Zhao Yang heard in the capital that the Handan clan not only dared to disobey the emperor's orders, but now even supported the rebellion.

As the head of the Zhao family, Zhao Yang wanted to resolve the family's internal disputes as a patriarch.

In June of Xia, Zhao Yang issued a military order: he ordered Sima Ji, the general of Qin Dynasty, to attack Handan and wipe out the Handan rebels.

However, Zhao Yang was ultimately too careless and underestimated the difficulty of this battle.

It was precisely because of Zhao Yang's carelessness in solving the problem that a Zhao family battle quickly expanded.

After the Ji family was originally a Duke of the Jin Dynasty, later generations became officials and were attached to the Xun family. To be precise, they were Xun family's retainers. They followed Xun Wu, Xun Shu, Xun Yin many times. After the Zhi family broke with the Zhongxing family,

Xun Yin, who was interested in the Zhongxing clan, became the spy to monitor Zhao Yang.

Handan Wu was originally Zhongxing Yin's nephew. He was a Qin native and marched towards Handan. At the same time, he ordered people to report the situation to Zhongxing Yin and Shi Jishe.

Shi Jishe was the head of the Fan family at this time and the successor of Shi Yang, the chief minister of the Jin Dynasty of the previous generation.

Shi Jishe was even more greedy than his father, and he colluded more closely with Zhong Xingyin!

Zhongxingyin and Shijishe immediately discussed important matters and decided to rescue Handan City.

The Fan family and the Zhonghang family gathered the soldiers of the city and prepared to rebel with Handan.

Zhao Yang's retainer Dong Anyu was keenly aware of the flashes of swords and swords appearing in the Zhongxing and Fan families. He had a premonition of the seriousness of the matter and reminded Zhao Yang to make preparations in advance.

However, there is a law in the Jin State that the first person to cause trouble shall be punished by death.

So Zhao Yang planned to strike later.

Dong Anyu believed that the situation was critical and he should strike preemptively.

Seeing that Zhao Yang was still indifferent, Dong Anyu privately mobilized Zhao's troops and actively prepared for war.

As expected by Dong An, in less than a month, the Fan family and the Zhonghang family launched an attack on the Zhao family.

When Sima Ji Qin, the superior army who was ordered to besiege Handan, saw the outbreak of war, he also stopped attacking Handan, turned his horse around, and launched a surprise attack on Zhao with the Handan army.

Forced by members of the Fan family and the Zhonghang family, Zhao Yang fled the capital in a hurry and retreated to Jinyang, Zhao's rear area.

…

When he learned that the civil war in Jin State had reached this point and was out of control, Qingji couldn't help but be overjoyed, thinking that Wu State's opportunity had come.

Therefore, Qingji sent the great commander Sun Wu, the imperial censor Wu Zixu, the governor Fan Li, the prime minister Zuo Wenzhong, the Tingwei Boyu, the great minister Confucius, the great minister Jiran, these five ministers, and Hong.

The four young masters of the Wu Kingdom, Xi, Jiang and Heng, gathered together at Zide Hall to discuss matters.

Compared to the seven wily and scheming ministers of the country, the four young masters were just listening.

The great affairs of the country lie in military service and sacrifice.

They don’t dare to speak easily!

"Second Son, the civil war in the Jin Kingdom is getting more and more exciting."

Qingji smiled slightly, and said with unavoidable gloating: "I have received the latest secret report. The Zhonghang family, the Fan family, and the Handan family are besieging the Zhao family. Zhao Yang fled in a hurry to Jinyang to avoid disaster."

"The three families are in hot pursuit and surrounded Jinyang City. The Zhao family is facing another crisis since the disaster in the lower palace!"

Hearing this, the ministers seemed to have guessed it a long time ago. They looked at each other and couldn't hide the smiles on their faces.

Wu's biggest opponent now is the overlord Jin.

When civil strife breaks out in Jin, the most advantageous one is Wu!

The Fu Que family has trouble with the chariot shaft, Zhao has Meng Ji's slander, Luan has Shu Qi's complaint, and Fan and Zhongxing have urgent difficulties, all of which are known to the Lord.

Civil strife occurred in Jin State everywhere.

The "Difficulty of the Lower Palace" in Qingji's words is also known as the Battle of the Lower Palace, the Yuanping Troubles, Zhuang Ji's Rebellion, and Meng Ji's Rebellion.

