A year ago, the Duke of Jin Ping agreed to the request of the people of Chu to marry the Jin State, and the whole office immediately began to be busy with this marriage. After the preparations were completed, Chu ordered Yin Zidang and Mo Ao Qusheng to lead a team to Xinjiang to welcome their relatives. The Duke of Jin Ping personally sent the guard of honor to Xingqiu, which was located near present-day Wen County, Henan, and belonged to Zheng Guo at that time. In ancient times, parents did not send their daughters to the court, and the Duke of Jin Ping not only sent the princess out of the palace, but also sent her out of the country, and expressed the greatest importance to King Chu Ling with practical actions.

Jin Pinggong returned to China, and Han Qi and Yang Yuyu continued to march towards Yingdu with the team.

When the team passed through Xinzheng, Hanhu and You Ji entertained the Jin delegation in the suburbs. Uncle Zi said to Shu Xiang: "The extravagance and depravity of the King of Chu have reached the point where it cannot be attached, and there is no one in the world who can stop him from continuing to do evil. Jin and Chu have been enemies for nearly a hundred years, and it is impossible to resolve them because of two alliances or one marriage, so please pay attention to safety and take more precautions. ”

Shu Xiang said: "Extravagance and depravity to the extreme are self-inflicted, where will it affect others?" If I worship the coin, show my dignity, abide by my credit, act with courtesy, and respect the beginning and the end, there is nothing that cannot get good results. Although Chu Zi is extravagant, what can he do to me? ”

Rely on continuing to move forward until you enter Yingdu.

After the Jin people settled in Yingdu, King Chu Ling asked the doctors at the court meeting: "The Jin State is the feud of our country, and Bugu will use all means to suppress the Jin State." Yesterday it was the Shangqing and the Doctor of the Jin Kingdom who entered the city, if I cut off Han Qi's foot and let him guard the city gate; The eunuch ordered him to serve as the chief eunuch, which was enough to bring great shame to the Jin Kingdom. Do you say yes or no? ”

Such a frenzied proposal was unheard of, and the ministers were dumbfounded, looking at each other at a loss of how to answer. And when King Chu Ling saw this interesting scene, he was infected by his "genius creativity", and couldn't help but laugh "hey, hey, hey".

Xue Qiqiang walked out of the ranks and said: "Of course you can, if our country is prepared, why not? To humiliate the puppet and to guard against retaliation, let alone against a great power? Therefore, the Holy King is committed to the practice of religion and does not seek to humiliate others.

"The decay of a nation begins with the loss of order, and then calamities arise. In that year, the Jin State won the Battle of Chengpu, and then relaxed its defense against the Chu State, so it lost in the Battle of Yi; After our country's victory, we did not strengthen our defense against the Jin State, so we suffered a crushing defeat in the Battle of Yanling. After the Battle of Yanling, the Jin State has not relaxed its preparations for war, and treated the princes with courtesy and benevolence, but the Chu State could not compete with it, so it asked the Jin State for marriage.

"Since they are married and try to humiliate the Jin people, they will inevitably attract enemy troops, is there any other way not to strengthen their preparations for war? But looking at our country, who can take on the heavy responsibility of fighting the enemy army? If you can find that commander, of course, you can humiliate the Jin people; If you can't find it, don't do it.

"The Jin Kingdom serves the king, and the ministers think that they are already quite diligent: the king asks for a rendezvous with the princes, and there is nothing that cannot be missed; begged to get married, and got the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Jin; The Marquis of Jin sent Shangqing and Shangfu to send his relatives. Now it is necessary to humiliate the Jin people, and the king must strengthen his defense. Otherwise, under Han Qi, there are Zhao Cheng, Bank of China Wu, Wei Shu, Shi Ying, and Zhiying; Under the sheep's tongue, there are Qi Wu, Zhang Di, Ji Tan, Nu Qi, Liang Bing, Zhang Ji, Fu Song, and Miao Benhuang; The above people were all outstanding figures of the Jin Kingdom.

