Chapter 616: Lu Zhaogong's History of Exile (2)

Yang Hu was in the rear of the army when he attacked, and was in the front when he fled. He ordered his troops to occupy the commanding heights on the road (some hilly heights) as planned, and sent a signal to Gongshan Bu. Gongshan Bufu boarded the nest car, and saw that the vanguard of the Yuncheng army had rushed into the encirclement, so he led the army to outflank it and cut off the retreat of the Yuncheng army.

After Meng Yizi passed through the ambush circle, Yang Hu suddenly unfurled his military flag and led his subordinates to kill from the side. Gongwei couldn't believe his eyes, and when he saw Yanghu's true face, he realized that he had been fooled. Gongwei didn't even have time to give the order, so he turned around and fled. The commander's panic made a mess of the order of the army, and the Yuncheng army had to flee from any direction where they could escape.

The battle of Yanghu destroyed Lu Zhaogong's confidence and hope, and Lu Zhaogong had to flee to Qi again under the protection of his followers. Three days later, Meng Yizi entered Yuncheng, which returned to Sanhuan after two years of loss.

Zijiajiao's visit did not go well this time, he planned to bypass Shi Yan and go directly to see Han Qi, but he learned that Han Qi's physical condition was very poor, and he was too bad to issue orders. The Duke of Jin Qing then ordered Wei Shu to temporarily take the position of general of the Chinese army (this situation was really unexpected, and the princes thought that the successor should be Shi Ying), and Zijiajian went to see Wei Shu again. Wei Shu told him that since Shi Ying had intervened in the incident in advance and set the tone, it was already overwhelming to turn the situation around, so this matter had to be considered in the long run.

As soon as the conversation changed, Wei Shu suggested that Lu Zhaogong had better come to the Jin Kingdom in person to show his sincerity. Otherwise, Lu Hou begged the Jin people on this side, but he was under the protection of the Qi people, which seemed too disrespectful to the Jin Hou.

Zijiajian was so happy that he rushed back to Linzi (Yuncheng had already been lost) with Wei Shu's suggestion, and conveyed the wishes of the Jin people to Lu Zhaogong. Now, Lu Zhaogong finally stopped shaking his stubborn egg head.

Qi Jinggong sent someone to inform Lu Zhaogong that the Marquis of Qi would hold a great feast for him, and Lu Zhaogong immediately became lively again, as if he was still the king of a country.

Zijiajian poured cold water on the side: "The prince and the marquis stand in the court of Qi day and night, and he has already become the courtier of the Marquis of Qi!" What kind of gift is it, but it's just drinking wine and eating meat! โ€

Lu Zhaogong arrived as promised, and sure enough, he found that the people of Qi set up not a gift hall at all, but a banquet hall. After the banquet began, Qi Jinggong ordered Liang Qiu to toast Lu Zhaogong on his behalf, which was to treat the guests as doctors. After a while, Qi Jinggong said goodbye to the guests, leaving only Liang Qiu to accompany the guests of the Lu Kingdom who showed different colors.

Liang Qiu greeted the Lu people vividly, but the atmosphere at the scene was extremely embarrassing. After a while, Duchess Qi Jing sent a minister to ask that Madame wanted to see Lu Zhaogong. Mrs. Jing is the daughter of Lu Zhaogong's uncle Gongzi Mao and Lu Zhaogong's cousin. Gongzi Mao colluded with Fei Zai Nankui in the twelfth year of Lu Zhaogong to expel Ji Pingzi and fled to Qi in an unsuccessful manner.

Lu Zhaogong said: "Madam, please see, how dare the widow not see it?" โ€

The minister withdrew to resume his life, and Zijiajian thought that it was just an opportunity to end this humiliating situation, so he picked up Lu Zhaogong and said: "The Marquis of Qi is not here, and the Marquis of Qi cannot see his wife alone." With that, he was led out of the venue.

Lu Zhaogong finally tasted the taste of sending people under the fence. In the first month of the 28th year of the reign of Emperor Lu Zhao (514 BC), he bid farewell to Qi Jing and led a group of downcast exiles straight towards the Jin Kingdom, his last hope for restoration.

