Jin Wengong and Zhong Er have been in exile in foreign countries for 19 years, and they have visited the situations of various countries, which are intangible capital in the process of establishing their hegemony. More importantly, Zhong Er was treated well in all countries, including Chu, which shows that the rites of Zhou in the Spring and Autumn Period still have a binding effect, and the moral appeal is still very important in all countries. If Jin Wengong didn't win the trust of the world through the diligent king, there would be no support from all countries during the First World War in Chengpu. However, it should also be noted that by solving the problem of the Western Qin Dynasty, Jin Wengong drove the Qin Dynasty to swallow Chu and seized Zheng Wei, which were all overbearing practices.
why did Jin Wengong succeed? Its root lies in the support of the great powers and his ability to seize the opportunity to launch the battle of Chengpu. On the other hand, it is precisely because of the disunity within Chu that Chu has the advantage in the battle of Chengpu, and at the same time, it has not allowed Jin to really launch a war in the battle of Chengpu, giving them a breathing space that makes it difficult for Qi and Qin to display, and then makes Jin become the overlord in the Spring and Autumn Period through its hegemonic position. Jin Wengong and Zhong Er once fled abroad for 19 years and got help from the Chu State of Qi and the Qin State. When he returned to the State of Jin and began to rule the State of Jin, how should he deal with relations with other countries? The national strength of Jin gradually became strong and began to expand the sphere of influence of Jin. Han Feizi pointed out that although Jin Wengong might fight against countries that had been kind to him, Jin Wengong was a very honest and trustworthy man, and he would certainly keep his promise, so that the monarch could finally win the hearts of the people and dominate the Central Plains.
Jin Wengong's success lies in that he didn't rashly accept Rick's suggestion, and he didn't want to be a puppet of other countries when he wandered among princes for a long time, and finally he waited for the opportunity to succeed. However, the success of the State of Jin also enabled the State of Jin to continue to expand, which eventually led to the loss of its ability to expand abroad despite its dominance. Zhong Er, Jin Wengong, has a bad life. As a big country, Jin is always in trouble and civil strife. Looking at all the big countries at that time, almost all of them had such problems. The princes of the previous generation favored a certain Ji, so they abandoned their long positions and established their young ones. In order to stabilize their own rule, the younger ones were too eager to marry each other and attracted chaos from later generations. Zhong Er is also for this reason, had to migrate. In Zhong Er's desperate career, he lived in nine countries: Pu, Di, Wei, Qi, Cao, Song, Zheng, Chu and Qin. King Chucheng attached great importance to Zhong Er, and treated him as well as the previous two governors.
when leading troops to attack the original country, the army was only equipped with food supplies for ten days. He agreed with his men to conquer the original country in ten days. At the appointed time, the Jin army failed to capture the original country, so Jin Wengong kept the agreement and began to withdraw. With a detailed report of the original country, the grain and grass of the original country will be used up, and it will take only three more days to win the original country. Jin Wengong's courtiers also proposed to delay the time and wait for the destruction of the original country. Jin Wengong listened to what they said, and solemnly replied that he didn't keep his promise in order to get the original country, and he didn't want to do so. Jin Wengong still does not change his mind and resolutely retreats. At this time, the people of the original country saw that Jin Wengong was such a committed monarch, and they all willingly surrendered to the State of Jin. Other countries, Wei Guo, heard this and surrendered to the State of Jin. When Confucius learned of this allusion, he recorded it, and put forward his opinion that Jin was so popular only because Jin Wengong attached importance to credibility and paid attention to credit.
In 632 BC, the battle of Chengpu in Jin Chu broke out, and Jin Wengong won a great victory. Then he took control of Zheng, which was in the center of the Central Plains, and formed the alliance of practicing the land. The meeting of practicing soil established the position of Jin Wengong's governors. If we simply discuss the time, it may be called a political miracle that Jin Wengong has done this after only four years in Jin Dynasty. It should be noted that it took Qi Huangong 3 years to achieve this achievement, and even more, it has not been possible for Qin Mugong to completely dominate the princes for 2 years in Qin and King Chu for 3 years in Lingyin Ziwen. However, Jin Wengong died in 628 BC. Then, the dignity of the Zhou emperor dropped again and again, and the Central Plains gradually entered the pattern of the four countries competing for each other.