It turned out that the Zheng people also learned the news of discord within the Huaxia Alliance, and people heard that the Chu State was preparing to unite with the Qin State to jointly attack the Jin (the Chu people were afraid that the Zheng people would change their position after the death of Zheng Chenggong, so they released this news to enhance the confidence of the Zheng people), so they said: "There is Chu in the south, Qin in Hexi, Qi in Jidong, and Di in the north; What does the Jin Kingdom have? Only the princes of the Central Plains. Although there was a Ming monarch in the Jin Kingdom, isn't it too self-sufficient to use the power of the Central Plains to fight against the four directions of the world? ”

However, the speed of the Jin people's actions was quite fast, and the Jin Mourning Duke immediately sent envoys to the countries and asked the other party to send miscellaneous servants to build the provinces. Qi Linggong was furious, he kept cursing the people of the Jin Kingdom, and said a lot of threatening words.

Yan Wan said: "The intentions of the Jin people could not be more obvious, and if the Qi State refuses to ask again, it will be the first to be hit. The most important task of the Qi State at present is to destroy Lai, and there is no need to make extraneous branches, let alone block arrows for the Zheng Guoren. ”

Only then did Qi Linggong put down his body, he sent Cui Zhu out to participate in the princes' meeting, and he no longer interfered in the actions of other small countries.

In the winter, the princes and doctors met in Qi for the second time, and the Jin people were satisfied with the results and immediately ordered the expansion of the province. After the completion of the project, the Jin people stationed a large number of troops in the province to show the Zheng people their unchangeable determination.

Zheng Guoren saw that Qi had succumbed, and Chu and Qin did not move; In the face of the enemy's aggressive posture, he had no choice but to choose to sue for peace.

The reason why the state of Chu did not move was because of the turmoil within the royal family.

As mentioned earlier, Zizhong has two most important henchmen, namely Prince Renfu and Prince Shen, both of whom are the brothers of the King of Chu. After Da Sima Zi committed suicide after the defeat in the war, the king of Chu Gong planned to choose one of the two to fill Da Sima's position.

Wang Zishen thinks that he has more credit than the other party (of course, Wang Zi Renfu also thinks so), and he is older than the other party, so he naturally thinks of himself as the best choice.

However, when the king of Chu Gong asked Zizhong for advice, Zizhong recommended Renfu, who listened to his words and acted less arrogantly, and proposed that Wang Zishen should serve as the right Sima. The big Sima is Yaqing, and the right Sima is just the last secretary (after the left and right Yin), and once the hope is frustrated, Wang Zishen can't help but be furious, and then he went to Zizhong's house to vent his anger, and asked Zizhong to recognize the reality and correct his wrong behavior.

Zizhong told him in a calm tone: "After the old man dies, of course you will become the Great Sima; However, if you don't restrain your temper, you will be a right Sima until you die. ”

It was a chilling threat, but Prince Shen, who was carried away by his anger, did not hear the meaning in the slightest.

Since then, Wang Zishen has inherited the unfinished business of Zi Chong (anti-Ling Yin Zizhong), and has gone further and further on the road of opposing Zizhong.

The young prince Shen had a high position that did not match his virtues, so he became particularly extravagant. When his food could no longer meet the increasing extravagance, he brazenly demanded land and possessions from the king.

When his fief was about to surpass that of Da Sima, the king of Chu sternly warned him not to ask for a fief again. Wang Zishen had no choice but to set his sights on the surrounding small countries, and greedily demanded money from the small countrymen endlessly.

During the time of the five doctors of the Song State in the Chu State, Zizhong was very hostile to them because of his close relationship with Hua Yuan. Seeing this, Prince Shen took the initiative to approach the five doctors and became their protector in the Chu State. Zizhong couldn't tolerate this kind of thing happening under his nose, so he persuaded the king of Chu Gong to send the five doctors to Pengcheng.

Soon the princes attacked Pengcheng, and the defenders of Pengcheng withdrew without authorization, and Prince Shen thought that he had caught Zizhong's pigtails, so he strongly criticized the escape behavior of the Pengcheng defenders in front of the king of Chu, in an attempt to attack Zizhong's forces. But the king of Chu was already tired of this brother, and he said: "Although the defenders did not carry out the order, the princes were overwhelming, and the commander saved the lives of thousands of Chu children, which is also worth the merit." ”

In the autumn of this year, a Song businessman paid a special visit to Zizhong. The merchant was entrusted by Hua Yuan to send Zizhong a precious Baoding, hoping that Zizhong would raise his hand on the issue of the Song Dynasty. As a result, the news was heard.

Prince Shin was overjoyed, and he immediately went to see Zizhong. The priceless stolen goods were sitting in the living room, and Prince Shen glanced at it with greedy eyes from time to time, and once again offered to depose the husband.

Zizhong listened patiently to his words. His face was full of kindness, and his tone was full of warmth, and he said, "Shen, Wang and the old man have been thinking about this matter recently—Renfu is not sensitive, and he is about to become the second Doujiao. If you have any incriminating evidence of Renfu, hand it over to me, and the old man will give you an answer before the end of the year, and you just need to be ready to replace him. ”

As a result, the fool who thought he was smart believed it and really handed over the evidence of Renfu's crime to Zizhong, and went back to wait for news.

Soon after, envoys from some small surrounding countries came to Yingdu, and they were instructed by Zizhong to file a complaint against Wang Zishen. The envoys even said that Prince Shen's blackmail was more than the offerings demanded by the state of Chu, and that the country was unbearable, and the monarchs and ministers had united and were ready to wait for the moment when the kingdom would fall.

Since the fact that the prince applied for extortion did exist (but it was exaggerated), the king of Chu Gong had murderous intentions against him. In winter, the king of Chu ordered Zizhong and Prince Renfu to attack and kill Prince Shen and raid his home. When the king of Chu Gong came to the scene of the raid, he frequently smacked his tongue at the dazzling array of rare treasures, and he found more than a dozen young girls with accents from various countries, and couldn't help but shake his head and said: "Shen's life is really colorful!" ”

This year, Lu Chenggong's wife Qi Jiang died (but not Lu Xianggong's mother). When Mu Jiang (Lu Chenggong's mother and Lu Xuan's wife) married to Lu State, he planted several catalpa trees for himself and wanted to use wood to make a guqin and an inner coffin for himself. Later, she colluded with her uncle and grandson Qiaoru to attempt a coup d'état, expel the Meng and Ji clans, and establish a new monarch. After the defeat, Uncle Sun Qiaoru fled, and Mu Jiang was also placed under house arrest, and no one cared about those trees.

After Qi Jiang died, Ji Wenzi ordered someone to cut down trees to make a coffin for Qi Jiang. He was advised, "This is not etiquette." Mrs. Xuan is the aunt (mother-in-law), and Mrs. Cheng is the wife (daughter-in-law). The woman should provide for her aunt, but the master fulfills the daughter-in-law by harming the aunt, which is against the Zhou etiquette. The Master took Mrs. Xuan's coffin, and once Mrs. Xuan died, how would the Master bury her? "Poetry" says: 'Its Wei philosopher, tell the words, Shunde trip. 'What a wise man the Master is! And Mrs. Xuan is the grandmother of the prince, and the "poem" says: "For the wine is the liquor, and the ancestors are the ancestors." With a hundred gifts, blessing Kongkai. If the Master does not do so, he will be punished. ”

In the spring of the third year of Lu Xianggong (BC570), the first major war broke out in history between Chu and Wu.