that should stand on the side of the Jin Kingdom, not the other way around; It was the royal family that was fighting against the Jin Kingdom, not the other way around. The Jin state had become the de facto co-ruler of China, and the royal family was the one seeking protection. Seeking the protection of others and deceiving the protector is not looking for a beating? We should respectfully carry out the king's orders and obey the arrangements of the great powers. ”

Liu Kanggong was a little annoyed, and he said: "Since it is the king's order, Rong Di and the Jin people should abide by it!" After saying that, he invited his uncle out of the big tent.

The representative of the Jin State, Bianjia, also felt that Mao Rong's military discipline was too lax, but he had no obligation to remind the other party. In order to avoid accidents, he asked the other party to move the army to a place far away from the Eastern Zhou military camp and conducive to defense; Later, a part of the Jin army was transferred to the vicinity of Maorong's original residence to prevent Wang Shi from stirring up trouble.

Heaven made a big joke with Liu Kang, and as soon as the Jin people completed the transfer, Liu Kanggong issued an order for a sneak attack. That night, Liu Kanggong led his army to march quietly, preparing to wipe out the enemy in one pot.

However, they did not find any trace of the enemy in the original garrison of Maorong, but they found a military camp not far away. The Zhou people thought that their original intelligence was wrong, so they took the Jin camp as the enemy camp, and the Jiang Rong cavalry patrolling outside the camp as the Mao Rong cavalry.

As soon as Liu Kanggong gave the order, Zhou Jun rushed over to the friendly army. The Jin army was attacked, slightly disorganized, and quickly restored order: the commander calmly gave orders, and the soldiers went into battle in an orderly manner.

At first, both sides were so focused on fighting that they had no time to identify each other; But the Jin army quickly recognized the sneak attacker as the royal army, and immediately exploded his lungs. The Jin army did not think that Wang Shi would make such a stupid mistake as getting the target wrong, and thought that Wang Shi's purpose was to destroy himself, so the soldiers attacked the Zhou army as fiercely as if they were attacking a stubborn enemy.

Liu Kanggong finally realized that he had made a big mistake, and he wanted to stop this wrong battle, but the Jin army did not listen to him at all. He had no choice but to order a retreat (escape), and the Wang division was crushed, but the Jin army was in hot pursuit.

Liu Kanggong had no choice but to send someone to take a detour to find Bianjia; Bianjia has already received the battle report and is on her way to arrive at this time. He ran into the messenger of the Zhou people, and when he learned the reason for the incident, he couldn't help but scold: "Stupid! Ridiculous! ”

Bimpling rushed to the battlefield, which prevented his subordinates from attacking like crazy. Liu Kanggong went to see Bianjia with his head down and explained to him that it was just a misunderstanding.

"I don't care if there's a misunderstanding. However, if you further obstruct the negotiation process and prevent me from fulfilling the mission assigned by the widow, I will return to China as promised. You have no merit, so it's better to do it yourself! ”

Liu Kanggong was annoyed, he was caught by someone, and he lost the chips in his hand, so he had to accept the other party's conditions in the later negotiations.

As mentioned earlier, Gongsun Gui's father fled to the state of Qi after the death of Lu Xuangong. He revealed some state secrets to the Qi people, including Lu Xuangong's plan to unite with the Chu State to attack Qi.

The people of Qi were very interested in this plan, and Guozuo said: "The relationship between Qi and Chu is closer than that of Lu Chu; What Lu Guo can do, of course we can do. Since the state of Lu is firmly the enemy of the state of Qi, it is better to unite with the state of Chu to fight Lu. ”

Qi Qinggong nodded frequently: "Yes, Valu is the name, and the resistance to Jin is real." The people of Lu are called lifting stones and smashing themselves in the face, and the widows must educate and educate the people of Lu well. Then he sent Yan Liang to the state of Chu to ask for a teacher.

In this year, after the implementation of the "tax mu" system four years ago, Lu Guo began to implement the "Qiujia" system. The Qiujia system belongs to the military endowment system, which is one of the series of system reforms of the Lu State.

In the Zhou Dynasty, nine households were one well, sixteen wells were one mound, and four mounds were one dian. The princes levied the military endowment in the mound and the dian, and each mound produced one war horse and three oxen; There was another chariot from each dian, three armor soldiers, and seventy-two infantrymen. The state of Lu implements the Qiujia system, that is, the general endowment is increased by a quarter or one-third on the original basis.