In the autumn of the sixth year of the reign of Duke Luding, the great Sicheng Le Qi of the Song Kingdom was very worried considering that Zhong Ji had offended the Jin people at the meeting of Diquan (the first year of Lu Ding), and that the Song people had not seen the Marquis of Jin for several years. He said to Song Jinggong: "Among the princes, only the Song State is the most loyal to serve the Jin State, and now all the countries have shown a tendency to be betrayed by the Jin State, and the Jin people are very helpless. If our country does not send envoys to Xinjiang, the regret of the Jin people will be even greater. You know, when people are irritable, it is very easy to lose their temper with those close to them; Song was closest to Jin, hoping that Song would not become the target of the alliance leader's anger. ”

Song Jinggong nodded yes, and said that he would inform the other secretaries of the matter as soon as possible and determine the candidate for the envoy.

After Le Qi went home, he told the old man Chen Yin about it, and Chen Yin said: "Shi Yan is greedy and arrogant, and the office is torn apart. The doctors were definitely unwilling to send an envoy to the Jin Kingdom, and the burden of the envoy had to fall on the master in the end. ”

Le Qi said: "How is it possible? In charge of diplomacy are the left and right divisions, and my position is low, and it is impossible for the monarch to send an envoy. ”

A few days later, Song Jinggong summoned Le Qi and said: "The widow has communicated with the ministers, but they don't support it. Now there are only few people in the court who agree with the master's idea, so I have to ask the master to make a hard trip! ”

Le Qi returned home sullenly and told Chen Yin the depressing news. Chen Yin said: "The future is dangerous, the master should set off after the son!" One is to prevent the unexpected, and the other is to show the monarch the master's determination to move forward! ”

The next day, Le Qi took his son Le Qi (meaning toilet and pigsty, God knows how Le Qi gave his son such an unclean name) to see Song Jinggong and said: "If the minister encounters an accident outside, please ask the monarch to be the queen." After speaking, he couldn't help but shed two lines of tears.

Song Jinggong didn't understand why he made an ordinary visit like a parting from life and death. Song Jinggong was not very happy, but he still shed a lot of tears with him.

In late August, Le Qi led a large delegation to visit the Jin State, and in order to show his attention to the envoys of the Song State, the Duke of Jin Ding specially sent Zhao Ying to meet him. In that era when the powerful ministers of the nations were competing to make friends, it was undoubtedly a rare beauty to welcome foreign envoys.

According to the diplomatic etiquette of the time, Zhao Ying should wait for Le Qi to enter the Jin Kingdom, and then guide the delegation into Xinjiang. In this process, the two are not allowed to have in-depth contact except for ceremonial meetings, so as to show their reverence for the monarch.

But in order to make his enthusiasm look more earnest in Le Qi, Zhao Ying actually went to meet him abroad. In front of the weak monarch and the strong minister, Le Qi abandoned Zhou Li and chose to befriend the latter.

The two hit it off at first sight and drank a big meal on the cotton. During the banquet, Zhao Ying gave Le Qi a precious sword, and Le Qi gave the other party sixty boxwood shields. After the end of the game, Le Qi was in a very comfortable mood, and began to feel that Chen Yin's worries were purely unnecessary. He hummed a little song and returned to the station, and said to Chen Yin, "Master, you can rest assured!" With the Zhao family here, who in the Jin Kingdom dares to touch a single hair of my hair? ”

Chen Yin shook his head and said, "The master is wrong!" This is where the woe begins! In the past, Le's was dominated by Fan's, but now Zhao's is dominated by Zhao's, and he gave him a big gift. Fan Ying is extremely jealous, how can he give up? I'm afraid the master will never be able to return to the Song Kingdom! But if the master dies in the Jin Kingdom, the Le family will prosper in the Song Kingdom. ”

After the news of the meeting between the two on Mianshang reached Xinjiang, Shi Ying was really angry and jealous. Shi Ying originally planned to consolidate the alliance between Fan and Le after meeting Le Qi, but he didn't expect to be preempted by Zhao Ying. In Shi Ying's view, Zhao Ying is undoubtedly robbing his interests and digging his footing, his heart is despicable and shameless, "everyone gets it"! What's even more hateful is Le Qi, that broken wall is not strong at all, and it will fall down as soon as it is dug up!

"Zhao Ying harmed me, I will repay it!" Shi Ying said angrily: "As for that Le Qi, what is the use of such an unbearable person? ”

But Shi Ying didn't dare to attack Zhao Ying directly after all, so he had to make a fuss about Le Qi. He entered the palace to see Jin Dinggong and said: "Le Qi sent an envoy to our country on the order of Song Gong, which is a major event related to the safety of the two countries. However, Le Qi blasphemed the monarch's life, used public power for personal gain, and even entertained the doctor (Zhao Ying) without authorization before meeting the prince. He was not loyal to the Duke of Song, but also did not respect the prince, but committed the crime of great disrespect. The prince must hold him accountable for his crimes! ”

Jin Dinggong said: "Everything depends on the master. ”

At this time, Zhao Ying and Le Qi had already entered the outskirts of the city. Shi Ying summoned Zhao Ying into the city in the name of Jin Dinggong, but asked Le Qi to temporarily live in a post house outside the city.

Zhao Ying did not have any suspicions, and immediately entered the palace to return to the Duke of Jin Ding. Shi Ying announced the arrest warrant for Le Qi in the name of Jin Dinggong in the presence of the Manchu ministers. Zhao Ying was beaten on the head, although he knew who beat him, he couldn't say what he was suffering from.

The festival between Fan and Zhao began with the "Luan Rebellion". In order to eliminate the rebel forces of the Luan clan, Shi Ying led his army to attack Quwo City. After he drove out all the Luan clansmen and henchmen, he created a lot of tragedies. Zhao Wu served as the commander of the Zhongjun at that time, and his status was second only to Shikuo. Zhao Wu really couldn't bear that he continued to commit violence against the Quwo people, so he complained to Shi Kuo about Shi Ying. Since Zhao Wu had already been designated as the successor of the next Chinese general, Shi Kuo did not dare to take the matter lightly: he not only stopped the massacre in time, but also severely taught Shi Yan a lesson.

Since then, Shi Ying has developed an irreparable resentment towards the Zhao family.

The Fan family grabbed a huge amount of profits from the destruction of the Luan clan, and Shi Kuo was an official and "managed well", so he left a huge family business for his son. Shi Ying's business ability is better than blue: all kinds of interests related to the Jin Kingdom, there is no one who does not interfere in plucking hair. By the time he was a general of the Chinese army, the Fan family had developed into the most "rich and unkind" family in the Jin Kingdom.

And Zhao Wu and his successor Zhao Chengdu maintained the unique integrity of Zhao Yuan and Zhao Dun, so the strength of the Zhao family has never developed much. Zhao Cheng died young, and Zhao Ying was still a young man who had just finished the crown ceremony when he ascended the throne.

At that time, Dong Anyu, who was already an old minister of the third Zhao family, persuaded Zhao Ying: "The world is always changing, but the five generations of the Zhao family are still honest and consistent, and they still abide by the Zhou etiquette in this society where the monarch is willing to fall and the state politics comes out of the family. The doctors of the world are changing their original loyalty, and our lord should also consider change; Otherwise, not only will you leave a reputation of 'foolish loyalty', but you will also not be able to keep your family. ”

At that time, the young Zhao Ying's mind was full of "benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith" and the "nine mantras" instilled in him by Uncle Zi, and he couldn't listen to the old master who had experienced several turmoil and had a deep understanding of social changes.

But then an incident of extermination completely changed Zhao's attitude.