It is said that Zhao Dun, a doctor of the Jin Dynasty, was the half-brother of Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo and Zhao Yingqi.

Meng Ji, sister of Duke Jinggong of Jin, married Zhao Shuo, son of Zhao Dun. Zhao Shuo was given the posthumous title of Zhuang after his death, so she was called "Zhao Zhuang Ji".

The important cause of the Zhao family's tragedy was actually a scandal that occurred within the Zhao family - Zhao Zhuangji and Zhao Yingqi had an affair.

This incident should have occurred shortly after Zhao Shuo's death, when his uncle and his nephew's wife had an affair...

After the incident was revealed, Zhao Yingqi was expelled from Jin by brothers Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo.

Because of this, Zhao Zhuangji held a grudge and framed the Zhao family in front of Jin Jinggong, saying, "Zhao Tong, Zhao Kuo is going to cause chaos."

At the same time, the Luan family, which had long had conflicts with the Zhao family, and the Que family took the opportunity to come forward to testify for Zhao Zhuangji.

Therefore, the Jin State executed Zhao Tong and Zhao Kuo, and destroyed their clans. The Zhao family's fiefdom was changed to the official Qi Xi.

At that time, Zhao Wu lived with Zhao Zhuangji in the Jinggong Palace of Jin.

Soon, Han Jue, who had been raised by Zhao Dun when he was young, talked about Zhao Shui and Zhao Dun's achievements to Jin Jinggong, saying that if people like them had no descendants to sacrifice, who would be willing to serve the country.

Therefore, Duke Jinggong of Jin reestablished Zhao Wu as a descendant of the Zhao family, and restored the Zhao family's title and fiefdom.

This incident became the famous "Zhao Orphan" in later generations!

It's just that the version is different. The original two branches of the Zhao family in the Jin Dynasty were destroyed, and the Zhao Wu family regained the title of the clan.

This incident was a serious blow to the Zhao family, and it was not until the reign of Duke Ao of Jin that Zhao Wu revived the family.

"Your Majesty, the three families of Zhonghang, Fan, and Handan want to capture Jinyang City and destroy Zhao Yang. I'm afraid it won't be easy."

Bo Xi shook his head and said, "I have been on several missions to Jin, and I was invited by Zhao Yang to visit Jinyang City."

"Jinyang City is backed by Longshan, faces Jinshui River, is surrounded by Yuyi to the north, and the west bank of Fenjiang River with Gangyang in the south. The buildings in the city use copper pillars instead of wooden pillars. The city walls are made of boards sandwiched with rammed earth, and the wall bones are made of The main trunks of plants such as mugwort that are more than ten feet high are mixed with eggs and salt into the soil."

"This is a rare and fortified city. The Zhao family was just temporarily unprepared and was taken advantage of by the Zhonghang family, the Fan family, and the Handan family. Once the war gets into a tug of war, I am afraid that some changes will occur in the Jin Kingdom!"

Hearing this, Qing Ji nodded slightly and said: "If the three coalition forces cannot attack Jinyang for a long time, the position of the remaining three of the six ministers - Zhi Shu, Han Buxin, and Wei Chi will become the key to the war."

"At this time, the configuration of the six ministers of the Jin Kingdom was already full of contradictions.

"According to the information I have obtained, Xun Shu and Zhao Yang are at odds with each other, Xun Yin and Han Buxin despise each other, and Wei Chi and Shi Jishe hate each other."

"Therefore, Xun Shu, his favored minister Liang Yingfu, Han Buxin, Wei Chi and Gao Yi, a branch of the Fan family, are already plotting to expel Xun Yin and replace the Zhongxing family minister with Liang Yingfu."

"Driving away Shi Jishe, Shi Gaoyi became the head of the Fan family..."

hiss!

When Sun Wu, Fan Li, and Wu Zixu's ministers heard this, they couldn't help but take a breath and were shocked.

Is the intelligence network of the Black Ice Platform in Qingji's hands already so powerful?

How could he actually have all-encompassing information on the secret talks between Jin’s high-level officials, and even know their general strategy clearly?

So scary!

It is conceivable that if the other three ministers among the six ministers are involved, the civil war in Jin will definitely become more complicated and confusing.
Chapter completed!