Lu Zhaogong crossed the Yellow River westward, then crossed the Yellow River Ancient Road (the Yellow River was diverted eastward in 602 BC in Chaoge) into the Jin state of Qianhou City (southeast of present-day Cheng'an, Hebei). Lu Zhaogong stayed in the city, and immediately sent an envoy to Xinjiang to invite the Jin people to come and meet him.

Zijiajian suggested: "The prince has a request for the Jin people, but he has always been at peace with the Qi country, who will have mercy on the prince?" Please retreat to the territory of Lu and send envoys again, and enter after obtaining the consent of the Jin people. Otherwise, it would be as if the prince was giving orders to the Jin people, and the Jin people would definitely refuse to greet them. Lu Zhaogong began to shake his stubborn head again.

Lu Zhaogong's behavior was indeed very reckless and too arrogant in the eyes of the Jin people, and Shi Ying said angrily: "Isn't it just a prince who has been ousted from power!" What is the blind flow of spirit? He replied to the Lu envoy: "Heaven has sent disaster to the country of Lu, making the prince stranded outside. But the prince did not deign to send an envoy to inform the widow that he was content with the country of his uncle and nephew, where was it necessary to order the Jin people to meet the prince? โ€

Lu Zhaogong received the envoy's reply, and had to retreat from the Jin border according to the advice of Zijiajiao, and then sent an envoy again to request entry. The Jin envoy came to meet Lu Zhaogong, but the Jin envoy told Lu Zhaogong that he could only stay in Qianhou and could not go to Xinjiang. In this way, the Jin people left that big trouble in the border town; Their idea was to decide how to treat Lu Zhaogong according to the change of the situation, and if the situation did not change, let the old stubborn stay in Qianhou all the time.

Jin Zhaogong's mood became even more decadent than in Qi State, not only because Jin Qinggong refused to see him, but also because the Jin people did not give him a dime of supportโ€”all the expenses of the exile in Jin State were his own responsibility.

Lu Zhaogong lived in Qianhou for a year, during which time Zijiajian again came to Xinjiang to lobby to persuade the Jin people to send Lu Zhaogong to Qufu. However, this year, there was a huge turmoil in the Jin Kingdom, the country was full of gunsmoke, several major forces were in a mess, and the turmoil finally caused the destruction of the two major families. On the one hand, the Jin people were busy quelling the civil strife, and on the other hand, they were busy dealing with the Rongdi attack; If you don't have time to take care of yourself, you don't have the energy to think about Lu Zhaogong's mess.

Seeing this, Zijiajian had no choice but to return to Qianhou. He described him as withered and physically and mentally exhausted, and said to Lu Zhaogong: "There is civil strife in the Jin Kingdom, and Rong Di is eyeing us again, and our property is about to run out." Qianhou can't stay for long, I will return to Qufu to persuade Ji Sun's clan and ask him to allow the prince to enter Yuncheng!" โ€

Although the political enemies of Zijiajian were opposed as always, none of them could come up with a better idea, so they had to give in. In the spring of the twenty-ninth year of Lu Zhaogong (BC513), Zijiajian returned to Qianhou from Qufu. He told Lu Zhaogong that he had reached an agreement with Ji Pingzi that Lu Zhaogong could return to Yuncheng to live, but he could not go to Qi or Jin again, and no prince should ask for help.

Lu Zhaogong had hatred in his heart, and said angrily: "The widow is the monarch of the Lu country, but now he has been reduced to the point where he can only return to China with the consent of the doctor!" The widow has not killed a single innocent person, so why should he be punished so much by God! โ€

Zijiajian said: "It's not just the prince and the marquis, but now even the status of Zhou Tianzi, the Marquis of Jin and the son of Chu is declining. There is no way in the world, and the Lile conquest comes from the doctor, and the Ji family's eight dances in the court are usurped to seize power. If the doctor does not seize the power of the king, how can he control the Lile expedition? Shang seized Xia for Xia Chen, Zhou for Shang and Shang Shang, Zheng seized Zhou power, and Ji seized Lu power; All of the above is the trend of the times, and it is not the result of the condemnation of the prince from heaven. So the prince should put down his heart and go back to Yuncheng! โ€

Lu Zhaogong entered Yuncheng again, and Ji Pingzi then sent a large amount of property, which slightly solved Lu Zhaogong's economic predicament.