"The clan of Han Qi has Han Xiang, Han Xu, Ji Xiang, Xing Dai, Uncle Bird, Shu Jiao, and Ziyu, and those are all big families; The four major branches of the Yang clan are also strong. If the Jin people lose Han Qi and Yang Di, the five secretaries and eight doctors of the public office will follow Han Xu (Han Qi Zongzi) and Yang Shi (Yang Qi Zongzi), ten families and nine counties, and they can collect chariots of 900 times to retaliate against the Chu State; The remaining forty counties still had 4,000 chariots on standby to see their victory or defeat.

"The Jin army has Bohua (brother of the sheep's tongue) as the chief of staff, and Wu and Wei Shu of the Bank of China command the battle, and there is nothing that is not unsuccessful. Why should the king want to replace intimacy with hatred, to incur the enemy with rudeness, and not to take precautions, so that the doctors will become prisoners of the enemy army, so as to satisfy the king's revenge? ”

Only then did King Chu Ling put away his genius's crazy thoughts and said, "Oh, Bugu almost made a big mistake and almost caused disaster to the doctors. Bugu retracted what he had just said, and welcomed the envoys of the Jin Kingdom with the highest courtesy. ”

This year, Lu Zhaogong went to the Jin Dynasty to meet Jin Pinggong, and Lu Zhaogong's gestures at the meeting ceremony revealed a profound etiquette. Jin Pinggong said to the official Qi (female uncle Hou): "The widow heard the Lu people say that Lu Hou is like a big boy, but now when they meet, they feel that they are wrong: Lu Hou knows how to use etiquette well, how can he be like a child?" ”

Nu Qi said: "How can Lu Hou know the etiquette? ”

Jin Pinggong asked, "What does Master mean?" Lu Hou went from suburban labor to bribes after several ceremonies, and there was no violation of etiquette, how can it be called not rude? ”

Nu Qi said: "That can only become a 'ceremony', not a 'ceremony'." The reason why Zhou Li was able to defend the society was because the monarch was able to exercise power, push executive orders, and keep the people. Now the decree of the state of Lu is at the door of the house of the 'Three Huan', and Lu Hou cannot seize it; the office has the family of virtuous ministers, but Lu Hou cannot use it. Violated the alliance of large countries and invaded small countries (see the alliance of Yu in the first year of the Zhao Dynasty), and took advantage of the difficulties of other countries without knowing that there was internal chaos (the Lu army took advantage of the turmoil in Ju last year and captured Yanyi).

"The office was divided by Sanhuan, and the people became the family members of Sanhuan; The people are no longer loyal to the monarch, and the monarch does not plan for the future. As the king of a country, disaster is about to befall him, but he is not worried. The foundation of etiquette is to defend the country, to administer it, and to own the people, rather than to pretend to complete various ceremonies. Isn't it too inappropriate to say that he is doing good deeds? ”

Jin Pinggong nodded as if he understood whether he understood or not, and the female Qi withdrew and said to the entourage: "Where am I criticizing Lu Hou, I am admonishing Jun Hou!" As for whether he can understand or not, it's not up to me to control it. ”

During Lu Zhaogong's visit, Lu Guo made trouble again. This time, it was not Ji Wuzi who led the army to invade other countries, but a doctor from Ju who fled to Lu with two fiefdoms. Ji Wuzi happily received the exiles and accepted the city, while Juzi personally ran to the Jin State to accuse the Lu people.

Jin Pinggong was furious, and he planned to detain Lu Zhaogong and his party, but Shi Ying said, "No. Lu Hou was detained when he saw the prince, and the impression created on the people of the world was as if he was lured over to achieve his goal; It is laziness to attain our ends by inducement, just as we are lazy to use our troops. As the leader of the alliance, I made two major mistakes, I'm afraid I can't. Please allow Lu Hou to return to China, and then go out to fight against Lu State. Lu Zhaogong was saved from detention and returned to Qufu safely.

Seeing that the accusation was fruitless, Ju people simply went out to crusade against the Lu State. Ju Shi went deep into the dangerous place but did not do a good job of defense, and was attacked by the Lu army and returned defeated.

In the winter of October, King Chu Ling ordered the Chinese princes, the Yue and Dongyi divisions to attack Wu in retaliation for the Wu army's capture of the three cities of Thorn, Quercus and Ma last year.

At the end of the year, Qin Jinggong died, and his brother Gongzi returned to Qin with his own convoy.